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Studio Quality 9.8 - Almost as good as could be, a tiny amount of hum only noticeable at the beginning and end of songs…this is almost perfect but it is unmastered studio demos that to my ears sound very close to final mix. Ozzy Osbourne Ozzmosis Demos 1. It Feels So Good To Be Bad 2. Denial 3. Too Far Gone 4. Ghost Behind My Eyes 5. Frustrated Yes I'm Hated 6. Dream For Tomorrow 7. Say Yeah Yeah 8. Oh No The Bitch Won't Go 9. My New Rock And Roll 10. Perry Mason 11. Old L.A. Tonight 12. See You On The Other Side -
Studio 9.0-9.4 - Varies as far as the overall sound and mix but does not stray much below a solid 9.0…but man what you are getting here is bona fide Aerosmith and NOT the dressed up, slicked out, packaged presentation of Aerosmith that the record company needed in order to make vast profits. This is down and dirty, raw, primal, and above all – fantastic! To hear unadulterated guitars, guttural, almost fuzz style bass, and howling, tortured Steven, and this is 1987 mind you! How can it be? I don’t know but this set rocks! Pandora's Leftover Permanent Vacation Sessions Little Mountain Studios Vancouver, Canada March 1, 1987 1 -Joey Kramer Drum Solo 2 -Toys In The Attic 3 -Train Kept A Rollin' (Instrumental) - Girl Keeps Coming Apart (Rehearsal, Instrumental) -
A nice sounding collection (all audience source) of concerts all from 1976. None of this material falls below a solid 8.7 and rises to 9.1 in the sonic ratings, but taken as a whole this deserves a place in any collection even if no board tapes are included. The Who The Adventures of the Who 1976 Disc 1 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1976-03-25 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -My Wife 04. -Baba O'Riley 05. -Squeeze Box 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Dreaming From The Waist 08. -Magic Bus Disc 2 09. -Amazing Journey 10. -Sparks 11. -Acid Queen 12. -Fiddle About 13. -Pinball Wizard 14. -I'm Free 15. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 16. -We're Not Gonna Take It 17. -My Generation 18. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 3 The Capital Centre Largo, MD 1976-08-03 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus Disc 4 10. -Audience 11. -Amazing Journey 12. -Sparks 13. -Acid Queen 14. -Fiddle About 15. -Pinball Wizard 16. -I'm Free 17. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 18. -We're Not Gonna Take It 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 5 The Capital Centre Largo, MD 1976-08-04 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus 10. -Audience Disc 6 11. -Amazing Journey 12. -Sparks 13. -Acid Queen 14. -Fiddle About 15. -Pinball Wizard 16. -I'm Free 17. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 18. -We're Not Gonna Take It 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 7 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1976-10-14 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus Disc 8 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -Summertime Blues 19. -My Generation 20. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 9 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario October 21st, 1976 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -My Wife 04. -Baba O' Riley 05. -Squeeze Box 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Dreaming From The Waist 08. -Magic Bus Disc 10 09. -Amazing Journey 10. -Sparks 11. -Underture 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -See Me, Feel Me 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Join Together 22. -My Generation Talking Blues 23. -Who Are You 24. -Won't Get Fooled Again -
Audience 9.0 -A fine recording that does not have that digital signature to it, although many digital recordings are fine it’s just that an analog capture more faithfully replicates the vibe of the event being captured. Peter Gabriel Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA September 21, 1988 01 Of These, Hope 02 Games Without Frontiers 03 Shock The Monkey 04 No Self Control 05 Don't Give Up (with Tracy Chapman) 06 Sledgehammer 07 In Your Eyes 08 Biko -
Audience 9.3 - One thing you must concede about recordings from this venue – they are almost 100% of the time decent overall but more importantly extremely pleasant atmospherically. Audiences here are generally very attuned to the performer on stage, knowing the music, and there to listen to the music. The Roxy was a venue for music connoisseurs. A brilliant tape here to add to your collection.
Peter Gabriel The Roxy West Hollywood, CA September 30, 1978 Early Show Disc 1 01 Me And My Teddy Bear 02 On Presuming To Be Modern 03 On The Air 04 Moribund The Burgermeister 05 Perspective 06 Indigo 07 White Shadow 08 D.I.Y. 09 Waiting For The Big One 10 Band Introductions 11 Mother Of Violence Disc 2 12 Slowburn 13 Flotsam And Jetsam 14 I Don't Remember 15 Solsbury Hill 16 Modern Love 17 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 18 Animal Magic 19 Here Comes The Flood
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“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
Audience 9.5 - A lot of audience periphery (shouting and bustling) but nonetheless it’s a crystal clean and very dynamic recording. The energy is palpable and comes right out pretty much all the way through as the audience is very responsive and Prince most definitely fed off it. Guitar tone is perfection – vocals very nicely placed in the mix as is everything really. Great, great stuff!
Audience 9.3 - The ’92 Aftershow is equally excellent with just slight differences in tone and distance to come second place to the Bataclan show.
Pro 9.3 – The radio broadcasts here are great and as you would expect, since they are professionally recorded, but honestly I still prefer the Bataclan audience tape which says an awful lot about what a good job taper did on that.
Audience 8.8 - The final disc contains London ’99 audience tape which is the weakest of this set but still decent enough to enjoy. Sounds somewhat distant (not in the stadium sense but small venue distant).
Prince Purple House Disc 1 Le Bataclan Paris 17th November 1999 1. Drum Solo 2. Let's Go Crazy 3. Doing It To Death 4. (I Feel Like) Bustin' Loose 5. The Jam 6. Everyday People 7. Eye'mageddin 8. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) 9. Speech 10. Red House 11. Rock Guitar Jam Disc 2 1. Kiss 2. Gett Off 3. Gett Off (Houstyle) 4. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing - It's Alright - Push It Up 5. Release Yourself Diamonds And Pearls Tour Aftershow Les Baines Douches Paris 12th July 1992 6. Gett Off 7. Sex Machine 8. Villanova Junction 9. Jughead 10. Step 2 The Mic - Gold Nigga - Black MF In The House Nulle Part Ailleurs 5th May 1994 (Broadcast) 11. Endorphinmachine Nulle Part Ailleurs 17th November 1999 (Broadcast) 12. Baby Knows 13. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (intro) 14. Alphabet St. 15. Everyday People 16. Finale Jam Disc 3 Mermaid Theatre, London 15th November 1999 1. Let's Go Crazy 2. She's Always In My Hair 3. U Got The Look 4. Kiss (Groove) 5. Kiss 6. Gett Off 7. Gett Off (Houstyle) 8. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing - Sex Machine - It's Alright 9. Purple House 10. The Jam 11. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold 12. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Loose Jam) 13. Baby Knows 14. Groove On 15. Release Yourself -
Soundboard 9.3 - There are moments in this recording that you swear it has to be one of Prince’s best ever – what got him so pumped up for this gig? Maybe he was pumped for every gig but slightly more at certain gigs. I don’t know but this one got me pumped as well! Love the energy and fluid playing.
Prince Glam Slam East Miami, FL. June 10th, 1994 Disc 1 1. Endorphinmachine 2. Space 3. Interactive 4. Acknowledge Me 5. Get Wild 6. Billy Jack Bitch 7. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 8. Loose! Disc 2 9. It's Alright 10. I Believe In You 11. Maybe Your Baby 12. Santana Medley:Jungle Strut - Batuka - Soul Sacrifice - Ttoussant L'Overture 13. 319 14. Hide The Bone 15. Ripopgodazippa -
