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Audience 8.7 - A nicely atmospheric recording without reverb which is nice. Sound mix is good, you hear everyone in pretty good detail. Sounds like it might be maybe 1/3 of the way back in the hall but it’s done with good equipment seems like. Overall a good recording here. Rush St. Paul Civic Center Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA March 25th, 1986 Disc 1: 01 - Introduction 02 - The Spirit Of Radio 03 - Limelight 04 - The Big Money 05 - New World Man 06 - Subdivisions 07 - Manhattan Project 08 - Middletown Dreams 09 - Witch Hunt 10 - Red Sector A 11 - Closer To The Heart Disc 2: 01 - Marathon 02 - The Trees 03 - Mystic Rhythms 04 - Distant Early Warning 05 - Territories 06 - YYZ 07 - Drum Solo 08 - Red Lenses 09 - Tom Sawyer 10 - 2112 Overture / Temples Of Syrinx 11 - Grand Designs 12 - In The Mood -
Soundboard 9.5 - So I haven’t kept up with this band since Steve Morse joined. I’ve always loved them, but they just fell off my radar. It was with great pleasure that I reacquainted myself with them as I reviewed this show. It’s multi-layered, multi-dimensional music with some resemblance to the old band if Ritchie traded places with his Southern fried twin brother! I mean, it works, don’t get me wrong – but it can fool you because it’s not Ritchie’s band by any stretch. I like this one maybe a little better to be honest. This is a “deeper” Deep Purple actually, and the orchestra behind them makes it that much more interesting, if sometimes a little bit “cabaret” but it still rocks when it has to and the guitar work by Morse is impeccable. Spektrum Arena, Oslo, Norway December 13th, 2011 Featuring Neue Philharmonie Orchestra Disc 1- Orchestra Intro
- Highway Star
- Hard Lovin' Man
- Maybe I'm A Leo
- Strange Kind Of Woman
- Rapture Of The Deep
- Woman From Tokyo
- Contact Lost - Steve Morse Solo
- When A Blind Man Cries
- The Well Dressed Guitar
- The Mule (w/Ian Paice Solo)
- Lazy
- No One Came
- Don Airey Solo
- Perfect Strangers
- Space Truckin'
- Smoke On The Water
- Going Down
- Hush
- Bass Solo
- Black Night
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Soundboard 8.8 - A real surprise, and a real treat this one! The band is playing a college campus and having been on the road for a while their chops are all finely honed. It’s so nice to hear a tape where Terry’s guitar is articulate and clear and not buried in the mud. This is NOT a muddy tape, if you are getting tired of hearing all those muddy early 70’s tapes out there, this one is for you. Chicago Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX - March 17/1971 Disc 1 1)Listen 2)Happy Cause I'm Going Home 3)Poem For The People 4)Lowdown 5)Piano Intro 6)Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is 7)Sing a Mean Tune Kid 8)Ballet For A Girl In Buchanon Disc 2 1)Fancy Colours 2)Elegy Suite 3)Beginnings 4)I Don't Want Your Money 5)Loneliness Is Just A Word -
Audience 7.8 - A recent remastering job has brought out much more of the music in this tape. It once circulated for a while in unlistenable quality, which is why you are probably unfamiliar with it. Now, it was rescued from the original reel to reel it was recorded on and spruced up a bit. I can honestly say it is MUCH better! That is all relative of course to the actual sound of this tape – which is average even though it’s clearer than before by far. What is happening is the music is all blended together with only vocals riding over it, to where you get distinct definition on them but everything else is hard to decipher…I mean unless you aren’t counting stadium bass/drum sound. To be completely fair, I listened to most of this show and my ears did adjust, and I started to get more out of it. KISS: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA 11/29/79 November 29, 1979 01 King Of The Nighttime World 02 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 03 Move On 04 Calling Dr. Love 05 Firehouse 06 New York Groove 07 I Was Made For Lovin' You 08 Christine Sixteen 09 2,000 Man - 10 Guitar Solo 11 Love Gun 12 Bass Solo - 13 God Of Thunder - Drum Solo (mixed) 14 Shout It Out Loud 15 Black Diamond 16 Detroit Rock City 17 Beth 18 Rock And Roll All Nite Bonus Tracks: 19 Anahiem, CA Soundcheck 11/6/79 20 Billy Crystal Interview 11/7/79 21 Making Of A KISS Show report -
Audience 9.3 - Superbly done, even if it gets off to a slow start with taper getting into position…but from there it’s just an amazing capture with enough ambience and overhead to give you an excellent sense of space and time. Just lovely! Marshall Tucker Band Palace Theater Providence, RI 29 November 1974 Disc 1 01 -Hillbilly Band 02 -How Can I Slow Down 03 -Can't You See 04 -In My Own Way 05 -24 Hours At A Time 06 -This Ol' Cowboy Disc 2 07 -Ramblin' 08 -Take The Highway 09 -Everyday (I Have The Blues) 10 -The Thrill Is Gone with special guest Charlie Daniels -
