What's your favorite boot?
 

What with all the talk about scumbag bootleggers lately :D , I'm curious to know what everyone's favorite boots are. Least fave too.

I love Mac Memphis 82. I think it's mainly because it was one of the first boots I got. Nice sound, good setlist.
I also really like several Tusk shows - one of the Japan ones especially (I can't think of date & city off hand). As for SYW, I listen to Hershey a lot (it's a great show, plus I was there :D )

I am not a fan of most of the TITN or BTM boots - I don't like the setlists that much. :sorry: Also - most of The Dance boots are so-so - they all sound too similar (with the obvious exception of SS in AC.)


As for Stevie, I love Us Fest 83 & Woodstock 98. Great shows, great sound, great setlists. Also - Ohio State Fair 1994 - awesome vocals!

I don't listen to many from the RAL Tour. TOSOTM & Timespace - eh. A few good shows, but most seem too cold & mechanical - just going through the motions. I listened to "Pretty Mac Goes Metal" the other day & I used to think the vocal was incredible. I still think it's strong, but it's like she's a tad out of tune or something :shrug: .

I KNOW we'll have several different opinions here, so let's hear them! I'm interested to read what everyone has to say.

I like the just below the knee 3 inch maroon velvet boots the best...

myfavboots

I knew someone would do it.

I should have alsoknown it would be you. :laugh:

Stevie:

House of Blues 1994. This show just flat out rocks!

Mac:
tough call, probably Melbourne 1980 for the fun "echo" on Sara. And have I mentioned the amazing wail at the 7:00 mark? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

I like most of them.


The one I :hate: is Stevie's PTM show - New Year's Eve '99. Her vocals are horrid. She cant even remember the words!?!! Drunk much? That damn person in the crowd with the tambo doesn't help it much. :distress:

I really like the 75/76 boots. I like the Rumours lineup doing the older FM songs. I also really like Champaign from 04...though I am bias because I was there :D I don't like the TITN ones either. I have one and never even listened to it all the way through. As far as Stevie solo, I am one of the minority who likes the RAL shows. I like the Chicago one, and some Australian comp. from RAL that I have. LIve and Unapproved? Also love the US Festival....of course!

Well, actually I DO like the 87/88 tour & 90 tour bootlegs BECAUSE of the set list...so there ya go...another case of "to each their own.

Faves, in no particular order (as of now, off the top of my head...I've downloaded so many in the past couple of weeks, I don't remember which are which):

The First concert 1967
Live In Koblenz 1988
Live In Chicago 1995
Live At Great Woods 1990
Live In Vienna 1990
Who's The New Girl? 1975(aka Trod Nossel or Smiling Ears or Live In Wallingford, CT)
Will The Real Fleetwood Mac Please Stand Up? 1974
Live In Hempstead, NY 1974
Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968
Live At The Fillmore West 1970
Live In New Haven, CT 1975 (aka Live In Passaic, NJ 1975)
Live At The US Festival 1982
Live In Oakland 1982
Live In New Orleans 1970 (both Jan 30th & 31st)
Homeward Bound 1972 (aka Live In Seattle 1972)
Live In Los Angeles 1977(I WAS THERE! Plus, it was MY cassette tape that started this, and the SD one below, in circulation!)
Live In San Diego 1977 (Again, I WAS THERE)
Sin City '77 (aka Live In Las Vegas 1977)
Music City '77 (aka Live In Nashville 1977)
Live In Oklahoma City 1977
Live In Anaheim 2003 (July 17th...and, yet again, I WAS THERE!)

There are more, but these are as of right now.

EDIT: The above are on CD (or CDR)...the first FMac bootleg I ever owned was an LP called Merely A Portmanteau, side one of which was "officially" released as most of Disc two of the Showbiz Blues set ("Rattlesnake Shake/Underway", "Tiger", "Green Manalishi"). Side two was completely taken up by "Station Man" (almost 8 minutes) & "Tell Me All The Things You Do" (13+ minutes) from the Kiln House tour. Quite the disparate sound quality between side one & side two...side one: great, side two: YIKES! :shocked:

I'm actually listening to this one right now. It's great. :nod:

What it lacks in sound quality, it makes up for in performance...the only gripe I really have about it, is that it claims to be "the entire show", but no, its not..."Monday Morning" is missing.

