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Audience 9.1 - Great stuff here! A wide, ambient, but solid capture. This recording has some kind of magical ability to place you in a seat close to the stage and hear what probably was the actual PA sound, not colored by tape machine or microphone limitations. Well done, well done! Donovan The Forum Inglewood, CA September 23-24, 1977 September 23, 1977 01 Cosmic Wheel (cut) 02 Sunshine Superman 03 Brave New World 04 Lady Of The Stars 05 Hurdy Gurdy Man 06 The Intergalactic Laxative 07 Local Boy Chops Wood 08 The Light 09 Mellow Yellow 10 Atlantis September 24, 1977 01 The Intergalactic Laxative 02 Local Boy Chops Wood 03 The Light 04 Mellow Yellow 05 Atlantis -
Audience 8.3 - Somewhat thin and rather raucus, with an outdoor venue quality and perhaps taper somewhere right in the middle – not close up and not too far – but even so, I find the guitar almost too overwhelming and can imagine what it was for the concert-goers that day. So, if you like your guitar really loud, here is your tape. RORY GALLAGHER Parc des Expos, Bordeaux, France October 19, 1978 CD 1 01 Shinkicker 02 Do You Read Me? 03 Secret Agent 04 I Wonder Who 05 Cloak And Dagger 06 Bought And Sold 07 A Million Miles Away 08 Moonchild CD 2 01 Out On The Western Plain 02 Too Much Alcohol 03 Goin' To My Hometown 04 Shadow Play 05 Tattoo'd Lady 06 Sea Cruise 07 Bullfrog Blues 08 Country Mile 09 All Around Man Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Ted McKenna - drums -
Audience 8.8 - Frighteningly close to the stage with a good, clear sound! The dynamics and clarity of “Out On The Western Plain” is spooky, it’s literally as if Rory was sitting there in your living room. RORY GALLAGHER Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt Germany March 20th 1975 Disc 1 1 -Messin' With The Kid 2 -Tattoo'd Lady 3 -Want Ad Blues 4 -Cradle Rock 5 -Young Fashioned Ways 6 -A Million Miles Away Disc 2 7 -Walk on Hot Coals 8 -Out On The Western Plain 9 -Pistol Slapper Blues 10 -Too Much Alcohol 11 -Going To My Hometown 12 -Who’s That Coming 13 -All Around Man THE BAND Rory Gallagher guitar vocals Gerry McAvoy bass Lou Martin keyboards Rod de'Ath drums -
Audience 9.0 - A really good recording seemingly done on good Japanese gear so you get a sense of placement, good sonic clarity and guitar tone is dialed in. A recording like this kind of adds that realism factor…I like that! Utopia Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo December 12 1976 Disc One 01 -Overture - Communion With The Sun 02 -When The Shit Hits the Fan (Sunset Blvd.) - le Feel Internacionale 03 -Love of the Common Man 04 -The Seven Rays 05 -Windows 06 -Emergency Splashdown 07 -Freedom Fighters Disc Two 01 -The Verb To Love 02 -Initiation 03 -The Wheel 04 -Landmark 05 -Mister Triscuits 06 -Something's Coming 07 -Jealousy 08 -Boogies (Hamburger Hell) -
Audience 8.8 - A great tape here! I heard pretty much everything happening on stage, and the mix is not bad. I was one of those who completely overlooked this band, and should have made more of an effort…but here we are now and I am digging it! The Tubes Pantages Theatre Los Angeles, CA February 22, 1978 Disc 1 01 Overture- Up from the Deep - Young and Rich - Madam I'm Adam - Mondo Bondage 02 Got Yourself A Deal 03 Show Me A Reason 04 God - Bird - Change 05 What Do You Want From Life 06 Special Ballet 07 Don't Touch Me There 08 Mondo Bondage 09 Smoke (La Vie en Fumer) 10 It's Not Unusual 11 Intermission Disc 2 12 Haloes 13 Be Mine Tonight 14 Crime Medley 15 Getoverture 16 Telecide 17 I Was A Punk Before You Were A Punk 18 I Saw Her Standing There 19 Drum Solo 20 Boy Crazy 21 Stand Up And Shout 22 White Punks On Dope -
FM Broadcast 8.8 - A tape that sounds…1978. That doesn’t mean it’s bad at all, it’s just a rather dated sounding broadcast to my ears. That means it kind of captures the time period rather well, and the quality itself is pretty good, but not exhibiting the usual dynamic of an FM broadcast. Not enough 1978 era tapes of excellent quality though, so grab this one. ALICE COOPER Wendler Arena Saginaw, Michigan May 10th 1978 K.B.F.H. / WBCN FM Broadcast Aired July 9th 1978 1 -Ad For The Show 2 -WBCN Promo 3 -K.B.F.H.Intro 4 -Under My Wheels 5 -Billion Dollar Babies 6 -I'm Eighteen 7 -Is It My Body 8 -Devil's Food 9 -The Black Widow 10 -You and Me 11 -Only Women Bleed 12 -Escape 13 -I Never Cry 14 -It's Hot Tonight 15 -Lace & Whiskey 16 -School's Out 17 -Band Intro's and Solos - School's Out (reprise) 18 -K.B.F.H. THE BAND Alice Cooper vocals "The Cornhuskers" Jefferson Kewley guitar Davey Johnstone guitar Dee Murray bass Dennis Conway drums Fred Mandel keyboards -
