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Audience 8.4 (both shows) - I absolutely love this set. A must for fans. -
Audience 7.8 - Stadium sound all the way. Boomy and loud and CRAZY audience but damn, it’s hard not to love it. The good news here is the drums are defined and not just a sloppy boomy mess, the guitar slices through the mud and lands on your ears in the right spot, then Dave yelps, and does his thing. The end of Hot For Teacher when the drum solo starts the whole place goes bananas. -
Audience 7.8 - Not bad big stadium sound, a little muddiness but compared to other 78 audience tape (especially overseas shows) this is one of the best. -
Audience 8.7 - Really loud and up front sound but no distortion makes for a real thrill ride. I love this recording. I think it captures the manic energy happening on stage. Wonderful -
Audience 7.5 - Two complete shows from 1984 that see very limited trading and as far as I know there’s been no CD release for either. There is good reason for this – these recordings sucked ass. Unfortunate too, because both gigs are screamers. Now, the good news! Both shows have been re-mastered using the best technology available (whatever they did 35 years ago obviously did not do much) and the results are that you can hear music now, you can hear what Eddie is doing and you can hear the band. No, it is not going to be sonically superior, but it is sonically better than any previous versions, and that is saying an awful lot! Best way to enjoy these is to listen to the original recordings and then pop these discs in, and THEN you will understand the work that went into saving these gigs from obscurity. The packaging on this title is superb by the way. -
Audience 8.5 - The better of the Japan shows. Clear, in your face, average separation of instruments but Eddie in great form and can hear every note. -
Soundboard 8.8 - A welcomed board tape that I knew nothing of previously before discovering it. It’s fine, it’s not a “pristine” or sterile tape by any means and it does sound…dated a bit but it’s the mighty ‘Halen in all their splendor and it’s great! Van Halen 1979-10-02 Tucson, Az. Convention Center Disc 1 01) Light Up The Sky 3:39 02) Somebody Get Me A Doctor - Drum Solo 6:59 03) Running With The Devil 4:39 04) Dance The Night Away 3:07 05) Beautiful Girls 3:22 06) Dave's Everybody Wants Some Intro 4:43 07) I'm On Fire 3:05 08) Bass Solo 2:05 09) You're No Good 3:01 10) Jamie's Cryin' 4:09 11) Fools Intro - Gypsy Woman Story 2:55 12) Feel Your Love Tonight 6:21 Disc 2 13) Outta Love Again 4:35 14) Ice Cream Man 6:12 15) Ain't Talkin''Bout Love 12:57 16) Eruption 5:11 17) You Really Got Me 10:56 18) Bottom's Up!! 6:31 19) Atomic Punk 1:26 -
Soundboard 8.8 -
Audience 8.7 - Solid! Good presence, great clarity with just occasional moments where maybe someone walks in front of the mic. A nice “live” atmosphere makes for a very enjoyable show. -
Audience 8.4 - I expected more from a post 2000 audience recording, but this one is decend just seems to be toward the back of the hall. You do get all instruments, and mixed properly, with pretty much Eddie and DLR being the clearest and out front. Solos sound good as they seem to swirl around the room giving it a cool atmosphere. The show does seem to get better as it goes, might even boost the rating another .3 for the slight improvement. -
5.1 - Sounds like it was recorded on a cheap old cassette recorder. No low end, squeaky sounding...but, historically significant recording. Bonus tracks sound excellent. -
Soundboard 9.0 - Excellent and rare document of an amazing band at an amazing time of their career.…simply put this is an absolute must have! -
Recorded at Sunset Sound Studios 1980. Outtakes from Women and Children First. Professional studio quality sound. -
Soundboard 9.5 - Wow! Man, this is totally unexpected and will brighten your day (week, or month even!) like nothing else. A brand new discovery and it's a one/two punch with back to back soundboard recordings of Diver Down tour Van Halen, a tour that previously featured a measley two board tapes in existence. Well, it's not a perfect score, but the imperfections are a tiny price to pay for the glorious sounds present here! Each tape in slightly incomplete, but in places that the other show fills in so you end up hearing the music that makes up a complete Diver Down tour setlist. Basically, the sound engineer most likely had to stop rolling in certain spots in order to make tape changes, but all you have to do is look at each nights set list to see how it shakes out, and, thankfully some good editing has smoothed over some of the stops. As I listened, if I hadn't known there were cuts, I probably would not have been the wiser, basically unless you know where the cuts are you won't notice. But, the SOUND man! The sound is great, I really get to hear Michael Anthony's articulate bass playing, and he's all over the place with fills and runs! You kind of lose that detail in most Van Halen recordings. Eddie is just lighting it up as always, but it sounds especially amazing on these two tapes. The interplay is magic, I don't care if the band had their shortcomings personally, with each other, with whoever, it doesn't show on stage. Somebody get me a doctor, I just got double dosed with prime era Van halen soundboards I've never heard before! What an unbelievable find.
