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Audience 9.1 - I love these in your face recordings that are well done. No distortion, max volume, hear every instrument – in fact great separation of the guitars that is so realistic and cool they seem to pan across the speakers! A very well done tape for this time period in that it does not sound like one of those heavily compressed Aiwa tape recordings, it has a lot of liveliness and decent headroom. RIOT City Island Harrisburg, PA. June 21st 1982 1 -Intro 2 -Hard Lovin' Man 3 -Loanshark 4 -Restless Breed 5 -When I Was Young 6 -Swords & Tequila 7 -Outlaw 8 -Loved By You THE BAND Rhett Forrester vocals harmonica Mark Reale guitar Rick Ventura guitar Kip Leming bass Sandy Slavin drums -
Audience 8.4 – 8.7 - A tape that has its share of strengths and flaws. The strengths are that at times it is pretty good, maybe comparable to the Raleigh 70 tape, but other times (such as during Dazed and Confused) the tape shows it has flaws due to age and although these aren’t egregious, they are clear and present and do effect the flow of the concert. For example the audio during Dazed has a speed fluctuation problem that is annoying. The problem stays through the next track but clears up after that and the sound improves dramatically. It is here that the tape shows it has considerable value! Yes, a great find after all. Two versions of the show are represented with both being similar, the different being in how each was re-mastered so it is up to the listener really. I liked the first re-master (CD1) personally. Led Zeppelin Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL September 1, 1971 Disc 1: Remaster #1 Disc 2: Remaster #2 Disc 1, 2 01. Introduction 02. Immigrant Song 03. Heartbreaker 04. Since I've Been Loving You 05. Black Dog 06. Dazed And Confused 07. Stairway To Heaven 08. That's The Way 09. What Is And What Should Never Be 10. Moby Dick 11. Whole Lotta Love 12. Organ Solo 13. Thank You -
Soundboard 9.4 - A great PRE-FM source here that manages to deliver just about all of the necessary ingredients to ensure a positive listening experience. Atmosphere: check. Sound Quality: check. Performance by band: check. It's all here. Black Sabbath Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA. 1992-08-09 Disc 1 01 E5150 02 The Mob Rules 03 Computer God 04 Children Of The Sea 05 Time Machine 06 War Pigs 07 I 08 Die Young 09 Guitar Solo 10 Black Sabbath Disc 2 01 Master Of Insanity 02 After All (The Dead) 03 Drums Solo 04 Iron Man 05 Heaven And Hell 06 Neon Knights 07 Paranoid - Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 08 Laguna Sunrise (Outro) -
Studio Quality 9.8 - Almost as good as could be, a tiny amount of hum only noticeable at the beginning and end of songs…this is almost perfect but it is unmastered studio demos that to my ears sound very close to final mix. Ozzy Osbourne Ozzmosis Demos 1. It Feels So Good To Be Bad 2. Denial 3. Too Far Gone 4. Ghost Behind My Eyes 5. Frustrated Yes I'm Hated 6. Dream For Tomorrow 7. Say Yeah Yeah 8. Oh No The Bitch Won't Go 9. My New Rock And Roll 10. Perry Mason 11. Old L.A. Tonight 12. See You On The Other Side -
Audience 9.3 - I found this to be highly immersive and exceptionally enjoyable. First of all the band sounds invigorated, breathing new life into the old catalog of songs but fiery with the newer material. I like how you can tell when the taper has to duck so as not to be discovered because at those moments (thankfully few) you hear the music suddenly seem above you and farther away, kind of cool actually. All in all – great sound, great performance. ROLLING STONES SOFI STADIUM INGLEWOOD, CA. 2021-10-14 Disc 1 01. intro 02. Let's Spend The Night Together 03. 19th Nervous Breakdown 04. Here`s to you Charlie 05. Rocks Off 06. Get Off My Cloud 07. Tumbling Dice 08. Ruby Tuesday 09. You Can't Always Get What You Want 10. Living In A Ghost Town 11. Start Me Up 12. Honky Tonk Women Disc 2 13. band introductions 14. Connection 15. Slipping Away 16. Miss You 17. Midnight Rambler 18. Paint It Black 19. Sympathy For The Devil 20. Jumpin' Jack Flash 21. Gimme Shelter 22. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 23. outro -
