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Soundboard 9.0 - This is a newly discovered tape, and it is a solid board that does bear some signs of age. It sounds, hmmm, a little dated, faded, and there is a small amount of tape hiss present. These flaws do NOT affect the music though, because typically when you have these kinds of issues they tend to clear up during the musical performance (with those few exceptions during very quiet parts). But yeah, it’s not a sparkling tape but it gets the job done nicely enough. The bonus material on this set is similar to the Austin tape in every respect sound-wise. Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue Municipal Auditorium Austin, TX 1976-05-12 Disc 1 01 -Good Love is Hard to Find (Bob Neuwirth) 02 -Hoola Hoop (T Bone Burnett) 03 -Flint Hill Special (David Mansfield) 04 -Too Good to Be Wasted (Rob Stoner) 05 -Madman (Stephen Soles) 06 -Is There Life on Mars (Mick Ronson) 07 -Rock & Roll Across the USA (Kinky Friedman) 08 -Dear Abbie (Kinky Friedman) 09 -Sold American (Kinky Friedman) 10 -Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) 11 -It Ain't Me Babe (Bob Dylan) 12 -Vincent Van Gogh (Bob Dylan) 13 -Maggie's Farm (Bob Dylan) 14 -Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) (Roger McGuinn) 15 -Jolly Roger (Roger McGuinn) 16 -Lover of the Bayou (Roger McGuinn) 17 -Chestnut Mare (Roger McGuinn) Disc 2 18 -Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Joan Baez) 19 -El Preso Número Nueve (Joan Baez) 20 -One Too Many Mornings (Joan Baez) 21 -The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Joan Baez) 22 -Sweeter for Me (Joan Baez) 23 -Dancing in the Streets (Joan Baez) 24 -Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan & Joan Baez) 25 -Railroad Boy (Bob Dylan & Joan Baez) 26 -Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (Bob Dylan & Joan Baez) 27 -I Pity the Poor Immigrant (Bob Dylan & Joan Baez) 28 -Shelter From the Storm (Bob Dylan) 29 -Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Bob Dylan) 30 -I Want You (Bob Dylan) 31 -You're A Big Girl Now (Bob Dylan) 32 -You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Bob Dylan) 33 -Oh Sister (Bob Dylan) 34 -Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan) 35 -Silver Mantis (T Bone Burnett) 36 -Going Going Gone (Bob Dylan) 37 -Idiot Wind (Bob Dylan) 38 -Knockin' on Heavens Door (Roger McGuinn & Bob Dylan) Disc 3 Gatesville State School For Boys Gatesville, TX 1976-05-15 39 -Linda Lu (T Bone Burnett) 40 -Look On Yonder Wall [Hand Me Down My Walking Cane] (T Bone Burnett) 41 -Black Crow (Joni Mitchell) 42 -Walls of Red Wing (Joan Baez) 43 -El Preso Número Nueve (Joan Baez) 44 -Sweeter for Me (Joan Baez) -
Audience 8.9 - Both of these nights feature decent sound quality that also allows you to hear all of the instruments in a reasonably clear mix. This is hard to come by! The massive 30 song sets, the very good sound, the fact these are among the bands final shows…what more could you ask for? Soundgarden The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA. February 15, 2013 01 -Searching With My Good Eye Closed 02 -Attrition 03 -Let Me Drown 04 -Jesus Christ Pose 05 -Spoonman 06 -By Crooked Steps 07 -Rhinosaur 08 -Taree 09 -My Wave 10 -Been Away Too Long 11 -Worse Dreams 12 -Pretty Noose 13 -Burden in My Hand 14 -A Thousand Days Before 15 -Black Saturday 16 -Blow Up the Outside World 17 -Fell on Black Days 18 -Chris brings 11 year old kid onstage 19 -Fresh Tendrils 20 -New Damage 21 -Superunknown 22 -Live to Rise 23 -Non-State Actor 24 -Mailman 25 -Like Suicide 26 -encore break 27 -Outshined 28 -Rusty Cage 29 -Dusty 30 -Slaves & Bulldozers- (In My Time of