Aerosmith Live Bootleg CD

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 On Aerosmith "Live Bootleg"
In my teen years of the mid to late 70s, this LP was one of the primary staples of my music collection. Released, I think, just before "Draw the Line", "Bootleg" contains, IMHO, the best version of Dream On ever put to tape. Along with that song and a few other Aerosmith signature songs, "Live Bootleg" showed me a bluesy side of Aerosmith I wasn't aware of, ie I Ain't Got You, Mother Popcorn. It also showcased Steven Tyler's ability to reproduce live what he could do in a studio setting. I put a lot of miles on my old edition of the LP and, getting tired of trying to DL stuff from "Lve Bootleg" off the Internet, I finally just decided to reinvest in the CD and I am more than pleased that I did so.
Submitted by jsgoggans (Paintsville, KY) 
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 Awesome!!!!!
Great concert material of Aerosmith!!!!
Submitted by jim4746 (Easton, PA) 
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 I HAD THIS ON VINYL
Like so many others,I owned the two LP set,and when it came out on CD I just had to get it. Unlike CLASSICS LIVE and CLASSICS LIVE 2 which came later,this gives you so much mor for what you're paying for. As for some of the covers like LAST CHILD and COME TOGETHER which are just ok,MOTHER POPCORN AND I AIN'T GOT YOU ARE MUCH BETTER. And for those of you who never heard this before,there is even the hit DRA THE LINE included.
Submitted by Joel (Miami Fla.)
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 Caught in the raw
This is an absolute nugget of a live record. The sound is, arguably, as it should be: Rough, raw and very tough. It is an honest yet highly enjoyable piece by one of the great rock bands of all-time and tunes like 'Back in the saddle', 'Sweet emotion', 'Toys...', 'Mama Kin', and the talkbox drenched 'Walk this way' are simply inspiring. There is a fabulously raw version of 'Lord of the thighs' and a great 'Chip away the stone' but the high point of the album is the finale, 'Train Kept-a-rollin', complete with a gorgeous excerpt of 'Strangers in the night' by Joe Perry. Exceptional.
Submitted by S J (Woking)
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 A Brief Snapshot
The main flaw with "LIVE!BOOTLEG" is not the sound, the original live recordings were intentionally "muffled" to aproximate the sound of a bootleg recording, go figure? Rather, the problem is tempo. Nearly every song is played at breakneck speed! Sometimes it works, ("Walk This Way" with ultrafunk JP on talkbox) Sometimes it doesn't, ("Last Child" great soloing by Whitford) This is an interesting musical document of a great band about to (or already) going down in flames. That being said, this is also a killer live album, full of gems for the avid Aerosmith aficionado!
Submitted by cthonic (gr,mn,usa)
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