PATTI SMITH ADVANCE LIVE LP & 1976 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE ORIGINAL PROMO PHOTO
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PATTI SMITH
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE 1978 LP
Original 1978 "Advance Promo" Pressing (only 200 made)
with Original Robert Mapplethorpe Promotional Photo
Highly sought after 1978 original advance promo of the Patti Smith Live album with original 1976 Robert Mapplethorpe promotional press photo. Cover and record remain in excellent condition with photo suitable for framing. The ultimate gift for any fan and a rare piece that will continue to grow in value.
Tthis album was recorded on the scene from within the audience. The sound quality is excellent, and the performance is good to very good. This one is notable as a chronicle of the spring 1978 tour promoting her third album, Easter. Here, appearing on May 12, 1978, at the Santa Monica Civic Center, Smith is a more polished, less-spontaneous performer, and a more ambivalent one. The LP’s second side is given over to a selection of Easter songs — “Rock n Roll Nigger,” “Till Victory,” “Space Monkey,” “25th Floor,” and “Because the Night” — but the first side is more interesting. It consists entirely of cover songs, performed by Smith in her inimitable style. After playing the Who’s “The Kids Are Alright” and the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” Smith introduces “Time Is on My Side” by reciting a brief bit of her own verse: “Memory is just hips that swing like a clock/ Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock/F*ck the clock!” the Who’s “My Generation,” meanwhile, gets new lyrics: “I don’t need that f*cking shit/Hope I die because of it.” After a surprise cover of John Lennon’s “It’s So Hard” comes an even more surprising choice from a woman who was just then experiencing her first and only singles hit. “Hi, we’re a Top 40 band, we’re the Patti Smith Group,” Smith says. “We’d like to do a little Top 40 for you.” And with that, she takes on Debbie Boone, doing a verse and chorus of “You Light up My Life.” Her mixed feelings about commercial success couldn’t be better expressed. This bootleg has only average sound, but it is one of the weirdest sets in the Patti Smith catalog. ” [allmusic.com]***Complete set list:01 Babelogue 02 Rock’n’Roll Nigger 03 Privilege (Set Me Free) 04 Kimberly 05 Till Victory 06 Redondo Beach 07 Space Monkey 08 25th Floor 09 The Kids Are All Right 10 Ghost Dance 11 Be My Baby 12 Time Is On My Side 13 It’s So Hard 14 Pumping (My Heart) 15 Because The Night 16 You Light Up My Life 17 Easter 18 Radio Ethiopia 19 Gloria 20 Ask The Angels 21 My Generation“It offers an accurate glimpse of the artist circa 1978. Patti’s stage banter is hilarious and she is truly unique. There is virtually no hiss in this recording. You can hear the taper talk to his cohorts but only very rarely. Otherwise there is very little talking. No distortion, no speed problems, vocals are sometimes a little muffled. Parts of the recording are ex- in nature but I would call the rest of it vg to vg +, as always, IMHO. The show appears to be complete to me. It’s a wild performance with a lot of Patti/audience interchange and stage banter. “
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