Humble Pie - The Official Bootleg Box Set Vol.2 [CD]

ot on the heels of last year's Humble Pie's Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1 comes the Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 2, collating rare and previously (officially) unreleased live shows that were illicitly recorded between 1971 and 1981. Originally emerging from the remnants of The Small Faces, Humble Pie formed in 1969 when guitarist and vocalist Steve Marriott joined forces with Peter Frampton, drummer Jerry Shirley and bassist Greg Ridley, and began their ascent to conquering the theatres and then arenas of North America, culminating in 1972's double live Performance: Rockin' The Filmore. Frampton left in 1971 for a highly successful solo career, replaced by Colosseum's Clem Clempson, and it was this line-up that was captured in New York in 1971 at one of Clem's first shows with the Pie. The extemporisations of Performance: Rockin' The Filmore became the basis for much of Humble Pie's live repertoire for the remainder of the '70s, but this 1971 New York show does include their unique take of Eddie Cochran's 'C'mon Everybody' and 'I Wonder' from the soon to be released Smokin' LP..Their March 1972 set from Boston also includes 'The Fixer' and '(I'm A) Road Runner' (also from their Smokin' opus, as well as 'Four Day Creep', and Ray Charles' classics 'Hallelujah (I Love Her So)' and 'I Don't Need No Doctor' from their Fillmore set.