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Soundboard 9.4 - Excellent FM broadcast recording with a nice and tight sound, great right in the pocket mix. I mean, you know any music with Todd Rundgren playing on it just isn’t going to be poorly mixed or recorded, knowing what kind of producer/engineer he is. Todd Rundgren & Utopia Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, Michigan October 26, 1978 (early) Todd Rundgren Roger Powell Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox Disc One 37:29 01 Real Man (cuts in) 03:31 02 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference 04:57 03 Love of The Common Man 03:32 04 Trapped 03:10 05 Abandon City 04:12 06 The Verb To Love 08:13 07 The Seven Rays 09:27 08 Radio Station ID 00:04 09 Can We Still Be Friends? 04:41 Disc Two 10 The Death of Rock And Roll 05:34 11 You Cried Wolf 03:03 12 Gangrene 04:00 13 A Dream Goes On Forever 03:25 14 Black Maria 07:30 15 Eastern Intrigue 05:12 16 Initiation 06:36 17 Couldn't I Just Tell You? 03:29 18 Hello It’s Me 04:13 -
Soundboard 9.0 - This recording pushes the max on the needles without going to far overboard, kind of gives it a darker tonal quality to it which is cool. Interesting collaboration here with Ian Hunter, I think it works well. Todd Rundgren & Ian Hunter The Agora, Akron October 19, 1980 1.1 Do Ya? 3:58 1.2 Black And White 4:30 1.3 Love Of The Common Man 3:29 1.4 Once Bitten Twice Shy 5:22 1.5 All The Way From Memphis 4:51 1.6 Needles And Pins 2:41 1.7 Cathy's Clown 3:16 1.8 Eight Days A Week 6:24 1.9 Black Maria 5:27 1.10 One World 3:15 1.11 Bastard 10:30 1.12 The Last Ride 6:19 1.13 All The Young Dudes 3:34 2.1 Just Another Night 5:49 2.2 Couldn't I Just Tell You 3:36 2.3 Let's Get On With It 4:06 2.4 Just One Victory 5:48 2.5 Cleveland Rocks 7:11 extras 2.6 The Last Ride (Atlanta w/Ian Hunter 10/11/80) 5:21 2.7 Eight Days A Week (Pier 84 7/30/82) 5:49 2.8 There Goes My Inspiration (Pier 84 7/30/82) 4:24 2.9 Love Of The Common Man (Chapel Hill 4/23/83) 3:17 2.10 If I Didn't Try (Pier 84 8/24/84) 4:04 2.11 Tiny Demons (West Hartford 12/27/84) 3:17 2.12 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference (The Ritz NY 1/2/85) 3:54 2.13 Style (RCMH, NY 5/10/85) 4:13 2.14 Blue Orpheus (Charlotte 11/29/85) 4:40 Todd Rundgren and Ian Hunter playing a benefit gig for Presidential candidate John Anderson on 20th October 1980. -
Audience 9.3 - Lively, clear, well balanced and completely enjoyable in every regard. Band is sounding great together and should have toured this around the world it would have been incredible. 2/25/08 Madison Square Garden New York NY USA disc 1 Had To Cry Today Low Down Forever Man Them Changes Sleeping In The Ground Presence Of The Lord Glad > Well Alright Double Trouble Pearly Queen Tell The Truth No Face After Midnight disc 2 Split Decision Ramblin' On My Mind (EC solo acoustic) Georgia On My Mind (SW solo Hammond) Little Wing Voodoo Chile Can't Find My Way Home Dear Mr. Fantasy Crossroads Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals Steve Winwood - Hammond organ, guitar, vocals Chris Stainton - keyboards Willie Weeks - bass Ian Thomas - drums -
Audience 8.2 - This rare old tape shows signs of age, with the typical problems such as tape hiss and some dropouts occasionally but it is saved because there is music underneath it, I mean, you do hear the band reasonably well and it happens that, for whatever reason, there is no abundance of ’79 shows by this band. Plenty of 80’s, and some pre-’79 too but not a lot of 1979 gigs. Also, of note this gig was the one right before their appearance on Rockpalast.
