Aerosmith: 1975-08-29 New York, NY (FLAC_SB/Pre-FM_1 CD)

This Aerosmith concert at the Schaeffer Music Festival in New York was 40 years ago today.  This is a Thir13en Remaster and is really an excellent-to-superb sounding recording too.  This was a King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcasted performance.

LINEAGE:
DR Radio Network Pre-FM CD > EAC > WAV > SHN > FLAC > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

NOTE:
This is reportedly a remaster but there is no mention of any remastering in the lineage?  Who knows?

DETAILS:
Artist: Aerosmith
Date: August 29th, 1975
Location: New York, New York
Venue: Central Park - Wollman Skating Rink
Event: Schaeffer Music Festival
Title: King Biscuit Flower Hour
Label: DR Radio Network (Thir13en Remaster)
Source: SB/Pre-FM
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes (not this source but matches)
Size: 326 MB
Length: 48:33:00

SETLIST:
01. S.O.S (Too Bad)
02. Somebody
03. Dream On
04. Write Me
05. Walk This Way
06. Sweet Emotion
07. No More No More
08. Same Old Song And Dance
09. Toys In The Attic
10. Train Kept A Rollin'

LINK:
(1) 1975-08-29 New York, NY (SB/Pre-FM)

The sound as I mentioned is excellent-to-superb and the performance is good.  The waveform has no audio clipping.  But it looks like it could have and it was repaired (maybe in the remastering).  If this is the case, The source is a DR Radio Networks silver CD from 1992.  The audio has very good stereo separation in the recording too.

There was only the CD (looks like an LP) sleeve and the CD from KBFH scanned together as the artwork.  And I'm sure that's what "Thir13en" had available too.  I cropped each making two separate images.  I found another low resolution (actually a few) artwork scan and added it to the artwork folder also for anyone that prints artwork for their CD cases.

Aerosmith is a band I like but not one I am as big of a collector or fan of after their 1975 to 1978 shows.  I do have shows and DVD's of them in later years also, but I think they really rocked the best in 1973-1974 when they were new and before 1979 when they fell apart due to their massive drug addictions and feuding.  And since I have pretty much said what I have to say about Aerosmith in past postings of their shows I have made, I really don't have any more to say about this show other than it sounds excellent-to-superb and I already said that.

I hope you enjoy the show...
 
Bootradr

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THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

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Aerosmith & Jimmy Page: 1990-08-20 & 1990-09-18 London, Englan (DVD_AUD Shot Master VHS_1 DVD)

I didn't get a chance to upload this requested DVD on its 25th anniversary yesterday.  So I'm doing it today!

This is the performance of the Donnington, UK Monsters of Rock performance on 1990-08-18 with Jimmy Page playing with Aerosmith (just "Train Kept A Rollin'" with Page) and then the 1990-08-20 London, England rehearsals and the following show of Aerosmith (with and without Page) at the Marquee Club. in London

I'm not sure if this was all shot by the same person or not?  Whoever shot the video at the 1990-0818 show and the 1990-08-20 rehearsals had full access where we wouldn't to be up front (8/18) and on stage with the band (8/20).  And the video shot at the 8/20 concert that followed on the same day as the rehearsals looks like a single camera, tripod mounted shoot from the mid section in the balcony area.  I'm not sure if the band had this recorded or someone in the audience recorded it.  But the fact it is tripod shot makes me think it could be the same person who recorded the show on stage too.  So I believe the whole DVD was likely shot by the same guy.

I labelled the tags for this post's video as audience shot but personally I consider it more of a semi pro shot source.

LINEAGE:
Master VHS > silver DVD > PC > me > you

SHOW DETAILS:
Artist: Aerosmith & Jimmy Page
Date: August 18th, 1990 & August 20th, 1990
Location: Donnington, UK & London, England
Venue: Donnington Park & Marquee Club
Label: AMA
Title: Jimmy Page & Aerosmith Marquee & Donnington 1990

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Menu: Yes
Chapters: Yes
Artwork: Yes (low resolution)
DVD's: 1 DVD
Source: Master VHS
DVD Size: 4.32 GB
DVD Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes approximately

VIDEO ATTRIBUTES:
Format: NTSC
Color/B&W: Color
Type: AUD Shot
Resolution: 720 x 480
Aspect: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: 7000 kbps
Codec: MPEG-2

AUDIO ATTRIBUTES:
Audio Type: AUD
Sample Rate: 48 kHz
Bitrate: 448 kbps
Codec: AC3
Channels: 2/6
Streams: 3 (1. original source, 2. mixing board, 3, Dolby 5.1 mix)

