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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 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 -
Soundboard 9.1 - I rate this as a soundboard because even though I am not 100% sure, the giveaway is the drums. There’s no way this is from the audience as the drums are in stereo, obviously professionally mixed and panned in a stereo sound field. The Smiths Queen Margaret Hall Glasgow, Scotland March 2, 1984 1. -Hand In Glove 2. -Heaven Knows 3. -Girl Afraid 4. -This Charming Man 5. -Pretty Girls Make Graves 6. -Still Ill 7. -This Night Has Opened My Eyes 8. -Barbarism Begins At Home 9. -Back To The Old House 10. -What Difference Does It Make 11. -Reel Around The Fountain 12. -You've Got Everything Now 13. -Handsome Devil -
Pro Studio 9.6 - Crystal clear and in fact does not even sound like it was recorded off air, these are certainly pre-broadcast. The Smiths BBC 1983-1986 01. Reel Around The Fountain (May 31, 1983) (5:58) 02. What Difference Does It Make? (May 31, 1983) (3:20) 03. Handsome Devil (May 31, 1983) (2:48) 04. Miserable Lie (May 31, 1983) (4:42) 05. This Charming Man (Sep 21, 1983) (2:48) 06. Still Ill (Sep 21, 1983) (3:36) 07. Back To The Old House (Sep 21, 1983) (3:06) 08. This Night Has Opened My Eyes (Sep 21, 1983) (3:43) 09. Rusholme Ruffians (Aug 09, 1984) (4:11) 10. Nowhere Fast (Aug 09, 1984) (2:45) 11. William, It Was Really Nothing (Aug 09, 1984) (2:08) 12. Is It Really So Strange (Dec 17, 1986) (3:08) 13. Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Dec 17, 1986) (3:39) 14. London (Dec 17, 1986) (2:10) 15. Half A Person (Dec 17, 1986) (3:28) -
Soundboard 9.3 - A very clean and mellow sounding board tape, and it suits the music well because everything is pinpoint accurate, which you really want as the playing is so well executed you need to hear it all as well as possible. Grateful Dead May 19, 1974 Portland Coliseum Portland, OR Disc 1 Set 1 101 - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 102 - Mexicali Blues 103 - Big Railroad Blues 104 - Black Throated Wind 105 - Scarlet Begonias 106 - Beat It On Down The Line 107 - Tennessee Jed 108 - Me And Bobby McGee 109 - Sugaree 110 - Jack Straw 111 - It Must Have Been The Roses 112 - El Paso Disc 2 Set 1 cont'd 113 - Loose Lucy 114 - Money Money 115 - China Cat Sunflower 116 - I Know You Rider Set 2 117 - Tuning 118 - Promised Land 119 - Bertha 120 - Greatest Story Ever Told 121 - Ship Of Fools 122 - Weather Report Suite Disc 3 Set 2 cont'd 207 - Wharf Rat 208 - Big River 209 - Peggy-O 210 - Tico Tico 211 - Truckin' 212 - Mind Left Body Jam 213 - Not Fade Away 214 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad 215 - One More Saturday Night 216 - U.S. Blues 217 - Johnny B. Goode -
Pro Studio 9.8 - Glorious sound quality, and the intimate setting of the Record Plant radio broadcasts back in the day is just perfect here because we all know what happened to this guy’s career after Margaritaville took off…would have been hard to reproduce such intimate settings after that. Jimmy Buffett with Roger Bartlett, Jerry Jeff Walker & Bob Livingston The Record Plant Sausalito, CA October 24, 1974 KSAN-FM Broadcast 01. The Wino And I Know 4:46 02. Pencil Thin Mustache 7:35 03. They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More 4:49 04. Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season 5:38 05. Saxophones 5:13 06. Door Number Three 5:34 07. Livingston's Gone To Texas 4:38 08. Railroad Lady 4:42 09. Dallas 5:32 10. A Pirate Looks At Forty 6:30 11. Peanut Butter Conspiracy > 'Satin Doll' Outro 5:09 Jimmy Buffett - guitar, vocals Roger Bartlett - guitar, backing vocals Bob Livingston - guitar, mandolin, backing vocals Jerry Jeff Walker - guitar, piano, backing vocals -
Multiple Sources EX+ DISC NINE (Live Favorites) [79:43] ================================== 01 15 Step [Lollapalooza, Chicago, 8-1-2008] 02 There There [Reading Festival, 8-30-2009] 03 Airbag [Evening Concert, BBC-FM, 4-1-2008] 04 Planet Telex [Nijmegen, 9-16-2000] 05 Lucky [Nijmegen, 9-16-2000] 06 The National Anthem [Bonnaroo, Manchester, 6-17-2006] 07 Subterranean Homesick Alien [New York, 9-29-2011] 08 Bodysnatchers [Evening Concert, BBC-FM, 4-1-2008] 09 Karma Police [Pinkpop, Landgraaf, 6-4-2001] 10 Talk Show Host [Belfort, 7-4-2003] 11 Fake Plastic Trees [Jonathan Ross Show, London, 5-29-2003] 12 Paranoid Android [Warrington, 10-2-2000] 13 Idioteque [Austin City Limits, 3-6-2012] 14 Reckoner [Saitama, 10-5-2008] 15 You [Utrecht, 6-24-1997] 16 Street Spirit (Fade Out) [Rock am Ring, Adenau, 6-1-2001] 17 Creep [London, 11-27-2003] -
Multiple Sources EX+ DISC EIGHT (Leftovers & Oddities) [78:06] ========================================= 01 You [Manic Hedgehog demo, 10-1991] 02 Stupid Car [Signal Radio, Stockport, 2-11-1993] 03 Permanent Daylight [Göteborg, 6-4-1993] 04 Faithless, The Wonder Boy [Los Angeles, 7-12-1993] 05 Sulk [Shinjuku, 6-24-1995] 06 Paranoid Android [Hershey, 8-26-1996] 07 Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box [Rock am Ring, Adenau, 6-1-2001] 08 Pearly* [Boston, 8-14-2001] 09 I Froze Up [Oxfordshire Studio, 12-18-2002] 10 Backdrifts [London, 11-27-2003] 11 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi [Orchestral Version, London, 3-27-2005] 12 Last Flowers [London, 4-15-2005] 13 You And Whose Army? [Bonnaroo, 6-17-2006] 14 Cymbal Rush [KCRW-FM, Los Angeles, 6-2006] 15 Headmaster Ritual [Oxfordshire Studio, 11-9-2007] 16 Ceremony [Oxfordshire Studio, 11-9-2007] 17 Unravel [Oxfordshire Studio, 11-9-2007] 18 Skirting On The Surface [Austin City Limits, 3-6-2012] 19 The Present Tense [Latitude Festival, Blythburgh, 7-19-2009]