bootleg Archive
16 Dec 2010
Bootleg Bin: Zero 7 – Debaser Club, Stockholm
Having recently reviewed a new Tina Dico set, I’ve been thinking about this group lately. Here’s a quick look at a live recording of note from Zero 7. The electronica […]
19 Nov 2010
Bootleg Bin: The Fabulous Poodles – Live 1979
“Well, fame at last! Shave my beard and call me normal!” exclaimed Tony de Meur, in 2005 upon learning of the existence of these two radio broadcast recordings of The […]
29 Oct 2010
Bootleg Bin: George Harrison – Denver 1974
Popular legend among Beatles fans holds that George Harrison‘s 1974 North American tour was an unmitigated disaster. As the story goes, Harrison came down with a severe case of hepatitis […]
15 Oct 2010
Bootleg Bin: The Tubes – Remote Control Sessions
Paul Myers‘ excellent book about Todd Rundgren‘s production work will hit the shelves soon (it’s reviewed here). here’s a look at the session tapes for one of the projects discussed […]
08 Oct 2010
Bootleg Bin: John Lennon – Dakota Demos
Tomorrow — October 9 2010 — would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. He died just after he turned 40. Here’s a look at some recordings he made in the […]
17 Sep 2010
Bootleg Bin: Priory of Brion – Sheffield ‘99
In the mid- to late-1960s Robert Plant did a stint as lead singer for Band of Joy (no musical relation, sadly and somewhat perversely, to the group of the same […]
23 Aug 2010
Bootleg Bin: Pastor John Rydgren – Silhouette Segments
There was a brief period — in the late 1960s and early 70s, natch — when mainstream religion tried to get hip. And I don’t mean that in a condescending […]
10 Aug 2010
Bootleg Bin: Pinnwheel – Pinnwheel
This endearing collection is of interest primarily to Fountains of Wayne fans, but in a perfect world that would include damn near everybody. Recorded (as best as anyone can determine) […]
04 Aug 2010
Bootleg Bin: The 101ers feat. Joe Strummer: Cleopatra’s, December 20, 1975
“No Beatles or Rolling Stones in 1977!” Yeah, right. That famously provocative quote has been attributed to The Clash. And while it’s true that mid-70s punk in its various forms […]
21 Jul 2010
Bootleg Bin: John Fogerty – Hoodoo
The year was 1976, not a banner year for mainstream rock music. The charts were populated with the likes of England Dan & John Ford Coley, Firefall and The Eagles; […]