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Audience 9.5 - Brilliant recording in every respect, and one that I dare say rivals a lot of board tapes in dynamics and presence (definitely beats most boards in the presence dept.). Is that heresy? I don’t care if it is, I would take a tape like this over a board tape every time. Yes The Forum Inglewood, CA October 6, 1978 Disc 1 01 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra 02 Siberian Khatru 03 Heart Of The Sunrise 04 Future Times - Rejoice 05 Circus Of Heaven 06 Time And A Word 07 Long Distance Runaround 08 The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - Survival 09 Perpetual Change 10 Soon 11 Don't Kill The Whale Disc 2 12 Madrigal 13 The Clap 14 Starship Trooper 15 Madrigal - On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 16 Rick Wakeman Solo 17 Awaken 18 I've Seen All Good People 19 Roundabout Jon Anderson Steve Howe Chris Squire Rick Wakeman Alan White -
Audience 8.8 - The sound on this gets progressively better during the 1st song to the end due to the sound engineer dialing in the mix. Once it is set, the show cooks. This is a beginning to end recording, meaning you get every little moment of this evening, practically just travelling back in time to the evening of the gig then sitting in the crowd as the band does their thing. Nice! Angel Budokan Tokyo, Japan 15th Febrary 1977 Disc 1 01. Prelude Theme From Ben Hur 02. Introduction - The voice from heaven 03. Tower 04. She's A Mover 05. Big Boy (Let's Do It Again) 06. Telephone Exchange 07. Piano Solo 08. Long Time 09. Cast The First Stone 10. Keyboard Solo 11. Cast The First Stone (reprise) 12. Pressure Point 13. Chicken Soup 14. The Fortune Disc 2 01. MC 02. The voice from heaven 03. Can You Feel It 04. On The Rocks 05. MC 06. Anyway You Want It 07. The voice from heaven 08. Rock & Rollers 09. Guitar Solo 10. Feelin' Right 11. MC 12. Vocal Solo 13. You Are My Sunshine 14. White Lightning 15. Drum Solo 16. White Lightning 17. Ending MC 18. The voice from heaven Frank DiMino - Vocals Punky Meadows - Lead Guitars Gregg Guif fria - Keyboards Barry Brandt - Drums, Percussion Mickey Jones - Bass -
Audience 8.2 - Well, it isn’t a recording that will win any grammies but damn if it isn’t RAW just like the band and their music. This recording actually suits this band – it’s a little rough, but it’s brutal and in your face. The vocals fight for bandwidth against angry and loud guitars, driving bass, and furious non-stop drums. It’s actually kind of a fun listen despite its limitations. Oh, and some good news – it is not a muddy mess at all, it’s just a loud band in a small club sounding for all the world like the debut of punk rock. Iggy and the Stooges Max's Kansas City New York, NY, USA Monday August 6th, 1973 01 - Raw Power 02 - Head On 03 - Gimmie Danger 04 - Cock In My Pocket 05 - Search and Destroy 06 - I Need Somebody 07 - New Orleans 08 - Johanna Line-up: Iggy Pop - Vocals James Williamson - Guitar Ron Asheton - Bass Scott Asheton - Drums -
Pro Broadcast 9.3 - A long improvisational track which really is, in my opinion, way ahead of everyone else in terms of trying new things and being completely off the cuff with sounds and textures. It’s not like traditional space rock, in fact it is not even rock, although the band are players and can make noise when they want to make noise. The fidelity is solid, I can hear everything very clearly and ambience is abundant. Amm unknown venue, London, UK 03.02.1970 1. free improvisation (40:35) line-up Lou Gare: sax, violin Keith Rowe: g,eletr,radio Cornelius Cardew: p,cello Eddie Prevost: perc Christopher Hobbs: perc -
Soundboard 9.2 - Very nice to hear this great quality board because it’s a good period for not only Caravan but progressive rock, and by extension, Canterbury style prog/jazz. CARAVAN Rose d'Or Festival Pavillon, Casino de Montreux Montreux, SWI April 29th 1972 1. -RIFFERAMA - NOTHING AT ALL - IT'S COMING SOON 2. -NOTHING AT ALL 3. -THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES - TO CATCH ME A BROTHER - SUBSTULUS - DEBOUCHEMENT - TILBURY KECKS 4. -WATERLOO LILY 5. -SONGS AND SIGNS Pye Hastings - guitar & vocals Steve Miller - organ Richard Sinclair - bass & vocals Richard Coughlan - drums -
