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The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert"

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Bob Dylan: 1966 Royal Albert Hall
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The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert"
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ASIN: B00000D9TO
Release Date: 1998-10-13

Tracks:

She Belongs To Me
Fourth Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man

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Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
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Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
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Amazon.com's Best of 1998

Nineteen ninety-eight: The same year he dances with Soy Bomb at the Grammys, his record label finally issues Bob Dylan's ultimate live document. A classic case of not giving the audience what they want but what they need, Mr. Dylan's oft-bootlegged 1966 gig begins with lovely and supple folk that foreshadows folk music's turn from protest song to introspection. The album's true highlight is the legendarily ill received and rocked-out electric set, with Dylan backed by members of the Band. There are too many perfect, on-fire guitar solos by Robbie Robertson to count, and Dylan himself responds to the audience's angry bewilderment with equal parts menace, grace, and brilliance. --Mike McGonigal

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The greatest live recording in rock & roll history was--officially, at least--buried in the vaults of Columbia Records for more than a quarter of a century. But no more: Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert has surfaced on two discs mixed and mastered from three-track source tapes that put the myriad pirated recordings to shame. More important, Live 1966 documents a momentous artistic showdown between a willful, inflamed, and utterly fearless performer and his headstrong core following. The Dylan of the mid '60s had made the leap from socially conscious voice of his generation to surrealistic electric poet, a transformation that was met with contempt by a vocal element of his audience. The most telling moment of the recording centers on the standoff: A folk zealot in the audience shouts, "Judas!" earning cheers from the contentious crowd. Dylan responds by snarling, "I don't believe you. You're a liar," then turns to his group, the Hawks (soon to become the Band), and, as the intro to "Like a Rolling Stone" takes shape, commands, "Play loud!" A crucial moment and, time has demonstrated, the correct call. --Steven Stolder

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Bob Dylan: 1966 Royal Albert Hall.......2007-07-06

I resisted buying this CD for a long time, because I have a bad habit of assuming that overhype = bad. In reality, of course, overhype usually indicates that something is good, and worthy of hype, just not so MUCH hype. I finally bought it, mainly because it was one of the last real holes in my Dylan collection. I never, ever expected it to be a 5-star CD.

But it is. The whole audience/Dylan interaction is every bit as fascinating as its legendary status suggests. In fact, it's all so perfect, it's hard to believe it wasn't planned: the "Judas" cat-call comes right before the very last song; and what is the last song? Only the all-time greatest Dylan classic, "Like a Rolling Stone." Dylan's response, too, is great. It's not witty at all--in fact, it reveals that the "Judas" accusation really caught him off guard. He is silent for about 10 seconds, just keeps on fingerpicking the intro to the song, and then he leans into the microphone and says in an even tone, "I don't believe you." It seems like he had to spend about 10 seconds to even convince HIMSELF that the Judas charge wasn't true! Then he delivers his verdict very calmly. But after thinking about it for another five seconds or so, he becomes more self-assured, and yells, "You're a LIAR!" People think of this concert as a defining moment for the Cult of Dylan, but when you listen to it, it seems like it was really a defining moment for Dylan himself. He may have decided, on that very stage, that he would never turn back from his rock experiment. He was plugged in for good.

So, if you are buying this set for the novelty factor, you'll get you're money's worth. However, the first disc--the acoustic set--is a real treasure, probably even the better of the two discs. I don't own much live Dylan, so I can't compare to other concerts, but in comparison to the studio versions this stuff is really great. I mean, solo acoustic versions of Blonde on Blonde songs sounds awesome, but it is even awesomer than you think. "Just LIke a Woman" and "Visions of Johanna," in particular, are way better here than on the original albums they came from.

All in all, despite my original expectations, this is a 5-star CD. Get it soon.

Must have.......2007-06-09

This is a must have for anyone interested in rock and roll hisotry. Someone earlier said it's not worth listening to multipule times, but I disagree. This is one of my most played CDs ever, every track being a great version of the original. "Like a Rolling Stone" might be even better live, with so much energy from Dylan and the band. Any Dylan fan will love this!

Monumental.......2007-05-04

A Dylan fan is occasionally asked what album they would recommend to someone who is interested but not yet sold on Dylan. With 40+ albums representing a wide range of work it is almost impossible to limit a choice to one album.

But this -- more so than any studio album may be the place to start. You get some of the highlights of his 60's legendary trilogy (HWY61, Brining It All Back Home and Blonde on Blonde). This is Dylan at his absolute peak. He's done other phenomenal work -- but nowhere else is this so clearly heard as in the two sets that make up this concert.

This is arguably one of the greatest single act concerts in the history of rock and roll. It is also an important milestone in the history of one of rock's and culture's more important contributors in the last half a century.

Bob Dylan at his best........2007-03-17

Not only is this a great live album, but it's also a slice of Rock and Roll history.

The first disc is Dylan, acoustic guitar, and harmonica. It's classic folk era Dylan.

The second disc is Dylan backed by the Hawks (later known as the Band).

There was a major backlash by folk music fans, because they didn't want to hear Dylan with electric gutars and drums.

SOme of the songs are booed and one fans even calls Dylan "Judas", which Dylan responds to by finishing the concert by having the Hawks play "Like a Rolling Stone" "f*cking loud".

big dylan fan.......2007-03-14

I got this after loving "Visions of Johanna" live acoustic from "Biography." I like having acoustic version of some classics. "Just like a Woman" and "Tambourine" are my favorites. ("Visions" is better on "Biography") The long drawn out harmonica is interesting. On the second cd, the electric cuts, I think people are looking at this with I
love Dylan rose colored glasses. All it is is an important historical document. By any stretch it is not great music and will not bare repeated listening. I agreed with the crowd even though my favorite Dyan albums are Blond on Blond and Modern Times. It's awful, even the song selection is lame. The few times Dylan says anything he sounds like a stoned nerd. (Also, by the way, from some of the included pictures, I now know what they are talking about when they say that in the Dylan biographical movie a woman is going to play him for a few years of his history.) So anyway, it is impossible to give Dylan less than four stars, but I would buy this only if the first cd might hold your interest.

