Audience 8.6 - This is just fascinating. They could have easily billed this show as “The Aerosmith Blues Band” or something because they really were all about playing gritty blues and rock. The guitar work is cleaner and very articulate, it’s quite a revelation to hear them when they were really so conscience of the music, the notes, and not the glam.  I was impressed with the sound quality too, this is a certain keeper! AEROSMITH University Of Maine Gorham Campus Gym Gorham ME. September 30th 1973 THE BAND Joe Perry guitar vocals Brad Whitford guitar Steven Tyler vocals harmonica piano percussion Tom Hamilton Bass Joey Kramer Drums SET LIST 1 -Intro 2 -Write Me A Letter 3 -Downtown Baby 4 -Somebody 5 -Son Of Shit - SOS (Too Bad) 6 -Dream On 7 -One Way Street 8 -Walkin' The Dog 9 -Pandora's Box 10 -Train Kept A Rollin' 11 -Mama Kin 12 -Make It 13 -Rattlesnake Shake 14 -Thank You Good Night

Audience 8.9 - Very lively, great atmosphere! Sound is very very good, and the mix that gets to your ears includes everything happening on stage but what I really love is the sound of the drums. Fills the arena yet is pretty tight, with that slight bouncing off the walls effect that gives an almost 360 degree experience. The Who June 11, 1974 Madison Square Garden, NYC disc one: 01 - I Can't Explain 02 - Summertime Blues 03 - Young Man Blues 04 - Baba O' Riley 05 - Substitute 06 - 5 15 07 - Behind Blue Eyes 08 - Tattoo 09 - Boris The Spider 10 - Bell Boy 11 - Dr. Jimmy Disc 2 01 - Won't Get Fooled Again 02 - Pinball Wizard 03 - See Me, Feel Me 04 - My Generation - My Generation Blues 05 - Punk And The Godfather 06 - Drowned

Soundboard 9.2 - A warm sounding tape, very punchy where it needs to be, maybe if I can complain about anything it would be in the relative sterility of it but that’s a soundboard’s Achilles heel isn’t it ? I’d recommend this to anyone, it is what we like to call “a keeper” for sure! Disc 1 1-1 Subdivisions 1-2 The Body Electric 1-3 The Enemy Within 1-4 The Weapon 1-5 Witch Hunt 1-6 New World Man 1-7 Between The Wheels 1-8 Red Barchetta Disc 2 2-1 Distant Early Warning 2-2 Red Sector A 2-3 Closer To The Heart 2-4 YYZ 2-5 Drum Solo 2-6 YYZ (Cont.) 2-7 Temples Of Syrinx 2-8 Tom Sawyer 2-9 Red Lenses Notes: Live at Neil Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 25th November 1984 [STEREO SOUNBOARD] (noiseless!) The last show of Grace Under Pressure Tour

Audience 8.7 - A rip-roaring blast of a tape! First thing you are going to think after maybe 1 minute is how dejected Montrose and Journey must have been after following the ascending Van Halen. Man, I felt bad for them and this show happened decades ago!  It’s just the sonic equivalent of a shooting star, Eddie is blistering and hits every note with perfection, the bass is detailed and not just a booming thud, drums are OK and DLR is a little behind the band but who cares?  The taper did a fine job, some minor hiccups every now and then but thankfully very few to deal with and they don’t last long. I am liking this show and the tape is just fine for its age. A keeper! Van Halen Tower Theater Upper Darby, Pennsylvania March 24, 1978 1. On Fire 2. I’m The One 3. Bass Solo 4. Runnin’ With The Devil 5. Atomic Punk 6. Drum Solo/Little Dreamer 7. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love 8. Eruption/Guitar Solo 9. You Really Got Me 10. Ice Cream Man Notes: Van Halen opening for Montrose and Journey as they made their way out of Southern California. The tour opened in Chicago on March 3. This is the first recording from that tour.

Audience 8.7 - This recording is one of those that initially has you thinking “ok, good but not great” but seriously, let it play. It is a LOUD tape, yes, sometimes bordering on distortion in the upper mid frequencies, yes – but when you get to Unchained there are moments where you completely get on board with this one. Trust me. It has a magic element to it despite being a little overloaded. I got sucked into it big time and my ears adjusted after only one song, after that it was tons of fun and the tape is close up and bristling with unbelievable electric energy. In other words – this was a total blast! Van Halen Brendan Byrne Arena Meadowlands East Rutherford, New Jersey November 15, 1982 Disc 1 1. -Romeo Delight 2. -Unchained 3. -Drum Solo 4. -The Full Bug 5. -Runnin' With the Devil 6. -Jamie's Cryin' 7. -Little Guitars 8. -Where Have All the Good Times Gone 9. -Bass Solo 10. -Hang 'Em High 11. -Cathedral Disc 2 12. -Secrets - Everybody Wants Some!! 13. -Dance the Night Away 14. -Somebody Get Me a Doctor 15. -Ice Cream Man 16. -Intruder 17. -Oh, Pretty Woman 18. -Guitar Solo 19. -Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love 20. -Bottoms Up! 21. -You Really Got Me