Dying) The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA February 17, 2013 01 -Intro 02 -Incessant Mace 03 -My Wave 04 -Been Away Too Long 05 -Worse Dreams 06 -Jesus Christ Pose 07 -Flower 08 -Taree 09 -Spoonman 10 -By Crooked Steps 11 -Blind Dogs 12 -Rowing 13 -Non-State Actor 14 -Drawing Flies 15 -Hunted Down 16 -Black Saturday 17 -Bones of Birds 18 -Blow Up The Outside World 19 -Fell On Black Days 20 -Burden In My Hand 21 -A Thousand Days Before 22 -Blood On The Valley Floor 23 -Rusty Cage 24 -New Damage 25 -4th Of July 26 -encore break- 27 -Outshined 28 -Black Hole Sun 29 -Ty Cobb 30 -Slaves & Bulldozers-(In My Time of Dying) -
Radio Broadcast 8.8 - Well, this is one unique sounding recording for a radio broadcast. When I first began to listen I thought this was an open mic style thing but when the guitar kicked in I knew it was probably a live mixed open mic/close mic job. The engineer battles to get a decent mix but it doesn’t reach the levels of what you’d expect of a professional broadcast recording. Does that mean it is bad? No, it’s decent sounding for all intents and purposes…but it certainly could have been a lot better. That said, it’s a great performance by the band. I was introduced to the music of Yes not by the ubiquitous Close To The Edge but from the album Tormato, which they are touring here, and in particular by the song “Don’t Kill The Whale” which I love to this day and which is performed here. Yes International Amphitheatre Chicago, Illinois, USA 24 September 1978 Disc 1 1.01 -WKQX Intro (0:06) 1.02 -Young Person's Guide - Close Encounters Intro (4:07) 1.03 -Siberian Khatru (10:13) 1.04 -Heart Of The Sunrise (11:09) 1.05 -Future Times - Rejoice (7:04) 1.06 -Circus Of Heaven (5:12) 1.07 -Time And A Word - Long Distance Runaround- The Fish - Perpetual Change - Soon (25:42) Disc 2 2.01 -Don't Kill The Whale (4:32) 2.02 -Madrigal (0:51) 2.03 -The Clap (4:47) 2.04 -Starship Trooper (10:15) 2.05 -On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (7:57) 2.06 -Madrigal (1:13) 2.07 -Rick Wakeman Solo (5:31) 2.08 -Awaken (16:11) 2.09 -I've Seen All Good People (8:13) 2.10 -Roundabout (8:51) 2.11 -WKQX outro (1:02) Jon Anderson - vocals, guitar, harp Steve Howe - guitars Chris Squire - bass quitars Rick Wakeman - keyboards Alan White - drums -
Pro Studio 9.8 - A better collection there never was. Perfect, and I don’t just mean sound quality, I also mean the work itself. A MUST have! Traveling Wilburys "Family Tree Volume II" 1. -Handle With Care 2. -Every Little Thing 3. -Walk Away 4. -You Got It 5. -This Is Love 6. -California Blue 7. -The Trembler 8. -I Won't Back Down 9. -Devil's Radio 10. -Fish In The Sand 11. -Got My Mind Set On You 12. -I Drove All Night 13. -End Of The Line I 14. -Dirty World 15. -Rattled 16. -Last Night 17. -Congratulations 18. -Heading For The Light 19. -End Of The Line II -
Audience 9.0 - This is a pretty famous recording of the full on assault of the Rolling Thunder Revue in all its glory. A good, clear tape with a tiny touch of tape saturation due to the taper being so close but it’s great nonetheless. It’s not distorted in that sense, it’s just a strong sound coming at you which actually benefits the experience because you feel the energy of the event in a visceral way. Great stuff! BOB DYLAN Fort Worth Attack Volume 1 Tarrant County Convention Center Arena Fort Worth, TX May 16, 1976 Disc 1 1. Cindy - Bob Neuwirth 2. Flint Hill Special 3. Mad Man - Steven Soles 4. Foreign Love - T-Bone Burnett 5. Too Good To Be Wasted - Rob Stoner 6. Is There Life On Mars? - Mick Ronson 7. Here Come The Blues - T-Bone Burnett 8. Alabama Dark - Bob Neuwirth 9. They Had To Move Away - Bob Neuwirth 10. Battle Of New Orleans - Bob Neuwirth JONI MITCHELL 11. Black