Bootlegs – „Non-Official“ Recordings

Die folgende Diskographie verzeichnet in chronologischer Reihenfolge alle bekannten Leonard-Cohen-Bootlegs. Wo nicht anders angegeben, handelt es sich um Veröffentlichungen auf CD. Orthographische Fehler im Text der CD-Booklets, z.B. bei der Schreibung von Ortsnamen, wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Auf die Korrektur falsch wiedergegebener Songtitel wurde verzichtet, um Sammlern die Identifizierung des jeweiligen Albums zu erleichtern. Die in runder Klammer angegebenen Daten entsprechen der im Deutschen üblichen Reihenfolge: Tag/Monat/Jahr. Für die Anmerkungen unter dem Titel des jeweiligen Albums hat sich der Autor der englischen Sprache bedient, um auch "internationalen" Sammlern die Benutzung dieser Diskographie zu ermöglichen.

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1972

Sincerely A Friend [ohne Label]

Glasgow, England (19.03.1972)

Vinyl, double album.

Running Time: approximately 90:00

 

So Long, Marianne

Bird On A Wire

You Know

Lady Midnight

One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

Passin' Through

The Stranger Song

Joan Of Arc

Sing Another Song, Boys

Poem: The 15-Year-Old-Girls

Sisters Of Mercy

Tonight We'll Be Fine

Famous Blue Raincoat

Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

Intro/Suzanne

Story Of Isaac

Good Night

 

 

1985

Songs Of A Serious Old Man (Metropol Records Inc.)

Wiesbaden, Germany (02.02.1985)

Vinyl.

Annotation on sleeve: "For Promotion Only. Cover by Atlan Prod. Art by Robert & Jo. Made in Italy."

 

Bird On The Wire

Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

The Law

Coming Back To You

Who By Fire

War Song

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Diamonds In The Mine

The Gypsy's Wife

So Long, Marianne

Leonard's Talking

Chelsea Hotel

Story Of Isaac

Famous Blue Raincoat

Lover Lover Lover

Introduction

Sisters Of Mercy

Suzanne

I Tried To Leave You

I Need You Now

 

 

1985

COHEN IN WARSAW (THE POLAND ALBUM)boot-coheninwarsaw

Sala Kongesowa, Warsaw, Poland (22.03.1985)

Double-MC.

 

Who By Fire

The Law

Dance Me To The End Of Love

There Is A War

The Gipsy's Wife

Partisan

Sisters Of Mercy

The Night Comes On

Diamonds In The Mine

Avalanche

Chelsea Hotel Nr. 2

Lover, Lover, Lover

Famous Blue Raincoat

Suzanne

Hallelujah

Passing Thru

If It Be Your Will

Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

So Long, Marianne

Tennessee Waltz

I Tried To Leave You

 

 

1988

I’M YOUR LIVE MAN (ACL 005)

Bergen, Norway (28.06.1988)

Vinyl, double album. Coloured vinyl incl. bonus poster.

Annotation on sleeve: "Limited edition of 200 copies."

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love (Part One)

First We Take Manhattan

Ain't No Cure For Love

Everybody Knows

I’m Your Man

Take This Waltz

Heart Need No Companion

Bird On A Wire

Joan Of Arc

The Partisan

So Long, Marianne

Suzanne

Wither Though

There Is A War

Coming Back To You

The Sisters Of Mercy

Dance Me To The End Of Love (Part Two)

 

 

1991

SUPER GOLDEN RADIO SHOWS Nr. 044 (SGRS Records 044)

Annotation on sleeve: "Leonard Cohen – Performed live in New York 1979"

A fine transfer from the German TV/ZDF-"Rock Pop Special" (1979)

Total Running Time: 38:47

Actual Running Time: 44:00

 

So long, Marianne

The Window

Famous Blue Raincoat

Passing Through

Memories

The Guests

Suzanne

 

 

1992

DIAMONDS IN THE MINE FIELD (BIG MUSIC 036)

Live in Montreux/Switzerland (1985).

