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Audience 8.4 - A distant recording without a lot of dynamics but the audio is clear enough especially vocals and guitar. Low end is not in abundance but the bass notes are audible and distinct which helps this tape become something collectors should want, it is, after all, a 1975 concert and fills that part of the collection. The take-away? A guitar-centric tape, a great show, worthy of the collection but not winning any awards for scintillating dynamics. RORY GALLAGHER Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Ludwigshafen West Germany 1975-03-21 DISC 1 1. Introduction - Tuning 2. MESSIN' WITH THE KID 3. TATTOO'D LADY 4. PROCESS 5. CRADDLE ROCK - YOUNG FASHOINED WAYS 6. A MILLION MILES AWAY 7. WALK ON HOT COALS 8. TOO MUCH ALCOHOL DISC 2 9. PISTOL SLAPPER BLUES 10. OUT ON THE WESTERN PLAIN 11. GOING TO MY HOMETOWN 12. WHO'S THAT COMIN' 13. I WONDER WHO 14. BULLFROG BLUES 15. HANDS OFF RORY GALLAGHER- Guitar/Vocals GERRY McAVOY- Bass ROD De'ATH- Drums LOU MARTIN- Keyboards -
Studio Quality - 9.5 - All excellent stuff, a great comprehensive collection.
Badfinger Come And Get It All The Apple Years 4 CD / 1 DVD Box Set Disc 1 (1967-1974) 01 I`m Too Shy 02 Tube Train 03 She Came Out Of The Cold 04 I`ve Been There Once Before 05 Black And White Rainbows 06 Girl Next-Door In The Miniskirt 07 Tomorrow Today 08 Mr. Strangeways 09 Bittersweet Adieu 10 How Does It Feel 11 Taxi 12 Take Good Care Of My Baby 13 Clown Of The Party 14 Knocking Down Our Home [Demo] 15 Man Without A Heart [Demo] 16 Take It All [Demo] 17 Blind Owl [Demo] 18 Hey, Mr. Manager 19 Ringside [Demo] 20 I Believe In You 21 Pete Ham Phone Call October 27, 1974 22 John Forgot To Sing Christmas Hymn [Demo] 23 The Iveys_ Christmas Record 1968 24 Without You [Demo] Disc 2 (1969-2020) 01 Come And Get It [First Vocal Take] Paul 02 Come And Get It [Various Takes] 03 Come And Get It [Various Takes] 04 Come And Get It [First Vocals] The Iveys 05 Come And Get It [Various Takes] 06 Come And Get It [Vocals Take] Paul & The Iveys 07 Come And Get It [Vocals Take] The Iveys 08 Come And Get It [Vocal Take] Paul 09 Come And Get It [Various Rehearsals] 10 Come And Get It [Last Full Take] The Iveys 11 Come And Get It [1978 Re-Recording] 12 Come And Get It [Live In Liverpool Dec. 20, 2011] 13 Come And Get It [2015 CD Version] 14 Come And Get It [Video Mix] 15 Come And Get It [2020] 16 Come And Get It [1970 Budget Label Cover Version Recording] Disc 3 (1969-1970) 01 Respect 02 Don`t Let Me Be Misunderstood 03 Just One Look 04 Maybe Tomorrow 05 The Way You Do The Things You Do 06 You Can All Join In 07 Rock Of All Ages 08 Midnight Sun 09 Someday 10 Up On Cripple Creek 11 Come And Get It 12 I Can`t Take It 13 Believe Me 14 Surrender Your Love 15 Drive My Car THE IVEYS 16 Birthday 17 Revolution Disc 4 (1970) 01 My Dark Hour 02 Midnight Sun 03 Better Days 04 Talk 05 Blodwyn 06 Talk 07 We`re For The Dark 08 Feelin` Alright 09 I Can`t Take It 10 No Matter What 11 Love Me Do - Lucille - Rip It Up - Long Tall Sally 12 Talk 13 Suitcase 14 Johnny B. Goode 15 Walk That Road - Matchbox -
Soundboard 9.4 - A lovely bright and clear sound, only noise I hear is between songs. I also love the fact that this dates from a period where there's not an abundance of Kansas recordings. I have to consider this a must have for Kansas collectors. Kansas Sjiwa Summer Rock Festival Horse Racing Course Baarlo, The Netherlands August 22, 1981 Audio Visions Tour 01 - Song For America 02 - Got To Rock On 03 - Paradox 04 - Point Of Know Return 05 - Dust In the wind 06 - Miracles Out Of Nowhere 07 - Loner 08 - Down The Road 09 - Portrait (He Knew) 10 - Carry On Wayward Son -
Brand New - The classic Venom Performance recorded in early ‘90s at Marquee Club only available on VHS tape. With Tony “Demolition Man” on vocals, this show represents the best of Venom Mark II. -
