...Welcome to this next-to-last look at titles arriving yet in 2009 as we sprint to the finish...Starting things out with the most interesting of the announcements this week, pictured above left is the new ROLLING STONES package from Idol Mind Productions, "Rolling Stones & Guests - Altamont Free Concert 1969" 3CD plus bonus DVD-R that seems to really pull all the available pieces (outside of 'Gimme Shelter') to provide a well-rounded audio document of the event outside of San Francisco on December 6, 1969 and looks very, very interesting...Tracklisting for the Altamont title below...The other IMP title this week is a 4th Edition of "Acetates" that is being released in a jewelcase version..Another STONES piece for the week is brought to the table by an offshoot of the SODD Label apparently, called For Fans Only, and this first effort leverages an recently-surfaced tape source from on of the bands' Essen, Germany shows in October 1973..the single disc is titled "Essen 1973 Revisited"...perhaps we can get Riccar99 to chime in on what he knows here!...Speaking of

Altamont Free Concert 1969  from IMP Tracklisting:

DISC 1 (CD)

01. PA Sound Check with Moog
02. Opening Announcement
SANTANA
03. Savor
04. Jingo
05. Evil Ways
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
06. Announcement
07. The Other Side Of This Life
08. 3/5th Of A Mile
09. Fat Angel
10. White Rabbit
11. Free Bird
12. Ballad Of You&Me&Pooneil
FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS
13. Six Days On The Road
14. High Fashion Queen
15. Cody Cody
16. Lazy Day
CROSBY,STILLS,NASH&YOUNG
17. Black Queen
18. Pre-Road Downs
19. Long Time Gone
20. Down By The River
21. Announcement for The Rolling Stones

Lowest generation & best quality
source, including the newly found
local radio broadcast and some
soundboard recordings.
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DISC 2 (CD)

THE ROLLING STONES
01. Introduction
02. Jumping Jack Flash
03. Carol
04. Sympathy For The Devil
05. The Sun Is Shining
06. Stray Cat Blues
07. Love In Vain
08. Under My Thumb
09. Brown Sugar
10. Midnight Rambler
11. Live With Me
12. Gimme Shelter
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DISC 3 (CD)

THE ROLLING STONES
01. Little Queenie
02. (I Can�ft Get No) Satisfaction
03. Honky Tonk Women
04. Street Fighting Man

BONUS TRACKS
05. MC by The Taper on Radio
06. Introduction
07. Jumping Jack Flash
08. Carol
09. MC by The Taper on Radio
10. Sympathy For The Devil
11. Evil Ways
12. Jumping Jack Flash
13. Carol
14. Mick Jagger Live MC
15. Sympathy For The Devil

Lowest generation & best quality
source, including the recently
circulated soundboard recordings
& newly found local radio broadcast,
plus live excerpts from �gNewswatch�h
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DISC 4 (DVD)

ALTAMONT WAS THE NIGHTMARE
01. IMP Slate
02. Prologue
03. The Altamont Venue
04. CSN&Y Live Scene
05. The Stones Live Scene

ALTAMONT WEEKEND
06. IMP Slate
07. Opening MC
08. Jumping Jack Flash
09. Carol
10. Let�fs Get Together
11. Report & Interviews
12. Evil Ways
13. Carol
14. Mick Jagger Live MC
15. Sympathy For The Devil
16. Report & Interviews
17. Ending MC
18. Let�fs Get Together

��with Japanese Subtitle

�gALTAMONT WAS THE NIGHTMARE�h
Rare 8mm silent film of CSN&Y
and The Stones in Altamont �e69
(Narration with dubbed audio)
�gALTAMONT WEEKEND�h
Newswatch, KRON-TV, Frisco,
Telecast on December 8th �e69
(Audio with photo slide show)

...An early-JEFF BECK GROUP title is always welcome and this week we have a Non-Label submission called "Doin' That Crazy Thing" 1CD which contains a promising July 17, 1969 audience recording from LuAnne's Club in Dallas..this show has been previously available and we're not sure how this effort will differ or if we have a legit upgrade, but we'll find out!...New from Rising Arrow this week is the RAINBOW release, "Rehearsals 1976" 1CD that promises 'amazing sound' of their preparations for the legendary 1976 World Tour with the original line-up...

...Two new ERIC CLAPTON releases to include in the mix for this week, first up is the latest from Tricone called "British Pride" 2CD which boasts 'perfect sound' as the assessment of this audience recording from Ibaraki, Japan on November 23, 1979...and, "First Orchestra Night" 2CD contains another superb audience recording of Slowhand's February 8, 1990 presentation with full orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London -This one is on it's way from the Beano Label...

...And that is the capsule for this week of Christmas 2009...Thank you all for another interesting year of monitoring and discussing the underground bootleg activities here at HotWacks On-line. Another reminder that the Top 10 for 2009 column will post this week so that you all can upload your own comments. We wish all of you and your families a wonderful Christmas and we'll rendezvous back here next Tuesday for one more posting for '09...could there still be a surprise from labels as the curtain comes down on another year? Enjoy yourselves this week!

Svengi, December 22, 2009