LIVE Hot Potatoes! is the first ever live album released by The Wiggles. It was recorded from the December 20, 2003 performance of their Lights, Camera, Action, Show! and it was released on February 3rd, 2005. It won the 2005 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album. The album's tie-in video special was released in Australia on March 2nd, 2005.
Tracklist
- Overture - 3:58
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car - 2:21
- Introduction - 0:45
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear - 1:24
- Let's Wake Jeff Up - 0:51
- Jeff's Favourite Instrument - 0:29
- Let's Wake Jeff Up Again! - 0:35
- Introduction - 1:28
- Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - 1:48
- Introduction - 0:17
- Hoop Dee Doo - 3:19
- Introduction - 0:27
- D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) - 1:58
- Introduction - 0:31
- Rolling Down The Sandhills/Running Up The Sandhills - 1:24
- Introduction - 1:11
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) - 1:33
- Introduction - 0:27
- Butterflies Flit - 0:59
- Network Wiggles News (Spoken) - 1:32
- Where's Jeff? - 2:07
- Music With Murray Introduction - 0:31
- Play Your Guitar With Murray - 1:50
- The Monkey Dance - 1:41
- Introduction - 0:21
- We're Dancing With Wags The Dog - 1:40
- Central Park New York - 1:43
- Introduction - 0:23
- Here Come The Reindeer - 1:44
- Introduction - 0:41
- Fruit Salad - 2:27
- Introduction - 0:22
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) - 0:55
- Eagle Rock - 2:42
- Introduction - 1:49
- I Wave My Arms And Swing My Baton - 3:07
- Hot Potato - 1:47
- Christmas Medley - 3:28
- Farewell - 1:40
Personnel
- The Wiggles are: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
- Produced By: Anthony Field
- Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
- Lead Vocals: Greg Page
- Backing Vocals: The Wiggles, Craig Abercrombie, Sam Moran, Greg Truman
- Manzillas: Brett Clarke, Ryan Desaulnier
- Guitars: Murray Cook, John Field, Rex Goh, Greg Page
- Bass: John O'Grady
- Keyboards: Jeff Fatt, Steve Blau, Dominic Lindsay, Tony Gardner, Phil Grove
- Brass: Dominic Lindsay, Craig Abercrombie, Sam Moran
- Drums: Tony Henry
- Percussion: Dominic Lindsay, Craig Abercrombie
- Recorded at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by Robin Gist. Mixed and mastered at Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia by Robin Gist
Trivia
- This is The Wiggles' first live album.
- Butterflies Flit is the only song in the album/video to not be re-recorded by The Wiggly Orchestra.
- This album marked the following:
- The only one since Whoo Hoo Wiggly Gremlins! where Murray Cook plays the guitar on the musician cast list.
- The last in Australia to be released in a CD Jewel Case. From the next album onwards, Sailing Around the World, Wiggles CDs would be released in Caddy Cases going forward.
- The song Wiggly Christmas Medley is titled "Christmas Medley".
- This album contains a bonus video clip of Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!.
- This album's Overture is not listed on the back cover.
- The booklet shows a 1997 photo of Greg.
- The photos of Dorothy and Henry are seen twice, one on the inlay and the other in the booklet.
- Hoop Dee Doo was listed as Hoop-Dee-Doo in the Australian release.
- Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt & Anthony Field are uncredited for the vocals, although they are for the backing vocals.
- Steve Blau and Phil Grove are credited for the keyboards and John Field is credited for the guitar, but it is unclear what track uses those recordings.
- The audience cheering sound effect created for this album was later used in the concert footage of The Latin American Wiggles and Wiggle Pop! Big Show.
- Another version of this album existed, and was heard on the Live Hot Potatoes! test screener DVD edition. It had a different live sound recording throughout.
Goofs
- The introduction tracks are not listed in the back cover, although they are on the disc.
- Greg Truman's name isn't listed in the US booklet.