Back It Up!! Live… An Authorized Bootleg (1975)
A Once Lost Gem
Back in March, around the time we posted Tom Petty’s Official Live ‘Leg (1977), I was also going to post this cool, similarly themed live release from Nils Lofgren, first issued in 1975 on A&M Records. When it was initially sent to radio stations as a promo, it was one hot collectible, and rightly so. So, I uploaded it… but just never got around to writing about it. Still haven’t. But, the links are there and it’s now long overdue. Thanks for the tip, JB. Read what the AMG has to say. A CD version wouldn’t arrive until 2007. Amazon.
Take You To The Movies Tonight (1:01)
Back It Up (5:58)
Keith Don’t Go (Ode To The Glimmer Twin) (6:26)
I Don’t Want To Know (3:48)
Nils Talks To The Audience (0:30)
The Sun Hasn’t Set On This Boy Yet (3:13)
Goin’ Back (6:03)
Band Intro (0:41)
Like Rain (5:49)
Nils Thanks The Crew (0:30)
Beggar’s Day (7:52)
Soft Fun (2:45)
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Still waiting for the links! This was really big when I was living in London in 75/76, tracks being played on some radio stations everyday. Especially liked “Keith….” and “Goin’ Back”.
Would be great to get it ……..
Thanks for everything you do for us all, posting some gems.
Looking forward to the link on this one, Nils Lofgren is great. Thanks for all your hard work and excellent selections, you are the man!
Sorry for the delay guys…
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I was living down in Maryland in the early 70′s and saw Lofgren many times with Grin. To me, that period was his most productive (up to and including his first solo album). Great songwriter & a demon on the gee-tar!
Don’t forget the on-stage back flips. I saw him only once, opening for the Guess Who, but the show was a blast.
Play this alongside a Springsteen boot of the same era and you glean how these passionate performers might wind up on the same path in the end…thanks for the post!
Yeah, you can hear some Jersey in a few of Nils compositions. Their union didn’t make a lot of sense at first, but the deeper you go into Lofgren’s work, things – as you say – begin to fall into place.
thanks. Saw Nils a bunch of times in the mide-70s. Always a good show.
Thanks, Just got his newest cd. This a great addition. have a nice Xmas.
Besides the Hip-O-Select version, there was a version available from Nils’ website. If that’s not enough, Wolfgang’s Vault has it posted in streaming audio with one additional track that was never broadcast (“Rock and Roll Crook”).
Sounds like everybody has a piece of this pie. Thanks for the details.
Hi Willard!
Is this from the Hip-O CD? I already have a good rip from the vinyl I used to own but would d/l if it’s from CD.
I bought my vinyl around the time of it’s release, in the UK, in a small shop in Leeds. I think it cost me 2.50 stirling, and for many years took pride of place in my small collection of ‘rarities’, until I ripped it when I bought my first recordable cd player in around 1997, and sold it through my record fair stall.
Though I also love ‘Cry Tough’, this album and his first studio album are still among my favourite albums of all time.
Bought this a long time ago but I’m a Nils freak so that makes sense. And yes, Nils’ first album is one of the best LP’s ever.
I had that for a short period. It disappeared, mysteriously, within a month.
This is essential if you’re a Nils Lofgren fan – thanks.