Audience 8.8-9.2 - All seem to be recorded with the same gear but the Marseille show seems maybe slightly upgraded due to either taper position or just better acoustics. Over all this is a highly rated set of shows for the quality of the recordings. The stage mix does vary just a bit as to who is more present, but you hear all the stuff going on as it was live-mixed for the performance (meaning I don’t think taper error caused any lack of presence of, say, synthesizer or guitar on any given performance). The taper used the first song, and in some cases part of the second song to dial in the levels (an indication of really good gear being used) and as such you may notice a volume change, albeit relatively smooth, and once he’s dialed in it is smooth sailing. The performances are sometimes a little hesitant but do gel during instrumental segments much more. I will say this: Mick Taylor is a fantastic player, but I would not call him “progressive” and this music wants to be more prog but it is constrained and maybe that is why it did not blossom much. Jack Bruce, Carla Bley & Mick Taylor Tour Of Europe 1975 Volume Three Musikhalle Hamburg, WG 1975-05-13 Disc 1 01 -Can You Follow 02 -Morning Story 03 -Keep It Down 04 -Pieces Of Mind 05 -Tickets To Waterfalls 06 -Weird Of Hermiston 07 -Post War 08 -Spirit Disc 2 09 -One 10 -You Burned The Tables On Me 11 -Without A Word 12 -Smiles And Grins 13 -Sunshine Of Your Love -
Audience 8.8-9.2 - All seem to be recorded with the same gear but the Marseille show seems maybe slightly upgraded due to either taper position or just better acoustics. Over all this is a highly rated set of shows for the quality of the recordings. The stage mix does vary just a bit as to who is more present, but you hear all the stuff going on as it was live-mixed for the performance (meaning I don’t think taper error caused any lack of presence of, say, synthesizer or guitar on any given performance). The taper used the first song, and in some cases part of the second song to dial in the levels (an indication of really good gear being used) and as such you may notice a volume change, albeit relatively smooth, and once he’s dialed in it is smooth sailing. The performances are sometimes a little hesitant but do gel during instrumental segments much more. I will say this: Mick Taylor is a fantastic player, but I would not call him “progressive” and this music wants to be more prog but it is constrained and maybe that is why it did not blossom much. Jack Bruce, Carla Bley & Mick Taylor Tour Of Europe 1975 Volume Two Mozartsaaal im Rosengarten Mannheim, WG 1975-05-05 Disc 1 01 -Can You Follow 02 -Morning Story 03 -Keep It Down 04 -Pieces Of Mind 05 -Tickets To Waterfalls 06 -Weird Of Hermiston 07 -Post War 08 -Spirit Disc 2 09 -One 10 -Out Into The Fields 11 -You Burned All My Tables 12 -Without A Word 13 -Smiles And Grins -
Audience 8.8-9.2 - All seem to be recorded with the same gear but the Marseille show seems maybe slightly upgraded due to either taper position or just better acoustics. Over all this is a highly rated set of shows for the quality of the recordings. The stage mix does vary just a bit as to who is more present, but you hear all the stuff going on as it was live-mixed for the performance (meaning I don’t think taper error caused any lack of presence of, say, synthesizer or guitar on any given performance). The taper used the first song, and in some cases part of the second song to dial in the levels (an indication of really good gear being used) and as such you may notice a volume change, albeit relatively smooth, and once he’s dialed in it is smooth sailing. The performances are sometimes a little hesitant but do gel during instrumental segments much more. I will say this: Mick Taylor is a fantastic player, but I would not call him “progressive” and this music wants to be more prog but it is constrained and maybe that is why it did not blossom much. Jack Bruce Band Tour Of Europe 1975 Volume One Salle Vallier Marseille, FR 1975-04-29 Disc 1 01 -You Burned The Tables On Me 02 -Morning Story 03 -Pieces of Mind 04 -Keep It Down 05 -One 06 -Spirit Disc 2 07 -Without A Word 08 -Tickets To Waterfalls 09 -Weird Of Hermiston 10 -Post War Band: Jack Bruce - Vocals, Bass, Piano Mick Taylor - Guitar Carla Bley - Organ, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Mellotron, Electric Piano Ronnie Leahy - Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer Bruce Gary - Drums Jack Bruce, Carla Bley & Mick Taylor -
