01. Make It (Steven Tyler) - 3:38
02. Somebody (Steven Tyler, Steven Emspack) - 3:45
03. Dream On (Judy Collins, Steven Tyler) - 4:25
04. One Way Street (Steven Tyler) - 6:59
05. Mama Kin (Steven Tyler) - 4:26
06. Write Me (Steven Tyler) - 4:10
07. Movin' Out (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) - 5:02
08. Walkin' The Dog (Rufus Thomas) - 3:10

Personnel:
- Steven Tyler - lead vocals, harmonica, wood flute
- Joe Perry - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Brad Whitford - rhythm guitar
- Tom Hamilton - bass
- Joey Kramer - drums
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- David Woodford - saxophone (01, 06)

In retrospect, it's a bit shocking how fully formed the signature Aerosmith sound was on their self-titled 1973 debut -- which may not be the same thing as best-executed, because this album still sounds like a first album, complete with the typical stumbles and haziness that comes with a debut. Despite all this, Aerosmith clearly showcases all the attributes of the band that would become the defining American hard rock band of the '70s. Here, the Stones influences are readily apparent, from the Jagger-esque phrasing of Steven Tyler to the group's high-octane boogie, but the group displays little of the Stones' deep love of blues here. Instead, Aerosmith is bloozy -- their riffs don't swing, they slide. They borrow liberally from Led Zeppelin's hybridization of Chess and Sun riffs without ever sounding much like Zep. They are never as British as Zeppelin -- they lack the delicate folky preciousness, they lack the obsession with blues authenticity, they lack the larger-than-life persona of so many Brit bands. They are truly an American band, sounding as though they were the best bar band in your local town, cranking out nasty hard-edged rock, best heard on "Mama Kin," the best rocker here, one that's so greasy it nearly slips through their fingers. But the early masterpiece is, of course, "Dream On," the first full-fledged power ballad. There was nothing quite like it in 1973, and it remains the blueprint for all power ballads since. The rest of the record contains the seeds of Aerosmith's sleazoid blues-rock, but they wouldn't quite perfect that sound until the next time around. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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01. Draw The Line (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) - 3:22
02. I Wanna Know Why (Tyler, Perry) - 3:09
03. Critical Mass (Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Jack Douglas) - 4:50
04. Get It Up (Tyler, Perry) - 4:02
05. Bright Light Fright (Perry) - 2:18
06. Kings And Queens (Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Tyler, Brad Whitford, Douglas) - 4:55
07. The Hand That Feeds (Hamilton, Kramer, Tyler, Whitford, Douglas) - 4:22
08. Sight For Sore Eyes (Tyler, Perry, Douglas, David Johansen) - 3:53
09. Milk Cow Blues (Kokomo Arnold, arr. by Aerosmith) - 4:12

Personnel:
- Steven Tyler - lead vocals, piano (06)
- Joe Perry - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (05)
- Brad Whitford - guitar
- Tom Hamilton - bass
- Joey Kramer - drums, percussion
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- Stan Bronstein - saxophone (02,05)
- Scott Cushnie - piano (02,03)
- Jack Douglas - mandolin (06)
- Karen Lawrence - backing vocals (04)
- Paul Prestopino - banjo (06)

Renting out an abandoned convent on the outskirts of New York City to record the follow-up to the hellacious Rocks may not have been the best idea, but 1977's Draw the Line still managed to be another down-and-dirty Aerosmith release. While it wasn't as awe-inspiring as their last two albums -- the members have said that the music suddenly got "cloudy" around this time (due to in-band fighting/ego clashes, excessive living, etc.), Draw the Line catches fire more times than not. Unlike their most recent album successes, the band shies away from studio experimenting and dabbling in different styles; instead they return to simple, straight-ahead hard rock. The album-opening title track features a gloriously abrasive Joe Perry slide guitar riff and has been featured in concert ever since, while the punk-esque "Bright Light Fright" featured Perry's first ever lead vocal spot on an Aerosmith record. Other highlights include a reworking of the blues obscurity "Milk Cow Blues," which Perry's pre-Aerosmith group, the Jam Band, played live, as well as "I Wanna Know Why," "Critical Mass," "Get It Up," "Kings and Queens," and "Sight for Sore Eyes." Draw the Line would turn out to be the last true studio album from Aerosmith's original lineup for nearly a decade. ---Greg Prato, AllMusic Review

