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Radio Broadcast 9.1 - A rare find, this is a band that can be best defined as an eclectic, world music progressive band that features some ethnic style music that occasionally fuses in some nice, tasty jazzy electric guitar rock stylings. Piirpauke Stockholm, Sweden 1976 Radio Broadcast 1. -Konevitsan Kirkonkellot (Churchbells Of Konevitsan) (5:30) 2. -Unknown Title (6:43) 3. -Sirtos(3:04) 4. -Fyssouni (4:14) 5. -Unknown Title (3:07) 6. -Unknown Title (7:09) 7. -Penang (Osat 1 & 2) (5:20) 8. -Imala Maika (9:50) 9. -Pra Dizer Adeus (Sanon Hyvasti) (4:16) -
Studio 9.4 - Whenever I hear the word "acetate" I instantly think of poor quality, scratchy, noisy antique sound recordings but not these! Great stuff. George Harrison All Things Must Pass - The Apple Acetates Disc 1 01 Hear Me Lord (Outtake) 02 Let It Down (RS1) 03 Awaiting On You All (RS1) 04 Run Of The Mill (RS1 False Start, RS2) 05 Art Of Dying (RS9 Take 26) 06 What Is Life (RS1 Take 25) 07 Isn't It A Pity 08 Isn't It A Pity (Version 2 RS1) 09 Behing That Locked Door (RS1) 10 All Things Must Pass 11 I Live For You (RS1) 12 Beware Of Darkness (RS1) 13 Down To The River (RS1) 14 I'll Still Love You Disc 2 01 Plug Me In (RS1) 02 Plug Me In (RS2) 03 Wah Wah (RS1, Take 3) 04 My Sweet Lord (RS1) 05 I Dig Love (Take 10 RS1/RS2) 06 If Not For You (RS1) 07 The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) (RS1) 08 Out Of The Blue 09 It's Johnny's Birthday 10 Plug Me In 11 I Remember Jeep 12 Thanks For The Pepperoni -
Audience 8.6 - A resurrected gem of a show, not killer sound as one might expect but it’s definitely not garbage. I started playing it and could not stop. It’s just one of those things that if you understand you are listening to something that should not exist in the first place, that sounds reasonably good given the time and circumstances, and delivers in every way for performance and historical accuracy (live performance being about the most realistic snapshot of a particular performer at that time) well then you will appreciate what this is. I know I do. SPIRIT Baltimore Civic Center, Maryland October 3, 1969 1. All The Same 2. Fresh Garbage 3. I'm Jealous 4. I’m Truckin’ 5. Mechanical World 6. I Got A Line On You Randy California - guitar, vocals Ed Cassidy - drums John Locke - keyboards Mark Andes - bass Jay Ferguson - vocals -
Pro Audience 9.3 - What is a pro audience recording exactly? This right here. In other words it was set up from the start to be done to the highest standards. These concerts were highly promoted and a lot of media exists including paper goods, photographs, and yes, recordings. This also includes the pre-show gospel songs (disc 3). Personally, I rather enjoy Bob’s “religious” period as I find the songs and performances on a very high level and his singing is the best of his career (imho). Bob Dylan Fox Warfield Theater San Francisco, CA November 16, 1979 Disc 1 07. Gotta Serve Somebody 08. I Believe In You 09. When You Gonna Wake Up 10. When He Returns 11. Man Gave Names to All the Animals 12. Precious Angel 13. Slow Train Coming 14. Covenant Woman 15. Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One 16. God Uses Ordinary People Disc 2 17. Gonna Change My Way of Thinking 18. Do Right To Me Baby 19. Solid Rock 20. Saving Grace 21. Saved 22. What Can I Do For You 23. In The Garden + encore break, band intro 24. Blessed Be the Name 25. Pressing On Disc 3 PRE SHOW GOSPEL SONGS 01. If I Got My Ticket Lord 02. Its Gonna Rain 03. Do Lord, Remember Me 04. Look Up and Live by Faith 05. Oh Freedom! 06. This Train The Players - Bob Dylan - guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals - Spooner Oldham - keyboards, vocals - Terry Young - keyboards, vocals - Fred Tackett - guitar - Tim Drummond - bass - Jim Keltner - drums - Regina McCrary - vocals - Helena Springs - vocals - Mona Lisa Young - vocals -