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Another Hall of Famer.
Great Album
The Past Master unplugs
Buy it for "Sunshine"
Who knew a Beatle could go totally unplugged and still sound magnificent

Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
Paul McCartney
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ASIN: B000008IAG
Release Date: 1992-01-01

Tracks:

Be-Bop-A-Lula
I Lost My Little Girl
Here There And Everywhere
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
We Can Work It Out
San Francisco Bay Blues
I've Just Seen A Face
Every Night
She's A Woman
Hi-Heel Sneakers
And I Love Her
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Album Description

His 1991 album for the Parlophone label. Contains 17 tracks,including solo hits, Beatles classics and covers of golden oldies. Contains 'Here There And Everywhere', 'We Can Work It Out' and 'Be-Bop-A-Lula'. The full title is 'Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)'.

Album Details

Historic Unplugged Sessions. Includes Be-Bop a Lula / I Lost My Little Girl / Here There and Everywhere / Blue Moon of Kentucky / We Can Work it Out / San Francisco Bay Blues / I've Just Seen a Face / Every Night / She's a Woman.

Customer Reviews:

Another Hall of Famer........2007-05-23

I first watched it on tv, later had to make a tape from a friend's cd (yes, the first cds sold out that fast), and finally got my own cd after moving to Japan in the early nineties. Quibbling aside, this could be the quintessential McCartney album, highlighting each and every strength he has as a songwriter and performer. Most notable are three songs he brings back from his first album, McCartney. Had the Beatles stayed together, That Would Be Something, Every Night, and Junk might have immortalised themselves on the follow-up to Abbey Road, but only here, twenty years later, are we are treated to what each composition sounds like live and performed by a proper band. The sound is superb, the setting intimate, and Paul has a lot to be proud of in this one.

Great Album.......2007-05-13

A great album to listen while you are driving, working around the house, or actually working at work (as if). Great versions of tunes that you don't expect to hear from Sir Paul, such as "Be-Bop-A-Loo-La", "Blue Moon Of Kentucky", "Ain't No Sunshine", etc. I love it when he actually forgets the words to one of the old Beatles hits. I highly recommend this album to Sir Paul fans or Beatle fans.

The Past Master unplugs.......2007-03-04

PAUL MCCARTNEY * UNPLUGGED is the soundtrack to a 1991 live performance. The musicians and audience have a fine time as Paul and band play a variety of songs, from Beatles standards, to rockabilly to folk and R & B. McCartney's voice is a bit unsteady, and he gets vocal reinforcement on some of the higher notes (examples: "Every Night," "We Can Work It Out" and "I've Just Seen A Face"). The ravages of age and one too many concert, perhaps.

He does best with his own catalog, although Paul wasn't immune to forgetting the occasional lyric or word. The overall effect of this casual set is one wishes to be in the audience, so as to better soak up the man's still prodigious charisma. Liner notes included for each track, as are individual band member photos.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 58:22

Buy it for "Sunshine".......2006-09-06

The best reason to buy this album truly is to get Hamish Stuart's version of "Ain't No Sunshine." I guess with the advent of ITunes you should just download "Sunshine" and forget the album. Oh wait, that's right. None of Paul's stuff is on ITunes. Never mind.

Who knew a Beatle could go totally unplugged and still sound magnificent.......2006-08-13

At first when I looked at the songs on the CD, it looks like all the songs were easy to play unplugged, because most of the originals were somewhat unplugged already. As in And I Love Her, and Here, There, and Everywhere. But no, Paul doesn't just rehash the songs, he creates different arrangements, most notably in the harmony of And I Love Her. You also get to hear Paul's bassist/guitarist (mostly bassist) Hamish Stuart sing in Ain't no Sunshine, and Hamish handled the song pretty well. My favorite has to be And I Love Her. I must admit, the original was too fast and boring. But the added harmony and slowed down to an "R&B" pace makes this song shine out from all the others. Robbie's guitar work in all the songs are nothing short of amazing, the drummer's work adds a very essential touch to the music, Hamish's vocals match up right next to Paul's, and Paul, well we all know he's amazing. I recommend this CD to everyone. Beatles fans, or not, this is a live masterpiece.

The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991

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Beyond awesome!
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Dylan Review
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The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
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Release Date: 1997-08-19

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Hard Times In New York Town
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Man On The Street
No More Auction Block
House Carpenter
Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
Let Me Die In My Footsteps
Rambling, Gambling Willie
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Quit Your Low Down Ways
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Seven Curses
Eternal Circle
Suze (The Cough Song)
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If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Gotta Stay All Night)
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I'll Keep It With Mine
She's Your Lover Now
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Bob Dylan has always been incredibly prolific, only releasing a fraction of what he records. Such a policy has made him a prime target for bootleggers over the years, finally prompting this sanctioned 1991 triple-disc dive into the Dylan vaults. It consists of rare tracks, unreleased outtakes, early versions of classics ("Times They Are a-Changin'," "Like a Rolling Stone," "I Shall Be Released"), and alternate versions that sometimes cut the originals ("Idiot Wind"). A measure of Dylan's depth is his list of discarded songs ("She's Your Lover Now," "Blind Willie McTell," "Series of Dreams") that would be the crown jewels of most catalogs. These 58 tracks serve as a shadow history of one of our most important artists. --Ben Edmonds

Customer Reviews:

Beyond awesome!.......2007-05-26

How far beyond awesome? If there's a Heaven and a Hell, if you haven't heard this at your end, you ain't goin' to Heaven.

Buy it. And I dare you to try to remove it from your CD player after hearing it the first time. But listen to it sitting down, or it'll knock you down.

Add 5 stars to the stingy 5 stars.

Need help with sound quality!.......2007-04-03

Can somebody out there help me with this collection? A few years ago Columbia was remastering the Bob Dylan catalog, and that is when I purchased the 3CD set of his called BIOGRAPH, because on the back of the box it said, Digitally Mastering at Sterling Sound, N.Y.C., with SBM, super bit mastering sound, so I was glad that I waited to purchase it till the remastered version became available, and I`ve been holding off from purchasing this collection till this collection has been remastered as well, in the SBM way that Biograph has. Or prehaps it has been by now, can somebody tell me if Columbia has remastered this collection yet?

