• Soundboard 8.8 - Not too bad for a 48 year old tape. Does have some lack of clarity (minor) being old analog but for the most part I say dive right in because with this band…well the water is rather deep, and colorful. GONG 1972-12-14 Maison des Jeunes Rodez, France CD1 1. Gnome intro 2. Pot Head Pixies 3. Zero the Hero & the Witch's Spell 4. I am your Pussy 5. Why are we Sleeping? 6. Radio Gnome Invisible 7. I Feel so Lazy 8. It's The Time of Your Life CD2 1. Tropical Fish 2. Dreaming it 6:04 3. Flying Teapot 6:55 4. Flying Teapot pt. II 12:54 5. Flying Teapot pt. III 4:46 CD3 1. Lawrence The Alien 2. Blues For Findlay 3. Encore Jams lineup: Daevid Allen - voc, guitar, glissando guitar Shakti Yoni - space whispers & vocals Bloomdido Bad de Grass - sax, voc Hi T Moonweed - synth Francis Moze - bass Laurie Allan - drums
  • Audience 9.0 - Before I first heard this I assumed it would be a tough listen based on other recordings from this venue. Well, I am very happy to report that my assumption was dead wrong! This is just a great, great recording for the time period. It does seem to be about midway back  but this is not a liability in this situation because it seems to give an aura, a sense of time and place, with the ambience and natural echo (just a touch). I really love everything about this tape! Spirit Mammoth Gardens, Denver, Co June 5th, 1970 01. Decisions (by Gypsy) 02. Sweet Stella Baby 03. 1984 04. It's All The Same 05. Fresh Garbage 06. Unknown Instrumental 07. Jealous 08. It Shall Be > Poor Richard 09. Groundhog (incomplete)
  • Audience - 9.5, 8.5, 8.8  We start with a real cracker of a tape, recorded close up with excellent gear…hard to put this down it is extremely captivating. Then we have a first – the first gig in Europe by the band, and it is a very good tape but we are going to feel the difference between this and the first disc. It’s not got the dynamics of the ’77, but it is considered a very good tape nonetheless. The final disc contains a very good recording with plenty of atmosphere and some dynamics, maybe a touch of clutter in a very specific mid band frequency but it is minor to my ears. It’s a real enjoyable tape! Kansas "The Live Collection 1977-1979" Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA December 31, 1977 Disc 1 01 Magnum Opus Intro > Hopelessly Human 02 Point Of Know Return 03 Paradox 04 Icarus (Borne On Wings Of Steel) 05 Child Of Innocence 06 Closest Chronicles 07 Dust In The Wind > 08 Acoustic Guitar Solo 09 Piano Solo > 10 Lonely Wind 11 Cheyenne Anthem 12 Miracles Out Of Nowhere 13 Drum Solo > 14 The Spider Disc 2 Long Beach 77 cont'd 01 Portrait (He Knew) 02 Sparks Of The Tempest 03 Carry On Wayward Son 04 Down The Road 05 Violin Solo 06 Magnum Opus Congresgebouw Den Haag, Netherlands 3-7-78 07 Carry on Wayward Son 08 Down the Road 09 Point of Know Return 10 Paradox 11 Closet Chronicles 12 Mysteries & Mayhem 13 Lamplight Symphony 14 The Wall 15 Dust in the Wind 16 Cheyenne Anthem Disc 3 Convention Center Tucson, Az 12-7-79 01 On the Other Side 02 People of the South Wind 03 Point of Know Return 04 Closet Chronicles 05 The Wall 06 Dust in the Wind 07 Sparks of the Tempest 08 Child of Innocence 09 Down the Road 10 Stay Out of Trouble 11 Portrait (He Knew) 12 Band Introductions 13 A Glimpse of Home 14 How My Soul Cries Out For You 15 Carry on Wayward Son