SONGS/CHAPTERS:
1990-08-18
Donnington Park, Castle Donnington, England, UK
01. Backstage (Page, Perry & Tyler) & "Train Kept A Rollin'"

1990-08-20
Marquee Club, London, England (rehearsals)
02. Rattlesnake Shake
03. Big Ten Inch
04. Train Kept A Rollin'
05. I Ain't Got You
06. Mother Popcorn
07. Let Me Love You
08. All Your Love
09. Immigrant Song (3 takes)
10. Think About It (2 takes)
11. Red House

1990-08-20
Marquee Club, London, England (show)
12. I Ain't Got You
13. Think About It
14. Red House
15. Immigrant Song
16. Train Kept A Rollin'

LINKS:
(1) 1990-08-20 & 1990-08-18 London & Donnington (DVD)
(2) 1990-08-20 & 1990-08-18 London & Donnington (DVD)
(3) 1990-08-20 & 1990-08-18 London & Donnington (DVD)
(4) 1990-08-20 & 1990-08-18 London & Donnington (DVD)
(5) 1990-08-20 & 1990-08-18 London & Donnington (DVD)

I haven't watched this DVD in a year or so and I'm not planning on watching it all to give a full review this morning.  Besides, I'm still listening to the Tulsa 1970-1970-08-21 Led Zeppelin concert just uploaded and I'm not going to stop it during the "Whole Lotta Love"  medley anyhow!  So this will be a short review since I'm tired and ready  to go to 1sleep.

The DVD starts with the backstage talk between Jimmy Page, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry at the 1990-08-18 Donnington show before they went on stage together.  Aerosmith and Page play "Train Kept A Rollin'" and the camera angle is from in front of the first row or an area concert goers couldn't access it looks like.

The August 20th rehearsals start off the next segment with Aerosmith doing their stuff.  Jimmy Page comes in later and joins them.  There is a lot of talking and deciding how to do the songs (aka rehearsing) going on in that whole segment of the DVD as expected.  The camera angle here is a guy walking around and filming in different areas of the stage,

And finally, the Marquee Club concert is the last part of the DVD.  This is also from the August 20th date and of course after the rehearsals.  The band experiences a sound issue in the show and then the show (about 25 minutes) continues on.  This is the tripod mounted video part of the DVD and the small venue is filled with fans yelling "Jimmy Page" during parts of the show.

Somebody should have taught Steven Tyler the lyrics to "Immigrant Song" before they did this whole gig because he obviously never learned them.  He mumbles non English sounding noises as he sings the song showing he really doesn't know the song at all.

For some reason I was thinking Page did more than one song with Aerosmith in their Donnington Monsters of Rock concert but I guess he just did "Train Kept A Rollin'".  At least that is all he did in this video.

Since I am really running behind and this DVD has taken my much longer to get ready than I had planned, I'm going to wrap things up.  I recommend if you are an Aerosmith fan or a Jimmy page fan you just download the DVD.  I've got to get it uploading now and really cannot spend more time researching and commenting on this DVD.  It is excellent/superb quality and was likely videotaped by a professional camera from someone within the band's (Aerosmith) entourage.  You will like it if you like these artists and want to see a rare recording of them.

Thanks goes to "Amduscia" for sharing another great video on R-O for us to be able to burn to disc and watch!

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL!!!

THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THEIR OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL TOO.

KEEP IT FREE, KEEP IT AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF ALL; KEEP IT LEGAL!!!

Aerosmith: 1975-09-18 St. Louis, MO (FLAC_SB_1 CD)

This is a excellent-to-superb at times sounding earlier stage of Aerosmith as a band recording.  It sounds like the show may have already been going as the music cuts it.  This is when I think Aerosmith really rocked out and sounded great and a long time before their commercial success which led to songs I still despise.  Everyone has their own tastes so I'm not ridiculing their later stuff, I'm just speaking my mind.  This is an excellent soundboard for those who like their rocking era or want to check it out.

