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Audience 8.8 - What this tape shows is that Vanilla Fudge were loud as hell on stage. That Hammond organ, it filled every square molecule of space with massive sound. No other bands at the time were using an organ quite like this! But, it’s fun to hear, if a little dated perhaps. A loud tape that barely stays together at full volume but miraculously manages to capture the event in good form. Vanilla Fudge .... September 9, 1968 (Monday) Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Chris Stein - organ Vince Martell - guitar Tim Bogert - bass Carmine Appice - drums Set List: 1 - People Get Ready (8:24) 2 - You Keep Me Hangin' On (6:27) 3 - Jam (25:10) -
Studio quality 8.8 - A somewhat dated sound here, but clear and clean and straightforward. CCR were very song based as a band but man, they can also free-form jam with the best of them. Here is some evidence of that. Creedence Clearwater Revival (aka. CCR) with Booker T. Jones 'Fantasy Studio Session '70' Fantasy Studio, California 1970 Track List: 1 Jam Warm Up 13:19 2 99 1/2 6:27 3 Proud Mary 5:41 4 Travelin´ Band 5:11 5 Born On The Bayou 6:18 6 Down On The Corner 5:07 7 99 1/2 Reprise 2:50 8 I Put A Spell On You 15:39 9 Final Jam 6:38 -
Audience/Soundboard 9.0/9.4 - A combination of the two sources was used to make a complete show, and both sources are excellent, even the audience source. So dive right in! The Rolling Stones Madison Square Garden, New York, July 26, 1972 And July 25, 1972 01. -Intro - Brown Sugar 02. -Bitch 03. -Rocks Off 04. -Gimme Shelter 05. -Happy 06. -Tumbling Dice 07. -All Down The Line 08. -You Can't Always Get What You Want 09. -Midnight Rambler 10. -Band intro - Bye Bye Johnny 11. -Rip This Joint 12. -Love In Vain 13. -Sweet Virginia 14. -Jumpin' Jack Flash 15. -Street Fighting Man -
Audience 8.8 - Aside from a rough beginning, this tape comes pretty darn close to the excellence of the Toronto ’75 show. It’s got good presence and clarity, with an ample amount of kick where it needs it. I also find the performance very strong, Keith is firing on all eight and the band is really in sync with each other. A keeper! ARTIST: The Who DATE: November 3rd, 1975 VENUE: Messehalle Sindelfingen LOCATION: Stuttgart, Germany TRACKLISTING: DISC 1 01. -Substitute 02. -I Can´t Explain 03. -Squeeze Box 04. -Baba O´Riley 05. -Behind Blue Eyes 06. -Dreaming From The Waist 07. -Boris The Spider 08. -Amazing Journey - Sparks 09. -Acid Queen 10. -Fiddle About 11. -Pinball Wizard - I´m Free 12. -Tommy´s Holiday Camp TIME: 47:10 DISC 2 01. -We´re Not Gonna Take It 02. -Summertime Blues 03. -Bargain 04. -My Generation - Naked Eye - Join Together 05. -Won´t Get Fooled Again 06. -5:15 TIME: 46:09 TOTAL RUNTIME: 1:33.20 -
Audience 8.7 - Here is a good argument for why we should be open minded towards audience tapes. You NEED some atmosphere! I want to re-experience the show, that means I want to hear it as it happened, not sterilized and filtered. I like board tapes too, but we need a balance. This recording allows me to participate with the audience and be there with them in the moment, and hear the band from out front of the stage. It’s clean, and I hear all the instruments well placed, and reasonably dynamic with just the right amount of headroom so we don’t go pegging the meters. I really like this tape, you will too. Pink Floyd Friedrich Ebert Halle, Ludwigshafen, West Germany November 25th 1970 Disc 1 01 -Astronomy Domine 02 -Fat Old Sun 03 -Cymbaline 04 -Atom Heart Mother 05 -The Embryo 06 -Audience - Tuning 07 -Green is the Colour Disc 2 08 -Careful with that Axe, Eugene 09 -Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 10 -Saucerful of Secrets || [107:59] Total Time -
Audience 8.8 - Some people list this as a soundboard, and if you heard the music right off you might think that too, but the audience applause gives it away as an audience tape, albeit a damn fine one. Plenty of atmosphere, and pretty solid dynamics (lush and deep bass, clear guitar, present vocals). Great version of Astronomy Domine (still performed live during the early part of 1970). Pink Floyd - Lund, Sweden Akademiska Foreningens Stora Sal, Lund 20th March 1970 Track listing Disc 1: 01 -Astronomy Domine 02 -Tuning 03 -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 04 -Tuning 05 -Cymbaline 06 -Tuning 07 -A Saucerful Of Secrets Disc 2: 01 -The Embryo 02 -Tuning 03 -Interstellar Overdrive 04 -Tuning 05 -Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 06 -Tuning 07 -The Amazing Pudding (Atom Heart Mother) -
