Recorded live at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion in April 2012, 'The Live Tapes Volume 1' was the bands first live release in over 10 years. This special concert set features 21 live recordings including all the classic hits.

This particular show will be long remembered by those who endured the monsoonal thunderstorm which lit up the harbour city as the band electrified the Hordern Pavilion that night. The gig came just a few months after Cold Chisel had wrapped their unforgettable "Light The Nitro" tour. The 36 dates on that run set all sorts of sales records, drawing over 300,000 people across Australasia. "We were really road hardened by the time of that Hordern gig because we'd just finished that big tour a few months prior", reflects the band's frontman, Jimmy Barnes. "Adding a few new songs in the set for those launch gigs kept things fresh for us. Listening and watching it back, it's raw and primal, warts and all - like the best rock & roll should be."

CD 1

1. Standing On The Outside
2. Cheap Wine
3. No Plans
4. HQ454 Monroe
5. Saturday Night
6. Everybody
7. Yakuza Girls
8. My Baby
9. Rising Sun
10. Summer Moon
11. Choirgirl

CD 2

1. All For You
2. You Got Nothing I Want
3. Merry-Go-Round
4. Flame Trees
5. Khe Sanh
6. Bow River
7. When the War Is Over
8. Dead And Laid To Rest
9. Four Walls
10. Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)

DVD

1. Standing On The Outside
2. Cheap Wine
3. No Plans
4. HQ454 Monroe
5. Saturday Night
6. Everybody
7. Yakuza Girls
8. My Baby
9. Rising Sun
10. Summer Moon
11. Choir Girl
12. All For You
13. You Got Nothing I Want
14. Merry-Go-Round
15. Flame Trees
16. Khe Sanh
17. Bow River
18. When The War Is Over
19. Dead And Laid To Rest
20. Four Walls
21. Goodbye (Astrid, Goodbye)
22. In The Studio With Cold Chisel - Everybody
23. In The Studio With Cold Chisel - No Plans
24. In The Studio With Cold Chisel - Dead And Laid To Rest
25. In The Studio With Cold Chisel - All For You
26. In The Studio With Cold Chisel - Get Back On The Road