Total Running Time: 75:44

Actual Running Time: 75:46

 

Bird On A Wire

The Law

Hey, That's Not The Way To Say Goodbye

There Is A War

Who By Fire

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Diamonds In The Mine Field

Night Comes On

Gypsy's Wife

Hallelujah

A Singer Must Die

The Stranger Song

Chelsea Hotel No. 2

Famous Blue Raincoat

 

 

1993

HEART HOUSED IN THE THORN-BUSH (TS RRC 022)

Live in Montreux/Switzerland (09.07.1985)

Total Running Time: 76:00

Actual Running Time: 75:19

 

The Law

That's No Way To Say Goodbye

There Is A War

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Famous Blue Raincoat

Lover, Lover, Lover

The Partisan

Sisters Of Mercy

Memories

Passing Thru

If It Be Your Will

Coming Bach To You

I Tried To Tell You

Suzanne

 

 

1993

LAST OF THE BOHEMIANS (Beautiful Loser Records, Montreux, Switzerland)boot-lostofthebohemian

A fine transfer from the German TV/ZDF-"Rock Pop Special" (1979)

cf. "SUPER GOLDEN RADIO SHOWS"

 

First We Take Manhattan*

Dance Me To Ende Of Love*

Chelsea Hotel*

Who By Fire*

Take This Waltz*

Famous Blue Raincoat (rehearsal with Greek folk musicians)*

Hallelujah*

So Long, Marianne

The Window

Famous Blue Raincoat

Memories

The Guest

Suzanne

Minimal Art (& Solo On Harmonica)

Poem

Bird On A Wire

Second Poem

Suzanne

So Long, Marianne

Tower Of Song

There Ain'T No Cure For Love

* recorded live in Athens, 1988, Lykabettus Theatre (taken from the official video "Songs From The Life Of Leonard Cohen"; cf. "Filmographie/Videographie")

 

 

1993

LIVE IN MONTREUX (Yellow Cat YC 004)

Montreux/Switzerland, Jazz Festival, Casino de Montreux (25.06.1976)

Total Running Time: 75:35

 

Bird On The Wire

So Long, Marianne

Who By Fire

That's No Way To Say Goodbye

Storeroom

One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

Lady Midnight

There Is A War

I Tried To Leave You

Diamonds In The Mine

Chelsea Hotel

Stranger Song

Lover Lover Lover

Sisters Of Mercy

Tonight Will Be Fine

 

 

1993

THE LADIES' MAN IN CONCERT (Flashback 07.93.0215)

Zurich/Switzerland, Kongresshalle (21.05.1993)

Total Running Time (Disc 1): 66:34

Total Running Time (Disc 2): 68:04

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

The Future

Ain't No Cure For Love

Bird On A Wire

Everybody Knows

Anthem

First We Take Manhattan

Avalanche

Chelsea Hotel

Tower Of Song

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

I'm Your Man

Joan Of Arc

Closing Time

Take This Waltz

Sisters Of Mercy

Hallelujah

I Tried To Leave You

So Long, Marianne

 

 

1993

THE PRESENCE (Kiss No. 35)

2-CD-Set

Zurich/Switzerland (21.05.1993)

Total Running Time (Disc 1): 67:27

Total Running Time (Disc 2): 69:19

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

The Future

There Ain't No Cure For Love

Bird On A Wire

Everybody Knows

Anthem

First We Take Manhattan

Avalanche

Chelsea Hotel

Tower Of Song

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

I’m Your Man

Joan Of Arc

Closing Time

Take This Waltz

Sisters of Mercy

Hallelujah

I Tried To Leave You

So Long, Marianne

 

 

1993

FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN (NG 31 06 93-2)

2-CD-Set

Zurich/Switzerland, Kongresshaus (21.05.93)

Total Running Time: (Disc 1) 67:48

Total Running Time: (Disc 2) 68:47

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

The Future

Ain't No Cure For Love

Bird On The Wire

Everybody Knows

Anthem

First We Take Manhattan

Avalanche

Chelsea Hotel

Tower Of Song

Democracy

[*]

I'm Your Man

Joan Of Arc

Closing Time

Take This Waltz

Sisters Of Mercy

Hallelujah

I'll Close The Book**

So Long, Marianne

 

[*] Not mentioned on sleeve but part of CD: "Waiting For The Miracle".

