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Audience 9.7 - Spacious yet warm, a rich and full bodied sound that immediately pulls you in. You don’t even have to like Tom Petty to be able to appreciate this recording. The pinnacle of what you can get out of using high quality taping gear the proper way. Wowsers! Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Pacific Amphitheatre Costa Mesa, CA March 3, 1990 Disc 1 01 Love Is A Long Road 02 A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own 03 Breakdown 04 I Won’t Back Down 05 Free Fallin’ 06 Down The Road Apiece (Will Bradley Trio cover, sung by Stan Lynch) 07 Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich cover) 08 Ben’s Boogie 09 Don’t Come Around Here No More 10 A Face In The Crowd 11 Listen To Her Heart 12 Something In The Air (Thunderclap Newman cover) Disc 2 13 Alright For Now 14 Yer So Bad 15 Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan cover with Roger McGuinn) 16 Turn! Turn! Turn! (Pete Seeger/The Byrds cover with Roger McGuinn) 17 Eight Miles High (The Byrds cover with Roger McGuinn) 18 You Got Lucky 19 Rebels 20 What Are You Doin’ In My Life? 21 Refugee 22 Runnin’ Down A Dream 23 The Waiting 24 Straight Into Darkness 25 How Many More Days 26 Don’t Do Me Like That 27 Even The Losers -
Grand Funk Railroad Hawaii 1971 - Soundboard 9.1 A scarcity of prime era recordings mandate that anyone remotely interested in this band pursue any and all recordings that are A. Soundboard and/or B. decent audience for the simple reason that this band kicked ass. This is a true rarity – a soundboard and, yes, it kicks major ass. Grand Funk Railroad Boston 1971 Audience 8.7 - A very good tape surfaces and you can actually hear everything pretty clearly. This band played very loud (as did any self-respecting heavy rock band of the early 70’s) and consequently unless you smuggled in superior quality machinery you weren’t likely to be able to capture this sound with any clarity. This taper had better than average gear it seems, and even though it’s still somewhat distant from the stage, it is a tape that allows the listener to experience an entire show without struggling too hard to make out what is going on. Grand Funk Railroad Live 1971 Disc 1 Hawaii University Honolulu, Hawaii July 13th, 1971 1. -Are You Ready 2. -Paranoid 3. -In Need 4. -Mean Mistreated 5. -I'm Your Captain 6. -Into The Sun 7. -Inside Looking Out 8. -Are You Ready (Reprise) Disc 2 Boston Garden Boston, MA. october-3-1971 1 -Intro - Footstompin' Music 2 -Upsetter 3 -People Let's Stop The War 4 -Mean Mistreater 5 -Feeling Alright 6 -I'm Your Captain 7 -Heartbreaker Disc 3 Boston cont'd 8 -T.N.U.C 9 -Gimme Shelter 10 -Inside Looking Out the band Mark Farner – guitars lead vocals keyboard Don Brewer – drums lead vocals Mel Schacher – bass guitar -
Soundboard 9.3 - A good solid board but more importantly it’s a stand out show. I would say, and I’ve listened to quite a few, this is one of the best. Eric Clapton "Legend Comes Alive" The Budokan Theatre Tokyo, Japan November 2, 1974 Disc 1 1 - Smile 2 - Let It Grow 3 - Can't Find My Way Home 4 - Better Make It Through Today 5 - I Shot The Sheriff 6 - Key To The Highway Disc 2 1 - Willie And The Hand Jive - Get Ready 2 - Badge 3 - Presence Of The Lord 4 - Singin' The Blues Band Lineup: Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals Jamie Oldaker Drums Dick Sims Keyboards Carl Radle Bass George Terry Guitar Yvonne Elliman Backing Vocals Marcy Levy Backing Vocals -
Audience 8.8 - A very lively atmosphere that, for me, really put me back to the early 1980’s. The recording is pretty good, the band is hot, the crowd is into it. THE PRETENDERS Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, Michigan August 18, 1981 1 -The wait 2 -The Adultress 3 -Message Of Love 4 -Louie Louie 5 -Talk Of The Town 6 -The English Roses 7 -Birds Of Paradise 8 -Kid 9 -Stop Your Sobbin' 10 -Private Life 11 -Jealous Dogs 12 -Day After Day 13 -Bad Boys Get Spanked 14 -Tattooed Love Boys 15 -Precious 16 -Up The Neck 17 -Brass In Pocket 18 -Mystery Achievement (with band intros) Chrissie Hynde: lead vocals, rhythm guitar James Honeyman-Scott: lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards (R.I.P.) Pete Farndon: bass, backing vocals (R.I.P.) Martin Chambers: drums, percussion, backing vocals -
Audience 9.2 - A lovely, spacious, almost elegant recording even though it is originating somewhere in the middle I would guess. The sound feels slightly above you, but it’s warm and pleasant. The only knock is that taper missed a little of a couple of songs due to hassles from security. I can forgive that, at least they didn’t seize his gear. Good job taper! RUSH November 4, 1996 Gund Arena Cleveland, OH, USA Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Dreamline 03 The Big Money 04 Driven 05 Half the World 06 Red Barchetta 07 Animate 08 Limbo 09 The Trees 10 Red Sector A 11 Virtuality Disc 2 12 Nobody's Hero 13 2112: Overture 14 2112: Temples of Syrinx 15 2112: Discovery 16 2112: Presentation 17 2112: Oracle-The Dream 18 2112: Soliloquy 19 2112: Grand Finale 20 Intro 21 Test For Echo 22 Subdivisions 23 Freewill Disc 3 24 Roll the Bones 25 Time and Motion 26 Leave That Thing Alone 27 Drum Solo 28 Natural Science 29 Force Ten 30 The Spirit of Radio 31 Tom Sawyer 32 YYZ 33 Cygnus X-1 -
Pro Recording 9.1 - The engineers for this live recording opted to not close mic so you have a live recording with lots of atmosphere and probably sounding truer to the actual event than a pure soundboard. The bass is well recorded here, normally you’d expect the sound mix to favor only guitar as that is what the fans are wanting most – but here the mix is rather democratic. Good job! Yngwie Malmsteen Live at Sun Plaza Hall Tokyo.Japan 1985-01-24 01.Intro - I'll See The Light, Tonight 02.As Above, So Below 03.Don't Let It End 04.Far Beyond The Sun 05.On The Run Again 06.Anguish And Fear 07.Icarus'Dream Suit - I Am A Viking 08.Hiroshima Mon Amour 09.Black Star 10.Jet To Jet 11.Kree Nakoorie 12.Guitar Solo 13.Disciples Of Hell Yngwie Malmsteen-Guitars Jens Johansson-Keyboards Marcel Jacob-Bass Jeff Scott Soto-Vocals Anders Johansson-Drums -
Audience 9.3 - I can’t recommend this highly enough – just ferocious playing and great guitar tone emanating from the stage where you have a close up seat and strap in ‘cause this is one heavy duty helping of blistering metal. Must have! Black Sabbath Memorial Stadium Seattle, WA 1980.07.19 Disc 1 101 War Pigs 102 Neon Knights 103 N.I.B. 104 Children Of The Sea 105 Sweet Leaf - Drum Solo 106 Black Sabbath Disc 2 201 Heaven And Hell 202 Iron Man 203 Guitar Solo 204 Die Young 205 Paranoid 206 Children Of The Grave -
Soundboard 9.5 - Stellar quality, with a mix that showcases drums and drums as they should sound. The overall timbre of the sound is warm, a lot of depth and backup vocals are not buried, it’s really a nicely rounded and rather democratic mix. The Eagles Los Angeles Forum Inglewood, CA Mar. 4, 1980 Disc 1 101. Hotel California 102. Already Gone 103. In The City 104. King Of Hollywood 105. The Sad Cafe ** 106. Lyin' Eyes 107. I Can't Tell You Why Disc 2 201. Those Shoes 202. Heartache Tonight 203. One Of These Nights 204. Turn To Stone 205. The Long Run ** 206. Life's Been Good 207. Life In The Fast Lane 208. Carol ** with special guest David Sanborn -