Audience 8.7 - A VERY powerful recorded sound coming out at you like a hurricane. Thankfully this tape holds together, although it sounds like it’s going to tear apart any second – it’s quite a frantic recording if I can describe it that way. You are like placed in front of the mains, and surprisingly you can hear everybody, especially Klaus who sounds BRILLIANT as does the entire band. Really cool stuff here from a band who is at their absolute peak, and right before MTV began taming them. Donnington Park, Castle Donnington August 16th, 1980- Lovedrive
- Don't Make No Promises
- Loving You Sunday Morning
- We'll Burn The Sky
- The Zoo
- Always Somewhere
- Pictured Life
- Robot Man
- Another Piece Of Meat
- Can't Get Enough
- Loving You Sunday Morning
- The Zoo
- Another Piece Of Meat
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Minden 1973 Audience 8.8 - One of the earliest concert recordings ever sourced! It sounds very good, decent equipment used, and maybe placed a little back in the club but otherwise it’s a lot better than it has a right to be. The band certainly evolved quite a bit from these early club days, but the character of the band never did. Fascinating document! Minden 1974 Audience 9.4 - What a difference a year makes, as the band return to the same club a year later and wreck the place! Extremely tasty, the recording does the band justice as it literally just leaps out of the speakers with maximum ferocity while retaining enough detail and depth to let you sit and listen in total awe. Fucking hell this is good! SCORPIONS In The Early Days 73-74 Disc 1 Grille, Minden West Germany 1973-04-19 1. -Intro - HEY LITTLE WOMAN 2. -FAR AWAY - Drum Solo 3. -Improv Jam 4. -LONESOME CROW 5. -JOURNEY FOREVER 6. -IT ALL DEPENDS - Bass & Drum Solo KLAUS MEINE - Vocals MICHAEL SCHENKER - lead Guitar (18 YEARS OLD) RUDOLF SCHENKER - Guitar LOTHAR HEIMBERG - Bass JOE WYMAN - Drums 1. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the SCORPIONS 2. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of MICHAEL SCHENKER (18 YEARS OLD) 3. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the song "Hey Little Woman" later played Live in 1974 - 1975 with Ulich Roth on Guitar. 4. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the song "Far Away" latter released on "Fly To The Rainbow" in 1974 with Ulich Roth on Guitar. 5. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of all the other songs Disc 2 Grille Minden, West Germany 1974-05-03 1. -Hey Little Woman 2. -Far Away 3. -This Is My Song 4. -They Need A Million 5. -Drifting Son 6. -Fly To The Rainbow 7. -Hey Hey Hey 8. -Far Across The Ocean 9. -Speedy's Coming 10. -Long Tall Sally 11. -Johnny B. Goode 12. -Voodoo Child incl. 3rd Stone From The Sun KLAUS MEINE - lead & Backing Vocals ULRICH ROTH - lead Guitar-lead Vocals (19 YEARS OLD) RUDOLF SCHENKER - Guitar-lead & Backing Vocals FRANCIS BUCHOLZ - Bass JURGEN "Doobie" FECHTER - Drums 1. 2nd Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the SCORPIONS With ULRICH ROTH 2. Earliest "known" Live AUDIENCE Recording Of ULRICH ROTH (19 YEARS OLD) 3. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the songs, "Hey Little Woman" & "Far Away" played with ULRICH ROTH on Guitar. 4. Earliest "known" Live Recordings Of "THEY NEED A MILLION", "DRIFTING SUN" & "FLY TO THE RAINBOW" (w/Different Lyrics) 5. 2nd Earliest "known" Live Recordings Of "THIS IS MY SONG" & "SPEEDY'S COMING" 6. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of all the other songs played with ULRICH ROTH on Guitar!! 7. The only known Live Recording to feature JURGEN "Doobie" FECHTER - Drums -
Chicago 1979 Soundboard 8.8 - A little bit on the “ragged” side mix-wise, with strong kick drums and guitar, vocals next. Sound quality is decent due to it being a soundboard but some instruments are placed well behind such as keyboards. It is a high energy sound, a real sonic blast to be sure. Denver 1979 Soundboard 9.3 - A refreshing and bright board tape, mixed well and everything is heard pretty clearly. Keyboards still mixed lower down the chain of command but now I think I understand this idea – while the band is playing it’s simply keyboard accompaniment, and when it’s keyboards time, he’s brought up louder. Works for me. Long Island 1979 Audience 8.7 - A pretty decent tape for this