Van Halen The Centrum Worcester, Massachusetts 22 October 1982 Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Romeo Delight 03 Unchained 04 Drum Solo 05 The Full Bug 06 Runnin' With The Devil 07 Jamie's Cryin' 08 Little Guitars 09 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 10 Bass Solo 11 Hang 'Em High 12 Cathedral 13 Secrets Disc 2 14 Drum Solo II 15 Everybody Wants Some!! - Dave Talks 16 Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) 17 Dance The Night Away 18 Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 19 Dave Acoustic Solo 20 Pretty Woman 21 Guitar Solo 22 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 23 You Really Got Me Disc 3 The Centrum Worcester, Massachusetts 24 October 1982 Disc 3 01 Intro 02 Romeo Delight 03 Unchained 04 Drum Solo 05 The Full Bug 06 Runnin' With The Devil 07 Jamie's Cryin' 08 Little Guitars 09 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 10 Bass Solo 11 Hang 'Em High 12 Cathedral 13 Secrets Disc 4 14 Drum Solo II 15 Everybody Wants Some!! - Dave Talks - Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) 16 Dance The Night Away 17 Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 18 Guitar Solo 19 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 20 Bottoms Up! 21 You Really Got Me 22 Happy Trails 23 You Really Got Me (Reprise) -
Audience 9.2 - Surprisingly clear and vibrant..and very live sounding with LOADS of that atmosphere, you know, where you can hear people taking a huge toke and hacking immediately after. This was the last show of 1974 for Van Morrison, and he threw out a few rarely played numbers. Van Morrison Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA November 16, 1974 Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Naked In The Jungle 03 Wild Children 04 Bulbs 05 Into The Mystic 06 Help Me 07 Cul De Sac 08 I Believe To My Soul 09 Listen To The Lion Disc 2 10 I've Been Working 11 Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket 12 Twilight Zone 13 Moondance 14 Brown Eyed Girl 15 Gloria Jerome Rimson on bass Peter Van Hooke on drums Peter Wingfield on keyboards -
Audience 9.1 - Recorded with equipment that sounds like it was well beyond the standard consumer grade stuff. Nice and warm, capturing the band close, with some nice detail, and the atmosphere is palpable. I mean, quite literally this recording is a time machine – you seem to be physically transported to 1974, to this small venue in Boston (actually Cambridge, a suburb of Boston). Very nice! VAN MORRISON & THE CALEDONIA SOUL ORCHESTRA Harvard Square Theatre Cambridge, Ma. USA March 14, 1974 Early Show 5:30pm Disc One 48:07 First Set - Acoustic 01. -Ballerina 02. -Astral Weeks 03. -Streets Of Arklow 04. -Madame George 05. -Brown-Eyed Girl Second Set - Electric 06. -Ain't Nothin' You Can Do 07. -These Dreams Of You 08. -Warm Love 09. -I Believe To My Soul 10. -What's Up Crazy Pup 11. -I've Been Working Disc Two 43:20 01. -Moondance 02. -The Funky Hinkle 03. -Domino 04. -Caldonia 05. -Caravan 06. -Gloria 07. -Cypress Avenue David Hayes - bass Van Morrison - vocals, guitar, sax, harmonica Jim Rothermel - sax, flute Dahaud Shaar - drums James Trumbo - keyboards Ralph Wash - guitar -
Audience 7.9 - Very clear, not exceptionally dynamic but this is very enjoyable! -
Soundboard 9.6 -
Studio Quality 9.5 -
