Steel Wheels Live is a live album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was broadcast live and recorded on 19 December 1989 on the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour, promoting Steel Wheels album, and was released in 2020. Flashpoint was another live album from the same tour.[1]

Steel Wheels Live
Live album by
Released25 September 2020
Recorded19 December 1989
VenueConvention Center
Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
GenreRock
Length151:45
LabelEagle Rock
The Rolling Stones chronology
Honk
(2019)
Steel Wheels Live
(2020)
El Mocambo 1977
(2022)

It features appearances by Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin from Guns N' Roses, Eric Clapton and John Lee Hooker.

The album was released as Blu-ray and DVD video, as well as audio-only on a double CD or four LPs or digital downloads.

Special limited six-disc deluxe version, which included the DVD, Blu-ray, double CD as well as DVD of Tokyo Dome (previously released only in Japan as From the Vault Extra Live in Japan Tokyo Dome 1990.2.24), and an exclusive CD of non-core song performances during the tour, called Steel Wheels Rare Reels.[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)GuestLength
1."Intro"  1:06
2."Start Me Up"  3:47
3."Bitch"  3:28
4."Sad Sad Sad"  3:47
5."Undercover of the Night"  4:21
6."Harlem Shuffle" 4:34
7."Tumbling Dice"  4:18
8."Miss You"  6:43
9."Terrifying"  4:59
10."Ruby Tuesday"  3:48
11."Salt of the Earth" 6:02
12."Rock and a Hard Place"  5:05
13."Mixed Emotions"  5:18
14."Honky Tonk Women"  4:55
15."Midnight Rambler"  10:21
16."You Can't Always Get What You Want"  7:18
17."Little Red Rooster"Willie DixonEric Clapton6:20
18."Boogie Chillen' "John Lee Hooker
5:32
19."Can't Be Seen"  6:06
20."Happy"  4:33
21."Paint It Black"  3:50
22."2000 Light Years from Home"  7:24
23."Sympathy for the Devil"  7:41
24."Gimme Shelter"  7:32
25."It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"  4:49
26."Brown Sugar"  4:36
27."(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"  7:26
28."Jumpin' Jack Flash"  6:36
Total length:152:32

A CD with rarely performed songs, exclusive to the special limited six-disc deluxe version.[3]

Steel Wheels: Rare Reels
No.TitleWriter(s)VenueLength
1."Play With Fire"Nanker PhelgeC.N.E. Stadium
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 September 1989
 
2."Dead Flowers" C.N.E. Stadium
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 September 1989
 
3."Almost Hear You Sigh"
Wembley Stadium
London, England
6 July 1990
 
4."I Just Want to Make Love to You"Willie DixonWembley Stadium
London, England
6 July 1990
 
5."Street Fighting Man" Wembley Stadium
London, England
6 July 1990
 

Personnel

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The Rolling Stones

Additional personnel

Charts

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Chart performance of Steel Wheels Live
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 9
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 132
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[10] 61
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[11] 46
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] 50
US Billboard 200[13] 180

References

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  1. ^ "Steel Wheels Live SD Blu-Ray + 2CD".
  2. ^ "The Rolling Stones / Steel Wheels Live". Superdeluxeedition.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Online Database by Felix Aeppli" (PDF). Aeppli.ch.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Lescharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Italiancharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  13. ^ "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 November 2020.