Prior to any announcement of the album's release, the band had a Spotify Singles release on September 12, 2018, featuring live performances of their American Dream song "Tonite", their This Is Happening song "Home", and a cover of Chic's 1978 song "I Want Your Love", which had been in the band's live setlist rotation during their tour.[7] Following the release, band member Al Doyle revealed on Twitter that the band performed a session at Electric Lady Studios and that there would be more music from the session, including covers, released in the future.[8] On November 2, the band released a cover of Heaven 17's 1981 song "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" along with a confirmation that they would be releasing a live album, titled Electric Lady Sessions, at some point in the future.[9] The band revealed the album's details and made it available for pre-order on January 11, 2019.[10]
Electric Lady Sessions was released on February 8, 2019, through DFA Records and Columbia Records. It was made available on digital platforms[11] and on vinyl. The vinyl release features two 180-gram 12-inch vinyl records housed in a gatefold package.[12]
Personnel adapted from Tidal[13] and album liner notes.[14]
LCD Soundsystem
James Murphy – lead vocals (tracks 1–8, 10 and 11), backing vocals (tracks 9 and 12), piano (track 9), bells (tracks 4 and 8), cowbell (tracks 4 and 12), timpani (track 4), guitar (track 12), synthesizer
Pat Mahoney – drums (all tracks), backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 12)
Al Doyle – backing vocals (tracks 3-5, 7, 8, 10 and 12), lead vocals (track 1), guitar (tracks 3–10), percussion, synthesizers (1, 2, 11 and 12), electric piano
Nancy Whang – backing vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7, 8 and 10), lead vocals (tracks 4, 9 and 12), piano (track 4), synthesizer (tracks 2, 3, 5–8, 10 and 11)
Rayna Russom – backing vocals (3, 7, 10 and 12), lead vocals (track 9), synthesizers (all tracks), percussion
Tyler Pope – bass guitars (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8–10 and 12), bass synthesizers (tracks 4, 7 and 11)
Matt Thornley – synthesizers (tracks 7 and 11), guitars (tracks 3 and 5), glockenspiel (track 2), cowbell (tracks 7 and 9), bells (tracks 8 and 9), MPC