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(The)Empire Strikes Back
source: Liverpool, UK June 27, 1996
Tracks: 

Disc one
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
All Along The Watchtower
Under The Red Sky
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Silvio
Mr. Tambourine Man
John Brown
To Ramona
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Disc two
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Seven Days
Alabama Getaway
It Ain't Me, Babe
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Bonus:
Drifter's Escape
Man In The Long Black Coat
Positively Fourth Street
Watching the River Flow

Review:
A wonderful first effort from this Label. They avoid most of the pitfalls usually associated with a first release except for one... it's a little too boomy. Nothing to worry about, though... just crank the bass down a little and rock on. Powerhouse vocals and music explode into a rollicking good time. The vocals are blended into the music a little more than in the more recent shows in which the vocals are way out front. The audience is loud and rude at times, but mostly in between songs. The bonus tracks are wonderfully chosen unique songs from the previous night. The aesthetics are fairly good for a first outing. More than a few of the boot titles of which the manufacturers have opted for a pun end up falling flat, or worse. This one is clever. Little Feat fans will catch the sly, punned subtitle on the disc itself, as well.
© 2002 CD Pinkerton / bobsboots.com
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Liner
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Information: 
Source / Venue:
The Empire, Liverpool, UK    June 27, 1996
Bonus:
The Empire, Liverpool, UK    June 26, 1996

Manufacturer / Catalog No.
Laughing Camel /  HUMP 001/002
 
Released:
1996
 

Quality:
7 stars

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BB-e10
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© 2002 CD Pinkerton / bobsboots.com