hall, the bass sounds very nice, full and round, guitars are a little back, vocals are present and up front more or less. So, all in all unless you have to have Ritchie blasting full on into your eardrums, which he is during his solo bits, this one will sit nicely in the collection and I even think it will find a repeated listen or two. Rainbow USA 1979 Disc 1 International Amphitheatre Chicago, Illinois 12th October 1979 1. -Introduction 2. -Eyes Of The World 3. -Love's No Friend 4. -Bach Brandenburg Concerto - Over The Rainbow 5. -All Night Long 6. -Keyboards Intro 7. -Lost In Hollywood 8. -Guitar Solo 9. -Beethoven 9th 10. -Keyboards Solo 11. -Drums Solo incl. 1812 Overture 12. -Long Live Rock 'N' Roll 13. -Kill The King incl. Guitar Crash 14. -Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (reprise) Disc 2 Rainbow Music Hall Denver, Colorado 16th November 1979 1. -Introduction 2. -Eyes Of The World 3. -Love's No Friend 4. -Since You Been Gone 5. -Guitar Solo - Brandenburg Concerto - Over The Rainbow 6. -All Night Long 7. -Keyboards Intro 8. -Lost In Hollywood 9. -Beethoven's 9th 10. -Keyboards Solo 11. -Drums Solo incl. 1812 Overture 12. -Lost In Hollywood (reprise) 13. -Guitar Solo 14. -Man On The Silver Mountain 15. -Blues 16. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll 17. -Over The Rainbow Disc 3 Hempstead Calderone Concert Hall Long Island, New York 30th November 1979 1. Introduction 2. -Eyes Of The World 3. -Love's No Friend 4. -Since You Been Gone 5. -Guitar Solo - Brandenburg Concerto - Over The Rainbow 6. -All Night Long incl. Happy Birthday Roger 7. -Keyboards Intro 8. -Lost In Hollywood 9. -Guitar Solo - Beethoven 9th 10. -Keyboards Solo 11. -Drums Solo incl. 1812 Overture 12. -Lost In Hollywood (reprise) 13. -Guitar Solo 14. Lazy 15. -Man On The Silver Mountain 16. -Blues 17. -Long Live Rock 'N' Roll 18. -Over The Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar Graham Bonnet - Vocals Cozy Powell - Drums Roger Glover - Bass Don Airey - Keyboards -
Audience 8.8 - Very exciting club shows recorded in a way that makes you wonder if the band themselves did not have it done. It is very clear, the only knock I give it is maybe the passage of time took away some of the brilliance, and/or it’s not a first gen tape…but it’s really good! THE CARS Boston 1977 Disc 1 Rathskeller Boston, MA Set 1 & 2 April 30th 1977 set 1 1. -Leave Or Stay 2. -Cool Fool 3. -Don't Cha Stop 4. -My Best Friend's Girl 5. -Show me that your mine 6. -I Don't Want To 7. -Strawberry Moonlight 8. -You're All I've Got Tonight 9. -Just What I Needed set 2 10. -Bye Bye Love 11. -Take or Leave Her 12. -City Lights 13. -Jezebel Disc 2 Set 2 cont'd 14. -Take What You Want 15. -My Best Friend's Girl 16. -Something Else 17. -Just What I Needed 18. -Cool Fool Rathskeller (Rat) Boston, MA June-xx-1977 1. -Intro 2. -Leave Or Stay 3. -Cool Fool 4. -I Don't Want To 5. -I'm In Touch With Your World 6. -Unknown 7. -Come Back Down 8. -You Always Say 9. -You've Been On My Mind 10. -You Can Have 'Em -
Audience 8.7 - Even though this recording does not feature a full and rounded spectrum of lows to high, it is very clear and resides mostly in the middle range EQ-wise. So, it’s most welcome to lovers of VDGG because there’s just not a whole lot of high quality recordings out there. This one is one of those that grows on you and sounds better and better the more you listen…get it! Van der Graaf Generator Marquee Club London, England 1976-08-12 Disc 1 01. -The Undercover Man - Peter talks 02. -Masks 03. -Arrow 04. -Still Life 05. -Wondering 06. -Peter talks - La Rossa Disc 2 07. -Childlike Faith In Childhood's End 08. -When She Comes 09. -Meurglys III - The Songwriter's Guild 10. -The Sleepwalkers 11. -A Place To Survive Peter Hammill: vocals, guitar, piano. keyboards Hugh Banton: organ, bass Guy Evans: drums David Jackson: sax, flute -
