Live and Sleazy

Live and Sleazy is the first live album and fifth studio album by the Village People and features a mixture of live and studio recordings. It was released as a double LP. The album featured numerous lead singers: original cop Victor Willis on the entire "Live" disk; on the "Sleazy" disk, construction worker David Hodo on track 1, Ray Simpson (who replaced Willis as the cop) on tracks 2, 3, and 5, and G.I. Alex Briley on track 4. Horace Ott is credited as the arranger and conductor of the string and horn sections. The musicians were credited as Bittersweet.

Victor Willis had announced plans for the live portion of this album be remastered and reissued as a stand alone live album titled “Village People Live At The Greek Theatre” in 2018. Other songs left off the original release though performed on the 1979 tour include "Key West", "Go West", "Village People", and "I Wanna Shake Your Hand".

Critical reception
Cash Box called the song "Sleazy" "an amusing self-parody which, vocally, relies more than ever on the group's zealous choral work." Record World called it "great dance music."

Track listing
All music composed by Jacques Morali

Sleazy
All songs written by J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt

Note: The Rebound Records CD release placed the studio tracks before the live tracks.

Village People

 * Victor Willis – lead vocal on "Live" (album)
 * Ray Simpson – lead vocals on "Sleazy" (album)
 * David "Scar" Hodo – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleazy" (song)
 * Alex Briley – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Save Me (Ballad)"
 * Randy Jones – backing vocals
 * Felipe Rose – backing vocals
 * Glenn M. Hughes – backing vocals

Production

 * Jacques Morali – producer
 * Horace Ott – string and horn arrangements, conductor
 * Michael Hutchinson – mixing on "Sleazy" side
 * Joe Barbaria – engineer
 * Michael Hutchinson – engineer
 * Steve Mitchell – engineer
 * Carla Bandini – assistant engineer
 * Chris Fergesen – assistant engineer
 * Derek Du Nann – assistant engineer
 * Doug Grinbergs – assistant engineer
 * Jon Smith – assistant engineer
 * Matthew Weiner – assistant engineer
 * Stephen Lumel – art direction
 * Lynn Goldsmith – photography

Bittersweet

 * Albert Finney – guitar
 * Keith Starkey – bass
 * Greg Baker – drums
 * Chuck Kentis – synthesizer
 * Zack Stephens – synthesizer
 * Lawrence Killian – percussion

Additional percussion and background vocals
 * L.Waymer – percussion
 * C. St. Charles – percussion
 * Ray Simpson – percussion
 * Milt Grayson – percussion
 * Peter Whitehead – percussion
 * D. Andres – percussion