Audience 9.0 - This is a very fine recording no doubt about it, although there is some kind of audio artifact present at the extreme high almost like it might be from the main microphone (stage mic). So, I don’t think it is the tape, or taper’s gear. At first you may think it is almost like a noise reduction artifact but it is not that which you will agree when you hear the electric guitars. That’s probably the only thing you can knock this for, but even that is rather minor, the music is very present, great live mix too. VAN MORRISON Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles CA 06 OCT 1973 Disc 1 01 Ain't Nothin' You Can Do 02 I've Been Working 03 Moondance 04 I Paid The Price 05 Here Comes The Night 06 Harmonica Boogie (instr)/ Bye Bye Bird 07 Hard Times (instr) <cut> 08 <cut> I Just Wanna Make Love To You 09 Try For Sleep Disc 2 10 Into The Mystic 11 <cut> Listen To The Lion 12 Warm Love 13 You Done Me Wrong 14 Caravan 15 Cyprus Avenue 16 Gloria 17 Domino The Caledonia Soul Orchestra: Sid Page on violin Bill Atwood on trumpet Jack Schroer on sax John Platania, on guitar David Hayes on bass David Shaw on drums -
Pro Soundboard 9.1 - Recorded for broadcast in a studio setting so you know it is going to be really good. Tape is just a touch “aged” in that it is not as bright as you would expect but still darn good. -
Audience 8.7 - Some harshness on the cymbals, but I’d rather have those highs intact because it is easier to round off than try and crank them up if they don’t exist. -
Soundboard 8.8 - Good mix, with a lively bass and clean punchy sound with a well balanced left right pan for the live mix. Good stuff -
Audience 8.8 - A very good recording here, and the atmospherics are plentiful. There’s a natural reverb going on that adds another dimension to this, and I mean that in a good way. Lovely! Van Morrison featuring the Caledonia Soul Orchestra Sports Arena San Diego, CA December 1, 1973 01 Instrumental 02 Instrumental 03 Moondance prelude (instrumental) - Van Intro 04 Come Running 05 Ain’t Nothin’ You Can Do 06 Warm Love 07 Into The Mystic 08 I’ve Been Working 09 I Just Want To Make Love To You 10 Here Comes The Night 11 Hard Times 12 I Believe To My Soul 13 Help Me 14 Boogie Chillen’ 15 Domino 16 Caravan 17 Gloria 18 Brown Eyed Girl Sid Page - violin Jack Schroer - saxophone Bill Atwood - trumpet Bill Bridges - guitar David Hayes - bass David Shaw - drums James Trumbo - piano, organ -
Audience 8.7 -
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) -
A collection of rare, never before issues tracks originating from Texas during the 1970's. Featuring a handful of demos produced by the group Truck, a band who slipped under the radar and whose music remained undiscovered for decades. The rest of the disc is rounded out by some known and some very obscure acts, some so obscure we do not even know what their name is! These tracks were discovered on an old forgotten multi-track reel that was owned by Ernie Myers (guitarist of Hands out of Dallas, TX.). Studios would frequently reuse reels to save costs, and this particular reel was no exception Tracks were discovered on the end of the reel that was used to record some demos in 1980. All that we know of the band are the first names of the members written on a track sheet inside the tape box. The recordings originated out of a studio called JD&D Sound...and that's it. The music is excellent! -
