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Both Excellent Radio Broadcasts 9.7 -
Audience 7.8 -
Audience 8.4 -
Audience 8.8 - Great clear sound, very present and good atmospherics. Highly enjoyable! -
Soundboard 9.3 -
Audience 8.0 - This is an explosive sounding document, thrilling actually. Sounds like it’s right in front of PA on Johnny’s side, but does not distort. So cool! -
Soundboard 9.6 - Smoking hot a MUST have! -
Audience 8.2 - Very live with that festival vibe all over it. Clear guitar right in your face. -
Soundboard/Audience - Excellent throughout. Features on track with Joe Paris, Stephen Stills, Buddy Miles, Janis Joplin; each at various locations. -
Audience 7.8 - A large hall sound, but cleanly captured. Kind of sounds like you are there – tons of atmosphere without boominess. Pleasant! -
Audience 8.3 - An aged tape that still contains a very good frequency from low to high – maybe a touch on the thin side but overall this whole thing is very fun to listen to. -
Soundboard 8.7 - This is a pro recording but what hurts it is the upper end frequencies, they seem a bit shrill to me. Now, the good news is that you can EQ this and since the highs are so present, you won’t lose them with any EQ’ing. So I think this tape is a sound engineer’s dream. -
Audience 7.4 - 7.7 - Varies because most of the show is pretty decent coming from a master cassette tape, but towards the end it decreases just a little bit and makes me think taper had to relocate or something. I believe this show was recorded a little later than the official live album recordings. -
Audience 7.4 - Consider this a big upgrade to whatever was previously circulating. From original master cassette tape, the sound is focused on guitar primarily, with everything else being somewhat unclear or just not as distinct in the mix. I would call this average, but I am happy to have an upgrade to what was once very much below average. Besides, it’s classic Johnny Winter And – perhaps many people’s favorite line up. -
Pro FM Broadcast 8.8 - Sounds like the band is right at the top of their game, with Johnny inspired and ripping out one superb lead after another flawlessly. -
Audience 8.4 - Surprisingly good, knowing just how few good audience tapers are from this period of the early Johnny Winter And. Now, the tape does show signs of age, mainly with some light hiss present and occasionally the volume decreases but not in a really annoying way at all. This is some fiery playing and a pretty clear, and sometimes dynamic tape. -
Audience 8.5 - A good and clear tape that stays pretty much in the center channel, without a bunch of dynamics but also no distractions either. It’s a solid capture of a great period for Johnny Winter. -
Pro 8.8 - Recorded for TV broadcast, this is really great stuff with only perhaps the age of the tape coming into play, but not in any kind of annoying way, just maybe a bit of tape noise in the background. All in all it’s really quite good. -
Audience 8.5 - A strong audience tape. -
Paris - Audience 9.4 - Superb! Vienna - Audience 7.7 -
Pro Radio 9.2 -
Soundboard 8.9 -
Soundboard 8.8 -
Audience 9.2 - I rated this highly because even though the levels are hot there is no distortion and it’s a decent live mix with some atmosphere present too (you can distinguish the delay on the guitar and echo on vocals over all the intense action of the band which is a pleasant thing). It’s also a great gig! -
Audience 7.8 - Excellent! Good dynamics and tons of atmosphere. -
Soundboard 9.0 -
Radio Broadcast 9.4 - Kicks ass! -
Soundboard 9.0 - hot show! A band that always put on a good, solid, tight and professional show. Total pro's and that's why we still love them. -
Soundboard 9.8 - Almost perfect. -
Audience 8.8 - Really crisp and vibrant -
Audience 9.3 - Superb recording of a band firing on all cylinders. -
Audience 8.7 - Starts off a little rough but gets better and better (audience clapping notwithstanding). -
CD 1 and 2: Madrid - Aud 7.8 - Focus on the guitars here, so less than stellar but good for listening to the amazing guitar interplay which is superb during this show CD 3 and 4: Niagara Falls - Aud 8.4 - A remastered version of a pretty good gig, sound is very bright and lively, and that helps convey the manic energy of the band and audience, who respond overwhelmingly. Both shows offer benefits to the Priest fans. -
BBC Radio Broadcast 9.0 -
Soundboard 9.3 - Excellent low gen source for this exciting early board tape. -
Audience 8.8 - Good punchy recording that gives you a front row seat to the action. -
Soundboard 9.5 - Does it get any better than this? No. That is the simple answer. Warning: You’d better strap yourself in for this one folks, I am not kidding. Judas Priest Date: July 31 1978 And More Venue: Kosei-Nenkin Hall Tokyo Japan And More 01. White Heart, Red Hot(*1) 02. Victim Of Changes(*1) 03. Beyond The Realms Of Death(*1) 04. Genocide(*1) 05. Tyrant(*1) 06. White Heart, Red Hot(*2) 07. Starbreaker(*2) 08. Beyond The Realms Of Death(*2) *1)Live at Kosei-Nenkin Hall Tokyo Japan July 31 1978 :Ex SOUNDBOARD RECORDING *2)Live At Cleveland Ohio 1978 :Ex SOUNDBOARD RECORDING -
Audience 8.8 - Tremendous wide open sound field that not only captures a great band at a great time but also some dynamics of the hall. Immersive experience. -
Soundboard 9.2 - Kick ass! -
Soundboard 8.9 - Would have rated higher but the tape breaks a little at the top where the levels are so hot, not distorted, just that fragile old analog tape overloading signal noise but only during the really heavy sections where the whole band is cooking. Still highly enjoyable! -
Aud 8.3 - Surprisingly clear, at full volume there’s maybe some crowding as drums fight for attention in the mix, but basically what you have here is a great idea of what an early 70’s GG concert would have sounded like. Realistic, and the band is just so good, more rocking and less quirky maybe. -
Soundboard 8.8 - Very decent, smoothly mixed no major tape problems. Lacks just a touch of dynamics keeping it from the 9.0’s on my rating. -
Soundboard 9.7 - Killer! -
FM Radio Broadcast - Soundboard 9.5 -
Soundboard 9.4 -
Audience 8.8 - Strong and clear with good atmosphere. Be sure to check out BAD COMPANY also at the Providence Civic Center on April 13, 1976 if you want the complete nights performance, as KANSAS opened up for BAD COMPANY .... and what an exciting night it was! -
Soundboard 9.0 -
FM Broadcast? 9.7 - I am not 100% sure but this could be a broadcast because I occasionally heard some static before a song which is indicative of a broadcast. Now, this is pretty darn clean and hot too, it does not suffer from typical broadcast compression, so it could also be a pre-FM board tape. I just don’t know, but I do know it is killer!