Rhythms Magazine said the album, 'reveals a fierce, lean band whip-smart and confident from 5 years of relentless touring but who were still hungry and risk-taking.Audio Production MIDI Files Ph/Fax: (03) 9887 8127 (Within Australia) +613 9887 8127 (Outside Australia) Automated 24/7 Instant E-mail delivery & secure ordering. Triple M called the album 'simply incredible' adding 'it's an intimate snapshot of a band in full-flight, doing what they do best.' The band's tough and uncompromising, and the sound pristine documenting a band at the top of the pile during a time when being able to kill it live counted for everything. We're privy to early airings of ' Cheap Wine', 'Standing On The Outside', ' Choirgirl', ' My Baby' and more as well as choice cuts from their early reservoir of timeless classics. Steve Bell from The Music AU gave the album 4 out of 5 saying 'This new live release returns us to a sweaty Sydney pub in mid-1980. It's all here in this raw and real recording.'

Everyone in the band was writing songs and playing at the top of their game. We were still playing pubs, with the audience spilling onto the stage and the band spilling into the audience. We were fighting fit and hungry, playing every show like it was our last – and often it almost was. Ĭold Chisel's lead singer Jimmy Barnes said: 'In 1980, we were playing 8 days a week. 3 released on 2 December 2016 as the third in an ongoing series of special live recordings unearthed from Cold Chisel's own archives. The album was recorded at The Manly Vale Hotel in Sydney on 7 June 1980, the same week the band's third studio album, East was released. 3 is a live album by Australian rock band Cold Chisel.

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