Update: heard a 1977 bootleg of Fleetwood Mac live and it ruined the studio version for me

Ngl, I was never a big Fleetwood Mac fan. Heard them on the radio for years, thought they were fine. Then my buddy in Austin sent me this bootleg from a 1977 show. The drums are slower, Stevie's voice cracks in places, and the crowd is yelling over the quiet parts. But the energy is insane. Suddenly the album version sounds too clean, like they removed all the feeling. I've listened to that bootleg 12 times this week. Has anyone else had a live version completely replace the studio one for them, or am I just chasing that raw sound now?

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sethp265d ago

Man, that takes me back to this old Grateful Dead tape someone burned for me in high school... I couldn't even tell what song it was for the first two minutes because the crowd noise was louder than the band. But once they locked in, the whole thing just breathed different, all loose and messy. I ended up trading a six-pack for a better copy of that show and I still listen to it more than any studio album. There's something about the mistakes, you know? Like the band is actually human and they're all in the same room as you. That 1977 Mac bootleg sounds like it's got that same magic, once you hear it you can't unhear it.