DIRE STRAITS Stadthalle Stolberg, Germany 2/15/1979 1. -Down To The Waterline 2. -Six Blade Knife 3. -Once Upon A Time In The West 4. -Lady Writer 5. -Single Handed Sailor 6. -Water Of Love 7. -In The Gallery 8. -Follow Me Home 9. -News
1. -What's The Matter With You Baby 2. -Lions 3. -Sultans Of Swing 4. -Wild West End 5. -Where Do You Think You're Going 6. -Eastbound Train 7. -Southbound Again 8. -Nadine -
Soundboard 9.1 - A smooth sound here, nothing is going to jar you out of your headphones but that is what works well with this music. Very pleasant!
Charlie Daniels Band Suffolk Forum Commack, NY 04/28/1978
Disc 1 1. -Introduction 2. -Tune up & Intro Music 3. -Black Bayou 4. -Jitterbug 5. -Trudy 6. -Maria Teresa 7. -Saddle Tramp 8. -Drums - Bass 9. -Saddle Tramp 10. -Long Haired Country Boy 11. -Stormy Monday Blues Disc 2 12. -Uneasy Rider 13. -Franklin Limestone 14. -Birmingham Blues 15. -Close Encounters Theme - Cumberland Mountain Number Nine Encores: 16. -Redneck Fiddlin' Man 17. -Texas 18. -Dixie - The South's Gonna Do It Again 19. -crowd 20. -Orange Blossom Special -
Soundboard 9.6 - Pretty much the crème de la crème for collectors of this great band. Fame is just now latching on to them, as they get ever larger gigs and more exposure. Wait until Money For Nothing and then it really takes off! I guess these are the days before the glory although I would say they are hitting their stride. Dire Straits Studio-L. Cologne, Germany 2/16/1979 Disc 1 01 Down to the Waterline 02 Six Blade Knife 03 Once Upon a Time in the West 04 Lady Writer 05 Single Handed Sailor 06 Water of Love 07 In the Gallery 08 Follow Me Home 09 News Disc 2 10 What's the Matter Baby 11 Lions 12 Sultans of Swing 13 Wild West End 14 Where Do You Think You're Going? 15 Eastbound Train 16 Sultans of Swing -
Audience 9.0 - A wonderfully present, atmospheric tape! I can listen to this all day, it’s a great time for the quirky and symphonic escapades they were launching into with Grand Wazoo. Brilliant! Frank Zappa & The Grand Wazoo Orchestra Deutschlandhalle Berlin (West), Germany 9/15/1972 Disc 1 01 intros [3:38] 02 New Brown Clouds [7:48] 03 Big Swifty [16:38] 04 Approximate [14:57] 05 For Calvin And His Next Two Hitch-hikers [8:03] 06 Think It Over (The Grand Wazoo) [21:19] Disc 2 07 Greggary Peccary Preamble [1:25] 08 The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary Part I [2:59] 09 The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary Part II-III [5:48] 10 Dog Meat [5:33] 11 Improvisations preamble [0:44] 12 Improvisations [1:25] 13 Improvisations [17:37] 14 Blues For A Minute [4:36] 15 Penis Dimension [3:26] 16 Variant Processional March (incl. Regyptian Strut) [3:14] 17 ovations [4:20] 18 tune-up [1:49] 19 Chunga's Revenge [6:04] Total time 131.34 min -
Jimi Hendrix - Black Gold ... Volume 1 Pro Studio 9.7 - Expertly compiled and many would say that this represents one of the top tier collections of studio work compilations out there. In its own right, you could say the “Black Gold” series is definitive or at least was held in that esteem for many years by collectors. CD 1: (77:21, 11 tracks) Playhouse Theatre, London, 06oct67 (track 1) Record Plant, New York, 03may68 (track 2) Drake Hotel, Jimi Solo, New York, 17apr68 (tracks 3-11) 1. Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Parts I & II) 8:35 2. Voodoo Chlid (Slight Return) [The Session: takes 1-15] 32:43 3. Long Hot Summer Night (Parts I& II) 4:23 4. 1983...