SLADE live at Granada Studios, Manchester, 1972. (480p)

[@jimbo6693]

Noddy Holder one of the best rock voices of all time.... Fact.!!!! Just imagine him fronting ACDC.. Absolutely brilliant, would have loved to have seen that.

[@РостиславДеглич]

Bazarish !

[@mrentremattor5772]

Bon Scott.

[@alekhidell]

Fact!

[@andreaspeix9498]

Ronny James Dio, RIP

[@alekhidell]

@@andreaspeix9498 can’t argue that RJD is the best male vocalist of all time as far as rock music goes.

[@mjbb9593]

I was lucky to see them in New York City the end of 72 beginning of 73 I guess with a bunch of my friends! It was the first concert that I had been to that we stood up for the entire show. Amazing, amazing energy, one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen, I’m 70 years old and saw quite a few bands

[@Andy_1964]

Bass player jumps to fiddle and lead guitarist goes to bass guitar.. and what a vocalist!!! love it .. proper band ..🤘🤘✌️

[@cycologist7069]

Anyone who watches this clip and doesn't feel a sense of joy and happiness does not have a pulse.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

I was there the first time around. Absolutely epic pop music. Noddy's on the side of the angels. Dave Hill, is a god botherer!

[@andygibson8143]

I have a pulse trust me !!! Just love them !

[@harryurz]

Theres not another band from 1972 that could live with that live sound.....awesome.

[@scrabble58]

The Faces were on a par. Wembley 1972 - Headliners Saturday/Slade, Sunday/The Faces...both were as good as each other!

[@andyw.3048]

The Sweet. Only 1 live concert recording from 1972 but they're kicking

[@barrymitchell6444]

No live Queen recordings exist from 1970 - 72. But the earliest available one (Golders Green Hippodrome 13-9-73) beat everyone named here, despite technical issues. Listen before slamming my comment!!!

[@yellowkangdexasthur4904]

​@@barrymitchell6444Queen do not compare to this raw power though

[@barrymitchell6444]

@@yellowkangdexasthur4904 Raw power?!! You obviously never saw Queen live. They were much heavier and louder in 1973 than Slade are here in 1972. They blew Mott The Hoople off the stage.

[@pipeandslippersman]

proof positive that they could blow the roof off any venue you could name!

[@DKDonson]

For us who lived back then, this is a great travel down memory lane.

[@alexwells6876]

I was born in 91 so to me it's like watching an unreachable utopia. Same with all the 70s British rock bands

[@miked4377]

​@@alexwells6876well put..

[@antaog5961]

Takes me back home Happy days when Slade's fire burned bright Saw them Reading 1980 , proof indeed few could match them Thanks for the memories...

[@philjm3103]

I was at Reading in 1980 as well. One of the best gigs I've ever seen.

[@alekhidell]

@@philjm3103 I still tell people about Slade at Reading. Stood in for the recently formed “Blizzard of Oz” (that’s how it was billed) if memory serves me correctly. Slade upstaged everyone else that weekend. Most memorable was the finale with the roadies throwing bog roll over the stacks as makeshift “confetti”. Saw them 4 times in all I think. Best live band I’d ever seen, until very recently.

[@jeffratz]

Reading was slades chance to make there mark in rock and they fuckin stamped it !!!

[@carlosmonzo4102]

Noddy's vocal range was no human........ I can't find the words...... A beast !!!!

[@talis61]

And he maintained it throughout the set - amazing!

[@barrymitchell6444]

*Inhuman. He was loud, but his "vocal range" was limited.

[@carlosmonzo4102]

@@barrymitchell6444 Every singer has limits in his vocal range. That is evident.... But Noddy's vocal range is much wider than other singers. Especially in the high notes.

[@barrymitchell6444]

@@carlosmonzo4102 His vocal range was less than 4 octaves. Freddie Mercury and Rob Halford covered over 4 octaves, and Axl Rose was 5 octaves.

[@barrymitchell6444]

@@carlosmonzo4102 Obviously "Every singer has limits in his vocal range." Clearly, you don't have a clue what you're on about.