  • Audience 8.8 - This is a tape that does improve as it goes ultimately coming to a comfortable place, and one might say it is warm and well balanced. When I hear this I can better appreciate this period of the band, when they were experimenting with their music trying to find a place in the changing world of FM radio and top 40. Does that make it bad?  I used to shake my head, but now I understand it, and I find that what they were doing was NEEDED in order to prevent ALL music from that time period sucking so much. YES Civic Center Portland ME USA 02.09.1980 CD 1 (73:20): 01 Does It Really Happen? 02 Yours Is No Disgrace 03 Into The Lens 04 The Clap 05 And You And I 06 Go Through This 07 Man In A White Car Suite 08 We Can Fly From Here 09 Tempus Fugit 10 Amazing Grace - Whitefish CD 2 (77:25): 01 Machine Messiah 02 Starship Trooper 03 Roundabout 04 Can You Imagine?* 05 Telephone Secrets* 06 Mind Drive* 07 Fortune Hunter* 08 You Don't Know+ 09 Make It Easy+ 10 Open Your Box+ * tracks: XYZ session feat. Chris Squire, Alan White & Jimmy Page, april 1981 + tracks: Cinema rehearsals, 1982
  • FM Broadcast 8.9 - This recording was done from the radio broadcast even though most people think it is from the reels (it is from a reel to reel, but a recording made from the broadcast). However, once the live over the air sound mix is sorted out, it becomes pretty darn good and even if the tape has some signs of age, it’s a great document and well worth getting. Yes Madison Square Garden NYC, NY Sept. 6, 1980 Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn cd1 51:30 01. Yours Is No Disgrace 5:01 02. Into The Lens 8:23 03. Clap 4:26 04. And You & I 10:08 05. Go Through This 4:27 06. Man In A White Car 6:17 07. We Can Fly From Here 6:44 08. Tempus Fugit 5:49 09. The Fish (11 seconds) 0:11 cd2 43:21 01 Machine Messiah (Mono) 11:24 02 Starship Trooper 11:55 03 Roundabout 7:42 Bonus: 04 - We Can Fly From Here Studio-Demo -  5:56 05 - We Can Fly From Here 6:23 1980-04-18 (later mix 1980-04-18)  
  • Audience 8.4 - A middle of the road stadium recording that is quite clear but not very close. That being said, I found much to appreciate from this one – namely the curious line-up at this time. Tony Martin singing, ok, he is decent enough and certainly professional caliber but to me, this just is not Black Sabbath. It’s a really badass metal band with Tony Iommi on guitar.  This recording does allow you to really hear both Tony’s pretty loud and clear. BLACK SABBATH DATE : 1987/12/10 VENUE : Palasport, Firenze, Italy Disc 1 Supertzar [Intro] Neon Knights Children Of The Sea War Pigs Die Young Drum Solo Iron Man Born To Lose Black Sabbath Disc 2 Glory Ride Heaven and Hell Children Of The Grave The Shining Paranoid The Shining [Reprise] Laguna Sunrise [Outro] RUNNING TIME : ~ 99 minutes LINE-UP : Tony Iommi - Guitar Tony Martin - Vocals Jo Burt - Bass Terry Chimes - Drums Geoff Nicholls - keyboards NOTES : Very good and complete audience recording of the last show of the "Eternal Idol" tour. This was also the last show for the short lived Iommi / Martin / Burt / Chimes / Nicholls line-up, and a great show it was.
  • Audience 8.8 - Certainly a decent sounding tape, the band sounds a lot more grunge-like than glam pop here which is a good thing. The PA sound mix is off for a bit, with the Third Eye Girl guitar being buried in favor of Prince’s lead guitar role which hurts the interplay (as in the jam during Let’s Go Crazy) but as it goes they seem to get a little better with that. Rally 4 Peace 2015 Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Maryland May 10, 2015
    1. DAT Intro 1:30
    2. Let’s Go Crazy 6:34
    3. Take Me With U 2:53
    4. Raspberry Beret 2:13
    5. Baltimore 7:37
    6. U Got The Look 3:21
    7. The Question Of U [instrumental]/The One/Electric Man 9:45
    8. Controversy 6:46
    9. 1999 4:02
    10. Little Red Corvette 5:07
    11. Nothing Compares 2 U 8:09
    12. When Doves Cry 2:47
    13. Nasty Girl [instrumental] 0:25
    14. Sign ”O” The Times 2:48
    15. Hot Thing 2:50
    16. I Would Die 4 U 0:04
    67 min
  • Audience 8.7 - Almost every recording from this venue sounds like a large, cavernous venue no matter where the taper is sitting. Thankfully this one is not as much, and the music is just that much more immediate and clear, so for this venue I would say this tape shines. SANTANA Boston Garden Boston, MA March 16th 1977 THE BAND Carlos Santana guitar vocals Pablo Tellez bass vocals Tom Coster keyboards vocals Raul Rekow percussion vocals Jose "Chepito" Areas percussion Graham Lear drums Greg Walker vocals 1 -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 2 -Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) 3 -Europa 4 -Oye Como Va 5 -Let Me 6 -Give Me Love 7 -Savor - Raul Rekow - Toussaint L'Overture 8 -Soul Sacrifice 9 -Band Intro's - Goodnight Carnaval, Let The Children Play, Jugando Missing from this recording
  • Studio Quality 8.8-9.4 - None of this is bad, however there is going to be some hiss on some tracks but it’s not annoying at all. Overall it’s all great, some very very interesting stuff going on here too. Various sources used throughout so sometimes uneven but a noble effort was made to remaster those bits so it flows better, and it does. I like this, it’s a pleasure to listen to because there’s a lot of varied material. Rolling Stones Black And Blue Sessions & More Various Sources 1974-1975 01 Come On Sugar ( Let`s Do It Right ) 02 English Rose 03 Munich Reggae 04 Boogie Jam 05 I Love Ladies 06 Melody 2 07 Cellophane Trousers 08 Jam 2 09 Man Eating Woman 10 Freeway Jam (with Jeff Beck) 11 Jungle Man 12 Carnival To Rio (with Eric Clapton) Black And Blue - bootleg ( 01, 03, 05, 09 ) Outtakes `74 - `75 ( 07 ) Rotterdam Rehearsals ( 02, 04, 06, 10 ) Montauk Rehearsals ( 08, 11 ) Sympathy For Slowhand - ( 12 )
  • Studio Quality 8.8-9.4 - None of this is bad, however there is going to be some hiss on some tracks but it’s not annoying at all. Overall it’s all great, some very very interesting stuff going on here too. Various sources used throughout so sometimes uneven but a noble effort was made to remaster those bits so it flows better, and it does. I like this, it’s a pleasure to listen to because there’s a lot of varied material. Rolling Stones Black And Blue Sessions & More Various Sources 1974-1975 01 Act Together 2 02 Worried About You 2 03 Crazy Mama 2 04 Slave 2 05 Fool To Cry 2 06 Melody 3 07 I Got A Letter 2 08 Jam 1 09 Jenny Jenny 10 Shame Shame Shame 11 Get Off Of My Cloud (with Alexis Korner) Outtakes `74 - `75 ( 02, 04 ) Static In The Attic ( 05 ) Rotterdam Rehearsals ( 03, 10 ) Montauk Rehearsals ( 06, 08, 09 ) Unknown bootlegs (01, 11 )