LINEAGE:
Unknown generation SB recording on CD-R with no tracking > Audio Cleaning Lab (for tracking and decoding to WAV) > TLH (to encode FLAC 8) > no EQ or other tampering > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness and pad last track) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 6 > TLH (to double check for SBE's and create and verify ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Aerosmith
Date: September 18th, 1975
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Venue: Kiel Auditorium
Title: None
Label: KRW_Co
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: No
Size: 354 MB
Length: 58:15:42

SETLIST:
01. Walking The Dog
02. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
03. Somebody
04. Big Ten Inch Record
05. Sweet Emotion
06. Dream On
07. Write Me A Letter
08. Walk This Way
09. No More No More
10. Same Old Song And Dance
11. Train Kept A Rollin'

LINK:
(1) 1975-09-18 St. Louis (SB)

I think what draws me to this earlier Aerosmith music is the guitar mix, Steven Tyler's vocals in the earlier years, and the high energy rock 'n' roll performances they put on.  I don't know their drug intake at this stage, but it was definitely before the point where it became such an issue they started sounding sloppy.  They really got sloppy and lost it in the late 1970's and into the 1980's.  Sure, they still made some great music and played some great shows.  But they also had some horrible music, by my tastes as wellas the music industry's too (just look at their sales), as well as some catostraphic performances the more they got caught up in the drugs and the toll it took on the band members.  The one good thing is this.  Even if I hated the music they made later (for the most part...not all of it), at least they got their act together and got clean over time.  And they became successful again and for a totally younger generation.  As far as I know, they've had a few pitfalls since then but have pretty much kept their noses clean too.

I don't really keep up with Aerosmith a lot and I don't collect any of their newer shows.  My limited information of their history comes from reading, research, and TV documentaries and stories over the years.  But they all seem to be pretty consistent in their reports and the band seems to agree with what is said too from what I've seen and heard.

There are some changes as this recording progresses.  I'm trying to listen to it as I make this post.  It sounds as if the mix on the soundboard is fooled with, at times highlighting Tyler's voice and then at other times switching more towards Perry's guitar.  But it equaly out as far as I can tell after a little time and still sounds excellent overall.  I'm listening to "Dream On" right now, after Tyler's early misplaced lyrical jumping in on "Sweet Emotion" (kind of funny hearing it), and the mix sounds excellent.  But the nore I listen, the guitar drops out a little more near the end.  But you can actually hear the lyrics cleaner in this song too with the mix.

The recording is not without errors, both by the band and the sound mixer, but it a still a nice, old era show  Aerosmith fans should enjoy it!

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL!!

THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THEIR OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL TOO.

KEEP IT FREE, KEEP IT AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF ALL; KEEP IT LEGAL!!!

Aerosmith: 1980-01-25 Largo, MD (Pro Shot DVD)

This is one of the best shows I've seen in my life!  It is excellent in quality but beyond superb in performance.  I'd say this one is a must have for any classic rock collector due to how powerful of a performance this show was.

I never have been a huge Aerosmith fan.  Don't get me wrong!  I like them, but other than their 1973 to about 1978 era of music, I thought they got lazy and sloppy.  And in the 1980's when songs like "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)", "Love In The elavator", and "Janie's Got A Gun" came out, well, I thought they not only lost their minds but I hated their songs.  It wasn't rock 'n' roll to me and I quit paying any attention to their music.  So needless to say, I wasn't collecting it through the years other than a few old, beginning of the band recordings from 1973 and 1974.

I almost didn't get this Largo 1980 DVD because I knew Joe Perry was not in the band and I recalled this era of Aerosmith being their drug induced days.  Man, I'm glad I went ahead and got it!  This is the best Aerosmith I've ever seen and the songs are tight, rockin', and there's no chit chat wasting time between songs.  They rock on without much talk through the entire show.  I was blown away by how great Joe Perry's replacement is and how much more vibrant and energetic it made the band.  This is definitely (in my book) Aerosmith at their finest before they sold out to whatever it was they started playing in the years to follow.  If I'd named this DVD I would have called it "Aerosmith's Last Stand".

LINEAGE:
TTD > DVD-R > DVD Decrypter > TLH > Dime > me > you

SHOW DETAILS:
Artist: Aerosmith
Date: January 25th, 1980
Location: Landover, Maryland
Venue: Capital Centre

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Menus: No
Chapters: Yes (every 5 minutes)
Artwork: Yes
DVD Length: 1 hour, 31 minutes, 38 seconds
DVD Size: 3.04 GB

VIDEO ATTRIBUTES:
Format: NTSC
Resolution: 704 x 480
Aspect: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: 9842 kbps
Codec: MPEG-2

AUDIO ATTRIBUTES:
Sample Rate: 48 kHz
Bitrate: 256 kbps
Codec: AC3
Channels: 2
Streams: 1

SETLIST:
01. intro
02. Back In The Saddle
03. Mama Kin
04. I Wanna Know Why
05. Big Ten Inch Record
06. Three Mile Smile
07. Reefer Head Woman
08. Bone To Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)
09. Walk This Way
10. Dream On
11. Rats In The Cellar
12. Get The Lead out
13. Remember (Walking In The Sand)
14. Lord Of The Thighs
15. Same Old Song And Dance
16. Milk Cow Blues
17. Toys In The Attic
18. Come Together
19. Train Kept A Rollin'