Dylan Review.......2007-03-11

I absolutely love this bootleg set. It is the best music purchase I've made in several months; I can say this after having it firmly rooted in my CD player since I received it in the mail. I'm not a "reviewer of music," but watch out for Dylan's version of Idiot Wind in the set. It'll break your heart and leave you wanting more. A MUST have for any Dylan lover!

Hear Dylan again -- for the first time!.......2007-02-24

I've been a huge Dylan fan since I found "Bringing It All Back Home" nestled amongst my mother's Sonny & Cher albums at the age of 17. I'm no completist, but I do have most of Dylan's catalog, including almost everything he released during the 1960's... or so I thought!

The Bootleg Series 1-3 is exhaustive without ever feeling exhausting - the three discs span three decades of Dylan's career, and it just FLIES by you like snapshots in an album, giving you a great sonic evolution of the greatest singing poet the world has ever known. The discs demand immediate re-listens (no really!), and many tracks will beg the question "why the heck didn't THIS ever find it's way onto an album?!?"

For the uninitiated (are there any left?), this collection is a great introduction to Dylan's first 30 years; but to those of us who grew up listening to the man, it serves as a time machine, transporting you back to that emotional rush when you first heard the nasal whine and amazing lyrics of Robert Zimmerman. For some, that's worth it's weight in gold.

Bob Dylan bootleg series.......2007-02-20

Love the Cd has songs I had never heard Bob sing, and everything was just fine.

The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall

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It;s Life and Life Only
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The brooding Bob Dylan of the 1966 live collection in the Dylan bootleg series gave way to an even more hooded character on the second live bootleg album from 1974. Which makes the jump back to a younger Dylan in this set all the more jarring. Here is Dylan as an eager-to-please 23 year old with nothing between him and his worshippers but a guitar, a harmonica, and, for four songs, his lover, Joan Baez. In marked contrast to the acerbic electric Dylan of the mid-'60s and the tight-lipped living legend of the mid-'70s, here is Dylan as entertainer. Joking and bantering with the crowd, Dylan deals up some favorites ("The Times They Are A-Changin'," "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"), but is already shedding his earnest folkie persona; imagine another artist a mere two years into his career declining to perform a hit on the scale of "Blowin' in the Wind." But Dylan was moving fast. Having completed the last all-acoustic collection of his early years three months before the Philharmonic concert, he would record the half-electric/half-acoustic Bringing It All Back Home three months later. Three of the four acoustic songs from that album are presented here, as are a handful of then-unreleased songs, including "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues," "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" (which was soon given a rock arrangement), and a protest-period remnant, "Who Killed Davey Moore?" Had Concert at the Philharmonic Hall appeared the year it was recorded, it would been seen as a respite for folk fans to catch their collective breath before Dylan reappeared in his rock & roll Rimbaud guise. Heard for the first time decades later, it's simply a testament of his gifts as a showman and songwriter. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Another golden Bobby D .......2007-05-07

This is THE Bob Dylan that I cherish - if you really dig some of the eariler, folksy "Times they are a changin" Bob Dylan then this is a great album for you.

The duets with Joan are an added bonus - with a bit of Dylan's wit and humor showing through. We are also treated with a (small) amount of stage banter from Dylan - something which was regretably absent when I saw him in 2003 in concert.

It;s Life and Life Only.......2005-10-12

For me Dylan was always there but I didn't get it. I mean Johnny Cash told me that Bob Dyaln was a great song writer, But I just never got what all the Dylan fuss was about.
Then I check out this cd.
Now I get it. Man do I get it.

"Hope I Never Have to Make a Living".......2005-09-21

This late in Bob Dylan's career, it seems that Colombia is content to release (and profit from) a perennial bootleg album. For diehard fans there are reasons to buy and cherish all of these, not all of them healthy. For your casual fan however, some releases are better than others.

Unlike the other releases, Vol. 6 lacks a distinctive sound that made the other volumes so engaging. First, there was Vol. 1-3 (one release). This three-disc set blazed the trail by making available live and unreleased cuts that spanned Bob's entire career; these discs reveal just how deep Dylan's musical veins run. Vol. 4, The Royal Albert Hall Concert, is essential because it captures Dylan at the height of his creativity in 1966. These two discs pack in an otherworldly, heroine-fueled, Rimbauld-esque vision that is still shattering rock and roll music today. One can feel in these performances the psychological tension (created in part from the times, but more from an artist in the process of shedding skins faster than he can grow into new ones). Vol. 5, The Rolling Thunder Revue, also captures another pivotal era in Dylan's career, this time that of a thirty-something icon's last stab at youth. Again, there is an intensity to the performances, to his voice, to the rolicking play of talented musicians.

Lastly we arrive at this collection, the Halloween Concert. What does it lack? For one, passion. The performances feel forced. Dylan is shaking off the albatross of being a "protest singer," and about to embrace (lyrically) the subjective and personal. When we do get these newer songs, like "It's all Right Ma" and "Gates of Eden" the listener feels this intensity. But the older songs, wich make up most of the set, are not performed with much passion or conviction. Dylan's voice whines and sounds distracted. The short set performed with Joan Baez is particularly disappointing, as all sets with her were. Joan, for all her talents as a singer, stands in too much contrast to Dylan's ideosyncratic voice. Song birds are beautiful and bull frog croaks are beautiful -- but not on top of one another. You can understand, listening to their shaky duets here, why in a matter of weeks Dylan would not allow her with him on the stage anymore.

Perhaps the most interesting aspects of this album are Dylan's monologues and dialogues with audience members between songs. He giggles and bandies absurd sentences, sounding very childish in the process, cannabis induced of course. He plays games, at one point playing the same chords over and over, pretending as though he has forgotten the first words to the song.

For an all acoustic concert Columbia would have been wiser to release something from 1963, a time when Dylan still felt connected to the songs we was performing. Here he spends too much time on material he'd rather leave behind. One exception it his rendition of "A Hard Rains a Gonna Fall," certainly the most intense cut on the record.

All in all, my intention is not to disparage this recording. After all, it is a complete Bob Dylan concert recorded during his hey-day. But considering the wealth of other material available, the previous bootlegs should be purchased before this one. That being stated, for fanatics like me, it is still a must, and beats the pants off "Knocked Out and Loaded" and "Down in the Groove," two albums only a mother could love.

