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.

1. You Know Who I Am
2. Bird On The Wire
3. The Stranger Song
4. So Long Marianne
5. Master Song
6. There s No Reason Why You Should Remember Me
7. Sisters Of Mercy
8. Teachers
9. Dress Rehearsal Rag
10. Suzanne
11. Hey That s No Way To Say Goodbye
12. Story Of Isaac
13. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
14. Bird On The Wire
15. You Know Who I Am
16. Hey That s No Way To Say Goodbye (Duet with Julie Felix)
17. So Long Marianne