The Eagle Has Landed

Carrere, 1982

Of Saxon’s 10 live albums, their first is still the best. Recorded on the Denim And Leather tour in ’81 and ’82, The Eagle Has Landed is the sound of a band at their peak and preaching to the converted – the stuff all great live albums are made of.

Although drummer Pete Gill was gone, his replacement Nigel Glockler matched him for power. The band were like a juggernaut, rolling through all the big songs, Wheels Of Steel the biggest and heaviest of all. And the star of the show was Biff, singing his balls off and bantering with the crowd as a genuine man of the people.