Stereo Soundboard 9.6 - A fantastic and interesting tape, the live mix sometimes pans in stereo giving it a unique flavor. The drums and keyboards are placed superbly in the mix, vocals very strong, but it does lack some low end, not that it is thin or too bright, that is not the problem here at all it’s just that I think the bass may have been so loud through the P.A. that it didn’t need to pass through the board feed so you do hear it but it’s not super deep. Still, a great one for the collection and certainly if you like hard psychedelic rock but the kicker here is the appearance on 4 tracks by John Cipollina.

Man Keystone Berkeley, CA August 9, 1976 Disc 1 01. -Let The Good Times Roll 02. -7171-551 03. -A Hard Way To Die 04. -The Welsh Connection 05. -Something Is Happening 06. -The Ride And The View 07. -You Are Out Of Your Head 08. -Born With A Future Disc 2 09. -C'Mon 10. -Many Are Called But Few Get Up 11. -Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You* 12. -A Hard Way To Live* 13. -Romain* 14. -Bananas* * with John Cipollina

John Miles Boston 1977 Audience 9.0 - A very well captured document, in fact the entire evening was recorded making for one very special listening experience. Talk about a time capsule!  Sound is excellent, putting you right up close and hearing pretty much every nuance of the music. Lovely! Gary Wright Boston 1977 Audience 9.0 - Excellent audio features a great atmosphere and decent, warm, and inviting tones of sound wafting overhead and funneling into your brain. Includes opening act and headlining act, great job by taper! Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Boston 1977 Audience 9.0 - The headlining act for the evening, they did not disappoint! A great capture here, pulls you right into the action, you hear every note in detail…a night to remember! An Evening At The Music Hall 1977 Disc 1 JOHN MILES Music Hall Boston Mass April 2nd 1977 1 -Intro 2 -House on the Hill 3 -Pull the Damm Thing Down 4 -Stand Up (and Give Me a Reason) 5 -Music 6 -High Flyer 7 -Slow Down THE BAND John Miles lead vocals keyboards guitar Bob Marshall bass Barry Black drums Gary Moberley keyboards Disc 2 GARY WRIGHT Music Hall Boston Mass April 2nd 1977 1 -Tune Up 2 -My Love Is Alive 3 -Water Sign 4 -Better By You Better Than Me 5 -Light Of Smiles 6 -She's Her Own Victim 7 -Time Machine 8 -I Don't Know 9 -Phantom Rider 10 -Blind Feeling 11 -Dream Weaver 12 -Are You Weeping 13 -Can't Find The Judge 14 -I'm Alright THE BAND Gary Wright Vocals Keyboards Peter Reilich Moog Bass Richard Baker Keyboards Art Wood Drums Hiroshi Upshur Piano Clavinet Betty Sweet Vocals Lorna Wright Vocals Disc 3 MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND Music Hall Boston Mass April 2nd 1977 1 -Waiter There's A Yawn In My Ear 2 -On The Road To Babylon 3 -Spirit In The Night 4 -Father By Day, Father By Night 5 -Captain Bobby Stout 6 -Blinded By The Light 7 -Instrumental 8 -Drum Solo 9 -Drums and Keyboards 10 -Mighty Quinn THE BAND Chris Hamlet Thompson lead vocals rhythm guitar Manfred Mann keyboards backing vocals Dave Flett lead guitar Colin Pattenden bass Chris Slade drums backing vocals

Audience 8.7 & Radio Broadcast 9.4 - Both of these are amazing, even the audience tape which is frighteningly intense manages to deliver a wallop. So, let me prepare you best I can, what you know about this band probably comes from their mid to late 70’s FM radio hit singles but my friend this stuff ain’t that…no not by a long shot. This is balls to the wall heavy prog tinged acid rock. There are plenty of moments where you can’t tell where the guitars and keyboards are coming from because they bob and weave almost as one instrument…brilliant! MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND 1972-06-19 Volkshaus Zurich, Switzerland Disc 1 1. -PRAYER 2. -CAPTAIN BOBBY STOUT incl.Glorified Magnified 3. -ASHES TO THE WIND 4. -HAPPY BEING ME 5. -QUINN THE ESKIMO (The Mighty Quinn) Disc 2 GOLDERS GREEN HIPPODROME LONDON, ENGLAND NOVEMBER 20, 1973 01. -Introduction 02. -Mercury, The Winged Messenger 03. -Buddha 04. -Messin' 05. -Father Of Day, Father Of Night 06. -Captain Bobby Stout 07. -Mighty Quinn (The Eskimo) Musicians MANNFRED MANN- Organ/Synthesizer/Vocals MICK ROGERS- Guitar/Vocals COLIN PATTENDEN- Bass CHRIS SLADE- Drums/Percussion/Vocals

Pinkpop 1984 Soundboard 9.6 - Excellent, crystal clear and surely one helluva great performance make this probably a must have for fans.

Dublin 1985 Audience 8.8 - A really good and spacey recording loaded with crowd ambience, as guitars and synths float just overhead. Drums sound pretty tight here, and vocals are perhaps the most prominent next to keys. Good one!

MARILLION 1984/85 Disc 1 Pinkpop Geleen, Netherlands 11 June 1984 01- Intro - Punch & Judy 02- Assassing 03- Script For A Jesters Tear 04- Jigsaw 05- Incubus 06- Cinderella Search 07- Fugazi 08- Garden Party 09- Market Square Heroes Disc 2 SFX Centre Dublin, Ireland 4 Sep 1985 1 -Emerald Lies intro 2 -Script For A Jester's Tear 3 -Incubus 4 -Chelsea Monday 5 -The Web 6 -Market Square Heroes 7 -Pseudo Silk Kimono 8 -Kayleigh 9 -Lavender 10 -Bitter Suite Disc 3 1 -Bitter Suite cont - Heart Of Lothian 2 -Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) 3 -Lords Of The Backstage 4 -Blind Curve 5 -Blind Curve cont 6 -Childhoods End? 7 -White Feather 8 -Fugazi 9 -Forgotten Sons

FM Broadcast 9.3 - This recording is a little hot, it’s slightly overloaded mainly in the upper mid to high band to the point of slight sizzle on the cymbals…but because it’s so clean overall, with good mid and low end, that seems to be mitigated as the ears adjust. So, it’s great, yes a fine FM broadcast, but in the pantheon of FM broadcasts maybe the engineer got a little excited…OR maybe it’s not the case but more a situation where, when taping from a radio source, you sometimes get artifacts (might be static interference, might be signal compression, might be a whole range of things) and here you have some in the form of slightly overloaded high end.  Don’t let it dissuade you though…it’s still great stuff.

Marillion The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY. 02.10.1987 Disc 1 01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) 02 Slàinte Mhath 03 Assassing 04 White Russian 05 Incubus 06 Sugar Mice 07 Fugazi 08 Hotel Hobbies 09 Warm Wet Circles 10 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) Disc 2 11 Misplaced Childhood (Part 1) 12 radio 13 The Last Straw 14 Incommunicado 15 radio 16 Garden Party 17 Market Square Heroes (incl. “My Generation” and “Let´s Twist Again”) 18 radio

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]