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====================================== Texas International Pop Festival 1969 Volume One: Chicago Transit Authority 8/30/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Introduction - Introduction 2. -Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is 3. -South California Purples 4. -Beginnings 5. -25 or 6 to 4 6. -Announcements 7. -I'm A Man Robert Lamm - keyboards, vocals Terry Kath - guitar, vocals Peter Cetera - bass, vocals Danny Seraphine - drums Walter Parazaider - woodwinds, bg vocals Lee Loughnane -trumpet, bg vocals James Pankow - trombone ======================================== Volume Two: James Cotton Blues Band 8/30/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Announcements - Intro - Cut You Loose 2. -FallinÕ Rain 3. -Heart Attack 4. -Knock On Wood 5. -Nine Below Zero 6. -Dust My Broom 7. -The Creeper 8. -Turn On Your Lovelight 9. -Please, Please, Please James Cotton - vocals, harmonica Luther Tucker - guitar Bill "Stumuk" Nugent - tenor sax Bob Anderson - bass Barry Smith - drums ======================================== Volume Three: Janis Joplin & The Kozmic Blues Band 8/30/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Introduction - Raise Your Hand 2. -As Good As You Been To This World 3. -Try(Just A Little Bit Harder) 4. -Maybe 5. -To Love Somebody 6. -Summertime Janis Joplin - vocals Snooky Flowers - baritone sax, vocals Sam Andrew - guitar Brad Campbell- bass Richard Kermode - keyboards Lonnie Castille - drums Terry Clements - tenor sax Luis Gasca - trumpet ======================================== Volume Four: Rotary Connection 8/30/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Lady Jane 2. -Ruby Tuesday 3. -Stormy Monday - The Whole Creation - Stormy Monday 4. -Sunshine Of Your Love 5. -Let The People Talk Minnie Ripperton - vocals Sidney Barnes - vocals Jon Stocklin - guitar Jeremiah - bass Ken Venegas - organ Bobby Simms - drums ======================================== Volume Five: Santana 8/31/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Evil Ways 2. -You Just Don't Care 3. -Shades Of Time 4. -Jingo 5. -Treat 6. -Soul Sacrifice Carlos Santana - guitar Greg Rollie - keyboards, vocals Dave Brown - bass Michael Carabello - percussion Chepito Areas - percussion Michael Shrieve - drums ======================================== Volume Six: Led Zeppelin 8/31/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Train Kept A-Rollin' 2. -I Can't Quit You Baby 3. -Dazed And Confused 4. -You Shook Me 5. -How Many More Times (Part 1) 6. -How Many More Times (Part 2) 7. -Communication Breakdown Robert Plant - vocals Jimmy Page - guitar John Paul Jones - bass John Bonham - drums ======================================== Volume Seven: Spirit 9/1/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Rehearsal Theme 2. -I'm Truckin - Fresh Garbage-Poor Richard 3. -Caught - Jams 4. -Ground Hog Day 5. -Policeman's Ball - drums - Mechanical World 6. -I Got A Line On You 7. -Aren't You Glad Jay Ferguson - vocals, percussion Randy California - guitar, vocals John Locke - organ Mark Andes - bass Ed Cassidy - drums ======================================== Volume Eight: B.B. King 9/1/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Introduction 2. -Sweet Sixteen 3. -Please Accept My Love 4. -Band Intros 5. -Everybody Wants To Know Why I Sing The Blues 6. -Don't Want A Soul Hanging Around - It Ain't My Cross To Bear 7. -What's Wrong Little Mama 8. -How Blue Can You Get 9. -Whole Lot Of Lovin' 10. -Everyday I Have The Blues B.B.King - guitar, vocals Alberto Gianquinto - piano Kenneth Moore - bass Sonny Freeman - drums John Browning - trumpet Booker Walker - alto sax Louis Hubert - tenor sax ======================================== Volume