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shadooby
Yeeeoooow...sounds fantastic...Woody gives Taylor a run for his money on GS! Who's got the artwork?

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GOO
What show has the extended intro to heartbreaker?

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Koen
The artwork is embedded in the mp3 files.

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silkcut1978_
...No need for me to compare Taylor and Wood again and again. Both, Brussels 73 and LA 75 have been the best releases for ages and I'm glad I'm still alive to be able to enjoy them

wise words and so true

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I have slowly been changing my learned opinion from one of loving Taylor and liking Wood to a bit more complex theory. After hearing this "75 LA show I am even more convinced.

There was a day when Taylors style of endless and sometimes brilliant soloing over the songs did something for me but I have come to dislike that approach more and more as my ear matures. Ronnie was working hard to fit in in 1975, and that really shows here in this LA release. His slide work is really good, better than the later day Wood. I wonder what happened to Ronnie. Maybe drugs did take their toll on him.

My current view is that I prefer Taylor on the recorded material and prefer Wood on the live material. Taylor always seemed too loud or off in his own world during the live recordings, but his genius really iced the cake in the studio, where the levels could be mixed to everyone's satisfaction. This '75 release really upped my opinion of Ronnie. Maybe he just got too lazy, bored or "holed in" by the HUGE personalities of Keith and Mick in later years. Decided that if he wanted to stay a vital member of this band he had better be a "pleaser" and let Mick and Keith dictate his level of musical involvement.

But here in 1975 he was out on a limb, playing Taylors parts with style and really adding something. Maybe it's because we can really HEAR him in this release. He's often taking great risks, on this night they all landed with great effect. I wish I could nail it down more. I'll bet after Mick and Keith are gone (many years from now hopefully), Ronnie will talk more freely about the constraints the Glimmer Twins put on him in his later years with them. Certainly his financial problems and drug problems pushed him more toward NEEDING to comply. Back in 1975 he was a star in his own right and this releasae really shows it. Great work Ronnie!! Whoo Hoo! peace

Yeah, I don't really want to get in on Taylor vs Wood, but that's kind of my feeling as well. I think which one I like depends on my mood. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood for Taylor's endless noodling, and sometimes I am. He's astonishingly good, but he can sometimes make songs too damn busy. There have been times I wondered if Taylor actually knew how to play the song, or if he just knew the key and soloed all over it. I think he's much better on live songs that were recorded during his time in the band. I still can't get enough of Heartbreaker from Brussels Affair. His lead guitar accentuates the song as opposed to overpowering it. But of course he's great on some songs recorded prior to him, Stray Cat Blues (although re-worked from the studio version) and SFTD from Ya-Ya's he is great on. When I'm in the mood for him he's great, but when I'm just relaxing and listening to some tunes (as opposed to putting on the headphones and wanting to really focus on some lead guitar) he makes songs to cluttered for my liking. He can make my ears tired sometimes. I do love him though, he just sometimes takes things a bit far in my opinion.

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GOO
Great footage from 75

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Naturalust

I have slowly been changing my learned opinion from one of loving Taylor and liking Wood to a bit more complex theory. After hearing this "75 LA show I am even more convinced.

There was a day when Taylors style of endless and sometimes brilliant soloing over the songs did something for me but I have come to dislike that approach more and more as my ear matures. Ronnie was working hard to fit in in 1975, and that really shows here in this LA release. His slide work is really good, better than the later day Wood. I wonder what happened to Ronnie. Maybe drugs did take their toll on him.

My current view is that I prefer Taylor on the recorded material and prefer Wood on the live material. Taylor always seemed too loud or off in his own world during the live recordings, but his genius really iced the cake in the studio, where the levels could be mixed to everyone's satisfaction. This '75 release really upped my opinion of Ronnie. Maybe he just got too lazy, bored or "holed in" by the HUGE personalities of Keith and Mick in later years. Decided that if he wanted to stay a vital member of this band he had better be a "pleaser" and let Mick and Keith dictate his level of musical involvement.

But here in 1975 he was out on a limb, playing Taylors parts with style and really adding something. Maybe it's because we can really HEAR him in this release. He's often taking great risks, on this night they all landed with great effect. I wish I could nail it down more. I'll bet after Mick and Keith are gone (many years from now hopefully), Ronnie will talk more freely about the constraints the Glimmer Twins put on him in his later years with them. Certainly his financial problems and drug problems pushed him more toward NEEDING to comply. Back in 1975 he was a star in his own right and this releasae really shows it. Great work Ronnie!! Whoo Hoo! peace

Yeah, I don't really want to get in on Taylor vs Wood, but that's kind of my feeling as well. I think which one I like depends on my mood. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood for Taylor's endless noodling, and sometimes I am. He's astonishingly good, but he can sometimes make songs too damn busy. There have been times I wondered if Taylor actually knew how to play the song, or if he just knew the key and soloed all over it. I think he's much better on live songs that were recorded during his time in the band. I still can't get enough of Heartbreaker from Brussels Affair. His lead guitar accentuates the song as opposed to overpowering it. But of course he's great on some songs recorded prior to him, Stray Cat Blues (although re-worked from the studio version) and SFTD from Ya-Ya's he is great on. When I'm in the mood for him he's great, but when I'm just relaxing and listening to some tunes (as opposed to putting on the headphones and wanting to really focus on some lead guitar) he makes songs to cluttered for my liking. He can make my ears tired sometimes. I do love him though, he just sometimes takes things a bit far in my opinion.

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kevinkamphuis
A perfect way to buy the bootleg outside US from Google:
[jajodia-saket.sjbn.co]

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shadooby

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Koen
The artwork is embedded in the mp3 files.

Not the back? (for those who wish to make a hard copy).

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Tornandfrayed
, it seems like they even kept that glorius trainwreck version of Happy. Hopefully, they left Mick´s in between song talk ("I think I´m gonna to take a sh*t now") intact as well.

Where and when does Mick say this? He says "I was gunna doing nothing" before he intros Keith

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Tornandfrayed
, it seems like they even kept that glorius trainwreck version of Happy. Hopefully, they left Mick´s in between song talk ("I think I´m gonna to take a sh*t now") intact as well.

Where and when does Mick say this? He says "I was gunna doing nothing" before he intros Keith

Before Happy.

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lem motlow

anyway,it doesnt matter which shows and what songs they combine as long as its all from the run of shows in LA in 75 and gives everyone a good accounting of the band.

i saw a handful of shows on that tour and believe the stones were REALLY,REALLY GREAT then. its a shame there isnt a ladies and gentleman type film because it just isnt as well documented as it should have been for how they were playing at that stage of the game.

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I think what's really great is that these archive releases are finally balancing out the scales for the Taylor vs Wood wars.