Re: BBC Set...Who Cares?

[tiverson@xxxxxxx (Thor Iverson)]

David:

>I wonder just how many people really have any of this stuff.  Over 1,000?
>5,000?  There is a misconception that all bootlegs sound like shit, and
>they are
>illegal, so lots of people who really love the music never get into them.

In addition, many people live far from any source of bootlegs.  I had neve
reven _heard_ of them until I moved to Boston.

>But, knowing Atlantic, I can see it now, sometime next year:
>
>     "Re-released, re-mastered - The classic that started it all - Led
>     Zeppelin II, with bonus track, the Whole Lotta Love medley from the
>     BBC Paris Theatre session, complete and unedited for the first time.
>     Watch out for the re-re-re-re-release of the whole Zep catalog w/live
>     bonus tracks!!"
>
>I bet that's exactly what the greedy bastards end up doing.  Bastards.

Yeah, this is something Atlantic would do.  *groan*

>Are there any official live albums which feature the whole event, from the
>first
>note played through all the introductions, etc., with no overdubs?  I can't
>think of one.

King Crimson's _B'Boom_?  Recorded straight off the deck without _anything_
- -- including EQ.  I can't remember for sure if it was edited or not,
though.

Thor