** Error! Actual name of this song: "I Tried To Leave You".

 

 

1993

ABOVE THE SOUL (KTS 212)

Los Angeles, California/U.S.A. (18.04.1993)

Total Running Time: 79:08

 

First We Take Manhattan

Ain't No Cure For Love

Coming Back To You

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

The Future

I'm Your Man

Bird On A Wire

Everybody Knows

Avalanche

Suzanne

Tower Of Song

I Can't Forget

 

 

1993

GREATEST HITS LIVE '93 (Living Legend LLRCD 229)

Zurich/Switzerland (21.05.1993)

Total Running Time: 69:58

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Bird On A Wire

First We Take Manhattan

Avalanche

Chelsea Hotel

I'm Your Man

Joan Of Arc

Take This Waltz

Sisters Of Mercy

Hallelujah

So Long, Marianne

 

 

1993

FOR THE LOVE OF CAIN – Part 1 (RRC 037)

Zurich/Switzerland (21.05.1993)

Total Running Time: 71:12

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

It Is Murder*

Ain't No Cure For Love

Bird On The Wire

Everybody Knows

First We Take Manhattan

Crumbs Of Love**

Chelsea Hotel

Tower Of Song

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

 

*  Error! Actual name of this song: "The Future"

** Error! Actual name of this song: "Avalanche"

 

 

1993

FOR THE LOVE OF CAIN – Part 2 (RRC 038)

Zurich, Switzerland (21.05.1993)

Total Running Time: 59:26

 

I'm Your Man

Joan Of Arc

Closing Time

Take This Waltz

Sisters Of Mercy

Hallelujah

Right Before Your Eyes*

So Long, Marianne

 

* Error! Actual name of this song: "I Tried To Leave You"

 

 

1993

NO CURE FOR LOVE (Crocodile Beat CB 53035)

Zurich, Switzerland (21.05.1993)

Total Running Time: 74:35

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Waiting For The Miracle

There Ain't No Cure For Love

Joan Of Arc

Bird On A Wire

First We Take Manhattan

Take This Waltz

Sisters Of Mercy

Avalanche

I Tried To Leave You

So Long, Marianne

 

 

1993

LEONARD COHEN AT THE BEEB (Yellow Cat YC 018)

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Almost complete BBC 2 Broadcasting (31.08.1968, 07.09.1968)*

Total Running Time: 59:14

 

You Know Who I Am**

Bird On The Wire**

The Stranger Song**

So Long, Marianne**

Master Song**

Sisters Of Mercy

Teachers

Dress Rehearsal Rag

Suzanne

Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

Story Of Isaac

Plus: A Short Improvisation With The Audience ("No, It Wasn't Good")

 

* Missing song: "One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong"

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1993

WARM RECEPTION (IBR 2165)

Toronto/Canada, Massey Hall (09.11.1988)

Total Running Time: 69:17

 

Ain't No Cure For Love

Bird On The Wire

I’m Your Man

Heart With No Companion

Take This Waltz

Tower Of Song

Joan Of Arc

Jazz Police

First We Take Manhattan

Coming Back To You

Suzanne

I Tried To Leave You

 

 

1993

LEONARD COHEN LIVE – LOS ANGELES 1993 [ohne Label-Angabe]*

The "Columbia Records Radio Hour" presents from The Complex, Los Angeles, California/USA… (18.04.1993)

Total Running Time: 49:05

 

First We Take Manhattan

Ain't No Cure For Love

Coming Back To You

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

The Future

I'm Your Man

 

* Official release but often sold as a "bootleg"; therefore listed here.

 

 

1994

THE HOUSEWIFE, THE REFEREE AND THE UNDERTAKER (TB 80)

Zurich, Switzerland (21.05.1993)

Total Running Time: 73:27

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

The Future

Bird On The Wire

Anthem

Chelsea Hotel No. 2

Democracy

Joan Of Arc

Closing Time

Take This Waltz

Hallelujah

So Long, Marianne

 

 

1994

LEONARD "ZÜRICH '93" COHEN (LSDC 51619)

 

I'm Your Man

Joan Of Arc

Closing Time

Take This Waltz

Sisters Of Mercy

Hallelujah

Right Before Your Eyes*

So Long, Marianne

 

* Error! Actual name of this song: "I Tried To Leave You".