Audience 9.1 - Taper is close to the action, and this gives the sound an exciting edge to it that pulls you in and doesn’t let you go. Guitar is palpable, drums are crisp and detailed, even organ sounds appear when a lot of other audience recordings seem to bury it. VERY cool and definitely a must have! Jethro Tull Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA, USA October 19, 1970 01. Intro 0:50 02. Nothing Is Easy 5:53 03. Talk 1:41 04. My God 11:15 05. We Used To Know 3:22 06. Talk 1:10 07. With You There To Help Me / By Kind Permission Of... 12:24 08. A Song For Jeffrey 4:56 09. Sossity, You're A Woman / Reasons For Waiting / Sossity reprise 5:35 Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, guitars, percussion Martin Barre - guitar Glenn Cornick - bass Clive Bunker - drums John Evan - keyboards -
Audience 8.3 - A dusty old tape, with signs of age including a bit of tape hiss. Sounds to me like this old tape could have benefited greatly from some remastering work but as it is, it’s listenable and a very fiery performance by the band. I like that you can hear every instrument, I think this recording has promise and I hope it gets a facelift soon. SPECIAL NOTE: Another title also going under the same date and venue has made the rounds but is in fact NOT Los Angeles 1970 (in fact it is listed on this site, so if you bought that, feel free to exchange it free of charge for the ACTUAL real date and venue that is that title - Anaheim 1970). JETHRO TULL L.A. FORUM INGLEWOOD, CA., USA OCTOBER 18, 1970 CD 1 101-INTRODUCTION 3:05 102-NOTHING IS EASY 6:37 103-MY GOD W/ FLUTE SOLO 13:09 104-WITH YOU THERE TO HELP ME > BY KIND PERMISSION OF... 14:30 105-A SONG FOR JEFFREY 5:03 CD 2 201-TALK 1:52 202-SOSSITY, YOU'RE A WOMAN > REASONS FOR WAITING > SOSSITY REPRISE 5:59 203-DHARMA FOR ONE W/ DRUM SOLO 18:45 204-CROWD/TALK 2:31 205-WE USED TO KNOW > 3:20 206-GUITAR SOLO > 9:00 207-FOR A THOUSAND MOTHERS 5:10 Ian Anderson: vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, percussion Martin Barre: electric & acoustic guitars Glenn Cornick: bass Clive Bunker: drums John Evan: keyboards -
Studio and Live 8.7 – 9.9 - A beautiful collection of recordings featuring the three original members (Tommy Shannon, Uncle John Turner, Johnny Winter) during various time periods over the decades. Most notable are the inclusion of some very rare 1969 studio sessions, and reunion material taken from Willie Nelson’s Arlyn Studios back in 1992. This material is outstanding and has yet to be officially released. Johnny Winter "Back Together Again 69-92" Disc 1 Johnny Winter with Edgar Winter Olympic Auditorium Los Angeles, CA 1970-03-07 01 -Mean Town Blues 02 -Talk To Your Daughter 03 -Mean Mistreater 04 -Johnny B.Goode 05 -Tobacco Road 06 -Drum Solo including a bit from "Frankenstein" 07 -Tell The Truth Band: Johnny Winter-Guitar,Vocals Edgar Winter-Sax,Electric Piano,vocals Uncle John Turner-drums Tommy Shannon-Bass Disc 2 The Nashville Sessions 1969 Recorded at "The Warehouse" studio Nashville, TN. 1969 1. -I'm Yours And I'm Hers (Take 1) 2. -I'm Yours And I'm Hers (Take 3) 3. -I'm Yours And I'm Hers (Take 5) 4. -I'm Yours And I'm Hers (Take 6) 5. -I'm Yours And I'm Hers (Take 7) 6. -I'm Yours And I'm Hers (Take 8) 7. -I'm Yours And I'm Hers (Take 15) Texas Gunslingers Sessions 1992 Arlyn Studios 1992 Austin, TX. 8. -Little Red Rooster 9. -Mother-In-Law Blues 10.-Shoulder Holster 11.-Shoulder Holster (Remix) 12.-Bandido (Greg Main on guitars) 13.-Parchman Farm (Greg Main guitars) 14. -Lo Down Situation (Greg Main guitars) -
Soundboard 9.7 - I saw this band around the same time and I can tell you it’s great that there are board tapes around because even though they were spectacular live, the sound was very dense and there’s a lot going on. With this tape you can hear it all in glorious quality, it’s prime stuff, psychedelic rock taken to the next level. Ozric Tentacles April 26, 1994 Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado, USA Disc 1 01. -Og-Ha-Be 02. -Erpland 03. -White Rhino Tea 04. -Vita Voom - Jurassic Shift 05. -Snakepit 06. -Dissolution Disc 2 07. -O-I 08. -Sunscapes 09. -The Throbbe - Pteranodon 10. -Space Between Your Ears 11. -Kick Muck 12. -encore - Poem 13. -Sniffing Dog Ed Wynne: guitar Joie Hinton: keyboards John Egan: flutes and babble Zia Geelani: bass Merv Pepler: drums -
