Aerosmith-Live Bootleg (1978)


 

Artist: Aerosmith

Title: Live Bootleg

Label: Columbia

Format: 2LP

Cat #: PC2 35564

Year of Release: 1978

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1978 Pitman Press Gatefold

Listed Condition: VG/VG

Sell Date: 3/1/21

Sell Price: $4.99

Discogs Last Sold:  2/8/21

Low: $2.50

Median: $4.99

High:  $15.99

Current low price: $2.99 G/G+, $4.50 VG/VG

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 48

Have/Want: 3437/157

Where Sold:  Pitach Tikva, Israel

Time it took to sell:  6 years

Where and When Bought: grandma from Norwich, CT got it as gift Xmas 1978

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: Yes

Christmas 1978 was a double album Rock bonanza from my two grandmother's who were fed my wants by my mom who got me the Stone's Some Girls.  One grandmother (who still lives!) got me Kiss Alive II (her boyfriend at the time got me the Peter Criss solo album because he knew I liked Kiss and Cats, sometimes two great things don't go great together, but I appreciated the gesture).  My late Grandma Gwiazdowski got me Aerosmith Live Bootleg, probably at the local mall bookstore in Norwich, CT.

There really couldn't be a better album introduction to Aerosmith.  Yes, Rocks and Toys In The Attic are technically better, but remember, this is A Child's Introduction To Aerosmith.  Well, not really.  The album made my Christmas list because my real childhood introduction to Aerosmith was the Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band film and I was blown away by the Aerosmith scene to the point I bought the 7" with "Kings and Queens" on the B-side.  What a single!

But I'm glad the raw Live Bootleg was my intro to the songbook of Aerosmith, and it certainly forged my rock aesthetic more than Alive II.  I never tire of "Back In The Saddle." Or "Toys In The Attic." Or "Sick As A Dog."   Or any of it except maybe "Dream On."   "Dream On" is another one of those career defining songs that while technically great, I've heard too many times for one lifetime.   Plus you get the covers side with a memorable version of James Brown’s "Mother Popcorn" and an uncredited "Draw The Line" (my absolute favorite Aerosmith song) before ripping it up with "Train Kept A Rollin'" to close it out.

Growing up in 70's Worcester, the phrase "Dream On" was often used by childhood peers to anyone with unrealistic wishes.  "I think I passed!"  "Dream On!"  "Someday there will be flying car!" "Dream On!"  "I'm going to get BOTH Alive II and the new Aerosmith double live record for Christmas!" "Dream On!"

Sometimes dreams come true.

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