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Official Live: 101 Proof (1997)

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Official Live: 101 Proof is a live album by American heavy metal band Pantera
Released July 29, 1997
16 tracks: the first 14 are live recordings, the last two are new studio recordings
The live tracks come from earlier studio albums, starting with Cowboys from Hell
Credited personnel: Phil Anselmo (lead vocals), Dimebag Darrell (guitar, backing vocals, production), Rex Brown (bass, backing vocals), Vinnie Paul (drums, production)

Drummer Vinnie Paul said that after seven years of playing live, the band wanted a record with all its best tunes
Paul described the album as an alternative to greatest hits albums and overdubbed live albums
The track Dom/Hollow merges parts of Domination (from Cowboys from Hell) and Hollow (from Vulgar Display of Power)
The band played Domination straight into Hollow almost every time it performed either song live
The track Hostile is a live version of Fucking Hostile (from Vulgar Display of Power) with a shortened title
Becoming ends with the outro of Throes of Rejection from Far Beyond Driven
I'm Broken ends with the outro of By Demons Be Driven from Vulgar Display of Power

The two new studio tracks, Where You Come From and I Can't Hide, were recorded during a break in the tour
The band recorded the new material in 12 days
The last two songs were recorded at Chasin Jason Studios
The other live tracks were recorded during the Tourkill tour from 1996 to 1997
Official footage of the live portion exists and was meant for a future home video that has not yet come out

The album cover visually references the Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey bottle label
The title 101 Proof refers to alcohol content, the same as Wild Turkey Bourbon
No. 5 refers to the brand and to the band's fifth official release, counting from Cowboys from Hell and not the four earlier independent albums

Pantera is an American heavy metal band formed in Arlington, Texas, in 1981 by the Abbott brothers, guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul.
The band started as a glam metal act and was originally named Gemini, then Eternity, before settling on Pantera.
Rex Brown joined on bass in 1982 and Phil Anselmo became vocalist in 1986, forming the best-known lineup.

The best-known lineup was the Abbott brothers with Rex Brown and Phil Anselmo.
Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed on stage in December 2004; Vinnie Paul died of heart failure in June 2018.
Currently the band features Phil Anselmo, Rex Brown, and touring musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante.

The band pioneered and popularized groove metal in the 1990s with Cowboys from Hell (1990) and Vulgar Display of Power (1992).
Far Beyond Driven (1994) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
Pantera disbanded in 2003 and reunited with a new lineup in 2022, touring the world since.
The band has sold around 20 million records worldwide and received four Grammy nominations.

The album received solid reviews on release
Writing in the NME, Stephen Dalton said it is brutal, uncomfortable and screamingly intense, though sometimes nothing else will do
Dalton gave it ten out of ten on one level, but zero on every other level
Spanish-language Wikipedia also records that the album reached number 15 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200: peak position number 15
The album stayed on the Billboard 200 for up to 12 weeks
Portuguese-language discography page: the album entered the top 20 in four countries
Portuguese-language discography page: the album earned RIAA gold certification
The album is the band's live release, placed among its major releases in the group's catalogue

Official footage of the live portion exists and was meant for a future home video that has not yet come out.
The band played Domination straight into Hollow almost every time it performed either song live.
Dom/Hollow is an amalgamation of Domination and Hollow, two songs from different earlier albums.
Becoming and I'm Broken each end with the outro of a song from another album.
Drummer Vinnie Paul said the band wanted its best tunes on one record after seven years of live playing.