Really.

I was at the New Year's show (fake i.d. and all) and I wanted to bust that tambo person over the head with it. Oy.

Not in any particular order

1970 Fillmore West(8/7/70 show)
1972 Seattle
1974 Hempstead, NY
1975 Trodd Nossel Studio, Wallingford, CT
1977 Nashville
1979 St. Louis
1980 Mobile, AL
1982 Memphis
1984 Chicago(Christine solo)
1987 Fresno

I have the January 4, 1970 Fillmore West show.

Oh, yeah, 1979 St. Louis, 1980 Cleveland, 1980 Mobile are great too.

I just got the 1982 Memphis show a few days ago and haven't listened to it yet, but it seems to be pretty popular.

1987 Fresno...despite the great sound quality, it is so pared down from being the entire show, it misses the mark for me.

All three Christine solo shows are pretty good...I favor the one from Reseda Dec 1983 because of Billy Burnette & Mick Fleetwood making guest appearances. (and the sound quality is just slightly better to my ears than the Chicago or NJ shows)

That's because the Reseda show is from a Westwood One radio broadcast. This was the same show as The Video Album. The Chicago & New Jersey shows are audience recordings(albeit above average quality). All 3 shows are excellent, in my opinion.

The 8/7/70 show has a very early version of "Spare Me A Little Of Your Love", totally different arrangement from the Bare Trees version, VERY bluesy.

this is 1 of my favs 2~

Which, again, was actually recorded in New Haven, CT. 10/13/75

Wow, we are old, I was there as well...

I have lots of favorites but the one I pull out for just one song is Chicago 1980 for Sara... and my soon to be favorite will be May 11, 2005 in Las Vegas

Terry

I don't know what I should believe about it! I compared both shows and they had different tracks time and one show was like 1 1/2 minutes longer than the other one! Of course, it was a radio show, so it could've also be changed by the radio station! But if it is the same, then i wonder why the hell I have boh bootlegs posted on my site? But if you say so, then I think you are right!

I love the introduction of Dreams from this bootleg, where Lindsey is absolutely drunken: "*whistle* STEVIEEEEEEEEE, STEVIE, STEVIE, THINKING OF STEVIE THIS IS ONE OF STEVIE, THE SONG IS CALLED DREAMS!!!!!!" It is amazing, just for that intro I love the show!

Yeah...SAVE YOUR BANDWIDTH ;)

Many, and for different reasons, just some, not in order:

FM
Earls Court 29th Nov 03 - My first FM bootleg and a great concert.
Atlantic City 11-29-97
Toronto 9-20-03
Champaign 5.9.04
Los Angeles 10-21-82
Philadelphia,PA 3-21-77
Pittsburgh,Pa.10-05-03
Albany, NY-11-17-90-
Chula Vista - 6. 22. 2004
Las Vegas 10-18-03
Madison 05.08.04
U.S.Festival_1982
Manchester, UK (08/25/90)
St.Louis, MO 11-06-79
Fargo 1997
Wallingford 9-3-75
Sydney 3-15-80


Stevie
Las Vegas 5-10-05
AHI 2000
AHI 2001
08-14-98 Woodstock
Jones Beach - 07.24.94
Fort Meyers 9.25.01
Mountainview (8-15-91)
East Rutherford 6-24-83
Los Angeles, CA(Roxbury) 7-19-94
KFOG Benefit SF 12-9-01

Romy

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Hummmm... This is hard.

Steive Nicks....
Los Angeles, CA - 1981
Dallas, TX - 1983
Kansas City, KS - 1986
Kansas City, KS - 1998 (I was there, LOL :p )

F'Mac....
Oklahoma City, OK - 1977
Cleveland, OH - 1980
Houston, TX - 1987
West Wood One (Dont know the city, Cali maybe :confused: ) 1997
Anaheim, CA 2003
Madison, WI - 2004

Stevie:

Boston, MA 7/22/94
Vocally she was tops and it's been my favorite Stevie concert that I've attended, due to her performance and for sentimental reasons. How Still My Love and No Spoken Word are simply amazing to me.