Audience 8.9 - By ’73 audiences had realized King Crimson was not a typical “rock” band and this recording captures the experience of a group of people seeing and hearing something entirely unlike your basic rock concert. The taper was well positioned and used very good gear, and this source sounds very much like either 1st gen or master it is quiet (although just the faintest bit of tape noise) and has captured the ambience and mood of the gig which is nice. Both shows are represented, what a fine document this is! King Crimson Majestic Theater Dallas TX 1973-06-09 1st and 2nd shows Disc 1 1. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 2. -Greeting 3. -Easy Money 4. -Improvisation 5. -Exiles 6. -The Talking Drum 7. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 8. -21st Century Schizoid Man 9. -Crowd 2nd show 1. -Dr. D 2. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 3. -Greeting 4. -Easy Money 5. -Improvisation 6. -Exiles 7. -The Talking Drum 8. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 9. -Applause 10. -21st Century Schizoid Man -
Soundboard 8.9 - There is no problem with the audio fidelity of this title, it sounds great – but that is not to say there is not a problem with it. So, it’s basically like this: If you want to hear what Radiohead themselves consider their biggest ever gig, than you will have to deal with what sounds like a quadraphonic recording in stereo…which basically means you get an in/out phasing effect almost throughout the entire show. Is that a deal-breaker? It might be, then again it’s not a muddy audience tape it is a very good board so the negative effects are not nearly as horrible as they could be. Radiohead 1993-04-02 Tel Aviv, Israel 01 - You 02 - Prove Yourself 03 - Ripcord 04 - Vegetable 05 - Faithless, The Wonder Boy 06 - Creep 07 - How Do You 08 - Stop Whispering 09 - Lurgee 10 - Million Dollar Question 11 - Anyone Can Play Guitar 12 - Pop Is Dead 13 - Thinking About You 14 - Killer Cars 15 - Banana Co. 16 - The Bends 17 - Blow Out 18 - Creep 19 - Rhinestone Cowboy -
Soundboard 9.6 - This is a live soundboard compilation of songs from Kid A and Amnesiac, taken from the 2000 and 2001 tours. The songs are sourced from broadcasts, internal promos and individual tracks that Thom gifted to a fan and is just the kind of thing if you want to discover what this band was about before you dive into the deep end of the pool. A very very well thought out release. Note: Thom's recordings were raw soundboard feeds that have been matrixed with audience recordings to provide more atmosphere and to blend with the rest of the tracks. 01 The National Anthem (Verona) 02 Morning Bell (Dublin) 03 I Might Be Wrong (Jersey City #2) 04 Dollars & Cents (Verona) 05 You And Whose Army? (Nijmegen) 06 Optimistic (Dublin) 07 In Limbo (Adenau) 08 Packt Like Sardines (Vaison la Romaine) 09 Knives Out (Hollywood) 10 Pyramid Song (Jersey City #2) 11 Kid A (Berlin) 12 Idioteque (London) 13 Everything In Its Right Place (Atlanta) 14 How To Disappear Completely (Jersey City #1) 15 Motion Picture Soundtrack (Dublin) BONUS TRACKS: 16 The Thief (Warrington) 17 Cinnamon Girl (Paris) SOURCES 2000-07-04 Berlin, DE - Großer Sendesaal des SFB (Pro-Recorded Promo) 2000-09-16 Nijmegen, NL - Goffertpark (Broadcast) 2000-09-24 London, UK - Victoria Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2000-10-02 Warrington, UK - Victoria Park (Broadcast) 2000-10-07 Dublin, IE - Punchestown Race Course (Pro-Recorded Promo) 2001-04-28 Paris, FR - Studio Canal+ (Broadcast) 2001-05-28 Vaison La Romaine, FR - Theatre Antique d'Vaison (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-05-30 Verona, IT - Verona Arena (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-06-01 Adenau, DE - Nürburgring (Broadcast) 2001-07-30 Atlanta, GA - Stone Mountain Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-16 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-17 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-20 Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) -
Soundboard 9.7 - This is the one to get if you want to hear this band at arguably the peak of their powers. Sounding like a flashier, somewhat more progressive version of Iron Maiden to these ears, but whoa nelly there is a whole lot of premium quality musicianship happening and it is happening in fantastic quality. Most recording of busy, progressive metal groups simply have a hard time mixing the different instruments in such a way as to deliver the punch without over-killing it and destroying the integrity of the sound. This recording is brilliant because it doesn’t do that, and I honestly have never heard live early Queensyche in this manner before and it is a