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01.Same Old Song and Dance
02.Lord of the Thighs
03.Spaced
04.Woman of the World
05.S.O.S. (Too Bad)
06.Train Kept A-Rollin'
07.Seasons of Wither
08.Pandora's Box

Michael Brecker - Sax (Tenor)
Randy Brecker - Trumpet
Stan Bronstein - Sax (Baritone)
Ray Colcord - Keyboards, Producer
Tom Hamilton - Bass (Electric), Bass Instrument
Joey Kramer - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Jon Pearson - Trombone
Joe Perry - Guitars, Guitar (12 String), Percussion, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Steven Tyler - Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Vocals
Brad Whitford - Guitar (Electric)

Often overshadowed by the subsequent twin highlights of Toys in the Attic and Rocks, Aerosmith's 1974 second album, Get Your Wings, is where Aerosmith became Aerosmith -- it's where they teamed up with producer Jack Douglas, it's where they shed much of their influences and developed their own trademark sound, it's where they turned into songwriters, it's where Steven Tyler unveiled his signature obsessions with sex and sleaze. Chief among these attributes may be Douglas, who either helped the band ease into the studio or captured their sound in a way their debut never did. This is a leaner, harder album, bathed in grease and layered in grit, but it's not just down to Douglas. The band itself sounds more distinctive. There are blues in Joe Perry and Joey Kramer's interplay, but this leapfrogs over blues-rock; it turns into slippery hard rock. To be sure, it's still easy to hear the Stones here, but they never really sound Stonesy; there's almost more of the Yardbirds to the way the group works the riffs, particularly evident on the cover of the early 'Birds classic "The Train Kept a Rollin'." But if the Yardbirds were tight and nervy, Aerosmith is blown out and loose, the sound of excess incarnate -- that is, in every way but the writing itself, which is confident and strong, fueled by Tyler's gonzo sex drive. He is the "Lord of the Thighs," playing that "Same Old Song and Dance," but he also slows down enough for the eerie "Seasons of Wither," a powerful slow-churning ballad whose mastery of atmosphere is a good indication of how far the band has grown. They never attempted anything quite so creepy on their debut, but it isn't just that Aerosmith is trying newer things on Get Your Wings, it's that they're doing their bloozy bluster better and bolder, which is what turns this sophomore effort into their first classic. ---

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1.Dude
2.Love In A Elevator
3.Livin On The Edge
4.Walk This Way with Run Dmc
5.Cryin
6.Jaded
7.Crazy
8.Angel
9.Janies Got A Gun
10.Amazing
11.The Other Side
12.Dream On
13.Sweet Emotion
14.Falling In Love
15.Pink
16.I Dont Wanna Miss A Thing
17.Sedona Rise
18.Devil s Got A New Disguise

The Band: 
Steven Tyler (vocals, piano, harmonica), 
Joe Perry (guitars), 
Brad Whitford (guitars), 
Tom Hamilton (bass), 
Joey Kramer (drums & percussion).

Aerosmith is the American hard rock band fronted by the charismatic frontman Steven Tyler who, following a self-induced implosion in the early 1980s, went on to stage one of the most successful comebacks in rock history. Over the course of their long career they have released fourteen albums, many of which are platinum certified.

The band earned its stripes in the early days by touring, so their audience was already established by the release of their first album, Aerosmith, in 1973. Although it was a moderate success at the time, their breakthrough album was 1975's Toys in the Attic. This was the album that allowed them to shrug off the "Rolling Stones clones" tag and be accepted as a band worthy of note in their own right. "Sweet Emotion", from that album, was their first hit single and prompted the re-release of "Dream On", which reached No.6 in the charts. Toys in the Attic remains their best selling album, having sold eight million copies to date.

By the end of the 70s the popularity of the band was beginning to decline somewhat, but more notable was their predilection for substance abuse and other trappings of the rock and roll lifestyle. The albums began to suffer and founder members began to peel away, with Perry leaving after 1979's Night in the Ruts, and Whitford leaving in 1981.

In 1984 the band were re-united and embarked on a comeback tour, and released the album Done with Mirrors. Unfortunately the album was only a moderate success; the real comeback started in 1986 when a cover of Aerosmith's 1977 hit "Walk This Way" was released. This was a collaborative effort with Run D.M.C. splicing their hip-hop with Aerosmith's original rock and roll. It reached No.4 on the Billboard charts and introduced the band to a younger generation of listeners. This spurred efforts to get the band members clean over the next few years, since their addictions were encumbering them.

