Greg Brown - 11/16/96 Neighborhood Church, Pasadena, California : B+ (A/B+)
This is a soundboard recording, so the sound quality is very good. The performance also sounds quite good but I haven't heard much Greg Brown so I don't know how this compares to his other performances or work.

Disc 1:
1. Intro
2. If I Had Known
3. Further In
4. One Wrong Turn
5. Just By Myself
6. Slow Food
7. Think About You

second set:
8. President Kennedy - written by Sleepy John Estes
If You Don't Get It At Home
9. Where Is Maria?
10. Poor Backslider

Disc 2:
1. A Little Place In The Country
2. Spring Wind
3. You Drive Me Crazy
4. Two Little Feet
5. Boomtown
6. One Cool Remove
7. China
8. Who Woulda Thunk It?
9. Small Dark Movie
10. She Moved Through The Fair - written by unknown (traditional?)
11. Ring Around The Moon

encore?/filler?:
12. Goodnight Irene - written by Leadbelly

Leonard Cohen - 06/25/76 Montreux, Switzerland ("Live In Montreux") : B+ (A-/B+)
This is sourced from what sounds like a soundboard except that it's a bit fuzzy at times. Unfortunately, this isn't the most complete of the circulating recordings; there is a recording of this show circulating with ten more songs than this one does. This is the only Leonard Cohen bootleg I have from '76, and because I'm fairly new to Leonard Cohen, I can't really comment on the actual quality of the show. Storeroom is an unreleased song written by Leonard Cohen.

Disc 1:
1. Bird On The Wire
2. So Long, Marianne
3. Who By Fire?
4. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
5. Storeroom
6. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
7. Lady Midnight
8. There Is A War
9. I Tried To Leave You
10. Diamonds In The Mine

Disc 2:
1. Chelsea Hotel #2
2. The Stranger Song - fades-out at end
3. Lover Lover Lover
4. Sisters Of Mercy - fades-out at end
5. Tonight Will Be Fine - dropout in right speaker at 2:17

filler:
6. Bird On The Wire - fades-out at end
7. The Guests

- Tracks 6-7 are from 10/31/79 ZDF Television Studio, Munich, Germany

Leonard Cohen - 11/09/85 Montreux, Switzerland ("Diamonds In The Mine Field") : A- (A/B+)
Between some of the tracks there's a very small gap. This isn't the complete concert, but this combined with the other bootleg from this same show called "Heart Housed In Thorn-Bush", most (if not all) of the show is probably there (5 songs on the other bootleg are here as well). This is the only Leonard Cohen show I have from '85, and because I'm fairly new to Leonard Cohen, I can't really comment on the actual quality of the show. It sounded pretty good, so I gave it a B+.

1. Bird On The Wire
2. The Law
3. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
4. There Is A War
5. Who By Fire
6. Dance Me To The End Of Love
7. Diamonds In The Mine
8. Night Comes On - some static at start - static from 1:57-2:00
9. The Gypsy's Wife - sound becomes muffled from 1:16-1:21
10. Hallelujah
11. A Singer Must Die
12. The Stranger Song
13. Chelsea Hotel #2
14. Famous Blue Raincoat

Leonard Cohen - 11/09/85 Montreux, Switzerland ("Heart Housed In Thorn-Bush") : A- (B+/A-)
Occasionally, the tracks fade-out at the end. There is a fair amount of static on this bootleg. It is somewhat minor, but it is there nonetheless (and it dropped the sound quality letter grade from an A to a B+). This isn't the complete concert, but this combined with the other bootleg from this same show called "Diamonds In The Mine Field", most (if not all) of the show is probably there (5 songs here are on the other bootleg as well - the first 5). This is the only Leonard Cohen show I have from '85, and because I'm fairly new to Leonard Cohen, I can't really comment on the actual quality of the show. It sounded quite good, so I gave it an A-.

