Advice on getting more recordings

cdb · Post by **cdb** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:34 am

I am Leonard Cohen enthused enough to have just about all of the 'official releases' i.e. albums from 'Songs of...' to 'Dear Heather' + L.C. Live, Live in Concert, Field Commander Cohen + 'I'm Your Fan' and 'Tower of Song' tribute albums.

I understand that I cannot offer to buy bootleg recordings, etc, becasue this is illegal. Please do not misinterpret what I am saying. (If the moderator feels I am being ambiguous then I will understand.)

I have recently come out of studentdom i.e. the poverty of not being able to afford some of the recordings I would very much like to have.

Of course, I say this because I would ideally like to trade. I wondered if there is a reliable and comprehensive list of alternative covers (ie Sharon Robinson?)/live recordings(Iceland...Tel Aviv?). Is there any way I could get hold of an authoratitive discography to tick off what I would like to get? And then I could try and secure items through private messages/ebay, etc and eventually be in a position to 'trade'? Is that how it works?

I see myself buying LC recordings in both the short and long term, though my internet access may prevent me from checking up on things as often as I would like (though not with the gap betwen my first and second messages on this site).

And if I have missed an obvious thread Re: this issue please point me in the direction of it.

Thank you, regards,

CDB

Post by **jarkko** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:39 am

Welcome to the Forum, CDB!
You may find a discography of the official records at
http:///www.leonardcohenfiles.com/master.html
and a complete list of over 1000 covers at
http:///www.leonardcohenfiles.com/master.html

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:10 pm

And all Leonard's live recordings - mostly taken from the audience - are listed at http://www.leonardcohenlive.com

Please, write more about you in your Profile - when people would know where are you from, maybe someone would offer you some shows for free... It's common thing to do here

cdb · Post by **cdb** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:46 am

Thanks for the pointers. I'd looked around various CD/record fairs without much success.

I think I'll be concentrating on alternative (i.e. live) versions of songs now I see that the singles don't contain original B-sides but only album tracks- and there seems to be plenty to look for!

Regards,
CDB

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:53 am

All LC's out-takes are available in mp3 format at ~greg's
http://www.twoshakesofalambstail.com/st ... index.html

The Captain · Post by **The Captain** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:25 pm

Tom Sakic wrote:All LC's out-takes are available in mp3 format at ~greg's
http://www.twoshakesofalambstail.com/st ... index.html

Thanks a lot sir. There are some great stuff among these... Improvisation with Audience is really a good listen!