| Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72 | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | New Riders of the Purple Sage |
| Cover: | NRPSBostonMusicHall.jpg |
| Released: | November 11, 2003 |
| Recorded: | December 5, 1972 |
| Genre: | Country rock |
| Length: | 97:46 |
| Label: | Kufala |
| Producer: | Rob Bleetstein |
| Prev Title: | Worcester, MA, 4/4/73 |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72 |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72 is an album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was recorded live on December 5, 1972, at the Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, and released on November 11, 2003. It was the second complete New Riders concert that was recorded in the 1970s and released in the 2000s as an album on the Kufala Recordings label.[1] [2]
Eric Andersen was the opening act at the Boston show. He sat in with the New Riders for their encore — his own song "I Love to Sing My Ballad, Mama" and the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women".
The album cover photo of the band was taken on or about the date of the concert, and depicts, from left to right, Spencer Dryden, Dave Torbert, John "Marmaduke" Dawson, David Nelson, and Buddy Cage.
According to a statement on the back cover, the CD "was mastered directly from the original half track analog reel to reel tapes, recorded at 7.5 ips. What you hear on the 30+ year-old tapes is the way it went down."