Audience 8.7 - There are more recordings of this band pre-1983 that post, which I find rather odd. I found this recordings to be adequate to hear what they were like in 1983, and they were good, but the recording does not highlight the vocals, rather on guitar and drums which is fine but I love this band’s vocal acrobatics and want them front and center. The B-52s Tennis Stadium Forest Hills, NY August 5th, 1983 01. Song For A Future Generation 04:20 02. Strobe Light04:32 03. Planet Claire 04:20 04. Mesopotamia 04:33 05. Butter Bean 04:29 06. Queen Of Las Vegas 05:46 07. Give Me Back My Man 06:07 08. Whammy Kiss 05:30 09. Legal Tender 05:02 10. Dance This Mess Around 04:30 11. Private Idaho 04:00 12. Rock Lobster 05:30 13. Party Out Of Bounds 05:28 14. There's A Moon In The Sky 06:00 -
Audience 8.8 - A very decent, wide field recording. What that means is there’s a lot of headroom so you can turn it up and it will sound even better. The BBC bonus tracks are excellent as well and from very early on. Def Leppard Dallas, Texas September 3rd, 2012 Disc 1 101. -Undefeated 102. -Rocket 103. -Let It Go 104. -Foolin' 105. -Make Love Like A Man 106. -Animal 107. -Love Bites 108. -Let's Get Rocked 109. -Gods Of War 110. -Acoustic Medley 111. -Women Disc 2 201. -Bringin' On The Heartbreak 202. -Switch 625 203. -Hysteria 204. -Armageddon It 205. -Photograph 206. -Pour Some Sugar On Me 207. -crowd - encore 208. -Remembering the years talk 209. -Rock Of Ages Bonus BBC October 26, 1979 210. -Rock Brigade 211. -Wasted 212. -Satellite 213. -Good Morning Freedom -
Audience/SDB 8.9/8.5/9.2/8.7 - A mixed bag but all in all I found it to be very interesting and sound quality held up respectably considering how rare some of this material is. Anyone who enjoys this early, almost primitively raw and savage Fleetwood Mac will surely want this collection. Fleetwood Mac The 1969 Tapes Disc 1 College Of Distributive Arts & Trades London, UK. March 14, 1969 01 -Like It This Way 02 -One Side Of Love 03 -Homework 04 -All Over Again 05 -Got To Move 06 -I'm Worried 07 -Something Inside Me 08 -Albatross 09 -Stop Messing Around 10 -Everyday I Have The Blues 11 -Mean Mistreatin' Mama Disc 2 Buxton Festival Pavillion Gardens Buxton, UK September 26,1969 1 -Coming Your Way 2 -Sweet Home Chicago 3 -Oh Well 4 -Like It This Way 5 -I Held My Baby Last Night 6 -Loving Kind 7 -Got To Move 8 -Fine Looking Mama 9 -Tiger Fillmore West San Francisco,CA. January 17th, 1969 10 -Oh Baby 11 -Like It This Way 12 -Got A Good Mind To Give Up Livin' 13 -Stop Messin Round 14 -Loving Kind 15 -Baby Please Set A Date 16 -Rattlesnake Shake Disc 3 Fillmore West 1-17-69 Cont'd 01 -Madison Blues 02 -Jenny Jenny 03 -Oh Suzanna - Harmonica Thing 04 -Twist and Shout 05 -Long Tall Sally Fillmore West San Francisco, CA. January 19th, 1969 06 -Can't Stop Lovin' 07 -Like It This Way 08. -If You Let Me Love You 09 -Stop Messin' Round 10 -Baby Please Set A Date 11 -Rattlesnake Shake - Underway - Blues Jam 12 -Oh Well 13 -Madison Blues -
Audience 8.8 - A fierce sounding tape that has been re-mastered and shows some depth and instrument separation that previously was not there. The vocals at times are drowned out in the sheer onslaught of bass, drums, and guitars. The band even reminds a little of Deep Purple (check out “Every Hungry Woman” as a prime example) with keyboards featuring prominently so be ready for what is best described as heavier than normal Allman Brothers. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Georgia Tech Coliseum, Atlanta, GA May 9, 1970 Disc One 1. -Statesboro Blues 2. -Trouble No More 3. -Dreams 4. - Hoochie Coochie Man 5. -I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town 6. -Every Hungry Woman 7. -Oh Pretty Woman 8. -In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Disc Two 1. -Stormy Monday 2. -Dimples 3. -Whipping Post 4. - Mountain Jam - Hot Lanta' -
