Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was born in 1934. An early writer and guitarist, Cohen began to compose and release folk-rock and pop songs by the mid-1960s. One of his most famous compositions is "Hallelujah," a song released on 1984's Various Positions. Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, and he received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in 2010. Cohen died in 2016 at the age of 82. In 1968, Cohen recorded a live concert for radio broadcast that comprises this album. These well-preserved sessions from 1968 offer a fly-on-the-wall experience to witness a young Cohen singing practically the entire first album. The voice is fresh and deep, pushing the songs outside the Tin Pan Alley perimeter, and delving into poetry with a richness of words and subject. Today, they still have that raw appeal of a young artist at the peak of his powers.

TRACKLIST

01. You Know Who I Am (Version 1) (Live)
02. Bird On A Wire (Live)
03. The Stranger Song (Live)
04. So Long Marianne (Version 1) (Live)
05. Master Song (Live)
06. There's No Reason Why You Should Remember Me (Live)
07. Sisters Of Mercey (Live)
08. Teachers (Live)
09. Dress Rehearsal Rag (Live)
10. Suzanne (Live)
11. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (Version 1) (Live)
12. Storry Of Isaac (Live)
13. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Live)
14. Leonard Cohen & Julie Felix - Bird On A Wire (Live)
15. So Long Marianne (Version 2) (Live)
16. You Know Who I Am (Version 2) (Live)
17. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (Version 2) (Live)