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Audience 9.3 - This recording has excellent timbre, it’s pleasing to the ears with a great balance of low and high, the highs are very articulate, impressively so. It’s a very very good recording and will be enjoyed immensely. Frank Zappa 6-May 1988, Congress Centrum Hamburg, Hamburg, West Germany Frank Zappa's Band: Paul Carman - alto saxophone Bruce Fowler - trombone Walt Fowler - trumpet Mike Keneally - guitar, keyboards, vocals Ed Mann - percussion Robert Martin - keyboards, vocals Kurt McGettrick - baritone saxophone Scott Thunes - bass Chad Wackerman - drums Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Albert Wing - tenor saxophone Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals Setlist: Disc 1 00 Taper Intro [0:24] 01 Black Page #2 [9:24] 02 Mr. Green Genes [3:46] 03 Florentine Pogen [7:18] 04 Andy [5:53] 05 Inca Roads [9:17] 06 Eat That Question [1:53] 07 Black Napkins [7:50] 08 Sharleena [8:09] 09 Dupree's Paradise [4:14] 10 Let's Move To Cleveland [9:36] 11 Ain't Got No Heart [1:59] 12 Find Her Finer [2:43] Disc 2 13 Big Swifty [14:21] 14 Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up [3:14] 15 Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [10:25] 16 Stairway To Heaven [10:02] 17 The Torture Never Stops Medley [20:01] 18 I Am The Walrus [3:51] 19 The Illinois Enema Bandit [9:40] 20 Bolero [6:21] Total time 150.21 min -
Audience 8.8 Bright and defined, a little light on the bottom end but nevertheless there’s a lot to like about this tape. Def Leppard - Warnors Theatre in Fresno Ca 05 21 1980 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. When the Walls Came Tumbling Down 3. It Could Be You 4. Hello America 5. Satellite 6. Lady Strange 7. Rock Brigade 8. Answer to the Master 9. It Don't Matter 10. Rocks Off 11. Wasted 12. Encore Break 13. Ride Into the Sun 14. Outro -
Audience 8.2 and 8.4 - Both recordings, while limited in their own respective ways, are both MUST HAVES for the early Motley Crue collectors because they are pretty listenable, with the nod going to the later show even though it is narrower in its bandwidth (it is, however, much clearer). The ‘81 show is a little cluttered in the center, but has broader range and sounds “hot” so to speak. MOTLEY CRUE 1981-10-02 Country Club Reseda,CA(USA) 1 -Take Me To The Top 2 -Two-Timer 3 -Come On And Dance 4 -Mick Mars Guitar Solo 5 -Piece of Your Action 6 -Merry Go-Round 7 -Too Fast For Love 8 -Toast of the Town 9 -Stick To Your Guns 10 -Starry Eyes 11 -Live Wire Encore: 12 -Helter Skelter 13 -Jailhouse Rock Country Club, Reseda, CA. 8-30-82 14 -Take Me To The Top 15 -Looks That Kill 16 -Public Enemy #1 17 -Red Hot 18 -Starry Eyes 19 -Piece Of Your Action 20 -Shout At The Devil -
Soundboard 9.8 - A beautiful sounding show, and some interesting arrangements. Dire Straits - 1981-07-05 Werchter,Belgium Artist Dire Straits Venue Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium Date 5th July 1981 Source Soundboard Tracks 01. Once Upon A Time In The West [08:34] 02. Expresso Love [06:54] 03. Down To The Waterline [05:03] 04. Skateaway [07:35] 05. Romeo And Juliet [09:29] 06. News [03:37] 07. Private Investigations [03:01] 08. Sultans Of Swing [11:01] 09. Angel Of Mercy [06:34] 10. Tunnel Of Love [12:26] Runtime: 01:14:15 -
