Official Live Bootleg/The Beard Is out There

Official Live Bootleg / The Beard is Out There
Live album by Spock's Beard
Released	1996
Recorded	November 12, 1995
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	66:17(US) 72:18 (EUR)
Label	Metal Blade Radiant Records
Spock's Beard chronology
Beware of Darkness (1996) Official Live Bootleg / The Beard is Out There (1996) The Kindness of Strangers (1998)

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Official Live Bootleg is the third album and first live album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard, recorded at Progfest '95. It was released in 1996, with a European release under the title The Beard Is out There in 1998.

The original North American release consisted of the four tracks from the band's debut album The Light , with the fifth song, "Thoughts" coming from their second album, Beware of Darkness . The European release added a sixth track coming from the band's rarity collection From the Vaults , originally also from Beware of Darkness.

Track listing

All songs by Neal Morse, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Light"	N. Morse, Alan Morse	16:19
2.	"Go the Way You Go"		12:40
3.	"Thoughts"		7:05
4.	"The Water"		23:12
5.	"On the Edge"		7:01

Extra track added to European release:

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Fire/Waste Away"	6:01

Personnel

• Neal Morse – Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Alan Morse – Guitar, backing vocals, cello, mellotron
• Dave Meros – Bass guitar, backing vocals, french horn
• Nick D'Virgilio – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Ryo Okumoto – Hammond organ, mellotron

References

1. White, David (2011). "Official Bootleg - Spock's Beard | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 22, 2011.