The album was initially released online as part of the Daft Club service. The site offered fans who bought Daft Punk’s Discovery and Daft Club albums to have access to exclusive Daft Punk music and news. The service had Alive 1997 to listen for free for Daft Club members. The site has since closed but is now currently running as a fan site on The Birmingham performance was selected by Daft Punk themselves for release, as they considered it to be their favorite from their Daftendirektour. Alive 1997 prominently features elements of “Daftendirekt”, “Da Funk”, “Rollin' & Scratchin'”, “Revolution 909” and “Alive” from their Homework album. There are also prominent elements of Armand Van Helden’s “Ten Minutes Of Funk” remix of “Da Funk”. The “Ten Minutes of Funk” track was offered as a B side to “Da Funk”. The live performance also contains elements of what would later become the track “Short Circuit” featured in Discovery and the elements that people hear after “Revolution 909” is called “Pulsar” by the music duo Retro/Grade. Alive 1997 contains the 45-minute excerpt in one continuous track on CD. The CD and vinyl packaging included a set of Daft Punk stickers. The layout for the album was done by Åbäke, and the photography by Serge Paulet.