Audience 8.9 - Another great tape of the band’s News of the World tour, this time the second night at the LA Forum in March of that year. It’s just great, it’s a band that knows they are killing it every night. I never get tired of listening to the bravado. Queen The Forum Inglewood, CA March 3, 1977 01 Tie Your Mother Down 02 Ogre Battle 03 White Queen 04 Somebody To Love 05 Killer Queen 06 The Millionaire Waltz 07 You’re My Best Friend 08 Bring Back That Leroy Brown 09 Sweet Lady 10 Brighton Rock 11 ’39 12 You Take My Breath Away 13 White Man 14 The Prophet’s Song 15 Bohemian Rhapsody 16 Stone Cold Crazy 17 Keep Yourself Alive 18 Liar 19 In the Lap of the Gods…Revisited 20 Now I’m Here 21 Rock and Roll Medley (incl. Hey Big Spender and Jailhouse Rock) 22 God Save the Queen -
Audience 8.3 - I find these early club dates fascinating. It sounds closer to Taste than anything he was doing on subsequent tours. The guitar work is more off the cuff, edgier maybe. This recording features a pretty clear and up-front guitar, with vocals next and kick drum following. It’s good, a little hiss present, but to have tapes like this to hear the early period Rory post-Taste is most welcome. RORY GALLAGHER The Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH September 8, 1972 Remastered by PR CD 1: 1. Laudromat 2. Used To Be 3. I Should've Learnt My Lesson 4. Messin' With The Kid 5. You'll Be Mine 6. Pistol Slapper Blues 7. I Don't Know Where I'm Going 8. In Your Town 9. I Could've Had Religion CD 2: 1. Don't Mess With My Baby 2. Goin' To My Hometown 3. Bullfrog blues 4. It Takes Time 5. Messin' With The Kid - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, September 3, 1973 -
Audience 8.2 - The selling point here are the rarely played songs, including Overnight Bag which I don’t think I have even heard ever played live before. RORY GALLAGHER Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway, October 29, 1978 CD 1:- Shinkicker
- Do you read me
- I wonder who
- Secret agent
- Cloak and dagger
- Tattoo'd lady
- Out On The Western Plain
- Too Much alcohol
- Goin to my hometown
- Shadow play
- All around man / Medley
- Moonchild
- Overnight bag
- Bought and sold
- Sea cruise
- Bullfrog blues
- Messin' With The Kid
- Just a little bit
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FM Broadcast 9.4 - This is sourced from a low gen tape source, and it sounds very clean, bright, precise. Rory GALLAGHER Koncerthuset, Stockholm, Sweden October 27, 1979 Disc 1 (0:49:58) 101 Wayward Child 102 I Wonder Who 103 Bought & Sold 104 Follow Me 105 Keychain 106 Moonchild 107 Out On The Western Plain 108 As The Crow Flies 109 Going To My Hometown Disc 2 (0:39:56) 201 The Last Of The Independants 202 A Million Miles Away 203 Shadow Play 204 Bullfrog Blues 205 Sea Cruise> Jenny Take A Ride 206 Secret Agent 207 Messing with the kid Rory Gallagher Group; May 1978 - March 1981: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Ted McKenna - drums Total time : 1:29:54 -
FM Broadcast 8.8 - Decent if a little compressed, but it’s from a period that I don’t see a whole lot of recordings from. Rory Gallagher 1976-11-18 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA with filler from 1974-04-04 Civic Centre, San Diego, CA Rory Gallagher - Guitars/Vocals Gerry McAvoy - Bass Lou Martin - Piano/Keyboards Rod De'Ath - Pots & Pans Disc 1 (L.A. 1976): 1. Introduction 2. Moonchild 3. Secret Agent 4. Calling Card 5. I Take What I Want/Watch Your Step 6. Bought & Sold 7. Out On The Western Plain 8. Do You Read Me 9. Souped Up Ford/Want-Ad Blues Disc 2 (San Diego 1974): 1. Hands Off 2. Bullfrog Blues 3. Early In The Morning 4. A Million Miles Away 5. In Your Town (cut) -
Soundboard 8.9 - This is not the same Clapton of the ’74 comeback tour, this is much more cohesive, much better playing. Eric Clapton Houston, Texas November 13, 1976 Disc 1 1 -Introduction 2 -Hello Old Friend 3 -Sign Language 4 -Little Queenie 5 -Knockin' On Heaven's Door 6 -Tell The Truth 7 -Love Me Please 8 -All Our Past Times Disc 2 1 -Double Trouble 2 -Blues Power 3 -One Night 4 -Badge 5 -Layla 6 -I Shot the Sheriff -
Soundboard 8.8 - The mix gets a little cluttered up at times, guitars being rather hot in this mix but I guess that is what you would prefer. The first disc is all BB King, the second disc is when Eric comes on to join for the remainder of the set. Eric Clapton with B.B. King 1979-04-19, Atlanta, Georgia [SBD] Atlanta, Georgia April 19, 1979 Soundboard Disc 1: Caledonia Sweet Little Angel Jam Don't Answer the Door You're Mean Why I Sing the Blues Outside Help Made Your Move Too Soon Disc 2: I'm Not Me Without You Thrill is Gone Hold On (*) unknown (*) Jam 1 (*) Jam 2 (*) Comments: (*) with Eric Clapton and Diana Ross. -
