Sky Five Live
Live album by
Sky
Released14 January 1983[1]
GenreProgressive rock
Length96:11
LabelAriola
ProducerSky, Tony Clark, Haydn Bendall
Sky chronology
Sky 4: Forthcoming
(1982) 		Sky Five Live
(1983) 		Cadmium
(1983)

Sky Five Live is a two-record album by Sky recorded live at The Comedy Theatre & The Concert Hall, Melbourne, The Concert Hall, Perth, The Festival Theatre, Adelaide and The Capitol Theatre, Sydney. It was mixed at Studio 3, EMI Abbey Road, London and mastered by Nick Webb.[2] It was released in January 1983 on the Ariola record label. Unlike most live albums, the majority of the tracks included on this release are new, with only four tracks having been previously released ("Dance of the Little Fairies", "Sahara" and "Hotta", all on Sky 2, and "Meheeco", on Sky 3), all of them in shorter and generally very different versions from the ones featured here.

In 2015, Esoteric Recordings continued a schedule of remasters and expanded releases with this recording.

Track listing

Side 1 – 26:15

  1. "The Animals" (Herbie Flowers/Steve Gray) – 20:56
  2. "The Swan" (Camille Saint-Saëns, Arranged by Tristan Fry) – 4:36

Side 2 – 19:46

  1. "KP I" (Kevin Peek) – 7:26
  2. "Dance of The Little Fairies" (Herbie Flowers) – 4:33
  3. "Love Duet" (Steve Gray) – 7:06

Side 3 – 27:20

  1. "The Bathroom Song" (Herbie Flowers) – 2:48
  2. "KP II" (Kevin Peek) – 3:36
  3. "Antigua" (John Williams/Angus Trowbridge) – 3:55
  4. "Sahara" (Kevin Peek) – 7:44
  5. "Sakura Variations" (Kevin Peek/John Williams) – 7:56

Side 4 – 22:50

  1. "Meheeco" (Herbie Flowers/Steve Gray) – 12:59
  2. "Hotta" (Kevin Peek/Herbie Flowers) – 9:00

Esoldun 1995 two CD edition

CD 1: Original album
No.TitleLength
1."The Animals"21:27
2."The Swan"4:52
3."KP I"7:39
4."Dance of The Little Fairies"4:47
5."Love Duet"7:16
6."Carillion (bonus studio recording from Sky 1)"3:28
7."Toccata (bonus studio recording Sky 2)"4:41
CD 2: Original album
No.TitleLength
1."The Bathroom Song"3:22
2."KP II"3:55
3."Antigua"3:57
4."Sahara"8:19
5."Sakura Variations"8:00
6."Meheeco"13:05
7."Hotta"9:31
8."Chiropodie No. 1 (bonus studio recording from Sky 3)"6:20
9."Fantasia (bonus studio recording from Sky 4 – Forthcoming)"3:43

2015 two disc reissue edition

CD 1: Original album (Remaster)
No.TitleLength
1."The Animals" (2015 Digital Remaster – restored after the original single CD version omitted it.)21:10
2."The Swan" (2015 Digital Remaster)4:44
3."KP I" (2015 Digital Remaster)7:36
4."Dance of The Little Fairies" (2015 Digital Remaster)4:45
5."Love Duet" (2015 Digital Remaster)7:16
CD 2: Original album (Remaster)
No.TitleLength
1."The Bathroom Song" (2015 Digital Remaster)2:59
2."KP II" (2015 Digital Remaster)3:54
3."Antigua" (2015 Digital Remaster)3:56
4."Sahara" (2015 Digital Remaster)7:54
5."Sakura Variations" (2015 Digital Remaster)8:09
6."Meheeco" (2015 Digital Remaster)12:50
7."Hotta" (2015 Digital Remaster)9:42

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] 16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[4] 23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 43
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 14

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ Album sleeve notes
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 277. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Sky – Five Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  5. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Sky – Five Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  7. ^ "British album certifications – Sky – Sky Five Live". British Phonographic Industry.
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