  • Audience 9.0 - Nice and clear, with a sharply defined and articulate high end of the spectrum. During full band loud jam sections I find the guitar too low in the mix, but just fine in most of the sections where the overall band intensity is not as high (like during Zoot Allures, for instance). Overall it’s quite a tour de force this show – and brilliant on point guitar pyrotechnics abound. ZAPPA plays ZAPPA Date: 2007-12-04 Venue: Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia CD1: Stink Foot (FZ on video screen) Cheepnis Lonely Little Girl Eat That Question Son Of Suzy Creamcheese Brown Shoes Don't Make It Zoot Allures Pygmy Twylite CD2: Audience Participation Time Dupree's Paradise (with aussie icons Irwin Thomas [aka Jack Jones] and Johnny Diesel [aka Mark Lizotte]) Uncle Remus Willie The Pimp Andy I'm The Slime Echidna's Arf Dumb All Over (FZ on video screen) What's New In Baltimore? Advance Romance Filthy Habits City of Tiny Lights CD3: Cosmic Debris (FZ on video screen) G-Spot Tornado Muffin Man The band: Dweezil Zappa: guitar Ray White: vocals, guitar Joe Travers: drums Billy Hulting: percussion Scheila Gonzalez: keyboards, saxophone, vocals Aaron Arntz: keyboards, trumpet Pete Griffin: bass Jamie Kime: rhythm guitar With special guests: Steve Vai: guitar (from Andy onwards) Irwin Thomas [aka Jack Jones]: guitar (Dupree's Paradise) Johnny Diesel [aka Mark Lizotte] : guitar (Dupree's Paradise)
  • Audience 8.6/8.4 Two tapes that have many similarities with the first disc being favored for being a touch clearer and also because Mick Taylor is not only very clear but also having a fine evening. The Rolling Stones Europe Tour 1973 Disc 1 Newcastle City Hall, UK September 13, 1973 (First Show) 1. -Brown Sugar 2. -Gimme Shelter 3. -Happy 4. Tumbling Dice 5. -Star Star 6. -Dancing With Mr. D 7. -Angie 8. -You Can't Always Get What You Want 9. -Midnight Rambler 10. -Honky Tonk Women 11. -All Down The Line 12. -Rip This Joint 13. -Jumping Jack Flash 14. -Street Fighting Man Disc 2 Grugahalle, Essen, W. Germany October 11, 1973 1. -Brown Sugar 2. -Gimme Shelter 3. Happy 4. -Tumbling Dice 5. -Star Star 6. -Dancing With Mr. D 7. -Angie 8. -You Can't Always Get What You Want 9. -Midnight Rambler 10. -Honky Tonk Women 11. -All Down The Line 12. -Rip This Joint 13. -Jumping Jack Flash
  • Audience 8.5 - Do not judge this show by the first song, just skip past it in fact. Tape gets MUCH better and is rather enjoyable, good presence on the guitar and Plant doesn’t even need a P.A. but show does end prematurely as Robert has a little issue with staying conscience. Led Zeppelin Arizona Coliseum Phoenix, AZ 1970.04.18 Disc 1 01 -We're Gonna Groove 02 -Dazed And Confused 03 -Heartbreaker 04 -Bring It On Home 05 -White Summer - Black Mountain Side 06 -Organ Solo - Thank You Disc 2 07 -Moby Dick 08 -Whole Lotta Love Show ends early. After Whole Lotta Love JP comes out and says that as everyone was leaving the stage, RP collapsed and a doctor has been called and that the show is over.
