Slicker Than A Weasel
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:26 am
What are people’s thoughts on this album ? Imo it’s the best live album I’ve heard from our man’s solo career
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Because it's a bootleg from a radio broadcast and the complete set was never aired. There WAS more then one broadcast and I think slightly different song lists were played at different broadcasts but a few songs have never been aired at all (ie Sick Things, King Of The Silver Screen and the "adverts"). Whether these tracks still even exist I have no idea.Marcelocooper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:23 amI don’t understand why it is so hard to find complete set
I believe if they are re-releases of officially released material (like Montreaux) they are generally legally licenced and so could be considered official.jacknifejohnny wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:11 pmAre “Back On Blacks” all bootlegs ? On the inside slip cover they are listing the “Live In Montreux”
So “Slicker Than A Weazel” is a Black On Black issue…so should be considered official then ?Si wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:07 pmI believe if they are re-releases of officially released material (like Montreaux) they are generally legally licenced and so could be considered official.jacknifejohnny wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:11 pmAre “Back On Blacks” all bootlegs ? On the inside slip cover they are listing the “Live In Montreux”
Radio shows like the Toronto 69 (freak out), LA 1975, Saginaw 78 (weasel) have never been officially released and are generally bootlegs - despite being available for sale on Amazon etc.
Of course that doesn't mean all re-issues are licenced/official, but that seems to be the general rule.
No... It's never been officially released to my knowledge... It's from a radio broadcast (King Biscuit Flower Hour) that has been bootlegged many times. It's unlikely they got permission to release it from Alice and co (they don't need it) and also unlikely anyone is getting paid royalties for it.jacknifejohnny wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:33 amSo “Slicker Than A Weazel” is a Black On Black issue…so should be considered official then ?Si wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:07 pmI believe if they are re-releases of officially released material (like Montreaux) they are generally legally licenced and so could be considered official.jacknifejohnny wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:11 pmAre “Back On Blacks” all bootlegs ? On the inside slip cover they are listing the “Live In Montreux”
Radio shows like the Toronto 69 (freak out), LA 1975, Saginaw 78 (weasel) have never been officially released and are generally bootlegs - despite being available for sale on Amazon etc.
Of course that doesn't mean all re-issues are licenced/official, but that seems to be the general rule.
Alice’s vocals sounded really good . Maybe Bernie Taupin got in the 2 Elton guys, as he was writing with him then too. I was actually blown away by how good all this sounded, especially after the dire L&W albumrevinkevin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:14 pmI actually saw the concert back in the day and you are correct, the band did seem unusual. Extremely talented group but it had the feel of a hired gun performance. Sort of a Ringo Star All Star band feel to it. The edge was missing. A mainstream event.
This 1978 tour was supposedly Alice's first sober tour. FTI seems to have been written early in the year, after his first visit to hospital, and he came out looking much better than only six months previously with the performances on this second leg of the &W tour markedly better than the previous year.jacknifejohnny wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:03 amAlice’s vocals sounded really good . Maybe Bernie Taupin got in the 2 Elton guys, as he was writing with him then too. I was actually blown away by how good all this sounded, especially after the dire L&W album
Years back I put together the most complete version I could. IIRC the parts missing would be Sick Things, King of the Silver Screen and the pre-recorded TV Commercials. The inclusion of intro music to UMW and Lace & Whiskey were the parts that many versions of this show often leave out. For L&W, I had to use the version found on the vinyl boot "Babies in School", The sound quality for that track isn't quite as good as the rest of the recording but in all these years I never came across an upgrade. The running time of this version runs 60 minutes even. I torrented it at the time so it has seen circulation. I've never seen a more complete version but I haven't been on torrent sites for a few years now so I don't know what has been unearthed in the mean time.Si wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:00 amBecause it's a bootleg from a radio broadcast and the complete set was never aired. There WAS more then one broadcast and I think slightly different song lists were played at different broadcasts but a few songs have never been aired at all (ie Sick Things, King Of The Silver Screen and the "adverts"). Whether these tracks still even exist I have no idea.Marcelocooper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:23 amI don’t understand why it is so hard to find complete set
AFAIK The most complete version you can get includes:
1 Under My Wheels
2 Billion Dollar Babies
3 I'm Eighteen
4 Is It My Body
5 Devil's Food
6 The Black Widow
7 You and Me
8 Only Women Bleed
9 Unfinished Sweet
10 Escape
11 I Love The Dead
12 Go To Hell
13 Wish You Were Here
14 I Never Cry
15 It's Hot Tonight
16 Lace & Whiskey
17 School's Out