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Audience 8.3 - A fun and rowdy crowd who seem to really appreciate the band and their music…a lot! Recording is decent, not particularly detailed but it’s a lot like being thrown into the crowd so you get plenty of enthusiasm near the tapers. I found it to be kind of amusing and not a one and done. Apollo Theatre Manchester, England 1978-05-11 AUDIENCE 75 minutes TRACKS: 1. -The Grand Illusion 2. -Lorelei 3. -Mademoiselle 4. -Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) 5. -Suite Madame Blue 6. -Crystal Ball 7. -Lady 8. -Man In The Wilderness 9. -Come Sail Away 10. -Midnight Ride 11. -Miss America STYX DENNIS DEYOUNG - keyboards, vocals & synthesizers CHUCK PANOZZO - bass guitar JOHN PANOZZO - drums & percussion JAMES YOUNG - lead guitar & vocals TOMMY SHAW - electric, 12-string and acoustic lead guitars & vocals This is the first time of STYX in England and Europe as well. -
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Audience 8.6 - A tape that benefited from a recent re-mastering which boosted the middle frequencies so that it is no longer “hollowed out” like it was. Good round bottom end on this one, not boomy but present. Jai-Lai Fronton, Miami, FL December 4, 1977 Band line up Dennis DeYoung - vocals, keyboards Tommy Shaw - guitar, vocals James Young - lead guitar, vocals John Panozzo - drums, vocals (passed away July 16, 1996, aged 47) Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals Total Time = 01:33:31 Setlist Disc 1 01 The Grand Illusion 02 Lorelei 03 Mademoiselle 04 Fooling Yourself 05 Suite Madame Blue 06 Crystal Ball 07 Light Up 08 Man In The Wilderness Disc 2 09 Come Sail Away 10 Lady 11 Midnight Ride 12 crowd cheer 13 Miss America 14 crowd cheer 15 Born For Adventure -
FM Broadcast 9.1 (Seattle) and Audience 8.3 (Fresno) - Two very cool shows with the first one taking the cake for fidelity but the second one is a stomper. It is pretty clear with guitar being very good and loud (screaming in fact!) but not at the expense of everything else. It’s lacking maybe some lower end definition and separation of instruments during their jamming parts (might lose some of the drums in there, and keyboards are absent sometimes) but these are not going to bother you when you start listening to this gig because it’s a thriller. STYX Paramount Theater Seattle, WA March 26, 1976 Reel to Reel Master @ 3 AND 3/4 ips KZOK Too High Concert Aired March 19th 1979 THE BAND Chuck Panozzo bass backing vocals James Young guitar backing and lead vocals Tommy Shaw guitar lead and backing vocals Dennis DeYoung lead and backing vocals keyboards John Panozzo drums Disc 1 1 -Intro 2 -Born For Adventure 3 -Lorelei 4 -You Need Love 5 -Suite Madame Blue 6 -Midnight Ride 7 -Rock and Roll Feeling with Guitar and Drum Solos 8 -KZOK sTATION ID Disc 2 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA. August 14th 1977 1. -Intro (2:51) 2. -Put Me On (6:08) 3. -Lorelei (6:35) 4. -Mademoiselle (5:21) 5. -Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) (5:38) 6. -Suite Madame Blue (10:21) 7. -Crystal Ball (6:23) Disc 3 1. -Light Up (4:55) (Sourced from Miami 1977) 2. -Come Sail Away (8:42) 3. -Lady (4:27) 4. -Midnight Ride (10:26) 5. -Miss America (6:54) 6. -Born For Adventure (6:20) -
Soundboard 8.6 - Starts off rough but quickly things improve and soon a really bright, vibrant tape emerges. Might be a touch too much high end here, but I interpret that to mean this must be a low gen source. Most everyone is going to dig this, add it to the collection for sure! -