Professional Broadcast 9.2 - The audio CD has been remastered and sounds nice, the audio on the video disc is not remastered and sounds as it did during the original broadcast. This legendary broadcast features George Harrison and Eric Clapton on guitar. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends Featuring Eric Clapton "Far From the Madding Crowd" Falconer Theater Copenhagen, Denmark December 10, 1969 1. -Poor Elijah - Tribute to Robert Johnson 2. -I Don't Know Why 3. -Where There's a Will, There's a Way 4. -Special Life 5. -I Don't Want to Discuss It 6. -That's What My Man is For 7. -Coming Home 8. -Little Richard Medley Band Lineup: Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals Delaney Bramlett Guitar, Vocals Bonnie Bramlett Vocals George Harrison Guitar Dave Mason Guitar Jim Gordon Drums Carl Radle Bass Bobby Whitlock Organ, Vocals Jim Price Trumpet Bobby Keys Saxophone Rita Coolidge Vocals Tex Johnson Percussion -
Audience 8.8 - What a cool document this is! It’s basically them in a sound studio doing a video shoot for We Are The Champions and then afterwards performing an entire show. It’s awesome! The band sound great, a very heavy, metallic sound in pretty decent quality thanks to this taper. Queen London, UK New London Theatre October 6, 1977 1. Bob Harris' Speech #1 2. Bob Harris' Speech #2 3. We Are The Champions 4. Tie Your Mother Down 5. Keep Yourself Alive 6. Somebody To Love 7. White Man 8. The Prophet's Song 9. Liar 10. Bohemian Rhapsody 11. Now I'm Here 12. Jailhouse Rock 13. We Want Queen 14. We Are The Champions 15. See What A Fool I've Been -
Audience 8.4 - Unfortunately this is not the best recording. It’s a big stadium, but the flaws are not the typical big stadium flaws of too far away and echoey, rather a preponderance of bass. At times it lets up though, I mean, the rest of the band comes through (vocals being most audible) and you can hear what is going on but you have to round down some of that bass. A mastering job was done, and a lot of the boom was mitigated, and that is nice because this is the one tour that seems to be lacking in decent recordings (Jazz Tour). I’m thinking this one is for Queen completists, but with such nice artwork accompanying this title it’s worth grabbing if there is a discount going on. Queen Coliseum Arena Oakland, California 1978.12.16 Disc 1 101 -Intro 102 -We Will Rock You (Fast) 103 -Let Me Entertain You 104 -Somebody To Love 105 -If You Can't Beat Them 106 -Death On Two Legs 107 -Killer Queen 108 -Bicycle Race 109 -I'm In Love With My Car 110 -Get Down, Make Love 111 -You're My Best Friend 112 -Now I'm Here 113 -Spread Your Wings 114 -Dreamer's Ball 115 -Love Of My Life 116 -'39 Disc 2 201 -It's Late 202 -Brighton Rock 203 -Fat Bottomed Girls 204 -Keep Yourself Alive 205 -Bohemian Rhapsody 206 -Tie Your Mother Down 207 -Sheer Heart Attack 208 -We Will Rock You 209 -We Are The Champions 210 -God Save The Queen -
Studio Quality 9.3 - A nice assortment here, I really like the cover songs they played. I saw them a few times back in the day and I always thought they were one of the best representatives of grunge rock. Soundgarden Fresh Deadly Rarities 01. Toy Box - 5:42 02. Heretic - 3:48 03. Come Together (The Beatles cover) - 5:51 04. Fresh Deadly Roses - 4:53 05. Into The Void (Black Sabbath cover) - 6:37 06. Girl You Want (Devo cover) - 3:29 07. Stray Cat Blues (The Rolling Stones cover) - 4:46 08. She's A Politician (Devo cover) - 1:46 09. Cold Bitch - 5:01 10. Show Me - 2:49 11. Touch Me - 2:51 12. I Don't Care About You (Fear cover) - 1:54 13. Can You See Me (Jimi Hendrix cover) - 2:41 14. I Can't Give You Anything (The Ramones cover) - 2:15 15. Homicidal Suicidal (The Buzzcocks cover) - 4:21 16. She Likes Surprises - 3:17 17. Like Suicide (Acoustic) - 6:11 -
