Robben Ford & The Blue Line "The Authorized Bootleg"

Robben Ford & The Blue Line "The Authorized Bootleg"

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Robben Ford & The Blue Line
The Authorized Bootleg
The Story
From Robben Ford's liner notes for the Blue Line's "The Authorized Bootleg" CD, "Many of our fans have asked us (over the last few years) for a live recording, and we too have looked for an opportunity to do one. Unfortunately, several unauthorized recordings have indeed been issued by several of the more unsavory types who haunt the record business, much to our dismay. So we are pleased to finally give you what we fondly call "The Authorized Bootleg" - something that we are actually proud of. It is taken from a live recording done at the club Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, and sponsored by our friends at the radio station KFOG in San Francisco. This is a very rare acoustic 'unplugged' performance by the Blue Line and we hope it does the trick for you. We like it a lot!"
The Music
05:56 When I Leave Here Vocal
05:32 Chevrolet Vocal
07:25 Top Of The Hill Vocal
04:35 Start It Up Vocal
09:52 Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying Vocal
09:55 Help The Poor Vocal
04:48 Lovin' Cup Vocal
03:55 Tired Of Talkin' Vocal
The Artists
Robben Ford Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Liner Notes
Roscoe Beck Zeta Bass, Backing Vocals
Tom Brechtlein Drums, Backing Vocals
Bill Boublitz Acoustic Piano
Paul Marszalek Production
Bill Evans Production
Bill Ruck Engineering
Phil Edwards Mixing
Francis Trouette Live Sound Engineering
John Grappone Announcing
Eric Neuser Digital Editing
Hollis King Art Direction
Kevin Gaor Graphic Design
Jay Blakesberg Photography
Recorded at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA on December 5, 1995 by Phil Edwards Mobile Recording.

Digitally edited at the Review Room, NYC.