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Brand New - Def Leppard played a "Slang tour" show in Johannesburg, South Africa on 5th December 1996. 13 songs from the show were recorded for broadcast. The band played in front of 37,500 ecstatic and very loud fans. This was the first of three stadium shows played on the mini tour of the country. -
Brand New - Alice Cooper Live 1987! Remember that mythical “The Nightmare Returns Tour”? Yup! The one with Kane Roberts and that great track list! Part from the video “The Nightmare Returns this is the only Live show properly recorded from that tour. Here we have the pre-FM master with a superb sound (better than the video!) and a stunning performance! -
Brand New - This is the best sounding Soundboard Recording of “headless Tour” for sure! And also an hard one to find! Blackie and Johnny are taking turns singing their asses off and that comes through crisp and clear on this soundboard recording. -
Brand New - Iron Maiden braving new world! In 1995 Steve Harris and company played 3 shown in Israel. One of them was broadcasted. This is by far the best recorded show from the Blaze Bailey era. -
Brand New - The Final days with Bruce! A show that sums up the Iron Maiden’s repertoire from 1980 to 1993! Great sound, great performance, great track list… a very good alternative to the subpar official releases of the same era. -
Brand New - This recording of Anvil's set from the 2nd Classic Metal Fest at Phantasy Nite Club, Cleveland, Ohio, USA on 12th July 2002 was professionally made for a prospective live album which never came to fruition. The whole set was then mixed & produced by Joe Kleon at G4orce Studios. Until today the idea of a live album remained shelved. -
Brand New - Recorded Live At M3 Rock Festival in 2012. The live album that was missing! Ratt live during “Infestation” era delivering an amazing show full of classic tunes with Warren Dimartini and Carlos Cavazo delivering a great guitar work along with a tight rhythmic section with Crucier and Blotzer together fronted by Stephen Percy still singing great. One of the last opportunity to listen to all this guys together on stage. -
Brand New - Twisted Sister live album… Yeah right! … Twisted Sister live in Japan at their peak in 1985, that’s the real deal, that’s what really metter! What a great show! From now on you can’t consider yourself a SMF if you don’t have this show. -
Brand New - A collection of Quorthon and Bathory rare tracks, most of them unreleased. It also includes half a dozen cover tunes, from The Beatles to Sext Pistols or Motorhead, recorded by Quorthon though his career. A CD for true Bathory aficionados. -
Brand New - Split CD! 2 Live shows in one CD! Very good Soundboard recordings! Carcass live at The Club Citta,Tokyo, on 5th October, 1994 Obituary live at Aardschok Fest, Netherlands on 12th April, 1992 2 Shows from the band’s classic era with good sound and raw energy! -
FM Broadcast 8.9 - Good because it's a broadcast, but there is some compression so you do not get the crisp, soaring highs and separation of instruments is not perfect. It's a somewhat "rough" professional recording and I am not talking about just age or generation of tape either - some of this is probably in the actual recording and/or live sound mix. That being said - it's a really good tape nonetheless and worthy of your collection. Blue Oyster Cult Centrum Worcester, MA. September 24, 1982 01. Pre-show interview 02. This Ain't The Summer Of Love 03. Hot Rails To Hell 04. Joan Crawford 05. Cities On Flame 06. Veteran of the Psychic Wars 07. Don't Fear The Reaper 08. Godzilla intro 09. Godzilla 10. Drums 11. Godzilla (reprise) 12. Bass solo 13. Born To Be Wild 14. DJ and stage banter 15. Burnin' For You Albert Bouchard - drums, percussion, vocals Allen Lanier - keyboards, guitars, vocals Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar, vocals Eric Bloom - lead vocals, rhythm guitar Joe Bouchard - bass guitar, vocals -