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Audience 7.2 - A lot of work went into restoring the sound on these previously un-circulated recordings. History abounds, I mean, you have post-Cream Clapton jamming with Ginger Baker! Very rare, very cool. Oh, and by the way The Jeff Beck Group shreds! -
Audience 8.5 - Everything very present, only faults are the loss of uppers and lower frequency response due to limitations of analog tape and time. You can add some EQ, although this does sound reasonably fine as it is but season to taste. -
Pro radio broadcasts 8.8 some age showing but very clear. -
Audience 8.8 - Fantastic capture that gives the sound a really spacey and breathing feel, like it is wrapping around your ears and not just coming straight at you. -
Audience 8.8 - A surprisingly good tape here, with pretty much everything you require including really great atmosphere. The flaws have mainly to do with the ability of the equipment to supply bandwidth, which basically translates into depth or dynamics, which are present but maybe not to the degree you prefer. It’s certainly worthy of your investigation though, and will not be a one and done show. SUPERTRAMP Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, USA 05 May 1979 CD 1 - 76:53 1. School (5:53) 2. Ain’t Nobody But Me - part 1 (4:26) 3. Ain’t Nobody But Me - part 2 (1:09) 4. Take The Long Way Home (5:32) 5. Goodbye Stranger (6:21) 6. Breakfast In America (3:24) 7. Oh Darling (4:28) 8. Hide In Your Shell (7:43) 9. From Now On (6:22) 10. Child Of Vision (6:52) 11. Even In The Quietest Moments (5:24) 12. A Soapbox Opera (4:39) 13. Asylum (6:53) 14. Downstream (3:29) 15. Give A Little Bit (4:18) CD 2 - 55:54 1. Bloody Well Right (6:58) 2. Dreamer (3:24) 3. Rudy (6:41) 4. The Logical Song (5:13) 5. Another Man’s Woman/band intro (8:52) 6. Fool’s Overture (11:16) 7. Two Of Us/Crime Of The Century (8:11) 8. Sister Moonshine (5:19) Rick Davies - Keyboards & Vocals Roger Hodgson - Guitars, Keyboards & Vocals Bob Siebenberg - Drums John Helliwell - Sax & Vocals Dougie Thomson - Bass -
Audience 9.7 - So good it should be officially released. Casual fans would find the quality remarkable. Supertramp The Forum Inglewood, CA April 4, 1979 Disc 1 01. School 02. Ain't Nobody But Me 03. The Logical Song 04. Goodbye Stranger 05. Sister Moonshine 06. Oh Darling 07. Hide In Your Shell 08. From Now On 09. Child Of Vision 10. Even In The Quietest Moments 11. A Soapbox Opera Disc 2 12. Asylum 13. Give A Little Bit 14. Bloody Well Right 15. Breakfast In America 16. Downstream 17. Dreamer 18. Rudy 19. If Everyone Was Listening 20. Another Man’s Woman 21. Fool’s Overture 22. Home Again 23. Crime Of The Century -
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Audience 9.5 - You can relax into this show, it's occupying a very pleasant space when the soundwaves wash over you and you begin to have a sense of the size of the venue, the space around you, and the distance from the stage. That's what I like about smaller venue recordings, and modern taping gear is getting so much better with the mic technology and level adjust that it's really hard to screw it up. Susanna Hoffs McCabe's Guitar Shop Santa Monica, Ca April 28, 2012 10:00 PM show 01. intro 02. Raining 03. November Sun 04. Always Enough 05. Different Drum 06. Picture Me 07. All I've Got to Do 08. One Day 09. Eternal Flame 10. All I Want 11. Manic Monday medley 12. In Your Room 13. Hero Takes a Fall 14. Holding My Breath 15. Teacher Teacher 16. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere+ 17. To Sir, with Love 18. King Midas in Reverse* 19. Cinnamon Girl+ Susanna Hoffs - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine Andrew Brassell - electric and acoustic guitar, vocals Derrick Anderson - bass guitar, vocals Jim Laspesa - drums, vocals Dennis Taylor - electric guitar John Calacci - percussion Val McCallum - electric and acoustic guitar, vocals +Matthew Sweet - vocals, tambourine *John Wicks - vocals -
