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Audience 9.0 - Warm, spacious, clear, and complete. Elton John playing Baton Rouge at the pinnacle of his career, in marvelous quality, how could you not? Just sayin’, this is worth your time. ELTON JOHN LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana September 29, 1974 Disc 1 1 Funeral for a Friend - Love Lies Bleeding 2 Candle in the Wind 3 Grimsby 4 Rocket Man 5 Take Me to the Pilot 6 Bennie and the Jets 7 Daniel 8 Grey Seal 9 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 10 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Disc 2 1 Burn Down the Mission 2 Band Intros 3 You're So Static 4 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 5 Honky Cat 6 All the Girls Love Alice 7 Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) 8 Crocodile Rock 9 The Bitch Is Back -
Audience 9.2 - Startling realism, where it’s as if Tony is playing right in your living room. Should be in every self-respecting Sabbath fan’s collection. Black Sabbath Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA September 7, 1975 Disc 1 01 Killing Yourself To Live 02 Hole In The Sky 03 Snowblind 04 Symptom Of The Universe 05 War Pigs 06 Megalomania 07 Sabbra Cadabra Jam 08 Sometimes I'm Happy Jam Disc 2 09 Supernaut 10 Iron Man 11 Orchid 12 Rock 'N' Roll Doctor Jam 13 Black Sabbath 14 Spiral Architect 15 Embryo 16 Children Of The Grave 17 Paranoid -
Audience 8.7 - Hard to believe recordings keep turning up so many decades after the fact. Here’s one from Pirates World in Dania, FL. And it sounds pretty good! Frank Zappa 1973 03 03 Pirates World, Dania FL Lineup: FZ, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ian Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Ruth Underwood, George Duke, Tom Fowler, Ralph Humphrey Disc 1 01 intros 02 RDNZL 03 preamble 04 Exercise Four Dog Meat 05 Fifty Fifty 06 Inca Roads 07 Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus 08 preamble 09 Cosmik Debris 10 preamble 11 Be Bop Tango Disc 2 12 preamble 13 Montana 14 Dupree’s Paradise 15 I’m The Slime 16 Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing 17 Mr. Green Genes King Kong Chunga’s Revenge -
Soundboard 9.6 - This tour was well documented with a plethora of expertly recorded board tapes. This is no exception, the quality, both in terms of sound and mix, is worthy of official release. Then there is the other measure of greatness – performance. Well, it’s Santana at their creative peak, where everything came together and they were riding the crest of a wave…which lasted a good long time. Santana Gimnasio do Palmeiras Sao Paolo, Brazil October 19th, 1973 Carlos Santana (g/perc/vo) Douglas Rauch (b/g) Richard Kermode (kbd) Tom Coster (kbd/vo) Leon Thomas (vo) Michael Shrieve (ds) Jose "Chepito" Areas (perc) Armando Peraza (perc/vo) Disc 1 (76:16) T1 -Going Home - A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way- 20:28 T2 -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen - 9:22 T3 -Oye Como Va-5:47 T4 -Bambele 2:28 T5 -Um-um-um 7:11 T6 -Batucada 3:42 T7 -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)- 3:42 T8 -Stone Flower- 1:19 Disc 2 T1 Waiting- 4:24 T2 Castillos De Arena (Sand Castle)- 3:36 T3 Free Angela - Aranjuez- 13:07 T4 Samba De Sausalito- 3:30 T5 Se A Cabo-- 7:38 T6 Samba Pa Ti- 10:26 T7 Savor - 3:29 T8 Toussaint L'Overture- 08:07 -
Audience 8,4 - Somewhat distant, but not the kind of distant that means taper is in nose bleed section, it’s still pretty clear. Fidelity is decent, not a real “full” sound but I got everything including piano in this. There’s some hiss, in the background mostly while music is playing it’s not a bother. I think most fans are going to appreciate this tape, it’s good. The Rolling Stones - Mannheim, September 3. 1973 CD 1: 1. Intro 2. Brown Sugar 3. Bitch 4. Gimme Shelter 5. Happy 6. Tumbling Dice 7. 100 Years Ago 8. Star Star 9. Angie 10. Sweet Virginia 11. You Can't Always Get What You Want CD 2: 1. Dancing With Mr.D 2. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 3. Midnight Rambler 4. Band intro 5. Honky Tonk Women 6. All Down The Line 7. Rip This Joint 8. Jumping Jack Flash 9. Street Fighting Man -