The next release was 1987's Permanent Vacation, the first release of a newly clean band and a major success. All three singles -- "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Rag Doll" and "Angel" -- reached the Billboard Top 20. Pump (1989) continued the run of success with its Top 10 singles "Janie's Got a Gun", "What It Takes", and "Love in an Elevator". "Janie's Got a Gun" earned Aerosmith the first of their four Grammy Awards.

Following albums continued their success throughout the 90s, though their decision to draft in professional songwriters in a bid for increased commercial success led to the inevitable accusations that they had 'sold out'. Their most recent release was 2004's bluesy Honkin' on Bobo. ---amazon.com

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"Road Runner" (Bo Diddley) – 3:46 
"Shame, Shame, Shame" (Ruby Fisher, Kenyon Hopkins) – 2:15, originally sung by Smiley Lewis 
"Eyesight to the Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 3:10 
"Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) – 3:24 
"Never Loved a Girl" (Ronny Shannon) – 3:12 
"Back Back Train" (Fred McDowell) – 4:24 
"You Gotta Move" (Rev. Gary Davis, McDowell) – 5:30 
"The Grind" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Marti Frederiksen) – 3:47 
"I'm Ready" (Willie Dixon) – 4:15 
"Temperature" (Joel Michael Cohen, Little Walter) – 2:52 
"Stop Messin' Around" (Clifford Adams, Peter Green) – 4:32 
"Jesus Is on the Main Line" (Traditional) – 2:50


Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, producer
Joe Perry – lead guitar, backing vocals, producer, lead vocals on "Back Back Train" and "Stop Messin' Around"
Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar
Tom Hamilton - bass
Joey Kramer – drums
Tracy Bonham – vocals on "Back Back Train" and "Jesus Is on the Main Line"
Johnnie Johnson – piano on "Shame, Shame, Shame" and "Temperature"
The Memphis Horns – brass on "Never Loved a Girl"
Paul Santo – piano, electric piano, organ, engineer

Aerosmith prove that a band can be inspired by the blues and play the blues without ever feeling like a blues band. Then again, the nature of the blues is that every musician who plays it stamps his or her own identity on a set of familiar chord changes and songs. While it might not feel like the blues, Aerosmith do indeed stamp their identity on each track on their long-promised blues album, the atrociously named Honkin' on Bobo. Other rockers who have cut full-length blues albums have always played the music with a kind of scholarly reverence, taking care to pay tribute to their influences. Not Aerosmith. They turn up the amps and cut loose, playing slick and sleazy blooze-rock that feels indebted to second-generation blues-rock instead of blues forefathers. But that's the nature of the band. Surely, they loved Chess and country blues as much as they loved the Stones, but they are so thoroughly the children of Mick and Keith, they can't help but sound like a rock & roll band no matter what they do, no matter what they play. That might mean that Honkin' on Bobo is something that could be close to anathema to blues purists, since it's a rock album pure and simple, but chances are the bandmembers don't care, since they're just here to have a good time playing songs they love.

Besides, the song selection proves they're no purists. There are some warhorses with "Road Runner," "Baby, Please Don't Go," "I'm Ready," and "Eyesight to the Blind," but there's also a heavy dose of Fred McDowell, a Fleetwood Mac tune, a little-known Little Walter song, an obscure song from the obscure band Freedom, a Smiley Lewis number, and one casual original. While the warhorses are predictable, the rest is not, and the album itself is a bit of a surprise, too. Every indication, from the awful title and silly album art to the notion that the band was going back to its roots, suggests that this is going to be an embarrassment from a band that has been no stranger to embarrassment during the '90s. Instead, it's the best flat-out rock album Aerosmith have made in ages, ever since Joe Perry rejoined the band for Done With Mirrors. Re-teaming with producer Jack Douglas, who helmed all their greatest albums in the '70s, Aerosmith sound reinvigorated, even liberated from the need to have a hit power ballad, and they tear through these 12 songs with an energy they seemed to lose sometime after Pump. Sure, they can still be tasteless and ridiculous, whether in Steven Tyler's vocal affectations or in the band's oversized riffs, but again, that's the nature of the band -- no other band does sleaze better. When they do it well, it can be irresistible rock & roll, and it's been a long, long time since they've sounded as good as they do here. Despite that awful title, Honkin' on Bobo is a real surprise and a real return to form for Aerosmith. (Special thanks to legendary pianist Johnnie Johnson, who plays on a couple of cuts here and lends the band just a little genuine blues grit.) --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