CD reissue from Shadoks Music of an album that originally came out in 1972. The band hailed from Iceland. (Sealed, jewel case) -
Audience 8.6 - This is hard to rate because the recording is both good and bad at the same time, depending on how you like to get your music delivered into your ear. Why? Because it is separated, one side gets vocals and the other side gets massive guitar, with drums going across both speakers…and I LOVE it! But, you may not, it depends I guess on your taste. -
Soundboard 8.8 - Another strange board tape, probably because they used different effects in their live performance that had to be run through the board. Sometimes you also get a little over-driving when the kick drum pedal hits. It’s a blasting board tape, extremely kinetic and strange at times but a lot of fun too. -
SDBRD 8.8 - A rollicking good time is what you are going to get here, maybe not the ideal sound mix (although it gets better), but this is a band that despite all outward appearance is quite talented musically (and seem to be quite natural performing live on stage). You will love the music and even the on stage banter…perhaps this band was the role model for Steel Panther? Ha ha! The Sweet Give us a wink world tour February 8, 1976 Toronto 01 The Ballrom Blitz 02 The Six Teens 03 Restless 04 No You Don't 05 Fox On The Run 06 Burn On The Flame 07 Set Me Free 08 Man With The Golden Arm 09 Action + AC/AC 10 Sweet F.A. -
Audience 9.4 - Recorded by the band for a possible live album that wasn’t released. A later concert from the following year eventually did come out though. This one smokes, hence the name! -
Studio quality 9.0 with some variation of quality throughout but not getting anywhere below a solid 8.8. -
Audience 8.5 -
Audience 8.3 - Kind of an intimate sound, most of this is great and clear but when he stomps on that electric, it gets a little hot. Mostly he is on acoustic though, and it’s great. Lovely show. Miss this guy. -
T Rex Rare Rextacy Studio Demos of Professional studio quality 9.6 and live tracks 9.0 Clear, bright, and interesting…that is the key point when dealing with studio outtakes. These are well worth the listen! -
Audience 8.9 - This tape gets the nod for being a well-captured piece of music at a time when music was seeing significant change. One of those change bands, beginning in the 2nd half of the 70's, was Talking Heads and they remained at the forefront for quite a few years. This tape shows why...it's got a very realistic feel to it and the band sounds confident. Talking Heads Paramount Theatre Staten Island, NY August 20, 1982 01 Psycho Killer 02 Love - Building On Fire 03 Cities 04 Big Blue Plymouth 05 Once In A Lifetime 06 Mind 07 My Big Hands (Fall Through The Cracks) 08 Slink 09 Big Business 10 I Zimbra 11 Swamp 12 Houses n Motion 13 What A Day That Was 14 Life During Wartime 15 Take Me To The River -