Audience 8.7 - This is a decent tape that delivers some sense of the venue and the power of the band in a live setting, it's not "relaxed" sounding but definitely hard rock music at volume...but that being said there is some slight harmonic distortion somewhere in the upper mid band range, and if you had to choose where your live recording suffered, it would be here because it doesn't do as much damage to the sound taken as a whole as you might suppose. It's still a really good recording...with limitations. Kinks Golden Hall San Diego, CA February 11, 1976 Disc 1 01 Everybody's A Star (Starmaker) 02 Rush Hour Blues 03 Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) 04 You Really Got Me 05 All Day And All Of The Night 06 Lola 07 Alcohol 08 Celluloid Heroes 09 Schooldays 10 Schooldays Overture 11 Announcement 12 Jack The Idiot Dunce Disc 2 13 Education 14 The First Time We Fall in Love 15 I'm in Disgrace 16 Headmaster 17 The First Time We Fall in Love (Reprise) 18 The Hard Way 19 The Last Assembly 20 No More Looking Back 21 Finale -
Audience 8.7 - This is a really good, but flawed, recording. The good points are that it is clear, and has unmistakable stereo panning, and a LOT of good live atmosphere (not the obnoxious audience kind of atmosphere!). The flaws are that taper is working hard (to his credit) to get into a sweet spot and while doing this the signal to his deck fades in and out slightly - the effect is one of phasing, so it's not a deal-breaker flaw it's just you have to accept that vocals and what not at times sound really far back and then sound much closer...at various points during the show (I should say guitar does this too, maybe less often). The reason why you'll stick it out is because when it is good...it's great. Iron Maiden International Amphitheater Chicago, IL. 1982-09-21 01 - Wrathchild 02 - Run to the Hills 03 - Children of the Damned 04 - The Number of the Beast 05 - talk 06 - 22 Acacia Avenue 07 - Hallowed Be Thy Name 08 - Iron Maiden -
Audience 9.4 - This recording consists of a matrix between both an audience recorded tape and a stand-alone video recorder audio, and together (when both are rolling and in-sync) they have a wonderful stereo pan effect and sweet, clean quality. Mick Taylor Lone Star Roadhouse New York City, NY 14th May 1992 (1st & 2nd show) Disc 1 (1st show) 01. intro & tuning 02 - Badmouth Mama 03 - Hoodoo Thing 04 - How It Feels 05 - You Gotta Move 06 - Shake Your Hips 07 - Kind Hearted Woman Blues - Me And The Devil Blues 08 - Cairo Motel Disc 2 (2nd show) 01 - tuning 02 - Big Town Playboy 03 - That's Alright 04 - Nowhere To Run 05 - You Shook Me 06 - You Don't Miss Your Water 07 - Kid Man Blues 08 - band introduction 09- Teresa Line-up: Mick Taylor (gtr, voc) Jimmie Wood (voc, harm, gtr) Jimmy King (gtr, bvoc) Greg Boaz (bass, bvoc) David Salinas (dr) -
Studio quality 9.6 - production on this is outstanding and flows nicely. Well thought out, and as comprehensive as it needs to be so it has a wider appeal and includes casual fans as well as seasoned collectors. The DVD is a nice touch!
George Harrison "The Light That Has Lighted The World" Best Of Rarities 1970-2001 Disc 1 1. My Sweet Lord 2. Beware Of Darkness 3. Let It Down 4. Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) 5. Isn't It A Pity 6. I Still Love You 7. Down By The River 8. It Don't Come Easy 9. Bangla-Desh 10. Deep Blue 11. Give Me Love 12. Miss O'Dell 13. Sue Me, Sue You Blues 14. Ding Dong, Ding Dong 15. Dark Horse 16. I Don't Care Anymore 17. Hari's On Tour (Express) 18. For You Blue Disc 2 19. You 20. This guitar (Can't Keep From Crying) 21. This Song 22. Crackerbox Palace 23. The Pirate Song 24. Here Comes The Sun 25. Mo 26. Faster 27. Sat Singing 28. Flying Hour 29. Life Itself 30. Tears Of The World 31. Lay His Head 32. Save The World 33. All Those Years Ago 34. Dream Away 35. That's The Way It Goes 36. I Don't Wanna Do It 37. Abandoned Love Disc 3 38. Shanghai Surprise 39. Someplace Else 40. Breath Away From Heaven 41. Hottest Gong In Town 42. Got My Mind set On You 43. When We Was Fab 44. This Is Love 45. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 46. Poor Little Girl 47. Cockamamie Business 48. Cheer Down 49. Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea 50. Ride Rajbun 51. Any Road 52. Horse To The Water 53. My Sweet Lord Disc 4 (DVD) Various promo videos and more -
Soundboard 8.8 - A strong and clear tape with a mix that heavily favors drums and bass. That gives it a massive, sledgehammer to the skull sound - which can't be bad.