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Disc 1
01. Eat The Rich
02. Toys In The Attic
03. Love In An Elevator
04. Back In The Saddle
05. Fever					play
06. Draw The Line
07. What It Takes
08. Monkey On My Back
09. Rag Doll
10. Hangman Jury (with Ry Cooder)
11. All Your Love (with Ry Cooder)
12. Last Child

Disc 2
01. Cryin'
02. Shut Up And Dance
03. Walk On Down			play
04. The Other Side
05. Janie's Got A Gun
06. Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
07. Dream On
08. Walk This Way
09. Livin' On The Edge
10. Sweet Emotion
11. Train Kept A Rollin'
12. Livin On The Edg

Recorded Live at Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA - August 04, 1993.

Personnel: 
Steven Tyler – vocals
Joe Perry – guitar
Brad Whitford - guitar 
Tom Hamilton - bass
Joey Kramer – drums.

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. Guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with singer Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. In 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston.

They were signed to Columbia Records in 1972, and released a string of multi-platinum albums, beginning with their 1973 eponymous debut album, followed by their 1974 album Get Your Wings. In 1975, the band broke into the mainstream with the album Toys in the Attic, and their 1976 follow-up Rocks cemented their status as hard rock superstars. By the end of the 1970s, they were among the most popular hard rock bands in the world and developed a loyal following of fans, often referred to as the "Blue Army". However, drug addiction and internal conflict took their toll on the band, which resulted in the departures of Perry and Whitford, in 1979 and 1981 respectively. They were replaced by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay. The band did not fare well between 1980 and 1984, releasing a lone album, Rock in a Hard Place, which went gold but failed to match their previous successes.

Although Perry and Whitford returned in 1984 and the band signed a new deal with Geffen Records, it was not until the band sobered up and released 1987's Permanent Vacation that they regained the level of popularity they had experienced in the 1970s. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, the band scored several hits and won numerous awards for music from the multi-platinum albums Pump (1989), Get a Grip (1993), and Nine Lives (1997). Their comeback has been described as one of the most remarkable and spectacular in rock 'n' roll history. After 41 years of performing, the band continues to tour and record music.

Aerosmith is the best-selling American rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, including 66.5 million albums in the United States alone. They also hold the record for the most gold and multi-platinum albums by an American group. The band has scored 21 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, nine number-one Mainstream Rock hits, four Grammy Awards, and ten MTV Video Music Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and were included among both Rolling Stone's and VH1's lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Aerosmith - amerykański zespół rockowy grający w charakterystycznym stylu będącym mieszanką hard rocka i bluesa. Sprzedali ponad 150 milionów egzemplarzy swoich albumów na całym świecie. Zespół powstał w Bostonie w 1970 roku. Grupę sformowali gitarzysta Joe Perry i basista Tom Hamilton po poznaniu wokalisty Stevena Tylera, perkusisty Joeya Kramera i gitarzysty Raya Tabano. W 1971 roku Raya Tabano zastąpił Brad Whitford. Rok później grupa podpisała kontrakt z wytwórnią Columbia Records i 13 stycznia 1973 roku wypuściła swój debiutancki album - Aerosmith, który odniósł duży sukces sprzedając się w 2 milionach kopii. Po trasie koncertowej zespół nagrał swój drugi album Get Your Wings, wypuszczony w marcu 1974.

Albumem, który ugruntował pozycję Aerosmith w czołówce najlepszych zespołów rockowych był Toys in the Attic, zawierający m.in. piosenkę Sweet Emotion. Był to pierwszy utwór Aerosmith, który zajął pierwsze miejsce na prestiżowej liście radiowej Top 40. Toys in the Attic okazał się najlepiej sprzedającym się albumem Aerosmith w USA, gdzie uzyskał liczbę 8 milionów sprzedanych kopii. W tym czasie zespół rozpoczął wynajmowanie domu w Waltham, w stanie Massachusetts, który stał się miejscem nagrywania muzyki jak i prowadzenia biznesu.

