Demos & Unreleased Demos + Barry Goudreau Solo Album

Demos & Unreleased - CD Issued 2000 Soundboard recording

Songs as listed on cover WHITE = corrections DISC-1 1975-1976 Acetate Demos Love (Don't Be Afraid ) Help Me to Forget Her Name (Shattered Images ) San Fransisco Bay (Day ) Smokin' (Mother's Milk Shake ) She's a Looker Talkin' to the Wall Rock n' Roll Band Life Isn't Easy More Than a Feeling Don't Be Afraid of Love Peace of Mind San Fransisco Bay (Day ) Unreleased 3rd Album Hard Luck Nothin' to Lose What to Do Mean Woman Blues Leavin Tonight Dreams What We Make It Sailin' Away Cold Cold World

This is a clone of Mission Aborted.

I have mixed feelings about this bootleg. I like it because it is one of the only CD bootlegs to include the Mother's Milk demos. But I dislike it because it shamelessly rips off Barry Goudreau's solo album.

The demos found on this bootleg are what make this worth the money. We are treated with the six demos from the bootleg LP We Found it in the Trashcan, Honest! plus six of the seven Mother's Milk demos. If you want to hear unreleased songs or early unreleased versions of songs, this is the boot for you. There are three unlreleased songs and three early versions of songs never before heard. The missing Mother's Milk demo is "Foreplay". Who knows why this song is missing, perhaps to make room for the "filler" that occupies the rest of the CD. What the back cover claims is "[Boston's] Unreleased 3rd Album", is really Barry Goudreau's solo album which was released in 1980. It's a great album in its own right and for which Barry deserves due credit. This is what we in bootleg land call a counterfeit. Very uncool.

Sound quality ranges from the professional studio quality of Barry's solo album to the amature studio quality of the demos. The Mother's Milk demos sound like they were recorded on a four-track live in the studio. The other demos sound like they were meticulously recorded and mixed on a 12-track. They sound better, but lack the spontaneity and edge of the earlier Mother's milk demos. However, the less than perfect sound quality does not detract from the overall enjoyment of the recording.

The artwork writeup goes here...

Bootlegs are cool, counterfeits are not. Buy this one for rhe demos. But also buy Barry's album for the "Unrelesed 3rd Album". Also, be aware that the demos are floating around on non-commercial bootleg CD and they include the missing song "Foreplay"..

Other bootlegs from this tour: None
We Found it in the Trashcan, Honest!
Mission Aborted
Demos and Unreleased review not written yet
Never Released Third Album review not written yet
Kodak Moments

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