Audience 8.7

First Show: Audience 7.3  /  Second Show: Audience 7.9 - This one is much clearer, but both shows are going to be good for those who appreciate the pre-Deep Purple Tommy Bolin.

Volume 3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST!

Volume 2: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST!

Italy Prog Fest 1972:  Volume 1,2,3 Audience 7.5 - The stuff that dreams are made of! How long I have waited for something like this to materialize. I mean, I have been listening to and collecting these bands for ages and now I get to hear a full on multi-artist concert experience by all of the era’s top artists at the zenith of the prog rock movement. How cool is that? What a set this is too! The quality of presentation equals the unquestionable importance of this as a document of an important time for rock music. Thank you to whoever recorded this, and thank you to whoever packaged the recording like this. CONTROCANZONISSIMA Roma, Piper Club, January 28th, 1972 Latte e Miele, Delirium, Francesco Guccini, The Trip, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Tito Schipa Jr., Claudio Rocchi, Osanna, New Trolls Disc 1 EDDY PONTI 01. Introduzione LATTE E MIELE 02. Unknwon Title I 03. Unknown Title II 04. Unknown Title III ARMANDO GALLO 05. News Internazionali DELIRIUM 06. Sequenza I e II (Ipocrisia-Verità) 07. Movimento I (Egoismo) 08. Unknown Title(pt.1) 09. Assolo di batteria 10. Unknown Title (pt.2) 11. Assolo di flauto & finale 12. Unknown title 13. Canto di Osanna Disc 2 FRANCESCO GUCCINI 01. Armando Gallo presenta Guccini 02. Canzone per un’amica (In morte di S.F.) 03. Il vecchio e il bambino 04. Un altro giorno è andato 05. Auschwitz 06. Canzone della bambina portoghese 07. Gli Ubriachi THE TRIP 08. Eddy Ponti presenta The Trip 09. Caronte (pt.1) 10. Two brothers 11. L’Ultima Ora e Ode a J. Hendrix 12. Fortuna Disc 3 LE ORME 01. Armando Gallo presenta Le Orme 02. Collage 03. Sguardo Verso Il Cielo 04. Evasione Totale 05. Cemento Armato 06. Rondò Disc 4 PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI 01.Carlo Silvestro presenta la PFM 02. È festa 03. Dove e Quando (inclusi assoli & improvvisazioni) 04. La Carrozza Di Hans TITO SCHIPA JR. 05. Combat Disc 5 CLAUDIO ROCCHI 01. Autopresentazione e accordatura 02. La tua prima luna 03. Cattive vibrazioni... OSANNA 04. Autopresentazione 05. Unknown Title (incompleto) 06. In un vecchio cieco 07. Unknown Title 08. Oro caldo Disc 6 NEW TROLLS 1. Eddy Ponti presenta i New Trolls 2. Bright Lights 3. Muddy Madalein (incompleto) 4. To Edith 5. Adagio (Shadows) 6. A Land To Live A Land To Die 7. Lying here (pt.1) 8. Assolo di chitarra 9. Lying Here (pt.2) 10. Assolo di batteria & finale

CONTROCANZONISSIMA Roma, Piper Club, January 28th, 1972 Latte e Miele, Delirium, Francesco Guccini, The Trip, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Tito Schipa Jr., Claudio Rocchi, Osanna, New Trolls Disc 5 CLAUDIO ROCCHI 01. Autopresentazione e accordatura 02. La tua prima luna 03. Cattive vibrazioni... OSANNA 04. Autopresentazione 05. Unknown Title (incompleto) 06. In un vecchio cieco 07. Unknown Title 08. Oro caldo Disc 6 NEW TROLLS 1. Eddy Ponti presenta i New Trolls 2. Bright Lights 3. Muddy Madalein (incompleto) 4. To Edith 5. Adagio (Shadows) 6. A Land To Live A Land To Die 7. Lying here (pt.1) 8. Assolo di chitarra 9. Lying Here (pt.2) 10. Assolo di batteria & finale

Audience 8.9 - Taper was seated 15 rows back so this recording gets you a good clear image of the event. Being an outdoor venue, there is occasional “wind” effect that does not really bother. A solid capture!

Audience 8.7 - It’s hard to screw up a recording when you have good equipment and decent seats, unless you fall asleep and drop the recorder on the floor. This crew didn’t, and the results are very good to the ears.

Audiece 7.0 - Loud and noisy, but Maiden fans know all too well the kind of lo-fi muddy sound most of the early recordings suffer from, that’s why this is welcome. It is not nearly as horrid as most, in fact in places this is actually pretty decent. You do get a great feel of the hall, and the energy level, and even though it is a tad crunchy you do get most of the band.

Volume Two:  Audience 7.6 - Just a touch better than Volume one, suffers from the same limitations but has a slightly more open sound.

Audience 6.0 - Poor recording but it’s all we have. For collectors only.

Audience 5.0 - Low fi, but so few good recordings from the early days. The lead work is the clearest sound on this, vocals non-existent. Can appreciate the dual guitars on this even though it is low-fi.

Soundboard 8.8 - A slightly aged sounding tape that received a much needed EQ and level boost recently that lifted it a full point higher ratings-wise. If you like Chicago you should like this band too.

Audience 7.5 - Not especially great, however if you are collecting you may want to snag this if you don’t have it yet. You do hear the music, it’s not a hot mess, it’s just simply an average sounding audience show.

Pro Audience 9.3

Soundboard 9.2