Audience 9.5 - Hard to really improve upon this one - it's lovely in all regards. Great, clean highs and round lows with a great mid range. It's highlighted by a respectful crowd that rarely intrudes while the band is performing but very enthusiastic between songs. Wish I was there. This recording allows me to be there and hear what I missed. Queen Seattle Center Arena Seattle, WA March 13, 1977 Disc 1 01 Tie Your Mother Down 02 Ogre Battle 03 White Queen (As It Began) 04 Somebody To Love 05 Killer Queen 06 The Millionaire Waltz 07 You're My Best Friend 08 Bring Back That Leroy Brown 09 Brighton Rock 10 '39 11 You Take My Breath Away 12 White Man Disc 2 13 The Prophet's Song 14 Bohemian Rhapsody 15 Stone Cold Crazy 16 Keep Yourself Alive 17 Liar 18 In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited 19 Now I'm Here 20 Big Spender 21 Jailhouse Rock Medley 22 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 23 Stupid Cupid 24 Be-Bog-A-Lula -
Audience 8.8 - This is NOT the Monsters of Rock show, it’s actually the last DLR (classic era) show and it’s pretty good! It’s not super close up or terribly far from stage, seems to be in a nice spot and everything is clear with decent dynamics. Now, it’s a recording from a rowdy crowd but even with that I felt they did not ruin this or intrude unnecessarily – in fact it seemed they wanted to listen to the band and not hold conversations or stupid hooting and whistling during songs. Fantastic! Van Halen Stadion am Dutzendteich Nurnberg, Germany 1984-09-02 Disc 1 01. -Unchained 02. -Hot For Teacher 03. -Drum Solo 04. -On Fire 05. -Running With The Devil 06. -Little Guitars 07. -House Of Pain 08. -Bass Solo 09. -I'll Wait 10. -Everybody Wants Some Disc 2 11. -Oh, Pretty Woman 12. -1984 13. -Jump 14. -Guitar Solo 15. -Panama 16. -You Really Got Me 17. -Happy Trails - You Really Got Me (reprise) -
Stockholm 1983 Audience 8.9 - This tape starts off kind of average and slowly but surely keeps getting better until what we have is a very good tape of a really good show. As most already know, any good tape of this line up is VERY welcome as it showcases what I consider a great band – I did not say a great Black Sabbath because you can’t get away from Ian’s obvious vocal inflections that inevitably recall his old band. That being said if you listen to this without that bias you realize how good this BAND was in 1983. Paris 1983 Soundboard 9.1 - A most welcomed thing amongst Black Sabbath collectors without question is this board tape with the Ian Gillan line up. I love the material they recorded on Born Again, this is almost the logical progression from Technical Ecstasy, to me anyway. The music is more ideally suited to Ian Gillan’s vocals than it would have been to Ronnie James Dio and I think that is obvious. Black Sabbath Quebec City 1983 Audience 8.9 - I like this tape because you really get to hear and appreciate what the bass is all about in Sabbath and it is here in excellent detail. Everyone shines, it’s great to have this abundance of riches because this short-lived period of Black Sabbath is certainly one of the most unique sounding. Black Sabbath LIVE 1983 Ian Gillan - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Geezer Butler - Bass Bev Bevan - Drums Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards Disc 1 Johanneshovs Isstadion Stockholm, Sweden August 19th, 1983 01. -Intro (Stonehenge) 02. -Children Of The Grave 03. -Hot Line 04. -War Pigs 05. -Born Again 06. -Supernaut 07. -Drum Solo 08. -Rock 'N' Roll Doctor 09. -Disturbing The Priest 10. -Keep It Warm 11. -Black Sabbath 12. -The Dark 13. -Zero The Hero 14. -Tony Iommi's Guitar Solo 15. -Digital Bitch 16. -Iron Man Disc 2 Stockholm Cont'd 01. -Smoke On The Water 02. Paranoid Espace Balard Paris, France September 30th, 1983 03 - Children Of The Grave 04 - Hot Line 05 - War Pigs 06 - Supernaut - Drum solo 07 - Rock 'n' Roll Doctor 08 - Disturbing The Priest 09 - Guitar solo 10 - Digital Bitch 11 - Smoke On The Water 12 - Paranoid Disc 3 Quebec City Coliseum Quebec City, CANADA Oct 20 1983 01 -Intro - Children of the Grave 02 -Hot Line 03 -War Pigs 04 -Supernaut - drum solo - Rock' n' Roll Doctor 05 -Disturbing the Priest 06 -Iron Man Disc 4 07 -Zero the Hero 08 -Heaven & Hell - Guitar solo - Digital Bitch 09 -Black Sabbath 10 -Smoke on the Water 11 -Paranoid -
Soundboard 9.2 - I think this right here is as good as it will get to a complete Tommy Bolin Purple gig in soundboard quality and, here’s the important thing, reasonably cohesive playing. To be honest, after listening to this, it’s kind of apparent that Deep Purple was probably not the best vehicle for Tommy’s talents. Not that he can’t play, but that Deep Purple’s music was too one dimensional. That being said it is still pretty good despite the erratic mix – sometimes guitar is up front and sometimes it is buried. All in all I think I can say this show will be a revelation for Purple and Bolin fans. Deep Purple Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA. 26th January 1976 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. Burn 3. Lady Luck 4. Love Child 5. Gettin’ Tighter 6. Smoke on the Water 7. Georgia On My Mind 8. Keyboard Solo 9. Lazy 10. Drum Solo 11. Homeward Strut Disc 2 1. Tuning 2. This Time Around 3. Owed to “G” 4. Guitar Solo 5. Drifter 6. Stormbringer 7. Going Down 8. Highway Star David Coverdale – Vocal Tommy Bolin – Guitar Glenn Hughes – Bass & Vocal Jon Lord – Keyboards Ian Paice – Drums -
Soundboard 9.3 - I enjoy listening to excellent recordings of Yes from 1980 and 1984 because they are full of music that I always manage to find new depth of creativity in every time I hear it. Maybe it wasn’t my favorite Yes period back then, but I can appreciate it now. Great quality, and so it is the 1980 Drama sessions material on Disc 2. YES Park Stadium Hershey, PA. September 1, 1984 Disc 1 01. -Leave It 02. -Reason To Be Here 03. -Hold On 04. -Hearts 05. -I've Seen All Good People 06. -Tony Kaye Keyboards Solo 07. -Solly's Beard 08. -Changes 09. -Owner Of A Lonely Heart 10. -It Can Happen 11. -The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - Whitefish - Amazing Grace Disc 2 12. -Intro - City Of Love 13. -Starship Trooper Jon Anderson (Vocals, Guitar) Alan White (Drums) Trevor Rabin (Guitars, Vocals) Tony Kaye (Keyboards) Chris Squire (Bass) Drama Sessions The Town House studios London, UK 18 April 1980 14. -The Yes Song 15. -Who Makes The Tea 16. -Does It Ever Happen (To You) 17. -To The Light 18. -Satellite Chris Squire - Bass Steve Howe - Guitars Alan White - Drums -