  • FM Broadcast 9.0 - This material was broadcast in 1974, and so you can tell the performances were somewhat pro or at least held up pretty well.  There is a slightly amateurish nature to the old tapes but therein lies the charm, since Joni herself pours charm out of her like maple syrup. A great collection of early vintage classic American folk. Joni Mitchell The Second Fret, Philadelphia, PA October 11, 1967 Disc 1 01 -Marcie 02 -London Bridges 03 -Ballerina Valerie 04 -Michael From The Mountains 05 -Go Tell the Drummer Man 06 -I Don't Know Where I Stand 07 -Brandy Eyes 08 -Winter Lady 09 -Mister Blue 10 -Both Sides Now 11 -Urge For Going 12 -The Circle Game 13 -Morning Morgantown 14 -Born To Take The Highway 15 -Eastern Rain 16 -Song To A Seagull 17 -Night In The City Disc 2 January 29th, 1974 WMMR-FM retrospective Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01 WMMR intro [1:43] -- Second Fret, 17 November 1966 (w/ Chuck) -- 02 interview [3:18] 03 Circle Game [5:31] -- "Folklore," WHAT-FM studios, 28 May 1967 -- 04 Sugar Mountain [4:14] -- Second Fret, 17 March 1967 (second visit) -- 05 backstage interview [5:08] -- "Folklore," WHAT-FM studios, 12 March 1967 (w/ Leonda Newberry) -- 06 Both Sides Now [4:12] 07 interview [6:38] -- Second Fret, 12 March 1967 -- 08 Mr. Blue [4:31] 09 Carnival in Kenora [4:59] Disc 3 01 WMMR intro [0:46] -- "Folklore," WHAT-FM studios, 19 March 1967 (w/ Gordon Lightfoot & Chuck Klein) -- 02 Just Like Me [4:55] 03 Eastern Rain [5:50] 04 Blue on Blue [3:04] -- Second Fret, 17 March 1967 (third visit) -- 05 Born to Take the Highway [4:10] 06 Winter Lady [2:48] 07 London Bridge [8:16] -- "Folklore," WDAS-FM studios, 3 November 1968 (w/ Dave Van Ronk & Chris Smither) -- 08 interview [7:17] 09 Sisotowbell Lane [4:00] 10 interview [12:18] 11 The Gallery [4:20] -- Second Fret, October 1967 -- 12 Conversation [5:43] Solo line-up: Joni Mitchell - acoustic guitar, vocals except "Circle Game" with Chuck Mitchell - acoustic guitar, vocals Notes: Here's WMMR's Ed Sciaky and Gene Shay hosting a special program featuring performances and interviews from Joni's early Philadelphia appearances on the "Folklore" program and live music recorded at The 2nd Fret, between 1966 and 1968. This is as it was broadcast the day before her appearance at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia in 1974. "Just Like Me" has a mid-cut, and there are speed fluctuations throughout the 17 March 1967 tracks and elsewhere, but mainly in "London Bridge."  
  • Soundboard 9.4 - A tape that allows you to immerse yourself in the music, which rolls and boils and flavors percolate around your ears. Lovely! Little Feat Paramount Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA June 11, 1978 Disc 1 01 -tuning - introduction 02 -Skin It Back 03 -Fat Man in the Bathtub 04 -Walkin' All Night 05 -Rock and Roll Doctor 06 -Day or Night 07 -Oh Atlanta 08 -A Apolitical Blues 09 -Day at the Dog Races Disc 2 10 -All That You Dream * 11 -Old Folks Boogie.. ** 12 -Dixie Chicken 13 -Tripe Face Boogie - encore call - tuning 14 -Willin' - band introduction 15 -Don't Bogart That Joint - Willin' 16 -Feats Don't Fail Me Now - encore call - tuning 17 -Rocket in My Pocket * with John Hall (guitar, vocals) ** with John Hall (guitar, vocals) and Brian Cummings (saxophone) Lowell George - vocals, guitar, percussion Paul Barrére - guitar, vocals Bill Payne - keyboards, vocals Kenny Gradney - bass, vocals Richie Hayward - drums, vocals Sam Clayton - percussion, vocals
  • Audience 9.1 - Well captured recording that delivers that small venue dynamic, and you get that sense the band is responding to the crowd and elevates just a little more.  It’s hard to believe this was done in the mid 70’s because it sounds like it could have been yesterday. Little Feat Tower Theatre Upper Darby, Pennsylvania May 4, 1976 - Late Show Lowell George Paul Barrere Bill Payne Kenny Gradney Sam Clayton Richie Hayward Disc 1 01. -Tune-up and Introduction (hello Philadelphia) 02. -Skin It Back 03. -Walking All Night 04. -One Love Stand - Rock and Roll Doctor 05. -Oh Atlanta 06. -On Your Way Down 07. -Lafayette Railroad 08. -Day Or Night Disc 2 01. -(No Pants) Romance Dance 02. -Dixie Chicken - Tripe Face Boogie 03. -Willin' 04. -Feats Don't Fail Me Now 05. -All That You Dream

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