Considering Aerosmith's reputation as a kick-ass live band, they have released surprisingly few official live albums, at least from their best years, which I consider the 1970s, plus their late 1980s to early 1990s revival. The only live album from the 1970s is "Live! Bootleg." But that has a couple of problems, in my opinion. One is that the band wanted to imitate the look and sound of a bootleg, to the point that some of the songs were degraded to sound like they were recorded by a cassette tape player. The other is that it's a selection of songs from many concerts. There's a place for that, but I generally prefer a single, complete concert, which this is.
That album mostly consists of performances from 1978. By contrast, this show took place in 1975. As the 1970s went on, the band's performances grew more hit and miss, depending on their (usually considerable) drug intake at the time. But they were still firing on all cylinders here.
The sound quality of this concert is excellent. I suspect that's because it was professionally recorded, to be broadcast on the radio.
This album is an hour and four minutes long.
01 talk (Aerosmith)
02 Walkin' the Dog (Aerosmith)
03 S.O.S. [Too Bad] - Somebody (Aerosmith)
04 talk (Aerosmith)
05 Big Ten Inch Record (Aerosmith)
06 talk (Aerosmith)
07 Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith)
08 talk (Aerosmith)
09 Dream On (Aerosmith)
10 Write Me a Letter (Aerosmith)
11 talk (Aerosmith)
12 Walk This Way (Aerosmith)
13 talk (Aerosmith)
14 No More No More (Aerosmith)
15 Same Old Song and Dance (Aerosmith)
16 talk (Aerosmith)
17 The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Aerosmith)
18 talk (Aerosmith)
19 Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith)
The cover photo shows lead singer Steve Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry (with guitar). It's from a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City in December 1975.
Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteDang it. I have such trouble with these damn things. Hopefully it's just a temporary thing. I'll wait to see what other people have to say.
DeleteTime for me now (yes I'm a bit late) to burn it to CDr and print the cover. This is an amazing concert. Maybe the best one ever from Aerosmith, quality and energy ? Much appreciated. And true, much better than their official ones from the seventies.
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