[@stefanhoock1917]

Noddy Holder was in my humble opinion by far *the* greatest & probably most charismatic British pop singer of the 70s, and this footage only confirms that opinion. ;-)

[@leschelsey2441]

Most underrated band of the 70s.

[@BrianRAlex]

Underrated? Only Abba sold more than them in the UK in the 70's

[@Lily-Graceluckypenny]

Massive British band of their time. That three year period between 71 and 74 was just incredible

[@tkp80]

Someone just have to write a comment with word UNDERRATED to all possible videos in this universe.

[@Suldog29]

Totally underrated in USA. I loved them, but they never quite hit it big here. Great band. I was lucky enough to see them live in either '75 or '76, in Providence, Rhode Island, as the second on a three bill with Mott (opening act, after Ian Hunter had left and Overend Watts did the singing) and with Aerosmith the top bill.

[@mysterymac38]

To me it's sad that people here in the US don't know this band. They were busy listening to Three Dog Night....Three Dog Night! A group that didn't even write their own Hits.

[@johnmcleod8961]

when I was a teen I bought Slade Alive through the Columbia record club (anyone remember that)...didn't know what to think at first about them...but the more I listened, the more I began to get into them...very unique band.

[@fionadefranco1276]

Teenager in the 70's, totally loved them on TOTP, belting out some great songs. Now in my 60's going back, I am realising just how much they rocked! Legendary band!

[@stonerdoom3481]

I saw slade on their last gig at walsall Town hall,mine and also noddy,s home town,I was standing outside listening like many others that couldn't get a ticket.

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

Completely unpretentious, awesome.

[@drychaf]

I've treasured the Slade Alive album since it was released - never thought I'd get to see footage as good as this from that era. A real treat. The album came out in 1972, and yet didn't feature their first self penned hit singles. An even bigger treat therefore to see them included here. Brilliant.

[@simplesimon112]

Same for me!!!!

[@raycochrane3971]

Noddy's rhythm guitar sound is HUGE.

[@theox8276]

You are absolutely right there. Apart from its perfect strumming, he put a humbucker pickup on the neck. Huge sound. If you look closely, all their instruments are customized. Look at that bass! And Dave's "SG" is a custom unique model.

[@steve-bk1qd]

Noddy Holder up there with Johnny Cash...amazing voices...Noddy's voice is special...perfect for Slade's kick-ass rock'n'roll...what an awesome band...

[@alanscott6836]

The hardest driving rock and roll yet played.

[@wokeupandsmellthecoffee214]

More energy than any band now, they were an immense band.

[@dvomk]

They just sound absolutely incredible. The last 30 seconds of Here Me Calling sound like Sleep's stoner doom classic Jerusalem/Dopesmoker, 27 years before the fact. Absolutely immense.

[@cromwellg60]

Yeah, that absolutely blew me away. The guitar tone is epic too. Very ahead of it's time.

[@daisywrabbit]

That song. That tone. All thanks to Alvin Lee and Ten Years After ⚡️✨🎸⚡️

[@ndyfisher]

So. F’n. Good. And damn heavy. LOUDER!!!! KEEP ‘ER ROLLING! YEAH!!

[@capybara8868]

Agreed - a very hard rocking session. The real deal.

[@pinball1970]

Brilliant, imagine being there? That power, wow.

[@mjh5437]

Noddy`s scream would be enough to make 100,000 Zulus drop their spears and flee in terror.

[@dodibenabba525]

😂

[@formynexttick2104]

Holy crap! I'll never sleep tonight, no airs & graces just full on loud greatness. Get ya boots on skinead.

[@robharding5345]

Have to say, these earlier posters are bang on, so just to concur, This band were the business !

[@ThePloppy]

It's a shame that most Americans only knew of Slade from the "Run, Run Away" video on MTV. I'm an American and that's when I heard them first. Then people started realizing Quiet Riot did a couple of their songs and they got some notoriety. Then I started looking more into them and was blown away how awesome they were. And the newer generations have no idea! Hell, I'm 51 and most people in my generation are not familiar with them. Thanks for this video, Ox! (Edited) Also, take note of how many other bands have been influenced by them. ACDC for one.

