bootleg Archive
19 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: Kirsty MacColl – 06-28-92 Glastonbury
Kirsty MacColl was famous for a few things. One, her dad was famed folksinger Ewan MacColl. Two, she wrote and recorded the original version of the girl-group pastiche “They Don’t […]
19 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: Love – 10-24-93 North Hampton MA
Having paid his debt to society, convicted felon Arthur Lee surprised all interested parties by returning to the music scene in the 90s more musically focused than he’d ever been. […]
18 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: New Cars — Road Rage Tour, June 6 2006 – Wolf Trap, Vienna VA
By 2006, everything seemed to get recorded. From every single date of David Gilmour‘s solo tour, to a Peter Tork set with his blues group in a Dallas bar, tapers […]
18 Aug 2012
Bootleg Bin: Procol Harum — April 1969: Los Angeles and San Francisco CA
The most soulful of the so-called “progressive” groups, Procol Harum is best known for the mega-hit “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” Yet fans know that the group produced many songs […]
15 Jun 2012
Bootleg Bin: The Long Ryders – State of Our Union Outtakes
The Long Ryders were twenty years ahead of their time. With their defiantly countrified rock and roll, they embodied the alt-country ethos long before that term would be coined. At […]
28 Nov 2011
Bootleg Bin: Spooky Sings the Hits
Here’s a little gem that has been tucked away in my collection for more than two decades. About ten years ago or so, I was cleaning out some old files […]
14 Oct 2011
Bootleg Bin: Jazz Butcher – Bob & Anne’s Wedding Reception
Simply unbelievable. Pat Fish (aka the Jazz Butcher) and his partner in musical crime Max Eider were somehow convinced to play a September 19, 1997 wedding reception. They did so […]
13 Oct 2011
Bootleg Bin: The Rolling Stones – Record Mirror, Vols. 1 & 2
I recently interviewed Bill Wyman; that feature is coming soon. In my research for the piece, I’m reading Wyman’s autobiography/history Stone Alone. That got me thinking about this collection of […]
22 Apr 2011
Bootleg Bin: Teenage Fanclub – Live at the 13th Note w/Alex Chilton 04-08-93
Here’s a recipe for success. Take an American 70s cult icon, one notorious for erratic performances, and add a healthy dose of one Scottish revivalist pop band that mixes equal […]
10 Mar 2011
Bootleg Bin: Pink Floyd – Interstellar Zappadrive
Everyone’s heard Robin Williams’ joke: “If you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t there.” It would seem that — at least occasionally – the reverse is true: If you don’t remember […]