| Audience 8.8 - Spacious and lush, a full spectral sound range to wrap your ears around. This is what I would call a fully immersive live recording and it’s all thanks to a fan with great gear and a passion for preservation. Great stuff! |
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Queen Providence, RI, USA Providence Civic Center November 14, 1978 Disc 1: 1) -We Will Rock You 2) -Let Me Entertain You 3) -Somebody To Love 4) -If You Can't Beat Them 5) -Death On Two Legs 6) -Killer Queen 7) -Bicycle Race 8) -I'm In Love With My Car 9) -Get Down, Make Love 10) -You're My Best Friend 11) -Now I'm Here 12) -Spread Your Wings 13) -Dreamers Ball 14) -Love Of My Life 15) -'39 16) -It's Late Disc 2: 2) -Brighton Rock 3) -Fat Bottomed Girls 4) -Keep Yourself Alive 5) -The March Of The Black Queen (intro) 6) -Bohemian Rhapsody 7) -Tie Your Mother Down 8) -Sheer Heart Attack 9) -We Will Rock You 10) -We Are The Champions 11) -God Save The Queen -
M Radio 8.9 - This is NOT the Mantra Studios 77, this is the concert from September of 1977 and it is GREAT! -
Procol Harum Berlin 4 September 1970 feat. Robin Trower 1 Still There'll Be More 2 Wish Me Well 3 The Devil Came From Kansas 4 Shine on Brightly 5 Your Own Choice 6 Juicy John Pink 7 Nothing That I didn't Know 8 A Salty Dog 9 Whisky Train 10 Whaling Stories Gary Brooker (voice & piano) Chris Copping (bass, Hammond organ) Robin Trower (guitar, bass, voice) BJ Wilson (drums) total time: 46 min. 28 sec.Audience 8.2 - A recent re-mastering has helped this old tape IMMENSELY. I mean, it took it from a 7.3 to an 8.2 which is significant. For that reason alone, people who have had this one should now upgrade. -
RORY GALLAGHER Long Beach Arena Long Beach CA. April 15th 1973 1 -Tune up 2 -Messin' With The Kid 3 -Hand's Off 4 -Shoud've Learnt My Lesson 5 -Laundromat 6 -Bullfrog Blues 7 -Bass Solo 8 -Drum Solo 9 -Bullfrog Blues (reprise) THE BAND Rory Gallagher guitar vocals Gerry McAvoy bass Lou Martin keyboards Rod de'Ath drumsAudience 8.4 - A recent discovery, and man what a good one. A very strong recording for the time, minimal errors although maybe a touch hot on the upper end of the bandwidth but not enough to harm. The sound is pretty direct and forceful, if even a touch of rawness that harkens back to his really early days with Taste. -
RUSH Cow Palace, Daly City, CA May 24th 1984 THE BAND Geddy Lee vocals bass keyboards Alex Lifeson guitar Neil Peart drums SETLIST 1 -Intro 2 -The Spirit of Radio 3 -Subdivisions 4 -The Body Electric 5 -The Enemy Within 6 -(Count Floyd Intro) The Weapon 7 -Witch Hunt 8 -(Intro) New World Man 9 -Between the Wheels 10 -Red Barchetta 11 -Distant Early Warning 12 -Red Sector A 13 -Closer to the Heart 14 -Afterimage 15 -YYZ 16 -2112 The Temples of Syrinx 17 -Tom Sawyer 18 -Red Lenses 19 -Drum Solo 20 -Vital Signs 21 -Finding My Way 22 -In the MoodAudience 8.6 - A recording that is very clear and bright but lacks low end…but do not take that as saying this recording is too thin. It’s got just enough in the middle and bottom to allow you to attenuate the recording to your liking and in that regard you will find yourself going with this one often. It’s not a one and done show at all. GREAT find and appreciated a little bit more being that it’s a Grace Under Pressure tour gig which for some reason there’s not a plethora of excellent recordings from this tour. -
Ratt Monsters Of Rock, Pforzheim, Germany 1987.08.30 Tracklist: 01. -Lay It Down 02. -You're In Love 03. -Wanted Man 04. -Sweet Cheater 05. -You Should Know By Now 06. -The Morning After 07. -Dance 08. -Drive Me Crazy 09. -Slip Of The Lip 10. -Walking The Dog 11. -Round and Round 12. -Body Talk Stephen Pearcy - Vocals Robbin Crosby - Guitar (RIP) Juan Croucier - Bass Warren DeMartini - Guitar Bobby Blotzer - DrumsSoundboard 9.3 - A great recording of a great hair metal band (I mean, they could play!) in their prime. I used to brush it off when I was a young man, but now I appreciate great musicians not matter how they dress or act. Good is good. -
