It’s the early 1980s, and Pat Benatar is one of the biggest rock stars in the United States. Since her 1979 debut In The Heat Of The Night she – with the support of producer, guitarist and husband Neil Giraldo - has developed a rock sound that’s both mainstream and modern, forceful but feminine. Her third album 1981’s Precious Time was a Billboard Number One and having reached the top via the traditional route of building up a live following, a live album seems an obvious move.
But for whatever reason, Benatar’s record company, perhaps nervous that her fourth album Get Nervous had seen a dip in sales, decide to add two new studio tracks to the record, Live From Earth. One of those would take the 30 year old singer’s career onto a new level of success.
