As far as anniversaries go, the 50th year of AEROSMITH’s self-titled debut has long passed, yet there’s no reason to dismiss its long overdue reissue – properly fleshed out with rarities and usual paraphernalia – and it’s finally ready to be out. However, what’s to be released on March 20th – in three-CD and four-LP variants, the latter also offered in a version with a vinyl “Dream On” single – is a little bit light on that extra material.
Making up this deluxe edition is the album in remastered and remixed forms- – both dating back to 2024, when the anniversary still felt fresh – spread over two discs, although the record’s duration allowed it all to fit only one – a much-bootlegged 1973 concert from Boston and a smattering of previously unheard studio cuts. Interesting but not as cheap as the package’s inessentiality should warrant.
Aerosmith
CD 1 – Original Album Remastered 2024:
1. Make It
2. Somebody
3. Dream On
4. One Way Street
5. Mama Kin
6. Write Me A Letter
7. Movin’ Out
8. Walkin’ The Dog
CD 2 – Original Album Remixed 2024:
1-8 – as on CD 1
Aerosmith:
Legendary Edition
CD 3 – Paul’s Mall Live – March 20th, 1973:
1. Introduction
2. Make It
3. One Way Street
4. Somebody
5. Write Me A Letter
6. I Ain’t Got You
7. Mother Popcorn
8. Movin’ Out
9. Walkin’ The Dog
10. Train Kept A Rollin’
11. Mama Kin
bonus tracks:
12. Train Kept A Rollin’ (session)
13. Make It (rehearsal)
14. Make It (alt. take)
15. Write Me A Letter (alt. take)
16. Harmonica Bass Jam Jelly (session)
17. Joined At The Hip (jam)