 

 

1994

LEONARD COHEN – FIRST WE TAKE L.A., THEN WE TAKE BERLIN (VM 010)

Los Angeles, California/U.S.A. (18.04.1993)

Total Running Time: 79:06

Actual Running Time: 68:24

 

First We Take Manhattan

Ain't No Cure For Love

Coming Back To You

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

The Future

I'm Your Man

Bird On A Wire

Everybody Knows

Avalanche

Suzanne

Tower Of Song*

I Can't Forget*

 

* Mentioned on sleeve but not part of CD.

 

 

1994

LEONARD COHEN – LOS ANGELES 1993 (ARR 94.064)

Los Angeles, California/U.S.A. (18.04.1993)

Total Running Time: ca. 69:00

Actual Running Time: 68:24

 

First We Take Manhattan

Ain't No Cure For Love

Coming Back To You

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

The Future

I'm Your Man

Bird On A Wire

Everybody Knows

Avalanche

Suzanne

 

 

1998

LEONARD COHEN – BLOSSOMS OF HEAVEN, ASHES OF HELL (Milarepa Audiophile Recordings 449 719-2)

2 CD Set

Zürich 21.05.1993 (21.05.1993)

Total Running Time (Disc 1): 76:34

Total Running Time (Disc 2): 79:54

 

Disc 1

Dance Me To The End Of Love

The Future

Ain`t No Cure For love

Bird On The Wire

Everybody Knows

Anthem

First We Take Manhattan

Avalanche

Chelsea Hotel #2

Tower Of ong

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

 

Disc 2

I`m Your Man

Joan Of Arc

Closing Time

Take This Waltz

Sisters Of Mercy

Hallelujah

I Tried To Leave You

So Long Marianne

 

Special: Bonus Tracks:

Who By Fire (Austin 31.10.1998)

Ballad Of The Runaway Horse  (Jennifer warnes & Rob Wasserman)

Joan Of Arc (Studio-Duet with Jeniffer Warnes/ taken from her Famous BlueRaincoat-Record)

The Hypnotist (a rare Fragment)

 

 

2000

LEONARD COHEN – Paris 1976 (no more Infos)

Paris, Olympia 06.06.1997 (06.06.1976)

Total Running Time : 73:51

 

Avalanche

Chelsea Hotel # 2

The Partisan

Story Of Isaac

Famous Blue Raincoat

Lover Lover Lover

Is This What You Wanted

Suzanne

Bird On The Wire

Who By Fire

Storeroom

I Tied To Leave You

Lady Midnight

There Is A War

Do I Have To Dance All Night

The Butcher

Do I Have To Dance All Night (Alternate Version)

 

 

2000

LEONARD COHEN – Explorer Of The Blue Dimension (DK 573.258 2)

2-CD-Set

Disc 1, recorded live in Los Angeles (18.04.93); Disc 2, tracks 1-7, recorded in Montreux (09.07.1985), tracks 8-12 recorded live in Toronto (09.11.1988).

Bonustrack 1: co-written with and sang by Jennifer Warnes

Bonustrack 2: Johnny Cash, taken from his ,,American Recording“-Album

Total Running Time: (Disc 1) 79:09

Total Running Time: (Disc 2) 78:49

 

Disc 1

First We Take Manhattan

Ain`t No Cure For Love

Coming Back To You

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

The Future

I`m Your Man

Bird On A Wire

Everybody Knows

Avalanche

Suzanne

Tower Of Song

I Can`t Forget

 

Disc 2

Bird On A Wire

The Law

Hey, That`s No Way To Say Goodbye

The Gypsy`s Wife

A Singer Must Die

Chelsea Hotel # 2

Famous Blue Raincoat

Heart With No Companion

Take This Waltz

Joan Of Arc

Jazz Police

I Tried To Leave You

Way Down Deep

Bird On A Wire

 

 

2002

LEONARD COHEN – Köln88 (Leonard Cohen Recordings, EU)

Recorded live at the Philharmonie in Köln (Cologne), Germany on April 10, 1988

Total Running Time: 75:46

 

Bird On A Wire

Hey, Thats No Way To Say Goodbye

Who By Fire

Ain't No Cure For Love

Dance Me To The End Of Love

The Law

Heart With No Companion

I'm Your Man

Coming Back To You

First We Take Manhattan

Avalanche

Chelsea Hotel # 2

The Stranger Song

Tower Of Song

 

 

2008

LEONARD COHEN – HAMBURG 2008 (S & W)

Recorded Live in Hamburg am 31. Oktober 2008 in der Color Line Arena. Die DOCD enthalt 26 Aufnahmen und damit inkl. der gesprochenen Poems das komplette Konzert.