1. The Law
2. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - very small bit of static at 1:44 - static at 2:24
3. There Is A War - static at 0:07 - small bit of static at end
4. Dance Me To The End Of Love - loud static at end
5. Famous Blue Raincoat - static at 3:33
6. Lover Lover Lover - static at 0:35, 4:11, 6:04, and at end
7. The Partisan - written by Anna Marly and Hy Zaret
8. Sisters Of Mercy
9. Memories - static at 1:59 and at end
10. Passing Through - written by R. Blakeslee (arranged by Leonard Cohen) - small static at 1:27, 2:07, and at end
11. If It Be Your Will - static at end
12. Coming Back To You - static at 0:39, 1:49, and 3:15
13. I Tried To Leave You - static at 9:13
14. Suzanne

Leonard Cohen - 05/21/93 Zurich, Switzerland : A (A/A)
This is the only Leonard Cohen bootleg I have from '93, and because I'm fairly new to Leonard Cohen, I can't really comment on the actual quality of the show. It sounded really good and blew me away, so I gave it an A. This is really a great show, with almost every song being a highlight! If you like Leonard Cohen, I'd imagine that you'd want this bootleg!

Disc 1:
1. Dance Me To The End Of Love
2. The Future
3. Ain't No Cure For Love
4. Bird On The Wire
5. Everybody Knows
6. Anthem
7. First We Take Manhattan

intermission:
8. Avanlanche
9. Chelsea Hotel #2
10. Tower Of Song
11. Democracy

Disc 2:
1. Waiting For The Miracle
2. I'm Your Man
3. Joan Of Arc
4. Closing Time
5. Take This Waltz
6. Sisters Of Mercy
7. Hallelujah

encore:
8. I Tried To Leave You
9. So Long, Marianne

Grateful Dead - 04/05/69 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California : B+ (B+/B+)
This is a good show. Unfortunately there is some crackling in the right speaker starting on disc 1 track 3 and continuing until the end of disc 2. The > before a track means that the previous song flows into this one.

Disc 1:
1. Dupree's Diamond Blues
2. Mountains Of The Moon
>3. Dark Star - some crackling in the right speaker now and then until end of disc 2
>4. Saint Stephen
>5. Turn On Your Love Light - written by Scott and Malone

second set:
6. Hard To Handle - written by Otis Redding
7. Cosmic Charley

Disc 2:
1. China Cat Sunflower
>2. Doin' That Rag
3. Cryptical Envelopment
>4. The Other One
>5. Cryptical Envelopment - dropout in sound at 5:28
>6. The Eleven
>7. It's A Sin - written by Jimmy Reed
8. Alligator
>9. Feedback
>10. And We Bid You Goodnight - written by unknown (traditional - arranged by Joseph Spence and the Pindar Family)

Grateful Dead - 04/07/71 Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts : B+ (A-/B+)
This is an enjoyable Grateful Dead show from '71. The > before a track means that the previous song flows into this one.

Disc 1:
1. Tuning
2. Me And My Uncle - written by John Phillips
3. Next Time You See Me - written by William G Harvey and Frank Forest
4. Casey Jones
5. Playing In The Band
6. Loser
7. Me And Bobby McGee - written by Kris Kristofferson and Foster
8. Hard To Handle - written by Otis Redding
9. Sugar Magnolia

Disc 2:
1. China Cat Sunflower
>2. I Know You Rider - written by unknown (traditional)
3. Saint Stephen - small gap at 4:38
>4. Drums
>5. Jam - tape fluctuation at end and end is cut
>6. Not Fade Away - written by Buddy Holly
>7. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad - written by unknown (traditional)
>8. Jam
>9. Not Fade Away - written by Buddy Holly
>10. Johnny B. Goode - written by Chuck Berry

Van Morrison - 09/20/86 Frankfurt, West Germany ("Copycats Ripped Off My Soul") : A- (A-/A-)
The performance is quite good but I haven't heard much live Van Morrison so I don't know how this compares to his other performances. Van's band is very talented, as shown in the great opening instrumental songs (what an amazing jazzy Moondance!). The highlights for me are most definitely the last three songs - he gives them a wonderful delivery. I have the original copy of this recording, so any problems listed below or found on the recording are unavoidable, as far as I know.