Soundboard 9.2 - A lot of free form jamming here, what they call Mountain Jam is really made up of some improvisation before the band goes off into this more structured jam, and the show is a little condensed but sounds like it is much longer than it actually is. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Columbia HS Auditorium Decatur, GA May 23, 1970 1. Mountain Jam Intro 2. Drums 3. Berry Bass Solo 4. Mountain Jam 5. Will The Circle Be Unbroken 6. Bo Diddely / Spacy Jam 7. Mountain Jam 8. Rock & ROll Jam 9. Mountain Jam Finale 10. Encore Intro 11. Don't Want You No More 12. Not My Cross To Bear Duane Allman - guitar Gregg Allman - organ, vocals Dicky Betts - guitar Berry Oakley - bass Butch Trucks - drums Jai Johanny Johanson - percussion -
Audience 8.8 - I am very thankful this recording exists, so few tapes from around this time that are clean and audible. Now, it gets off to a bumpy start but smoothes out and remains consistent for the duration. It’s taken from I would say the middle of the venue but does not suffer from typical distance recordings. The main P.A. system is strong, so you get a good signal here, all instruments present and accounted for. Vocals remain very much up front in the mix, guitars follow. All in all this is really outstanding and the time period is optimal. Wishbone Ash Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Ludwigshafen, Germany 01.11.1974 Disc 1 01 -Don't Come Back 02 -Silver Shoes 03 -Lady Jay 04 -The King Will Come 05 -Warrior 06 -Throw Down the Sword 07 -Persephone Disc 2 08 -Introduction 09. -F.U.B.B. 10. -Blowin' Free 11. -Time Was 12. -Hometown 13. -No Easy Road 14. -Where Were You Tomorrow -
Audience 9.3 - The second this begins you know it’s gonna be great, and it’s better than great. I’ve heard radio broadcasts that don’t sound as nice as this. I need atmosphere, I want to feel the space around me, the venue itself is a part of the event. Audience tapes of high quality can sometimes deliver more atmosphere than the best soundboard, and sometimes it’s necessary if you want to relive an event to have that atmosphere included in the recording. Genesis Boston Music Hall Boston, MA 24 February 1977 Disc 1 01 - Squonk (07:55) 02 - One For The Vine (11:32) 03 - Robbery, Assault & Battery (07:31) 04 - Your Own Special Way (07:26) 05 - Firth Of Fifth (09:16) 06 - The Carpet Crawlers (07:07) 07 - In That Quiet Earth (04:41) 08 - Afterglow (04:35) 09 - I Know What I Like (09:00) 10 - Eleventh Earl Of Mar (09:56) Disc 2 11 - Supper's Ready (25:28) 12 - Dance On A Volcano (04:20) 13 - Drum Duet (01:05) 14 - Los Endos (06:32) 15 - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (04:38) 16 - The Musical Box (03:37) Phil Collins - lead vocals, drums and percussion Tony Banks - keyboards, 12 strings & backing vocals Mike Rutherford - bass guitars, guitars & backing vocals Steve Hackett - lead guitars & effects Chester Thompson - drums and percussion -
Soundboard 9.0 - A surprisingly good recording considering that it attempts to capture something pretty untamed especially for the time. There are lots of unrehearsed punk moments here, but overall I remain quite impressed with this early Misfits music because it sounds like a genie being let out of the bottle. Misfits December 20, 1978 Max's Kansas City New York, NY 01) Bullet 02) Where Eagles Dare 03) Who Killed Marilyn 04) Horror Business 05) Static Age 06) TV Casualty 07) Hollywood Babylon 08) Teenagers From Mars 09) Children In Heat 10) Attitude 11) Blue Christmas 12) We Are 138 -
Disc 1 Denver 1976 Soundboard 9.5 - A very bright and clear board tape with emphasis in the mix for maximum vocal clarity, but I like the way the drums sound and the horns are very clear too. Overall this is a “funk” mix. My only criticism might be the sizzle of the cymbals but they aren’t crowding the mix which might have been a deal-breaker for me. This is good funked up stuff! Disc 2 Oakland 1977 Soundboard/open mic audience 9.3 - I have to say my ears do not lie and there definitely is a professional quality to this recording but I could swear they have ambient mic’s to add atmosphere or perhaps to fill gaps? When the music is playing it’s most def soundboard, that is all I know. Detroit 1978 Soundboard 9.0 - A somewhat compressed but excellent tape, I particularly love this one because they play Maggot Brain which is my fave PFunk tune. Parliament 1976-1978 Disc 1 Unknown Venue Denver, CO 1976 1. -Mothership Connection 2. -Landing of the Mothership 3. -Dr. Funkenstein 4. -Funkin' For Fun 5. -Give Up The Funk - Jam 6. -Cosmic Slop 7. -Red Hot Mama 8. -Take Yo' Dead Ass Home - P.Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) - Do That Stuff Disc 2 Oakland Coliseum Oakland, CA 1-21-1977 01. -Who Wants To Get Funked Up 02. -Supergroovalisticprosifunkstic ation Medley 03. -Do That Stuff 04. -The Undisco Kid 05. -Children Of Productions 06. -Mothership Connection 07. -Swing Down Sweet Chariot 08. -Dr. Funkenstein 09. -Gamin' On Ya 10. -Tear The Roof Of The Sucka Medley Disc 3 Unknown Venue Detroit, MI. 04-01-1978 1. -Funkentelechy 2. -Cosmic Slop 3. -Maggot Brain 4. -Mothership Connection 5. -Swing Low Sweet Chariot 6. -Flash Light -
Audience 8.8 - Another amazing historical document that gives us the entire picture of what it was like to attend a rock concert in Boston in the early 70's. It's one evening out of 365 other evenings in the calendar year but it is a year that I did not get to experience anything like this, being that I was still in elementary school. It's a glaring example of what I was missing! Taper was not only prescient in capturing all the acts but he manages to do so with minimal problems and in very decent quality. Original tape transfers received recent treatment and have never sounded better, it makes me wonder why this material never got picked up by any of the boot labels in Japan or Europe for production. The Boston Chronicles Volume II Live In Boston 1972 Disc 1 BADFINGER Boston Garden Boston MA. July 1st 1972 1 -Tune Up - Intro 2 -Baby Blue 3 -Take It All 4 -Tuesday Morning 5 -Baby, You And I 6 -Suitcase THE BAND Pete Ham vocals guitar keyboards Joey Molland vocals guitar keyboards Tom Evans vocals bass Mike Gibbins vocals drums percussion keyboards Additional personnel Rob Stawinsky drums (US tour, 1972) CACTUS Boston Garden Boston MA. July 1st 1972 7 -Intro 8 -Bedroom Mazurka 9 -Bad Stuff 10 -Bringing Me Down 11 -Swim THE BAND Carmine Appice Drums, backing vocals Tim Bogert Bass backing vocals Werner Fritzschings Guitar Peter French vocals Duane Hitchings Keyboards FACES Boston Garden Boston MA. July 1st 1972 12 -Tune Up - Intro 13 -It's All Over Now 14 -Miss Judy's Farm 15 -Memphis Tennessee Disc 2 Faces cont'd 1 -Maggie May 2 -Stay With Me 3 -Angel 4 -True Blue 5 -Too Bad 6 -That's All You Need 7 -Gasoline Alley 8 -That's All You Need (reprise) 9 -I'm Losing You 10 -Drum Solo - I'm Losing You (reprise) 11 -Maybe I'm Amazed 12 -DJ talk - Crowd 13 -Had Me A Real Good Time - Every Picture Tells A Story 14 -I'd Rather Go Blind 15 -Boston Goodnight THE BAND Kenney Jones drums Ronnie Wood guitar vocals Ian McLagan keyboards Rod Stewart lead vocals Ronnie Lane bass vocals -