[@brianmorecombe2726]

I`m from UK a bit older than you and remember Slade just hogging the British charts,they had so many number ones.They werent a sophisticated rock band and i remembered hating them back then,i even hated the name Slade.But i got Slade smashes in 1990 and was blown away by some of their songs How does it feel was one.

[@ThePloppy]

Wow, thanks for that, Brian. It's interesting to hear how the brits felt about them. Was your feeling the general consensus among regular folk, not just the populous? I always wondered why they never were huge in the states like ACDC. @@brianmorecombe2726

[@barrymitchell6444]

Why are Yanks always years behind globally when it comes to music? Probably due to being so insular. Slade were the most successful Seventies group chart-wise in the UK.

[@ThePloppy]

@@barrymitchell6444 Us Yanks (me unincluded) are usually only interested in our own short history. And usually if it doesn't happen here it's not as valid. We know the Beatles, the Stones and all that, but bands like Slade didn't reach over here until Mtv came along. Even then we didn't get it. Thank God for the internet! Slade is one of my favorite bands and I wish I could have seen them live.

[@barrymitchell6444]

@@ThePloppy Very true. It's only in recent times that many Americans realised we've been on the planet for more than a few thousand years!!! Slade actually toured the USA in 1976, but it wasn't a great success, plus they got very homesick. Sweet also toured the USA around that time. As a Queen fan, I was shocked to learn how many Americans (black and white) hadn't heard of them until that awful movie came out 5 years ago. Americans have probably uploaded more Queen at Live Aid "first-time reaction" videos than anything else. If not for Queen, I would have been a Slade fan. They wrote their own songs, like all the best bands, and Noddy's voice was unique. How Does It Feel? and Everyday were two of the best songs in the 1970s. Btw, the hat Noddy put mirrors on... he bought it from Queen's Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor at their stall in Kensington Market, London. I think it's the same hat Taylor is pictured wearing on the back of Queen's first album.

[@vinegarjoe9706]

Saw them 5 times, in the early '70s, mostly before they were famous. Fantastic live band, none better for stirring up the atmosphere......excellent!!!!!

[@Louisejames23]

Would’ve loved to have seen Slade live, much heavier than on record plus Noddy was a fashion icon 😉🤟😊❤️

[@ПавелПервов-щ2л]

На бабинах есть

[@capybara8868]

Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland - 1974. First ever concert - 14 year old me. Beyond brilliant. Huge part of my life from 1971 to 1975. Slade were the guvnors. Then came punk........

[@jamesfirth2392]

nothing enhanced. Pure amplified rock and roll, raw sound. Saw them three times. When Cum on feel the Noise hit number one , they did a concert that same night in Stretford, Manchester. The crowd blew the roof off. Dave Hill looks like he could play the guitar blindfold , he's that comfortable with his instrument, and he gets a great sound out of it.

[@garrybeech9536]

Was there at the Hardrock. Half the crowd fell into the orchestra pit. What a night 😊

[@jamesfirth2392]

there was a guy, older bloke, rolled up shirt sleeves, like a workman, sat on the stage to the right, staring and smiling at the crowd reaction. Just wondered if that was their manager , Chas Chandler. Do you recall? @@garrybeech9536

[@nabaomi]

Slade is the definition of Rock n Roll imo. Absolute maniacs

[@runarhamre3152]

It was my awakening, 14-15 years old in Denmark, living in a tent with my parents. And for some reason Slade played at the local hall, and I was blowed away.. It was Slade alive and me and my cousin stood there.. Thinking.. Is this possible?

[@stephenslade6753]

Was always proud to be a Slade.

[@paull.6026]

These dudes are so great. Live especially.

[@bigboyoz]

Slade alive No 1 album in Australia 1972

[@ericsguitar8029]

As a 10 year old something I couldn’t stand Slade with a passion. Now as a 60 year old something they sound and look pretty damn good to me! Go figure..

[@davidbrown6415]

Slade. What a band. Incredible!