Studio 9.0-9.4 - Varies as far as the overall sound and mix but does not stray much below a solid 9.0…but man what you are getting here is bona fide Aerosmith and NOT the dressed up, slicked out, packaged presentation of Aerosmith that the record company needed in order to make vast profits. This is down and dirty, raw, primal, and above all – fantastic! To hear unadulterated guitars, guttural, almost fuzz style bass, and howling, tortured Steven, and this is 1987 mind you! How can it be? I don’t know but this set rocks! Aerosmith Permanent Vacation Outtakes 1987 Disc 1 1. Heart's Done Time (early studio rehearsals AKA Right Key, Wrong Key Hole) 2. Magic Touch (early demo version) 3. Magic Touch (final pre-production with different lyrics) 4. Rag Doll (final pre-production with different lyrics and solo) 5. Simoriah (final pre-production) 6. Simoriah early demo version) 7. Dude (looks like a lady) (final pre-production without intro) 8. Dude (looks like a lady) (early demo version with different lyrics) 9. Dude (looks like a lady) (early studio rehearsals) 10. Dude (looks like a lady) (original working demo version) 11. St. John (final pre-production) 12. St. John (early demo version) 13. St. John (early studio rehearsals) Disc 2 1. Hangman Jury (early studio rehearsals) 2. Girl Keeps Coming Apart (final pre-production) 3. Girl keeps coming apart (early studio sessions without vocals) 4. Girl keeps coming apart (early studio rehearsals without vocals) 5. Angel (original working demo version) 6. Permanent vacation (final pre-production) 7. Permanent vacation (early demo version) 8. I'm Down (final pre-production) 9. Got To Find A Way (original working demo version including "The movie") 10. Got To Find A Way (early studio rehearsals) Disc 3 1. Walking On Danger Street (original working demo version) 2. Walking On Danger Street (early studio rehearsals) 3. Feel The Pain (original working demo version AKA Sleeping Sickness and Scream In Pain) 4. Feel The Pain (final complete demo version) 5. Hollywood (early studio rehearsals) 6. Hollywood (original working demo version) 7. Funky Thing (original working demo version) 8. Funky Thing (Joe's Funky early demo version) 9. Once Is Enough (original working demo version) 10. Love Me Like A Bird Dog (original working demo version) 11. Love Me Like A Bird Dog (early studio rehearsals) 12. Take It Easy (early studio rehearsals) 13. Is Anybody Out There? (early studio rehearsals) -
Audience 8.7 - This slightly above average tape sounds like it has been re-mastered and life restored to it, but the mix favors percussion and keys. The rest of the band is a little behind them but thankfully Carlos’ solos rise up above much more in the mix. I did find it an interesting tape with an atmosphere that lets you kind of soak up the Italian vibe – between the chatter and the feel of the venue itself it is kind of strangely…renaissance. Let’s just say the recording captures a little more than just the rock band that evening and it adds a lot to the experience. That is why I can still recommend this to fans, and the fact that it is 1971 which is that interesting period with Neil Schon. Santana Palaido Milano, Italy April 27, 1971 1. -Waiting 2. -Incident At Neshabur 3. -Toussaint L'Overture 4. -Taboo 5. -Batuka 6. -Evil Ways 7. -Soul Sacrifice 8. -Samba Pa Ti 9. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 10. -Oye Como Va 11. -Savor 12. -Jingo -