Disc 1 Pittsburgh 1974 Audience 8.5 A rather middle of the road tape that does not offend the ears, but does not offer great separation of instruments. It’s not that it is real muddy either, it’s just that Sabbath were very loud, and unless you were seated ideally for taping, and, if your taping gear was high quality, you “might” get a very good recording of this band. That being said, I have heard much worse, and this is a new tape to circulation. Some good jams, Ozzy is very excited this night. Disc 2 Niagara Falls 1978 Audience 8.7 A bit better than the previous disc in this set, it offers better separation of instruments and more dynamics. In parts, it’s actually even better than the 8.7 rating. A rare tape, it offers something to collectors and features complete versions of the Technical Ecstasy songs which is a big plus. Disc 3 Live Rehearsals and Unknown Live 1979-80 Soundboard 9.8 Two very cool pieces that may have fallen through the cracks for most collectors but thankfully included in this Lost Recordings set. Both are worth repeated listening. Black Sabbath Lost Recordings 1974-1979 Disc One Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA 02-02-1974 1. -Introduction 2. -Tomorrow's Dream 3. -Sweet Leaf 4. -Killing Yourself To Live 5. -Snowblind 6. -War Pigs 7. -A National Acrobat 8. -Cornucopia 9. -Sabbra Cadabra 10. -Guitar-Drum Solo 11. -Unknown 12. -Drum Solo 13. -Supernaut 14. -Guitar Solo 15. -Sabbra Cadabra (reprise) Disc 2 Niagara Falls Convention Center Niagara Falls, NY September 8, 1978 1 -Supertzar (intro tape) 2 -Symptom of the Universe 3 -Snowblind 4 -War Pigs 5 -Never Say Die 6 -Black Sabbath 7 -Dirty Women 8 -Rock 'n Roll Doctor 9 -Bill Ward drum solo 10 -Jam I 11 -Orchid 12 -Jam II 13 -Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (riff) 14 -Jam III 15 -Jam IV 16 -Jam V 17 -Electric Funeral 18 -Iron Man Disc 3 New York 1978 Cont'd 19 -Fairies Wear Boots 20 -Encore break 21 -Paranoid 22 -She's Gone (outro tape) 1979 Rehearsal Session 23. -Heaven And Hell 24. -Slapback Unknown Venue August 1980 25. -War Pigs 26. -Neon Knights 27. -Children Of The Sea 28. -Black Sabbath 29. -Die Young -
Audience 8.4 - Buried in a closet for decades this important document has finally surfaced. It’s, to my ears, slightly better than the next oldest live document which I believe is the Music Machine gig. The tape itself is not as bad as you’d imagine and that could be due to the diligent re-mastering that was done. The sound is not as murky and indecipherable as a lot of the other 1980 tapes. This can be appreciated, I mean, this is May of 1980 the band had yet to break open and even though they had a hardcore following, was not known outside of UK in any substantive sense. If you were a fan of Iron Maiden in these times, it’s akin to investing money in Google stock when it was first offered. Why would you? …maybe because you liked what they were doing and had a hunch. Man! IRON MAIDEN Market Hall Carlisle England, UK May 20th, 1980 01. Prowler (4:09) 02. Remember Tomorrow (5:52) 03. Killers (5:09) 04. Running Free (3:28) 05. Another Life (inc. Drum solo) (6:12) 06. Transylvania (3:40) 07. Strange World (5:42) 08. Charlotte The Harlot (4:30) 09. Phantom Of The Opera (7:04) 10. Iron Maiden (5:23) 11. Drifter (11:48) 12. I've Got The Fire (4:15) 13. Running Free (3:43) -
Audience 9.8 - Mindblowing! Put your sterile, lifeless soundboard tapes away and strap in for a REAL LIVE concert brought back to life in astounding clarity. Jethro Tull Civic Auditorium Pasadena, CA January 14, 1977 Disc 1 01 Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of A New Day) 02 Jack-In-The-Green 03 Crazed Institution 04 Fire At Midnight 05 Instrumental 06 Thick As A Brick 07 Songs From The Wood 08 To Cry You A Song 09 A New Day Yesterday > Flute Solo incl. Bouree & Quartet > Living In The Past 10 Velvet Green Disc 2 11 Too Old To Rock'n' Roll 12 Bungle In The Jungle 13 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 14 Minstrel In The Gallery 15 Hunting Girl 16 Cross-Eyed Mary 17 Aqualung 18 Guitar Solo 19 Wind-Up 20 Back-Door Angels 21 Wind-Up (reprise) 22 Locomotive Breath 23 Land Of Hope And Glory -
Various Sources 8.5/10 - So this is, as the title suggests, a collection of recordings made during this tour but the kicker is that the songs are all ones that were one-off’s (with a couple of exceptions). I found that even the worst track (the final track in the set) was not as bad as they made it seem in the liner notes. Still, when compared to some of the truly outstanding ones in the set, yes maybe it really paled in comparison but there’s only two “marginal” tracks here and they aren’t totally abhorrent. This was a very interesting listen for me personally. Bob Dylan All This Tangled Rope - Street Legal Live 1978 1. -Changing of the Guards - Paris, July 8th 2. -New Pony - Paris, July 5th soundcheck 3. -Baby, Stop Crying - New York City, September 30th 4. -Is Your Love in Vain - Providence, October 7th 5. -Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) - Seattle, November 10th 6. -True Love Tends to Forget - Camberley, July 15th 7. -We Better Talk This Over - Los Angeles, November 15th 8. -Where Are You Tonight - Seattle, November 10th 9. -A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Nürnberg, July 1st 10. -Gates Of Eden - Camberley, July 15th 11. -Am I Your Stepchild - Madison, November 1st 12. -The Man In Me - Paris, July 6th 13. -Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - New York City, September 29th 14. -Coming From The Heart (The Road Is Long) - St. Paul, October 31st 15. -I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Hollywood, December 16th 16. -One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) - Nürnberg, July 1st 17. -Fix It, Ma - Paris, July 3rd soundcheck Notes: 2. poor recording; has not been performed live yet as of March 05; note that a soundcheck recording of "No Time To Think" (the 3rd track on the studio album) circulates, but the quality is markedly inferior to "New Pony," so I chose not to include it. 5. Dylan did not debut the intro story about the "old man with his eyes on fire" until San Diego, November 17th 9. only solo performance of this song in '78 10. mixed source recording, with merge at 0:47 11. "second version" lyrics; does not include my favorite line from the "first version," "I pulled you out of dope scenes, orgies and jam sessions too." 13. second of only two '78 performances 14. only live performance to date as of March 05; a studio demo circulates, as well 15. final number from the final '78 show; minor tape problems 4:07 > 4:11 17. poor recording; author unknown, possibly Dylan; sounds of taping device being moved 0:00 > 0:29, minor edit 0:24 Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar & harmonica) Billy Cross (lead guitar) Alan Pasqua (keyboards) Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals) David Mansfield (violin & mandolin) Steve Douglas (horns) Jerry Scheff (bass) Bobbye Hall (percussion) Ian Wallace (drums) Helena Springs Jo Ann Harris Carolyn Dennis (background vocals). -