[@lukasmarzell5598]

Them, status quo, the sweet were the heavyiest boogie and glamrockers in their time, fuzzy, raw, amazing music, all four really know their instruments very well, jim vs his sg bass, playing extremely pumping basslines, noddys voice is rough out of his chest...really good performance

[@alansmeaton7617]

The best live act ever by a country mile

[@petereverett4286]

Best live band ever. Period.

[@alangreenley3257]

best live group of the 70,s early 80,s by a mile,

[@MickShaw-om8gw]

Get Down and get with it , Rock n Roll Man .

[@rogerevans7221]

how the f--k can you not real live music.the will never be another voice like noddy as long as we live.

[@КазбекКамбаров-п5щ]

Фантастическая группа❤

[@annikadson]

These were one of my favorite bands in my teens. Too bad you live in Sweden and never got to experience them live in the 70s, it would have been a highlight in your young life. Slade is still one of the best bands ever and Noddy the best singer in Glamrock, it's just a shame he doesn't get more attention. Thank you very much for posting this gig, here in Sweden we didn't get to see something like that especially in 1972 when we could be happy that we got to see The Osmonds for 30 minutes on Christmas weekend on TV. Sweden was a developing country on that front.

[@александрЛюбавский-ж8з]

What a man,what a voice!!!???absolutely number ONE!!!SLADE FOREVER!!!✌🔥🔥🔥✌

[@crowhillian58]

Just bloody great. ❤️

[@gvyrock]

Que pedazo de banda, increíble cómo suenan en directo. Una leyenda!!!

[@eddyvanvijfeijken6365]

Best band ever , and the best voice in rock ever

[@piperdave7635]

One of best acts i seen at Donnington early 80's, One word, Rockin x

[@bigboyoz]

There version of Darlingh be home soon is better than the original John Sebastian version! Brilliant band Legendary!

[@RichardCook-on3gf]

Great full sound. Wish I could have seen them.

[@paulfitzpatrick9231]

Fabulous!

[@nilshartmann8866]

1972- i Was 2 years old then. Really good band and excellent singer!

[@thelengthmen]

What an absolute belter of a performance - a massive influence on tons of bands who followed.

[@dylangriso654]

Be brilliant to hear Brian from AC/DCdo a jam together with Noddy the great Holder. ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Suldog29]

Great stuff. I wish they could have kept tape rolling for the rest of Born To Be Wild. I bet Noddy went up to the high range again and it killed!

[@bowbutter7608]

fantastic 70s 🎶🎸👍

[@daveqr]

Just realized Dave is playing the bass in Coz I Luv You. I always assumed they just played it without bass.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Tom Peterrson of Cheap Trick said that after seeing Slade in Chicago that they used every cheap trick in the book and so a band is named as well! Slade is and was rock and roll!

[@chrisyates8115]

Classic!!

[@silvioaguinaldosoarescampo4555]

Tenho 66 anos nada se compara o que vivemos e vimos em termos de musica e diversão.o ROCK é o melhor presente que DEUS nos deu.fomos muito felizes.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GodsWorld189]

I think AC/DC was born when Angus Young watched this band when he was a young boy.

[@theox8276]

And also the Sex Pistols, each one individually, in front of their respective family TV sets. They were 16 years old.

[@chrisst8922]

Look Wot You Dun being my favourite here.

[@rogerevans7221]

just best ever live band wish you would get back together for one more live performace remember the cedar club in birmingham a lads.

[@crowhillian58]

@@rogerevans7221 I do, I was there! A couple of months later they were to play Reading!

[@alexv850]

Best live act ever. Ever!

[@adderon]

Robert Fripp gave a huge shoutout to Slade on his Burning Questions segment

[@janprzyby6528]

His wife Toyah has always been a big Slade fan.

[@rafe2787]

One of the loudest shows I’ve seen!

[@josechirinosvega4373]

Lo máximo 🤘

[@iangrocock7059]

Look learn and listen young pretenders proper band playing live music no backing tapes no playing thorough synthesizers just plugged into the amps Keep on rockin Ian grocock sheffield

[@michael5089]

Yes!!!!! 👍👌🤙🎸🎸🎸🎸🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@dodibenabba525]

Life was fun back then! None of this bs of today cramping your style.