Następnym albumem zespołu był Rocks wypuszczony 3 maja 1976 roku. Szybko sprzedał się w 4 milionach kopii i uzyskał status platynowego. Rocks wraz z albumem Toys in the Attic and Rocks wszedł na listę 500 najlepszych albumów magazynu Rolling Stone. Po tym albumie zespół zagrał na kilku festiwalach i wielkich stadionach swoje własne koncerty. W 1977 roku zespół nagrał platynową płytę Draw the Line, a rok później wpłacił ponad 3 i pół tysiąca dolarów kaucji za uwolnienie 52 fanów, którzy złamali przepis niepalenia podczas koncertu w Fort Wayne. W 1988 roku po raz pierwszy nagradza ich MTV w kategorii "Best Group Video" i "Best Stage Performance in a Video" - oba za piosenkę "Dude Looks Like a Lady". W 1994 występują na koncercie w Polsce.

Kolejna płyta, Just Push Play, pojawiła się w sklepach w USA w marcu 2001 roku debiutując na 2. miejscu listy Billboardu. Miesiąc później była już platynową płytą. Był to pierwszy album Aerosmith wyprodukowany przez członków zespołu - Stevena Tylera i Joe Perry'ego. W marcu 2004 roku ukazała się kolejna płyta w dorobku grupy - Honkin' on Bobo.Jest to płyta w całości bluesowa. Wśród 12 kompozycji na krążku znalazła się tylko jedna piosenka autorstwa Aerosmith, "The Grind". Reszta to covery bluesowych klasyków. Jesienią 2005 roku zespół zaprezentował album Rockin' The Joint (Live At The Hard Rock) - zapis koncertu z klubu The Joint, w Hard Rock Hotel w Las Vegas, ze stycznia 2002 roku. Na krążku znalazło się 11 utworów ze wszystkich okresów ponad 30-letniej kariery amerykańskich rockmanów. Najstarsze, jak "Seasons Of Wither", pochodzą z 1974 roku, a najmłodsze z 2001 ("Light Inside").

Dokładnie rok później ukazała się kompilacja największych przebojów bostońskiego kwintetu - The Very Best Of: Devil's Got a New Disguise. Producentem The Very Best Of był Jeff Magid, a wśród 18 piosenek znalazły się m.in.: "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)", "Love In An Elevator", "Livin' On The Edge", "Cryin'", "Jaded", "Amazing", "Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)" oraz "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing".

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1 Eat The Rich 04:54
2 Toys In The Attic 04:17
3 Fever 04:38
4 Draw the Line / F.I.N.E. 09:53
5 Rag Doll 04:20
6 cryin' 05:52
7 Crazy 05:30
8 Monkey on My Back 05:04
9 Mama Kin 04:13
10 Boogie Man / Shut Up and Dance 07:38
11 Stop Messin' Around 04:44
12 Walk On Down 03:45
13 Janie's Got a Gun 05:53
14 Love in an Elevator 06:19
15 Dude (Looks Like a Lady) 04:32
16 Sweet Emotion 09:52
17 Encore Applause 02:51
18 Come Together 04:33
19 Dream On 05:10
20 Livin' on the Edge 07:12
21 Mother Popcorn / Walk This Way 06:19
22 Band Introduction 01:01
23 Fireworks 02:34

Woodstock 94 (Saugerties, NY), August 13, 1994

Quite a few bootlegs resulted from the 1994 Woodstock Festival in Upstate New York; one of them was this two-CD set by Aerosmith. Although Woodstock 1994 may be a soundboard recording, its sound quality isn't perfect -- certainly decent, but not perfect. Woodstock 1994 isn't among the many Aerosmith bootlegs of the 1990s that boasts sharp, rich, audiophile-like sound, and for that reason, it isn't the ideal document of Aerosmith on stage during that decade. Aerosmith's set, however, is nothing to complain about. Playing for an audience that was said to be 300,000 strong, Aerosmith is consistently inspired and focused on gems from the late 1980s and early 1990s -- including "Crazy," "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," "Crying," "Janie's Got a Gun," "Eat the Rich," and "Love in an Elevator" -- as well as old 1970s favorites such as "Walk This Way," "Dream On," "Mama Kin," "Sweet Emotion," and "Toys in the Attic." Meanwhile, the sound quality is superb (as opposed to simply decent) on six bonus tracks, all of them acoustic performances from 1991. Hearing unplugged, ultra-bluesy versions of "Train Kept A-Rollin'," "Walkin' the Dog," and "Big Ten Inch Record," one is reminded just how deep Aerosmith's roots go. Woodstock 1994 isn't recommended to casual listeners, but collectors and seasoned Aerosmith fans will find it rewarding and will appreciate the fact that 21 of its 27 tracks were recorded at a historic event. ---Alex Henderson, AllMusic Review