Audience 8.8 - This show finally comes to light after decades and it’s surprisingly good. It’s extremely insistent and powerful sounding with guitars really up front and vocals thankfully pretty nicely mixed in as well. In fact, even drums here sound nicely integrated into the live sound mix in this small sounding venue. I rather like this one and you will too. Armored Saint Sherwood's Indianapolis, IN. January 30th, 1985 1. March Of The Saint 2. Mutiny On The World 3. False Alarm 4. Take A Turn 5. Stricken By Fate 6. Seducer 7. Madhouse 8. Can U Deliver -
Soundboard 9.5 - This is the recent BBC “reissue” broadcast version and it sounds great! There are no additional tracks, but there is an alternate stereo mix of “Let It Rock” so dive into this one it’s awesome. The Rolling Stones Refectory @ University Of Leeds Leeds, England March 13, 1971 1. Dead Flowers 2. Stray Cat Blues 3. Love In Vain 4. Midnight Rambler 5. Bitch 6. Band Introductions 7. Honky Tonk Women 8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 9. Little Queenie 10. Brown Sugar 11. Street Fighting Man 12. Let It Rock 13. Let It Rock (Stereo mix) -
Audience 9.8 - Your ears will be telling you this HAS to be a soundboard, then the song ends and you hear the audience right next to you and you say to yourself “thank goodness I picked this one up” yes even though it’s an audience tape it will BLOW YOUR MIND it’s so good. Al Di Meola Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA May 26, 1978 01 Egyptian Danza 02 Chasin’ The Voodoo 03 Dark Eye Tango 04 Short Tales Of The Black Forest 05 Fantasia Suite For Two Guitars 06 Señor Mouse 07 Midnight Tango 08 Band Introduction 09 The Wizard -
Soundboard 9.0 - A classic old board from the fantastic 1976 European tour which has brought us a few amazing live works by this venerable band. Of course, by this time Ronnie is completely ingrained into the sound and style and one finds it hard to be overly critical of him compared to the very different Mick Taylor. Rolling Stones Festhalle Frankfurt, Germany April 29th, 1976 01. Honky Tonk Women 3:49 02. If You Can't Rock Me / Get Off Of My Cloud 5:29 03. All Down The Line 4:17 04. Hand Of Fate 4:35 05. Hey Negrita 5:16 06. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 5:02 07. Fool To Cry 5:22 08. Hot Stuff 5:32 09. Star Fucker 4:24 10. You Gotta Move 0:49 * The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards Keith Richards – guitars, vocals Ronnie Wood – guitars, vocals Bill Wyman – bass Charlie Watts – drums, percussion Additional musicians Billy Preston – keyboards, vocals Ollie Brown – percussion, drums Ian Stewart – piano -
Soundboard 9.1 - Another Toronto recording to add to my growing collection and it’s a good one. The band does not sound like they are playing a show in the year 1988, to me they sound more 1978 to be honest. It’s a good, very solid show. Rush Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario 8 March 1988 Disc 1 01 - The Big Money 02 - Subdivisions 03 - Limelight 04 - Marathon 05 - Turn The Page 06 - Prime Mover 07 - Manhattan Project 08 - Closer To The Heart 09 - Red Sector A 10 - Force Ten 11 - Time Stand Still Disc 2 12 - Distant Early Warning 13 - Lock And Key 14 - Mission 15 - Territories 16 - YYZ 17 - Drum Solo 18 - Red Lenses 19 - The Spirit Of Radio 20 - Tom Sawyer 21 - 2112: Overture / Temples Of Syrinx 22 - La Villa Strangiato 23 - In The Mood -
Audience 9.2 - I love how this sounds! Geddy is so clear, the sound is very comfortable to my ears and I just love how the drums and bass are distinct – especially the bass because my gosh Geddy is such a badass and so on point here. This is kind of a historic gig in as way most would not even notice. 30 years prior to this date was the last time Rush played the Allentown Fair, and they played a few songs not yet released…welp, fast forward 30 years and they do the same thing here! How cool is that? One other personal detail that struck me was how the performance took me back to around 1979, I felt the performance and atmosphere, along with how the tape itself was recorded, all for some reason made me, at times, think this sounded like the late 70's. Rush The Great Allentown Fair Allentown, PA 2010-08-31 Disc One 1. The Real History of Rush (5:41) 2. The Spirit of Radio (5:24) 3. Time Stand Still (5:24) 4. Presto (6:26) 5. Stick It Out (4:36) 6. Workin' Them Angels (5:00) 7. Leave That Thing Alone (5:33) 8. Faithless (6:05) 9. BU2B (4:31) 10. Freewill (5:41) 11. Marathon (6:43) 12. Subdivisions (5:58) ~Intermission~ Disc Two 1. The Real History of Rush (3:17) 2. Tom Sawyer (4:58) 3. Red Barchetta (7:03) 4. YYZ (4:41) 5. Limelight (4:33) 6. The Camera Eye (10:17) 7. Witch Hunt (4:47) 8. Vital Signs (5:18) Disc Three 1. Caravan (5:52) 2. Love 4 Sale (7:54) 3. Closer to the Heart (5:11) 4. 2112 (7:03) 5. Far Cry (6:41) ~Encore~ 6. La Villa Strangiato (7:41) 7. Working Man (6:28) 8. Slappa Da Baas (6:28) -
Audience 9.3 - A very wide and airy recording that you instantly know the second you hear it that taper is no noob, this is a pro job and stands up to scrutiny well. I could not find that much to complain about except maybe it’s just a tad back in the seats but that just allows for more air and atmospherics which are all here and well captured. Genesis Sports Arena San Diego, CA April 15, 1978 Disc 1 01 Eleventh Earl of Mar 02 In The Cage 03 Burning Rope 04 Ripples 05 Deep In The Motherlode 06 The Fountain Of Salmacis 07 Down And Out 08 One For The Vine Disc 2 09 Squonk 10 Say It's Alright Joe 11 The Lady Lies 12 The Story Of Romeo & Juliet 13 Cinema Show 14 Afterglow 15 Follow You, Follow Me 16 Dance On A Volcano 17 Drum Duet 18 Los Endos 19 I Know What I Like -
Audience 8.8 - A very clean, clear tape which to my ears only needs one thing – more “fatness” – but I found myself getting used to the more midrangey sound as I listened and then I realized it’s a very good recording that requires you to stick with it until it kind of normalizes. I mean, there’s bass here, and it’s actually somewhat detailed…that is what this tape offers more than anything is that each instrument is pretty distinct in this mix. That is what sucks you into the show and why I think it’s worth getting for the collection. Styx Ford Auditorium Detroit, MI 1976-11-29 01. Intro 02. Put Me On 03. Lorelei 04. Shooz 05. Madammoiselle 06. Light Up -> 07. Suite Madame Blue 08. Lady 09. Midnight Ride 10. Guitar Solo 11. 22 Years Band Members: Dennis DeYoung – vocals, keyboards, accordion John Panozzo – drums, percussion Chuck Panozzo – bass guitar, vocals James Young – vocals, guitar, keyboards Tommy Shaw – vocals, guitars, mandolin, autoharp, talkbox -