Crow 12. Song For Sharon Disc 2 ROGER McGUINN 1. Turn! Turn! Turn! 2. Jolly Roger 3. Lover Of The Bayou 4. Chestnut Mare JOAN BAEZ 5. Do Right Woman 6. El Preso Numero Nueve 7. Forever Young 8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 9. Sweeter For Me 10. Dancing In The Street 11. Diamonds And Rust KINKY FRIEDMAN 12. Rock And Roll Across The USA 13. Dear Abbie 14. Lasso From El Paso BOB DYLAN 15. Mr. Tambourine Man 16. It Ain't Me Babe Bob Dylan - vocal, guitar, Scarlet Rivera - violin, Bob Neuwirth - guitar, T-Bone J. Henry Burnett - guitar, Roger McGuinn - guitar, Steven Soles - guitar, Mick Ronson - guitar, David Mansfield - steel guitar, violin, mandolin Rob Stoner - bass, Howie Wyeth - drums -
Audience 9.0 - This is a pretty famous recording of the full on assault of the Rolling Thunder Revue in all its glory. A good, clear tape with a tiny touch of tape saturation due to the taper being so close but it’s great nonetheless. It’s not distorted in that sense, it’s just a strong sound coming at you which actually benefits the experience because you feel the energy of the event in a visceral way. Great stuff! BOB DYLAN Fort Worth Attack Volume 2 Tarrant County Convention Center Arena Fort Worth, TX May 16, 1976 Disc 1 1. Vincent van Gogh 2. Maggie's Farm 3. One Too Many Mornings 4. Mozambique 5. Isis BOB DYLAN & JOAN BAEZ 6. Blowin' In The Wind 7. Railroad Boy 8. Deportees 9. I Pity The Poor Immigrant BOB DYLAN 10. Shelter From The Storm 11. I Threw It All Away 12. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 13. Oh Sister 14. You're A Big Girl Now Disc 2 1. Lay Lady Lay 2. Silver Mantis 3. Going Going Gone 4. Idiot Wind 5. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 6. Gotta Travel On Bob Dylan - vocal, guitar, Scarlet Rivera - violin, Bob Neuwirth - guitar, T-Bone J. Henry Burnett - guitar, Roger McGuinn - guitar, Steven Soles - guitar, Mick Ronson - guitar, David Mansfield - steel guitar, violin, mandolin Rob Stoner - bass, Howie Wyeth - drums -
Studio 9.7 - Super clean and professional studio recordings make for one absolutely stellar listening experience. A winner by all accounts! Bob Marley - The Santana Secret Tape (no, Santana does not play on any of this!) Disc 1 01 Keep On Moving (Dub Take 1) 02 Keep On Moving (Dub Take 2) 03 Marcia - Got To Lead The West.. 04 Waiting In Vain (Live) 05 Rebel Music (Live) 06 Instrumental 07 Revolution (Take 1) 08 Revolution (Take 2) Disc 2 01 Pimpers Paradise (Dub) 02 So Much Trouble (Instrumental) 03 Forever Loving Jah (Instrumental) 04 Bad Card (Version) 05 Real Situation (Alternate) 06 Crisis (Version) 07 Buffalo Soldier (Dub) 08 Rebel Music (Instrumental Take 3) 09 Buffalo Soldier (Dub Mix 2) 10 One Love (Dub Take 2) 11 One Love (Dub Take 3) -
Audience 8.8 One of the better sounding tapes from this period, and what’s notable about this show is the live debut of six songs from Aladdin Sane (predating the actual release of the album). About the sound – the live mix does not favor the vocals much, although audible and not murky they are not front and center – but guitar most certainly is and hurrah for that! David Bowie Radio City Music Hall New York,NY 1973-02-15 Disc One 01. Musical Intro 02. Hang On To Yourself 03. Ziggy Stardust 04. Changes 05. Soul Love 06. John, I'm Only Dancing 07. Drive In Saturday 08. Five Years 09. Space Oddity 10. My Death 11. The Supermen 12. Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) 13. Panic In Detoit 14. Moonage Daydream 15. The Width Of A Circle 16. Time Disc Two 01. Let's Spend The Night Together 02. Watch That Man 03. Suffragette City 04. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide Kingston Polytechnic London, UK 6th May 1972 05. Queen Bitch 06. Song For Bob Dylan 07. Changes 08. Starman 09. Amsterdam 10. I Feel Free 11. White Light/White Heat 12. Got To Get A Job Top Of The Pops (intro by Jimmy Saville) 13. John, I'm Only Dancing official release 14. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) Radio City Music Hall New York,NY 1973-02-14 15. The Jean Genie -