Brand New - Def Leppard played a "Slang tour" show in Johannesburg, South Africa on 5th December 1996. 13 songs from the show were recorded for broadcast. The band played in front of 37,500 ecstatic and very loud fans. This was the first of three stadium shows played on the mini tour of the country. -
Brand New - Alice Cooper Live 1987! Remember that mythical “The Nightmare Returns Tour”? Yup! The one with Kane Roberts and that great track list! Part from the video “The Nightmare Returns this is the only Live show properly recorded from that tour. Here we have the pre-FM master with a superb sound (better than the video!) and a stunning performance! -
FM Broadcast 8.9 - Good because it's a broadcast, but there is some compression so you do not get the crisp, soaring highs and separation of instruments is not perfect. It's a somewhat "rough" professional recording and I am not talking about just age or generation of tape either - some of this is probably in the actual recording and/or live sound mix. That being said - it's a really good tape nonetheless and worthy of your collection. Blue Oyster Cult Centrum Worcester, MA. September 24, 1982 01. Pre-show interview 02. This Ain't The Summer Of Love 03. Hot Rails To Hell 04. Joan Crawford 05. Cities On Flame 06. Veteran of the Psychic Wars 07. Don't Fear The Reaper 08. Godzilla intro 09. Godzilla 10. Drums 11. Godzilla (reprise) 12. Bass solo 13. Born To Be Wild 14. DJ and stage banter 15. Burnin' For You Albert Bouchard - drums, percussion, vocals Allen Lanier - keyboards, guitars, vocals Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar, vocals Eric Bloom - lead vocals, rhythm guitar Joe Bouchard - bass guitar, vocals -
Soundboard 8.9 - Man, this is just amazing. It sounds a little dated, maybe a little faded, but definitely NOT jaded! The live sound mix isn't perfect here, I think guitars should be louder (but at least in this board I can hear every note of the bass) but in defense of the guitars I can hear both of them somewhat distinctly. Vocals do suffer, they are pushed well back of the mix, at times they get closer to the right spot, but it's all good they are there but just not at the center of the mix. I think this is classic stuff. Slayer Country Club Reseda, LA, CA. September 7th 1985 Hell Awaits Tour 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor Of Sin 4. The Final Command 5. Haunting The Chapel 6. Praise Of Death 7. Fight Till Death 8. Necrophiliac 9. Black Magic 10. Die By The Sword 11. Crypts Of Eternity 12. Hardening Of The Arteries 13. The Antichrist 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Show No Mercy 16. Crowd 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare Tom Araya – bass, lead vocals Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P.) - lead and rhythm guitar Kerry King – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals Dave Lombardo – drums -
Soundboard 9.4 - Intense! Great mix here, full frontal assault and Dio shines! Dio Coliseum Spokane, WA 1984-07-24 01. -We Rock 02. -Mystery 03. -Shame On The Night 04. -Children Of The Sea 05. -Heaven & Hell 06. -Guitar Solo 07. -The Last in Line 08. -Heaven And Hell 09. -Stand Up & Shout 10. -Holy Diver 11. -Drum Solo 12. -Mob Rules 13. -Rainbow In The Dark 14. -Man On The Silver Mountain 15. -Starstruck - Long Live Rock 'N Roll 16. -Man On The Silver Mountain (reprise) -
Soundboard 9.0 - A VERY animated and live sounding recording. There is nothing sterile about this! It bristles with electric mayhem and tension, sometimes it goes a little over the edge (takes a minute for the mix to even out a little bit - and it seems to lean slightly onto upper mid/high end leaves some of the balls of the bass out, but there's enough meat here to add some bass and I think once you do that you'll have a real banger with this one. It's already great, but I'd certainly season it to taste. The Damned Oxford College Of Further Education Oxford, UK. 3-1-1984 01. there ain't no sanity claus 02. disco man 03. ignite 04. stranger on the town 05. wait for the blackout 06. do the blitz 07. melody lee 08. born to kill 09. love song 10. neat neat neat 11. looking at you 12. smash it up pt1 13. smash it up pt 1 1_2 14. smash it up pt 2 15. new rose 16. hippy hippy shake 17. i feel alright 18. we love you 19. i just can be happy today 20. love song -