Audience 8.7 - A New York venue hosts a venerable New York artist and the result is a wild evening by all accounts. Recording captures the event admirably although taper is fighting between small club packed with rowdy folk and loud rock and roll band – thankfully band wins! Lou Reed The Bottom Line NYC, NY. June 3, 1979 1. -Sweet Jane 2. -Medley -Waiting For The Man -Work With Me Annie -Sexy Ways -I Wanna Be Black 3. -I'll Be Your Mirror 4. -Perfect Day 5. -Men Of Good Fortune -
Audience 8.7 - This recording has an overall decent quality to it but somewhere in the mid frequency band there is a small amount of clutter that seems to be more noticeable when heavy bass is played. Otherwise the audio can be remarkably clear, but I don’t think this slight flaw (probably in the mic that was used) ruins the recording; it’s not “glaring”, just there. Re-mastering the audio helped to notch out the offending frequency making it a lot better, so go for it, it’s pretty good. Genesis Sports Arena, San Diego, CA May 26, 1980 Band line-up Phil Collins - vocals, drums Mike Rutherford - bass, guitar Tony Banks - keyboards Daryl Steurmer - guitar Chester Thompson - drums Total Time = 01:44:52 Disc 1 Set list 01 Deep In the Motherlode 02 Dancing With the Moonlit Knight (Intro) 03 Squonk 04 Behind the Lines 05 Duchess 06 Guide Vocal 07 Turn It On Again 08 Duke's Travels 09 Duke's End Disc 2 10 The Lady Lies 11 Ripples 12 Misunderstanding 13 In the Cage - The Colony of Slippermen solo 14 Afterglow 15 Follow You Follow Me 16 Dance On A Volcano 17 Drum Duet 18 Los Endos 19 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Missing "One For The Vine" -
Audience 8.8 - A good, strong, very clear recording with accompanying audience members who are REALLY getting into it. I found it fun, not annoying at all, because mostly they are quiet while the music plays. The music is great too, and strong performances by everyone. Stick It In / Stick It Out Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria February 3, 1978 Stick It In: 1. Introduction ["The Purple Lagoon" vamp] [01:30] 2. Dancin' Fool [03:29] 3. Peaches en Regalia [02:24] 4. The Torture Never Stops [11:17] 5. Tryin' to Grow a Chin [03:27] 6. City of Tiny Lites [06:46] 7. Baby Snakes [01:55] 8. A Pound for a Brown on the Bus [08:53] 9. I Have Been in You [05:47] 10. Flakes [00:19] [part 1] Stick It Out: 1. Flakes [ 03:58] 2. Broken Hearts Are for Assholes [ 03:39] 3. Wild Love [ 13:53] 4. Yo' Mama [ 09:15] 5. Titties & Beer [ 05:47] 6. The Black Page #2 [ 02:41] 7. Jones Crusher [ 02:49] 8. Little House I used To Live In [ 03:11] -
Soundboard 9.5 - A great, loud, but very well balanced board, and it has some dynamics to it, and even manages to allow some atmosphere to creep in. After all, it was New Year’s Eve so you gotta get some of the atmosphere in there. Explosive! Santana New Year's Eve 1976 Cow Palace, SF. Dec. 31, 1976 1 Carnaval - Let The Children Play - Jugando 2 Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 3 Dance Sister Dance 4 Revelations 5 Oye Como Va 6 Maria Caracoles 7 Savor - Toussaint L'Ouverture 8 Let Me 9 Europa 10 Band Introduction - Soul Sacrifice 11 Let The Music Set You Free -
Soundboard 9.3 - Excellent presence and clarity. Her backup band is excellent, but do the Dutch get her style of music? I guess they did! Emmylou Harris & the Hot Band "RAI Congresgebouw" Amsterdam 13 November 1975 Track list: 01 -Announcements 02 -That's All It Took 03 -Coat Of Many Colors 04 -Feeling Single, Seeing Double 05 -If I Could Only Win Your Love 06 -Amarillo 07 -Together Again 08 -Grievous Angel 09 -Bluebird Wine 10 -Band Introduction 11 -Till I Gain Control Again 12 -Wheels 13 -Queen Of The Silver Dollar 14 -Cry One More Time 15 -Sin City 16 -Las Vegas -
Audience 9.2 - Both shows represented here are very similar and probably done by the same crew, in roughly the same vicinity because both are close to the P.A. (and not distorted!). In fact, both are exactly the kind of audience tapes I like the most – brutally powerful with just enough atmosphere to get the feel of the day. When I say powerful, I mean this stuff is comin’ at ya! Love it to death! Jeff Beck Oakland Stadium Day On The Green 4 Oakland,California June 5-6,1976 Band: Jeff Beck-Guitar Jan Hammer-Keys Tony Smith-Drums,Vocals Fernando Saunders-Bass Steven Kindler-Violin Disc 1 June 5th, 1976 1-Oh Yeah 2-Country And Eastern Music 3-Darkness - Earth In Search Of A Sun 4-You Know What I Mean 5-Freeway Jam 6-Sophie 7-Earth (Still Our Only Home) 8-Diamond Dust 9-Full Moon Boogie 10-Led Boots Disc 2 June 6th, 1976 1-Intro 2-Oh Yeah 3-Country and Eastern Music 4-Darkness-Earth in Search of a Sun - You Know What I mean 5-Freeway Jam 6-Sophie 7-Diamond Dust 8-The Groove 9-Blue Wind 10-Full Moon Boogie -
