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Radio Broadcast 9.3 - Some tape hiss but otherwise a beautiful full sounding set here. This music is glorious, it’s maybe not everyone’s cup of tea but it’s very heartfelt and genuine, delicate, contemplative, uplifting. Highly recommended! INCREDIBLE STRING BAND WPLJ Radio Broadcast Live in A&R studios of WPLJ Radio, New York, May 1971 Fillmore East, May 18, 1971 1. Dream The World Alive 2. You've Been A Friend To Me 3. Spirit Beautiful 4. Evolution Rag 5. Turquoise Blue 6. Bright Morning Stars 7. Cosmic Boy 8. Jigs 9. Darling Belle 10. May The Long Time Sun Shine -
Audience 9.5 - Superb fidelity, and as always a fine performance is delivered with that trademark menacing keyboard sound. At times it could be confused with electric guitar, which is exactly what I think Gianni Leone was going for since the start of the band in 1972. Il Balletto Di Bronzo 2011-11-05 Kawasaki Japan, Italian Progressive Rock Festival Club Citta' Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 5th November 2011 01. Deliquio Viola 02. Napoli Sotterranea 03. La Discesa Nel Cervello 04. Introduzione 05. Primo Incontro 06. Secondo Incontro 07. band introduction 08. Terzo Incontro 09. ending Personnel Gianni Leone (vocals, keyboards) Ivano Salvatori (bass) Adolfo Ramundo (drums) -
Soundboard 9.6 - Just like their masterpiece album “ys”, this recording has a sinister, haunting kind of vibe. They pretty much do the entire album, with a couple of non-LP songs included as well (and both are good). Il Balleto Di Bronzo Nearfest 2000 Zoellner Arts Center Bethlehem, PA. June 17th, 2000 01. -Introduction -Tastiere Isteriche 02. -Tecnoage 03. -Donna Vittoria 04. -Introduzione - Primo incontro 05. -Secondo incontro 06. -Terzo incontro - Epilogo Gianni Leone - tastiere, voce Riccardo Spilli - batteria, percussioni Alessandro Corsi - basso -
Paris 1971 Soundboard 9.6 - Excellent, well balanced mix seemingly made for some kind of professional use but if it was for broadcast than this is certainly a pre-broadcast master source. Frankfurt 1972 Audience 8.8 - A really good tape here, it seems it would have to have been on a reel to reel because it’s too good to be a portable unit with a cheap inboard mic. Ike & Tina Turner Revue Europe 1971-72 Disc 1 L'Olympia Theatre Paris, France 1971-01-30 01. -You Got Me Hummin' (The Ikettes) 02. -Everyday People (The Ikettes) 03. -Shake A Tail Feather (The Ikettes) 04. -(Intro Tina) Gimme Some Lovin' 05. -Sweet Soul Music 06. -Son Of A Preacher Man 07. -Come Together 08. -Band Intros 09. -Proud Mary 10. -A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday) 11. -I Smell Trouble 12. -Respect 13. -Honky Tonk Women 14. -I've Been Loving You Too Long 15. -I Want To Take You Higher 16. -Land Of 1,000 Dances Disc 2 Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle November 16th, 1972 01 -Kings of Rhythm Instrumental 02 -Everyday People 03 -My Love for You Runs Deeper 04 -There Was a Time 05 -Theme From Shaft 06 -The World's A Little Bit Out Of The Way 07 -Instrumental 08 -Introduction To Ike And Tina Turner 09 -Get Back 10 -Come Together 11 -With A Little Help From My Friends 12 -Honky Tonk Women 13 -I Smell Trouble 14 -Proud Mary 15 -I've Been Loving You For Too Long 16 -Respect -
Audience 9.2 - This recording has a special quality to it, it’s not that it’s technically great – the instrument separation isn’t very good but the band does project well – the thing about this tape is it feels like you are sitting just above the audience, in the middle of the room, and you hear the space around you, you have a great sense of where you are and it’s weird but you can visualize this show. I give it a high rating because this recording captures the “essence” of this moment in time in an accurate manner that allows the listener to be transported. Iggy Pop Masonic Temple Detroit, MI 1977-03-25 01. Intro 02. Raw Power 03. TV Eye 04. Dirt 05. 1969 06. Turn Blue 07. Funtime 08. Gimmie Danger 09. No Fun 10. Sister Midnight 11. I Need Somebody 12. Search And Destroy 13. I Wanna Be Your Dog 14. Tonight 15. Some Weird Sin Band Members: Iggy Pop - vocals, guitar David Bowie - keyboards, vocals Ricky Gardiner - guitar Tony Sales - bass Hunt Sales - drums -
Audience 8.2 - A good recording that gives you the whole show in clear, decent quality with maybe the only real flaw being a sort of pushed back guitar but it is there and you can get just about everything in the mix. Enjoyable! -
Audience 8.7 - Small club atmosphere but big sound and a taper who thankfully was there to capture it all for posterity…and he did a great job of it. If Nautilus Club Cardano Al Campo Varese, Italy 03-23-1972 01. -Child Of Storm 02. -Sunday Sad 03. -The Light Still Shines 04. -What Did I Say About The Box, Jack 05. -Seldom Seen Sam 06. -Forgotten Roads 07. -What Can A Friend Say 08. -Fibonacci's Number Dick Morrissey - sax, flute Terry Smith - guitar Dave Greenslade - organ Dave Quincy - sax Cliff Davies - drums J.W. Hodkinson - vocals Dave Wintour - bass -
Soundboard 8.8 - A slightly aged sounding tape that received a much needed EQ and level boost recently that lifted it a full point higher ratings-wise. If you like Chicago you should like this band too. -
Audience 7.0 - Perhaps the only known live recording of this band. Well worth having! -
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Audience 8.7 - This recording is better than it has a right to be, after all it is in a big stadium, early 70’s so the gear, if it doesn’t weigh 80 pounds, has to be cheap crap…but, dang it this sounds cool! Granted, instrument separation isn’t great (it is good enough), and it isn’t super close up, but all that still does not detract from how stompin’ this is. Great fun! Humble Pie Orlando Sports Stadium Orlando, FL. 12-16-1972 1. -Tuning Up - Intro 2. -Up Your Sleeve 3. -C'mon Everybody 4. -Honky Tonk Women 5. -I Wonder 6. -Hallelujah I Love Her So 7. -I Don't Need No Doctor 8. -Hot 'N Nasty 9. -Roadrunner -
Audience 8.4 - Technically speaking, there would be people that would argue with this rating but you have to account for ENERGY and VIBE and this recording bristles with swagger, sweat, and INTENSITY. -
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Audience 7.5 - Not especially great, however if you are collecting you may want to snag this if you don’t have it yet. You do hear the music, it’s not a hot mess, it’s just simply an average sounding audience show. -
FM Radio Broadcast 8.8 -
Audience 8.8 - A tape that sounds like it has been extensively worked on to try to bring out the tones and reduce noise. It’s a very old recording that has been preserved as well as could be expected although I feel like it has more life in it. Either way, it’s clean enough, in almost a soundboard way as you don’t hear any atmosphere except between songs where, quite honestly, it sounds like there’s nobody in the “crowd”. Strange. HUMBLE PIE - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland; August 24, 1969 Humble Pie's 2nd ever gig 1. The Sad Bag Of Shakey Jake 2. Walk On Gilded Splinters 3. Desperation 4. Hallelujah 5. Wrist Job - Paradiso, Amsterdam, August 6, 1970 6. Walk On Guilded Splinters Steve Marriott - guitar, vocals; Peter Frampton - guitar, vocals; Greg Ridley - bass; Jerry Shirley - drums