Audience 9.5 - Outstanding! Yes, it’s just another killer quality audience tape that seems to be the hallmark for the Zappa legacy. Probably because you have devoted fans keen on preserving the experience and doing it with care, and an artist who diligently worked hard to provide a high quality audio experience. ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA Sentrum Scene Oslo, Norway November 24, 2013 Disc 1 01. Intro 02. The gumbo variations 03. Dweezil's intro to "Roxy and elswhere" 04. Penguin in bondage 05. Pygmy twylyte 06. Dummy up 07. Village of the sun 08. Echidna's arf (of you) 09. Don't you ever wash that thing 10. Cheepnis 11. Son of orange county 12. More trouble every day Disc 2 13. Be bop tango 14. Florentine pogen 15. Teenage wind 16. Teenage prostitute 17. The black page # 1 (drum solo) 18. The black page # 2 19. Dweezil talks 20. I come from nowhere 21. Dweezil talks 22. The duke of prunes Disc 3 23. Peaches en regalia - Intro to... 24. The torture never stops - Audience ovations 25. Encore intro 26. Watermelon in easter hay 27. Dweezil talks 28. Zombie woof 29. Muffin man Dweezil Zappa: guitar, vocals Scheila Gonzalez: saxophone, flute, keyboards & vocals Ben Thomas: vocals, trumpet, trombone, percussion Chris Norton: keyboards, vocals Kurt Morgan: bass Ryan Brown: drums -
LA 1977 Soundboard 9.4 - THIS is what PUNK should sound like live…loud, brash, and totally in your face – that is exactly what this board tape delivers and I LOVE IT! Get it and you’ll see why. CBGB’s 1977 Audience 9.2 - A pretty clean recording, which is surprising to me as this is a punk band in a small club at full volume (presumably). So, either taper is affiliated with the club and set up somewhere with some good equipment or it’s a fan who just knew what he was doing and nailed it. I am going with the former. Ramones LIVE 1977 Disc 1 Whisky a Go Go Los Angeles, California October 21, 1977 01 -intro 02 -Loudmouth 03 -Beat On The Brat 04 -Blitzkrieg Bop 05 -I Remember You 06 -Glad To See You Go 07 -Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 08 -You're Gonna Kill That Girl 09 -I Don't Care 10 -Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 11 -Rockaway Beach 12 -Commando 13 -Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 14 -Surfin' Bird 15 -Cretin Hop 16 -Listen To My Heart 17 -California Sun 18 -I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 19 -Pinhead 20 -break before encore 21 -Suzy Is A Headbanger 22 -Chain Saw 23 -Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World 24 -break before second encore 25 -Now I Want To Be A Good Boy 26 -Let's Dance Disc 2 CBGB's New York, NY 10-27-77 1. -Loudmouth 2. -Beat on the brat 3. -Blitzkrieg Bop 4. -I Remember You 5. -Glad To See You Go 6. -Teenage Lobotomy 7. -You're Gonna Kill That Girl 8. -53rd And 3rd 9. -Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 10. -Rockaway Beach 11. -Commando 12. -Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 13. -Surfin' Bird 14. -Cretin Hop 15. -Listen To My Heart 16. -California Sun 17. -I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 18. -Pinhead 19. -Let's Dance 20. -Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World -
Soundboard 9.3 - This is a rough and tumble sort of board tape. Obviously never meant to be used in any official release, but it does certainly get the job done regardless. Very definitive instrument separation so you can concentrate on any instrument you want and you will get maximum information out of it – until you choose another one and then you will get stuck on that one. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Fillmore West, San Francisco January 29, 1971 1. Statesboro Blues 2. Trouble No More 3. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 4. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 5. Midnight Rider 6. Dreams 7. You Don't Love Me 8. Whipping Post Greg Allman - organ, vocals; Duane Allman - guitar; Dicky Betts - guitar; Berry Oakley - bass; Butch Trucks - drums; Jai Johanny Johanson - percussion -
Stereo Soundboard 9.0 - While this show is also featured on another set here, we found an alternate version that seems to have a wider stereo separation, it does make it sound a tad brighter, but there are some trade-offs too, like a touch more hiss but it doesn’t bother so TURN IT UP! Black Sabbath Espace Balard Paris, France 30th September 1983 1. Children Of The Grave 2. Hot Line 3. War Pigs 4. Supernaut 5. Drum Solo 6. Rock ‘N’ Roll Doctor 7. Disturbing The Priest 8. Iron Man 9. Guitar Solo 10. Digital Bitch 11. Smoke On The Water 12. Paranoid/Heaven And Hell(reprise) Bonus Tracks Sporthalle, Boblingen, Germany 28th September 1983 13. Black Sabbath 14. Smoke On The Water 15. Paranoid/Heaven And Hell(reprise) Ian Gillan – Vocals Tony Iommi – Guitar Geezer Butler – Bass Bev Bevan – Drums Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards -
Pro Audience 9.2 - This rating may seem confusing and that is because I just don’t believe this to be a board feed recording, nor do I believe it to be a straight audience tape. I believe this may have been recorded for broadcast locally and the station probably hung mics or placed them somewhere in the hall because there’s too much ambience for a straight board tape. It’s very good, it’s got a critical element missing in every board tape and that’s some sense of the room, the audience, etc.
Black Sabbath Civic Center Hartford, CT 1980-08-10 Disc 1 101 Supertzar 102 War Pigs 103 Neon Knights 104 N.I.B. 105 Children Of The Sea 106 Sweet Leaf 107 Drum Solo 108 Sweet Leaf (Reprise) 109 Black Sabbath Disc 2 201 MC 202 Heaven And Hell 203 Iron Man 204 Guitar Solo 205 Die Young 206 Paranoid 207 children Of The Grave Bonus track Hammersmith Odeon London, UK 1980-05-08 208 Children Of The Sea -
A nice sounding collection (all audience source) of concerts all from 1976. None of this material falls below a solid 8.7 and rises to 9.1 in the sonic ratings, but taken as a whole this deserves a place in any collection even if no board tapes are included. The Who The Adventures of the Who 1976 Disc 1 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1976-03-25 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -My Wife 04. -Baba O'Riley 05. -Squeeze Box 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Dreaming From The Waist 08. -Magic Bus Disc 2 09. -Amazing Journey 10. -Sparks 11. -Acid Queen 12. -Fiddle About 13. -Pinball Wizard 14. -I'm Free 15. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 16. -We're Not Gonna Take It 17. -My Generation 18. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 3 The Capital Centre Largo, MD 1976-08-03 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus Disc 4 10. -Audience 11. -Amazing Journey 12. -Sparks 13. -Acid Queen 14. -Fiddle About 15. -Pinball Wizard 16. -I'm Free 17. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 18. -We're Not Gonna Take It 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 5 The Capital Centre Largo, MD 1976-08-04 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus 10. -Audience Disc 6 11. -Amazing Journey 12. -Sparks 13. -Acid Queen 14. -Fiddle About 15. -Pinball Wizard 16. -I'm Free 17. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 18. -We're Not Gonna Take It 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 7 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1976-10-14 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus Disc 8 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -Summertime Blues 19. -My Generation 20. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 9 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario October 21st, 1976 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -My Wife 04. -Baba O' Riley 05. -Squeeze Box 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Dreaming From The Waist 08. -Magic Bus Disc 10 09. -Amazing Journey 10. -Sparks 11. -Underture 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -See Me, Feel Me 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Join Together 22. -My Generation Talking Blues 23. -Who Are You 24. -Won't Get Fooled Again