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Joining a growing trend, Tori Amos has taken the plunge into officially sanctioned live recordings, of which she plans to release six this year. The Web site ToriAmosBootlegs.com has been established for the distribution of the double-disc sets, which will stem from recordings made on this spring's Original Sinsuality solo tour.

The first two discs will be available beginning Aug. 30 through the site, with pre-orders already being taken. Four additional "bootlegs" will be released sometime in the fall.
Of the first batch, one was recorded April 15 at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre, while the other is taken from an April 25 show at Los Angeles' Royce Hall Auditorium. Each includes performances of songs from Amos' most recent Epic release, "The Beekeeper," as well as favorites and rarities from her catalog.

Also featured is an interesting crop of covers, with the Chicago show yielding versions of Jim Croce's "Operator" and Joni Mitchell's "Circle Game," while the L.A. show features takes on Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" and Jules Shear's "All Through the Night."

As previously reported, tonight Amos will open her Summer of Sin North American tour in Atlanta. The run, which also features performances by the Ditty Bops and the Like, closes Sept. 17 in Los Angeles

Here are the track lists for Amos' live discs:

Chicago-April 15, 2005
Disc one:
"Original Sinsuality"
"Father Lucifer"
"Mother Revolution"
"Yes, Anastacia"
"Apollo's Frock"
"Parasol"
"Mother"
"Operator"
"Circle Game"
"Cars and Guitars"

Disc two:
"Space Dog"
"Marianne"
"Barons of Suburbia"
"Cool on Your Island"
"The Beekeeper"
"Honey"
"Sweet the Sting"
"Cloud on My Tongue"
"Ribbons Undone"

Los Angeles-April 25, 2005
Disc one:
"Original Sinsuality"
"Silent All These Years"
"Parasol"
"Doughnut Song"
"Yes, Anastacia"
"Jamaica Inn"
"Cool on Your Island"
"Livin' on a Prayer*
"All Through the Night"

Disc two:
"Barons of Suburbia"
"Take to the Sky"
"Cloud on My Tongue"
"Ruby Through the Looking-Glass"
"The Beekeeper"
"Tear in Your Hand"
"Toast"
"Sweet the Sting"
"Twinkle"

too many songs from Beekeeper for my taste.

Looks very exciting ~ here is a bit more information with prices etc. ~~~~~After years of paying top dollar for low quality bootlegs, Tori Amos diehards now have an alternative. Six live bootleg recordings are set to be released this fall. The first two releases are scheduled for an August 30th release, with four more due this fall. All six discs will be available exclusively at www.toribootlegs.com.

Each bootleg is a double-disc package brimming with live rarities, fan favorites and stunning cover versions. Each set was recorded live during her "Original Sinsuality Tour".


The first album features songs captured during Tori's April 15th, 2005 concert at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. Among the set's many highlights are live, soul-baring renditions of 1992's "Mother" the title track of new album The Beekeeper and 1996's "Father Lucifer," as well as poignant covers of Jim Croce's 1971 hit "Operator" and Joni Mitchell's "Circle Game."



The second album, recorded April 25th, 2005 at Royce Hall Auditorium in Los Angeles, features intimate versions of 1994's "Cloud On My Tongue" and "Yes, Anastacia," as well as covers of Bon Jovi's 1986 No. 1 hit "Livin' On A Prayer" and Jules Shear's "All Through The Night."



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Both bootlegs will be available beginning August 30.
If you place your order by Wednesday, August 24, your order will be shipped to arrive on or around August 30.

It's good to see another artist releasing a lot of live music.

Yes!!! This is awesome! 6 double-live cds! Damn. Im going to o.d. on Tori.

I was at the LA show...and let me tell you...it was pure brilliance. Amazing. Several of those songs I didn't care for or hadn't heard much of and now almost every one of them is a favorite from her new album and catalogue (save "Twinkle"). Any Tori fan should have that one fo sho.

i'm all for artists doing this, so the fans get to give the artist money instead of everyone getting ripped off by bootleggers - at the end of the day, most fans trade with other fans, anyway - though i have to say i'm a little "eh" about recordings of multiple shows being available. the pixies do something similar, but really, you only need to get ONE of their live discs because every show's pretty much the same, and you really HAVE to be there in order to appreciate what you're hearing...

Anxiety said:

i agree w/ you on the Pixies, but with Tori its different because her sets change dramatically from night to night.

I think 6 is a good number, because between all the releases it should cover at least 75% of the different songs she is playing on the tour.

JonSnow said:

Fucking awesome! I was at this one.

JonSnow said:

i think it's great for artists who are known to switch it up, such as a certain someone whom this site may or may not be named after.

I ordered this as soon as I got the email from Epic Records. Great news.

GangstaFam said:

i was supposed to mail you this ages ago. after i slept on it for so long i just figured i'd give it to you in person when we see the toronto and detroit shows.
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SassyBritches said:

s'ok. I've snagged every possible file I can get my hands on from this tour. I've become just as much of a Tori slut as you this year.

Anxiety said:

Oh God, the possibilities.

The cover art.





Just a logical guess, but based on these 2, I'd imagine the remaining four will be yellow, green, blue and violet.

And the first gig of her Summer of Sin tour was tonight. Looks like she took the time off to dust off some more songs.

Original Sinsuality
Crucify
Sugar
Father Lucifer
Cloud On My Tongue
Barons Of Suburbia
Playboy Mommy

Georgia On My Mind (Written by Stuart Gorrell)
Drive (R.E.M. cover)

Cars and Guitars
Spark
Northern Lad
Siren
The Beekeeper

1st Encore

Happy Phantom
Your Cloud

2nd Encore

Sweet The Sting
Cooling

Fantastic! I cannot wait to see her here in Houston in September! Tori is gonna make me go broke!

i was going to do the Philly show in a couple weeks, but decided against it... now i'm kinda regretting that decision.

JonSnow said:

plenty o' cheap tickets on ebay and via desperate scalpers! you can probably get them below cost!

SassyBritches said:

The hubbie and I have already booked two nights at a bed and breakfast for that weekend. A romantic getaway. HE didn't want to see Tori "yet again". LOL.

Tell me, honestly - should I stay with him????? hehehe

GangstaFam said:

Glad to see we have another Tori thread hoppin'. We wouldn't want to go into withdrawal now, would we?

Here's to our Tori family and anyone else who wants to

heartbeatocean said:

for the tori family!

i don't care for tori amos' music, but i hope they do well and continue a trend of mutiple live releases from more and more artists of late.

maybe, just maybe, prince will then decide to follow suit...

btw, anyone here know if prince is a tori fan?

holy batshit....

another artist that leaves prince fighting the "old battles"....


this is a win win for the artist and the fans..

way to go tori!!

kinaldo said:

Well, they had the Sleeps with Butterflies video on the NPG website if that means anything. I like to think so.

JonSnow said:

That's a toughie. Maybe you could set a time frame for him to come around. He better get with the program soon!

JonSnow said:

Now, when we gonna have an annual family barbeque?

JediMaster said:

I'm hosting my Trader Joe's party. Maybe we could combine the 2.

GangstaFam said: