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Delaware 1985 Soundboard 9.3 Nice to hear this period of Trower with a good, punchy board tape that does present a minimal amount of hiss (evident between songs) but other than that not much to complain about. W. Hollywood 1990 Soundboard 9.2 Technically speaking this would rate much higher as it is what one would call a “pristine” board tape. Yes it sounds crystal clear and Robin is literally singing in your ear (a bit much perhaps), but the rating reflects what I personally consider to be a downside of board tapes…the lack of atmosphere and reliance on perfect mix. This was probably mixed for the benefit of what was coming from the stage and not for the sake of the recording being made. It’s a reference tape is what it is. Contrast this to the next show in the set and you’ll begin to understand why I always say a great audience tape beats a board tape. Karlsruhe 2009 Audience 9.5 This show gets a stellar rating because while it is not technically a superior recording (mainly due to the very slight amount of overdrive) it represents most of what I love about great audience recordings. This recording captures the lightning into a bottle so to speak. The fact that there is just a slight bit of overdriven energy (for lack of a more technical term) or lets call it “saturation” for the sake of the audiophiles out there – either way the point is that this recording will get more repeat plays than the board tapes in this set. Robin Trower Three Decades 1985-2009 Disc 1 The Stone Balloon Newark,Delaware,U.S.A. 1985-07-24 01 -Too Rolling Stoned 02 -Into Money 03 -Keeping A Secret 04 -Day Of The Eagle 05 -Bridge Of Sighs 06 -None But The Brave Musicians Robin Trower - Guitar Dave Bronze - Bass & Vocals Martin Clapson - Drums Disc 2 The Roxy West Hollywood CA. March 25th 1990 01 -Intro 02 -Too Rolling Stoned 03 -Rock Me Baby 04 -Sea Of Love 05 -Day Of The Eagle 06 -Bridge Of Sighs 07 -Turn The Volume Up Disc 3 08 -No Time 09 -Ev'ry Body's Watching You 10 -Daydream 11 -Tear It Up 12 -Natural Fact 13 -Little Bit Of Sympathy 14 -The Ring 15 -Extermination Blues THE BAND Robin Trower guitar Davey Pattison vocals Glenn Letsch bass Dee Johnson drums Disc 4 Jack Bruce & Robin Trower Karlsruhe (GER) Tollhaus 2009-02-25 01 - Seven Moons 02 - Lives Of Clay 03 - Distant Places Of The Heart 04 - Sunshine Of Your Love 05 - Carmen (New song, unreleased) 06 - She's The One 07 - We're Going Wrong 08 - So Far To Yesterday Disc 5 09 - Just Another Day 10 - Perfect Place 11 - Bad Case Of Celebrity 12 - The Last Door 13 - Come To Me 14 - I'm Home 15 - White Room 16 - Politician Musicians: Jack Bruce: b, v Robin Trower: g Gary Husband: dr -
Milwaukee 1980 FM Broadcast 8.7 - This was broadcast, the question is, was it recorded professionally and did it sound like this when it was aired? Probably it did not sound like this – because this is below the threshold for what is acceptable for a legitimately broadcast live performance which means it is probably an off-air tape that has suffered from degradation. That being said, it’s been re-mastered and it sounds decent enough to be included in a set which features all soundboards so that says something for it. Vancouver 1981 FM Broadcast 8.8 - This is another one of those not quite living up to radio broadcast expectations probably due to a capture off the air onto cassette tape, regardless it still sounds fine just a bit dated. A re-mastering helped considerably and that is why the show is included in this set. Dortmund 1982 Soundboard 9.1 - Sounds like a large, open air stadium and that atmosphere is preserved onto the tape. A really decent one for the collectors out there. Daytona 1984 Soundboard 9.2 - Wow, the 80’s, and the unique obsession with that (now very dated) certain drum sound that can take any song and make it “new wave” ha ha! Thankfully it’s not the case on every song otherwise I would have said skip this show, but it’s a good, well recorded one so enjoy it. Raleigh 1985 Soundboard 9.4 - Good hard panning of the guitars so that you can distinctly hear each of them as autonomous instruments. A hard rocking sound was mixed on this evening. Heart Love Alive 80-85 Disc 1 Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 25, 1980 1. -Radio Advertisement 2. -Bebe Le Strange 3. -Crazy On You 4. -Straight On 5. -Even It Up 6. -Raised On You 7. -Strange Night 8. -Just the Wine 9. -Dog & Butterfly 10. -Down On Me 11. -Mistral Wind 12. -Hijinx - Silver Wheels 13. -Break 14. -Magic Man 15. -Barracuda 16. -Rockin' Heaven Down 17. -Rock & Roll Disc 2 01. -Sweet Darlin' 02. -I'm Down - Long Tall Sally 03. -Unchained Melody Empire Stadium Vancouver, Canada August 2, 1981 04. -Bebe La Strange 05. -Magic Man 06. -Even It Up 07. -Raised On You 08. -Dog And Butterfly 09. -Mistral Wind 10. -Crazy On You 11. -Rockin' Heaven Down 12. -Barracuda 13. -Break 14. -Rock And Roll Disc 3 Westfallenhalle Dortmund, Germany May 28, 1982 01. -Straight On02. -Even It Up 03. -Raised On You 04. -Dog And Butterfly 05. -Tell It Like It Is 06. -Barracuda 07. -Rock And Roll Elland Road Leeds, England May 29, 1982 08. -intro 09. -Bebe Le Strange 10. -Magic Man 11. -Straight On 12. -Even It Up 13. -Tell It Like It Is 14. -Raised On You 15. -Angels 16. -Dog And Butterfly 17. -Silver Wheels 18. -Crazy On You 19. -City's Burning 20. -Barracuda 21. -Rock And Roll Disc 4 Bandshell Daytona Beach, FL March 23, 1984 01. -Jealousy 02. -Magic Man 03. -The Heat 04. -Mistral Wind 05. -For Your Love 06. -Johnny Moon 07. -Straight On 08. -Even It Up 09. -Bebe LeStrange 10. -How Can I Refuse 11. -Allies 12. -Barracuda Dorton Arena Raleigh, NC August 31, 1985 13. -If Looks Could Kill Disc 5 01. -The Wolf 02. -Barracuda 03. -Straight On 04. -Never 05. -These Dreams 06. -Dog And Butterfly 07. -Nobody Home 08. -What He Don't Know 09. -Shell Shock 10. -Bebe Le Strange 11. -Even It Up 12. -How Can I Refuse 13. -What About Love 14. -Magic Man 15. -Allies 16. -band introductions 17. -Crazy On You -
Audience 8.6 – 8.8 - All of the recordings here are good to very good audience recordings made on obviously portable tape recorders with limited capacity to hold the bandwidth needed for a loud, intense rock group. That being said, the tapes have gone through processing that allows more music information to come through, less tape hiss and background gunk, so you get to actually hear and decipher well what can only be described as groundbreaking experimental rock/jazz/prog by the band that wrote the book on it. Amazing power and finesse on display, and to reiterate my point on sound quality – this collection of live KC is still fundamentally indispensable to any self-proclaimed prog rock aficionado. King Crimson UK 1971 Disc 1 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK. 1971 Sept. 10 1. Good Evening - Mellotron Tuning 2. Pictures Of a City 3. Cirkus 4. Formentera Lady - The Sailor's Tale 5. The Letters 6. Cadence And Cascade 7. Ladies of the Road 8. Groon Disc 2 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK. 1971 Sept. 10 3. 21st Century Schizoid Man 4. Mars Weeley Festival Clacton, UK. 1971 AUG. 28 5. Pictures Of A City 6. The Letters 7. The Devil's Triangle Preston Public Hall 1971 Oct. 9 8. Pictures Of A City Disc 3 Preston Public Hall 1971 Oct. 9 1. Cirkus 2. Formentera Lady - The Sailor's Tale 3. The Letters 4. Cadence And Cascade 5. Ladies of the Road 6. Groon 7. 21st Century Schizoid Man 8. The Devil's Triangle Disc 4 Town Hall Watford, UK. 15 July 1971 01 -RF Announcement 02 -Pictures of a City 03 -Formentera Lady 04 -The Sailor's Tale 05 -Tune Up & Announcement 06 -Cirkus 07 -The Letters 08 -Cadence and Cascade Disc 5 09 -Improv A Peacemaking Stint Unrolls 10 -RF Announcement 11 -Lady of the Dancing Water 12 -RF Announcement 13 -Ladies of the Road 14 -RF Announcement 15 -21st Century Schizoid Man 16 -The Devil's Triangle BONUS 17. -LARKS TONGUE IN ASPIC II Robert Fripp - Guitar Boz Burrell - Bass, Vocals Ian Wallace - Drums, Backing Vocals Mel Collins - Saxes, Flute Peter Sinfield - Word, Illumintaions -
Various Sources 9.0 - I give this a high rating for many reasons, as it can be easily assumed that the sound quality will vary being a compilation. The producers were smart to put it together this way, I found it to play much like a legitimate record company release. The worst of the recordings is in itself not even that bad, in the context you are hearing it in, it takes on new significance. I myself did not realize how few times some of these songs were played live, so having a collection like this makes sense. I enjoyed it immensely. So will you. Genesis Collection of Rare Live Recordings 1970 - 1998 Track List: Disc One: 1970-1972 01. Looking For Someone (2-22-1970) 02. The Light (3-7-1971) 03. Twilight Alehouse (2-26-1972) 04. Harlequin (3-4-1972) 05. Bye Bye Johnny (4-14-1972) 06. Happy The Man (4-18-1972) 07. Going Out To Get You (4-18-1972) 08. One-Handed Drum Solo (6-28-1972) 09. Can-Utility And The Coastliners (8-20-1972) 10. Seven Stones (8-22-1972) Disc Two: 1972-1975 01. Supper's Ready (11-18-1972) 02. Harold The Barrel (1-20-1974) 03. Horizons (5-4-1974) 04. Watcher Of The Skies (1-24-1975) 05. It (1-24-1975) 06. The Musical Box (1-24-1975) 07. The Waiting Room (5-2-1975) Disc Three: 1977-1978 01. Lillywhite Lillith-The Waiting Room-Wot Gorilla (01-01-1977) 02. All In A Mouse's Night (01-02-1977) 03. Inside And Out (06-24-1977) 04. Down And Out (06-07-1978) 05. Supper's Ready (From Apocalypse In 9/8) (06-14-1978) 06. Ballad Of Big (07-29-1978) 07. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (07-29-1978) 08. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight-Musical Box (Closing Section) (10-13-1978) Disc Four: 1980-1984 01. Back In NYC (29-06-1980) 02. Me And Virgil (27/-09-1981) 03. Like It Or Not (30-11-1981) 04. The Knife (23-12-1981) 05. No Reply At All (22-08-1982 - Featuring Phenix Horns) 06. Paperlate (22-08-1982 Featuring Phenix Horns) 07. 11th Earl Of Mar - Squonk - Firth Of Fifth (11-10-1983) 08. 11th Earl Of Mar - Behind The Lines - Firth Of Fifth - Musical Box (17-01-1984) Disc Five: 1986-1998 01. In The Cage - In That Quiet Earth - Supper's Ready (10-15-1986) 02. Mama (05-09-1992) 03. Carpet Crawlers (10-23-1992) 04. Nowhere Else To Turn (Unreleased B-Side) 05. Small Talk (12-13-1997) 06. Thats All (01-23-1998) 07. Hold On My Heart (01.29.1998) Details: A wonderful live collection that gives you some of the rarest Genesis performances from throughout their career. Even if you're a collector of every individual show this is still a keeper to have, one reason being the unreleased track on disc 5, "Nowhere Else To Turn", sure it's a Ray Wilson-led Genesis track, but one of the very few unreleased studio tracks by Genesis to have leaked to the collector's. Disc One: 1970-1972 01 Looking For Someone (February 22nd, 1970 BBC Radio) 02 The Light (March 7th, 1971 - later morphed into "Lillywhite Lilith" and "The Colony Of Slippermen") 03 Twilight Alehouse (February 22nd, 1972 Civic Hall, Dunstable, U.K.) 04 Harlequin (March 4th, 1972 Technical College, Watford, England) 05 Bye Bye Johnny (April 14th, 1972 Palasport, Pavia, Italy - early version of "Can-Utility And The Coastliners") 06 Happy The Man (April 18th, 1972 Piper Club, Rome, Italy) 07 Going Out To Get You (April 18th, 1972 Piper Club, Rome, Italy) 08 One-Handed Drum Solo (June 28th, 1972 Town Hall, Watford, England) 09 Can-Utility And The Coastliners (August 20th, 1972 Piper 2000 Club, Via Reggio, Italy) 10 Seven Stones (August 22nd, 1972 Teatro Alcione, Genoa, Italy - rarely ever played live) Disc Two: 1972-1975 01 Supper's Ready (November 18th, 1972 Imperial College, London, England) 02 Harold The Barrel (January 20th, 1974 Palasport, Reggio Emilia, Italy - only 2 live versions exist) 03 Horizons (May 4th, 1974 Academy of Music, NYC) 04 Watcher Of The Skies (January 24th, 1975 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles) 05 It (January 24th, 1975 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles) 06 The Musical Box (January 24th, 1975 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles) 07 The Waiting Room (May 2nd, 1975 Hippodrome, Birmingham, England) Disc Three: 1977-1978 01 Lillywhite Lillith - The Waiting Room - Wot Gorilla (January 1st, 1977 Rainbow, London, England) 02 All In A Mouse's Night (January 2nd, 1977 Rainbow, London, England) 03 Inside And Out (June 24th, 1977 Earl's Court, London, England) 04 Down And Out (June 7th, 1978 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden) 05 Supper's Ready (June 14th, 1978 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany) 06 Ballad Of Big (July 29th, 1978 MSG, New York City) 07 I Know What I Like (July 29th, 1978 MSG, New York City) 08 Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Musical Box (October 13th, 1978 Uptown Theater, Chicago, Illinois) Disc Four: 1980-1984 01 Back In NYC (June 29th, 1980 MSG, New York City) 02 Me And Virgil (September 27, 1981 Velodromo Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain) 03 Like It Or Not (November 30th, 1981 Capital Center, Landover, Maryland) 04 The Knife (December 23rd, 1981 NEC, Birmingham, England) 05 No Reply At All (featuring Phenix Horns) (August 22nd, 1982 Forest Hills, New York City) 06 Paperlate (featuring Phenix Horns) (August 22nd, 1982 Forest Hills, New York City) 07 11th Earl Of Mar / Squonk / Firth Of Fifth (November 10th, 1983 Mecca Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 08 11th Earl Of Mar / Behind The Lines / Firth Of Fifth / Musical Box (January 7th, 1984 McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado) Disc Five: 1986-1998 01 In The Cage / ...In That Quiet Earth / Supper's Ready (October 15th, 1986 Forum, Los Angeles) 02 Mama (May 9th, 1992 Astrodome, Houston, Texas) 03 Carpet Crawlers (October 23rd, 1992 Mayflower Theater, Southampton, England) 04 Nowhere Else To Turn (Unreleased 1997 B-Side - Ray Wilson on lead vocals) 05 Small Talk (December 13th, 1997 RTL Studios, Paris, France) 06 Thats All (January 23rd, 1998 Bray Studios, London, England - only Ray Wilson version) 07 Hold On My Heart (January 29th, 1998 Sport Hall, Budapest, Hungary) -
Four Discs of music that will melt your brain. All are either Very Good or Excellent quality, so it’s not a jarring experience to sit through all four discs, they have a certain continuity to them. I think this is a great time period of music and these guys were just on another level. It’s a fun thing to ponder, whether there are any bands that can do this sort of thing today – and the answer is “I really don’t think so”. SOFT MACHINE TIME TRIPS 1969-1972 Disc 1 Live at the Lyceum, London, October 5, 1969 Lineup Mike Ratledge – Lowery Organ, Piano Hugh Hopper – Bass (Fuzz Bass) Robert Wyatt – Drums, Vocals 1. Moon In June (17:45) 2. Facelift (4:43) 3. Eamonn Andrews (5:57) 4. Mousetrap-Noisette-Backwards-Mousetrap reprise (7:16) 5. Esther's Nosejob (11:27) Disc 2 6. improv - Facelift middle section reprise (3:50) 7. Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening (0:21) 8. We Did It Again (3:38) 9. Noisette reprise (0:56) 1970-10-10 Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club London England Lineup Elton Dean - alto sax Hugh Hopper - bass Mike Ratledge - organ Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals 10. -Facelift 11. -Kings and Queens 12. -Virtually (pts.2 & 3) 13. -Slightly All The Time 14. -Eamonn Andrews 15. -Esther's Nose Job 16. -Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging - Pig - Orange Skin Food - A Door Opens and Closes - 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom (pt. 1) - Pigling Bland - Esther's Nose Job (reprise) - 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom (pt. 2) Disc 3 Casino Lido, Venice, Italy September 24, 1971 1. - Drop - MC - Out-Bloody-Rageous (20:57) 2. - All White Slightly All The Time - Plain Tiffs (21:22) Lineup Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, fender rhodes electric piano Mike Ratledge - organ, fender rhodes electric piano Hugh Hopper - bass Phil Howard - drums Disc 4 Piper Club, Rome, Italy 24 April 1972 01 -All White - 7:47 02 -Slightly All The Time 1 - 8:39 03 -Slightly All The Time 2 - 3:36 04 -Drop - 5:56 05 -MC - 5:24 06 -Out-Bloody-Rageous - 14:00 07 -As If 1 - 1:01 08 -As If 2 - 0:50 09 -As If 3 - 3:33 10 -As If 4 - 5:19 11 -As If 5 - 0:26 12 -LBO - 9:04 13 -Pigling Bland - 5:04 Line Up: Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano Hugh Hopper - bass Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, electric piano John Marshall - drums -
Toronto 1978 FM Broadcast 9.7 - Ok, now we are just being spoiled! A fantastic, vibrant, near perfect recording of a superb performance! In fact, it’s actually several performances, where they just took the best of each show and broadcast it. I am fine with it! It’s great man. Seattle 1978 FM Broadcast 9.1 - This is solid all the way, it’s not quite as lively sounding as the Toronto but it’s professional and satisfying and pairs well on the set. Todd Rundgren & Utopia CHUM-FM Broadcast El Mocambo Toronto, Canada October 31 & November 1, 1978 Source: FM Lineage: FM > CASSETTE > SONY DTC 790 DAT > Philips CDR 870 > EAC > WAV > FLAC Transfered by: jfb File Size: 595 MB Performers: Todd Rundgren Kasim Sulton Roger Powell Willie Wilcox Setlist: Disc 1 1. -Radio Intro 2. -Real Man 3. -It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference 4. -Love of The Common Man 5. -Trapped 6. -Abandon City 7. -The Seven Rays 8. -Can We Still Be Friends 9. -Death of Rock And Roll 10. -You Cried Wolf 11. -Gangrene Disc 2 1. -A Dream Goes On Forever 2. -The Last Ride 3. -Black Maria 4. -Eastern Intrigue - Initiation 5. -Couldn’t I Just Tell You 6. -Hello Its Me 7. -Just One Victory Notes: This is an amazing performance with excellent sound. There were 6 concerts over 3 nights at the El Mocambo (a small club in Toronto) and this broadcast made a complete concert of the best bits of the October 31 and November 1 shows. Disc 3 The Place Seattle WA. August 12, 1978 KZOK FM Broadcast 1 -KZOK Intro - Tune up 2 -Real Man 3 -It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference 4 -Love Of The Common Man 5 -Trapped 6 -Abandon City 7 -The Verb To Love 8 -The Seven Rays Disc 4 9 -Can We Still Be Friends 10 -The Death Of Rock 'N Roll 11 -You Cried Wolf 12 -Gangrene 13 -A Dream Goes On Forever 14 -Black Maria 15 -Eastern Intrigue 16 -Initiation 17 -Couldn't I Just Tell You 18 -Hello It's Me THE BAND Todd Rundgren guitar drums vocals Roger Powell keyboards vocals Kasim Sulton bass vocals guitar John "Willie" Wilcox drums vocals bass -
Studio Quality 9.0-9.3 - The rating is generally accurate throughout although to be picky you could slightly vary some of the sessions by fractions. Nice to have all of this material gathered together like this. Excellent set! Thin Lizzy Complete Studio Collection 67-83 Disc 1 Trend Studios Demos '67-69 01. -Mama & Papa 02. -Ageing 03. -It's Really Worthwhile 04. -Dublin 05. -The Friendly Ranger (John Cann guitar) Sessions 71-73 Philip Lynott (vocal/bass) Brian Downey (drums) Andy Gee (guitar) 01. -Look what The Wind Blew In 02. -Return of the Farmer's Son 03. -Dublin 04. -Going Down 05. -Whiskey In The Jar 06. -Black Boys On The Corner 07. -Gonna Creep Up On You 08. -Whiskey In The Jar 09. -Whiskey In The Jar 10. -Gonna Creep Up On You 11. -Little Girl In Bloom 12. -Vagabonds of the Western World 13. -Randolph's Tango 14. -Slow Blues 15. -Little Girl In Bloom Disc 2 Studio Sessions 1974 1. -Things Ain't Working Out At The Farm 2. -Ghetto Woman 3. -Little Darling 4. -Little Girl In Bloom 5. -Little Darling 6. -Showdown 7. -Slow Blues (instrumental) 8. -Sitamoia 9. -Little Darling 10. -Black Boys On The Corner 11. -It's Only Money 12. -Still In Love With You 13. -Sitamoia 14. -She Knows 15. -It's Only Money 16. -Sha La La 17. -Philomena 18. -Banshee 19. -Philomena Disc 3 1974 Frankfurt, Germany with Andy Gee and John Cann 01. -It's Only Money 02. -Little Darlin' 03. -Slow Blues 04. -Little Girl In Bloom 05. -Gonna Creep Up On You 06. -Rock 'N' Roll With You 07. -Whiskey In The Jar 08. -The Rocker 09. -Sitamoia 10. -Drum Solo 11. -Hard Driving Man 12. -Little Darlin' 13. -Talk To Your Daughter Disc 4 1975-1978 Sessions 01. -Wild One ITV-75 02. -Rosalie 5/29-75 03. -Suicide 5/29-75 04. -Halfcaste 5/29-75 05. -Warriors 2/12-76 06. -Jailbreak 2/12-76 07. -Emerald 2/12-76 08. -Cowboy Song 2/12-76 09. -Johnny 9/23-76 10. -Fools Gold 9/23-76 11. -Don't Believe A Word 9/23-76 12. -Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed 9/23-76 13. -Don't Believe A Word 2/1-77 14. -Bad Reputation 8/1-77 15. -Killer Without A Cause 8/1-77 16. -Dancing In The Moonlight 8/1-77 17. -That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart 8/1-77 18. -Downtown Sundown 8/1-77 19. -Dancing in The Moonlight 8/11-77 20. -Rosalie 5/11-77 Disc 5 1978 Black Rose Sessions January 21st, 1978 Rampart Studios 01 -Rock Your Love (unreleased, written by Jimmy Bain) 02 -A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer (long version) January 22nd, 1978 Rampart Studios 03 -Cold Black Night (unreleased) 04 -Hate (unreleased) 05 -With Love (Huey Lewis on harmonica) 06 -Parisienne Walkways (Huey Lewis on harmonica) 07 -Black Rose (Huey Lewis on harmonica) 08 -Got To Give It Up (slow, different lyrics) 09 -Toughest Street In Town 10 -Don't Believe A Word (Lynott-Moore vocals) February 1st, 1978 Good Earth Studios 11 -Ode To A Black Man (original version) 12 -Spanish Guitar (different lyrics) 13 -Parisienne Walkways (demo) 14 -Are You Ready (unreleased studio version) 15 -Blackmail (unreleased, covered by Wild Horses) 16 -Waiting For An Alibi (slower, different lyrics) 17 -Fanatical Fascists (Lynott vocals) 18 -Leaving Town (unreleased) -
Audience 9.0/8.5/8.7 - All four discs are very good source tapes with the first two discs being the strongest with a sound quality that sits nicely on the ears, very comfortable, albeit slightly further back in the hall than the other two discs. I think the other shows maybe feature a louder, more up front guitar sound, but at the same time are also a bit more crowded in that frequency although at no time is there distortion present. Disc 3 suffers from a little bit of the typical big sound onto little cassette recorder where it’s just not as clear as you wish but at least you can hear what is going on, and it is not what I would call muddy sounding. Disc 4 is decent in the fact that you have a clear guitar, tone is audible which is crucial when you are listening to Leslie West. All instruments audible and distinct but not rising much above a middle to upper 8 rating. All in all, I am pleased at the overall sound quality in this set seeing as how there are not many really high quality audios of this band. West, Bruce & Laing European Conquest Disc 1 Falkoner Center Copenhagen, Denmark March 28, 1973 01. -Don't Look Around 02. -Pleasure 03. -Why Dontcha 04. -Third Degree 05. -Mississippi Queen - West Solo Disc 2 06. -Roll Over Beethoven 07. -Love Is Worth the Blues 08. -Powerhouse Sod 09. -The Doctor 10. -Sunshine of Your Love Disc 3 Circus Krone Munich, Germany April 13, 1973 1. Don't Look Around 2. Pleasure 3. Why Dontcha 4. Third Degree 5. Missippi Queen 6. Roll Over Beethoven 7. Powerhouse Sod 8. Politician 9. Sunshine Of Your Love 10. Audience 11. The Doctor Landwirtschaftshalle Kaiserslautern, West Germany 1973-04-14 1. -DON'T LOOK AROUND 2. -PLEASURE 3. -WHY DON'TCHA 4. -THIRD DEGREE 5. -MISSISSIPPI QUEEN 6. -ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN 7. -LOVE IS WORTH THE BLUES 8. -POLITICIAN 9. -SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE Musicians LESLIE WEST- Guitar/Vocals(Ex-Mountain) JACK BRUCE- Bass/Vocals(Ex-Cream) CORKY LAING- Drums(Ex-Mountain) -
Volume 1,2,3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 (each Volume is individually housed in its separate gate-fold cover). From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
CD 1 - Pro 8.8 (and the best disc of this set) CD 2 - Audience 6.4 (possibly the worst of this set, but if you turn it up louder it sounds better actually. Levels are low!) CD 3 - Audience 7.2 (a big step up from previous disc, levels a little low but not so much, kind of thin, gets crowded when the band is loud.) CD 4/5 - Audience 7.7 (good stereo separation, everything is clear, a decent recording!) Bachman-Turner Overdrive The BTO Box Disc 1 Agora Cleveland, OH 1974 01 -Don't Get Yourself In Trouble - Little Gandy Dancer 02 -Give It Time 03 -Welcome Home 04 -Hold Back The Water 05 -Blue Collar 06 -Give Me Your Money Please 07 -Let It Ride 08 -American Woman 09 -Honky Tonk Woman Disc 2 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Ludwigshafen, West Germany 1975-05-11 1. -Introduction 2. -ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY 3. -GIVE IT TIME 4. -SLEDGEHAMMER 5. -LET IT RIDE 6. -ROCK IS MY LIFE AND THIS IS MY SONG 7. -BLUE MOANIN' 8. -FREE WHEELIN' 9. -WELCOME HOME 10. -Guitar Solo - Bass Solo 11. -NOT FRAGILE 12. -YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET 13. -TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS 14. -SLOW DOWN BOOGIE Disc 3 CNE Grandstand Toronto, Canada August 24, 1976 1. -Take It Like A Man 2. -Give It Time 3. -Hold Back The Water - Welcome Home 4. -Don't Get Yourself in Trouble 5. -Find Out About Love 6. -Blue Collar 7. -Rock Is My Life & This Is My Song 8. -Not Fragile 9. -Let It Ride 10. -Hey You 11. -Four Wheel Drive 12. -You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Disc 4 Shimm Hall Nagoya, Japan October 2, 1976 1. -Give Me Your Money, Please 2. -Give It Time 3. -Hold Back The Water 4. -Welcome Home 5. -Don't Get Yourself In Trouble 6. -Find Out About Love 7. -Blue Collar 8. -Sledgehammer 9. -Rock Is My Life & This Is My Song 10. -Not Fragile 11. -Let It Ride 12. -Hey You 13. -You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 14. -Roll On Down The Highway Disc 5 Nagoya cont'd 1. -Four Wheel Drive 2. -Takin' Care Of Business 3. -Slow Down Boogie - Thank You - Domo -
Audience - all shows Berlin Aud 7.2 A reasonably clear tape, Jimi vocals come through and guitar is right up front too. Drums a little buried but you get enough to know what’s going on. Enjoyable! Cologne Aud 7.0 Mono recording without much separation of instruments, guitar being the clearest here. Hamburg Aud 6.6 Very loud and distorted recording. Nuremberg Aud 6.7 Thin, with tape noise present, no dynamics, only Jimi's guitar is heard but it is heard clearly ringing out like he was the only one mic’d up! -
A superbly put together set! Looks positively spectacular. The recordings are all generally pretty decent. CD 1 Audience 7.7 - CD 2 Audience 8.7 - CD 3 Soundboard 9.0 - CD 4 Audience 8.4 - CD 5 Audience 8.4 (these last two discs you MUST turn the volume up loud because the levels are low but the fidelity is decent. The louder the better, and it does NOT distort because there is a ton of headroom here to play with). -
This set collects not so widely available shows of varying quality but certainly ones that fill in missing parts to a collection. CD 1 - Audience 7.4 - Actually not that bad at all, and probably one of the better ones of this set. CD 2 - Audience 7.7 - Fine recording that kind of stays in a rather crisp mode, but if I were to remaster it or want to add bass this recording is a PERFECT one because highs are so good on this, and accurate to a fault really. A decent recording that needs low end but VERY enjoyable! CD 3 - Audience 7.0 - Might be the worst of this set, but Randy is clear here on this tape, followed by Ozzy, so the priorities are at least straight! CD 4 - Audience 7.5 - Right down the middle, as far as sound-field, but it is not that hard to go ahead and appreciate this for what it is. Mediocre and at times gets really good and clear especially during softer sections of songs. CD 5 - Audience 7.3 - I would rate this higher for the fact that levels are good, and everything can be heard, but the fault is that everything is mid to upper band and gets too harsh for me. I think a good EQ would do wonders, because at least the mids and highs are there in which to round out more and even reduce in favor of low mid and low frequencies. -
All Pro Studio 9.7 - All tracks were professionally recorded by Pete Townshend in his home studio in Old Church Street, Chelsea, and Twickenham. -
CD 1 – Aud 8.5 / CD 2- Aud 8.8 / CD 3 – Aud 8.9 / CD 4 – Aud 8.7 / CD 5 – Aud 8.5 -
This entire set is meant to fill in a collector’s gaps. CD 1 - Audience 8.0 - Thin and distant but you do get to hear everything happening, not muddy, and not echoey, so this has bright spots CD 2 - Audience 7.6 / CD 3 -Soundboard 9.5 / CD 4 - Audience 7.5 / CD 5 - Soundboard 8.8 -
Volume 2: CD 1 - Soundboard 9.5 CD 2 - Soundboard 9.5 CD 3 - Soundboard 9.2 CD 4 - Audience 9.2 CD 5 - Audience 9.2 -
CD 1 - Soundboard 8.3 / CD 2 - Soundboard 8.8 / CD 3 - Soundboard 8.8 What a difference from 1966 to 1975! I rather like the 70’s Guess Who more, but fascinating to hear their formative sound and style. -
FM Broadcast 9.6 - Crystal clear, immaculate and precise, a joy to listen to!
SNACK Benefit Students Need Athletics, Culture & Kicks Grateful Dead, Tower of Power, Santana Doobie Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Joan Baez, Neil Young and Bob Dylan with Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, Ben Keith, Tim Drummond Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA. March 25, 1975 DISC I: Interviews w/Garcia & Paul Kantner (03-23 by James Cameron) * GRATEFUL DEAD - Intro by Bill Graham Blues For Allah Milkin' The Turkey Drums Milkin' The Turkey Blues For Allah ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode DISC II: TOWER OF POWER: Intro. Tis Is It Down To The Nightclub Walking In The Sand You're The Most You're Still A Young Man SANTANA: Intro.> Jam> Black Magic Woman> Gypsy Queen> Let The Children Play> Oye Como Va> Los Breos Soul Sacrifice DISC III: DOOBIE BROTHERS Jesus Is Just Alright' Neil's Fandango Take Me In Your Arms Black Water Workin' On You Without Love JEFFERSON STARSHIP Ride The Tiger Fast Buck Freddy Git Fiddler Play On Love Around The World Sweeter Than Honey DISC IV JEFFERSON STARSHIP (cont.) Somebody To Love Volunteers JOAN BAEZ I Shall Be Released Make It Through The Night Bridging The Gap Joe Hill All My Trials the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall Amazing Grace DISC V: NEIL YOUNG, BOB DYLAN, BEN KEITH, GARTH HUDSON, LEVON HELM, RICK DANKO, TIM DRUMMOND Are You ready For The Country? Ain't That A Lotta Love Lookin For A Love Loving You I Want You The Weight Helplesss Knockin' On The Dragon's Door
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Metropolitan Opera House NY 1970 Audience 8.4 - A decent tape considering we have very few US 1970 tour audience tapes that sound great. A little sweetening with EQ and you’ve just raised the sound rating another half a point…technology has changed the way collectors think about these old audience source tapes. Newcastle 1971 Audience 8.7 - A surprising new find! Buried for decades and now dusted off, restored and presented for your approval. It’s not bad! I can hear it all, with some cool atmosphere. I rather like it! San Francisco 1971 Audience 8.8 - This tape has some depth to it, where you get definition in the bass and not just “low end” which I appreciate. Roger rises above in the sound mix but on this tape nobody is drowned out, it’s evenly mixed and that makes it enjoyable. Some background noise which sounds like it is coming from the house PA but not during the band performing…all in all this is a real good one. The Who "Time Machine 1970-71" Disc 1 Tommy At The Metropolitan Opera House Metropolitan Opera House New York City, NY June 7th, 1970 (Late Show) 01 -Heaven And Hell 02 -I Can't Explain 03 -Overture 04 -1921 05 -Amazing Journey 06 -Sparks 07 -The Hawker 08 -Christmas 09 -The Acid Queen 10 -Pinball Wizard 11 -Do You Think It's Alright 12 -Fiddle About 13 -Tommy Can You Hear Me 14 -There's A Doctor 15 -Go To The Mirror 16 -Smash The Mirror 17 -Miracle Cure 18. -Sally Simpson Disc 2 19. -I'm Free 20. -We're Not Gonna Take It 21. -See Me Feel Me 22. -Summetime Blues 23. -Shakin' All Over - Spoonful 24. -My Generation Hofheinz Pavilion University of Houston Houston, TX 1970-06-20 25 - Heaven and Hell 26 - I Can't Explain 27 - Young Man Blues 28 - I Don't Even Know Myself 29 - Overture 30 - It's A Boy 31 - 1921 Disc 3 Live at The Odeon Cinema Northumberland Street Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Saturday 30th October 1971 01. I Can't Explain 02. Substitute 03. Summertime Blues 04. My Wife 05. Baba O' Riley 06. Bargain 07. Behind Blue Eyes 08. Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 4 09. Baby Don't You Do It 10. Magic Bus 11. Overture - Amazing Journey - Sparks 12. Pinball Wizard 13. See Me Feel Me Disc 5 Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA 1971-12-13 01 - Substitute 02 - Summertime Blues 03 - My Wife 04 - Baba O'Riley 05 - Behind Blue Eyes 06 - Bargain 07 - Won't Get Fooled Again 08 - Pinball Wizard 09 - See Me, Feel Me 10 - My Generation 11 - Jam - Naked Eye - I'm Going Down 12 - Magic Bus -
Soundboard 9.4 & Audience 8.6 - the first few discs are excellent soundboard which is cool because they are very early performances and there’s a lot to dive into there. The next couple of discs are good audience tapes, the first being a bit towards the back of a medium sized club, but it’s not bad. Overall it’s an interesting collection, really allows you to contemplate the artists changes over time, with band members, and compositions. Good stuff! JEAN LUC PONTY Touring History 1969-1978 Disc 1 Studio 2 WDR Cologne, Germany February 17th, 1969 LINEUP: Jean-Luc Ponty: violin Wolfgang Dauner: piano Eberhard Weber: bass Bernard Lubat: drums 1. -Eighty-one 2. -Starlight, Starbright 3. -Introduction 4. -California 5. -Pamukkale 6. -Introduction JLP in German 7. -Golden Green Disc 2 Die Glocke, Bremen, Germany November 9, 1972 1. -Circles - Open Strings 2. -How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That - JLP talks 3. -unknown Title 4. -Flipping LINEUP: Jean-Luc Ponty: electric violin Jasper van't Hof: keyboards Henry Texier: bass Aldo Romano: drums Disc 3 Evanston, Illinois April 11, 1975 1. -Waving Memories 2. -Band Intros 3. -Question With No Answer 4. -Bowing Bowing 5. -Fight For Life 6. -Announcer Outro Jean Luc Ponty: violin Daryl Stuermer: guitar Mike Wolf: keyboards Tom Fowler: bass, violin Norm Fearrington: drums McAlister Auditorium Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana, USA October 23, 1977 7. -Tarantula 8. -The Gardens Of Babylon Disc 4 1. -Overture of the Trans Love Express 2. -The Struggle of the Turtle To The Sea 3. -band introductions 4. -Nostalgic Lady 5. -Wandering On The Milky Way 6. -Mirage Jean-Luc Ponty: violin Allan Zavod: keyboards Daryl Stuermer: guitar Ralphe Armstrong: bass Steve Smith: drums Disc 5 New Orleans Cont'd 1. -Enigmatic Ocean 2. -New Country 3. -Polyfolk Dance Paramount Theater Austin, TX November 15, 1978 4. -Introduction 5. -The Art Of Happiness 6. -Don't Let The World Pass You By - I Only Feel Good With You 7. -Ethereal Mood - No Strings Attached 8. -Egocentric Molecules - Outro -
Audience 9.5 - Yes, this is all audience recordings but the quality is impeccable. The guitar is simply SUPREMELY badass, if you are on the fence about Prince, do yourself a favor and dive into this one because no matter what your bias might be about the man, you can’t deny the power and finesse that this music demonstrates. Just a wonderful testament to how brilliant and masterful Prince was on stage. Prince "Welcome To Australia" Disc 1 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Australia May 15th, 2012 01. -Thunderstorm Intro 02. -Controversy 03. -Sexy Dancer - Le Freak 04. -Which Way Is Up 05. -Play That Funky Music 06. -911 Is A Joke (Feat. Flavor Flav) 07. -Let's Go Crazy 08. -Delirious 09. -Let's Go Crazy (Reprise) 10. -1999 11. -Little Red Corvette Disc 2 12. -I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 13. -Nothing Compares 2 U (Feat. Shelby J.) 14. -Prince Speech 15. -Take Me With U (Incl. Thunderstruck Chant) 16. -Raspberry Beret 17. -Cream 18. -Cool (Incl. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough) 19. -Make You Feel My Love Disc 3 20. -Purple Rain 21. -When Doves Cry 22. -Nasty Girl (instr.) 23. -Sign 'O' The Times 24. -Hot Thing incl. Alphabet St. (sample) 25. -Love (instr.) incl. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Oi Oi Oi (chant) 26. -Darling Nikki (instr.) 27. -Pop Life 28. -A Love Bizarre 29. -I Would Die 4 U 30. -Kiss 31. -Mountains 32. -The Dance Electric 33. -Love... Thy Will Be Done 34. -Days Of Wild - Wild And Loose jam incl. Ain't Nobody Highlights from Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Australia May 14th, 2012 35. -Gold 36. -Jam Of The Year incl. Also Sprach Zarathustra 37. -If I Was Your Girlfriend 38. -She's Always In My Hair 39. -Dreamer 40. -Peach Disc 4 The Bennet's Lane Aftershow Highlights May 29th, 2012 01. -On & On (instr.) 02. -Stratus 03. -Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 04. -Strange Relationship 05. -(Eye Like) Funky Music 06. -Up For The Down Stroke (inc. Song Of The Heart) 07. -Give Up The Funk (tear The Roof Off The Sucker) 08. -Be Happy (instr) 09. -Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 10. -A Long Break (outro) inc. John Blackwell drum solo The Melbourne Sound Check May 14th, 2012 11. -I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (inst.) Disc 5 12. -Sometimes It Snows In April 13. -Love...Thy Will Be Done - Take This Beat 14. -Purple Rain (acoustic) The Melbourne Soundcheck May 15th, 2012 15. -Dreamer (instr.) 16. -Joy In Repetition (instr.) -
