Old pictures of Al on a Youtube video

[TMBJon]

We are discussing two different things here:
1) The source of the audio recording in the above YouTube link.
2) The potential existence of a full unedited coffeehouse bootleg.

It's pretty clear that Al's best friends would not "leak" old material that Al did not personally authorize. The question is whether or not anyone does have the full audio recording at all. Based on the fact that we've heard Beverly Hillbillies/Miss You, The Elements, and now this new Prunes recording, I am inclined to think that there was at least one coffeehouse performance recorded in full, and perhaps if we are very, very lucky we may get to hear it someday.

As a side note, I would really like to know if this is a genuinely new Al rarity, or a recording that has already been floating around. Of course I've heard one or two versions of Won't Eat Prunes Again before but I've never heard one with bongos and a Jew harp as far as I can remember.

[minnick27]

Whoa whoa, with the J word. You may offend yourself. Im actually inclined to think that if this came from a Dr D show that it may be uploaded by Michael Lestatkatt since he requests all the old shows pretty regularly.

[Killingsworth]

Whoa whoa, with the J word. You may offend yourself. Im actually inclined to think that if this came from a Dr D show that it may be uploaded by Michael Lestatkatt since he requests all the old shows pretty regularly.

I'm starting to think this as well but also because I was under the impression that Al had written and begun performing "Won't Eat Prunes Again" around mid 1980 and that the Coffee House performances were from around '78/'79 when Al was still a sophomore at Cal Poly. In fact, I remember hearing an old Dr. Demento upload (courtesy of Mr. Lestattkatt no less) from around June '80 where Al mentioned he was still going to school (probably making up that last architecture class he failed, but needed for his degree).

[Eyeball Chair]

I never heard this version until I found this video either. The guy who uploaded it also has Belvedere Crusin in high quality as well. I don't know much about this recording but I like it more than the other version, I've been listening to it on and off all day.