For those of you that have been speculating as to whether or not a live album will be released – one is on the way. So make sure to check back in the weeks ahead for an announcement regarding a release date. One thing I can tell you is that initially the release will be an iTunes exclusive. Some time after that a limited double CD version of it will then be made available.

I’ll not lie, I haven’t heard a note of it, and it’s going to stay that way. I always swore that if I released a live album it wouldn’t be messed with, that I wouldn’t go into a studio and overdub anything that might sound suspect. The Who didn’t do it – Live At Leeds is untouched, and that’s something that I have always believed in when it comes to live albums. These days it’s far too easy to jump into a studio and overdub performances to make it sound dramatically different, as if you were listening to a normal CD. The reality is, live records don’t sound like polished releases, that’s why they’re referred to as ‘live records’. One can only imagine what would have been lost had Pete Townshend redone any of the guitar on Young Man Blues had he the ability to at the time. Not that this will come anywhere close to being in the same galaxy, mind you.