America - Live In Boston 1975

America (the band) formed in 1970.

By the time of this concert in 1975, they were in the process of releasing their first 'greatest hits' album.

With five albums released by 1975 (the first two went platinum, the following three gold), the band who formed in London (UK), had achieved popularity and commercial success both sides of the Atlantic.

The band continue to tour and record, this concert however is from their first era of success.

Performing at the Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA on the 4th May 1975 this is a full concert from America.

Set list:

01. Intro
02. Tin Man
03. Muskrat Love
04. Baby It's Up To You
05. Moon Song
06. Old Man Took
07. To Each His Own
08. Lonely People
09. I Need You
10. Don't Cross The River
11. Ventura Highway
12. Only In Your Heart
13. Woman Tonight
14. Story Of A Teenager
15. Half A Man
16. Company
17. Hollywood
18. Sister Golden Hair
19. crowd noise
20. Sandman
21. A Horse With No Name

The recording is very good quality stereo, however I am not sure of the source, the audience are clearly having a great time!

You can visit America's MySpace HERE, and their official website HERE.

Reloaded August 2015 see comments.

Bon Jovi - Milwaukee, USA, 1985

This is Bon Jovi live, back on the 29th June 1985, at the Milwaukee WI, Summerfest in the USA.

I had the pleasure of seeing Bon Jovi perform at the final concert at the old Wembley Stadium, London in 2000, prior to the place being demolished and rebuilt.

I was never a great fan of Bon Jovi however I was impressed on than night, and even if the show was a little bit 'show biz' rather than just rock'n'roll, it was easy to understand why they sell out stadiums with ease.

This boot, is from the period just prior to them hitting major success with their third album 'Slippery When Wet'.

The concert was I understand circulated as 'Get Ready' on the Japanese boot label Bondage.

Set list was:

1. Tokyo Road
2. Breakout
3. Only Lonely
4. She Don't Know Me
5. Shot Through The Heart
6. Ritchie Sambora guitar solo/In And Out Of Love
7. Runaway
8. Home/Get Ready
9. Burning For Love

Band line up was:

Jon Bon Jovi (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
Richie Sambora (lead guitar, backing vocals)
David Bryan (keyboard, backing vocals)
Tico Torres (drums, percussion)
Alec John Such (bass guitar, backing vocals)

This is an excellent recording, from the FM stereo broadcast of their show.

Reloaded 23/02/2016 link in comments.

Yes - Live In Chile 1998

A while back I was emailed asking if I had any Yes bootlegs ( I accidentally deleted the message, so apologies to the sender for never replying).

The answer was of course yes.

I recently came across this show, and one song prompted me to start featuring the band.

Lets take a step back. I have most official Yes material both on vinyl and CD, so I have to admit more than a passing interest in the band.

That said, down the years I have also found them infuriating!

The self indulgent, pretentious, 'prog rock at it's worst' moments, have left me cringing, and the stage costumes in the seventies and eighties, a million miles from street credibility, can only make me gag.

However, and a very big however at that! in the right mood and on the right day, Yes can still make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

It was one particular track inclusion on this boot, that even before listening, had me poised for a little neck hair rising. The song in question is 'America' the cover version they perform of the Simon and Garfunkel original.

I first came across this on 'The New Age Of Atlantic' album back in 1971 (I think it was 71). In fact revisiting both 'The Age of Atlantic' and 'The New Age Of Atlantic' albums, has prompted me to do another post on these 'sampler' albums, so more about them another time.

I have often wondered what Yes would have sounded like, and developed into, if they had been a no nonsense rock'n'roll band, maybe this concert and in particular the inclusion of 'America' gives us all a hint.

This is Yes live on the 21st of May 1998, in Santiago, Chile, at the Monumental El Teatro, in front of around 6000 adoring fans.

The set list is:

1. Firebird Suite
2. Siberian Khatru
3. Rhythm Of Love
4. America
5. Open Your Eyes
6. And You And I
7. Heart Of The Sunrise
8. Mood For A Day/Winter/Guitar Boogie/Clap
9. From The Balcony
10. Wonderous Stories
11. Khoroshev Solo
12. Long Distance Runaround/Whitefish/Alan White Solo/Ritual
13. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
14. Santiago
15. I've Seen All Good People
16. Roundabout
17. Starship Trooper

The band line up was:

Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Billy Sherwood (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Alan White (Drums)
Igor Khoroshev (Keyboards)

This is a good quality soundboard recording (raw and funky, turn up the volume and enjoy).

THE DOWNLOAD LINK IS IN COMMENTS BELOW

Some Yes albums in the beehive Candy Store HERE.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Woodstock Festival 1969

This is Creedence Clearwater Revival, live at Woodstock.

John Fogerty felt the band's performance was below standard on the night, this was after all CCR at their peak of success both live and commercially.

As a result their concert did not appear on the Woodstock soundtrack or film, (several CCR tracks from the event were included in the 1990s commemorative box set.)

The band also complained that they had to take the stage at three in the morning because The Grateful Dead had jammed far past their scheduled set time, (and many of the audience had gone to sleep - no change there then - sorry Dead-Heads).

All of that said and having listened to this boot of the show, I have to say I think they were harsh on themselves, this is full on CCR, at a true moment in musical history.

This then is Creedence Clearwater Revival on August 16th 1969, live at Woodstock.

Set List:

01 Born on the Bayou
02 Green River
03 Ninity Nine and a Half
04 Bootleg
05 Commotion
06 Bad Moon Rising
07 Proud Mary
08 I Put a Spell on You
09 The Night Time is the Right Time
10 Keep on Chooglin'
11 Suzie Q

This is very good quality from the remastered stereo soundboard recordings.

There is a small amount of CCR material in the Beehive Candy Store.

Reloaded - 20/May/2015 - download link in comments.