CD One - Ft. Worth 1980 Audience 9.4 - This recording is hard to definitely call an audience tape because it’s either really close to the main P.A. without much audience interference but the best guess here is that the mic is placed right in from of the P.A. and because of that the sound is direct and electrifying. It’s a terrific recording actually. CD Two - Lubbock 1980 Audience 8.8 - This recording is very decent and inside a small venue so it gets a little raucous at times but overall it’s a nice, dirty little gem. Stevie Ray Vaughan Blossom's Downstairs Ft. Worth, TX 1980-08-30 Disc 1 01 -Wham 02 -Guitar Hurricane 03 -The Sky Is Crying 04 -Empty Arms 05 -I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime) 06 -Howlin' For My Darlin' 07 -Be Careful 08 -I'm Crying 09 -Collin's Shuffle 10 -Hideaway 11 -In The Open 12 -May I Have A Talk With You 13 -Tell Me 14 -Tin Pan Alley Disc 2 15 -Love Stuck Baby 16 -Crosscut Saw 17 -Texas Flood Lineup: Stevie Vaughan : Guitar & vocals Jackie Newhouse: Bass Chris Layton : Drums Fat Dawg's Lubbock, TX 1980 18. -Dirty Pool 19. -Instrumental 20. -Last Night 21. -I'm Cryin' 22. -Texas Flood 23. -Letter To My Girlfriend 24. -All Your Love I Miss Lovin' -
Audience 9.0 - Here’s a great sounding complete show from the ambitious “reunion” tour of 1974 which had the band in not only fine form but giving audiences a marathon set loaded with excellent songs. This is surely one for all collectors of great music regardless of any particular artist because if it’s good, it’s good the ears don’t lie…and this one is good! Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1974-07-09 Disc 1 01. Love The One You're With 02. Wooden Ships 03. Immigration Man 04. Cowgirl In The Sand 05. Change Partners 06. Traces 07. Grave Concern 08. Black Queen 09. Almost Cut My Hair 10. Ohio 11. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 12. Helplessly Hoping Disc 2 13. Blackbird 14. Human Highway 15. Prison Song 16. As I Come Of Age 17. Carry Me 18. For Free 19. Guinnevere 20. Southbound Train 21. Another Sleep Song 22. Our House 23. 4 + 20 24. Know You Got To Run 25. You Can't Catch Me (inc. Word Game) 26. Love Art Blues 27. Long May You Run Disc 3 28. A Man Needs A Maid 29. Don't Be Denied 30. First Things First 31. Deja Vu 32. My Angel 33. Pre Road Downs 34. My Favorite Changes 35. Long Time Gone 36. Revolution Blues 37. Pushed It Over The End 38. Carry On 39. What Are Their Names 40. Chicago Band Members: David Crosby - vocal, guitar Stephen Stills - vocal, guitar, keyboards, acoustic bass Graham Nash - vocal, guitar, piano, harmonica, organ Neil Young - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards Tim Drummond - bass Joe Lala - percussion Russ Kunkel - drums -
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The set features outstanding quality audience recordings made between 1972 and 1975 at the Seattle Coliseum. The quality encompasses not just the audio fidelity but the completeness and smoothness. All in all this is surely one of the best collections of live Elton John I've ever heard. The price has risen slightly to accommodate the upgrades that have been applied to not only this but the entire line of canisters. I think you will totally be blown away when you see the difference, and the previous ones were pretty impressive so this is going to really be something special. Elton John "The Seattle Tapes" Disc 1 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1972-10-20 01. Tiny Dancer 02. Daniel 03. Band Introduction 04. Susie (Dramas) 05. Your Song 06. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 07. I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself 08. Can I Put You On 09. Mona Lisas And The Mad Hatters 10. Honky Cat Disc 2 11. Singing In The Rain 12. Have Mercy On The Criminal 13. Crocodile Rock 14. Madman Across The Water 15. Take Me To The Pilot 16. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 17. Hercules Band Members: Elton John - vocals, piano Dee Murray - bass Davey Johnstone - guitar, mandolin, banjo Nigel Olsson - drums Disc 3 Seattle Center Coliseum 1973-08-31 01. Intro 02. Elderberry Wine 03. Your Song 04. High Flying Bird 05. Honky Cat 06. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 07. Hercules 08. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 09. Madman Across The Water Disc 4 10. Teacher I Need You 11. Have Mercy On The Criminal 12. All The Young Girls Love Alice 13. Daniel 14. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 15. Band Introduction 16. Crocodile Rock 17. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 18. Honkey Tonk Women Band Members: Elton John - vocals, piano Dee Murray - bass Davey Johnstone - guitar, mandolin, banjo Nigel Olsson - drums Clive Franks - organ (Crocodile Rock) Disc 5 Seattle Center Coliseum 1975-10-16 (First Set) 01. Set I Intro 02. Your Song 03. I Need You To Turn To 04. Border Song 05. Take Me To The Pilot 06. Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future) 07. Country Comfort 08. Levon 09. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 10. Hercules 11. Empty Sky Disc 6 (Second Set) 12. Set II Intro 13. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 14. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 15. Bennie And The Jets 16. Harmony 17. Dixie Lily 18. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy 19. Bitter Fingers 20. Someone Saved My Life Tonight Disc 7 21. The Bitch Is Back 22. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 23. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket 24. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 25. I saw Her Standing There 26. Island Girl 27. Philadelphia Freedom 28. We All Fall In Love Sometimes Band Members: Elton John - vocals, piano Davey Johnstone - guitar Caleb Quaye - guitar James Newton-Howard - keyboards Kenny Passerelli - bass Roger Pope - drums Ray Cooper - percussion Cindy Bullens - backing vocals Jon Joyce - backing vocals Jim Haas - backing vocals Disc 8 Seattle Center Coliseum 10-17-1975 (First Set) 01. Your Song 02. I Need You To Turn To 03. Border Song 04. Take Me To The Pilot 05. Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future) 06. Country Comfort 07. Levon 08. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 09. Hercules 10. Empty Sky Disc 9 (Second Set) 11. Set II Intro 12. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 13. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 14. Bennie And The Jets 15. Harmony 16. Dixie Lily 17. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy 18. Bitter Fingers 19. Someone Saved My Life Tonight 20. The Bitch Is Back Disc 10 21. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 22. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket 23. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 24. I Saw Her Standing There 25. Island Girl 26. Philadelphia Freedom 27. We All Fall In Love Sometimes 28. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting -
Both of these sets are Soundboard quality and very cool to listen to. Good British heavy rock and roll, good players, good everything and well worth rediscovering. Saxon Stampei Lochem, The Netherlands 1982-05-20 01. -20000 Feet 02. -And The Bands Played On 03. -Heavy Metal Thunder 04. -Strong Arm Of The Law 05. -747 (Strangers In The Night) 06. -Wheels Of Steel Saxon Norman, Ok. 9-18-1983 7. -Intro 8. -Power And The Glory 9. -Princess Of The Night 10. -Redline 11. -The Eagle Has Landed 12. -This Town Rocks 13. -Strong Arm Of The Law -
