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{{Infobox album
| name       = Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live
| type       = live
| artist     = [[the Vandals]]
| cover      = The Vandals - Sweatin' to the Oldies cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1994 (re-released 1997)
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[punk rock]], [[skate punk]], [[melodic hardcore]], [[comedy rock]]
| length     = Original: 58:10, re-release: 1:06:37
| label      = [[Triple X Records|Triple X]], [[Kung Fu Records|Kung Fu]]
| producer   = [[Warren Fitzgerald]]
| prev_title = [[Fear of a Punk Planet]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[Live Fast, Diarrhea]]
| next_year  = 1995
}}

'''''Sweatin' to the Oldies''''' is a live album and video by the southern [[California]] [[punk rock]] band [[the Vandals]], originally released in 1994 by [[Triple X Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sweatin-to-the-oldies-the-vandals-live-mw0000110611/releases|title=Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live - the Vandals &#124; Releases &#124; AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> It consists of a live concert recorded at the Ice House in [[Fullerton, California]], as well as interviews with the band members and an overview of their history. The original version was released both on [[CD]] and [[VHS]]. With most of their back catalogue out of print, the album and video were seen as a retrospective of the band's past, as performed by its most recent stable lineup.

Throughout the set the band performs all 6 songs from their 1982 debut [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Peace thru Vandalism]]'', as well as a few songs from their first album, 1984's ''[[When in Rome Do as the Vandals]]'', and a few from their 1990 album ''[[Fear of a Punk Planet]]''. Notably absent from the set list are any songs from their 1989 album ''[[Slippery When Ill]]'', which was composed primarily of [[country music|country]]-style songs. Partway through the song "Wanna Be Manor," the band breaks into a cover of the song "Superficial Love" by [[T.S.O.L.]], another [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] punk band who were contemporaries of [[the Vandals]] in the early- to mid-1980s.

In 1999 the album was re-released on the band's own [[Kung Fu Records]] label. This "Special Edition" re-release contained 3 bonus tracks not on the original release, which were recorded live on college radio station KUCI 88.9 at the [[University of California Irvine]] just prior to the release of their 1996 album ''[[The Quickening (The Vandals album)|The Quickening]]''. The video was re-released by Kung Fu in 2002 as a double-disc [[DVD]] with additional performances, band commentary and other bonus material.

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==Track listing==
{{track listing
| total_length    = 58:10
| title1          = Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)
| writer1         = [[The Vandals]]
| length1         = 
| title2          = The Legend of Pat Brown
| writer2         = The Vandals
| length2         = 
| title3          = Join Us for Pong
| writer3         = [[Joe Escalante]], [[Warren Fitzgerald]]
| length3         = 
| title4          = Pizza Tran
| writer4         = Escalante, Fitzgerald, [[Dave Quackenbush]], [[Josh Freese]]
| length4         = 
| title5          = Master Race (In Outer Space)
| writer5         = The Vandals
| length5         = 
| title6          = Wanna Be Manor" / "Superficial Love
| note6           = "Superficial Love" originally performed by [[T.S.O.L.]]
| writer6         = The Vandals / T.S.O.L.
| length6         = 
| title7          = Mohawk Town
| writer7         = The Vandals
| length7         = 
| title8          = Ladykiller
| writer8         = The Vandals
| length8         = 
| title9          = Girls Turn 18 Every Day
| writer9         = Escalante, Fitzgerald, Quackenbush, Freese
| length9         = 
| title10         = Hey Holmes!
| writer10        = Escalante, Fitzgerald, Chris Lagerborg
| length10        = 
| title11         = H.B. Hotel
| note11         = contains an interpretation of "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]" by [[Elvis Presley]]
| writer11        = The Vandals, Elvis Presley, Thomas Durden, [[Mae Boren Axton]]
| length11        = 
| title12         = Pirate's Life
| writer12        = The Vandals
| length12        = 
| title13         = Summer Lovin{{'-}}
| note13          = ''[[Grease (movie)|Grease]]'' [[parody]]
| writer13        = Escalante, [[Jim Jacobs]], [[Warren Casey]]
| length13        = 
| title14         = Urban Struggle
| writer14        = The Vandals
| length14        = 
| title15         = [[Teen Age Idol|Teenage Idol]]
| note15          = originally performed by [[Ricky Nelson]]
| writer15        = Jack Lewis
| length15        = 
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Special Edition bonus tracks, recorded live on [[KUCI]]
| total_length    = 66:37
| title16         = (But Then) She Spoke
| writer16        = Fitzgerald
| length16        = 
| title17         = N.I.M.B.Y.
| writer17        = Escalante, Fitzgerald
| length17        = 
| title18         = And Now We Dance
| writer18        = Fitzgerald
| length18        = 
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Dave Quackenbush]] - [[Singing|Vocals]], [[guitar]] on "Teenage Idol"
*[[Warren Fitzgerald]] - guitar, vocals on "Teenage Idol"
*[[Joe Escalante]] - [[bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Josh Freese]] - [[Drum kit|drums]]

'''Technical'''
*[[Warren Fitzgerald]] - producer
*Lisa Johnson - photography
*Grace Walker - art direction

==References==
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[[Category:1994 live albums]]
[[Category:Kung Fu Records live albums]]
[[Category:Triple X Records live albums]]