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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAmongst the many hundreds of concerts I\u2019ve attended over the years, I still Slade as one of the best live bands I have been fortunate enough to see. I saw the classic line up of Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Don Powell and Dave Hill twice, in Cardiff and Bristol, on the \u2018til Deaf Us Do Part\u2019 tour when I was around 14 years of age, and having initially fell in love with the band through their \u2018Sladest\u2019 album around 1974-75, I think this is proof positive that when you fall in love with a band early on in life they stick with you forever, especially when they are as awesome as Slade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve also collected the band\u2019s back catalogue with an almost religious fervour over the years, and with Salvo having provided the almost definitive reissues of their recorded output as recently as 2006, including the \u2018Slade Alive! (The Live Anthology)\u2019 two CD set (which features three of the albums\/concerts included here plus the \u2018Slade Alive Vol. 2\u2019 set which isn\u2019t included here) you\u2019ll forgive me if I admit that the purpose behind this all new \u2018All The World Is A Stage\u2019 5CD box set is somewhat frustrating. With only the CDs \u2018Live At The New Victoria\u2019 recorded on April 24 1975 and \u2018Live At The Hucknall Miner\u2019s Welfare Club\u2019 recorded on June 26 1980 proving to be of any real interest, and at around \u00a340 for the set, I have to say that\u2019s a lot of money to spend when things are getting pretty tight at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n