Studio Quality 9.7 - Overall, fantastic! TANGERINE DREAM Rarities '70s-'80s Disc 1 1. Ultima Thule Part 1 3:27 "Ultima Thule" German 7", 1971 2. Ultima Thule Part 2 4:22 "Ultima Thule" German 7", 1971 3. Oszillator Planet Concert 8:13 "Ossiach Live" LP, 1971 4. Overture 10:53 "V" sampler LP, 1975 5. Stratosfear (single version) 4:15 "Stratosfear" 7", 1976 6. The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades (single version) 3:24 "Stratosfear" 7", 1976 7. Monolight (single version) 3:10 "Encore" UK 7", 1977 8. Baryll Blue 7:16 "'70-'80" box set, 1980 9. Chimes And Chains 4:42 "'70-'80" box set, 1980 10. Haunted Heights 6:06 "'70-'80" box set, 1980 11. Dr. Destructo (extended version) 4:21 "Dr. Destructo" US promo 12", 1981 12. Das Mädchen Auf Der Treppe 3:50 "Das Mädchen Auf Der Treppe" German 12", 1982 13. Flock 2:27 "Das Mädchen Auf Der Treppe" German 12", 1982 14. Katja 2:52 "Das Mädchen Auf Der Treppe" German 12", 1982 15. Speed 2:34 "Das Mädchen Auf Der Treppe" German 12", 1982 Disc 2 1. Daydream 4:37 "Daydream" German 7", 1983 2. Moorland 3:57 "Daydream" German 7", 1983 3. Music Tracks 1 thru 8 11:58 "Risky Business - The Audio Movie Kit" US promo LP, 1983 4. The Dream Is Aways The Same (original LP version) 2:28 "Risky Business" LP, 1984 5. Love On A Real Train (original LP version) 2:18 "Risky Business" LP, 1984 6. Warsaw In The Sun (single version) 3:54 "Warsaw In The Sun" 7", 1984 7. Warsaw In The Sun Part 1 4:52 "Warsaw In The Sun" 12", 1984 8. Warsaw In The Sun Part 2 3:03 "Warsaw In The Sun" 12", 1984 9. Streethawk (single version) 3:03 "Streethawk" US 12", 1985 10. Horns Of Doom 5:41 KLEM "Jubileum" Dutch cassette, 1986 11. Dolphin Smile 5:02 "Dolphin Dance" US 12", 1986 12. A Time For Heroes (single version) 4:12 "A Time For Heroes" US CD5, 1987 13. A Time For Heroes (extended version) 6:03 "A Time For Heroes" US CD5, 1987 14. Tyger (single version) 4:27 "Tyger" 7", 1987 15. House Of The Rising Sun 4:40 Reflex Magazine flexidisc, 1989 16. Alexander Square (extended version) 6:16 "Alexander Square" German CD5, 1989 17. Lost Tale 3:26 KLEM "Electronische Muziek 1989" Dutch CD, 1989 -
Pro 9.6 - Possibly recorded for an LP or broadcast but either way it is superbly detailed. Lovely! -
Audience 8.4 - Little know psyche/prog act that delivers a very competent level of performance that captivates the listener. It’s their seemingly improved jamming that sets them apart, I call it “intuitive jamming” and they are masters at it. A little like Jethro Tull at times. Fantastic! -
Audience 9.5 - Interesting recording, it’s very clear and present and you might assume it is a board tape, but it sounds like mic capture to my ears. Very bright and clear, a MUST have! -
Audience 9.3 - A great, loud and clear tape, some very minor tape hiss is all but when the music is cranking it ain’t even there. Hot guitar, screaming tone, mean blues riffing everywhere. -
Audience 7.8 - Thin to win, well yeah it’s kinda like that because though it is not exactly booming hi fi, it does allow one to appreciate this man’s guitar wizardry at a time in his career where you can literally hear him transitioning out of hard psyche rock into blues rock. Not a lot of Taste live recordings out there, this is a complete show, it’s worth having. -
Audience 8.3 - Good quality in small club environment. -
Soundboard 9.2 - Some fiddling at the board to dial in the mix starts this recording, so bear with it because it does get better. This board is not as smooth and sparkling as the one on Volume 1, but it still kicks ass all day long. Ted Nugent Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, MS January 10th 1979 Disc 1 1. Stormtroopin' (4:35) 2. Just What The Doctor Ordered (5:13) 3. Free-For-All (6:57) 4. Dog Eat Dog (5:16) 5. Cat Scratch Fever (4:29) 6. Need You Bad (5:37) 7. I Got The Feelin' (5:24) 8. One Woman (7:57) Disc 2 1. Satisfied (7:49) 2. Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (5:49) 3. Stranglehold [w/ Smokescreen] (10:18) 4. Motor City Madhouse (8:14) 5. Gonzo (4:08) 6. Great White Buffalo (5:34)