where can i find john hartford bootlegs?

Where do I find John Hartford bootlegs?
I bet there are some great gigs floating around.

About 10 of them on dimeadozen.org.

John Hartford.
Becoming a favorite.

do you have any bootlegs?

no, i never downloaded the ones that got linked to upthread. but i should... especially before i go home for the week; can't bring rekkerds on the bus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC0n0NAUp_k

bt.etree.org has

"John Hartford collection - 1970 to 1990: 16 cherry-picked shows"

Size 6.324 GB

but no ratio rqmts afaik.

just bought IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOT

my girlfriend is a big fan, i like it but find a lot of it too new-grass-y for my tastes.

yikes, 6.324 gigs! that would take forever.
i just want a nice live version of "first girl i loved" at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chTOWT78etY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1lFTRuYwN0

saw Van Dyke Parks last Sunday ... he covered a John Hartford song and spoke glowingly about him

i believe it. everyone seems to have loved the guy.
btw, the song in that video is not on the album pictured. it's on a hartford w/ the dillard record.

I may have mentioned this in some other thread (or not?) but my late brother, who suffered from mental illness, fell in love with my copy of "Aereo-plain." Like, he "heard" revelatory (hallucinatory) things when listening to that record. Anyway, he once wrote a fan letter to John, and John sent the most lovely, handwritten letter back, encouraging my brother to keep learning guitar, and not let depression get him down. He and his wife continued to send Christmas cards to my brother each year. What a beautiful guy.

gots to admit, this guy (like most of his "newgrass" cousins) is too "bouncy" and "clever" for me. though some of his songs are deathless, i guess.

man, john can be a lil goofy but he's all-time great for me. "aero-plain" especially, but there are gems on pretty much all of his records.

(still the only john hartford thread on ilx)

sorry, "aereo-plain"

I may have mentioned this in some other thread (or not?) but my late brother, who suffered from mental illness, fell in love with my copy of "Aereo-plain." Like, he "heard" revelatory (hallucinatory) things when listening to that record. Anyway, he once wrote a fan letter to John, and John sent the most lovely, handwritten letter back, encouraging my brother to keep learning guitar, and not let depression get him down. He and his wife continued to send Christmas cards to my brother each year. What a beautiful guy.

― Taller than the president (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, October 5, 2010 3:45 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ this is the best story btw.

His success on the Smothers Brothers series was enough that Hartford was offered the lead role in a TV detective series but he turned it down to move back to Nashville and concentrate on his music ... Hartford was also the author of Steamboat in a Cornfield, a children's book that recounts the true story of the Ohio River steamboat The Virginia and its beaching in a cornfield.

He sketched the cover art for some of his mid-career albums, drawing with both hands simultaneously.

love
this
guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0iOkMNZqQ

What's the general consensus re: early RCA albums vs. later indie records?

my faves are the sort of mid-period.. Aereoplain, Morning Bugle. The earlier stuff I find a bit overproduced and the later stuff sometimes a bit silly, but I DO love records like Mark Twang and Nobody Knows What You Do..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvuyBSG1ZZE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWBkWsRfXs0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWBkWsRfXs0

to answer the threadstarter's question:

http://thespps.org/music/

scroll down to "hartford" and you can download dozens of John Hartford live sets

oh, also:

http://realgonemusic.enstore.com/item/john-hartford-2cd-set

John Hartford: Aereo-Plain / Morning Bugle–The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (2-CD Set)

Available Dec. 4, 2012. Pre-Order Now!

Real Gone Music is proud to announce the release of Aereo-Plain/Morning Bugle—the Complete Warner Bros. Recordings, a two-CD, 35-track set that devotes a CD to each of these landmark albums and tacks on four unreleased tracks from each album session for a total of eight unreleased tracks! Liner notes are by Hartford scholar Andrew Vaughan, and the Hartford family has generously contributed photos from John’s private collection. This collection is destined to be one of this year’s most talked-about country/bluegrass releases—it’s an essential addition to any library of modern American music.

john hartford, national treasure

john hartford, national treasure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbWWT9q7PYA

^"This video is age-restricted"...and why!?

fwiw: John Hartford - 1970.08.29 - Smoke Shit And Fuck (apparently he performed this during a "bawdy song workshop" at the 1970 Philadelphia Folk Festival)