All Night Long (Sammy Hagar album)

All Night Long (Loud & Clear in the UK) is Sammy Hagar's first live album, released in 1978. The album was recorded during concerts in San Francisco, San Antonio, San Bernardino, Santa Cruz and Santa Monica.

All Night Long
Live album by Sammy Hagar
Released	August 1978 - (July 17th, 1978 - US) - According to Billboard Magazine (US) July 1979 (UK)
Genre	Hard rock
Length	40:25
Label	Capitol
Producer	John Carter, Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar chronology
Musical Chairs (1977) All Night Long (1978) Street Machine (1979)
Loud & Clear
The cover of the UK release of the album

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Collector	[2]
Record Mirror	[3]
Record Mirror	[4]

All Night Long was not released in the UK until 1979 under a new title, Loud & Clear, and with new cover artwork. Additionally, a live version of Montrose's "Space Station #5" was added to the end of the album.

Track listings

Vinyl & cassette edition

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Red" (San Francisco, CA, July 4, 1978)	John Carter, Sammy Hagar	5:10
2.	"Rock 'N' Roll Weekend" (San Antonio, TX, June 21, 1978[5])	Hagar	3:40
3.	"Make It Last/Reckless" (Santa Monica, CA, March 23, 1978)	Hagar	6:40
4.	"Turn Up the Music" (San Bernardino, CA, March 28, 1978)	Carter, Hagar	5:15
Total length:			20:45

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"I've Done Everything for You" (Santa Cruz, CA, June 9, 1978)	Hagar	3:35
6.	"Young Girl Blues" (San Antonio, TX, June 21, 1978)	Donovan	9:00
7.	"Bad Motor Scooter" (San Francisco, CA, July 4, 1978)	Hagar	7:07
Total length:			19:40

CD edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Red"	John Carter, Sammy Hagar	5:10
2.	"Rock 'N' Roll Weekend"	Hagar	3:40
3.	"Make It Last/Reckless"	Hagar	6:40
4.	"Turn Up the Music"	Carter, Hagar	5:15
5.	"I've Done Everything for You"	Hagar	3:35
6.	"Young Girl Blues"	Donovan	9:00
7.	"Bad Motor Scooter"	Hagar	7:07
Total length:			40:25

Song information

• The only song from Hagar's first solo album, Nine on a Ten Scale, is the Donovan cover, "Young Girl Blues".
• "Red" and "Rock 'n' Roll Weekend" were both originally found on Hagar's second studio album, Sammy Hagar.
• "Reckless" and "Turn Up the Music" were both originally found on Hagar's third studio album Musical Chairs.
• "I've Done Everything for You" is a Hagar original, which went on to be a hit single for Rick Springfield.
• Three tracks from Montrose's first album, Montrose, appear in this collection: "Make It Last", "Bad Motor Scooter" and, from the UK version only, "Space Station #5".
• All tracks minus "Young Girl Blues" were re-released as part of the Red Hot! compilation.

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs.^[6]

• Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar
• Gary Pihl – guitar, backing vocals
• Bill Church – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Denny Carmassi – drums
• Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards, backing vocals

Production

• Sammy Hagar, John Carter – Production
• Ken Perry – Mastering
• Richard Digby Smith, Steve Thompson – Engineering
• Warren Dewey – Assistant Engineer
• Dennis Callahan, Michael N. Marks, Randy Bachman – band photography
• Roy Kohara – Art Direction
• Michael Zagaris - photography

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7]	94

Releases

• 1978 Capitol US SMAS-11812
• 1978 Capitol US SN-16326
• 1978 Capitol Germany 1C 064-85 594
• 1979 Capitol UK E-ST 25330 (as "Loud & Clear")
• 1979 Capitol Holland 1A 062-86063 (as "Loud & Clear")
• 1992 BGO Records UK BGOCD149 (as "Loud & Clear")
• 1996 One Way Records US 72438 19094 23
• 2016 Rock Candy Records US 241159 3914

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Jones, Tim (June 2011). "Sammy Hagar - Loud & Clear". Record Collector. No. 389. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
3. Gett, Steve (7 October 1978). "Review: Sammy Hagar — All Night Long" (PDF). Record Mirror. p. 44. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via American Radio History.
4. Dome, Malcolm (22 March 1980). "Review: Sammy Hagar — Loud & Clear" (PDF). Record Mirror. p. 20. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via American Radio History.
5. "Rock 'N' Roll Weekend (Live)". YouTube.
6. "All Night Long". Discogs. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4650b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

External links

• Sammy Hagar official website
• Red Rocker Discography