BAND LINE-UP:
Steven Tyler
Jimmy Crespo
Brad Whitford
Joey Kramer
Tom Hamilton

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/51jgt7t2p265/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/79lu8ywhwmg3/
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/t3ipdi0xqdx/
Part 4 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/1vkpqoytqem9/
Part 5 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/36i1qdv8e31r/
Part 6 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/5pqu9qui9sn7/
Part 7 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/606hcq95mrf1/
Part 8 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/6vsqb4zdqtll/

I'm not going to continue knocking down the mid-to-later 1980's Aerosmith I hate so much because I know there are other people who may like this era of their music.  But if you're looking for that style of show and song, you do not want this DVD.  I may upload the 1988 Houston Summit Aerosmith show for you later if that's what you're interested in (a superb quality 5.1 Dolby Digital show too).

I realize nowadays Aerosmith did make some good music even during the years they made what I believe is some of their worse.  But to me, none of it comes close to how great this show is.

Back in July of 1979, guitarist Joe Perry left the band as they took a break during a live concert in Cleveland.  He was eventually replaced by Jimmy Crespo.  The Crespo and Whiford guitar playing in this show is 80% of what makes it so good.  Steven Tyler, the lead singer, collapsed on stage not too long after this show being uploaded and the band, while obviously having a good thing going at the time, was falling apart primarily from drug abuse.  In the years that followed, Joe Perry returned and Aerosmith got their act together (a few more times) and continued on.  But they lost the fire in my opinion that they had between 1973 and this very rare, historic show in 1980 that I'm uploading now.  So you can see why I call this "Aerosmith's Last Stand" because to me it really was!

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL!!!

THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THEIR OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL & MERCHANDISE TOO.

KEEP IT FREE, KEEP IT AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF ALL; KEEP IT LEGAL!!!

Aerosmith: 1973-09-26 Cincinnati, OH (FLAC_SB/Studio_1 CD)

This is an excellent, recorded live in the studio, rocking Aerosmith show from when they were pretty new.  I'm not sure if this was a radio broadcast or not, but this source definitely wasn't recorded from a radio broadcast.

Two tracks had to be removed from this upload because they were officially released on the Aerosmith album "Pandora's Box".  Tracks 8 and 11, the officially released and removed tracks, don't interrupt the flow of the show fortunately.  If I didn't mention it, you might never even have noticed it.

One thing about this show that is interesting (besides how excellent/superb it sounds) is the tape keeps rolling as the announcer goes to commercial breaks.  That alone tells us that this came from the master reel it was recorded to or an unedited copy.  I have no idea what generation this recording I'm uploading is, but I can say it is definitely a low generation copy.  And it's in great stereo too.

DETAILS:
Artist: Aerosmith
Date: September 26th, 1973
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Venue: Counterpart Studio
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes (has the 1973-10-10 date on it/see below)
Label: Lost And found
Title: Pandora's Studio
Size: 326 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
01. announcer's intro
02. Make It
03. Somebody
04. tape rolling/talk and sound adjustments
05. Write Me
06. Dream On
07. One Way Street
08. announcer talk/break
09. Pandora's Box
10. announcer talk/break
11. Train Kept A Rollin'
12. Mama Kin
13. announcer/ending talk

LINKS:
(1) 1973-09-26 Cincinnati, OH (SB/Sudio)
(2) 1973-09-26 Cincinnati, OH (SB/Sudio)

One thing about this studio show is there re two dates for it out there.  The first, 1979-09-26, is what I'm using (it makes more sense).  The second date is 1973-10-10.  I don't have anything other than years of experience in dealing with live shows to back up my idea on why the date was probably the 9/26 one.  But I imagine this show was recorded on 9/26 and then aired (or re-aired) on 10/10.  This sounds like it was a live radio broadcast as it was happening.  And there is a very small crowd in the studio too.  I imagine they won tickets over the radio to be part of the crowd so it had a live sound with a very small number of people cheering between songs (some songs).  Then again, it might have been the studio or band's friends doing this too?

This, to me, is what Aerosmith should've continued sounding like as they moved towards and into the 1980's.  But, unfortunately they didn't.  So I haven't really collected too much post 1980 Aerosmith shows because I just don't like the lack of rock 'n' roll they played after 1980.  And like I mentioned in my previous Aerosmith posting, don't get mad if you disagree :-)  This is just my opinion and preference.