Terrific early Dylan.......2005-01-12

Terrific, eh? Four stars, eh? Yes, I know, Dylan-philes everywhere are already seeing me in hell, but I'm just trying to be fair and balanced. So sue me.

Another legendary Bob Dylan-concert which has been available as a bootleg for decades, the so-called "Halloween Concert" is not quite as accessible (or essential) as "Bootleg Series" volumes 4 and 5, the 1966 and 1975 concerts.
This is strictly acoustic material, just Bob Dylan, his guitar and his harmonica rack, and not everybody who like band-backed Dylan enjoy his earliest solo stuff. And while there are plenty of warm, wonderful performances here, there are also a couple of performances, including an 11-minute "It's Alright Ma", which are mostly for diehards.

But if you're seriously interested in the acoustic Bob Dylan, this concert is a must-have. The sound is spectacular, wonderfully realistic and immediate, and the transfer is extremely clean. The packaging is lavish, featuring a fine essay, numerous photos, and discographical information, just like the previous issues in this series. And there are some truly stellar performances here...104 minutes of music, including a wonderful, sensitive performance of "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll", an acidic "With God On Our Side", and a lovely, melodic "If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Gotta Stay All Night)".
Joan Baez guests on four songs on disc two. Dylan and her fool around on an enjoyable "Mama, You've Been On My Mind", and Baez sings a thoroughly beautiful "Silver Dagger" which is worth the entire second disc.

There are protest songs here, alongside "talking blues", folk, love songs, and humorous narratives. Great renditions of "Spanish Harlem Indident", "Mr Tambourine Man", "To Ramona", "The Times They Are A-Changin'", the definitive solo performance of "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)"...
And Dylan himself is is high spirits, relaxed, friendly and funny.
This is a must-have for fans of Dylan's acoustic period, and even those who already own the bootleg should consider replacing it. To me, these performances are often better than the solo numbers on the 1966 album, and several of them are equal to the magnificent acoustic songs on "Live 1975".
4 1/2 stars. Highly recommended.

love it.......2005-01-08

One of my favorite Bobby D albums.If you're into his early sixties stuff you'lle love this album.I wasn't alive during his heyday so i love having live stuff of his.So go out and buy it... go on.. go. HURRY!

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"Bobby D Finds his roots"
A revelation!
POESIA PERPETUA QUE NACE UNA Y MIL VECES...........
This is not the soundtrack..
Two Fine, Distinct CD's

No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)
Bob Dylan
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Modern Times (Deluxe Edition With Bonus DVD)

ASIN: B000A4AWRW
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

When I Got Troubles
Rambler, Gambler
This Land Is Your Land
Song To Woody
Dink's Song
I Was Young When I Left Home
Sally Gal
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Blowin' In The Wind
Masters Of War
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
When The Ship Comes In
Mr. Tambourine Man
Chimes Of Freedom
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

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She Belongs To Me
Maggie's Farm
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Tombstone Blues
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Desolation Row
Highway 61 Revisited
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Visions Of Johanna
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone

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Book-ended with an embryonic recording made by a high school friend and a live, boisterous take of "Like a Rolling Stone" less than seven years later, the fifth release in the Bob Dylan Bootleg series (and the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's Dylan documentary of the same name) proffers just how far the folk idol turned rock star had come between his last year in a Minnesota high school and 1966's contentious UK tour. The double CD is sequenced chronologically and features 26 rare and unreleased recordings (most between 1961 and 1966), including 1959's muddied "When I Got Troubles,' reportedly the first song Dylan ever put to tape, and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," performed live soon after Dylan's arrival in New York. While the usual suspects are present--"Don't Think Twice It's Alright," "Masters of War," "Mr. Tambourine Man"--this collection unravels the unexpected, including an outtake from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ("Sally Gal"), captivating alternate takes of "She Belongs To Me," "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and "Visions of Johanna" (with full band) and the ripping electric version of "Maggie's Farm" that throttled the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and carried Dylan over the genre-influencing threshold into generation-altering icon status. --Scott Holter

Recommended Bob Dylan

The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [BOX SET]	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert	Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)
Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall	No Direction Home [DVD]	Don't Look Back [DVD]

Customer Reviews:

"Bobby D Finds his roots".......2006-11-10

This was an absolutely TREMENDOUS CD.
Especially recommended on Side 2 are "She Belongs to Me" ("She's an artist, She Don't look Back") and a Devestating Version of "Desolation Row".
On Side 1 are "When my Ship comes in" (In the Video Baez tells how Dylan is upset that they won't let him in a Hotel because of his "Scruffy appearance", then as Baez tells it "So he wrote 'When My Ship comes In' He can't get a Hotel Room, so he writes when my Ship comes In"!!!)
Also on Side 1 is a "Catch Lightning in a Bottle" version of "Chimes of Freedom.
AND if you like this CD, check out Baez's performance on YOUTUBE of "Diamonds and Rust"; Then go to the 1992 Dylan Tribute where the Clancy Brothers (and for this performance only Tommy Makem) do "When My Ship Comes In". You can't go wrong on any of these.

A revelation!.......2006-10-11

Just spent a day listening to the second disc while painting my house. I played it loud over and over while I worked. I have to say it's brilliant. While there is a lot of good stuff on this disc, the standout tune for me is "Visions of Johanna." The Band is absolutely in full form, and Dylan sounds like he's about to levitate. Couldn't have been a better day ... completely reinvigorated my interest in the man's music.

POESIA PERPETUA QUE NACE UNA Y MIL VECES..................2006-10-04

OTRA VEZ EL ENORME CATALOGO DE DYLAN NOS SORPRENDE GRATAMENTE...PARECE NORMAL SEGUIR EXHUMANDO POESIA, REDESCUBRIENDO BELLEZA EN TEMAS QUE HEMOS ESCUCHADO MILLONES DE VECES Y SEGUIREMOS ESCUCHANDO...VERSIONES EN VIVO, TOMAS ALTERNATIVAS, GRABACIONES CASERAS, EN FIN, UNA CATARATA DE CANCIONES QUE SENCILLAMENTE SON EL ESPEJO DE UNA GENERACION....FALTAN TODAS LAS QUE NO ESTAN Y NO ALCANZAN LAS PRESENTES!!!UNO NO PUEDE ESTAR CONFORME CON SEMEJANTE DESPLIEGUE DE TALENTO...ESCUCHAS DESDE blowin' in the wind HASTA ESE BLUES A CONTRAMANO QUE ES stuck inside of movile... OTRA MARAVILLA ENCERRADA EN UNA CAJITA DE CARTON..PARA FANATICOS DE DYLAN..NO!..PARA CUALQUIER PERSONA QUE AME LA MUSICA....