thrill, it’s a MUST have if you have even a passing interest. Queensryche Harpos Detroit, MI, USA 8th December 1984 1. Intro 2. Nightrider 3. Prophecy 4. Deliverance 5. NM 156 6. Child Of Fire 7. Before The Storm 8. Guitar Solo 9. Blinded 10. The Lady Wore Black 11. En Force 12. Roads To Madness 13. Warning 14. Queen Of The Reich 15. Take Hold Of The Flame 01 The National Anthem (Verona) 02 Morning Bell (Dublin) 03 I Might Be Wrong (Jersey City #2) 04 Dollars & Cents (Verona) 05 You And Whose Army? (Nijmegen) 06 Optimistic (Dublin) 07 In Limbo (Adenau) 08 Packt Like Sardines (Vaison la Romaine) 09 Knives Out (Hollywood) 10 Pyramid Song (Jersey City #2) 11 Kid A (Berlin) 12 Idioteque (London) 13 Everything In Its Right Place (Atlanta) 14 How To Disappear Completely (Jersey City #1) 15 Motion Picture Soundtrack (Dublin) BONUS TRACKS: 16 The Thief (Warrington) 17 Cinnamon Girl (Paris) SOURCES 2000-07-04 Berlin, DE - Großer Sendesaal des SFB (Pro-Recorded Promo) 2000-09-16 Nijmegen, NL - Goffertpark (Broadcast) 2000-09-24 London, UK - Victoria Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2000-10-02 Warrington, UK - Victoria Park (Broadcast) 2000-10-07 Dublin, IE - Punchestown Race Course (Pro-Recorded Promo) 2001-04-28 Paris, FR - Studio Canal+ (Broadcast) 2001-05-28 Vaison La Romaine, FR - Theatre Antique d'Vaison (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-05-30 Verona, IT - Verona Arena (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-06-01 Adenau, DE - Nürburgring (Broadcast) 2001-07-30 Atlanta, GA - Stone Mountain Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-16 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-17 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-20 Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) -
Audience 9.0 - Solid job by taper to record from a good spot where the sound mix is great, and using good gear he gave us a document that you will be enjoying and playing more than once. The band is in high spirits and put on a good “rock show”. Lovely! Wings Olympia Stadium Detroit, MI 1976-05-08 Disc 1 01. Intro 02. Venus And Mars 03. Rock Show 04. Jet 05. Let Me Roll It 06. Spirits Of Ancient Egypt 07. Medicine Jar 08. Maybe I'm Amazed 09. Call Me Back Again 10. Lady Madonna 11. The Long And Winding Road 12. Live And Let Die 13. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) 14. Richard Cory 15. Bluebird 16. I've Just Seen A Face 17. Blackbird Disc 2 18. Yesterday 19. You Gave Me The Answer 20. Magneto And Titanium Man 21. My Love 22. Listen To What The Man Said 23. Let 'Em In 24. Time To Hide 25. Silly Love Songs 26. Beware My Love 27. Brass Introductions 28. Letting Go 29. Band On The Run 30. Hi, Hi, Hi 31. Soily Band Members: Paul McCartney - bass, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals Linda McCartney - keyboards, percussion, piano, vocals Denny Laine - guitars, bass, piano, keyboards, percussion, harmonica, vocals Jimmy McCulloch - guitars, bass, vocals Joe English - drums, percussion, vocals Tony Dorsey - trombone, percussion Howie Casey - saxophone, percussion Steve Howard - trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion Thaddeus Richard - saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion -
Audience 8.8 - This recording is nice and clear, and on the “bright” side of the audio spectrum which is actually very good for those who wish to season the sound with EQ. You can add some low end here and it would make a world of difference because the sound is already good, so anything that can help it is only going to make it even better rather than overdone. Sometimes loud rock concerts in large venues have a low end rumble that makes adding anything to it a risky proposition – this one screams “please add some low end to me”! A great one to personalize, the palate is free to embellish upon. RAINBOW Stockholm, Konserhuset, Sweden September 20, 1976 Disc 1 01. -Interview Swedish Radio 02. -Over the Rainbow - Kill the king 03. -Mistreated 04. -16th Century Greensleeves Disc 2 05. -Catch the Rainbow 06. -Man on the Silver Mountain - Blues - Man on the Silver Mountain (reprise) 07. -Stargazer 08. -Still I´m Sad Ronnie James Dio - vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Cozy Powell – drums Tony Carey – keyboards Jimmy Bain – bass