Audience 8.3 - This recording is balancing very finely on the borderline but thankfully falls onto the “acceptable” side. I would call it slightly above average maybe, as the tape shows some typical age limitations, but still manages to present the evening in a listenable quality. Must have been a small audience at this show, crowd response is weak, but the band still perform admirably. Guzman Theatre, Miami, FL. March 9th, 1974 Disc 1- Watcher Of The Skies
- Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
- The Cinema Show
- I Know What I Like
- Firth Of Fifth
- The Musical Box
- More Fool Me
- The Battle Of Epping Forest
- Supper's Ready
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Audience 8.0 - In this particular case, the rating doesn’t say anything about how amazing this tape is. Sure, it’s not glorious hi-fi with ultra-wide dynamic range, but it is actually much more than that. It’s just, pure magic. Short, yes, it’s not complete by a long shot and I am a little sad we don’t have the rest, but what we do have is proof of why Zeppelin took off after touring the States in ’69. I can’t imagine what people were thinking at this show. They could not have ever gotten anything as monumental as this from any local artist or 2nd tier touring act. This is indescribable; I can’t even find the right words. Page and Plant are killing it, in perfect unison, playing the best live versions of these tunes I think I have ever heard, approaching the majesty of the Fillmore West 4-27-69 but not as clear (obviously). The guitar tone is similar, with that funky echoplex delay sound especially on You Shook Me which launches into another dimension. The sound, at first, you might be dismayed, but stick with it. By the time you get a couple minutes in, you will be mesmerized. It’s an 8.0 that you’ll listen to a few more times for the lesson Page and Plant give in how to hypnotize an audience. The Kinetic Circus, Chicago, IL. 2-07-1969- Train Kept A Rollin'
- You Shook Me
- Communication Breakdown
- As Long As I Have You
- Fresh Garbage
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Audience 8.7 - This recording sounds like what I always imagined a Stones concert from 1975 would sound like…raw, dirty, and dangerous. How can anyone not like this kind of stuff? It’s just the coolest, really, sitting here and reliving these times. The Stones captured the times in their sound, and their energy is so damn cool, so funky, bluesy, the Stones are rock and roll. The Rolling Stones Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY. August 8. 1975. CD 1: 1. Honky Tonk Women 2. All Down The Line 3. If You Can't Rock Me 3. Get Off Of My Cloud 4. Star Star 5. Gimme Shelter 6. Ain't Too Proud to Beg 7. You Gotta Move 8. Happy 9. Tumbling Dice 10. It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It) CD 2: 1. Fingerprint File 2. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) 3. Wild Horses 4. That's Life 5. Outa Space 6. Brown Sugar 7. Midnight Rambler 8. Rip This Joint 9. Street Fighting Man 10. Jumping Jack Flash -
Audience 8.8 - A solid recording that may be a semi-professional reel to reel machine. You can tell as the recorder dials in the sound levels at the start of the show. They knew what they were doing and were there to capture this moment. A great line-up on this evening, I wonder what Frank thought of Hawkwind? Frank Zappa/Grand Wazoo The Oval Cricket Ground London 16 September 1972 Disc 1 1. Soundcheck/tuning 2. Big Swifty The Adventures of Gregory Peccary: 3. Intro 4. 1st movement: Gregory wakes up & drives to work 5. 2nd movement: Gregory invents the calendar 6. 3rd movement: Gregory is attacked by the Hunchmen 7. 4th movement: The New Brown Clouds Disc 2 8. Preamble to Think It Over 9. Think It Over 10. Preamble To Dog Meat 11. Dog Meat 12. Preamble To Penis Dimension 13. Penis Dimension 14. Variant Processional March/Regyptian Strut 15. Post-FZ Announcement Jay Migliori; flute, saxophone, clarinet Mike Altschul; piccolo, bass clarinet Ray Reed; saxophone, clarinet Charles Owen; saxophone, clarinet Joanne Caldwell McNab; bassoon Earle Dumler; oboe Jerry Kessler; cello Malcolm McNab; trumpet Sal Marquez; trumpet Tom Malone; tuba Bruce Fowler; trombone Glenn Ferris; trombone Ken Shroyer; trombone Ian Underwood; synthesizer, elec piano Jim Gordon; drums Dave Parlato, bass Tony Duran; slide guitar Tom Raney; percussion Ruth Underwood; percussion Frank Zappa; guitar