Charts: US #6, AUS#3, CAN #25, GER #55, JPN #8, NL #7, NOR #25, NZ #9, SWE #44, UK#24. Canada, France, Hong Kong, Japan, UK: Gold. US: 7x Platinum.
Eagles Live was mixed by Glenn Frey and Don Henley on opposite coasts in Los Angeles and Miami, respectively, and as producer Bill Szymczyk put it, the record's harmony and instrument fixes were made "courtesy of Federal Express." The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide said it is "perhaps the most heavily overdubbed (live album) in history." "Seven Bridges Road," a Steve Young cover, was released as a single and became a top-40 hit.
The album cover is the image of a band-equipment storage chest used during a concert tour. It includes the number 86 on both sides and "MIA" written on air-freight stickers on the back.
The record labels were custom, showing a bird's nest filled with eggs and hand grenades.
Original pressings of the vinyl double-album had text engraved in the run-out grooves on each side, as had been the band's tradition since their 1975 album One of These Nights. Side 1: "Is it illegal to yell "Movie!" in a firehouse?"; "Side 2: "Hello, Federal? ... Ship it!"; Side 3: "Not Tonight, thanks ..." ; Side 4: "... I've gotta rest up for my monster".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_Live)