Soundboard 9.4 - Sharp attacking and brilliant. This is how I want to hear my Zappa! Frank Zappa Stadio Comunale Pistoia, Italy 1982 07 08 Disc 1 01 Crowd~Tuning~False Start 02 The Mammy Anthem 03 Band Introductions (I Left My Heart In San Francisco, La Donna E' Mobile) 04 You Are What You Is 05 Mudd Club 06 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 07 Drowning Witch (Octandre) 08 Envelopes 09 We're Turning Again 10 Alien Orifice 11 Harder Than Your Husband 12 Bamboozled By Love 13 Let's Move To Cleveland Disc 2 14 Tinsel Town Rebellion (Volare) 15 Approximate (Staying Alive) 16 Cosmik Debris (Volare) 17 City Of Tiny Lights (incl. Summertime) 18 A Pound For A Brown 19 It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary 20 Tell Me You Love Me 21 Sofa 22 encore break 23 No No Cherry 24 The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou 25 encore break #2 26 Camarillo Brillo 27 Muffin Man 28 The Illinois Enema Bandit Line Up FZ Steve Vai Ray White Scott Thunes Chad Wackerman Ed Mann Tommy Mars Bobby Martin -
Audience 9.3 - This is a rock and roll show the way it used to be..and I mean WAY used to be! So the experience is well worth checking out especially because this tape captured lightning in a bottle in a very good way. Atmosphere combined with great sound you cannot go wrong here. Stray Cats Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY November 25, 1982 01 -Introduction 02 -Your Baby Blues 03 -Double Talkin’ Baby 04 -Rumble In Brighton 05 -Drink That Bottle Down 06 -Build For Speed 07 -Rev It Up And Go 08 -C’mon Everybody 09 -Stray Cat Strut 10 -Lonely Summer Nights 11 -Fishnet Stockings 12 -Rock This Town 13 -Runaway Boys 14 -Can’t Hurry Love -
Audience 8.1 - Yes this is ranked pretty low on the sound quality scale, but it’s not a disaster because this is actually a full point or more better than the previous version of this legendary gig. It’s not unlistenable, and the proof is that you can hear every word Gabriel says during his stories. Extensive work in repairing and remastering this from a 1st generation tape made all the difference. Rediscover the earliest known live Genesis recording because for historical purposes there is no more significant a recording than this. Genesis La Ferme Woluwe St Lambert, Belgium 7th March 1971 1. -Announcer's introduction and Peter's intro 2. -Happy the Man 3. -Cheese-and-onion crisp man story 4. -Stagnation 5. -intro 6. -The Light 7. -intro 8. -Twilight Alehouse 9. -story 10. -The Musical Box 11. -intro 12. -The Knife 13. -intro 14. -Going Out to Get You -
Audience 8.9 - This sounds WAY much better than I remember it sounding, but then I first heard this show about 25 years ago so I guess it’s quite possibly a new source or an amazing remastering. Either way, this is certainly VERY worthy of appearing in your collection as it captures that open air festival vibe, and the band…Gilmour is inspired as his solos pierce the air with ferocity and guile. Bass sounds right on point here, and drums are perfectly balanced and placed in the mix just behind the others so to give those sounds center stage. Keys are much more present during the quieter passages, but they have a nice feel to them. All in all, this is great great great stuff. Pink Floyd Insel Grün (2nd British Rock Meeting Open Air Festival) Germersheim, Germany May 21, 1972 01. -Atom Heart Mother02. -Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 03. -One Of These Days 04. -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 05. -Echoes 06. -A Saucerful Of Secrets -
