Customer Reviews

Live: Boston Music Hall 12/5/72

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After getting this 2 CD set Live from Boston Music Hall 12/5/72, NRPS raised the bar on their bootleg release series. The sound quality on this is amazing and it is hard to believe that it came from a 2 track master. You can hear every country rockin' detail in this show. Highlights include Contract, School Days, and Hello Mary Lou. If you are a NRPS fan make sure you get this one.

While I have a soft spot for the original incarnation of the New Riders, with Garcia on pedal steel and Lesh on bass, they were still a formidable unit in 1972, when this gem of a show was recorded.

I have a bunch of NRPS bootlegs on CD, from '70, '71, '77 and other years, and while the '71 show from the Dead's historic spring run at the Fillmore is my favorite, this runs a close second.

Most of my favorite songs are here ("Truck-Drivin' Man," "Henry," "Glendale Train"), as are some nice covers in the form of Chuck Berry's "School Days" and Cash's "Long Black Veil.

Buddy Cage is nice on the pedal steel, but like I said, I just have a soft spot for Garcia's loping style, which carried through surprisingly well on pedal. Cage is a little more technical, but still very enjoyable.

Like the Dead, NRPS have an awkwardly endearing harmony that makes you smile, and the boogie to back it up. Good good stuff.

You should ignore the outdated review posted about these being on CD-Rs. They are no longer on CD-Rs and are now pressed glass masters. Aside from that, this is a great show that captures the New Riders in their prime.

The sound quality was much better then I ever expected, and the package that it came in was unlike the typical CD case. Very cool stuff!

These are excellent,well recorded versions of the bands' best songs. NRPS
seem underrated to me - many of Dawson's songs are gems and the strength of the rythmn section is especially noticeable here. Strongly recommended.

Live: Boston Music Hall 12/5/72
I remember this show, but I must have been pretty stoned. The promise in the song titles only yields rough, atonal tunes, proving once again that you had to be there, and you can't go back.