u/TibsMusic

I didn't really know this existed until I was online looking to order Aerosmith Legendary Edition. I had to wait a bit to get them for financial reasons, but I finally ordered recently. This came first.

I love this.

As someone who tends to not like live albums (most of the Aerosmith ones are exceptions, A Little South of Sanity in particular), I had low expectations.

Reefer Head Woman has never been a song I've cared for. This version works for me! I thought maybe I had just missed something in the album version, but listening to it again, I still can't get into it.

I unironically love the flute solo in Walkin' The Dog.

Comparing Major Barbara to later versions really highlights the evolution of Steven's vocal choices.

Mama Kin does this as well, but my main takeaway here is that I think I prefer the cleaner guitars in this version to an extent. Overall the album version blows it away, but I think there is an alternate universe version that combines aspects of the two that would make it one of my absolute faves.

The lyric changes in Dream On fascinate me. The piano shifting into You See Me Crying at the end blew me away.

I appreciate the longer versions of Somebody and Movin' Out. The vocals on the latter seem to be clipping a bit to my ears, if I'm understanding the term correctly. (I love music but I'm fuzzy on technical aspects and unfortunately for my own aspirations know little about production.)

Overall I am sooooo happy I picked this up and am even more hyped to get my copy of the Legendary Edition tomorrow!