Audience 8.7 - A new re-mastering has taken what was once a very muddy recording and breathed significant new life into it. I mean, if ever there was a time to be collecting it is right now. So while it still might be considered as an average audience recording, the fact is that there is much more in this tape than what was once believed and which is why it flew under the Sabbath collector radar. But it's actually pretty good, I can only be a little critical if I analyze what is happening at the lower end here, not much definition and guitar blends into the bass somewhat and provide a volume backdrop that is "dark" and foreboding but not a mess either. I think people should give this re-mastered version a chance, I did and I am very glad I did. Black Sabbath 1971-01-18 City Hall Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK 01. Paranoid 02. N.I.B. 03. War Pigs 04. Into The Void 05. Iron Man 06. Black Sabbath 07. After Forever 08. Wicked World 09. Guitar Solo 10. Wicked World (Reprise) 11. Fairies Wear Boots 12. Paranoid -
Hoffman Estates - Audience 8.7 - Residing mainly in the mid and upper mid range this recording does not showcase any real definition in the highs, and the metal loudness defined as a solid guitar/bass attack for the low end. What you end up with here with these two recordings is something of historical value but nothing you would use to impress your buddies with. Are they essential for the collection? Yes, both of these shows are very significant in value and because they are not horrible recordings I can recommend them.
Chicago - Audience 8.8 - This recording has a softer mid-range making it a little more comfortable, but still does not have a clarity and distinction to it, but it is also not muddy, it's just a capture that was made with equipment that had only the capability to document a live event, it wasn't made to do a professional live recording so keep that in mind - pretty decent but not great. I will say this, and I sincerely believe this - I think this recording is exactly what your ears would have been hearing at this show. That is why I think these recordings are important, even if they lack soundboard clarity and are not A+ audience tapes. There's plenty to enjoy here with both of these shows.
Black Sabbath Last Night With Ronnie Disc 1 Poplar Creek Music Theater Hoffman Estates, Illinois 1982-08-31 101. E5150 102. Neon Knights 103. N.I.B. 104. Children Of The Sea 105. Voodoo 106. Black Sabbath 107. War Pigs 108. Drums Solo Disc 2 201. Iron Man 202. The Mob Rules 203. Heaven And Hell 204. Guitar Solo 205. The Sign Of The Southern Cross 206. Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 207. Paranoid 208. Children Of The Grave Disc 3 International Amphitheater Chicago, Illinois 1981-12-21 301. E5150 302. Neon Knights 303. N.I.B. 304. Children Of The Sea 305. Country Girl 306. Black Sabbath 307. War Pigs 308. Slipping Away 309. Drums Solo 310. Iron Man 311. The Mob Rules 312. Heaven And Hell 313. Paranoid -
Audience 8.8 - Very clear, and pretty bright, and that means the tape sacrifices the bottom end in favor of getting the clarity and separation of instruments - that might be considered the trade-off here. I would prefer more bass, but this is something one can add themselves, that is why I highly rate this recording. I think because it is so clear you can really season it to taste more so than if you had a cluttered, or muddy recording. Black Sabbath The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA 1981-12-04 Disc 1 101. E5150 102. Neon Knights 103. N.I.B. 104. Children Of The Sea 105. Country Girl 106. Black Sabbath 107. War Pigs Disc 2 201. Slipping Away 202. Drum Solo 203. Iron Man 204. The Mob Rules 205. Heaven And Hell 206. Paranoid - Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 207. Children Of The Grave -