(A Merman Should Turn To Be) 4:00 5. Moon Turn The Tides...Gently, Gently Away 3:28 6. Angel 3:22 7. Cherokee Mist 3:12 8. Getting My Heart Back Together Again 1:21 9. Voodoo Chile 6:07 10. Gypsy Eyes 5:53 11. Gypsy Eyes 4:14 CD 2: (70:31, 11 tracks) Record Plant, New York, 14jun68 (track 1) Record Plant, New York, 10jun68 (tracks 2-4) Record Plant, New York, 14may68 (track 5) Electric Ladyland Studiod, New York, 16jun70 (track 6) Record Plant, New York, 24mar69 (track 7) Record Plant, New York, 24sep69 (tracks 8-9) Olmstead Studios, New York, 04mar69 (track 10) Record Plant, New York, 21apr69 (track 11) 1. South Saturn Delta 3:29 2. Rainy Day, Dream Away [overdub session: take 1] 0:56 3. Rainy Day, Dream Away [take 2] 2:19 4. Rainy Day, Dream Away [take 3] 10:21 5. Third Stone From The Sun/ Villanova Junction Blues 14:05 6. Jam Back At The House 5:47 7. Bleeding Heart 3:48 8. Pride Of Man [take 1] 1:28 9. Pride Of Man [take 2] 2:18 10. Midnight, Valleys Of Neptune Arising [takes 1-7] 14:51 11. Sending My Heart To Linda [takes 1-2] 11:06 -
Jimi Hendrix - Black Gold ... Volume 2 Pro Studio 9.7 - Expertly compiled and many would say that this represents one of the top tier collections of studio work compilations out there. In its own right, you could say the “Black Gold” series is definitive or at least was held in that esteem for many years by collectors. CD 3: (71:12, 6 tracks) Electric Ladyland Studiod, New York, 23jul70 (track 1) Record Plant, New York, 21nov69 (track 2) Record Plant, New York, 23jan70 (track 3) Record Plant, New York, 07nov69 (tracks 4-5) Sheridan Square, Greenwich Village, New York, 10sep69 (track 6) 1. Had To Cry Today 16:30 2. Paper Airplanes [rehearsals] 26:41 3. Blue Suede Shoes [jam] 11:36 4. Izabella [overdub session: take 2] 3:50 5. Izabella 4:41 6. Honey Bed [takes 1-5] 7:52 CD 4: (31:59, 2 tracks) Record Plant, New York, 07jan70 (track 1) 25 Brook Street, London, Home Rec., 10mar69 (track 2) 1. Mannish Boy [rehearsals: takes 1-7] 39:55 2. Closer To The Truth [Room Full Of Mirrors] 22:06 -
Soundboard 8.8 - A little tiny bit of muddiness in the middle frequencies as drums fight for bandwidth with the vocals and guitars, a real battle for supremacy…but man, the guitar jams these guys get into wow! A good recording here, you’ll get into it! Marshall Tucker Band Unknown Venue, Albuquerque, New Mexico January 19th 1979 Disc One. 1. -Fly Like An Eagle 2. -Long Hard Ride 3. -Heard It In A Love Song 4. -Dream Lover 5. -Blue Ridge Mountain Skies 6. -Hillbilly Band 7. -Can't You See 8. -I'll Be Lovin' You 9. -Fire On The Mountain Disc Two. 1. -Ramblin' On My Mind 2. -24 Hours At A Time 3. -This Ol' Cowboy 4. -Desert Skies 5. -Searchin' For A Rainbow -
FM Soundboard 9.3 - Very present and bright, only a few minor tape flaws but mostly fantastic. Marshall Tucker Band - 05/05/1977 Uptown Theater Chicago, IL WKQX FM Disc 1: 01. Fly Like An Eagle / Long Hard Ride 02. Searchin' For A Rainbow 03. Heard It In A Love Song 04. I Should Have Never Started Lovin' You 05. Take The Highway 06. Fire On The Mountain 07. In My Own Way 08. Never Trust A Stranger Disc 2: 01. 24 Hours At A Time 02. Ramblin' 03. Can't You See 04. This Ol' Cowboy -
M Radio Broadcast 9.5 - Brilliant! Very sharply focused, with punctual bass, airy flute and in the pocket guitars. Right on! The Warehouse New Orleans, LA 12/31/1978 (FM) Disc 1: 37:16 01: radio announcer introduction 1:46 02: fly like an eagle > long hard ride 8:33 03: fire on the mountain 4:35 04: heard it in a love song 5:24 05: dream lover 5:21 06: auld lang syne (New Year's for the U.S. east coast) 3:28 07: blue ridge mountain sky 8:05 Disc 2: 68:22 08: can't you see 6:03 09: hillbilly band 3:40 10: ramblin' 6:55 11: this ol' cowboy 5:58 12: desert skies 6:54 13: 24 hours at a time 12:30 14: auld lang syne (New Year's in New Orleans) > I'll be loving you 10:27 16: searchin' for a rainbow 6:33 17: will the circle be unbroken (with radio talkover idiot) 9:18 Total runtime: 105:38 Toy Caldwell: guitars, vocals Jerry Eubanks: flute, saxophone, background vocals Tommy Caldwell: bass, background vocals Doug Gray: vocals George McCorkle: guitars Paul Riddle: drums -
FM Radio Broadcast 9.5 - One of the best, if not the best, Black Crowes gigs I have ever heard from start to finish. It’s even listed in the top three of all time (at #1) by the Black Crowes fanbase. A must have!