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

The Future

Ait No Nure For Love

Bird On The Wire

Everybody Knows

In My Secret Life

Who By Fire

Heart With No Companion

Hey, That`s No way To Say Goodbye

Anthem

Tower Of Song

Suzanne

Gypsy Wife

The Partisan

 

Boogie Street

Hallelujah

Democracy

I`m Your Man

Take This waltz

SoLong Marianne

First We Take Manhattan

Famous Blue Raincoat

If It Be Your Will

Closing Time

I Tried To Leave You

Wither Thou Goest

 

 

2009

LEONARD COHEN – BACK TO THE ROOTS (Manga 006)

Dieser via Internet publizierte Mitschnitt des ,,Extra Concerts For the Fans” am 19. Februar 2009 im New Yorker Beacon Theatre beinhaltet 12 Songs in Top-Soundboard-Qualität sowie ein Bonus Track von Cohen( Anjanis Polen-Auftritt im Jahre 2007).

 

Dance Me To the End Of Love

The Future

Chelsea Hotel Nr. 2

Tower Of Song

Suzanne

The Partisan

Hallelujah

A Thousand Kisses Deep

Take This waltz

So long , Marianne

First We Take Manhattan

Democracy

 

Bonus:

Live in Poland 2007 with Anjani Thomas: Never Any Good

 

 

2010

LEONARD COHEN – Waldbühne 2010  (epic)

Dieser 2010 auf CD-Börsen und auf Ebay publizierte Mitschnitt des Berliner waldbühnen-Konzertes vom 18. August 2010 ist eine typische Publikumsaufnahme und enthält fast das komplette Konzert.

 

Dance Me To The End Of Love

The Future

Ait No Nure For Love

Bird On The Wire

Everybody Knows

In My Secret Life

Who By Fire

The Darkness

Chelsea Hotel No. 2

Born In Chains

Waiting For A Miracle

Anthem

Tower Of Song

Suzanne

 

Sisters Of Mercy

The Gypsy`s Wife

Feels Good

The Partisan

Boogie Street

Hallelujah

I`m Your Man

Take This Waltz

SoLong Marianne

First We Take Manhattan

Famous Blue Raincoat

Closing Time

I Tried To Leave You

Lover Lover Lover

 

 

2011

LEONARD COHEN – Back In the Motherland (LFMCF515)

2011 erscheint ein weiterer Bootleg mit einem im kanadischen Radio übertragenen Radiomiztschnitt von 19988 zum Inhalt. Unter dem Motto „Back In The Motherland“ sind 13 Songs vom 9.11.1988 aus der Massae Hall in Toronto/ Canada zu hören, das von der CBC Canada 1993 im Fernsehen gesendet worden ist. Ein zusätzlicher Bonustrack: The Future

 

Ain`t No Cure For Love

Bird On A Wire

I`m Your Man

Heart With No Companion

Take This waltz

Tower Of Song

Joan Of Arc

Jazz Police

First We Take Manhattan

Coming Back To You

I tried To Leave You

Wither Thou Goest

 

 

2012

LEONARD COHEN – Angels At My Shoulder – Live 1993  (LFMCF515)

„Angels At My Shoulder“ ist ein weiteres Beispiel dafür, wie Bootlegs verschiedene Namen aber gleichen Inhalt offerieren. Hier werden erneut Songs der 93er Welttournee, aufgenommen am 18. April 1993 im The Complex, Los Angeles (Song 1-8) und am 12. Juli 1993 aufgenommen im Austin City Limits in Austin (Song 9-11) in einer Gesamtlänge von 68 Minuten angeboten.* (*auch als DOLP im Jahre 2013 erhältlich: Side A erste drei Songs, Side B Song 4-6, Side C Song 7-8, Side D Song 9-11).)

