The album was recorded in summer and fall 1975, primarily at Winterland in San Francisco and the Long Island Arena in Commack, New York.
The album was actually recorded at venues in North America; the title parodies both Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive! and the At Budokan albums released by numerous artists.
Peter Frampton | Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris | Alive | DOA: Dead or Alive | Kenneth Frampton | Dead or Alive | Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive | The Whitest Boy Alive | Stayin' Alive | It's Alive | I Shouldn't Be Alive | Monthly Comic Alive | Hollis Frampton | Frampton Cotterell | Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 | Alive and Cooking | The Fastest Guitar Alive | Still Alive | Roger Frampton | Only Lovers Left Alive | No One Here Gets Out Alive | Mummies Alive! | Livonia (His Name Is Alive album) | It's Alive (band) | 'It's Alive!' | I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming | George Frampton | Frampton Comes Alive! | Dead or Alive (series) | Dead or Alive (band) |
Peter Frampton recorded part of his 6x platinum double album, Frampton Comes Alive, at the arena.