These last few days I’ve been searching all over the Internet for some Fiona Apple bootlegs, but I almost failed. Fortunately, I won’t write here about those Fiona Apple bootleg recordings I’ve been able to find information about, because those are just a few tracks, although their history is pretty interesting.
Today, I will tell you about two full shows, recorded in 2005 and 2006. Even better, I will give you the download links to them! I only hope Sony won’t come to tell me what I do is wrong, because I think we’re only trading information like real fans should – I am not selling what I found, and I don’t charge anything for my research work.
Fiona Apple Live
Because when I first heard about bootlegs, I had no idea what is such a thing, let’s say, first of all, that a “bootleg recording,” usually referred to simply as “bootleg,” is a video or audio recording of a show not officially released by the artist, or under other legal authority. I don’t want to get deeper into the legal matters of the story – I only hope nobody will shoot me for providing download links to Fiona Apple bootlegs here…
Anyway, since this is more about information, let’s get started with what I managed to find out so far. You can consider this list below to be “work in progress,” and it would be great if you could help me make it the most accurate list of Fiona Apple bootleg recordings on the Web. OK, these being said, let’s start with…
2005. Extraordinary Machine (Bootleg release)
Track Listing
“Not About Love”
“Red, Red, Red”
“Get Him Back”
“Better Version of Me”
“Oh Well”
“Oh, Sailor”
“Used to Love Him”
“Window”
“Waltz”
“Extraordinary Machine”
“Please, Please, Please”
Personnel
Fiona Apple – vocals, piano
Jon Brion – producer
Tom Biller – engineer
Matt Chamberlain – percussion, drums
Jim Keltner – drums (track 5)
Eric Gorfain – violin (track 5)
Steven Rhodes – assistant
2005. Live in Los Angeles (unknown location, 26 November)
Track Listing
“Intro”
“Get Him Back”
“Better Version Of Me”
“Shadowboxer”
“To Your Love”
“I Know”
“Sleep To Dream”
“Limp”
“Paper Bag”
“Tymps”(The Sick In The Head Song)
“Oh, Well”
“On The Bound”
“Red, Red, Red”
“Not About Love”
“O’Sailor”
“Get Gone” & Band Intro
“Fast As You Can”
“Extraordinary Machine”
“Criminal”
“Parting Gift”
2006. Live in Paris (Folies Bergere, 10 April)
Track Listing
“Get Him Back”
“Better Version Of Me”
“Shadowboxer”
“To Your Love”
“I Know”
“Sleep To Dream”
“Limp”
“Paper Bag”
“Tymps”(The Sick In The Head Song)
“Oh, Well”
“On The Bound”
“Red, Red, Red”
“Not About Love”
“O’Sailor”
“Get Gone”
“Fast As You Can”
“Extraordinary Machine”
“Criminal”
“Parting Gift”
I have no idea about who recorded these last two bootlegs here, but sound quality is decent, as you’ll be able to figure out for yourselves once you download them. The Paris bootleg has 118 MB in size, and “Parting Gift” is missing from the archive(the only one I’ve been able to find was damaged), while the archive containing the LA concert has 134 MB, and that should be all for now.
Oh, I almost forgot about the password! This is the same for both archives – “We_Love_Fiona_Apple” – without the quotation marks, of course. To unpack the archives, you’ll need 7-Zip, the best free archiver money can’t get. That’s it folks, I’ll add new bootlegs as soon as I find them below this line, but for now, it’s “bye bye,” and nothing more! 😉
15th of February – As I was hoping, I managed to find another Fiona Apple bootleg in the meantime. This time, we’re talking about an old one, recorded way back in January 2000. To be more accurate, I’m talking about a live set recorded at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York on the 7th of January, 2000. As expected, the songs are coming from her first two albums, “Tidal” and “When The Pawn.”
2000. Live at the Eastman (7 January)
Track Listing
“On The Bound”
“To Your Love”
“Criminal”
“Limp”
“Sullen Girl”
“Paper Bag”
“Get Gone”
“Love Ridden”
“Sleep To Dream”
“Carrion”
“The Way Things Are”
“I Know”
“A Mistake”
“Fast As You Can”
“Just One Of Those Things”
The password is the same as for the other two bootlegs, but this archive is a bit smaller, with a bit less than 68 MB in size. Just click here, and grab this new Fiona Apple bootleg I managed to retrieve. Oh, yeah, and maybe you’ll get back here from time to time… I’ll do my best to keep this page updated with useful information for true Fiona Apple fans!
22nd of February – Good news, people! Today, I just managed to grab Fiona’s “Fiona Has Wings” bootleg, including covers! Sound quality is very good, although we’re talking about 96kbps MP3 files, but before we get to the download part, here’s the track listing, especially since the files in the archive are not tagged, and they don’t have proper names, either…
1996/1997. Fiona Has Wings
Track Listing
“Never Is A Promise”
“Criminal” (Radio 99 X Studio Master)
“Sleep To Dream” (Atlanta)
“Slow Like Honey”
“The Child Is Gone”
“Sullen Girl”
“Pale September”
“Sleep To Dream” (“Morning Becomes Eclectic” Sessions)
“Never Is A Promise”
“Criminal” (Omega WHFS Sessions)
“Criminal” (Maryland Studios)
“The First Taste”
Password’s the same, but this time you only have to download 47 MB of data(click here). Even more, you can print the covers and burn these files to some Audio CD, and you’ll get a great present for any Fiona Apple fan you happen to know. That’s it for now, but I’ll do my best to keep’em coming!
12th of March – Another update, and this time a video bootleg! We’re talking about Spankin’ Live on MTV, but the truth is that I am a bit lost here. Some sources claim this is a 51 minute recording, while what I have is only 36 minutes long, without giving me the feeling something is missing…
1999. Spankin’ Live on MTV(Sony Studios NYC)
Track Listing
none, for now
Same password, two files to download and unpack(about 250 MB): part one and part two.
20th of June – Oh, my, I must say that I am really sorry about the delay, but at least I got my hands on some new Fiona Apple treasure, and now I’ll finally share it with you! The download has 43MB in size, and same password as the others that came before it. Enjoy!
2005. Extraordinary Machine(Leaked Version)
Extraordinary Machine Leaked Bootleg
Track Listing
“Not About Love”
“Red, Red, Red”
“Get Him Back”
“Better Version of Me” (rough mix)
“Oh Well”
“Oh, Sailor”
“Used to Love Him”
“Window”
“Waltz”
“Extraordinary Machine”
“Please, Please, Please”
“Better Version of Me” (alternate version)
That’s all, for now, but the fight for more Fiona Apple bootlegs is still far from over!
Fiona Apple, Single(s)