Studio Quality 9.7 - Overall the quality is superb, a couple of songs maybe just a couple notches down but none here that is less than excellent. Obviously these versions are not what was on the album but some are pretty close, just some different mixes, maybe alternate guitar workouts and maybe Mick is trying some different vocalizations but it’s still another angle on a great album. Why do all these “modern” era Stones albums seem to age very well. Because they were and are good, fact! The Rolling Stones - Blessed Poison Sessions (working title of Bridges To Babylon) 01 Out Of Control 1 02 Dream About 03 Prairie Love 04 Desperate Man 05 Sanctuary 06 20 Nil 07 Too Tight 1 (KR) 08 Low Down 1 (KR) 09 Might As Well Get Juiced 1 10 Flip The Switch 1 (KR) 11 Saint of me 1 12 Lowdown 2 (KR) 13 Might as well get juiced 2 -
Audience 8.7 - A good tape, not one that Prince purists might visit often due to how many great soundboards there are but I’ll tell you what, I enjoyed this one. The quality evens out and reveals a tape that may not present a super clear soundfield but it does deliver plenty of realism and vibe. It’s “good enough” to be able to play all the way through and afterwards say “that was a good gig, glad someone recorded it”. Prince Special Invitation Concert Texas Southern University Houston, TX. January 16th, 1985 1. -Let's Go Crazy 2. -Delirious 3. -1999 4. -Little Red Corvette 5. -Take Me With U 6. -Free 7. -God 8. -When Doves Cry 9. -Baby I'm A Star 10. -Purple Rain -
Pro Recordings 9.3 - Ripped from vinyl (the main portion) it sounds excellent! Nice to have this material and the additional bits. David Gilmour The Forgotten Jokers Tracks 1-5 Regent's Sound Studios, London, England January 1965 Tracks 6-10 Gala du Midem, Cannes, France, January 26th, 1986 Rockpalast TV Show with Pete Townsend's Deep End Track 11 Saturday Night Live TV Show, New York, USA. December 12th, 1987 Live with the Saturday Night Live Band 01. Why Do Fools Fall In Love? (1:52) 02. Walk Like A Man (2:11) 03. Don't Ask Me (2:55) 04. Big Girls Don't Cry (2:16) 05. Beautiful Delilah (1:58) 06. Give Blood (6:18) 07. After The Fire (4:44) 08. Blue Light (8:55) 09. I Put A Spell On You (4:12) 10. Nighttrain (5:52) 11. Ah Robertson It's You (4:29) Jokers Wild: John Gordon (guitar, vocal) Clive Welham (drums. vocal) David Gilmour (guitar, vocal) David Altham (piano, sax, vocal) Tony Sainty (bass, vocal) Pete Townshend's Deep End: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar) Peter Hope-Evans (harmonica) Chucho Merchan (bass) David Gilmour (guitar) Simon Phillips (drums) John 'Rabbit' Bundrick (keyboards) Jody Linscott (percussion) The Kick Horns: Simon Clarke/Roddy Lorimer/Dave Sanders/Peter Thoms/Dave Blues Backing vocals: Billy Nicholls/Ian Ellis/Chris Stains/Gina Foster/? Gordon -
Pro Studio 9.8 - This is not a soundboard but it is professionally recorded from the stage in a recording studio. Not sure if this was broadcast or not, but the way this sounds, it’s not off-air. Very lively, vibrant and exciting! Boz Scaggs Pacific High Recording Studios San Francisco, CA December 19, 1971 01 I Feel So Good 02 We Were Always Sweethearts 03 Look What I've Got! 04 Why Why > equipment troubles at PHRS 05 Monkey Time 06 Near You 07 Love Anyway 08 Baby's Calling Me Home 09 Steppin' Stone 10 Flames Of Love 11 Loan Me A Dime 12 I'm Easy 13 Runnin' Blue