Slayer "Diabolus In The East" Nakano SunPlaza Hall Tokyo, Japan October 08, 1998 ** Bonus DVD Tokyo, Japan Akasaka Blitz July 15, 1998 Disc 1 01. BGM 02. S.E. 03. Bitter Peace 04. Death´s Head 05. Evil Has No Boundaries 06. Hell Awaits 07. War Ensemble 08. Stain Of Mind 09. South Of Heaven 10. Raining Blood 11. Dittohead 12. Gemini 13. Die By The Sword 14. Black Magic 15. Captor Of Sin 16. In The Name Of God Disc 2 01. Scrum 02. Dead Skin Mask 03. Seasons In The Abyss 04. Chemical Warfare 05. Mandatory Suicide 06. Angel Of Death * Bonus Tracks: Tokyo, Japan Akasaka Blitz July 15, 1998 07. South Of Heaven 08. War Ensemble 09. Death´s Head 10. Dead Skin Mask 11. Dittohead 12. Stain Of Mind 13. Chemical Warfare Bonus DVD: 01. South Of Heaven 02. War Ensemble 03. Death´s Head 04. Dead Skin Mask 05. Dittohead 06. Stain Of Mind 07. Chemical Warfare -
Soundboard 8.9 - Man, this is just amazing. It sounds a little dated, maybe a little faded, but definitely NOT jaded! The live sound mix isn't perfect here, I think guitars should be louder (but at least in this board I can hear every note of the bass) but in defense of the guitars I can hear both of them somewhat distinctly. Vocals do suffer, they are pushed well back of the mix, at times they get closer to the right spot, but it's all good they are there but just not at the center of the mix. I think this is classic stuff. Slayer Country Club Reseda, LA, CA. September 7th 1985 Hell Awaits Tour 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor Of Sin 4. The Final Command 5. Haunting The Chapel 6. Praise Of Death 7. Fight Till Death 8. Necrophiliac 9. Black Magic 10. Die By The Sword 11. Crypts Of Eternity 12. Hardening Of The Arteries 13. The Antichrist 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Show No Mercy 16. Crowd 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare Tom Araya – bass, lead vocals Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P.) - lead and rhythm guitar Kerry King – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals Dave Lombardo – drums -
Soundboard 9.2 - In this mix, vocals are front and center, followed next by drums (cool) and guitars which sound just evil AF. This is surely one all fans will slay for (see what I did there?). Slayer Elkerlyck Luttenburg, The Netherlands 2nd June 1985 01 - Hell Awaits 02 - Aggressive Perfector 03 - Captor Of Sin 04 - Fight 'Til Death 05 - Kill Again 06 - Haunting The Chapel 07 - Necrophiliac 08 - Black Magic 09 - Die By The Sword 10 - Praise Of Death 11 - The Final Command 12 - Hardening Of The Arteries 13 - At Dawn They Sleep 14 - Show No Mercy 15 - Evil Has No Boundaries 16 - Chemical Warfare 17 - The Antichrist -
Soundboard 9.4 - Excellent tape for all those who actually want to hear what the band is doing. Drums are massive, and the guitars sound on point and distinct. SLAYER Memorial Coliseum Corpus Christi, TX 1987-02-19 1. Raining Blood 2. Reborn 3. Die By The Sword 4. Necrophiliac 5. Postmortem 6. Criminally Insane 7. Angel Of Death 8. Epidemic 9. Altar Of Sacrifice 10. Jesus Saves 11. Evil Has No Boundaries 12. Raining Blood (Reprise) Bonus Tracks 13. Evil Has No Boundaries (1983 Demo) 14. Crionics (1983 Demo) -
Illinois 2002 - Audience 9.5 - Superb recording considering how hard it is to properly capture live heavy metal. Normally what you get, even if on good gear, is a well captured loud sound without much separation of instruments...but here you can really wrap your ears around it all pretty distinctly. Columbus 1990 - Audience 9.0 - This is a good recording with a little less fullness and bottom end definition compared to the Illinois set. Still, it's really well done and can benefit from your own "seasoning" so to speak. TROUBLE Penny Road Pub South Barrington, Illinois 2002-05-18 DISC 1 1. Introduction - R.I.P. 2. COME TOUCH THE SKY 3. THE SLEEPER 4. AT THE END OF MY DAZE 5. PLASTIC GREEN HEAD 6. GOIN' HOME 7. DOOM BOX 8. THE MISERY SHOWS (ACT II) 9. FEAR 10. MEMORY'S GARDEN 11. PSYCHOTIC REACTION DISC 2 12. THE FALL OF LUCIFER (Aborted) 13. PRAY FOR THE DEAD 14. THE TEMPTER 15. BASTARDS WILL PAY Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH. October 18, 1990 16. R.I.P. 17. Black Shapes Of Doom 18. Bastards Will Pay 19. Pray For The Dead 20. At The End Of My Daze 21. Heaven On My Mind 22. Psychotic Reaction 23. The Tempter ERIC WAGNER- Vocals RICK WARTELL- Guitar BRUCE FRANKLIN- Guitar RON HOLZNER- Bass JEFF OLSON- Drums -
Montreal - Audience 8.7 - You can tell the tapers gear was of good quality, the capture is actually very clear but in capturing the actual sound at the show you gotta accept whatever is coming out of the PA system, and however the sound guy has mixed it. That being said, I can tolerate this one much more than 90% of all the other Metallica audience tapes which suffer greatly from sheer volume overload most of the time. Missouri - Soundboard 9.1 - Great drums sound believe it or not, and both guitars are distinguishable from one another which makes it very well worth hearing. These two guys can really play, maybe not quite Dave Mustaine level (ok so I am partial to Megadeth) but they can do what they do in very convincing fashion especially when you can actually hear it. Metallica Disc 1 Le Spectrum Montreal, QC. January 15, 1985 01 - The Ecstasy of Gold 02 - Fight Fire with Fire 03 - Ride the Lightning 04 - Phantom Lord 05 - (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth 06 - For Whom the Bell Tolls 07 - No Remorse 08 - The Call of Ktulu 09 - Seek & Destroy 10 - Whiplash 11 - Creeping Death Disc 2 A.C. Brase Arena Building Cape Girardeau Missouri, USA May 24, 1986 01. Battery 02. Master of Puppets 03. For Whom the Bell Tolls 04. Ride the Lightning 05. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 06. Four Horsemen 07. Thing That Should Not Be 08. Cliff Bass Solo 09. Damage Inc 10. Fade To Black 11. Seek And Destroy 12. Creeping Death -
Audience 8.7 - A little subdued maybe, but all the instrumentation is clearly heard, and dynamically it resides in the middle band frequencies and has a decent bass response but at the expense of maybe guitars which seem to sit just behind the bass. Considering the gig (inside a prison) I have to say it's a very good job, and worthy of a spin. ULI JON ROTH Klingelpuetz Prison Cologne, Germany 1979-10-03 2nd Show 01. Sundown 02. Earthquake 03. Japanese Dream 04. Children Of The Sea 05. I've Got To Be Free 06. Polar Nights 07. On That Night 08. Beethoven's Ninth 09. Hell-Cat The ELECTRIC SUN Band Uli John Roth (Guitars, Vocals) Ule Ritgen (Bass) Sidhatta Gautama (Drums, Percussion) -
