Previously unreleased 2001 live album from The Knack slated for Record Store Day

In the summer of 1979, the Knack broke big with their debut single, "My Sharona." Written by band members Doug Fieger (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Berton Averre (lead guitar, vocals), the tune was Capitol Records' fastest-selling gold single since the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

It appeared at the peak position on Billboard's Top Pop Singles year-end chart for 1979, while its accompanying album, Get the Knack, sold over one million copies in less than two months and spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard album chart.

Get the Knack was followed by five additional studio albums before the Knack officially ended with Fieger's death in 2010.

"Live at the House of Blues" is due from Liberation Hall on April 23 (LP) and May 6 (CD/digital). The performance was recorded in Hollywood on September 25, 2001 — just two weeks after the events of 9/11. 

Tony Valenziano, president of Smile Records, which put out 2000s efforts by the band, penned the liner notes. 

The lineup for that show featured the Knack's founding trio of Fieger, Averre, and bassist Prescott Niles, alongside drummer Dave Henderson. Henderson also appeared on the band's Normal as the Next Guy and Live from the Rock N Roll Fun House albums.

The lead digital single, "That's What the Little Girls Do," is out this Friday.

Formats: "Baby blue" double-vinyl LP released April 23 | CD & digital May 6

Track listing:

1. Pop Is Dead

2. Baby Talks Dirty

3. Oh Tara

4. Can I Borrow a Kiss

5. Another Lousy Day in Paradise

6. Good Girls Don't 

7. One Day at a Time

8. It's Not Me

9. Harder on You

10. Siamese Twins (The Monkey and Me)

11. Seven Days of Heaven

12. Tequila/Break on Through (to the Other Side)

13. That's What the Little Girls Do

14. Frustrated

15. (She's So) Selfish

16. My Sharona

17. Let Me Out

18. Last Train to Clarksville