1. Moondance (instrumental without Van)
2. Celtic Swing (instrumental)
3. Tore Down A La Rimbaud - minor tape fluctuation at the end after song is over
4. Oh The Warm Feeling
5. Here Comes The Knight
6. Domino - minor tape fluctuation at the start before song
7. I Will Be There - short gap at the start
8. Gloria
9. A Sense Of Wonder
10. And The Healing Has Begun
11. In The Garden
12. Rave On, John Donne

Van Morrison - 04/01/91 Utrecht, Holland ("Pagan Streams") : B+ (A-/B+)
The show opens with a couple short cover (warm-up) songs before moving into the wonderful And The Healing Has Begun. Summertime In England, at 18 minutes long, is outstanding and very interesting. Caravan is also very cool.

Disc 1:
1. Out Of Sight - written by James Brown
2. The Girl Can't Help It - written by Little Richard
3. Ain't That Loving You Baby - written by Otis and Hunter
4. Give Me A Kiss
5. Groovin' / Who Do You Love - first (title unknown) written by unknown (?) - second written by F. McDanials
6. And The Healing Has Begun
7. See Me Through
8. Moondance / Fever - second written by Cooley and Davenport
9. Some Peace Of Mind
10. It's All In The Game
11. Enlightenment
12. Whenever God Shines His Light On Me
13. It Must Be You
14. Help Me - written by Sonny Boy Williamson, Ralph Bass, and Willie Dixon
15. Northern Muse (Solid Ground)

Disc 2:
1. It Fills You Up (Van? on harp)
2. So Complicated
3. The Fayre Of County Down
4. Orangefield
5. Summertime In England
6. Have I Told You Lately
7. Caravan
8. In The Garden
9. Send In The Clowns - written by Sondheim (?)
10. Gloria / Shakin All Over - second written by Kidd
11. I Can't Stop Loving You - written by R. Charles
12. Baby Please Don't Go / Who Do You Love / What D'I Say - first written by Williams - second written by F. McDanials - third written by R. Charles

Van Morrison - 12/17/95 Dublin, Ireland ("From Dublin Up To Sandy Row") : A- (A/A-)
I originally traded for this to hear Listen To The Lion, but it unfortunately didn't move me as I had hoped. However, Slim Slow Slider, Ballerina, In The Garden, Star Of The County Down, and Madame George are very well done. This concert's very good throughout.

Disc 1:
1. Ain't That Loving You Baby? - written by Otis and Hunter
2. No Religion
3. Days Like This
4. Raincheck
5. That's Life - written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon
6. Wonderful Remark
7. Saint Dominic's Preview
8. Listen To The Lion
9. Slim Slow Slider
10. Vanlose Stairway / TransEuro Train (Van on harp) - second written by unknown (?)
11. Irish Heartbeat
12. Ballerina

Disc 2:
1. Tupelo Honey / Why Must I Always Explain?
2. Moondance
3. Whenever God Shines His Light
4. In The Garden / You Send Me - second written by Sam Cooke
5. Star Of The County Down - written by unknown (traditional: arranged by Van Morrison and Paddy Moloney)
6. Satisfied
7. Melancholia
8. I'm Not Feeling It Anymore
9. Madame George
10. Brown Eyed Girl
11. Have I Told You Lately

Van Morrison - 08/30/02 Torquay, England : B+ (B+/B+)
The show opens very strongly with The Way Young Lovers Do which is then followed by three songs from Van's newest album, Down The Road (the first two are the better ones). Streets Of Arklow, Listen To The Lion, and Brown Eyed Girl are all nicely done. Crazy Love, Slim Slow Slider, and And The Healing Has Begun are all also pretty good.

Disc 1:
1. Instrumental (instrumental)
2. The Way Young Lovers Do
3. Meet Me In The Indian Summer
4. Steal My Heart Away
5. Hey Mr. DJ
6. Sometimes We Cry
7. Walkin' My Baby Back Home - written by Roy Turk and Fred Ahlert
8. Days Like This
9. Who Was That Masked Man
10. Foreign Window
11. Wonderful Remark
12. Choppin' Wood
13. Stormy Monday - written by T. Bone Walker
14. Have I Told You Lately

Disc 2:
1. Streets Of Arklow
2. All Work And No Play
3. Listen To The Lion
4. Brown Eyed Girl

encore?:
5. Here Comes The Night - written by Bert Berns
6. Gloria

encore?/filler?:
7. Foggy Mountain Top
8. Crazy Love
9. Slim Slow Slider
10. Philosophers Stone
11. And The Healing Has Begun

Bruce Springsteen - Live 1995/1996 : A- (A-/A-)
The Ghost Of Tom Joad is a strong opening to this compilation of various songs from various shows through 1995 and 1996. Born In The U.S.A. is given an interesting stripped-bare approach with a slide guitar. The highlights for me come in Across The Border and both Streets Of Philadelphia (the first one, acoustic - the second one, electric with band), and Angel Eyes from the Frank Sinatra tribute. I haven't heard much Bruce Springsteen so I don't know how this compares to his other performances or work, but some of these tracks are really quite good.

