Live '84

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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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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."<ref name="TP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Spin Alternative Record Guide deemed it "tolerable until the lounge-core latter half of side two."<ref name=SP/>

Track listing

1. "The Process of Weeding Out" (Ginn) – 8:31
2. "Nervous Breakdown" (Ginn) – 2:06
3. "Can't Decide" (Ginn) – 5:01
4. "Slip It In" (Ginn) – 5:54
5. "My Ghetto" (Ginn/Rollins) – 1:14
6. "Black Coffee" (Ginn) – 4:53
7. "I Won't Stick Any of You Unless and Until I Can Stick All of You!" (Ginn) – 4:53
8. "Forever Time" (Ginn/Rollins) – 2:20
9. "Fix Me" (Ginn) – 0:53
10. "Six Pack" (Ginn) – 2:26
11. "My War" (Dukowski) – 3:34
12. "Jealous Again" (Ginn) – 1:59
13. "I Love You" (Dukowski) – 3:19
14. "Swinging Man" (Ginn/Rollins) – 3:10
15. "Three Nights" (Ginn/Rollins) – 6:10
16. "Nothing Left Inside" (Ginn/Rollins) – 6:25
17. "Wound Up" (Ginn/Rollins) – 4:00
18. "Rat's Eyes" (Ginn/Rollins) – 4:21
19. "The Bars" (Dukowski/Rollins) – 4:38

Personnel

• Henry Rollins – vocals
• Greg Ginn – guitar
• Kira Roessler – bass
• Bill Stevenson – drums
• Tom Troccoli – backing vocals