Tilburg 2008 Audience 9.3 Taper right in the sweet spot with good gear means you will absolutely love this recording. Bold and striking, the guitar is distinct, vocals perfect, and everything else forming a backdrop without being lost. Wowsers! Tilburg 2009 Audience 9.5 This ladies and gentlemen is the proper way in which to capture a live recording. Now, the fact that it is a progressive rock band with multiple sonic textures and loads of dynamics means you have to work a little harder to make sure you a. set up in a good spot, b. use professional gear and c. know how to use the gear. This, if done correctly, is the result. A SPECTACULAR RECORDING which is a must have even if you don’t know who Mars Volta is, and if that is the case, why not start here? Stunning. The Mars Volta 2008-03-06 013 Tilburg The Netherlands Disc 1 01. -A Fistful of Dollars [01:44] 02. -Roulette Dares (The haunt of) [18:00] 03. -Viscera Eyes [09:20] 04. -Wax Simulacra [03:52] 05. -Goliath [12:44] 06. -Ouroborous [16:53] Disc 2 07. -Tetragrammaton [17:07] 08. -Agadez [15:14] 09. -Cygnus ... Vismund Cygnus [30:28] 10. -Aberinkula [05:42] Disc 3 11. -Drunkship of Lanterns [18:58] 12. -Asilos Magdalena [06:46] 13. -Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore [06:04] 14. -Day of the Baphomets [14:07] Disc 4 2009-12-07 013 Tilburg The Netherlands 01. -A Fistful of Dollars [02:10] 02. -Son et Lumiere & Inertiatic ESP [05:51] 03. -Cotopaxi [04:44] 04. -L'Via L'Viaquez [09:59] 05. -Goliath [07:53] 06. -Mexican flu speech [01:12] 07. -Eriatarka [15:05] 08. -Since We'Ve Been Wrong [05:55] 09. -Cicatriz ESP [23:47] Disc 5 10. -Halo of Nembutals [05:38] 11. -Miranda [05:11] 12. -Teflon [05:43] 13. -Viscera Eyes [08:09] 14. -Bass solo [02:20] 15. -The Widow [4:00] 16. -Roulette Dares (The haunt of) [10:27] -
Audience 9.5 - What makes this one so special is that it is a COMPLETE document of the entire processes that unfold while a performance is orchestrated. That means you will hear the entire soundcheck (a concert in itself), the show in its entirety, and the Aftershow. All of this occurs over two days, and let me tell you when I say it is immersive, I mean in the literal sense you are completely immersed from start to finish. Even the sonic quality is excellent although I understand this is entirely subjective. For me, I loved it. I loved being in the crowd and even the screams and oohs and aaahs added a real sense of realism and were not obnoxious at all. The mix and balance of the sound is so good, I love the drums, guitars are really present and vocals are in a good spot. Prince The Montreal Tapes Disc 1 Centre Bell Soundcheck Montreal, Canada Dec. 2, 2011 1. Let's Go Crazy - Delirious 2. Empty Room #1 3. Empty Room #2 4. Empty Room #3 5. 1999 6. Empty Room #4 7. Empty Room #5 8. Calhoun Square #1 9. Calhoun Square #2 10. Calhoun Square #3 11. Calhoun Square #4 12. Calhoun Square #5 13. Try-Outs 14. We Live (2 Get Funky) #1 15. We Live (2 Get Funky) #2 16. D.M.S.R. - Soul Power '74 17. Let's Go 18. Controversy 19. Scrapple From The Apple #1 20. Musicology - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine #1 21. Scrapple From The Apple #2 22. Musicology - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine #2 23. Soundcheckin' 24. Let's Work 25. SHHH 26. We Live (2 Get Funky) #3 27. We Live (2 Get Funky) #4 Disc 2 Centre Bell Main Show Montreal, Canada Dec. 2, 2011 1. We Live (2 Get Funky) no Prince 2. D.M.S.R. 3. Pop Life 4. Scrapple From The Apple 5. Musicology 6. Mama Feelgood 7. Prince And The Band 8. Let's Work 9. U Got The Look 10. Empty Room 11. Let's Go 12. Take Me With You 13. Rasberry Beret 14. Cream 15. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 16. Cool 17. Make You Feel My Love Disc 3 Main Show Cont'd 18. Purple Rain 19. Let's Go Crazy 20. Delirious 21. Let's Go Crazy (Extended Portion) 22. 1999 23. Little Red Corvette 24. Montreal Square 25. When Doves Cry 26. Nasty Girl #1 27. Sign O' The Times 28. Nasty Girl #2 29. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 30. Hot Thing 31. A Love Bizarre 32. Darling Nikki 33. I Would Die 4 U 34. Controversy 35. Kiss Disc 4 Club Empire Newtown, Montreal The Afterjam December 3, 2011 1. NPG On The Mic 2. The Message 3. Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.) 4. You Got The Love 5. Solos Jamming 6. Outstanding 7. Get Wild 8. It Takes Two 9. A Long Walk 1o. Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Again) 11. Brick House 12. Skin Tight 13. 777-9311 14. The Stick 15. The Walk 16. Sexy Dancer 17. Get Down Tonight 18. Pass The Peas 19. Get On The Good Foot -
SDBRD 9.4 /Audience 8.1/Audience 8.8/Audience 8.3 - A comprehensive collection but not everything is represented here, but I would say the more complete recordings are…and so, well, what you get is a pretty mixed bag. The good stuff is very good, and the not so good stuff is…not so good. What does it mean? Should I get this 4 disc set? Yes you should if you care anything at all about this seminal band. There just isn’t a whole lot of live “bootleg” recordings because they predate the era of the taper – not to say there aren’t tapes from 1967-1968 because there are, but not nearly as plentiful or as good as tapes that were made subsequently. That being said, I still found myself listening to everything in this set because you can’t argue the fact that hearing Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page before they were rock gods is immensely interesting. The Yardbirds "The Anthology 66-68" Disc 1 Stockholm, Sweden (Featuring Jimmy Page) April 1967 01 -Shapes Of Things 02 -Heart Full Of Soul 03 -Mr. You're A Better Man Than I 04 -You Go Your Way 05 -Over Under Sideways Down 06 -Little Games 07 -My Baby 08 -I'm A Man Unknown Location 1966 (Featuring Jeff Beck) 09 -Shapes Of Things 10 -For Your Love 11 -Hang On Sloopy Disc 2 Civic Center Santa Monica, CA July 22, 1967 01 -Train Kept A Rollin' 02 -You're A Better Man Than I 03 -Heartful of Soul 04 -I Wish You Would - Hey Gyp 05 -My Baby 06 -Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine 07 -Smile On Me 08 -I'm A Man 09 -Over Under Sideways Down Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH April 25, 1968 10 -Train Kept A Rollin' 11 -You're A Better Man Than I 12 -Heartful of Soul 13 -Dazed & Confused 14 -White Summer 15 -I'm A Man Disc 3 The Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, CA, USA July 25 or 26, 1967 First Set 1. -Intro 2. -Train Kept A-Rollin' 3. -You're A Better Man Than I 4. -Heart Full Of Soul 5. -I Wish You Would - Hey Gyp 6. -My Baby 3:08 7. -Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I‘ll Go Mine) 8. -Shapes Of Thing Second Set 9. -Smokestack Lightning 10. -Bye Bye Bird 11. -Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 12. -Smile On Me 13. -Glimpses 14. -I Ain‘t Done Wrong 15. -Over Under Sideways Down Disc 4 Shrine Exposition Hall Los Angeles, CA May 31, 1968 00 -Intro 01 -Train Kept A Rollin' 02 -You're A Better Man Than I 03 -Heartful of Soul 04 -Dazed & Confused 05 -Shapes of Things 06 -I'm A Man 07 -White Summer 08 -Smokestack Lightning 09 -I'm Waiting For The Man 10 -Bye Bye Bird 11 -Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 12 -Drinking Muddy Water 13 -New York City Blues 14 -I Wish You Would 15 -Hey Gyp -