Soundboard 9.4 - Consistently excellent across the entire set, and the great thing is there is minimal song duplication throughout. This set was compiled to give a broad overview of the band’s work, it accomplished that with aplomb. Dire Straits Bijou 4 disc set DISC 1 RECORDED LIVE AT BBC STUDIOS, FEB 15-16, 1978 LONDON 01. DOWN TO THE WATERLINE 02. WATER OF LOVE 03. WILD WEST END 04. LIONS RECORDED LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATER, MARCH 6, 1979, PHILADELPHIA, PA 05. SIX BLADE KNIFE 06. LADY WRITER 07. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING 08. NEWS 09. WHAT'S THE MATTER 10. SOUTHBOUND RECORDED LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO DURING 1980 USA TOUR 11. EASTBOUND TRAIN RECORDED LIVE IN LONDON AT PRINCE'S TRUST ROCK GALA DURING 1983 TOUR 12. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST RECORDED LIVE IN HOUSTON, TX DURING 1985 WORLD TOUR 13. ESPRESSO LOVE 14. TUNNEL OF LOVE RECORDED LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, TX DURING 1985 WORLD TOUR 15. ONE WORLD TRACKS 1-10: MARK KNOPFLER - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS DAVID KNOPFLER - GUITARS/VOCALS JOHN ILLSEY - BASS/VOCALS PICK WITHERS - DRUMS TRACKS 11-15: JOHN ILLSEY - BASS/BACKING VOCALS MARK KNOPFLER - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS TERRY WILLIAMS - DRUMS HAL LINDES - GUITARS/BACKING VOCALS MEL COLLINS - SAX GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS ALAN CLARK - PIANO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISC 2 RECORDED LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, TX DURING 1985 WORLD TOUR 01. SULTANS OF SWING 02. RIDE ACROSS THE RIVER RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON, UK, JULY 7, 1985 03. SO FAR AWAY 04. ROMEO AND JULIET 05. PRIVATE INVESTIGATION 06. MAN'S TOO STRONG 07. BROTHERS IN ARMS RECORDED LIVE AT PRINCE'S TRUST ROCK GALA, LONDON 08. MONEY FOR NOTHING (WITH FRIENDS) - *KNOPFLER/STING WITH ELTON JOHN, BRIAN MAY, ERIC CLAPTON, JOE COCKER, ETC. RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON, UK, JULY 11, 1988 09. WALK OF LIFE 10. WONDERFUL TONIGHT - *CLAPTON 11. SOLID ROCK WITH ERIC CLAPTON MARK KNOPFLER - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS TERRY WILLIAMS - DRUMS JACK SONNI - GUITAR CHRIS WHITE - SAX GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS ALAN CLARK - PIANO/BACKING VOCALS JOHN ILLSEY - BASS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISC 3 RECORDED LIVE IN HOUSTON, TX DURING 1985 WORLD TOUR 01. TWO YOUNG LOVERS RECORDED LIVE IN LONDON, UK DURING 1983 EUROPEAN TOUR 02. LOVER OVER GOLD 03. GOIN' HOME RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON, UK, JULY 7, 1985 04. WHY WORRY THE NOTTING HILLBILLIES RECORDED LIVE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB, LONDON, 1990 05. SET ME FREE 06. THAT'S ALRIGHT MAMA - *ARTHUR GUDRUP 07. YOUR OWN SWEET AWAY 08. RUN ME DOWN - *TRADITIONAL 09. HOBO'S LULLABY 10. I THINK I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH 11. ROLL, ROLL, ROLL 12. FEEL LIKE GOING HOME - *CHARLIE RICH RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA, 1988 - WITH ERIC CLAPTON 13. MONEY FOR NOTHING - *KNOPFLER/STING RECORDED LIVE IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND, JUNE 28, 1992 14. BROTHERS IN ARMS 15. SOLID ROCK NOTTING HILLBILLIES: MARK KNOPFLER - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS/BACKING VOCALS BRENDAN CROKER - GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS STEVE PHILLIPS - GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS PAUL FRANKLIN - PEDAL STEEL GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISC 4 RECORDED LIVE IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND, JUNE 28, 1992 01. CALLING ELVIS 02. WALK OF LIFE 03. HEAVY FUEL 04. ROMEO AND JULIET 05. THE BUG 06. PRIVATE INVESTIGATION 07. YOUR LATEST TRICK 08. ON EVERY STREET 09. TELEGRAPH ROAD MARK KNOPFLER - GUITAR/LEAD VOCALS JOHN ILLSEY - BASS/BACKING VOCALS GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS ALAN CLARK - KEYBOARDS/PIANO PHIL PALMER - GUITAR CHRIS WHITTEN - DRUMS CHRIS WHITE - VOCALS/SAXOPHONE PAUL CUMMINGS - PERCUSSION PAUL FRANKLIN - PEDAL STEEL GUITAR -