This is not the soundtrack.........2006-10-04

I clicked on Mr. Tamborine Man, quite expecting to hear the whimsical, amazing version on the DVD from the Newport festival, where he sings alone surrounded by folkies, occassionally interrupted by some annoying guy lamenting the protest songs, and I get a rough duet with who? I click on Visions of Johanna, do i get the surreal version on the DVD, with Bob refusing to crash in the Hills of Tennessee, just wanting to go home (and crash on his motorcycle) with delicate refrains and moving poetic intonations and drifting harmonica.. no, just a studio electric version. Guess I'm supposed to get all the live bootlegs, ok. I am gratefull to , 'Don't Look back', having intoduced me to Dylan. Where is it?

Two Fine, Distinct CD's.......2006-09-14

If you have many of Dylan's albums of the sixties, this is an excellent addition. Disc one is solo acoustic and chronicles a songwriter coming into his own. Disc two is full of live and alternate takes that shed new light on the original versions of the songs. Sometimes alternate takes are meant to be kept off of albums, these versions are quite rewarding, and definitely worth repeated listens. The liner notes include other pictures taken from the album cover photo sessions. Here are some other fine albums you may like if you like Dylan:
1) Kings Avenue by Joe Kile
2) Stranger's Almanac by Whiskeytown
3) Banjos And Sunshine by Sixty Acres
4) Ain't No Grave: A Tribute To Traditional And Public Domain Songs by Various Artists

Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)

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Dylan is king!
perhaps lower expectations are in order
This album rocks!
Another classic from the Bootleg Series with some essential takes
I LOVE THIS!!!!

Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)
Bob Dylan - Rolling Thunder Revue
Manufacturer: Sony
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No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)
Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]

ASIN: B00006NT3H
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
It Ain't Me, Babe
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
Romance In Durango
Isis
Mr. Tambourine Man
Simple Twist Of Fate
Blowin' In The Wind
Mama, You Been On My Mind
I Shall Be Released

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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Tangled Up In Blue
The Water Is Wide
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Oh, Sister
Hurricane
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
Sara
Just Like A Woman
Knockin' On Heaven's Door

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One of the many oddities of Bob Dylan's long and unruly career has been the rather cursory recording treatment given his stint as ringleader of the Rolling Thunder Revue. It's a shortcoming that's rectified with the release of Live 1975. Prior to the appearance of this two-disc collection, Rolling Thunder's eclectic road show was chronicled only in the infrequently screened, Dylan-directed Renaldo & Clara film and the bafflingly brief and one-note 1976 live set, Hard Rain. In contrast to its predecessor, this set, culled from four appearances made in November and December of '75, captures the breadth and subtleties of Dylan's Rolling Thunder performances. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You," formerly a coda from Nashville Skyline, is given a rather incongruous bite here, while "It Ain't Me, Babe" is colored brightly by multi-instrumentalist David Mansfield along with erstwhile David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson, the sparkplug of the gratifyingly ragtag group that coalesced on short notice. Solo acoustic performances weave through caterwauling full-band treatments of songs old ("The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll) and new ("Hurricane" and four other selections from Desire, which wouldn't hit the racks until early '76). While the contributions of a number of caravan cohorts and guests are left out, Joan Baez shares the spotlight with Dylan on four numbers, most notably on the rarity "Mama, You Been on My Mind" and the traditional "The Water Is Wide." But despite its cavalcade trappings, it was Dylan's show, and this collection demonstrates finally just how close to his '60s peak the '70s Dylan was. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Dylan is king!.......2007-03-09

These discs have been in my cd player since I purchased them a month ago. Dylan's painted face allows him to be more diverse. It has songs that feature just Dylan and his guitar and others with his stellar band. For any Dylan fan interested in the bootleg series, this is a great starting point. I have several others in teh bootleg series, but few are as fun as this one. He just rocks!

perhaps lower expectations are in order.......2007-02-15

Some of you are not going to like this review, but buyers will need some candor here. Dylan really is great, and his often great work in the 1970s is generally underappreciated. But this live set is not the place to learn to love Dylan. If you're curious about this title, my recommendation is go pick up his studio recordings of the mid- to late-1970s, beginning with the remastered titles. These are lovely, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes groovy, and often superb. If you already have these, then, if you choose to get this title, you might set your expectations a little lower.

The main problem with Live 1975, as a reviewer below notes, is the singing--or, as one might better say, the bellowing. Dylan has one of rock's great voices and in his studio recordings, including his studio recordings of the 1970s, he sings with astounding emotional authority (where does he get that, one wonders--how does anyone get that?!). In these Live 1975 tracks, however, Dylan is out of voice, bellowing either to be heard or else to "voluminate" in lieu of giving a more emotionally nuanced vocal performance. This is not an uncommon failing of concert recordings, but the present case is quite pronounced and I agree with the reviewer below that it seriously taints the enjoyment of these disks.

I may as well go on to note that the sound of the band is quite dense here. I think it's not a performance problem or an engineering problem, but one of arrangement: there are too many instruments crowding the middle range, so it sounds a bit like an undifferentiated wall of sound. Again, rather characteristic of the 1970s live sound, but rarely the case with Dylan's studio recordings.

In short, if you're curious about Dylan in the 1970s, there are better places to look. My favorite of the Live albums is the 1964 one.

This album rocks!.......2007-01-18

Without a doubt one of Dylans best recordings. I was blown away hearing this for the first time, and the twentieth for that matter. This album was just recently released and is a must have for any Dylan fan. If you're looking for a gift for a Dylan fan this is it. Most fans have the popular titles, Blood on the Tracks, Route 66 Revisited, etc. but there's a good chance they don't have this title yet. Guaranteed not to disappoint.

