LET'S PRETEND (SLOW BALLAD)
STARTING OVER
OVERNIGHT SENSATION (HIT RECORD)

Coming from a master tape with the words: "Raspberries 'Secret Gig'-1974" scrawled on the box, these three songs start off an impeccable live set from the Starting Over-era band.

No one is really sure where this performance was recorded or exactly when, but all of the evidence points to a RARE in-studio radio station performance by the band: the small audience, the quality of the stereo recording, Eric's mumbling of the expletive at the start of "Starting Over" (not appropriate for radio broadcast), as well as comments Eric makes about volume adjustments to his headphones.

The "slow ballad" version of "Let's Pretend," which serves as a hauntingly beautiful intro to "Starting Over," is ULTRA-RARE as the band never completed a studio recording of this reworking of their smash hit single, making this in-studio performance the closest thing we have.

So, take a listen to Eric, Wally, Scott McCarl and Michael McBride as they give ample proof why Rolling Stone magazine chose Starting Over as one of the "Best Albums of the Year" in 1974.