Nine: Ten Years After 9/1/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 2. -Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes 3. -Hobbit 4. -Spoonful 5. -I'm Goin' Home Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals Chick Churchill - organ Leo Lyons - bass Ric Lee - drums ======================================== Volume Ten: Sly & The Family Stone 9/1/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas 1. -Intro - M'Lady 2. -Sing A Simple Song 3. -You Can Make It If You Try 4. -Stand - Love City - Higher - Announcements 5. -Everyday People 6. -Dance To The Music - Music Lover - Raps 7. -I Wanna Take You Higher - Jam Sly Stone - organ, vocals Rose Stone - electric piano, vocals Freddie Stone - guitar, vocals Larry Graham, bass, vocals Cynthia Rubinson - trumpet, vocals Jerry Martin - sax, vocals Greg Errico - drums ======================================== Volume Eleven: Partial sets (Part One) 8/30->9/1/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas Grand Funk (8-30-69) 1. -Intro 2. -Are You Ready Mark Farner - vocals guitar Mel Schacher - bass Don Brewer - drums ---------------------------- Incredible String Band (8-31-69) 3. -Announcements - Introduction 4. -Waiting For You 5. -Black Jack Davy Robin Williamson - vocals, guitar Mike Heron - vocals, guitar Christina "Licorice" McKechnie - percussion, organ, vocal Rose Simpson - percussion, violin, bass guitar ---------------------------- Sam & Dave (8-30-69) 6. -I've Been Loving You Too Long 7. -May I, Baby? Sam Moore - vocals Dave Prater - vocals Steve Cropper - guitar Booker T Jones - organ Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass Al Jackson, Jr. - drums Wayne Jackson - trumpet Joe Arnold - sax ---------------------------- Herbie Mann (8-30-69) 8. -Tangier 9. -Improvisation Herbie Mann - flute Sonny Sharrock - guitar Miroslav Vitous - bass Roy Ayers - vibraphone Bruno Carr - drums ---------------------------- Canned Heat (8-30-69) 10. -Intro...Talking 11. -Bullfrog Blues 12. -Rollin & Tumblin - Jam 13. -Talk...Tuning...Stage Stuff... 14. -Blind Owl's Blues Bob Hite - vocals Alan Wilson - vocals, slide guitar, harp Harvey Mandel - lead guitar Larry Taylor - bass Adolfo De La Parra - drums ---------------------------- Lewisville Police Chief Adams (9-1-69) 15. -Speech ======================================== Volume Twelve: Partial sets (Part Two) 9/1/69 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (9-1-69) 1. -We Got To Get Ourselves Together 2. -The Ghetto 3. -When The Battle Is Over 4. -Things Get Better Delaney Bramlett - vocals, guitar Bonnie Bramlett - vocals Jerry McGee - guitar Bobby Whitlock - organ, vocals Carl Radle - bass Jim Gordon - drums Bobby Keys - sax Jim Price - trumpet, trombone Rita Coolidge - bg vocals ---------------------------- Tony Joe White (9-1-69) 5. -Polk Salad Annie 6. -Aspen, Colorodo 7. -Can You See The Lightning 8. -Roosevelt & Ira Lee 9. -Hard To Handle Tony Joe White - guitar, vocals, harmonica Tommy McClure - Bass Sammy Creason - Drums Mike Utley - Organ ---------------------------- Sweetwater (9-1-69) 10. -What's Wrong - jam - What's Wrong 11. -Why Oh Why Nansi Nevins - vocals Albert Moore - vocals, flute Alex Del Zoppo - keyboards Fred Herrera - bass August Burns - cell Elpidio Cobian - congas Alan Malarowitz - drums ======================================== -
Audience 9.7 - Absolutely ripping show in every way. Live sound is bordering on perfection, and it's not even a Soundboard.
