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This is as early as Larry Norman solo work gets, named Bootleg as some fans were putting out their own recordings and Larry was less than pleased.
CD 1 contains some demo type stuff, however I Think I Love You, I Don't Believe In Miracles and One Way are fantastic.
CD 2 has Let The Lions Come which is a challenging talk, then other highlights include Even If You Don't Believe, U.F.O. and Why Don't You Look Into Jesus.
Not the most polished recordings, but I find them very interesting.
That was Randy Stonehill
I thought Larry did a song about cigarrettes.
The lyrics spelled it out c -i- -g- -a- -r- -e- -t- -t- e one letter at a time. Other lyrics in the song were " lung cancer, emphasema, a cardiac arrest, she'll probably have a stroke when she sees the x-rays of her chest". Was that Larry or some other artist? Thanks
even though the master tapes for many of the songs on Bootleg were used for the 2 Cottage Tape releases, here we have ANOTHER CDR re-release of another album which has been mastered from scratchy vinyl. Why do Solid Rock do this to fans? They NEVER mention this drawback in any of their website publicity, and i've yet to read a CR review where a reviewer spots that many of the CDRs of albums like Bootleg, Friends on Tour, Rehearsal 4 Reality have been copied from an old LP... like any fan could do themselves but for a fraction of the cost which Solid Rock charge! Except... many fans could compile a better sounding version of Bootleg using their Cottage Tapes CDs for many of the tracks.
RIGHT ON! I have "Rehearsal 4 Reality" on vinyl and once made my own CD-R of it with my PC. I was happy when it was released "properly" on Solid Rock so I ordered it, only to find that my own homemade CD-R almost sounded better than the Solid Rock release (the bonus tracks weren´t really that interesting either. Only instrumental jams). "Bootleg" was another dissapointment, as it obviously was made out of a vinyl (and a bad one too!)
I e-mailed Solid Rock about this, but I never got a reply, and they have replied other e-mails from me before. (But in one of those other mails I was praising Charles Norman´s songwriting skills...)
Don´t get me wrong. I´m a huge fan of Larry Norman (R.I.P) But I don´t like being ripped-off. Solid Rock is no good when it comes to inform their costumers (hard-core Norman-fans like my) about their products; if the "new" album is a live-album, or another "best of", if it contains any new/unreleased tracks at all, etc.
BTW: As Dougie has pointed out before: Two of the "new" Norman-tracks on "Agitator" and "Survivor" ("Sweet Silver Angels" and "One Star Remains") are actually COVERS, written by Judee Sill. The titles are originally: "Jesus Was A Cross Maker" and "My Man On Love". WHY on earth doesn´t Solid Rock write this on the album covers? Is it to make us think Larry wrote the songs? Well, the Bible says: Thou Shalt Not Steal!
I'm about 10 years younger than Larry so I was late to the show in a lot of ways. I learned some of his music (living in Florida, USA) around '79-80. I NEVER even heard of this bootleg album (or a great many others) until I started searching the web. I've been on disability the last year; gives you time to think. I got caught up in school, job, etc.
Listening to these mp3 cuts, I HAVE to get this album. And I Have to start playing again. LISTEN to these cuts. Larry Rocks!
without doubt one of the most influentual albums in my early christian life. Remember the "one way" sign?
Ever since Larry died, the quality of his work has suffered.