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Soundboard 9.3 - An expertly recorded and mixed show. It’s hard to find anywhere to improve it, but maybe, and I am nitpicking here, but boosting the guitars in the mix a bit (disclaimer: I am a guitarist, I have bias!). Kick Axe Country Club Los Angeles CA 1984-09-17 01 – Alive & Kickin’ (4:10) 02 – On The Road To Rock (4:43) 03 - Vices (4:13) 04 – Just Passin’ Thru (4:56) 05 - Maneater (3:24) 06 – Runnin’ Wild In The Night (3:30) 07 – The Dark Crusade (7:12) 08 – Dreamin’ About You (5:16) 09 – Stay On Top - Drum Solo (6:09) 10 – Heavy Metal Shuffle (3:14) Band: George Criston - vocals Larry Gillstrom- guitar Raymond Arthur Harvey - guitar Victor Langen - bass Brian Gillstrom - drums -
Studio Rehearsals 8.8 - Thankfully recorded on something other than a cheap boombox so the quality is there as far as being able to hear everything clear. Vocals are the only thing that does not ring out clearly, but other than that this is gold. This early Metallica is a far cry from what would be in just a few short years. METALLICA 1982.03.XX - Downey, CA Rehearsals in Ron McGovney's Garage 1. Hit the Lights 2. Helpless 3. Jump in the Fire 4. Let It Loose 5. Sucking My Love 6. Am I Evil? 7. The Prince 8. Killing Time Released in '94 via a collaboration between KNAC and Ron McGovney, a number of these demos were debuted during the CLASSIC and ORIGINAL Mandatory Metallica show on 105.5 KNAC. They did a whole week with Ron McGovney in the studio and some of these gems were played on the air. Pat O'Connor, one of the DJ's from the Mandatory show, had his hand in putting out numerous Silver Bootleg CD's and promptly released Sucking My Love between '94 and '95 and then released Things That Should Not Be in late '95. Always an interesting listen... they had a long way to go. Lineup: James Hetfield - Vocals (No Guitar) Dave Mustaine - Guitar Ron McGovney - Bass Lars Ulrich - Drums -
Soundboard 8.7 - This is the kind of soundboard that was probably meant just for soundman audio reference. It’s fine though, and generally speaking, way better than any audience tape because Metallica, especially in 1986 (I know because I saw them in ’86 and it was the loudest concert I’d ever heard) was so loud there wasn’t any way to get a good capture unless you had excellent gear with mic level adjustment. Metallica - Metal, Inc. Live @ The Coliseum, El Paso TX May 12, 1986 1. Master Of Puppets 2. For Whom The Bell Tolls 3. Ride The Lightning 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 5. Seek And Destroy 6. Creeping Death 7. Am I Evil? 8. Damage, Inc. -
Soundboard 9.1 - This is a strong, powerful sounding board with a pretty decent sound mix, although not super clear, but not a muddy mess…somewhere in between the two but leans toward being mostly clear. Metallica Live in Davenport, IA - DEAD HEROES May 30, 1986 Coliseum Ballroom Damage, Inc. Tour 1. Master Of Puppets 2. For Whom The Bell Tolls 3. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 4. The Thing That Should Not Be 5. Cliff Burton Bass Solo 6. Damage, Inc. 7. Seek & Destroy 8. Creeping Death 9. Am I Evil? 10. Whiplash 11. The Four Horsemen 12. Motorbreath -
Audience 8.8 - A good, bright recording that features rich bass, and strong vocals in particular. This allows you to hear the musicianship which believe it or not, these guys have! I also appreciate their nods to the classics. W.A.S.P. Elysee Montmartre Paris, France October 28, 1992 Disc 1 01 The Invisible Boy 02 The Real Me 03 L.O.V.E. Machine 04 Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue) 05 Wild Child 06 The Idol 07 The Headless Children 08 The Great Misconceptions of Me Disc 2 09 Hellion 10 On Your Knees 11 I Don't Need No Doctor 12 I Wanna Be Somebody 13 Blind in Texas -
