Nikki Sixx/Sixx A.M.

The Heroin Diaries, Eleven Seven Music

Grade: C+

After the tell-all book The Dirt, one would think there's little left to reveal about Motley Crue and the band members' antics.

Nikki Sixx, however, has a book and soundtrack, The Heroin Diaries, detailing the depth of his addiction and the toll it took on him personally and musically. One is torn: Is the attention just rewarding more bad behavior or supporting his battle to come clean?

The book comes out next month, but the saving grace is the soundtrack, out today, which is better than anything Sixx ever came up with in the Crue, though that's not saying a lot. Songs like the first single, Life Is Beautiful, may be clichéd at times but have an honest feel to them.

With the Crue's trademark '80s flashy production stripped away, the guitars sound fresh and tough, though the vocals have that post-millennium angst usually saved for bands like Fall Out Boy. Songs such as X-Mas in Hell and Life After Death combine spoken word with music but end up seeming gimmicky and calculated for sympathy.

Led Zeppelin Live at Southampton 1/22/73,

leaked bootleg

Grade: A

Kevin Shirley told the Rocky in a 2003 interview that when he mixed Led Zeppelin's official DVD and live album, he came across a handful of fascinating, professionally recorded shows. In particular, there was one at a small theater in Southampton that he said had a different feel from any of the shows from the era.

Four years later Shirley's rough mix of that night has leaked, spreading over the Internet a concert that is a fascinating listen. The band plays half of the then-unreleased Houses of the Holy album, along with looks back to their early blues rock, including a rare '73 version of How Many More Times and a nearly complete I Can't Quit You Babe inside of Whole Lotta Love.

Thank You gets the extended treatment, with Jimmy Page carving out some unusual guitar solos. The audience is dead quiet, even for new pieces like The Rain Song, allowing the band to get intimate and more delicate than arenas would allow later on the tour.

Despite stellar pro-recorded sound, this disc will never be legitimately released, despite the obvious fun that the band is having on a very "on" night. Robert Plant is in rough voice at times, ensuring it'll officially stay in the vaults. But it's a perfect snapshot of a band well on the way to becoming the biggest act in the world at the time.

BitTorrent-savvy fans can find the recording at most big sites, including www.dimeadozen.org and zombtracker.com.