Live '84
Live '84 is an album released by Black Flag in 1984 on SST Records. It is a live recording of a show played in 1984 and features mostly tracks from "My War" and "Slip It In". A video was shot simultaneously and was briefly available through SST; the now-out-of-print video has been widely bootlegged. The album was originally issued as a cassette-only release, almost simultaneously with "Slip It In". In 1998, Greg Ginn remixed the album for CD reissue. Recording. The album was recorded at the Stone nightclub in San Francisco, CA. Critical reception . "Maximum Rocknroll" called the album "a superior quality live tape showcasing an evening with a seminal, legendary, masochistic, poignant, chaotic beast of an outfit who have not lost one iota of aggro." "Trouser Press" wrote that "Black Flag concerts were typically an utter mess, which suits the songs perfectly, making this chaotic explosion naturally one of their best releases." The "Spin Alternative Record Guide" deemed it "tolerable until the lounge-core latter half of side two."