Audience 8.8 - I was surprised at just how good this sounded. The first half of the first song you wonder how it will be, and you fear it might wobble because taper is adjusting things on the fly but it gets sorted and wow, I have to give props to taper on this one! He sounds maybe halfway back in the venue, so not close up, but he’s using either high end consumer gear or maybe something more professional to be able to lock in his levels and get a really good timbre. Jethro Tull Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 1975-10-17 Disc 1 01. -Audience Announcement 02. -Thick As A Brick 03. -Minstrel In The Gallery 04. -Wond'ring Aloud 05. -To Cry You A Song (with Flute Solo) 06. -A New Day Yesterday 07. -Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day 08. -Ladies (with Drum Solo) Disc 2 09. -War Child 10. -War Child Suite - Quartet 11. -Cross-Eyed Mary 12. -Bungle In The Jungle 13. -The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles 14. -Aqualung 15. -Wind-Up 16. -Back-Door Angels 17. -Locomotive Breath 18. -Hard-Headed English General 19. -Back-Door Angels (reprise) -
Audience 9.3 - Super tight, clean recording from real close. Obviously a taper who knew what to do, and did it. Excellent! King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Weekend 1 Outdoor Theatre Indio, CA 2022-04-15 01. -Intro 02. -Rattlesnake 03. -Honey 04. -Self Immolate 05. -Venusian 2 06. -Mars For The Rich 07. -Gaia 08. -Gamma Knife -
Audience 9.2 - Good location, excellent equipment, focus, and a good PA system in the venue means only one thing – an excellent audience tape. This is really well done. Stanley Clarke Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA September 11, 1979 01 Beyond The 7th Galaxy 02 Rock 'N' Roll Jelly 03 Silly Putty 04 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Charles Mingus) 05 Band intro 06 School Days 07 I Wanna Play For You 08 Confirmation (Charlie Parker) 09 Lopsy Lu 10 Life Is Just A Game 11 Hot Fun Stanley Clarke - electric & acoustic basses Steve Bach - keyboards Charles "Icarus" Johnson - guitars Simon Phillips - drums Alfred Williams - saxophones Al Harrison - trumpet Al Binkley - trumpet Dale Devoe - trombone -
Soundboard 9.2 - Loud and right in the pocket! A rocket in the pocket that is… oh yeah Let’s Go! The RAMONES Utica, NY 4 Acres 1977-11-14 01 -Rockaway Beach 02 -Teenage Lobotomy 03 -Blitzkrieg Bop 04 -I Remember You 05 -Glad To See You Go 06 -Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 07 -You're Gonna Kill That Girl 08 -53rd & 3rd 09 -Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 10 -I Can't Give You Anything 11 -Let's Dance 12 -Here Today Gone Tomorrow 13 -Surfin' Bird 14 -Cretin Hop 15 -Listen To My Heart 16 -California Sun 17 -I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 18 -Pinhead -
Radio Broadcast 9.3 - Everything on this disc (includes some bonus material) is fantastic and well worth exploring. Arc Angels Paradise Theater Boston, MA December 16, 1992 Disc 1 01. -Paradise Cafe 02. -Dimples 03. -Carry Me On 04. -The Famous Jane 05. -Good Time 06. -Spanish Moon 07. -Sent By Angels 08. -Always Believed In You 09. -Sweet Nadine 10. -Angel 11. -Shape I'm In Disc 2 12. -Living In A Dream 13. -encore break 14. -band introductions 15. -Looking Back 16. -Too Many Ways To Fall 17. -Too Many Ways To Fall (David Letterman Show - 1993-01-06) Pittsburgh, PA. December 8, 1992 18. -Paradise Cafe 19. -Dimples 20. -Always Believed In You 21. -Angel 22. -Living In A Dream 23. -Too Many Ways To Fall Doyle Bramhall II: guitar, vocals Charlie Sexton: guitar, vocals Tommy Shannon: bass Chris Layton: drums -
