Seattle Pop Festival July 27th 1969

I've really tried to like this performance, truly I have. I bought it as a bootleg and then again when it became available on KEYHOLE and it just doesn't quite make it. It's hard to tell how much of the lackluster quality is due to it being a bad recording or just because the Burritos are giving another one of their legendarily ramshackle performances (how out-of-it on booze and opiates was Gram on this occasion, one has to wonder). It's some of both probably but with more of the onus on the Burritos themselves. Even as a Seattle resident, I can't muster much enthusiasm for this, even after repeated listenings. If you are a Gram or Burritos completist, get this; otherwise... I'll be burning my copy to a CD-R and then flogging it to the local used record store. Eternal optimist that I am, I've just pre-ordered, also from KEYHOLE, the Burritos Live At The Palomino, North Hollywood, June 8th 1969. Being sourced from a radio broadcast, perhaps the sound will be better. Will the Burritos be on their game? Hope springs eternal.

Another winner from the band in their prime.I will buy any cd from any show-not for the sweet voice of Gram Parsons, but for the steel guitar of Sneeky Pete. He was like the Mick Taylor of pedal steel,in that all his solos were different, unique and dramatic,no two alike. Mike Clarke really brings it with his hamfisted style of drumming -works that ride cymbal better than anyone.my friend claims he saw the F.B.B. s in December 69,around the time of altamont at Proviso West High school in Hillside Illinois,and Mike did a drum solo.

This is bootleg quality with "not too bad":packaging. The sound is an average audience cassette recording of 1969 with fade-ins on every track. So beware if you're looking for good to excellent quality. Having said that this recording has archival, historical value. Gram Parsons singing gets better and better as the show progresses and you understand why he is revered to this day. Also, Sneaky Pete is like Merlin with his Jimi Hendrix meets FuzzTone pedal steel alchemy. Chris Ethridge's loopy, idiosyncratic bass probably hints at why he was fired after this. There is also a track called "Out Of Control" (a George Jones song from the Mercury years 1955-1961) which I haven't encountered before on another Burritos source. Finally the packaging is pretty good looking. So buyer beware; it's an "okay" package!

Good if you're a GP and Burritos fan. Recording was so so. Interesting set list as only a few classic Burrito tunes.

The sound isn't perfect, but I still think it's pretty great. Glad I bought it.

Cool! I am so glad that this concert became available!

I never expect much from these Keyhole releases but some are better than others. Unfortunately, this one is rock bottom. The sound is very thin on the ground. Gram Parsons, never a strong vocalist, is even worse here in a live setting and he is probably high as a kite on opiates. I was interested in their cover version of Little Richard, Everly Brothers, George Jones, etc. All were mediocre at best. The one star is for packaging. It's semi-psychedelic and conveys the Cosmic Cowboy myth but that is all this CD has going for it. I was going to resell it online but my customer would have been extremely disappointed and would probably demand a refund... so I just threw it in the trash. I kept the jewel case only. These Keyhole releases can be quite expensive and, for the most part, they are not worth the money. I do collect some of the radio broadcasts because at least they are recorded by professionals... albeit in glorious LO-Fi. This concert sounds like it was taped on a cassette recorder powered by potato peelings and on its last legs. For completist collectors only because you won't be playing this CD much, I guarantee it.

This recording has been in circulation for a long time, I bought a boot LP of it in 1991. If you're a fan of the band, you'll certainly want it. The tracks do fade in, but that's a small price to pay for a highly listenable document of this seminal band in its prime. Band sounds great, Gram is on point, Hillman's harmonies are, as always, spot on. Like I say, if you're a true Burrito Bros fan, run, don't walk.

A radio broadcast back in the day this now appears in Europe-only on CD via bizarre copyright laws. But we are lucky to have it. Gram is gone and there is not much of Gram left to be found out there, certainly not of his heyday as the great Chris Hillman's sidekick. if you heard and enjoyed their set from the Avalon Ballroom in April 1969 (also on CD but under Gram's name) then you gotta get this. Material like this was a major influence on me and the guys in my band The Long Ryders back in 1982-1987.

I agree that the quality leaves much to be desired. Is there one song that hasn't lost its intro?But it's a good show by a great band. I love the FBB (with & without Gram) and am glad for anything. I haven't heard this show before and thought there might not be anything else after the 1970 Fillmore and 71 WMMR Philly gigs, so this is welcome.One thought. The Keyhole label issued The Band Washington 76 CD which was also of dubious quality. Is there some correlation here?Another thought. Whatever happened to the GP Archives series. It appears to have stalled after the Avalon 69 shows (Vol 1)? Anybody any news on that series?

Such poor quality I can't even bring myself to listen to all of it. Such a shame.

Let down by poor sound reproduction.Why are so many (average) live albums appearing?

Sound is a bit erratic but the band sound togetherand its a good souvenir of the original line-upin concert