PLUS:

Dallas, TX 9/5/83
Tulsa, OK 11/12/83
Dallas, TX 4/15/86
Lexington, KY 4/22/86
Alpine Valley, WI 5/31/86
Irvine, CA 8-31-94
Hartford, CT 5/27/98 (I get chills when I listen to it, another of the best shows I've ever seen)

Lindsey:

San Juan, CA 12/12-12/13/92 (The rough mix master version that was posted on EasyTree this past year)
Every song is fantastic. Enough said.

PLUS:

Every other Cradle boot. :laugh:

I'll have to think of Mac ones, I have so many.

My Favorite Fleetwood Mac Boot: Worcester May 27th, 2003
My Favorite Stevie Nicks boot: Rotterdam Holland 11-24-89

Other Fleetwood Mac Favorites:
Largo 75
Buffalo 7-3-77
Indianapolis 82
Hartford 87
Fresno 88 - Radio Broadcast
Oakland 90
LA forum 90

Other Stevie Nicks Favorites:
Iowa 11-20-83
Iowa 11-19-86
Jones beach 8-25-89
Miami 9-30-89
London 11-28-89
Greek Theater 8-17-91 (best show from TS show byfar)
Jones Beach 7-23-91
Houston 9-9-94
Atlanta 98
Jones Beach 01

Any...
 

that I have, Which is too many to list...But I have to say that the following are my favorite 2003-2004 SYW bootlegs:

Fleetwood Mac-May 7,2003-Columbus, OH-Schottenstein Arena (AUD recording)

Fleetwood Mac-May 15,2003-Buffalo, NY-HSBC Arena (ALD recording)

Fleetwood Mac-June 8,2003-Tampa, FL-St.Pete Times Forum (ALD/AUD matrix recording)

Fleetwood Mac-Sept.27,2003-Bridgeport, CT-Arena At Harbor Yard (AUD recording)

Fleetwood Mac-Oct.11,2003-Denver, CO-Pepsi Center (Possible ALD recording)

Fleetwood Mac-Nov.29,2003-London, England-Earl's Court (AUD recording)

Fleetwood Mac-May 9,2004-Champaign, IL-Assembly Hall (AUD recording)

Fleetwood Mac-Sept.10,2004-Atlantic City, NJ-Borgata Event Center (AUD recording)

Why is everybody listing radio shows as "bootlegs"? Do you guys know what a bootleg is?
Favorite SN performance: Los Angeles 10-02-83
Favorite SN sound quality: Los Angeles forgot-the-date but it's the Universal Amphitheatre show from 2001. Sounds fantastic. Unfortunately, it's a 2001 tour show, which makes it dubious. So I also have to nominate the Los Angeles 7-14-94 tape, a super-duper recording by someone with the right equipment.
Favorite FM performance: Osaka 12-04-77, Los Angeles 8-31-80, Detroit 9-19-82, Irvine 10-18-82
Favorite FM sound quality: St. Louis 11-06-79

She's trying to sing over the band, which is too loud, IMO.

While we are on this subject does anyone know where I can get a mp3 of Gold Dust Woman from The Dance. That is one of my favorite perfomances ever.

Detroit show??
 

OMG! There is a boot out there of the Detroit 9-19-82 show?? Can someone please tell me where I might find this or if anyone would be willing to trade or something?? I was at that show and would LOVE to hear it and have a copy--pretty please???

Amy

Hehe - My first thought when I read the thread was "cowboy boots". :D

:laugh: Great minds and all that. :D

my favs
 

My personal favorites are the soundboard from 8-11-80 in Mobile Alabama, and the Tampa show from 6-8-03. that mobile show is incredible. Also, the 8-30-1978 show from Baton Rouge is wonderful. all 3 have top notch sound. they are by far the best of the 120 or so fleetwood mac concerts I have in my collection

Those are some great shows...