Audience 8.5 - A decent recording that stays pretty much in the middle of the spectrum in a mildly compressed fashion…so highs are not too high and lows are not boomy. That does take away some of the dynamics of the sound, but at least you get reasonably decent sonic clarity. 10cc Venue: Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan Date: 4 Oct 1977 Disc 1 1 -The Second Sitting For The Last supper 2 -You've Got a Cold 3 -Honeymoon With B Troop 4 -Wall Street Shuffle 5 -People In Love 6 -Band intro 7 -Art For Art's Sake 8 -Ships Don't Disappear In The Night (Do They) 9 -I'm Mandy Fly Me 10 -Marriage Bureau Rendezvous 11 -Good Morning Judge Disc 2 1 -Feel The Benefit 2 -Waterfall 3 -The Things We Do For Love 4 -I'm Not In Love 5 -Modern Man Blues Eric Stewart - Vocals, Guitar, Grand Piano & Keyboard Graham Gouldman - Vocals, Guitar & Bass Guitar Rick Fenn - Backing Vocals, Guitar & Bass Guitar Tony O'Malley - Backing Vocals (lead on AFAS), Piano & Keyboard Stuart Tosh - Backing vocals, Drums & Percussion Paul Burgess - Drums & Percussion -
Audience 9.6 - What makes this such an excellent recording imho is that the sound is not only really balanced, but mix-wise it is also superb. I mean, the punch of the bass, the crispness of the drums, the airiness of the keys, guitar right in the pocket…fuck what else do you want? It’s just excellence and your ears be the judge but mine are pretty spot on usually so…yeah, get this one. -
Audience 8.4 - While not nearly as spectacular as the Uniondale ’77 (a pro-mixed board btw), this is still an important tape being that it is among the last of the Kath era shows. It’s also not bad at all – in a narrow bandwidth it manages to offer decent separation of instruments and nothing annoying in the frequencies. It’s a solid capture on limited equipment and for that I give the thumbs up to the tapers. Chicago November 21, 1977 (1977-11-21) LA Forum Los Angeles, California USA Terry Kath Danny Seraphine Robert Lamm Peter Cetera Lee Loughnane James Pankow Walt Parazaider Disc 1 01.[06:02] Beginnings 02.[03:21] Wake Up Sunshine 03.[05:01] This Time 04.[05:44] Unknown 05.[06:07] Just You n Me 06.[05:41] Mississippi Delta City Blues 07.[03:42] Baby, What a Big Surprise 08.[14:04] Ballet for a Girl in Buchanan Disc 2 01.[08:10] Dialogue 02.[04:01] Does Anybody Know What Time It Is? 03.[06:40] Takin' It On Uptown 04.[05:36] Take Me Back to Chicago 05.[03:45] Scrapbook 06.[13:41] A Hit by Varese 07.[04:26] Saturday in the Park 08.[04:34] I've Been Searching So Long 09.[08:11] Mongonucleosis 10.[05:53] 25 or 6 to 4 11.[04:39] If You Leave Me Now 12.[03:33] Got To Get You Into My Life 13.[01:28] Feeling Stronger Everyday Total 2:04:28 -
Audience 8.9 - This is one helluva nice find! First of all, it was new to me to begin with, but the kicker is that it is just great, and a furious show with outstanding performances by everyone. You simply cannot call yourself a fan and not be interested in a great sounding ’73 tape like this. Get it! DEEP PURPLE Long Beach Arena Long Beach CA. April 15th 1973 THE BAND Jon Lord keyboards Ritchie Blackmore guitar Ian Gillan vocals Harmonica Ian Paice drums Roger Glover bass SETLIST 1 -Intro 2 -Highway Star 3 -Smoke On The Water 4 -Strange Kind Of Woman 5 -God Save The Queen Intro - Mary Long 6 -Jon Lord Solo 7 -Lazy 8 -Ian Paice Solo 9 -The Mule 10 -Space Truckin 11 -Crowd we want more 12 -Announcer -
Audience 8.7 - Here we have another Lotus tour gig which is probably recorded during the same stretch of gigs we got the album from. That is interesting in and of itself, and while this recording is not pro, it does reveal the power of this band. The music is pretty forceful, not a wide or airy tape but pretty solid effort by the Japanese taper. A tape that has not seen much circulation at all. SANTANA Shi Kokaido NAGOYA JAPAN July 1st 1973 1. -Going Home - Introduction 2. -A-1 Funk 3. -Every Step Of The Way 4. -Black Magic Woman 5. -Gypsy Queen 6. -Oye Como Va 7. -Stone Flower 8. -Waiting 9. -Castillos De Arena Pt.1 10. -Free Angela 11. -Flor De Canela 12. -Samba De Sauselito 13. -Mantra - Kyoto 14. -Castillos De Arena Pt. 2 15. -Light Of Life 16. -Se A Cabo Carlos Santana Mike Shrieve Armando Peraza Doug Rauch Tom Coster Richard Kermode Jose Chepito Areas Leon Thomas -