The Black Crowes Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, TX FM Broadcast - February 6, 1993
Chris Robinson – vocals Rich Robinson – guitar Marc Ford – guitar Eddie Harsch – keyboards Johnny Colt – bass guitar Steve Gorman – drums Disc 1: 1. -No Speak No Slave 2. -Sting Me 3. -Hard To Handle 4. -My Morning Song 5. -Jam 6. -Thorn In My Pride 7. -Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 8. -Twice As Hard Disc 2: 1. -Black Moon Creeping 2. -Thick N' Thin 3. -Hotel Illness 4. -Stare It Cold 5. -Three Little Birds 6. -Sometimes Salvation 7. -Jealous Again 8. -Remedy
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Audience 8.7 - Recorded with reel to reel tape machine, this is actually very good although it begins with some fluctuations as the tapers settle in. They do an admirable job throughout as the tape stabilizes, they comment here and there but keep it to a minimum, as is the crowd noise. So, it’s a relaxing and enjoyable experience, the band sounding like they are not willing to sell out just yet as their set is not necessarily a top 40 showcase which is good actually. Some hits, but a lot of deep and meaningful music. The Moody Blues - LA Forum 1974-01-30 Setlist (runtime 1hr37m) Disc 1 -Intro and Taper's Comments -Higher And Higher -Out And In -The Story In Your Eyes -One More Time To Live -Tuesday Afternoon -Legend Of A Mind -Watching And Waiting -Eternity Road -Japan Disc 2 -Melancholy Man -Are You Sitting Comfortably -The Dream -Have You Heard part 1 -The Voyage -Have You Heard part 2 -Nights In White Satin -I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band -Intro to Question -Question -Applause and Taper's Comments -Ride My Seesaw -
Audience 8.8 - A tape that should really be enjoyed by everyone even remotely interested in Pink Floyd. Pretty solid one, and a band playing with confidence after having worked out arrangements during the previous lengthy tour. Pink Floyd Trentham Gardens, Stoke-On-Trent Staffordshire, England November 19th 1974 CD1 1.-Raving and Drooling 2.-You Gotta Be Crazy 3.-Shine On You Crazy Diamond CD2 1.-Speak To Me 2.-Breathe 3.-On The Run 4.-Time 5.-Breathe (Reprise) 6.-The Great Gig In The Sky 7.-Money 8.-Us and Them 9.-Any Colour You Like 10.-Brain Damage 11.-Eclipse 12.-Echoes -
Audience 8.6 - A clear tape that EXPLODES from your speakers…but maybe because that is because the levels are really hot (but next to no distortion!) and it makes for a ridiculously electric sounding show. It’s like, man, I am here, my ears are melting and my mind is blowing! Way better than the previously circulating high gen tape, this is from the master reels and it shows. Pink Floyd Philips Veranstal Tungshalle Dusseldorf, West Germany 1971-06-04 Set 1: 1. -Atom Heart Mother 16:20 2. -Audience - Tuning 1:15 3. -Careful With That Axe, Eugene 15:11 4. -Fat Old Sun 11:45 5. -The Embryo 8:36 Set 2: 1. -Audience - Tuning 0:27 2. -The Return Of The Sons Of Nothing 23:48 3. -Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 13:06 4. -Cymbaline 12:18 5. -Audience - Tuning 0:40 6. -A Saucerful Of Secrets Total Time: 106:45