Audience 8.8 - A very satisfying recording, with a great snare drum sound and I highlight that because it is often overlooked. Dio sounds clear and if I fault anything it’s maybe Toni’s guitar which is just slightly behind the overall sound coming from the mains but still it’s really not too bad and the solos really come across clearly. It’s a fine live sound all around and is comfortable on the ears. Black Sabbath 1981-01-20 Hammersmith Odeon London, UK Disc 1 101 Supertzar 102 War Pigs 103 Neon Knights 104 N.I.B. 105 Children Of The Sea 106 Sweet Leaf 107 Drums Solo 108 Sweet Leaf (Reprise) 109 Lady Evil 110 Black Sabbath Disc 2 201 Heaven And Hell 202 Iron Man 203 Guitar Solo 204 Die Young 205 Paranoid - Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 206 Children Of The Grave -
Fillmore East 1969 Audience 8.4 - A bit of hiss is present, the music is not crystal clear until the guitar kicks in and then it comes alive. I’ll tell you what listening to this did for me: I started to understand why hippies tripped balls to Canned Heat, there is a very weird acid vibe going on, things get distorted and intense, and extremely psychedelic in a blues based presentation that is really kind of crazy. Maybe it was due to the band blowing up amplifiers, I don’t know but it’s intoxicating and you can’t stop listening to it, maybe it’s just this show, this weird recording that seems to do weird things…on purpose? You decide. Atlanta Pop Festival 1969 Audience 8.8 - A very interesting sounding old tape, with lead guitar and vocals quite present as if taper was real close but no distortion (although some tape hiss). The performance is bristling with acid blues rock electricity. It’s just palpable, I get these guys I really understand what the magic was. Canned Heat Fillmore East New York, New York, U.S.A. 02-07-1969 Disc 1 01 - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby 02 - Bullfrog Blues 03 - Sugar Mama - Bass solo 04 - Killin' Floor 05 - On The Road Again 06 - Bear Talking 07 - The Boogie Disc 2 1st Annual Atlanta Pop Festival Atlanta International Raceway Fulton County, GA July 4, 1969 01 -Going Up the Country 02 -Bring It on Home 03 -Number Nine Train 04 -When You're Twenty-Six 05 -Fried Hockey Boogie Line-up: Bob The Bear Hite - vocals, harp Alan Wilson - guitar, harp, vocals Henry Vestine - guitar Larry Taylor - bass Adolfo Fito de la Parra - drums -
All Soundboard 9.3 - This entirely depends on how much you want to hear blazing, inventive lead guitar and don’t mind if the bass sounds more like a rhythm guitar, That is what the bass sounds like to my ears, it’s there, but it’s not “low end” it’s more like a heavy rhythm guitar. It works for this style of rock though – and it’s all good stuff, if maybe a tad generic with the singing. BADLANDS Lost In The Shadows Disc 1 Richfield Coliseum Cleveland, Ohio 1989-09-23 1. -HARD DRIVER 2. -BALL & CHAIN 3. -DEVIL'S STOMP 4. -DREAMS IN THE DARK 5. -WINTER'S CALL 6. -Guitar Solo 7. -HIGHWIRE Palace Of Auburn Hills Detroit, Michigan 1989-09-22 8. -HARD DRIVER 9. -BALL & CHAIN 10. -DEVIL'S STOMP 11. -DREAMS IN THE DARK 12. -WINTER'S CALL 13. -Guitar Solo 14. -HIGHWIRE Disc 2 Hara Arena Dayton, Ohio 1989-08-30 1. -HARD DRIVER 2. -BALL & CHAIN 3. -WINTER'S CALL 4. -DANCING ON THE EDGE 5. -STREETS CRY FREEDOM 6. -JADE'S SONG - DREAMS IN THE DARK 7. -DEVIL'S STOMP 8. -Guitar Solo State Fairgrounds Du Quion, Illinois 1989-09-01 9. -HARD DRIVER 10. -BALL & CHAIN 11. -WINTER'S CALL 12. -DREAMS IN THE DARK 13. -DEVIL'S STOMP 14. -Guitar Solo 15. -HIGHWIRE -
Quality varies again but I found this particular O2 week of shows to contain the best audio fidelity. The after party shows are also really good, a lot of energy here...it's a fine collection and the bonus DVD, while mainly fan shot, is a nice addition. Prince Mr. Dynamite 10 CD/1 DVD Canister Disc 1 Nite 14 O2 Arena, 01.09.2007 01 psychedelic intro 02 1999 03 Take Me With U 04 Guitar 05 Musicology (feat. Will.i.am) - Race (instr.) - freestyle rap [Will.i.am] 06 Play That Funky Music [Wild Cherry] - Psychoticbumpschool [Bootsy's Rubber Band] (instr.) 