[@guillermoortega4119]

AWESOME

[@StratsRUs]

Perfect

[@gryphonrue]

6:45 Lovin’ Spoonful cover a beaut’

[@alvyracvetkova4787]

Kaip jis man patinka,iš visų pusių❤

[@valley_robot]

The only reason these were not acdc or led zeppelin is not because of the tunes or the players, it's because they always kept that pub rock feel to every gig, if they would have had a mystical vibe about them, they would have been talked about in more favourable terms, they were a great band, but they were not cool looking or mysterious at all, what you saw was what you got, great band though

[@VladShirokov15]

Супер!

[@stephenhill8991]

I miss the music of the 70's..they just don't 'build em' like this anymore...Slade could blow any band in the world away back in the day. Their manager (Chas Chandler) knew a thing or two about picking artists 🤩

[@gerijones3038]

well said mate :)

[@barrymitchell6444]

If Slade could "blow any band in the world away back in the day" how come they couldn't even crack America like Led Zep, Queen etc? 🤡

[@stephenhill8991]

@barrymitchell6444 'Blow any band in the world away' on stage. Queen were good, as you have indicated. I saw them a couple of times in early to mid seventies, and the Live Aid slot is legendary, of course, as is the Slade, Reading Festival 1980 performance. I really don't think Led Zeppelin would have been comfortable with Slade opening for them for sure 😁

[@barrymitchell6444]

@@stephenhill8991 No. Queen were exceptional, live and in the studio. Queen at Live Aid was officially voted The Best Live Performance Ever in 2005 by the industry.

[@barrymitchell6444]

@@stephenhill8991 I was surprised to hear Slade at a rock festival on the radio in 1980, when Ozzy Osbourne pulled out and asked them to fill in his slot. They went down well with the crowd.

[@КазбекКамбаров-п5щ]

Родные братаны❤

[@neilneil7911]

Best Band

[@ПавелПервов-щ2л]

Становление Рока, Рок произошел из Slade. Это первые кто показал 🤘

[@dagsouleyedblue407]

1:15 at which moment Drone Metal was invented

[@brothermoto1964]

Absolute belter

[@ricardolorrio8228]

of all the glam rock group.... Slade could do it live

[@robertmartinez4174]

The Bar Room Blitz

[@Telegraph_Road]

Братцы, это абсолюли. Фуни видео.

[@asmith3846]

So now I know where Wolfmother got it from.

[@briansays2286]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@edwardmarshall8871]

Завидую тем подросткам и тому времени...

[@TomBartram-b1c]

How many front men are good enough to turn down ACDC??

[@martinscott5757]

How did Don Powell do that - in those shoes?

[@marcusstreets6691]

I have no idea. But apparently people managed to drive in platforms, which is just scary - especially in 1970's cars - who remembers the Morris Marina? Don was not as flash as some, but it was perfect for the band and those songs, which should be the definition of a great drummer.

[@neilfranklin5644]

Yes everybody says that but who are the others.

[@kjelledbom1728]

this might be the beginning of glamrock? just before sweet came around and later kiss

[@theox8276]

Slade is an example of devastating hard rock and heavy metal. Unique for its time. You're right, Kiss took inspiration for their look from Dave Hill's costumes. "Glamrock" is not a musical style, it was an invention of the useless press that has never understood anything and only stereotyped the bands by the way they dressed.

[@UltraLues]

Каблуки должны вернутся на большую сцену... Хип хоп исполнители больше по кроссовкам, а если ботинки с такими шикарными каблуками наденут, то я думаю через пару месяцев коллаборация с Баленсиага и Найк и каблуки опять на вершине всех чартов😇

[@valdisgrundizs679]

Reibaca formula here

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

As an old friend, now long dead, described Slade, "A bunch of Brum plumbers, discovering their bisexuality!" Miss you my man!

[@ПавелПервов-щ2л]

Slade основатель Рока

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Dave Hill is an alleged god botherer.

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

Slade were pretty much untouchable for a couple of years back in the early 70s. But there was always a bit too much testosterone on display for my personal tastes, perhaps. Was more of a Bolan and Bowie fan, back in the day.

[@ПавелПервов-щ2л]

Бас лучше всех.