Soundboard 9.1 -Always nice to hear these 1980 shows in this quality. There is something I really like about the later era Zep – a maturity maybe?  I don’t know but I think the band really smokes here. LED ZEPPELIN MESSEHALLE HANOVER, GERMANY JUNE-24-1980 THE BAND JIMMY PAGE GUITAR JOHN BONHAM DRUMS JOHN PAUL JONES BASS KEYBOARDS ROBERT PLANT VOCALS SETLIST CD 1 1 -TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN' 2 -NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE 3 -BLACK DOG 4 -IN THE EVENING 5 -RAIN SONG 6 -HOT DOG 7 -ALL MY LOVE 8 -TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT 9 -SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU 10 -ACHILLES LAST STAND CD 2 1 -WHITE SUMMER - BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE 2 -KASHMIR 3 -STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 4 -ROCK AND ROLL 5 -COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

Soundboard 8.8 - This is perhaps one of the most famous and well travelled live recordings of the legendary Ozzy/Randy team. It is indeed a board tape, not exactly pristine, but certainly something everyone remotely interested in this band should have in their collection. Ozzy Osbourne 1982-02-09 Wings Stadium Kalamazoo, MI 01 Diary Of A Madman 02 Over The Mountain 03 Mr. Crowley 04 Crazy Train 05 Revelation (Mother Earth) 06 Steal Away (The Night) 07 Suicide Solution 08 Guitar Solo 09 Drum Solo 10 Goodbye To Romance 11 I Don't Know 12 No Bones Movies 13 Believer 14 Flying High Again 15 Iron Man 16 Children Of The Grave 17 Paranoid

Chicago 1971 FM Radio broadcast 8.9 - Some generation loss and general passing of time has degraded the sound slightly but this version received a “freshening” which helps a lot. So, it’s a bona fide solid addition to anyone’s collection. Memphis 1971 Audience 8.3 - I had the luxury of being able to hear this tape before it was remastered and that would be the only way you can really appreciate how that simply removed what sounded like a layer of muck and grime, and revealed a shimmering sound that leapt out of the speakers… I am talking of course about Duane’s guitar. So, if you want to appreciate again what the guitar playing of Duane Allman was really all about then this recording will still cause shivers down your spine. Is it a great recording?  Not really, but there’s something here that still pulls you in (mainly it’s Duane). Austin 1971 Soundboard 9.0 - A tape that, while incomplete (some songs fade in and fade out, mainly the first and last) still has to be carefully considered when examining the few remaining live recordings featuring Duane. There’s always something interesting and, hmmm, maybe even a little mystical about these vintage recordings. Allman Brothers Band Live Collection 1971 Disc 1 WXRT Chicago, IL, 1971 1. Statesboro Blues 2. Trouble No More 3. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 4. Done Somebody Wrong 5. One Way Out 6. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 7. Stormy Monday 8. You Don't Love Me Disc 2 Chicago Cont'd 1. Hot 'Lanta 2. Whipping Post Overton Park Memphis, TN May 9, 1971 3. Statesboro Blues 4. Trouble No More 5. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ 6. Done Somebody Wrong 7. One Way Out 8. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Disc 3 Memphis Cont'd 1. Dreams 2. Stormy Monday 3. You Don’t Love Me Municipal Auditorium Austin, TX September 28, 1971 4. Statesboro Blues 5. Trouble No More 6. Done Somebody Wrong 7. One Way Out 8. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 9. Hot ‘Lanta

Soundboard 9.7 - You will be hard pressed to find another ’77 show that sounds as good as this. As an added bonus, the song “A Thousand Knives” is played and that song rarely turns up on any recordings. Ted Nugent Freeman Coliseum San Antonio, TX Jan 22, 1977 Disc #1: 01. Stranglehold 02. Just What the Doctor Ordered 03. Free For All 04. Snakeskin Cowboys 05. Cat Scratch Fever 06. Wang Dang Sweet Poontang 07. A Thousand Knives 08. Dog Eat Dog 09. Stormtroopin' Disc #2: 01. Hey Baby 02. Great White Buffalo 03. Guitar Solo 04. Hibernation 05. Motor City Madhouse