Audience 9.2 - This recording is very clean and very bright, it does not favor the bass but what you’ll find is that the guitar sounds like it’s right next to you (which for the taper maybe it was). That is what is going to bring you into this show anyway – it’s all here, it’s a great recording with excellent airspace (atmosphere) allowing the sounds to breath.Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp Grand Sierra Theatre Reno, NV November 12, 2022 Disc 1 01. Freeway Jam 02. Loose Cannon 03. Midnight Walker 04. Big Block 05. Caroline, No 06. You Know You Know 07. Me and the Devil Blues 08. Star Cycle 09. Brush With the Blues Disc 2 10. You Never Know 11. Cause We've Ended as Lovers 12. Rumble 13. This is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr 14. Isolation 15. Time 16. Venus in Furs 17. A Day in the Life 18. Corpus Christi Carol 19. Little Wing 20. The Death and Resurrection Show 21. Good Night Band line-up Jeff Beck : Guitar Anika Nilles : Drums Rhonda Smith : Bass Vanessa Freebairn-Smith : Cello Robert Adam Stevenson : Keyboards Johnny Depp : Vocals/Guitar -
Audience 8.8 - Taper seems to have a pretty decent set up, because this recording sounds very lively, bright, and there are enough dynamics here to satisfy. What is apparent though is that the poor taper seems to be having to deal with the Japanese phenomena of clapping during songs (not all of them, but yeah the crowd is super enthusiastic). In this sense, because it’s a good recording, I went along with the energy and excitement, settled in, and had a real good time. You will too! Kansas Festival Hall Osaka, Japan January 14th 1980 Disc 1 1. -Song For America (7:20) 2. -People Of The South Wind (3:51) 3. -Point Of Know Return (3:54) 4. -On The Other Side (6:25) 5. -Closet Chronicles (6:45) 6. -The Wall (5:39) 7. -Dust In The Wind (5:42) 8. -Child Of Innocence (4:36) 9. -Down The Road (3:36) Disc 2 10. -Stay Out Of Trouble (5:37) 11. -Portrait (He Knew) (6:49) 12. -Sparks Of The Tempest (6:06) 13. -Carry On Wayward Son (5:35) 14. -How My Soul Cries Out For You (10:48) 15. -Magnum Opus (11:44) -
Audience 9.7 - Here’s one of those timeless artists who always sounds relevant no matter the time period. A 1985 concert is a 1975 concert is a 2005 concert – consistently excellent and never selling out integrity for anything approaching chart success. This recording puts you so close, so intimate it’s really like being there in the front row. Drums are in your living room, the piano is next to you, and Pat is your best friend. Wonderful! Pat Metheny Group Boston Common Boston, MA July 10, 1985 Disc 1 01 Forward March 02 Phase Dance 03 Naked Moon 04 Tell It All 05 Daulton Lee 06 James 07 The First Circle 08 Band Introduction 09 Scrap Metal 10 Farmer's Trust - Goodbye Disc 2 11 Straight On Red 12 Are You Going With Me? 13 The Fields, The Sky 14 Chet's Call 15 Chris 16 Airstream Two with Perri 17 Perri Introduction 18 Jaco Two with Perri 19 Letter From Home - Yolanda, You Learn 20 Praise 21 Song For Bilbao -
Soundboard 9.5 - A wonderful set, a great board tape. If this is your introduction to Townes music, get ready to be greatly impressed with a singer-songwriter who has all the tools. Great lyrics, great delivery, great guitar playing. He was the total package. Townes Van Zandt Paisley Park Wellington, New Zealand September 13, 1990 Disc 1 01 If I Needed You 02 Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold 03 Buckskin Stallion Blues 04 Marie 05 Lungs 06 Talking Karate Blues 07 The Shrimp Song 08 Short Haired Woman Blues 09 Ain't Leaving Your Love 10 The Hole 11 Dead Flowers 12 tuning 13 Colorado Girl 14 No Lonesome Tune Disc 2 15 No Deal 16 Banter 17 To Live Is To Fly 18 Waiting Around to Die 19 Don't You Take It Too Bad 20 Our Mother The Mountain 21 Blaze's Blues 22 Snowin' On Raton 23 Greensboro Woman 24 Kathleen 25 Riding the Range 26 Dirty Old Town -
See Vol.1 for full review. Bob Dylan & The Band Madison Square Garden New York City, NY (USA) January 31, 1974 - afternoon show Disc 3 01. Most Likely You Go Your Way 02. Lay Lady Lay 03. Tom Thumbs Blues 04. Rainy Day Women 05. It Ain't Me Babe 06. Ballad of a Thin Man 07. Stage Fright 08. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 09. King Harvest 10. When You Awake 11. Up on Cripple Creek 12. All Along The Watchtower 13. Ballad of Hollis Brown 14. Knockin on Heavens Door Disc 4 01. The Times They Are A Changin 02. Don't Think Twice 03. Gates of Eden 04. Just Like a Women 05. It's Alright Ma 06. Rag Mama Rag 07. This Wheels on Fire 08. The Shape Im In 09. The Weight 10. Forever Young 11. Highway 61 12. Like A Rolling Stone 13. Maggie's Farm 14. Blowin In The Wind -
Discs 1 -4 Audience 9.4 Discs 5-6 Soundboard 9.8 - This entire collection of recordings from the 3 nights at Madison Square Garden during the 1974 Tour are very special. There’s a vast wealth of recorded Dylan shows from before time began but I’ve chosen this set to introduce Dylan music to the Wolfpodscd.com webstore. I think, once you’ve heard it, you’ll understand why. ‘nuff said. BOB DYLAN & The Band New York City, New York Madison Square Garden Mono Audience Recording 30 January 1974 Disc 1 01 - Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 02 - Lay, Lady, Lay 03 - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 04 - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 05 - It Ain't Me, Babe 06 - Ballad Of A Thin Man 07 - All Along The Watchtower 08 - Ballad Of Hollis Brown 09 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door Disc 2 10 - The Times They Are A-Changin' 11 - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 12 - Gates Of Eden 13 - Just Like A Woman 14 - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 15 - Forever Young 16 - Something There Is About You 17 - Like A Rolling Stone 18 - Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 19 - Blowin' In The Wind Concert # 25 of the 1974 Tour of America with The Band. -
Audience 9.1 - A strong, very clear tape which has a deep bottom end, you can feel the kick and the bass! The band sound close, there’s no indication they are playing a large venue, it’s almost kind of an intimate sound. A superb taping job! Genesis Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA May 24, 1980 Disc 1 01 Deep In The Motherlode 02 Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 03 Squonk 04 One For The Vine 05 Story Of Albert 06 Behind The Lines 07 Duchess 08 Guide Vocal 09 Turn It On Again 10 Duke's Travels - Duke's End Disc 2 11 Say It's Alright Joe 12 The Lady Lies 13 Ripples 14 Band Introduction 15 Misunderstanding 16 In The Cage 17 Afterglow 18 Follow You, Follow Me 19 Dance On A Volcano 20 Drum Duet - Los Endos 21 I Know What I Like -
