Official Bootleg Vol 2

Good old rock and roll humble pie has the best feel for rock since the rolling stones the long jam of 30 days in the hole on cd 4 is outstanding

Humble Pie were the best live rock and roll band in the land

Just like seeing them back in the day!

Since Pie fans rarely worry about performance, I'll mainly focus on sound quality.NY Academy '71 - audience recording with no tape hiss or distortion, fairly balanced instruments, and decent clarity. The problem is that the taper is too distant from the stage, so the instrument separation is poor and the soundfield narrow. Does he move closer as the show goes on? Yes, some about half way through, but he never gets real close. Overall = B- P.s. for one of his first shows with the band, Clempson blends in quite well!Boston '72 - The taper is closer to the stage, though not up front, resulting in a wider soiundstage and more instrumental distinction. The bad news is that the lower frequencies are too prominent, so the bass tends to drown out the guitars and vocals in some songs, particularly the faster numbers. There's also some tape hiss, though not severe. I'd give it a BPhilly '75 - A gem! A nice soundboard with a balanced mix. I wish it wasn't only four songs. An A-Midnight special "73 - The broadcast recording would have been decent but it's marred by mid and treble distortion static. I'd say it's a B-'81 NY and LA - Outstanding soundboards = A!! Sadly, these show the band in its waning time, just before the end. The song selections aren't that strong and the sets are fairly short. Of the two, I much prefer L.A. - the band plays harder and sounds tighter, in part due to the loss of all the equipment to a thief just before the NY show.For me, the buy was worth it for the Philly show excerpt and the '81 LA - the rest I likely won't listen to again but I suggest you try it .

Horrible audio quality. I wish I could say something positive about it. Humble Pie are one of favorite bands but I wish I had not purchased it.

i am glad to have this second volume in the humble pie bootleg box series but as i said a year ago when i reviewed the first volume THESE ARE BOOTLEG TO SOUNDBOARD RECORDINGS WITH NO OVERDUBS. what you will hear across these discs is how they sounded if you where there at the gig in 1971 or 1981, true it is a bit to bad that the late 70s early 80s stuff is the best sound quality here as they are soundboard recordings but i have had that 71 gig for years and nothing was touched up for it to complete this box set, in a way i kind of like it that way as a lot of old shows like the fillmore east who show from 1968 that was recently released had a bit of recent work done to the original tapes from 50 years ago to enhance the sound, there is nothing wrong with that but i have been listening to various boots of that show from 1968 and i tend to like the unofficial recordings better like you get here on this humble pie bootleg box, these where not released to sound great but to bring you back in time to what the original show sounded like, i know it is lousy when someones tape hisses or is distant but always remember bootleggers where not pros, anyway not sure if we will get a third volume here but im happy with these two from 2017 and this one from 2018. i wish this classic band the best of luck getting into the rock n roll hall of shame the same as i wish mountain the same luck..................................... sad the best bands from the 70s will probably never be in there but hip hop crap gets in there NO PROBLEM sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I loved to hear some concerts that I attended back in the day of Humble Pie!