Audience 8.6 - This old tape has recently gotten a much needed facelift. It’s as if 40 years of grime were wiped away. That is how I compare this new remaster to the old tape I remember from like 1992. Pink Floyd Margriethal Jaarbreurs Utrecht, Netherlands 12-28-68 1. -Astronomy Domine 2. -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 3. -Interstellar Overdrive 4. -Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 5. -A Saucerful Of Secrets -
Audience 8.8 - This is a good capture that definitely helps you decipher what both guitars are doing, and that’s most welcome. Bass is sort of undefined but is holding down a good enough bottom end to help move this sound through your speakers. Soundgarden Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC July 29, 2011 Disc 1 01 -Crowd - Intro 02 -Searching With My Good Eye Closed 03 -Spoonman 04 -Gun 05 -Jesus Christ Pose 06 -Blow Up The Outside World 07 -The Day I Tried To Live 08 -My Wave 09 -Burden In My Hand 10 -Ugly Truth 11 -Fell On Black Days Disc 2 12 -Loud Love 13 -Drawing Flies 14 -Black Hole Sun 15 -Outshined 16 -Rusty Cage 17 -Superunknown 18 -4th Of July 19 -Band Intros 20 -Beyond The Wheel 21 -Mailman 22 -Slaves & Bulldozers Chris Cornell – lead vocals & rhythm guitar Kim Thayil – lead guitar Ben Shepherd – bass & backing vocals Matt Cameron – drums & backing vocals -
Audience 8.8 - This is a well rounded recording that delivers most of what is required to ensure a show remains worthy of repeat listens. The only real limitations I could discern are a slight “noisiness” somewhere between the upper mid band and the high band frequencies that are more noticeable during cymbal crashes – and even then it’s minimal. Maybe another critical observation is the overall audio mix coming from the stage is not ideal, it’s not bad, but it’s not as guitar/vocal prominent as you might be used to, again even that is being overly critical because it’s also not that bad. This is a good tape that may not satisfy the perfectionists out there but will take care of the rest of us (me included!). Frank Zappa Chapiteau Mulhouse (France) July 1, 1980 Disc 1 01 -Watermelon In Easter Hay 02 -Keep It Greasey 03 -Pick Me, I'm Clean 04 -City Of Tiny Lights 05 -Pound For A Brown (Mo & Herb's Vacation, Sheik Yerbouti Tango Coda, Filthy Habits) 06 -Cosmik Debris 07 -You Didn't Try To Call Me 08 -I Ain't Got No Heart Disc 2 09 -Love Of My Life 10 -You Are What You Is 11 -Easy Meat 12 -Mudd Club 13 -The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 14 -Joe's Garage 15 -Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 16 -Dancin' Fool 17 -Bobby Brown 18 -Ms. Pinky 19 -In France (incl.La Marseillaise) 20 -In France - Luigi & The Wise Guys 21 -Stick It Out (incl.Looney Tunes) 22 -The Illinois Enema Bandit Line-up: Frank Zappa's Band, March - July 1980 FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Arthur Barrow, David Logeman, Tommy Mars -
Audience 9.4 - Someone really knew what they were doing on this one. Such a great effort, it’s really lifelike sound and tons of atmosphere. You can sink into this show, literally. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Alpine Valley Music Theater East Troy, Wisconsin June 23, 1985 Disc 1 01 American Girl 02 Listen To Her Heart 03 Dogs On The Run 04 You Got Lucky 05 It Ain’t Nothin’ To Me 06 Don’t Do Me Like That 07 The Waiting 08 I Need To Know 09 The Best Of Everything Disc 2 10 A Change Of Heart 11 Don’t Come Around Here No More 12 Spike 13 Southern Accents 14 Rebels 15 Breakdown 16 Refugee