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Steve Earle   07/25/1993

The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
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Notes Source: Realistic ECM > Sony WM-D3 > Soundforge > CD Wave > FLAC


Recent upgrade (made available by the original taper in May 2005) of what was previously described here as, "A very rough bootleg, both in terms of sound quality and performance". This recording is significantly better; for a start, it's complete and lacks the drop-outs that afflicted the other source.

Despite the declaration "It's time to make another record. Vacation in the ghetto's over." Steve's next album and tour weren't to materialise until 1995, and listening to this it becomes clear why. You've got to admire the fact that he's even able to take the stage. Raw and powerful stuff, but his voice is shot to hell and every song sounds like a colossal effort. A fight breaks out in the audience after Hurtin' Me, Hurtin' You and Steve has to halt proceedings temporarily to try and restore some sort of order. According to another attendee, the interruption was caused by Steve's heading out into the crowd to "deal with" somebody who had shouted a comment about him using.
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