Another classic from the Bootleg Series with some essential takes.......2007-01-12

The Rolling Thunder Review live collection is a close second to Live 1966 as the most essential live Dylan album ever released. Throughout these recordings, a revitalized and energetic Dylan hollers out his new and old classics to a rambunctious crowd of random people (the show traveled like a circus and had little to no publicity) and reinvents many of his old songs along the way.

This series of shows, like many of Dylan's great post-'65 concerts, features a combination of hard-rocking band numbers and solo acoustic songs. He's got a great band, too, with several guitarists, a tight rhythm section, a violin, and even a pedal steel guitar. With this rocking ensemble he reworks several classics into hard rocking barnstormers. "It Ain't Me Babe" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" groove at quick paces and sound almost unrecognizable from their folky original versions. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh" and "Just Like A Woman" are transformed from their delicate studio incarnations to anthemic rockers. Likewise, Dylan's new material (soon to be recorded in the studio as Desire) rocks hardest of all. The versions of "Hurricane" and "Isis" recorded here put the studio versions to shame, performed with fire and energy here that makes these versions the essential recordings.

Some of the album's best moments are the acoustic tunes. The recent hits "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Simple Twist of Fate" sound great, and duets with Joan Baez like "The Water is Wide" channel Dylan's folk past while at the same time remaining firmly rooted in where he was at that moment.

The Rolling Thunder Revue presents Dylan in one of his most daring and original endeavors, and the excellent liner notes tell the story quite well. This collection contains a great selection of classics as well as some great songs that are under-represented in Dylan's live catalog ("The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol"). It's a wild ride and a rewarding listen that I heartily recommend.

I LOVE THIS!!!!.......2006-12-06

I absolutely love this double album. Growing up I owned a bootleg of the rolling thunder revue. Unfortunatly it got lost, however this cd did make up for it. The re-working of "it ain't me babe" is great, and the Joan Baez duo of "mama you've been on my mind" is really good with the country/rocking feel. My one slight problem with this is that "NEVER LET ME GO" was left off...that is not cool

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The Inimitable Jeff Beck Belies Age ! Best Live Guitarist !
A GREAT DISC, BUT STILL A HEARTBREAKER

Official Bootleg USA '06
Jeff Beck
Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Japan
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ASIN: B000P28RAS
Release Date: 2007-06-04

Tracks:

Bolero
Stratus
You Never Know
Cause We've Ended As Lovers
Behind The Veil
Two Rivers
Star Cycle
Big Block
Nadia
Angel's Footsteps
Scatterbrain
Led Boots
Goodbye Pork Pie/Brush With The Blues
Blue Wind
Over The Rainbow

Album Details

2007 Release of a Special Live Album by the Legendary Guitarist that was Previously Only Available at his Concerts Or Via Online. The Set was Recorded in April, 2006 with the Ace Trio of Vinnie Colaiuta, Pino Palladino and Jason Rebello. Includes a Booklet in a Standard Jewel Case.

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The Inimitable Jeff Beck Belies Age ! Best Live Guitarist !.......2007-06-02

This mindblowing, captivating, diverse and flawlessly executed live concert features Jeff Beck at his boundlessly talented best. Culled from his 2006 USA concert tour Beck displays his incomparable guitar virtuosity and creativity on many songs including "Beck's Bolero", the jazzy "Stratus", the emotional "Cause We'ev Ended as Lovers", the riveting "Big Block", the eastern "Nadia", the classic "Led Boots", the masterful riffs on "Brush With The Blues" and the heart-rendering "Over The Rainbow". Guitar World Magazine loved this CD and stated "that some 40 years into his career, Jeff Beck is a peerless master of his craft. He is almost 63 and better than ever. The only guitarist in his league is Steve Vai.

A GREAT DISC, BUT STILL A HEARTBREAKER.......2007-06-01

First of all, it should be noted that this same CD is available direct from JB's own web site at less than half the price of this Japan import. Also, it's a great disc and I highly recommend it.

HOWEVER:

As you can see from the Los Angeles Greek Theater ticket image I loaded above, I attended that show. The Greek event had many additional songs, guests and aspects that were unique to that show. While this CD has some great performances, sadly, most of what made the Greek date so special never made it to this disc.

Below this is a review I wrote for some fellow JB-heads the morning after. After you read this, and then listen to this disc, you'll probably roll your eyes and go "aw, geeeeeezzzz", the way I did.

9/29/06:

Well, let's go see Jeff Beck and do The Time Warp Again, because this show was a complete 180 from my expectations. There was little of the recent techno-based material; the majority was from the Blow By Blow/Wired and earlier eras, so it was obviously designed to be a "greatest hits" show.

Of special surprise, after opening with "Beck's Bolero", the band launched into my favorite Billy Cobham tune, "Stratus". Drummer Vinnie Colaiuta isn't Cobham (but then, who is?), but Vinnie is a monster on the skins in his own right and did a great job.

This band was a quartet, with Jason Rebello on keys, who had all the Hammer-Korg lightning solo routines down to a -T. But the real treat came as the band were joined sporadically throughout the show by great guests, most notably Beth Hart.

Hart tore thru a smokin' set of "You Shook Me", "Going Down", which segued into James Brown's "I Got The Feelin", Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come", and more than adequately filled Rod Stewart's shoes on "I Ain't Superstitious". (NONE of which is on this CD)

L. Shankar, most notable for his stint with Peter Gabriel in the 90's, came out to assist on electric violin on a gorgeous "Naida", complete with a great Indian percussion turn by Colaiuta. (The L. Shankar version is not on this CD)

Without Jennifer Batten on stage to push him, there seemed to be less guitar-pyrotechnics from Beck. But, as there were nearly as many slow numbers as upbeat tunes, listening to him showcased against quiet accompaniment, especially with his unmatched skill at harmonics, was a real treat.

The show had one a few nasty hitches: Beck broke a string in one number, then his Marshall stack developed a bad intermittent and recurrent buzz that finally had him on his knees, guitar unslung and yelling "mother******!", while the tech desperately tried to solve the problem. You could see he was just mortified to his core, but the crowd gave him a consoling standing ovation.

