Well we have some Rock N' Roll on the road and it is starting to get exciting again. With THE BLACK CROWES reuniting and on tour, U2 kicking off their World Tour, VELVET REVOLVER taking their act to the next level and now THE ROLLING STONES talking tour plans for August/September in the States...the mood is on the rise and their should be some great new recordings making the rounds! Here's the bootleg news we picked up on this week...

Secret Garden has released an interesting new BEATLES title called "We'd
Like To Carry On", a single disc compilation of rare
performance tracks, interviews, news conference bits and more ranging from 1963 to 1968. "On
The Rising Curve" is the name of the new BOB DYLAN double-disc set from Mainstream...it features a soundboard from his Meridia, Spain performance at The Teatro Romano on
July 12th, 1997. Soon to hit the streets from Exile Original Masters are 2 ROLLING STONES releases..."Midnight
Moonlight" will contain the April 3rd, 1999 performance from their concert
in Columbus, Ohio during their "No Security Tour"..."Rockin' The Coliseum" is another version of the July 18th, 1975 audience recording from Seattle (lifted from Risk Disc?)...on the European Digi-Pak Label, there is a cool
looking new BEACH BOYS live compilation making the rounds called "Long
Promised Road: The Beach Boys in Concert 1964-1974"...the single disc title features 27 performances from 1964 to 1974 which include material before Brian retreated from the touring cirucuit, rare cover versions of tunes by THE BOX TOPS, THE BEATLES and more...with live rehearsal tracks, etc.





There are 2 new DEEP PURPLE Bootleg CD's to make note of. "Definitive
1973" is from Bondage Music, a 3CD set culled from recordings at Boston
Music Hall on May 24th, 1973 and Munster, Germany on January 23rd, 1973 which
includes a rare live performance of "Mary Long" from the LP "Who Do You Think We Are?"...also
out of Japan on the Darker Than Blue Label comes "The Mephisto Waltz", a 2CD offering that pairs performances from Amsterdam on August 24th, 1969 and Dusseldorf, Germany on June 1st, 1970. Speaking of Dusselforf, Wardour is releasing LED ZEPPELIN "Dusseldorf
1970 Raw Master", a 2CD set from March 12th, 1970...from Beck Door Music there is THE JEFF BECK GROUP "Clambake", a 2CD set featuring their Fillmore West show on December 7th, 1968 when the line-up included ROD STEWART on Vocals, RON WOOD on Bass and MICKEY WALLER on Drums and NICKY HOPKINS on Piano...classic stuff. From Zion is a new DOOBIE BROTHERS double-CD, "Closer
Than Before"...this one docuemnts the bands' October 13th, 1981 performance at Festival Hall in Osaka, Japan and the set will be a limited pressing of 300 copies. I mentioned Rock N' Roll on the road again at the top and this certainly includes classic Heavy Metal making the rounds! Power Gate Japanese CDR has provided a JUDAS PRIEST/SCORPIONS document from the recent tour..."Unbreakable
Gods" compiles both sets from the bands on 3 discs, recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on March 17th, 2005...new on Moonraker is LOU REED "Orpheum", a recording from March 30th, 1996 at The Orpheum Theater in Boston..."Long
Live Grunge" is a new FOO FIGHTERS disc on the Megaphone Label and it captures the band live at the Manchester Apollo in London on May 25th, 1997...from the Zipperman Label comes a new FRANK ZAPPA release, "Lumpy Gravy & Elsewhere" is
a jam packed disc of rarities that includes rare acetates, radio spots and mixes
along with his film score for "Planet Blood/Queen of Blood", the 1973 Steve Allen
Show appearance, etc.

In ELVIS PRESLEY news, it seems that Fort Baxter is revisiting some material
previouly released from the label and will package them up in spectacular Box
Sets. The move comes in response to other Bootleg Labels reproducing their "Profile" Box Sets with inferior results in the artwork department and elsewhere. You know, I really like that approach. It seems the that Fort Baxter also recognized that their efforts from 7 or 8 years ago could be improved upon with the way technology has advanced and they wanted to provide something worthwhile to ELVIS fans and collectors. Nice. The first recording that will get the primo treatment will be the June 29th, 1974 Kansas City Evening Show, and will be titled "Kansas City Blues".
It will feature a 12-page color booklet and officially launches the Fort Baxter Classic Series Label.