 

First We Take Manhattan

Ain't No Cure For Love

Coming Back To You

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Democracy

Waiting For The Miracle

The Future

I'm Your Man

Bird On A Wire

Sisters Of Mercy

There Is A War

 

 

2012

My Radio Sweetheart (London 1968) (Discos Toro Salvaje, Madrid)

2012 erschien in Spanien eine Bootleg-Vinyl-LP in zweifacher Ausführung in geringer Auflage. Als schwarzes Vinyl in 300er- und auf blauem Vinyl in 100er-Auflage.

Die Lieder stammen von unterschiedlichen Quellen.

 

1. You know who I am *

2. Bird on the wire *

3. The stranger song *

4. So long Marianne *

 

1. Master Song *

2. So long Marianne **

3. Hey, that's no way to say goodbye ***

 

* Songs from the TV show aired on August 31, 1968, by the BBC

** Song "Top Gear" on July 9, 1968

*** Songduet mit Julie Felix gesendet bei der BBC am 27. Januar 1968

 

 

2012

Don't touch that dial  (London 1968) (Discos Toro Salvaje, Madrid)

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2012 erschien in Spanien eine weitere Bootleg-Vinyl-LP in zweifacher Ausführung in geringer Auflage. Als schwarzes Vinyl in 300er- und auf blauem Vinyl in 100er-Auflage.

Die Lieder stammen von unterschiedlichen Quellen.

 

Side A

1. There’s no reason why you should remember me

2. Sisters of mercy

3. Teachers

4. Dress rehearsal rag

5. Suzanne

 

Side B

1. Hey that’s no way to say goodbye

2. Story of Isaac

3. One of us cannot be wrong

4. Bird on the wire *

5. You know who I am *

 

Songs from the TV show aired on September 7, 1968, by the BBC, * except

“Bird On The Wire” und “You Know Who I Am” from John Peel's "Top Gear" show on August 11, 1968.

 

 

2015

Leonard Cohen – Live – Coming Back To You (Live At The Complex, L.A. 1993)

Dieser 1993er Mitschnitt  wurde schon Jahre zuvor mehrfach gebootlegt und als CD mit  verschiedenenen Bezeichnungen veröffentlicht. Hier handelt es sich um eine weitere.

 

1. First we take Manhattan

2. Ain't no cure for love

3. Dance me to the end of love

4. Democracy

5. I'm your man

6. Coming back to you

7. Waiting for the miracle

8. The future

 

 

2015

Leonard Cohen Live At The Complex, Los Angeles (Los Angeles 1993)

Dieser 1993er Konzert wurde schon Jahre zuvor mehrfach gebootlegt und als CD mit  verschiedenenen Bezeichnungen veröffentlicht. Hier handelt es sich um eine weitere, jedoch nur als Vinyl-Version erhältliche Version.

 

Side A

1. First we take Manhattan

2. Ain't no cure for love

3. Dance me to the end of love

4. Democracy

 

Side B

5. I'm your man

6. Coming back to you

7. Waiting for the miracle

8. The future

 

 

2015

LEONARD COHEN – The Spirit Radio (Classic Broadcast Recordings PLCD026)boot-2014-thespiritofradio-a-cut

Am 7. November 2014 erschien ein weiteres Bootleg namens “The Spirit Of Radio”, das sich jedoch schnell als wahrer Fake unter Fakes outet. Über die Aufnahme-Qualität lässt sich immer gerne diskutieren, schlimmer allerdings ist, wenn das Bootleg einen bereits vorhandenen Bootleg bootlegt. Das tut nämlich “THe Spirit Of radio”. Hier werden keine neuen Radio-Mitschnitte offeriert, sondern bereits vorhandene in nur auf den ersten Blick neuer Verpackung  angeboten. Öffnet man die kleine Papp-Karton-Box, sieht man, dass sich der Vertreiber noch nicht einmal die Mühe machte, “alte” Mitschnitte neu zu präsentieren. Nein, er legte einfach die drei bereits bekannten Bootlegs  von im Radio gesendeten Mitschnitte in eben schon bekannter Aufmachung zusammen in die Pappschachtel und fertig. Auf der Verpackung als CD One proklamierten ersten CD befindet sich nichts anderes als der Bootleg:

BACK TO THE MOTHERLAND. Auf CD TWO gibt es ANGELS AT MY SHOULDER  CD THREE enthalt Radio-Interviews aus den Jahren 1961-2008 und ist bereits erschienen unter dem Bootleg-Titel: THE CLASSIQUE INTERVIEWS.

