People think I go to a lot of music festivals. I try to correct them, that in fact I only go to one music festival, I just go to it almost every year. And yes, it is a seven hour flight away, but still, it’s just the one festival. That usually just gets me blank […]
Tag: Live
Throbbing Gristle – “Special Treatment – Live At The Cryptic One London 1978” (1984)
When I re-launched Life in the Vinyl Lane, I made the conscious decision that I was not going to write about everything I purchased. For much of the blog’s history that’s exactly what I did, and frankly it burned me out. Listening to things became like work, something I felt I needed to do even […]
The Clash – “Clash On Tour – Live In Paris 1977/78” (1979)
I’ve been on a bit of a live record kick as of late, particularly on the, shall we say, “unofficial” side of things. Back in the 80s we used to refer to these albums as bootlegs, but that’s technically not accurate. A bootleg is an illegal copy of a legitimate album – in essence, it’s […]