• Audience 8.7 - You are a little deeper in the audience for this show, but it’s a fun ride because the audience at this show is so into it, they know what they are seeing and hearing and the band responds to it by giving one hell of a performance. A touch thin in the bandwidth but it is clearly captured enough to where you will get drawn into it completely. Guitar sounds cool, the atmosphere lends itself well to Frank’s sound here. Not to be a spoiler, but the guitar work during Stevie’s Spanking…man! Frank Zappa 19-Mar 1988 Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College Allentown, PA Line-up: fz-guitar/v ike willis-guitar/v mike keneally-guitar/synth/v bobby martin-keyboard/v ed mann-percussion walt fowler-trumpet bruce fowler-trombone paul carman-alto sax albert wing-tenor sax kurt mcgettrick-baritone sax scott thunes-bass chad wackerman-drums Setlist: Disc 1 00 Crowd Noise~Tuning 01 The Black Page 02 We're Turning Again 03 Alien Orifice 04 Find Her Finer 05 Sinister Footwear #2 06 Stevie's Spanking 07 Any Kind Of Pain 08 OCLT Medley Part 1 09 OCLT Medley Part 2 10 Theme From Lumpy Gravy 11 Synclavier Piece (begin intermission) 12 Irish Eyes Intro 13 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling vs.Theme From The Godfather 14 Packard Goose Medley 15 Zomby Woof Disc 2 16 King Kong 17 Mr.Green Genes 18 Florentine Pogen 19 Andy 20 Inca Roads 21 Stairway To Heaven 22 encore break 23 Texas Motel Medley 24 Theme From The Untouchables 24 Strictly Genteel Total Time 143.14 min
  • Audience 9.2 - Solid recording with just enough of an atmosphere, I mean, the only thing you might notice is the vocals having a little hall “verb” and thus not having the precision necessary to hear every word clear as a bell…but the overall sound, vibe, the concert recording is excellent and highly recommended. Palace Theatre Albany, NY. August 2nd, 1988 Disc 1
    1. Intro
    2. The Black Page
    3. Band Intros
    4. Packard Goose
    5. Dickie's Such An Asshole
    6. When The Lie's So Big
    7. Planet Of The Baritone Women
    8. Any Kind Of Pain
    9. Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
    10. Sofa
    11. Why Don't You Like Me
    12. The Torture Never Stops
    Disc 2
    1. Presidential Popularity Poll
    2. Who Needs The Peace Corps
    3. We're Turning Again
    4. King Kong
    5. Stairway To Heaven
    6. Dancin' Fool
    7. Whipping Post
    8. I Am The Walrus
    9. Strictly Genteel
  • SDBRD 9.5 - Excellent comp of extended guitar jamming, from 1978-1980 period. FRANK ZAPPA "Monsters" 01 Persona Non Grata (1978-10-15 Stony Brook) 02 Outside Now (1980-10-31 New York City) 03 City Of Tiny Lites (1980-11-18 St. Paul) 04 Easy Meat (1980-06-24 Geneva) 05 Inca Roads (1979-03-19 Brest) 06 Chunga's Revenge (1980-07-02 Frankfurt) 07 Black Napkins (1978-10-13 Passaic)  
  • Audience 8.8 - This is the exact kind of audience tape I love the most. It’s taped from pretty close to the stage, is not overloaded, but it is overloaded with manic energy and intensity. Steve Vai brought out the best in Frank, you can hear it on full display here. A wonderful show (open air), a great tape, a must have. Also there are fewer 1982 shows recorded than you might think.