Soundboard 9.0 - A strong board that could have been maybe a little crisper, but since it is not super common I appreciate it very much. It does sound like either a lower gen tape or a remastering because when compared to the old CD title from which it has been designed after, it does sound less hissy and a little more dynamic. SANTANA THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA FEBRUARY 26, 1973 Disc 1: 1. -Going Home - A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way 2. -Samba Pa Ti 3. -Look Up (To See What’s Coming Down) 4. -Just In Time To See The Sun 5. -Incident At Neshabur 6. -Bambele 7. -Stone Flower 8. -Batucada 9. -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 10. -Stone Flower Total Time: 58:31 Disc 2: 11. -Waiting 12. -Castillos De Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle) 13. -Free Angela - Aranjuez 14. -Mantra - Kyoto 15. -Mantra - Kyoto - Castillos De Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle) - Earth 16. -Se A Cabo 17. -Savor 18. -Toussaint L’Overture Total Time: 47:17 Carlos Santana Jose “Chepito” Areas Tom Coster Richard Kermode James “Mingo” Lewis Armando Peraza Douglas Rauch Michael Shrieve -
Audience 8.8 - A fantastic open reel recording that features a very lively and clear sound. Guitar tones are lovely, vocals very present, and a cheerful vibe throughout. Fantastic! THE KINKS SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUD. NOV.10,1970 1-LAST OF THE STEAM POWERED TRAINS 2-BIG SKY 3-BRAINWASHED 4-WATERLOO SUNSET 5-STRANGERS 6-LOLA 7-SUNNY AFTERNOON 8-TOP OF THE POPS 9-YOU'RE LOOKIN'FINE 10-YOU REALLY GOT ME - ALL DAY AND ALL THE NIGHT 11-MILK COW BLUES - ONE NIGHT WITH YOU - YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE - MILK COW BLUES -
Audience 8.6 - A lively tape, with an almost “bar room” feel to it. Fleetwood Mac Veterans Memorial Coliseum New Haven, Connecticut, USA Monday October 20th, 1975 Track List: 01 Get Like You Used To Be 02 Station Men 03 Spare Me a Little 04 Rhiannon 05 Why 06 Landslide 07 Over My Head 08 I'm So Afraid 09 Go Your Own Way (Pre-Rumours performance) 10 Oh Well 11 Green Manalishi 12 World Turning 13 Blue Letter 14 Don't Let Me Down Again 15 Hypnotized Line-up: Stevie Nicks - vocals Lindsey Buckingham - guitar, vocals Christine McVie - keyboards, synthesizer, vocals John McVie - bass Mick Fleetwood - percussion, drums -
Soundboard 8.9 - The band is in really fine form here, the sound is good with maybe a small amount of compression which rounds the highs down a little but a nice mix and that performance wins the day. FLEETWOOD MAC - Le Zenith - Paris, France April 14, 1977 01 -Station Man 02 -The Chain 03 -Dreams 04 -Rhiannon 05 -Oh Daddy 06 -Never Going Back Again 07 -Landslide 08 -Over My Head 09 -Gold Dust Woman 10 -You Make Loving Fun 11 -Go Your Own Way 12 -Oh Well 13 -I'm So Afraid 14 -World Turning 15 -Blue Letter -
Pro Radio broadcasts 9.0 to 8.8 - Ok, so let me put this into some context: These recordings are incredible and an absolute joy to listen to no matter what vintage they are. These are so historically significant, and the quality is surprisingly good when you consider what had to be absolute mayhem at the shows. I am reading Keef’s book right now, therefore these shows take on a whole new meaning to me right now. I am floored by what I am listening to…you will be too! The Rolling Stones A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS Live Paris l'Olympia 1965-1967 CD 1 LIVE IN PARIS, FRANCE, L'OLYMPIA 1965-1967 RECORDED FOR RADIO EUROPE 1 "MUSICORAMA" 1. -Everybody Needs somebody To Love 2. -Around And Around 3. -Time Is On My Side 4. -It's All Over Now 5. -19th Nervous Breakdown 6. -Get Off Of My Cloud 7. -The Last Time 8. -Paint It Black 9. -Under My Thumb 10. -Ruby Tuesday 11. -Let's spend The Night Together 12. -(I CAn't Get No) Satisfaction Tracks 1-4: Paris 4/17/65 Tracks 5-7: Paris 3/29/66 Tracks 8-12: Paris 4/11/67 CD 2 LIVE IN PARIS, L'OLYMPIA, APRIL 18, 1965 (complete show) 1. -Everybody Needs Somebody To Love 2. -Around And Around 3. -Off The Hook 4. -Time Is On My Side 5. -Carol 6. -It's All Over Now 7. -Little Red Rooster 8. -Route 66 9. -Everybody Needs Somebody To Love 10. -The Last Time 11. -I'm Alright 12. -Craw-Dad LIVE IN PARIS, L'OLYMPIA, APRIL 11, 1967 (complete show) 13. -Paint It Black 14. -19th Nervous Breakdown 15. -Lady Jane 16. -Get Off Of My Cloud - Yesterday's Papers 17. -Under My Thumb 18. -Ruby Tuesday 19. -Let's Spend The Night Together 20. -Goin' Home 21. -Satisfaction Disc Two: Tracks 1-12: Paris 4/18/65 Tracks 13-21: Paris 4/11/67