5 bootlegs of classic Huntsville concerts you can listen to on YouTube: Bob Dylan (AP Photo/Ron Frehm); Alabama Shakes (File/Huntsville Times/Eric Schultz); Van Halen (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File); Elvis Presley (AP Photo); Foo Fighters (AP Photo / Polfoto, Thomas Arnbo)AP Photo/Ron Frehm; File/Huntsville Times; AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File; AP Photo; AP Photo/Polfoto, Thomas Arnbo
Unlike officially released live albums, often polished later with studio overdubs, bootleg recordings give a truer, unvarnished snapshot of what concerts really sounded like. The onstage alchemy. The bum notes. The real crowd noise. The ragged glory of it all.
Bootleg live recordings have been coveted by music obsessives for decades. Early essentials include the 1969 Rolling Stones boot “Live’r Than You’ll Ever Be.”
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