 

 

 

 

2016

LEONARD COHEN – Toronto `88 (Label: Roxvox (Soulfood)LC-Bootleg-Toronto-88-a

ASIN: B0193GLWY4) – broadcast live on CBC Radio

 

1. Ain't No Cure For Love (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

2. Bird On The Wire (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

3. I'm Your Man (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

4. Heart With No Companion (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

5. Take This Waltz (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

6. Tower Of Song (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

7. Joan Of Arc (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

8. Jazz Police (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

9. First We Take Manhattan (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

10. Coming Back To You (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

11. Suzanne (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

12. I Tried To Leave You (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

13. Whither Thou Goest (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

14. Ralph Benmergui Outro (Live At Massey Hall, Toronto 9th November 1988)

 

2016 LEONARD COHEN – ONE MORE FOR MARIANNE (Montreux 1976)

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2016 LEONARD COHEN MEMORIES

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2017 FROM THE SHADOWS

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2017 LIVE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS

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2017 UPN A SMOKEY LIVE

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On 13th October 1979, Leonard Cohen began his most extensive tour to date in support of his sixth studio album, Recent Songs , with a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden. Entitled ‘The Smokey Life Tour’, this 48-concert European leg of what would eventually become a world tour (ultimately encompassing too Australia, the USA, and in November 1980, Israel) progressed through Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, England and Ireland. Cohen surrounded himself with a coterie of superb musicians. As a nucleus, he co-opted the Austin, Texas-based jazz band, Passenger (Steve Meador on drums, Roscoe Beck on bass, Mitch Watkins on guitar, Bill Ginn on keyboards and Paul Ostermayer on sax and flute). Further extending the core group’s capabilities were violinist Raffi Hakopian and John Bilezikjian on the oud – an 11-string pear-shaped instrument, visually similar to a mandolin – all of whom had also contributed to ‘Recent Songs’. Completing the ensemble, Leonard’s brace of backing singers on the jaunt were long-time friend and colleague Jennifer Warnes (who later released her own Cohen tribute album, ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ in 1987) and another Cohen collaborator and future song-writing partner, Sharon Robinson. This concert, from Bonn’s prestigious 2,000 capacity Beethovenhalle, was recorded towards the end of the European extravaganza on 3rd December, and, as is evident, the cast were performing superbly by this juncture. ‘Recent Songs’ was, and remained, a personal favourite of Leonard s: “I think I like ‘Recent Songs’ the best. The producer was Henry Levy – I was studying with Roshi at the time in Los Angeles and it was appropriate that I worked with a Los Angeles producer. He had that great quality that Bob Johnston (Bob Dylan’s producer) had: a lot of faith in the singer and he just let it happen. He introduced me to the group Passenger. I’d always wanted to combine those Middle Eastern or Eastern European sounds with the rhythmic possibilities of a jazz or rock’n’roll rhythm section,” he later stated.

Disk: 1

  1. Bird On The Wire (5:36)
  2. Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye (4:19)
  3. Who By Fire (7:18)
  4. Passing Through (5:14)
  5. The Window (5:34)
  6. Lover Lover Lover (8:20)
  7. So Long, Marianne (6:31)
  8. The Stranger Song (6:07)
  9. Chelsea Hotel #2 (4:23)
  10. A Singer Must Die (2:45)

 

Disk: 2

 

  1. The Partisan (3:22)
  2. Famous Blue Raincoat (5:30)
  3. There Is A War (4:43)
  4. The Gypsy’s Wife (5:43)
  5. The Guests (5:34)
  6. Suzanne (6:33)
  7. Memories (5:39)
  8. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong (4:48)
  9. Tonight Will Be Fine (6:34)
  10. I Tried To Leave You (7:35)