  • New York 1973 SDBRD 9.2 - Excellent professionally recorded show. It’s easy to hear how it was that his star took off and exploded just a few short years later. New Orleans 1973 Audience 8.8 - A strong, clear, atmospheric recording (easy to put yourself in the taper’s seats). I always thought some bands sound better if they aren’t captured through the board…Frampton has such good stage presence and there’s always such a good audience report…audience tapes of excellent quality are the best listening experience imho. Frampton's Camel Academy of Music New York, NY May 4, 1973 THE BAND Peter Frampton guitar vocals Mick Gallagher keyboards Rick Wills bass John Siomos drums Disc 1 1 -KBFH Intro 2 -White Sugar 3 -Lines on My Face 4 -Do You Feel Like We Do 5 -Jumping Jack Flash Disc 2 Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA 1973-07-03 01. Intro 02. It's A Plain Shame 03. The Light 04. Lines On My Face 05. The Lodger 06. Do You Feel Like We Do 07. Jumpin' Jack Flash 08. White Sugar 09. Stage Announcements  
  • Radio Broadcasts 9.2 - Excellent musicians playing well written tunes in very nice quality makes for a VERY pleasant audio experience. Delightful! FOTHERINGAY Wild Mountain Thyme BBC Sessions & Live 1. Too Much Of Nothing 2. The Way I Feel 3. Interview 4. The Sea 5. Eppy Moray 6. The Lowlands Of Holland 7. Gypsy Davey 8. Will Ye Go Lassie Go 9. John The Gun 10. Bold Jack Donahue 11. The Ballad Of Ned Kelly 12. Banks Of The Nile 13. Late November 14. Nothing More 15. Memphis, Tennessee 16. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
    Track 1 Beat Club 1970
    Tracks 2-4 BBC Radio 04-01-1970
    Tracks 5-7 & 11-12 BBC Radio 04-12-1970
    Tracks 8-9 BBC Radio 11-15-1970
    Track 13 Non LP Track
    Tracks 14-15 Rotterdam, Summer 1970
    Track 16 BBC Radio 05-05-1970
     
  • Budokan 1978 - Audience 7.6 - Too much high end, sounds like all the bass was filtered out. Add bass! Mantra Studios 1977 – FM Radio Broadcast 9.0
  • FM Radio Broadcast 8.7 - Pretty rocking debut, and even though the audio quality is not perfect (although it is great) I really like the rawness and band interplay of their early gigs.
  • Soundboard 8.8 - Probably radio broadcast, very strong and dynamic if just a tad dated sounding.
  • Audience 8.5 - Solid all the way.
  • Soundboard/Audience matrix 9.5 - Here you have a recording that does both of the things you want in a live concert experience – clarity and punch via soundboard and ambience, immersion, electricity of the audience. The audience recording being blended in really adds to this experience, even when you hear excitable fans clapping nearby…it’s quite exhilarating really and this recording will eventually be hailed and revered by fans because…well, unfortunately because of the passing of Taylor Hawkins (RIP). Foo Fighters Lollapalooza Argentina Hipódromo de San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2022.03.20 Disc 1 01 Times Like These 02 The Pretender 03 Lern To Fly.flac 04 No Son of Mine 05 The Sky Is a Neighborhood 06 Shame Shame 07 Breakout 08 Dave talk with the crew #1 09 My Hero (Dave solo into full band) 10 These Days 11 Walk 12 Dave talk with the crew #2 Disc 2 13 Band intros - Guitar Solo -My Generation -Keyboard Solo -Gonna Make You Sweat -Blitzkrieg Bop 14 Somebody To Love (Queen cover) (Dave on drums, Taylor on vocals) 15 Dave talk with the crew #3 16 All My Life 17 Run 18 Wheels (Slow Version) 19 Best of You 20 Dave talk with the crew #4 21 Been Caught Stealing (Jane’s Addiction cover) (with Perry Farrell) 22 Monkey Wrench 23 Dave talk with the crew #5 24 Everlong - outro
  • Foghat 7.4 ~ Robin Trower 7.5 ... Interesting concept, including the opening act and headliner in a 2 disc set - but it makes sense to me and it works spectacularly here. The quality is decent, I rate conservatively, you can really sink your ears (and teeth) into both sets but I give the slight edge to Trower's set as he was headlining and therefore probably got better service from sound guy.

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