After the first hour, they took a 10-minute break to "set-up", and a string ensemble joined the proceedings. Apparently, the Greek show was the only venue on this tour to get this:

9/11/06, Billboard Magazine: Jeff Beck has a special surprise in store for the audience at his Sept. 28 performance at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre. During the show, Beck will be joined by a 14-piece string section to perform for the first time a selection of material from his 1975 album "Blow by Blow" in the manner it was recorded. The string arrangements are being overseen by legendary producer George Martin.

The all-female, easy-on-the-eyes ensemble were thoroughly enjoyable on the slow numbers, but hopelessly drowned out otherwise.

That is, until the encores. The first was the version of Lennon's "A Day In The Life" he has been doing for the past few years, only with the string section, it was just stunning. (Not on this CD, either, arrrgggh) The last number was Beck, a cappella with a bottleneck, and the ensemble with Rebello conducting, on a gorgeous "Over The Rainbow". (Well, at least this made it to the disc!)

I enjoyed this show more than the 2001 Batten-quartet Gibson Ampitheatre show, which was marred by overwrought sound and annoying lighting. Here, the sound was perfectly balanced and the lighting respectfully subdued. I think Beck's playing is more raw and incendiary with Batten, but, again, this was an enjoyable experience tailored to the long-time fan, and with all the Greek-only facets, it was a very unique show.

(And, it could have made for an even more awesome 2CD set.)

(Sigh.)

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A Killer CD
Great stuff

Live: The Authorized Bootleg
Joey DeFrancesco
Manufacturer: Concord Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Release Date: 2007-03-06

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Introduction - Joey
Cherokee
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I'm In The Mood For Love
On Green Dolphin Street
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Customer Reviews:

A Killer CD.......2007-03-08

The Authorized Bootleg, opens with a bang with "Cherokee", Coleman opens with an engaging solo intro and then ups the tempo as he brings in the band and continues to tear it up with about four minutes of amazing choruses Then Joey answers with a blistering solo of his own. The CD continues to explore standards with astonishing originality and passion.

Even at 70, George Coleman is a monster on tenor and Joey gives plenty of space to him throughout. Coleman is featured heavily on this CD, but don't forget that Joey is the greatest B3 player in the world and this band is arguably the best jazz organ trio playing today. They are so tight they can relax enough to explore the beauty of these standards with spontaneity and imagination. "These songs have been played a million times," says DeFrancesco in the liner notes, "but the level of live playing here is what gives the music its bebop and post-bebop beauty. We're all playing in the moment--balls to the wall."

Live: The Authorized Bootleg is one of the best recordings I have heard in quite a while. I strongly recommend it.

Great stuff.......2007-03-08

I pre-orderd this, having been a fan Joey D for a long time I was very excited for this to come out.

It arrived today and just running through the tracks, it sounds incredible. The recording is amazing and the song selection is perfect. I can see myself listening to this for years to come, great job Joey and great job again Concord!

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A model for all live albums
Warts and All!
Play it loud!!!
Now I know why they quit using drugs
A super-nova of a live album - one of A-Smith's greatest

Live Bootleg
Aerosmith
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ASIN: B0000029AW
Release Date: 1993-09-07

Tracks:

Back In The Saddle
Sweet Emotion
Lord Of The Thighs
Toys In The Attic
Last Child
Come Together
Walk This Way
Sick As A Dog
Dream On
Chip Away The Stone
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A model for all live albums.......2007-06-22

Live Bootleg was released in 1978. Being Aerosmith's first live album, it included live versions of songs from all of their albums; AEROSMITH (Released in 1973, tracks that make an apperance on this album are Mama Kin and Dream On), GET YOUR WINGS (1974, included on this album are Lord Of The Thighs, SOS, and Train Kept A Rollin), TOYS IN THE ATTIC (1975, Toys In The Attic, Walk This Way, and Sweet Emotion), ROCKS (1976, Back In The Saddle, Sick As A Dog, Last Child), and DRAW THE LINE (1977, Draw The Line, Sight For Sore Eyes).This CD also includes a few songs not on these albums (The cover of the Beatle's Come Together, Chip Away The Stone, and two covers from an apperance at Pall's Mall in 1973 that is widely bootleged: Mother Popcorn and I Ain't Got You)

The original release on vinyl was on two records, and included a poster. The cover was meant to parody bootlegs of Aerosmith shows that surfaced. Infact, to make it seem more like a bootleg, they did not include "Draw The Line" on the tracklisting. This is from the 1978 show in Philadelphia at the Tower.

This is Aerosmith's at its raunchiest, rawest form. The band was heavily in drugs at the time and that is evident in the recordings. For example, in Dream On, Steven seems to struggle with the vocals in this song. But to me, this is what Aerosmith is. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Even the ugly is better than any music out there today. Aerosmith is up in your face for over an hour. Highlights of the album include a fast-paced Toys In The Attic, a 7+ minute Lord Of The Thighs jam, and the the two "club" numbers Mother Popcorn and I Ain't Got You. But really, the whole album is a highlight. Everything is so loose and rocking, it is the perfect defintion of what a live album should be. A lot of the tracks here are even better than their studio counterparts, for example, S.O.S., Walk This Way (which includes Joe Perry using the talkbox throughout the song), Train Kept A Rollin (incluiding Strangers in the Night), and Sight for Sore Eyes (which Stevens opens the song by asking "Are they gonna let you dance tonight?").

If you are only familiar with the new "polished" Aerosmith (see Just Push Play), you might have a little difficulty adjusting to the band as they were over 20 years ago. This is Aerosmith at its roots. This is Aerosmith before it was pressured by record companies to make pop songs. This is Aerosmith playing raw rock n roll. This is one album that should not be passed up by any fan of Aerosmith, or even rock music in general. This is one of the best live albums of all time and ranks at the top alongside Get Yer Ya-Yas Out and If You Want Blood.

Warts and All!.......2007-02-20

The inclusion of Mother Popcorn from the bootleg 1973 at Pall's Mall in Boston is worth the price of admission. Tight, Funky, Greasy, Raunchy, Raw, Rock & Roll.
I like this live album because it shows the band as it was, warts and all.

