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Royal Albert Hall  1966

Of course, the ultimate 'Royal Albert Hall' recording has been released by Sony Records.  Few if any bootleg recordings can come up to this quality of excellence.  For 30 years, however, the only way to hear this incredible concert was from a bootleg tape or album.
Being one of the most famous bootlegged concerts of all time, these recordings have appeared on a countless number of albums with numerous titles in varying quantities and qualities.  The actual source(s) of the tape was  debated for many years.  Many collectors attributed the tape to the Dublin show of May the 5th, or the Manchester show from May 17th.  Still, many others insisted that this was actually the London recording from May 27th. Hence, it has always gone by the name of the London venue, The Royal Albert Hall.   There was also a recording made of the May 26th London show.

Further confusion ensued when CBS prepared a live album for release and mixed songs from these venues into one tape.  They may have had plans to list the sources when the album was released.  However, when the project was scrapped, the tape circulated between collectors under the title Royal Albert Hall. It is now known, of course, that the meat of the recordings were in fact taken from the Manchester Free Trade Hall show of May 17th 1966. Some of the unreleased CBS acetate recordings were, in fact, from the May 26, 1966 London show.

Read Reviews of the Concert and the Sony Records release from:
Steve Marshall
John Metzger
Martin Monkman
Seth Rogovoy

There are several ways to study the boot RAH releases from the Bob's Boots website. Look at the various methods below, and choose the one that best suits your study. One is to surf the various links from each page in random order. To begin to surf on your own click    HERE       Another is to use any of the below links to begin the study with a particular manufacturer. To Use this method simply Click on the name of one of the following Labels.

       "RAH"  releases:
Early versions
TMOQ Versions
TAKRL Versions
Greatest WW versions
Later European versions
Later USA versions

A third way is to use the Alphabetical LP list to link to a particular LP. You may also choose to take the RAH tour. This tour will follow various releases of the Manchester/London  show tape in chronological order. To see the tour begin by clicking on the tour icon below and  scroll up to view each page.



Four methods for studying the RAH LPs from the Bob's Boots Website:
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Early versions
TMOQ Versions
TAKRL Versions
Greatest WW versions
Later European versions
Later USA versions
 
 
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