Pro Studio 9.5 - A particularly well done mastering job on all these tracks, some of which we've all heard before but not quite as clean and clear. PINK FLOYD The Syd Barrett Tapes ===================== 01 Lucy Leave (Demo) 02 I'm A King Bee (Demo) Recorded Summer 1965 @ unknown studio, possibly Regent Sound, London 03 Interstellar Overdrive (Demo) Recorded October 31, 1966 @ Thompson Private Recording Studios, Hempstead 04 Candy And A Currant Bun (Alternate Mix) Recorded January 29, 1967 @ Sound Techniques, London 05 See Emily Play (Alternate Mix) Recorded May 21, 1967 @ Sound Techniques, London 06 Astronomy Domine (BBC TV) Recorded May 14, 1967 @ BBC's "Look Of The Week" 07 Scream Thy Last Scream (Studio Outtake) Recorded August 7, 1967 @ EMI Abbey Road Studios, London 08 Vegetable Man (Studio Outtake) Recorded October 9, 1967 @ De Lane Lea Studios, London 09 No Title (Studio Outtake) Recorded September 4, 1967 @ Sound Techniques, London 10 The Gnome (BBC Radio) 11 Matilda Mother (BBC Radio) 12 The Scarecrow (BBC Radio) 13 Flaming (BBC Radio) 14 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (BBC Radio) 15 Reaction In G (BBC Radio) Recorded September 25, 1967 @ BBC Playhouse Theatre, London 16 Vegetable Man (BBC Radio) 17 Scream Thy Last Scream (BBC Radio) 18 Jugband Blues (BBC Radio) 19 Pow R Toc H (BBC Radio) Recorded December 20, 1967 @ BBC Maida Vale 4 Studios, London 20 CBC Interview with Interstellar Overdrive Interview Recorded December 1966 @ CBC Studios, London Interstellar Overdrive Recorded in 1966 @ unknown location -
All Soundboard 9.2 to 9.6 - This is a great collection for the Santana enthusiast, but also for the casual fan. The sound is consistently great across all discs, with only minor tonality differences (such as a slightly brighter tone on the New Orleans portion of disc 2). There is a enough track difference to keep things from being overly repetitious.
Santana The Eighties Vol.1 Disc 1 Montreux, Switzerland July 4, 1980 1. Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 2. Lightning In The Sky 3. Jingo 4. Well Alright 5. Soul Sacrifice 6. Open Invitation 7. Samba Pa Ti 8. Introductions 9. Evil Ways Disc 2 Saenger Performing Arts Center New Orleans, LA March 31, 1981 1. Crowd 2. Whole Lotta Love coda - Open Invitation 3. She's Not There 4. Shake Your Money Maker 5. Transcendance - Band Intros 6. Guajira Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, TX November 2, 1982 7. Open Invitation 8. She's Not There - Marbles 9. La Bamba 10. Band Introduction 11. American Gypsy 12. Europa 13. Shango Disc 3 The Forum Montreal Quebec Canada September 22nd 1982 1. KBFH Intro 2. Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 3. Oye Como Va 4. Dealer - Spanish Rose 5. Nowhere To Run 6. Incident At Neshabur 7. Body Surfing 8. Hold On 9. Shango 10. KBFH Outro -
Audience 9.1 - Lovely, well done recording that does have one or two "wobbles" where the tape might have stretched or something (only caught it once) but a minor deal really. It's a warm sound, and has a lot of headroom which is essential and a big benefit if you want to add your own EQ settings. Lots to enjoy here, I recommend this wholeheartedly. YES Greek Theater Univ. of California at Berkeley Berkeley, Ca. USA September 21, 1984 Disc 1 1. Leave It (intro) 3:23 2. Cinema 3:48 3. Leave It 4:33 4. Our Song 4:42 5. Drums - Hold On 8:17 6. Hearts 8:34 7. All Good People 7:49 8. Keyboards And Guitar 5:03 9. Guitar Solo 5:19 10. Changes 7:18 11. And You And I 12:39 Disc 2 12. Soon The Light 4:15 13. Make It Easy 1:06 14. Owner Of A Lonely Heart 5:15 15. It Can Happen 7:05 16. Bass Solo (Amazing Grace, Whitefish) 9:55 17. City Of Love 12:37 18. Starship Trooper 17:07 19. Roundabout 11:43 Jon Anderson: vocals and acoustic guitar Trevor Rabin: guitar Tony Kaye: keyboards Chris Squire: bass Alan White: drums