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Not even the behemoth of Sony Columbia can control everything. You gotta figure there are still tons of Dylan bootlegs out there. LouieB

I believe these recordings have been kicking around since the beginning of (bootleg) time. Of course it is nice to think they are being released completely. LouieB

I know I could....I degrooved that album when it was pretty new and that cut is still pristine.... LouieB

Yea, none of those were part of my regular diet. LouieB

He isn't all that old. He is only a few years older than I am. Meanwhile he should look good, he has been a bazzilionaire for most of his career. LouieB

Are we talking about the original Live at Leeds with the inserts or something special?? There are lots of these around. I bought one for less than ten bucks at some point in the past. LouieB

I had not looked at the schedule until this morning. Who's friend is the Deep Blue Organ Trio that they get two slots?? I didn't know anything about the Books until this weekend when they got a notice in the NY Times. I guess they had to let them in since they are from North Adams. Strangely I was expecting more, but at least the Numero Group is DJing. LouieB

Actually he looks like he wants to be home.... LouieB

John Coltrane with Cecil Taylor. Also Big Mama Thornton (looking smaller than John Coltrane here... both on vinyl. LouieB

Power and Glory - Phil Ochs LouieB

Or you can go straight to the writer of the song....Dave Alvin on two albums, Romeo's Escape or King of California. This may be the best song about 4th of July ever. It never fails to bring a tear to my eye. (How could I have forgotten to mention this one?) LouieB

Once again promoting Rosie. She is on RIGHT NOW!! Playing Wilco etc. Check it out. WDBX.org LouieB

Flashback!!!! LouieB

I agree with this... LouieB

Maybe that is because alot of rock artists get lame when they are older or just simply aren't that interesting any more. I know what you are talking about. Then again rock bazillionaires like Bowie and Elton John and (fill in the blank) really have little motivation to do anything new or creative after awhile. They generally don't get dropped by their record companies because their back catalogues are worth a gazillion dollars. Even older rock artists that are still slightly hunger put in the effort, but others honestly don't have to. LouieB

Really? How can a group that is hardly known by anyone rule anything. I am sticking with Elton John.... LouieB

I don't think either......or I think both. If Bowie can figure out a new angle to his career that is going to be interesting and vital, go for it. Clapton hasn't been really interesting in decades, but he still keeps putting stuff out. How are we supposed to feel about him? Or the Rolling Stones who are making a ton of dough this week on Exile, yet they can't think of a single new thing to do. But hey, that's okay they are the Rolling Stones, Clapton is Clapton, Bowie could do the same and make plenty of folks here happy just to have new product of some sort. As for caring or not cari

There are those that would argue that Bowie never did an original thing in his life; that he merely chased whatever trend was current at the time. (A rock critic in the Reader wrote an article to this effect decades ago calling him a suitcase artist.) I understand your point on one level, yet maybe he feels like he has nothing left to prove, or maybe he isn't in very good health. There are artists who can produce original material in their later careers and others that it is simply painful to watch (take Dylan's most recent album...please...). Is Bowie capable of coming up with somethin

Elton John... LouieB

Fuddy Duddy..... LouieB

Maybe it is better he just fades away. He continues to garner new fans with each passing year, all the while doing nothing but reissuing old material. Actually I can't believe the guy is only 3 years older than I am. Yikes. LouieB

How about some of America's first major popular music....marches by John Phillip Sousa and his contemporaries. These pieces represent the type of music our ancestors listened to on the 4th and they sold millions of records, back when records were new technology. They gave Americian music a beat that is still evident even now. LouieB

I just noticed that Greg Kot gave the album three out of four stars. Not bad for an oldster. The guy just keeps pumping them out. LouieB

Yes it is.... I am an even older guy who likes to listen to even older music. Doing the math you are listening to music that was made around the time you were born, I have a fondness for music made long before I am born, but that is a subject for another thread at another time. Check out the jazz thread for more info on this... Okay so I like the new stuff too. Okay..off to work......bright and early.. LouieB

And the other half of the time people think I am a cranky old guy who doesn't like anything new. Neither is really true. It is just sort of like seeing PBS showing Carole King and James Taylor play their hits from 1971. I saw that original tour also. Those were great songs, they take me back, but my goodness how many more times can I listen to any of that stuff? Then again I don't dare strip my shelves of them....because... ....those albums were pretty fucking cool...no doubt....I remember seeing the three of them sitting on that old couch on the porch, the feel of the cardboard stock i