The Pretenders - Cynical Sensation bootleg

Quick summary on the Pretenders:

Born September 7, 1951 in Akron, Ohio, Christine Ellen Hynde fled to London in her early 20's in hopes of something bigger. During a string of jobs including waitressing, music journalism and a gig at a clothing shop called SEX (in which she was fired for a fight with a customer) she was determined to form a band.

Her first attempt was before the relocation to England, while attending Ohio's Kent State University, where she formed Sat. Sun. Mat. (Saturday Sunday Matinee) with Mark Mothersbaugh, later of Devo. Both were students during the infamous Kent State shootings.

Throughout the 70's Hynde's unsuccessful quest for a band left her devastated but not discouraged. She eventually 1n 1978 met three men from Hereford, England: bassist Pete Farndon, guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and finally, drummer Martin Chambers, who became known as The Pretenders, named after the Platter's hit "The Great Pretender".

This lineup achieved great success and perfected one of the great chemistries in rock history as well as one of the cliche rock n roll tragedies. At the height of their success, Farndon was kicked out of the band for his out of control drug use. Just two days later, Honeyman-Scott was found dead of a cocaine overdose.
And months later, Farndon was also found dead with a needle in his arm.

The original lineup could never be topped in terms of talent, chemistry and charisma, but after several lineup changes (including the temporary departure of Martin Chambers) Chrissie Hynde continues rocking with her band to this day, referring to The Pretenders as a "tribute band" - a tribute to Pete and James, that is.
They were inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2005.

Cynical Sensation is a bootleg with all of the original members, live on May 3, 1980 at the Palladium in NYC. This version of "Tattooed Love Boys" is described by the jam-packed fan site Pretenders Archives as "the worst version of this song you could ever hope to find" as they screw it up. But it's personally my favorite here because not everything has to be perfect all the time and this is a little reminder that even our favorite musicians aren't perfect.

DOWNLOAD:

The Pretenders - Cynical Sensation bootleg (1980)
1. Ride Of The Valkyries (Intro) / The Wait
2. Precious
3. Talk Of The Town
4. Private Life
5. Space Invader
6. The Phone Call
7. Brass In Pocket
8. I Go To Sleep
9. Kid
10. Porcelain
11. Tattooed Love Boys
12. Up The Neck
13. Mystery Achievement
14. Stop Your Sobbing (with guitarist Chris Spedding)
Tracks 1-6
Tracks 7-11
Tracks 12-14


NOTES:
I got this off of Soulseek; "Precious" is incomplete and dialogue at the end of "Talk Of The Town" appears to be cut off. I don't know if this is how it appears on the boot. It is also supposed to contain the EXCLUSIVE "Private Life #2", but I haven't been able to find it. Better than nothing though, eh? If you have better, or more bootlegs I'd like to know. ;)
If you're willing to share, please note that only Megaupload works for me, or any site that hosts it such as sharebee. I'll probably have to repeat that everytime I request something. Ah well.

This isn't the last of my Pretenders posts. Very rare tracks are on their way soon enough...