Soundboard 9.3 - Not the typical sounding board mix here, it’s got a much more live sounding guitar sound, like mic’d a little further away giving it some spacial quality, and vocals same way, like they are not fed direct into the board. It’s just sounds different than most, not in a bad way, just different. Eric Clapton Another Ticket Tour RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, Ireland Saturday January 31st, 1981 Disc 1: 01. -Tulsa Time 02. -Early In The Morning 03. -Lay Down Sally 04. -Wonderful Tonight 05. -Blow By Blow 06. -Worried Life Blues 07. -Country Boy 08. -Double Trouble 09. -All Our Past Times 10. -Blues Power 11. -Knockin' On Heaven's Door Disc 2: 01. -Setting Me Up 02. -Ramblin' On My Mind - Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Ramblin' 03. -After Midnight 04. -Further On Up The Road 05. -Cocaine 06. -Layla Line-up: Eric Clapton guitar, vocals Albert Lee guitar, vocals Dave Markee bass Henry Spinetti drums Chris Stainton keyboards Gary Brooker keyboards, vocals -
Audience 9.0 - I like the sound of this recording, it’s got a very nice and smooth bass which is pretty articulate, and the instruments in general are in perfect harmony with each other, you would be hard pressed to get a better mix even through the board. It’s also a historic concert, for the obvious reasons, and hearing it knowing what happened later, it adds another dimension. A great one! 04-12-1971 Montreux Casino, Switzerland 1. Intro, 2. Peaches En Regalia, 3. Tears Began To Fall, She Painted Up Her Face, Half A Dozen Provocative Squats, 4. Call Any Vegetable, 5. Anyway The Wind Blows, 6. Magdalena, Dog Breath, 7. Sofa Suite, 8. Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, 9. Wonderful Wino, Sharleena, Cruisin' For Burgers, 10.King Kong (interrupted by fire) 11.FIRE! -
Audience 9.4 - This to me is what keeps me in the game. When I thought I had every 79 show (my favorite period) and this comes along…and….it…smokes…everything! Maybe not a perfect score in the audio dept. which by the way it is excellent (a little pegging of the meters when the band is in full on rage but it’s minor, a minor issue) but it delivers in just about every possible way. Frank’s playing is off the charts and his tone is evil. He sounds relaxed, and satisfied – all is going well. Maybe he forgot about this gig a day or two later, but I can’t get the CD out of my player (and not because it is stuck!). This just rules. Period. Frank Zappa 1979-03-26 Hannover, Germany Eilenriedhalle Disc 1 01. Persona Non Grata 09:37 02. Dead Girls Of London 02:27 03. I Ain't Got No Heart 02:05 04. Brown Shoes Don't Make It 06:57 05. Cosmik Debris 03:56 06. Tryin' To Grow A Chin 03:21 07. City Of Tiny Lites 10:07 08. Dancin' Fool 03:15 09. Easy Meat 04:25 10. Jumbo Go Away 04:57 Disc 2 11. Andy 05:18 12. Inca Roads 09:23 13. Florentine Pogen 05:08 14. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? 04:20 15. Keep It Greasey 03:23 16. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 03:21 17. King Kong 17:08 Encore: 18. Montana 05:10 19. Dirty Love 04:14 ________ 01:48:32 -
Audience 8.7 and 8.8 - Both of these recordings are quite good, and most welcomed. Each feature Bob Welch, although the ’72 also has Danny Kirwan still on board (but not for much longer). You can tell he is drunk, but even with all the stuff happening on stage (some clearly audible), the band still manage to put on a good show. Fleetwood Mac October 24th, 1974 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, W. Disc 1: 01. Coming Home > The Green Manalishi 02. Spare Me a Little 03. Bad Loser 04. Sentimental Lady 05. Future Games 06. Bermuda Triangle 07. I'd Rather Go Blind 08. Why 09. Night Watch 10. Homeward Bound 11. Angel 12. Oh Well Disc 2: Encore: 01. Rattlesnake Shake 02. Hypnotized BONUS: The Paramount, Seattle Washington 1972-03-10 FM reel-to-reel 3 -Intro 4 -Tell Me All The Things You Do 5 -Future Games 6 -Get Like You Used To Be 7 -Little Child Of Mine 8 -Spare Me A Little 9 -Homeward Bound 10 -Black Magic Woman 11 -Oh Well Personnel: Bob Welch: Guitar and Vocals Danny Kirwin: Vocals And Guitar Christine McVie: Keyboards and Vocals John McVie: Bass Mick Fleetwood: Drums Notes from Paramount 1972: Christine McVie vocals on 1,3,5,and 6 Bob Welch vocals on 2 and 8, assists on 7 Danny Kirwan vocals 4, attempted vocals 7 (falling down drunk)