Bootleg (Larry Norman album)
Bootleg is an album created by Larry Norman, released in 1972. It was originally released as a double-LP.
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Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1968-1972 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | One Way Records | |||
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History
In early 1972, One Way Records released Bootleg, a double album retrospective covering the previous four years of Norman's career compiled from demonstration recordings made while at Capitol,[2] private recordings from his friends, and various interviews and live performances.[3] Among the speeches included is "Let the Lions Come", which Norman addressed to Russia for Christ Ministries, which was founded by David V. Benson in 1958.[4] It was deliberately recorded to sound like an unauthorized bootleg recording to ensure reception by street people. In 1999 Norman explained the unpolished nature of Bootleg: "Many songs which ended up being released on Bootleg, ... weren't really finished but I had to release the album immediately so it wouldn't violate the terms of my MGM contract which was soon going to be in effect. ... I just didn't have time to finish it. ... I didn't have the budget to make it a real album, I just used songs laying around to fill it up, which I regretted".[5]
Tracks
Original LP release
Side 1 (1968: The early tapes)
- "I Think I Love You"
- "Walking Backwards"
- "Ha Ha World"
- "Classical Mandolin"
- " I Don't Believe in Miracles"
- "The Day That a Child Appeared"
Side 2 (1969: The One Way sessions)
- "What Goes Through Your Mind"
- "No Change Can Attend"
- "One Way"
- "A Song Won't Stop the World"
- "Blue Shoes White"
- "666 (The Anti-Christ)"
- "Taking My Time"
- "I've Searched All Around"
Side 3 (1970 -1971: Mixed media)
- "Television Interview"
- "Let the Lions Come (Speech to Russia for Christ)"
- "Jesus and the Movies"
- "Addressing the National Youth Workers Convention"
Side 4 (1971 -1972: Maranatha)
- "When I First Met You"
- "Without Love You Are Nothing"
- "A Love Like Yours"
- "You Can Save Me"
- "Even if You Don’t Believe"
- "UFO"
- "Why Don't You Look Into Jesus"
- "Song for a Small Circle of Friends"
Personnel
- Larry Norman – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Glenn Selwitz- bass Fred Bova -guitar Hilly Michales -drums
References
- Allmusic review
- Larry Norman, liner notes, The Cottage Tapes - Book One (1999):13.
- "Bootleg". Meetjesushere.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- Randall Balmer, ed., Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and Expanded Edition, 2nd ed. (Baylor University Press, 2004):594.
- Larry Norman, liner notes, The Cottage Tapes - Book One (1999):9.