Radio Broadcast 9.4 - Perhaps one of the best live documents in existence, even if there are marginally better sounding shows out there (although this one is killer), this tops it for exuberance and swagger. New York Dolls Radio Luxembourg 22 rue Bayard, Paris December 1, 1973 1. Introduction 2. Personality Crisis 3. Bad Girl 4. Looking For A Kiss 5. (Give Her A) Great Big Kiss 6. Stranded In The Jungle 7. Pills 8. Vietnamese Baby 9. Trash 10. Chatterbox 11. Puss 'n Boots 12. Hoochie Coochie Man 13. Jet Boy David Johansen: Vocals Johnny Thunders: Guitar Sylvain Sylvain: Guitar Arthur "Killer" Kane: Bass Jerry Nolan: Drums -
Audience 9.5 - Rich, clear, dynamic...if you don't have these elements in a heavy metal (especially Doom metal) recording, you aren't going to be very satisfied. But this, this is EVERYTHING you want and more. MUST HAVE! The Skull Mississippi Studios Portland, OR. 2013-10-13 1. The Tempter 2. Thinking Of The Past 3. Wickedness Of Man 4. Plastic Green Head 5. The Eye 6. Pray For The Dead - Psalm 9 7. Assassin 8. The Last Judgement 9. Another Day 10. Revelation (Life Or Death) 11. Bastards Will Pay 12. Hello Strawberry Skies 13. At The End Of My Daze Eric Wagner - Vocals Ron Holzner - Bass Jeff Olson - Drums Lothar Keller - Guitar Michael Carpenter - Guitar -
Audience 8.8 - This is better than I give it credit for, mainly because it has all the elements needed to be very enjoyable - namely: clarity, separation of instruments, and atmosphere. Where it lacks the necessary qualifications to enter into 9.0 and above rating status is more in the dynamics range (is low end low, is high end high, are mids clear and punchy?) which here are expressed mostly with the lovely, brassy and defined bass sound. This is good! But perhaps we are spoiled now with all the audio riches we have at our disposal. This is a very good old tape, with a re-mastering I assume it would rise to the 9.0 level, but the bones are here. E.L.P Odeon Theatre Birmingham, UK 1972-11-24 Disc 1 01. ABADDONS BOLERO 02. HOEDOWN 03. TARKUS 04. ALAN FREEMANS THEME 05. THE SHERIFF 06. TAKE A PEBBLE Disc 2 07. LUCKY MAN 08. PIANO IMPROVISATIONS - TAKE A PEBBLE 09. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 10. NUTROCKER 11. RONDO -
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Audience 8.7 - A large sound, complete with the bassy, big stadium boominess that telegraphs the volume and power of live Dio. Does that mean it is a muddy mess? No, it's not bad...it's just that your ears will hear this recording probably exactly how they would have heard it at the show. It's a well known fact that the sound at these big shows is one thing to your ear while there in the audience and another thing if you are listening to it over a radio broadcast. This is the sound coming from the P.A. - big, ballsy, LOUD, metal, and atmospheric, immersive, live. It's worth getting this, it has something to offer the listener. DIO Worcester Centrum Worcester MA. October 31st 1985 Disc 1 1. INTRO 2. KING OF ROCK AND ROLL 3. LIKE THE BEAT OF A HEART 4. DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS 5. HUNGRY FOR HEAVEN 6. LAST IN LINE - HOLY DIVER - DRUM SOLO 7. HEAVEN AND HELL 8. GUITAR AND KEYBOARD SOLO Disc 2 1. SACRED HEART -LAST IN LINE (REPRISE) 2. ROCK AND ROLL CHILDREN 3. LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL 4. MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN -ROCK AND ROLL CHILDREN (REPRISE) 5. STAND UP AND SHOUT 6. RAINBOW IN THE DARK 7. WE ROCK THE BAND Ronnie James Dio Vocals Vivian Campbell Guitar Jimmy Bain Bass Vocals Vinny Appice Drums Claude Schnell Keyboards -