Audience 8.6 This is a pretty common Who boot, and, well, it’s fine but to me I thought guitar was too low in the mix. It’s a rollicking good show, bass, vocals sound strong followed by Moon, and to be fair, during quieter parts Townshend’s guitar is clearer. It’s during the heavy parts where guitar loses force (it’s there, it’s not completely gone!) and probably it saves the tape deck from overloading so I’d rather it a little behind in the mix than completely distorting the tape. THE WHO Alameda County Stadium, Oakland, Ca 10. Oct. 1976 Disc 1: 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -My Wife 04. -Baba O'Riley 05. -Squeeze Box 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Dreaming From The Waist 08. -Magic Bus 09. -Amazing Journey 10. -Sparks Disc 2: 01. -The Acid Queen 02. -Fiddle About 03. -Pinball Wizard 04. -I'm Free 05. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 06. -We're Not Gonna Take It 07. -See Me Feel Me 08. -Summertime Blues 09. -My Generation 10. -Join Together 11. -My Generation Blues 12. -Won't Get Fooled Again encore: 13. -Shakin' All Over 14. -Spoonful 15. -Johnny B. Goode -
Soundboard 9.3 - Good separation of instruments, bass is accurate and detailed, guitar crisp and biting, vocals strong and clean. Artist: Led Zeppelin Date: 1973.07.15 Venue: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Location: Buffalo, New York USA Disc 1 01. Rock And Roll 02. Celebration Day 03. Black Dog 04. Over The Hills And Far Away 05. Misty Mountain Hop 06. Since I've Been Loving You 07. No Quarter 08. The Song Remains The Same 09. The Rain Song Disc 2 01. Dazed And Confused (incl. San Francisco) 02. Stairway To Heaven Disc 3 (Original Soundboard Recording) 01. Rock And Roll 02. Celebration Day 03. Black Dog 04. Over The Hills And Far Away 05. Misty Mountain Hop 06. Since I've Been Loving You 07. No Quarter 08. The Song Remains The Same 09. The Rain Song -
Audience 8.9 - Very lively, great atmosphere! Sound is very very good, and the mix that gets to your ears includes everything happening on stage but what I really love is the sound of the drums. Fills the arena yet is pretty tight, with that slight bouncing off the walls effect that gives an almost 360 degree experience. The Who June 11, 1974 Madison Square Garden, NYC disc one: 01 - I Can't Explain 02 - Summertime Blues 03 - Young Man Blues 04 - Baba O' Riley 05 - Substitute 06 - 5 15 07 - Behind Blue Eyes 08 - Tattoo 09 - Boris The Spider 10 - Bell Boy 11 - Dr. Jimmy Disc 2 01 - Won't Get Fooled Again 02 - Pinball Wizard 03 - See Me, Feel Me 04 - My Generation - My Generation Blues 05 - Punk And The Godfather 06 - Drowned -
Audience 8.5 - Pretty middle of the road, not annoying or bad, but not crystal clear. Hard to hear any detail in the guitars, it’s on the bassy side, so it’s bass and Jagger, and some locomotive sound which could be Keith and Ronnie. I mean, it is clear enough, it’s not a “bad” tape at all – in fact listening closely I am tempted to say this was pulled from a video source. THE ROLLING STONES SUPERDOME NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA JULY 13, 1978 Let It Rock All Down The Line Honky Tonk Woman Star Star When The Whip Comes Down Beast Of Burden Lies Miss You Just My Imagination Shattered Respectable Far Away Eyes Love In Vain Tumbling Dice Happy Sweet Little Sixteen Brown Sugar Jumping Jack Flash Street Fighting Man -
Audience 8.7 - This recording is very hard to distinguish between audience or soundboard. I guess the later, but who knows? Either way, it’s pretty good. Peter Gabriel Parco Delle Cascine Firenze, Italy Sept. 28, 1980 Disc 1 1 -Intruder 2 -The Start 3 -I Don't Remember 4 -Solsbury Hill 5 -Family Snapshot 6 -Milgram's 37 7 -Modern Love 8 -Not One Of Us 9 -Lead A Normal Life Disc 2 10 -Moribund The Burgermeister 11 -Mother Of Violence 12 -Humdrum 13 -Games Without Frontiers 14 -And Through The Wire 15 -I Go Swimming 16 -Biko 17 -On The Air 18 -Here Comes The Flood -
Soundboard 9.7 - Spectacular! They play what sounds like, to my ears, the same vintage equipment they must have used originally, or maybe their equipment was new in 1973 but I guess it is vintage now…as are the dudes ha ha! Anyway, this is simply a MUST if you love classic heavy Italian prog of the 70’s. Alphataurus La Casa Di Alex Milano, Italy 09-11-2013 01. -Peccato D'Orgoglio 02. -Gocce 03. -Progressivamente 04. -Claudette 05. -Ombra Muta TRACKLIST DISC 2: 01. -Valigie di Terra 02. -Presentazione - La Mente Vola Bonus tracks 03. -Mix prove in studio - reunion 2010 04. -Ripensando e... - Live ARCI Groove, Rozzano (MI), 03.06.2011 05. -Violin solo on Dopo l'uragano - Alphataurus feat. Mietek Glinkowski on electric violin Club "Il Giardino", Verona, 29.09.2012 -