Soundboard 8.3 - I found a lot to sink into with this very early Megadeth recording. First off, it’s better sounding than the old tape that floated around for a while, as someone took the time to re-master it and pitch correct it which makes a big difference. It’s still a little narrow and thin, but you’ll be blown away by what you are hearing, if you have even a mild interest in the formative years of Megadeth, this show is a must. Band: Megadeth Venue: Country Club: Reseda, CA, USA Date: September 19, 1985 Time: 42:20 The last show with Mike Albert (who was replacing Chris in the tour). Setlist: 1. Last Rites - Loved To Death 2. Killing Is My Business 3. Skull Beneath The Skin 4. Chosen Ones 5. These Boots 6. My Last Words 7. Looking Down The Cross 8. Mechanix 9. Bad Omen 10. Good Morning-Black Friday -
Audience 8.8 - A solid recording, with just a hint of bass-rattle in the lower extremities but it is not problematic. King's X Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA March 12, 1994 Band lineup Doug Pinnick - bass, co-lead vocals Ty Tabor - lead guitar, co-lead vocals Jerry Gaskill - drums Total Time = 42:18 Set list 01 Complain (fades in) 02 Black Flag 03 We Were Born To Be Loved 04 Pretend 05 Over My Head 06 Cigarettes 07 Dogman 08 It's Love -
Audience 7.9/Soundboard 8.8 - A rough and tumble recording for a rough and tumble show. Quite frankly, it’s a perfect match, but obviously when the soundboard portions kick in it is a relief to the ears. The audience tape is one of the better sounding ones of the tour – we’ve all heard the dismal sounding ones and this is by far better. The video footage gives you more appreciation for the tapers efforts, because it just looks like it would have been a miracle to have produced anything remarkable in that venue. My hats off to the tapers! The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Tour Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI, USA November 24th, 1969 Track List 01 Jumpin' Jack Flash 02 Carol 03 Sympathy For The Devil 04 Stray Cat Blues 05 Love In Vain 06 Prodigal Son 07 You Gotta Move 08 Under My Thumb 09 Midnight Rambler 10 Live With Me 11 Little Queenie 12 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 13 Honky Tonk Women 14 Street Fighting Man Includes Rare Video Footage! -
Studio Quality 9.6 - When you look at these multi-disc sets, you have to wonder if you are just getting the same old stuff recycled over and over again…well, to be sure, there is some song duplication – no way around that. On the other hand, there’s also a lot of stuff that might be new to you, and therein lays the attraction. You have to sometimes just go for it, and in the end you end up with a more complete assemblage of materials. I found this particular set rich with alternate versions and other uncommon outtakes, and well worth the effort. THE ROLLING STONES BLACK BOX (Remastered Edition) Disc 1 01 Heart Of Stone 02 Not Fade Away 03 And Mr. Spector and Mr. Pitney Came Too 04 Andrew's Blues 05 Don't Lie To Me 06 Hi Heel Sneakers 07 Stewed And Keefed 08 Look What You've Done 09 Tell Me Baby How Many Times 10 Down In The Bottom 11 We're Wastin' Time 12 Hear It 13 (Walkin' Thru) The Sleepy City 14 Try A Little Harder 15 Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind 16 As Time Goes By 17 Blue Turns To Grey (2nd version) 18 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 19 Looking Tired 20 Paint It Black 21 Lady Jane 22 Get Yourself Together 23 Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow (#1) 24 Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow (#2) 25 Let's Spend The Night Together Disc 2 01 Get Yourself Together 02 Let's Spend The Night Together 03 All Sold Out 04 Yesterday's Papers 05 Ruby Tuesday 06 Complicated 07 Please, Go Home 08 My Obsession 09 Cosmic Christmas 10 Family 11 Downtown Lucy 12 Hamburger To Go 13 I'm A Country Boy 14 Memo From Turner # 1 15 Memo From Turner # 2 16 Sister Morphine 