Soundboard 9.4 - Intense! Great mix here, full frontal assault and Dio shines! Dio Coliseum Spokane, WA 1984-07-24 01. -We Rock 02. -Mystery 03. -Shame On The Night 04. -Children Of The Sea 05. -Heaven & Hell 06. -Guitar Solo 07. -The Last in Line 08. -Heaven And Hell 09. -Stand Up & Shout 10. -Holy Diver 11. -Drum Solo 12. -Mob Rules 13. -Rainbow In The Dark 14. -Man On The Silver Mountain 15. -Starstruck - Long Live Rock 'N Roll 16. -Man On The Silver Mountain (reprise) -
Soundboard 9.0 - A VERY animated and live sounding recording. There is nothing sterile about this! It bristles with electric mayhem and tension, sometimes it goes a little over the edge (takes a minute for the mix to even out a little bit - and it seems to lean slightly onto upper mid/high end leaves some of the balls of the bass out, but there's enough meat here to add some bass and I think once you do that you'll have a real banger with this one. It's already great, but I'd certainly season it to taste. The Damned Oxford College Of Further Education Oxford, UK. 3-1-1984 01. there ain't no sanity claus 02. disco man 03. ignite 04. stranger on the town 05. wait for the blackout 06. do the blitz 07. melody lee 08. born to kill 09. love song 10. neat neat neat 11. looking at you 12. smash it up pt1 13. smash it up pt 1 1_2 14. smash it up pt 2 15. new rose 16. hippy hippy shake 17. i feel alright 18. we love you 19. i just can be happy today 20. love song -
Audience 8.8 - This is a very good audience tape. It is very clear, with great separation of instruments. It is not terribly dynamic though, but it's also not sluggish there either - it sort of sits in the midrange of things but in a way that is not too bad on the ears. I enjoyed this performance, I liked the atmosphere of the gig, and the respectful audience. Yes Freedom Hall Coliseum Louisville, KY 1979-04-13 Disc 1 1. -Future Times - Rejoice 2. -Circus Of Heaven 3. -Time And A Word - Long Distance Runaround - Survival - The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - Perpetual Change - Soon 4. -Don't Kill The Whale 5. -Clap 6. -Starship Trooper Disc 2 7. -On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 8. -Wakeman Solo 9. -Awaken 10. -Tour Song 11. -I've Seen All Good People 12. -WLRS Award Ceremony 13. -Roundabout -
New York - Audience 8.8 - This is a good tape for the vintage, even if the tapers are sometimes talkative they are at least not shouters and nor are those around them. San Bernadino - Audience 9.2 - A surprisingly clear tape, you can tell right away it is a master tape source. The quality of this capture is appreciated very much, it really gives one a sense of what was beginning to happen in the States for Yes. I sometimes just can't believe there was a time when this kind of adventurous, demanding music was so well received and consumed by the American public. Yes Fragile Tour 1971-72 Disc 1 Academy Of Music New York City, NY. November 24, 1971 1.01 Firebird Suite (1.04) 1.02 Roundabout (8.08) 1.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.54) 1.04 The Clap (3.26) 1.05 Wakeman Improv (0.53) 1.06 Long Distance Runaround (3.52) 1.07 The Fish (9.46) 1.08 Perpetual Change (15.37) 1.09 Yours Is No Disgrace (12.27) Disc 2 Swing Auditorium San Bernadino, CA. March 17, 1972 1.01 Firebird Suite (1.58) 1.02 Roundabout (8.01) 1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.24) 1.04 The Clap (4.28) 1.05 Perpetual Change (14.51) 1.06 I've Seen All Good People (7.30)