Very Rare Richard

This album represents the best audio documentation of LR's most under-reported and most amazing period in his career, with the exception of the '55 to '58 cataclysm: he made very few records from '68 to '70, his most intense "Comeback" period, when his voice was never stronger. (This was Comeback #2). Although the title says "Mad Russian" in '70, the contents are actually from that venue in 1968 AND from "The Boston Tea Party" in 1970. Highlights are "The Girl Can't Help It" and "When The Saints Go Marching In". Rating is just short of 5 because of the grainy, grimey sound on most of the '68 cuts.