Audience 9.4 - This is a revelation for me. I was not too familiar with the band and always assumed they were just another “Neo Prog” band from the 80’s. Boy am I wrong! This is KILLER! The audio quality is thankfully excellent and bright so as to capture the insane complexity and brilliance of this band. Sure, there’s going to be obvious attempts to compare them to other bands but to my ears they had something unique going, while also tipping the cap to bands like Marillion, Genesis, and UK. The amount of ideas going on in each song is beyond belief. IQ The Marquee Club London, England May 16, 1984 Disc 1 1.1 -Eloko Bella Neechi 1.2 -Awake and Nervous 1.3 -Fascination 1.4 -For The Taking 1.5 -My Baby Treats Me Right Cos' I'm A Hard Lovin' Man All Night Long 1.6 -The Enemy Smacks 1.7 -Through The Corridors 1.8 -Widow's Peak Disc 2 2.1 -It All Stops Here 2.2 -The Last Human Gateway 2.3 -Now I'm Here 2.4 -Stomach Of Animals Bonus Tracks 2.5 -Interview Plymouth Sound, May 27, 1984 IQ Peter Nicholls - Lead Vocals Paul Cook - Drums Mike Holmes - Guitars Tim Esau - Bass Guitars Martin Orford - Keyboards and Backing Vocals -
Audience 8.7 - I want to rate this higher because of what it represents and what it will do for you, the listener. I want to rate it based on more than just audio fidelity, which in this case is very good for the time, and technically you get everything you need here – excellent separation of instruments, good clarity, good atmosphere…but dynamically it sits in a middle range place and doesn’t offer deep, rich lows or crisp highs and we are spoiled nowadays so we might complain about that but NOT ME! This is KILLER! When was the last time a Queen live recording caused the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up? I can’t adequately express the perfection this performance is, spine-tingling, electric, orgasmic, all of this and more. If listening to this show doesn’t move you, you are dead inside. Queen Sartory Hall Koln, Germany 6th December 1974 Disc 1 1. -Procession 2. -Now I'm Here 3. -Ogre Battle 4. -Father To Son 5. -White Queen 6. -Flick Of The Wrist 7. -In The Lap Of The Gods 8. -Killer Queen 9. -March Of The Black Queen 10. -Bring Back That Leroy Brown 11. -Son And Daughter 12. -Guitar Solo Disc 2 13. -Son And Daughter (Reprise) 14. -Keep Yourself Alive 15. -Seven Seas Of Rhye 16. -Stone Cold Crazy 17. -Liar 18. -In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited 19. -Big Spender 20. -Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll 21. -Jailhouse Rock 22. -God Save The Queen -
Audience 9.3 - Killer tape this one is…and it makes you wonder if this taper did any other bands. That may well be your first thought if you are a collector. This is just a damn good tape. R.E.O. Speedwagon Tarrant County Convention Center Fort Worth, TX 1976-05-23 01. -Introduction 02. -Let Me Ride 03. -How The Story Goes 04. -Like You Do 05. -Keep Pushin' 06. -Son Of A Poor Man 07. -Golden Country 08. -Flying Turkey Trot 09. -I Believe My Time Is Gonna Come 10. -Ridin' The Storm Out -
Soundboard 9.6 - A very very clean tape, still after all this time it has been properly preserved. The band is in fine form, it’s the right time frame in history and the world is pretty familiar with the band by this time.Blood Sweat & Tears Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1970-09-20 Disc 1 01 - introduction (1:44) 02 - Fire and Rain (4:31) 03 - Somethin' Comin' On (7:09) 04 - 40,000 Headmen (5:24) 05 - I Can't Quit Her (4:25) 06 - Smiling Phases (15:42) 07 - Sympathy for the Devil (9:37) 08 - Sometimes in Winter (4:46) 09 - Lucretia McEvil (18:19) Disc 2 10 - And When I Die (9:05) 11 - Hi De Ho (6:46) 12 - Spinning Wheel (8:20) 13 - You've Made Me So Very Happy (11:26) 14 - Blues Part 2- Somethin' Goin' On (32:37) Bobby Colomby - Drums Steve Katz - Guitar & Vocals Jim Fielder - Bass Dick Halligan - Keyboards,Trombone,Flute Fred Lipsius - Alto Saxophone, Keyboards Lew Soloff - Trumpets Chuck Winfield - Trumpets Jerry Hyman - Trombone David Clayton Thomas - Vocals -
SDBRD 9.4 /Audience 8.1/Audience 8.8/Audience 8.3 - A comprehensive collection but not everything is represented here, but I would say the more complete recordings are…and so, well, what you get is a pretty mixed bag. The good stuff is very good, and the not so good stuff is…not so good. What does it mean? Should I get this 4 disc set? Yes you should if you care anything at all about this seminal band. There just isn’t a whole lot of live “bootleg” recordings because they predate the era of the taper – not to say there aren’t tapes from 1967-1968 because there are, but not nearly as plentiful or as good as tapes that were made subsequently. That being said, I still found myself listening to everything in this set because you can’t argue the fact that hearing Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page before they were rock gods is immensely interesting. The Yardbirds "The Anthology 66-68" Disc 1 Stockholm, Sweden (Featuring Jimmy Page) April 1967 01 -Shapes Of Things 02 -Heart Full Of Soul 03 -Mr. You're A Better Man Than I 04 -You Go Your Way 05 -Over Under Sideways Down 06 -Little Games 07 -My Baby 08 -I'm A Man Unknown Location 1966 (Featuring Jeff Beck) 09 -Shapes Of Things 10 -For Your Love 11 -Hang On Sloopy Disc 2 Civic Center Santa Monica, CA July 22, 1967 01 -Train Kept A Rollin' 02 -You're A Better Man Than I 03 -Heartful of Soul 04 -I Wish You Would - Hey Gyp 05 -My Baby 06 -Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine 07 -Smile On Me 08 -I'm A Man 09 -Over Under Sideways Down Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH April 25, 1968 10 -Train Kept A Rollin' 11 -You're A Better Man Than I 12 -Heartful of Soul 13 -Dazed & Confused 14 -White Summer 15 -I'm A Man Disc 3 The Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, CA, USA July 25 or 26, 1967 First Set 1. -Intro 2. -Train Kept A-Rollin' 3. -You're A Better Man Than I 4. -Heart Full Of Soul 5. -I Wish You Would - Hey Gyp 6. -My Baby 3:08 7. -Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I‘ll Go Mine) 8. -Shapes Of Thing Second Set 9. -Smokestack Lightning 10. -Bye Bye Bird 11. -Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 12. -Smile On Me 13. -Glimpses 14. -I Ain‘t Done Wrong 15. -Over Under Sideways Down Disc 4 Shrine Exposition Hall Los Angeles, CA May 31, 1968 00 -Intro 01 -Train Kept A Rollin' 02 -You're A Better Man Than I 03 -Heartful of Soul 04 -Dazed & Confused 05 -Shapes of Things 06 -I'm A Man 07 -White Summer 08 -Smokestack Lightning 09 -I'm Waiting For The Man 10 -Bye Bye Bird 11 -Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 12 -Drinking Muddy Water 13 -New York City Blues 14 -I Wish You Would 15 -Hey Gyp -
Pro Recording 9.3 - The reason this is not listed as a soundboard (and it very well may be) is because they way it was recorded sounds like they may have hung microphones rather than direct through board. In this case I find the recording to be more preferable to the “dry” board mix, here you get some atmosphere and it helps immensely! Journey Shibuya-Kaikando Tokyo, Japan April 15th, 1979 Disc 1 101. -La Do Da 102. -Next 103. -Feeling That Way 104. -Anytime 105. -Lights 106. -Too Late - Kohoutek 107. -Winds Of March 108. -Steve Perry band intro 109. -Karma 110. -On A Saturday Night Disc 2 201. -City Of The Angels 202. -Do You Recall 203. -Daydream 204. -Of A Lifetime 205. -Lady Luck 206. -Can Do 207. -Just The Same Way 208. -Lovin' You Is Easy 209. -Wheel In The Sky 210. -Patiently 211. -Opened The Door 212. -She Makes Me (Feel Alright)