Play it loud!!!.......2007-01-12

If youre an Aerosmith fan you have to have this album. I saw Aerosmith on the Draw The Line tour and not again til 2004. This album shows you the root of how they became maybe the greatest american rock and roll band of all time!

Now I know why they quit using drugs.......2006-11-20

I like Aerosmith and have been a fan for years, but honestly speaking, this is far from their best effort. I purchased the vinyl of "Live Bootleg" not long after it came out, and I loved it as a teenager, however after revisiting this element of my childhood, I can firmly say that the memory is much sweeter than the actual recording.

"Live Bootleg" was recorded in 1978 prior to the band's disintegration due largely to drug use. This album in not their finest hour, however if you're a completist, or just simply enjoy hearing drug-addled musicians sloppily play classic hits, then there's a chance you may enjoy it.

Even the recording quality of this album is pretty disappointing; there are few punchy moments where the listener would prefer the live version to the recorded version. Compared to other live albums recorded in this era (Kiss "Live II" or Led Zep's "Song Remains the Same"), Aerosmith's attempt is pretty weak. There's even an annoying buzz through most of the album. Maybe the concept of "Live Bootleg" was to have it sound like a cheap bootleg album, but the novelty wears off rather quickly, especially for the listener who paid full price.

The highlight is the cover of James Brown's "Mother Popcorn". Oh yeah, and the pictures in the booklet were okay.

A super-nova of a live album - one of A-Smith's greatest.......2006-08-12

This is still one of the most underrated live rock albums of all time. Bought the vinyl when it was released. Wore it out. Bought the CD. Wore it out. Bought another. Wearing it out. Steven Tyler wails at his best and Joe Perry's guitar is on fire! A must-have, absolute, unapologetic, timeless rocker.

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The best Marcus Miller CD...
Great live album from electric bass master.
Perfect for my skydiving video !!!!!!!!!
This abum's awesome
Great Marcus

The Ozell Tapes: The Official Bootleg
Marcus Miller
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ASIN: B00008RV26
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

Intro
Power
So What
Lonnie's Lament
Cousin John
Scoop
I Love You Porgy
Panther

Tracks:

3 Deuces
Your Amazing Grace
Nikki's Groove
When Your Life Was Low
Burning Down The House
People Make The World Go Round
Killing Me Softly
Miles/Marcus Medley

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Miller rewards his rabid, insatiable fans, and the rest of us, with a clear two-hour recording that is a better document of his great band than 1997's Live & More. Sequenced just the way bootleggers like it--chronologically--Miller introduces almost every track and gives props to the burning soloists, like Dean Brown and his wild twangy guitar solo on "So What," or the very underrated Michael "Patches" Stewart straddling the upper reaches of his trumpet while trading eights with Brown and saxophonist Roger Byum on a rousing 12-minute version of "Scoop." The band stretches out on very long takes of Miller classics like "Panther" and "Cousin John," and a 20-minute medley of music Miller wrote for Miles Davis. Being an inventive arranger, cover tunes are a highlight of the bassist's records, and he reprises his homage to John Coltrane, "Lonnie's Lament" and adds "Killing Me Softly," and a very poignant version of "I Loves You Porgy." As on Live & More, vocalist Lalah Hathaway joins the group on "People Make the World Go 'Round" as well as on a very Crusaders-like Joe Sample tune. Anchoring it all is the amazing virtuoso musicianship of the man many feel is the best electric bassist in jazz. --Mark Ruffin

Customer Reviews:

The best Marcus Miller CD..........2005-09-13

I have couple of Marcus Miller studio albums and I like them, but I find them a little bit too smooth. I saw him for the first time this summer, and was blown away by the energy and rawer sound which led me to buy this live album. And to my opinion the best Marcus Miller CD. It is modern electric jazz with great improvising, energetic, emotional, soulful and FUNKY. The sound is recorded straight off the mixing desk and left without any editing or mixing, it kept all the energy of a live gig. Get it!

Great live album from electric bass master........2005-04-26

"The Ozell Tapes" is a live album recorded on Marcus Miller's tour behind M2-- if you're not familiar with Marcus Miller's solo work, this is as good a place to start as any-- the majority of the material is drawn from "M2", with a few extra covers thrown in (mostly as features for vocalist Lalah Hathaway), a couple songs from "The Sun Don't Lie" and a medley of material Miller composed with Miles Davis.

The band itself has gotten into Marcus' vibe-- the core is the same band from previous tours, and they've really got a good feel for the vibe Miller sets up-- bass driven electric jazz. In particular the music excels on the pieces were Marcus's bass playing is at its most up fron ("Power", "Panther", "Nikki's Groove"), but also in some of the covers, particularly in the ones Marcus really gets in and around and turns into his own-- "So What" turns into a deep funk tune, with the familiar bass line explosively slapped and popped, "Lonnie's Lament" becomes an r&b song, and "Killing Me Softly" gets rendered stripped down as a duet between Hathaway and Miller.

Long story short, this is a great live album, even at well over two hours, it rarely drifts out of interest.

Perfect for my skydiving video !!!!!!!!!.......2004-08-26

I do not play an instrument. BUT listening to this CD would convince me to start with the bass (with probably no hope of ever matching Marcus's skills) I own M2. This CD incorporates a number of the tunes with other material. Never have seen him live. Tunes like Power and Miles Davis's So What demonstrate some real breadth. However, my favorite tune and the one I used for the background of my skydiving video was Nikki's Groove.

This whole CD will leave you yearning to see a live show. I can't wait to see my first one.

This abum's awesome.......2004-06-30

I love this album! Marcus Miller plays that bass so well and I like the way his band plays! Though it's only 16 songs, it makes up for it in performance. Even though it's a live album, it sounds great because it was recorded straight off of the mixing board. I am actually trying to play a couple of the songs on here because it sounds so bad and I also wanna play jazz!

Great Marcus.......2004-03-03

This double Cd is a pretty great display of what it is like to see Marcus Miller live!
Having seen Marcus Miller live a few months back shows that seeing Marcus really live brings the real vibe. This recording cannot bring the live vibe to you as seeing Marcus live, it's not comparable.
The soundquality is so-so, the drumsound is not that good and overall it's good that this Cds are called "bootlegs".
Get it!

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