17 Still A Fool 18 You Got The Silver 19 Highway Child Disc 3 01 Sympathy For The Devil 02 Country Honk 03 Gimme Shelter 04 Loving Cup 05 Jiving Sister Fanny 06 Honky Tonk Women 07 All Down The Line 08 All Down The Line 09 I Don't Know The Reason Why (incomplete) 10 I'm Going Down 11 You Gotta Move 12 Brown Sugar #1 13 Brown Sugar #2 14 Bitch 15 Good Time Women 16 Sway 17 Schoolboy Blues 18 Bonus - Honky Tonk Women (OOPS mix) Disc 4 01 Confessin' The Blues 02 I've Been Loving You Too Long 03 Poison Ivy (alt) 04 Fortune Teller 05 Time Is On My Side 06 Con Le Mie Lacrime (As Tears Go By) 07 Da Doo Ron Ron 08 We Love You 09 Dandelion (demo) 10 19th Nervous Breakdown #1 11 Yesterday's Papers #1 12 Gimme Shelter #2 13 Sister Morphine #1 14 Brown Sugar (alt) 15 Wild Horses (alt) 16 Sister Morphine (with Marianne Faithfull) 17 Rare Telephone Call From Japan 18 Bonus - Brown Sugar (w Eric Clapton - from blue vinyl 12") 19 Bonus - CS Blues (from blue vinyl 12") -
Audience 9.6 - Hallelujah! This is just sublime, you get not only a band that sounds completely in lock step with each other (and I mean where even the improvs sound fluid and effortless), but also Frank being on top of his game. His tone, his attack, his feedback, his sound on the tape it’s just a really exceptional capture and performance to elevate this tape to MUST HAVE status. The 88 tour had its share of sleepers, but this is not one of those, by all standards this has to be considered one of the best nights. Frank Zappa 1988-05-08 Wien, Austria Stadthalle Set 1: 01. tuning 00:50 * 02. The Black Page 06:56 03. band introductions 01:15 04. Ain't Got No Heart 01:58 05. Packard Goose medley 07:21 06. Any Kind Of Pain 05:26 07. Cosmik Debris 04:36 08. Inca Roads 08:34 09. Advance Romance 06:39 10. Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue 08:44 11. Bamboozled By Love 05:39 12. Bolero 05:44 ________ 01:03:42 Set 2: 01. Eat That Question 02:08 02. Black Napkins 09:09 03. More Trouble Every Day 05:50 04. Penguin In Bondage 04:56 05. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel 07:37 06. Peaches En Regalia 02:49 07. Stairway To Heaven 09:18 08. Sharleena 08:24 09. Montana 04:05 10. City Of Tiny Lites 08:23 11. Whipping Post 07:32 ________ 01:10:11 ________ 02:13:53 -
Audience 9.1 - This recording is very very clean, and there is a ton of headroom where literally you can turn the volume all the way up and still get a very clean sound. There almost needs to be more mid punch, and at times, probably in sections that have been patched with a different source, there is a noticeable increase in volume/mid band. This could also be something with the taper, I do not know. Either way this recording is pretty damn good. Frank Zappa 1988-04-29 Helsinki, Finland Jäähalli Set 1: 01. tuning 00:50 02. The Black Page #2 > 07:05 03. band introductions 01:08 04. More Trouble Every Day > 04:57 05. Penguin In Bondage > 05:05 06. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel > 07:03 07. What's New In Baltimore? > 04:20 08. Sinister Footwear > 07:00 09. Packard Goose 07:31 10. Big Swifty > 09:58 11. Who Needs The Peace Corps? > 03:11 12. Orange County Lumber Truck Medley > 11:10 13. Find Her Finer > 02:49 14. Mr. Green Genes > 03:52 15. Florentine Pogen > 07:14 16. Andy > 05:42 17. Inca Roads > 09:48 18. Sofa 04:27 19. Dancin' Fool > 03:49 20. Whipping Post > 05:33 21. I Am The Walrus > 03:43 22. The Illinois Enema Bandit 09:38 23. Bolero 07:10 24. Stairway To Heaven 09:23 ________ 02:22:26 Bonus Disc 1. Interview 2. Press Conference -