I hope you enjoy this almost 40 year old awesome performance...

Bootradr

Aerosmith: 1978-07-04 Dallas, TX (FLAC_SB_1 CD)

This is an excellent soundboard of Aerosmith's Texxas Jam 1978 concert.  This show has an excellent soundboard mix and the show is very well balanced.  I've got it cranked up now and it sounds good. In the song "Milk Cow Blues", Ted Nugent joins the band on stage and plays with them.

If you lived in Texas during the late 1970's - late 1980's (1978 - 1988), then chances are you remember hearing commercials for the "Texxas Jam" concert event each year.  Each year was up to a three day event with multiple, hot on the charts bands performing their concerts.  I know Dallas and Houston both had Texas Jam concerts on different days in the end.  Many big bands, who later became even bigger and more popular, played the various Texxas Jams.  Journey, one of my favorite bands, played multiple Texxas Jam years including this one from 1978.  I just have not ever seen a Journey Texxas Jam show surface.  NOTE: Journey''s show surfaced shortly after this posting and I have posted it here!!!

There was something unique about this specific Texxas Jam.  1978 was the very first year for the event.  Aerosmith headlined the 1978 Texxas Jam from the research I did.  Hopefully, some of the many other excellent bands' shows will surface someday soon.  I'd really like to find some of the REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, etc, etc concerts too!

DETAILS:
Artist: Aerosmith
Date: July 4th, 1978
Location: Dallas, Texas
Venue: Cotton Bowl
Event: Texxas Jam 1978
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes
Label: Dirt Bag Burnout
Title: Texas Jam '78
Size: 514 MB

SETLIST:
01. Rats In The Cellar
02. Seasons Of Wither
03. I Wanna Know Why
04. Walkin' The Dog
05. Walk This Way
06. Lick And A Promise
07. Get The Lead Out
08. Draw The Line
09. Sweet Emotion
10. Same Old Song And Dance
11. Milk Cow Blues (feat. Ted Nugent)
12. Toys In The Attic
13. Big Ten Inch Record
14. Lord Of The Thighs

--BONUS TRACKS (1976 Pontiac, Michigan @ Pontiac Silverdome)--
15. Adam's Apple
16. Train Kept A Rollin/Theme From Batman/Theme From Peter Gu
17. S.O.S. (Too Bad)

Hotfile Links:
Part 1 - https://hotfile.com/dl/221418063/e8cba3a/
Part 2 - https://hotfile.com/dl/221418439/625647a/
Part 3 - https://hotfile.com/dl/221411833/c3496db/

FileFactory Mirror Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/6ax43kcau78n/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/4v8n1z1ckb0p/
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2f48srem9kh5/

I've never been a huge Aerosmith fan personally.  Don't misunderstand what I'm saying.  I'm not saying I don;t like Aerosmith.  I've liked a lot of their songs through the years.  But in the 1980's, they started putting out songs I hated too.  "Jaime's Got A Gun", "(Dude) Looks Like A Lady", "Love In An Elevator", and many more were terrible I thought.  I'm not trying to make anybody upset because I know many other people loved songs like the ones I just mentioned.  To each their own is my motto :-)  But I didn't really listen to Aerosmith because of these songs being given in overdose play on the radio airwaves.  It pushed me to not listening to (more specifically buying their albums) their music as much.  And I was missing out on a lot of great music too I've learned.  I'm not talking about on the LP's with songs I hated.  I'm talking about their music prior to the material I didn't care for.

Over the last five or six years, I've been getting a collection of Aerosmith shows between 1973 and 1978 and loving most of them.  I've even collected a few, great 1980's concerts on audio and video.  To me, their earlier years were the band at their best!  They were on fire and sounded great during the 1973 to 1974 years especially.  I'm not up-to-date on the band's complete history.  But I do think 1973 was the year they got started.  They may have been formed before that, but I think their popularity was catching on in 1973 and that's why there are a number of excellent shows starting in 1973 that have surfaced over time.

I just got off the phone with a friend who called me.  He went to all but two Texxas Jams in Dallas in the 10 years the event was held.  I remember going to the last Texxas Jam in Houston (possibly second from last too) in 1988 with a group of friends.  It was an extremely hot day at Rice Stadium, but it was and still is a good memory too.  I just have to find my ticket stub for the show that I know I have misplaced somewhere around the house!

I hope you enjoy this historic rock and roll show from the very first Texxas Jam.

And if you're a mother; Happy Mother's Day too you!  You must be a pretty cool mom to be looking for good rock 'n' roll like this...

Bootradr