Studio tapes 9.0 - Great to hear this raw, early pre LP stuff because quite frankly it’s fantastic. It’s a different take because there is a real sense of urgency with this recording, like the band know it’s critical to make it happen or they remain bums on the streets of San Francisco. We all know what happened next. Metallica No Life 'Til Leather and Power-Metal Demos "No Life 'Til Leather"-Demos 1 -Hit The Lights 2 -The Mechanix 3 -Motorbreath 4 -Seek And Destroy 5 -Metal Militia 6 -Jump In The Fire 7 -Phantom Lord "Power-Metal"-Demos 8 -Hit The Lights 9 -The Mechanix 10 -Motorbreath - Jump In The Fire -
Audience 8.8 - On the rarity scale this is one of those needle in a haystack recordings. It’s an obscure “group” (actually just a duo but here it sounds like they have some accompaniment), and the music straddles the fence between fold psyche and space rock (that’s a good thing). I would say this couple was trying to stretch something as far as they could in the context of a “folk” duo. Interesting material, very positive vibes! Emtidi Quarter Latin Berlin, Germany 1973 01. Unknown Title 02. Unknown Title 03. Die Reise 04. Unknown Title 05. Unknown Title 06. Saat 07. Touch the Sun 08. Unknown Title All attempts were made to decipher the unknown song titles. -
Amsterdam 1973 Soundboard 8.9 - Nice to have good, clean board tapes of this line up. I think this is his best band, and I think he sounds terrific here. Sheffield 1973 Soundboard 8.9 - Another great board tape featuring Lou’s best band. I love the sound of the band let alone their musicianship. Lou rises to the occasion, he knows he has to deliver or he’ll be overshadowed by these fine players. Thankfully, he actually does! Lou Reed "Berlin To Amsterdam To Sheffield" Disc 1 Concertgebouw Amsterdam 1973.09.20 01. Intro - Sweet Jane 02. How Do You Think It Feels 03. Caroline Says 04. I'm Waiting For The Man 05. Satellite Of Love 06. Walk On The Wild Side 07. Vicious 08. Oh, Jim 09. Heroin Disc 2 Oval Hall Sheffield 1973.09.29 01. Intro - Vicious 02. How Do You Think It Feels 03. Caroline Says I 04. I'm Waiting For The Man 05. Satellite Of Love 06. Walk On The Wild Side 07. Oh, Jim 08. Heroin 09. Rock 'n' Roll 10. White Light - White Heat Lou Reed - vocals Steve Hunter - guitar Dick Wagner - guitar Ray Colcord - organ Peter Walsh - bass Pentti Glan - drums -
Home Recordings 8.8 - You have to give props to Lou Reed because he can take an acoustic guitar and a bedroom atmosphere and crank out demos that you can’t ignore. The songs man, he can write! Lou Reed Demo Tape Recorded: Fall and Winter of 1970 1. I'm So Free 2. I Can't Stand It 3. Walk and Talk It Fall 1970 4. Going Down 5. Ride Into the Sun 6. I'm Stick With You 7. Lisa Says 8. Kill Our Sons (aka Kill Your Sons) 9. Lonely Saturday Night (aka Goodnight Ladies) 10. So in Love 11. She's My Best Friend 12. Looking Through the Eyes of Love (aka Oh Jim) Winter 1970 -
Audience 8.7 - This band, while not a household name by any stretch, actually did gain quite a following throughout Europe and even to a much lesser degree in the USA. They played a style of progressive rock that was accessible but did not convert to singing in English completely and that probably won over more fans in their home country. The recording here is clear, it provides just enough dynamics and detail to let you sink yourself into their sound, although the recording suffers some level problems towards the end, but recovers enough to end on a high note. The material is great, I am reminded of Pink Floyd, Eloy, and perhaps maybe a bit of ELP. Novalis Festival Nordestedt, Germany 1977-09-10 Disc 1 01 -Irgendwo, Irgendwann 02 -Wunderschätze 03 -Astralis 04 -Sommerabend Disc 2 05 -Track 05 06 -Wer Schmetterlinge Lachen Hört 07 -Track 07 08 -Track 08 09 -Es Färbte Sich Die Wiese Grün Brandung Feuer bricht in die Zeit Sonnenfinsternis Dämmerung -
Soundboard 8.7 - This is the kind of soundboard that was probably meant just for soundman audio reference. It’s fine though, and generally speaking, way better than any audience tape because Metallica, especially in 1986 (I know because I saw them in ’86 and it was the loudest concert I’d ever heard) was so loud there wasn’t any way to get a good capture unless you had excellent gear with mic level adjustment. Metallica - Metal, Inc. Live @ The Coliseum, El Paso TX May 12, 1986 1. Master Of Puppets 2. For Whom The Bell Tolls 3. Ride The Lightning 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 5. Seek And Destroy 6. Creeping Death 7. Am I Evil? 8. Damage, Inc.