Audience 8.4 - I would call this a very decent recording, with bass and guitar being pretty defined, which is great because I enjoy hearing distinctive bass notes. The drums are not as well defined, but they are there and come more to the fore during Red House. This is a highly recommended show, and he really pays homage to Hendrix at this gig. Mahogany Rush Winterland, San Francisco, CA March 30, 1975 Band line up Frank Marino : guitar, vocals Jimmy Ayoub : drums Paul Harwood : bass Total Time = 42:46 01 A New Rock-n-Roll 02 Red House 03 Talkin 'Bout A Feelin > Mona 04 Johnny B. Goode 05 Purple Haze -- tape cut @ 1:03 & drop out @ 1:51 -- 06 Star Spangled Banner 07 Voodoo Chile -
Soundboard 9.6 - Professionally recorded for broadcast, this is a pre-FM tape source. They say this is one of the best live Kinks show ever. Debatable, but yeah it’s pretty damn good. The Kinks live Winterland, San Francisco 1977.02.19 PRE-FM Recording - KSAN Master Reel (except tracks 1, 21 & 22 from FM broadcast) Disc 1 01 - You Really Got Me (Intro) 02 - One Of The Survivors 03 - Sleepwalker 04 - Rush Hour Blues 05 - You Make It All Worthwhile/Ordinary People/Everybody's A Star 06 – Lola(singalong)/Banana Boat Song 07 - A Well Respected Man 08 - Sunny Afternoon 09 - Waterloo Sunset 10 - Celluloid Heroes 11 - Schooldays 12 - Schooldays(reprise)/The Hard Way 13 – Education Disc 2 14 - Brother 15 - Stormy Sky 16 - Life Goes On 17 - Full Moon 18 - Lola 19 - Alcohol 20 - You Really Got Me/All Day All Of the Night 21 - Life On the Road 22 – Victoria Total Time = 112:45 Ray Davies - guitar, vocals Dave Davies - lead guitar, vocals Andy Pyle - bass John Gosling - piano, keyboards Mick Avory - drums Nick Newell - sax Debbie Doss - background vocals Shirley Roden - background vocals -
Audience 8.4 - A decent old (and by old I mean it sounds…old) tape that doesn’t have extreme highs or lows but is pretty consistent and clear enough to hear everything. The highlight to any Kinks tape of this vintage is the set list, they had some of their best songs ever and were playing all of them. Later set lists rarely visited Arthur material (there were some obligatory songs played at times) but here you get a heaping helping. THE KINKS Pierce College Woodland Hills, CA. USA 11-21-70 01 -‘Til the End of the Day 02 -Last of the Steam Powered Trains 03 -Brainwashed 04 -See My Friends 05 -You’re Lookin’ Fine 06 -Strangers 07 - Act Nice and Gentle 08 - Waterloo Sunset 09 - Lola 10 - Big Sky 11 - Arthur 12 - Top of the Pops 13 - You Really Got Me-> 14. - All Day and All of the Night Encores 15. - Milk Cow Blues 16. -One Night With You 17. -Milk Cow Blues 18. -Victoria -
Soundboard 9.5 - Fantastic as usual, although I wasn’t crazy about Prince’s guitar tones during this period, although he sure knew how to play the damn thing! Prince And The Revolution - From The Soundboard: 1984 Birthday Show Recorded: June 7th, 1984 at First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN Tracklist: 01. Shortberry Strawcake (PA) / Drums check 0:57 02. 17 Days 5:24 03. Our Destiny 3:24 04. Roadhouse Garden 4:45 05. Interlude 1:21 06. All Day, All Night 5:42 07. Free 4:40 08. Noon Rendezvous 9:02 09. Erotic City 8:32 10. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 10:10 11. When Doves Cry 11:37 12. Happy Birthday Interlude 2:27 13. Irresistible Bitch 6:08 14. Possessed 5:49 Lineup: Prince - vocals, guitar Bobby Z. - drums Brownmark - bass Wendy Melvoin - guitar Lisa Coleman - keyboards Dr. Fink - keyboards -
Soundboard 9.5 - Again, great quality here, the companion CD to the birthday party show. Prince And The Revolution - 1984 Birthday Show Rehearsals Disc Length : 76:33 Source : Soundboard Recording -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rehearsal for First Avenue 1984 Birthday Show May / June 1984 1. Gotta Shake This Feelin' 2. Noon Rendezvous 3. Free 4. Erotic City 5. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 6. When Doves Cry 7. Irresistible Bitch Lineup: Prince - vocals, guitar Bobby Z. - drums Brownmark - bass Wendy Melvoin - guitar Lisa Coleman - keyboards Dr. Fink - keyboards