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1 Eat The Rich 
2 Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) 
3 Rag Doll 
4 Dream On 
5 Walkin' The Dog 
6 Last Child 
7 Combination 
8 Stop Messin' Around 
9 Love In An Elevator 
10 Cryin' 
11 Livin' On The Edge 
12 Lord Of The Thighs 
13 Bass & Drum Jam 
14 Sweet Emotion 
15 Walk This Way 
16 Joe Perry - Guitar Battle 
17 Train Kept A Rollin'

Line Up:
    Steven Tyler - lead vocals, harmonica, piano
    Tom Hamilton - bass
    Joey Kramer - drums, percussion
    Joe Perry - lead guitar, backing vocals, pedal steel
    Brad Whitford - rhythm guitar

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01.Write Me 
02.S.O.S(Too Bad) 
03.Lord Of The Thights 
04.Dream On 
05.Same Old Song & Dance 
06.Woman Of The World 
07.Train Kept A Rollin'

My Father's Place, Long Island, New York, July 2, 1974 with apparently the exception of Train Kept a Rollin' which was recorded at Agora Ballroom, Chicago, March 23, 1978.

Notes: Not perfect but very good sounding FM broadcast - kinda sounds like the tuner wasn't perfectly dialed in on the station. This show was also released on cd by Mongoose records but in inferior quality. The original vinyl has a ninth track, Walk This Way from the Agora Ballrom, Chicago March 23, 1978. I didn't include it here wanting to keep this show filler-free, as well, that show is available in a complete form. No sound manipulation or alteration was done except an edit was made at the end of side one and beginning of side two to make them run seemless.

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01. No Surprize (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) - 4:24
02. Chiquita (Tyler, Perry) - 4:24
03. Remember (Walking In The Sand) (George "Shadow" Morton) - 4:05
04. Cheese Cake (Tyler, Perry) - 4:14
05. Three Mile Smile (Tyler, Perry) - 3:43
06. Reefer Head Woman (Lester Melrose, J.Bennett, W. "Jazz" Gillum) - 4:02
07. Bone To Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy) (Tyler, Perry) - 2:59
08. Think About It (Keith Relf, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page) - 3:33
09. Mia (Tyler) - 4:12

Personnel:
- Steven Tyler - lead vocals
- Joe Perry - guitar, backing vocals
- Brad Whitford - guitar
- Tom Hamilton - bass
- Joey Kramer - drums, percussion
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- Jimmy Crespo - guitar (after Joe Perry)
- George Young - alto saxophone (02)
- Lou Delgotto - baritone saxophone (02)
- Lou Marini - tenor saxophone (02)
- Barry Rogers - trombone (02)
- Richie Supa - guitar (01,09)
- Neil Thompson - electric guitar (09)

By the time Aerosmith's sixth studio release was issued, 1979's Night in the Ruts, guitarist Joe Perry had finally left the band after years of drug-fueled bickering with singer Steven Tyler (forming the Joe Perry Project by year's end). Most of the tracks were completed before Perry's departure, with replacement Jimmy Crespo filling the few empty spaces. And while the band looks back upon this period as hazy and frustrating, Night in the Ruts is a surprisingly coherent and inspired album. Although it's not up to par with such classics as Toys in the Attic or Rocks (although it could have been if the band weren't in such a state of turmoil at the time), it was definitely leaner and more focused than their last studio release, Draw the Line. Highlights include the striking opening rocker, "No Surprize," which recounts the band's early history, as well the driving yet melodic "Chiquita," the jamming "Three Mile Smile," the furious "Bone to Bone," and a pair of covers -- the Yardbirds' "Think About It" and the novelty number "Reefer Head Woman." The only lowlight is a weak cover of the Shangri-Las' "Remember (Walking in the Sand)," which was inexplicably issued as a single and included on 1980's Greatest Hits. While the album performed respectfully on the charts, the ensuing tour did little to boost sales -- it was marred with canceled dates and lackluster performances brought on by Tyler's substance abuse. ---Greg Prato, AllMusic Review

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