Audience 9.4 - PFM is perhaps the archetype Italian progressive rock band, having achieved international acclaim they opened the doors for the world to discover this style of music. PFM IN CLASSIC - 2011-11-07 Kawasaki Japan, Italian Progressive Rock Festival Teatro TOKYO - KAWASAKI - CLUBCITTA' Setlist DISC 1 1 - Intro 2 - Il Flauto Magico-Overture(Mozart) 3 - Danza Macabra(Saint-Saensj / Danza Slava No.1(Dvorjak) 4 - Sinfonia No.5-IV Movimento. Adagietto(Mahler) 5 - Romeo & Giulietta-Danza Dei Cavalieri(Prokofievj 6 - La Grande Pasqua Russa(Korsakov) 7 - Nabucco- Overture (Verdi) DISC 2 1 - River Of Life 2 - Promenade The Puzzle 3 - DoveQuando 4 - Maestro Della Voce 5 - Impressioni Di Settembre (Encore) 6 - Suite Italiana: Sinfonia No.4- L'ltallana (Mendellson) – Celebration - La Danza (Rossini) 7 - William Tell Overture (Rossini) 8 - Bonus Track - La Luna Nuova (Milano, Teatro degli Arcimboldi, 23.09.2011) Line Up Franco Mussida: chitarre, voce Franz Di Cioccio: voce, batteria, percussioni Patrick Djivas: basso Lucio Fabbri: violino Gianluca Tagliavini: tastiere Roberto Gualdi: batteria -
Audience 9.5 - Beautiful sound, excellent performance. A venerable Italian prog band that achieved critical success by virtue of having composed soundtrack music for horror films in the 70’s. Goblin - 2011-11-07 Kawasaki Japan, Italian Progressive Rock Festival Teatro TOKYO - KAWASAKI - CLUBCITTA' Setlist DISC 1 1 - Opening 2 - Magic Thriller 3 - Mad Puppet 4 - Dr. Frankenstein 5 - Roller 6 - E Sueno Rock 7 - Non Ho Sonno - Death Farm 8 - Goblin (inc. Drum Solo) 9 - L'alba Dei Morti Viventi - Zombi DISC 2 1 - Suspiria 2 - Tenebre 3 - Band Intros 4 - Phenomena 5 - Profondo Rosso 6 - Zaratozom 7 - Aquaman 8 - Ending Line Up Claudio Simonetti (keys) Massimo Morante (guitar) Maurizio Gaurini (keys) Bruno Previtali (bass) Titta Tani (drums) -
Audience 9.5 - Outstanding! Great atmosphere, and being in Europe, an older audience, a classic symphonic hard rock/prog rock band, well you inevitably will end up with a very desirable recording and performance. Osanna with orchestra 2011-11-07 Kawasaki Japan, Italian Progressive Rock Festival DISC 1 01.Intro 02.Fuje 'a chistu paese 03.Mirror Train / Taka Boom 04.Il Castello Dell'es 05.Ce vulesse 06.'A zingara 07.Oro caldo /Fiume / L'amore Vincera' di nuovo 08.In Un Vecchio Cieco / vado verso una meta / Solo uniti 09.L'uomo/Purple Haze/L'uomo 10.Fuje'a Chistu Paese (reprise) DISC 2 Milano Calibro 9 (entire with orchestra) 01.Preludio 02.Tema / Variazione V 03.Variazione VI / Variazione I 04.Variatione II 05.Variatione IV / Variatione VII 06.Canzona (There Will Be Time) 07.Prelude (reprise)/ Outro Line Up Lino Vairetti - voce e chitarra Gennaro Barba - batteria Nello D’Anna - basso Sasà Priore - pianoforte e tastiere, Pako Capobianco - chitarra elettrica Irvin Luca Vairetti - voce e synth -
Audience 9.1 - A beautiful recording with a terrific drum sound, and expansive, atmospheric ensemble mix of all instruments especially keyboards to pair with that drum sound. This might be one you go to frequently. Genesis 1978.07.29 Madison Square Garden, N.Y.C. The Set List: Disc 1 01 -intro 02 -Eleventh Earl of Mar 03 -In The Cage 04 -Burning Rope 05 -Ripples 06 -Deep In The Motherlode 07 -Fountains of Salmacus 08 -Ballad Of Big 09 -One For The Vine Disc 2 10 -Squonk 11 -Intro to Say It's Alright Joe 12 -Say It's Alright Joe 13 -The Lady Lies 14 -Cinema Show 15 -Afterglow 16 -Follow You, Follow Me 17 -Dance On A Volcano 18 -Drum Duet 19 -Los Endos 20 -I Know What I Like (with Peter Gabriel) -
CD 1 Audience 8.8 - A very good, bright, well balanced recording. Most welcomed because for me, it’s this time period (actually 1970-73) of the band I like the most. CD 2 Audience 8.1 - A somewhat flat, and a little bit muffled recording. I can still hear everything, it lacks dynamic range, but I did not find it annoyingly so, just when compared to disc 1 this one sounds lifeless. Gentle Giant Tour of Italy 1972 Disc One Bologna February 2, 1972 1. Intro 2. Alucard 3. Funny Ways 4. Nothing At All 5. Plain Truth 6. The Queen Disc Two Rome Feb. 1972 1. Alucard 2. Funny Ways 3. Nothing At All 4. Plain Truth