Audience 9.5 - I love this recording, and concert. Fantastic vibe, inspired Prince, and taper who knew what to do. Audio quality is not only excellent but so is the live sound mix. Lots of great guitar here! Prince Newpower Soul Music Festival Tour Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona 18th December 1998 Disc 1 1. Push It Up 2. Jam Of The Year 3. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing 4. Let's Work 5. Delirious 6. Rock N' Roll Is Alive (outro) 7. Purple Rain 8. Little Red Corvette 9. I Would Die 4 U 10. Jingo-Lo-Ba - Get Yo Groove On 11. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 12. Instrumental 13. Speech 14. The Christ 15. One Of Us 16. The One Disc 2 1. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Courtin' Time 2. 2001:Also Sprach Zarathustra 3. If I Was Your Girlfriend 4. Barcelona - Diamonds And Pearls - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - Darling Nikki 5. Nothing Compares 2 U 6. Take Me With U 7. Raspberry Beret - Mr. Happy (outro) 8. Interlude 9. (Eye Like) Funky Music - Mo' Bass In The Place 10. Release Yourself 11. Alphabet St. 12. Come On 13. Gett Off 14. Baby I'm A Star 15. 1999 -
Audience 9.0 - Solid, nothing offensive here at all to the ears. Lots of cool atmosphere…chicks dig this guy…whatever. MORRISSEY September 5, 2021 Caesars Colosseum Las Vegas, NV Disc 1 01 - It's Over 02 - How Soon Is Now? 03 - Alma Matters 04 - First of the Gang to Die 05 - Everyday is Like Sunday 06 - Shoplifters of the World Unite 07 - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 08 - Knockabout World 09 - Morning Starship 10 - Ouija Board, Ouija Board 11 - Seasick, Yet Still Docked 12 - Never Had No One Ever Disc 2 13 - Half a Person 14 - Love Is on Its Way Out 15 - Satan Rejected My Soul 16 - The Lazy Sunbathers 17 - I've Changed My Plea to Guilty 18 - Lady Willpower 19 - Back on the Chain Gang 20 - Irish Blood, English Heart 21 - Jack the Ripper -
Soundboard 8.8 - A dated sounding board tape, yes it is good but I can see how there are limitations with board tapes just as there are with audience tapes. If I was a fan I would still love this show, I mean, it’s clear and clean and it’s finely performed so there’s no real downside here. The Smiths Versailles, Paris 12-01-1984 01 - Intro 02 - William, It Was Really Nothing 03 - What She Said 04 - Nowhere Fast 05 - Reel Around The Fountain 06 - Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now 07 - How Soon Is Now? 08 - Still Ill 09 - Rusholme Ruffians 10 - This Charming Man 11 - Barbarism Begins At Home 12 - I Want The One I Can't Have 13 - Hand In Glove 14 - What Difference Does It Make? 15 - Handsome Devil 16 - Miserable Lie -
Pro 9.6 -An obviously professionally recorded show, this will certainly provide the listener with a lot to love although I still like more atmosphere on a live recording than what is contained herein. The beginnings and endings do show the presence of an enthusiastic audience. The Smiths "Same Day Again" Oxford Apollo March 18th 1985 01. William It Was Really Nothing 02. Nowhere Fast 03. What She Said 04. Hand In Glove 05. How Soon Is Now? 06. Stretch Out And Wait 07. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 08. Shakespears Sister 09. Headmaster Ritual 10. Still Ill 11. Meat Is Murder 12. Miserable lie 13. Barbarism Begins At Home 14. You've Got Everything Now -
Audience 9.2 - A nice and bright tape with a good solid bass holding it all down. The Smiths Royal Court Theatre Liverpool, UK. Feb. 8th, 1986 1. Montagues And Capulets 2. Shakespeare's Sister 3. I Want The One I Can't Have 4. Vicar In A Tutu 5. Frankly, Mr. Shankly 6. Marie's The Name - Rusholme Ruffians 7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 8. Cemetary Gates 9. Nowhere Fast 10. What She Said 11. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 12. Bigmouth Strikes Again 13. William, It Was Really Nothing 14. Meat Is Murder 15. Stretch Out And Wait -
Soundboard 9.7 - An amazing sounding tape, the bass sounds wonderful and all instruments mixed perfectly. A great one! The Smiths May 4th, 1984 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany 01. Hand In Glove 3:02 02. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 3:26 03. Girl Afraid 2:57 04. This Charming Man 2:59 05. Pretty Girls Make Graves 3:40 06. Still Ill 3:46 07. Barbarism Begins At Home 6:20 08. This Night Has Opened My Eyes 3:27 09. Miserable Lie 4:54 10. You've Got Everything Now 4:20 11. Handsome Devil 2:53 12. What Difference Does It Make? 3:44 13. These Things Take Time 2:50 14. This Charming Man 3:10 15. Hand In Glove 3:33 16. Barbarism Begins At Home 7:17