Audience 8.7 - Both tapes sound as if they were recorded by the same person they are very similar although the slight nod goes to London for being just a touch brighter. That being said, both tapes do an admirable job (for 1971 standards) of capturing the epic ferocity of this amazing rock band in their prime, or just before they got universal “commercial” success. It’s hard to imagine what it must have been like being there in person, the volume, the intensity, I would have been drained after the first song! Emerson, Lake & Palmer ABC Cinema Plymouth, UK March 12, 1971 Disc 1 101 The Barbarian 102 Tarkus 103 Knife Edge 104 Pictures At An Exhibition Disc 2 201 Take A Pebble 202 Rondo Disc 3 Royal Theatre, Drury Lane London, England June 20, 1971 01. -Pictures at an Exhibition 02. -Knife Edge Disc 4 01. -Take a Pebble 02. -Tarkus -
First Show Audience 8.5 - A jagged recording that reflects the kind of music this man played every night. It’s not super clear nor is it muddy, and it’s not dynamic nor is it monophonic. It’s a tape that seems like it has promise, if it was re-mastered I think it could be vastly improved but I like it because it’s so raw and honest…like a bar fight ha ha! The second show is also an audience recording although it is much better coming in at an 8.8 on the ratings scale. Clear, and some better dynamics going on. A good one, and a good show. Rory Gallagher City Hall Cork, Ireland January 5, 1974 Disc 1 01 -Intro - Messin' With The Kid 02 -Cradle Rock - Band Intros 03 -I Wonder Who 04 -Tattoo'd Lady 05 -Walk On Hot Coals 06 -Laundromat 07 -Too Much Alcohol 08 -Hands Off 09 -A Million Miles Away Disc 2 01 -As The Crow Flies 02 -Pistol Slapper Blues 03 -Banker's Blues 04 -Unmilitary Two-Step 05 -Goin' To My Hometown 06 -Who's That Comin' 07 -In Your Town Disc 3 City Hall Cork, Ireland December 28, 1974 01 -intro - Messin' With The Kid 02 -Tattoo'd Lady 03 -I Wonder Who 04 -Cradle Rock 05 -Jam - Cradle Rock - I Don't Know Why (Start Of World War Three) 06 -A Million Miles Away 07 -Walk On Hot Coals 08 -Too Much Alcohol Disc 4 01 -Pistol Slapper Blues 02 -Goin' To My Hometown 03 -Laundromat 04 -Hands Off 05 -Livin' Like A Trucker 06 -Who's That Comin' 07 -Bullfrog Blues 08 -In Your Town -
Soundboard 9.4 - Rating on average for the three shows represented in this set. All are either broadcasts or board feeds of excellent quality. Morrissey Three Decades In The Making 1997-2023 Disc 1 Los Angeles, CA. 10-12-1997 01. -Operation 02. -Boy Racer 03. -Alma Matters 04. -Billy Budd 05. -Reader Meet Author 06. -Nobody Loves us 07. -Wide To Receive 08. -Roys Keen 09. -Speedway 10. -More You Ignore Me 11. -Ambitious Outsiders 12. -Paint A Vulgar Picture 13. -Now My Heart Is Full 14. -Shoplifters 15. -Maladjusted 16. -Trouble Loves Me 17. -Satan Rejected My Soul Disc 2 House Of Blues Chicago, IL, USA 17th July 2004 01. -Introduction 02. -Shakespeare's Sister 03. -How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel 04. -Jack The Ripper 05. -Rubber Ring 06. -I'm Not Sorry 07. -First Of The Gang To Die 08. -I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday 09. -The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores 10. -I Have Forgiven Jesus 11. -The Headmaster Ritual 12. -Irish Blood, English Heart Disc 3 Paris, Salle Pleyel March 9, 2023 01. -Intro - Our Frank 02. -I Wish You Lonely 03. -Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (The Smiths song) 04. -Jim Jim Falls 05. -Rebels Without Applause 06. -Sure Enough, the Telephone Rings 07. -Girlfriend in a Coma (The Smiths song) 08. -Irish Blood, English Heart 09. -Knockabout World 10. -The Loop 11. -The Bullfighter Dies Disc 4 12. -Without Music the World Dies 13. -Everyday Is Like Sunday 14. -Band Intro - Istanbul 15. -The Night Pop Dropped 16. -Half a Person (The Smiths song) 17. -Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths song) 18. -Trouble Loves Me 19. -Jack the Ripper 20. -Sweet and Tender Hooligan (The Smiths song) -
Heyoka - The Spirit of Revelation 2-LP. Gatefold cover colored vinyl limited edition double album filled with incredible late 70s progressive hard rock from this unheralded Texas group. Mention the name Heyoka to any self respecting rock music aficionado in the state of Texas and chances are they remember this legendary 70s hard rock band. Without a doubt this band was one of the greatest unsigned bands ever to originate from Texas. Opening for every major touring act that passed through San Antonio, including Rush’s first tour of America, this band even had a song featured on MTV in the early 80’s, before it got unceremoniously banned. They featured two guitarists, a singer that played flute, keyboards, and a crack rhythm section. The music is reminiscent of Jethro Tull and Kansas, but retaining a unique quality all its own that will take the listener on a musical journey evoking Native American imagery under the mystical guide of Black Elk. All tracks recorded between the years 1977 and 1986, almost all previously unissued. For those into classic era Rush, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy and the like. An absolute must-have release! This double album collection features bonus tracks not found on the CD version! Also comes with a 12 x 24 color poster! (m/m/m) THIS RECORD IS NOW OFFICIALLY OUT OF PRINT! This copy (on the website) is the last. TRACKS: Side A: 1. Thunderdreamer 2. Wooden Birds 3. The Quest 4. And The Pessimist Fled Side B: 1. Metamorphosis 2. The Monotony of Change 3. Change My Ways 4.Danger Stranger* Side C. 1. The Trilogy: I Passage II Restrictions III Revelations Side D. 1. Taking Notes/Feel It* 2. It’s All Gonna Be Alright 3. Video Madness 4.Disco Sux * bonus tracks only on vinyl version -
40th Anniversary Limited Edition Distortion Pedal ~ Features stylish black enclosure with gold lettering, and gold-capped knobs. It contains three-control layout: Distortion, Level, and Tone, for tailoring your overall sound.