1. The Ghost Of Tom Joad (solo? acoustic) (Bruce on harp)
2. Straight Time (solo? acoustic) (Bruce on harp)
3. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (solo? acoustic)
4. Born In The U.S.A. (solo? acoustic) (Bruce? on acoustic slide guitar)
5. Dry Lightning (solo? acoustic)
6. Youngstown (solo? acoustic)
7. The Line (solo? acoustic)
8. Across The Border (solo? acoustic) (Bruce on harp)
9. Streets Of Philadelphia (solo? acoustic)
10. The Promised Land (solo? acoustic)
11. The Ghost Of Tom Joad (solo? acoustic) (Bruce on harp)
12. Angel Eyes (solo? acoustic) - written by Dennis and Brent
13. Streets Of Philadelphia

- Tracks 1-11 are from various 1995-1996 shows (?)
- Track 12 is from 11/19/95 Sinatra Tribute, Los Angeles, California
- Track 13 is from a 1995-1996 show (?)

Richard Thompson - 05/17/82 (afternoon) The Bottom Line, New York City, New York ("Hard Luck Stories") : B+ (A/B+)
Richard and Linda Thompson both sing throughout this show, taking turns on lead vocals. This is a soundboard recording, so the sound quality is very good. The performance also sounds quite good but I haven't heard much Richard Thompson so I don't know how this compares to his other performances or work.

1. Backstreet Slide (instrumental) - fades-in (perhaps start is clipped?) - dropout in right speaker at 0:42
2. Just The Motion - dropout in right speaker at 5:09
3. Instrumental
4. Honky Tonk Blues (instrumental) - written by Hank Williams - slight change in mixing at 5:00
5. I'll Keep It With Mine - written by Bob Dylan
6. You're Going To Need Somebody
7. Pavanne (acoustic)
8. Withered And Died
9. A Man In Need
10. For Shame Of Doing Wrong
11. Down Where The Drunkards Roll
12. Danny Boy - written by unknown (traditional?)
13. Dimming Of The Day (acoustic)

filler:
14. I'm A Dreamer - written by S. Denny
15. Hard Luck Stories

- Tracks 14-15 are from 05/17/82 (evening) The Bottom Line, New York City, New York

Richard Thompson - 03/03/92-03/04/92 The Bottom Line, New York City, New York ("Big City Classic") : B (A/B)
I'm not too familiar with Richard Thompson's other work or performances, but this performance is very much lacking. He can't remember the lyrics to many of the songs and it starts to become rather annoying.

03/03/92 (first set) The Bottom Line, New York City, New York:
1. Hokey Pokey
2. between songs
3. Shoot Out The Lights
4. Why Must I Plead
5. Sloth
6. Long Black Veil - written by M.J. Wilkin and D. Dill
7. Killerman Gold Posse

03/03/92 (second set) The Bottom Line, New York City, New York:
8. Loch Lomond - written by unknown (traditional)
9. When I Get To The Border
10. Streets Of Paradise
11. The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
12. Devonside
13. I'll Regret It All In The Morning
Rave On - written by Buddy Holly
14. The Sun Never Shines On The Poor
15. Jambalaya - written by Hank Williams
Willie O' Winsbury - written by unknown (traditional)

03/04/92 (first set) The Bottom Line, New York City, New York:
16. Oh I Swear
17. Borrowed Time

03/04/92 (second set) The Bottom Line, New York City, New York:
18. Mystery Train - written by H. Parker and S. Philips
19. Tears Of Rage - written by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel
>Desolation Row - written by Bob Dylan
>Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - written by Bob Dylan
>It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - written by Bob Dylan
20. Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair
21. Now Be Thankful
22. Night Comes In - fades-out before end