07 Satisfied 08 The Rules - Data Bank (lyrics) 09 Cream 10 U Got The Look 11 The Question Of U (instr.) Disc 2 Nite 14 O2 Arena, 01.09.2007 cont'd 12 The One - Fallin' [Alicia Keys] (feat. Marva) 13 The Question Of U (piano intro) 14 Raspberry Beret (intro) - Sexy Dancer (intro) - Pop Life (intro) 15 Diamonds And Pearls 16 The Beautiful Ones 17 How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 18 Strange Relationship 19 Little Red Corvette 20 Sometimes It Snows In April 21 Lolita (cut short) 22 Black Sweat (Prince bass solo) 23 Kiss 24 Purple Rain 25 I Feel For You 26 Controversy - Housequake 27 Nothing Compares 2 U DISC 3 Nite 14 O2 Arena, 01.09.2007 cont'd 01 A Love Bizarre 02 Sexy Dancer (instr.) - Le Freak [Chic] (vox: Shelby J.) - Movin' [Brass Construction] (instr.) 03 Sign "O" The Times 04 Irresistible Bitch (intro) - Erotic City (intro) 05 Alphabet St. 06 When Doves Cry - Nasty Girl (intro) 07 I Wanna Be Your Lover 08 Head (intro) 09 D.M.S.R. 10 Let's Go Crazy Nite 13 O2 Arena, 31.08.2007 11 Musicology - Race (instr.) 12 Prince & The Band 13 What You Need [INXS] (vox: Shelby J.) 14 Play That Funky Music [Wild Cherry] - Psychoticbumpschool [Bootsy's Rubber Band] (instr.) - We Need Some Money [Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers] (instr.) 15 Pass The Peas [The JB's] 16 Piano intro 17 Diamonds And Pearls 18 A 1,000 Hugs And Kisses (unreleased song!) 19 Little Red Corvette Disc 4 Nite 13 O2 Arena, 31.08.2007 cont'd 20 Raspberry Beret 21 Sometimes It Snows In April (full version) 22 7 23 Come Together [The Beatles] 24 piano intro 25 Sign "O" The Times 26 Pop Life 27 D.M.S.R. - Erotic City (intro) 28 I Wanna Be Your Lover 29 When Doves Cry 30 Alphabet St. Nite 15 O2 Arena, 06.09.2007 31 piano intro 32 The Morning Papers 33 Diamonds And Pearls (starting 2x) 34 The Beautiful Ones 35 Insatiable 36 Little Red Corvette 37 Sometimes It Snows In April 38 Crazy [Gnarls Barkley] (vox: Shelby J.) incl. "This is my house" speech - One Nation Under A Groove [Funkadelic] Disc 5 Nite 14 IndigO2, 02.09.2007 - Prince & The NPG aftershow 01 Let's Go [The Cars] 02 The One U Wanna C 03 Honky Tonk Women [The Rolling Stones] (vox: Shelby J.) 04 When You Were Mine 05 What Have You Done For Me Lately [Janet Jackson] 06 Partyman 07 It's Alright [Graham Central Station] 08 What You Need [INXS] (vox: Shelby J.) 09 Stratus [Billy Cobham] 10 Gotta Broken Heart Again Disc 6 Nite 14 IndigO2, 02.09.2007 - Prince & The NPG aftershow cont'd 11 Love Is A Losing Game [Amy Winehouse] (vox: Shelby J.) 12 Sing A Simple Song [Sly & The Family Stone] 13 Shake Everything You've Got [Maceo Parker] 14 Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa [Sly & The Family Stone] - No Diggity [Blackstreet] - Kashmir [Led Zeppelin] (instr.) - A Real Mother For Ya [Johnny 'Guitar' Watson] 15 Shadows And Chains (new song based on The Chain [Fleetwood Mac]) - Kashmir [Led Zeppelin] (instr.) 16 Suga Mama [Beyonce?L] (vox: Shelby J.) 17 Alphabet St. 18 Dance To The Music [Sly & The Family Stone] 19 Get On The Boat (feat. Will.i.am freestyle rap) - freestyle rap [Will.i.am] 20 Where Is The Love? [Black Eyed Peas] (feat. Will.i.am) - Ain't It Funky Now [James Brown] (instr.) 21 Redhead Stepchild (vox: Shelby J.) Disc 7 Nite 15 indigO2, 07.09.2007 - Prince & The NPG 01 Honky Tonk Women [The Rolling Stones] (vox: Shelby J.) 02 Crazy [Gnarls Barkly] (vox: Shelby J.) - Can't Get You Out Of My Head [Kylie Minogue] - One Nation Under A Groove [Funkadelic] 03 Rock Steady [Aretha Franklin] (vox: Shelby J.) 04 Suga Mama [Beyonce?L] (vox: Shelby J.) 05 What You Need [INXS] (vox: Shelby J.) 06 Love Is A Losing Game [Amy Winehouse] (vox: Shelby J.) 07 Baby Love [Mother's Finest] (vox: Shelby J.) 08 Redhead Stepchild (vox: Shelby J.) 09 Stratus [Billy Cobham] - More Bounce To The Ounce [Zapp & Roger] Disc 8 Nite 15 indigO2, 07.09.2007 - Prince & The NPG cont'd 10 Planet Earth 11 Guitar 12 Somewhere Here On Earth 13 The One U Wanna C 14 When You Were Mine 15 Anotherloverholenyohead 16 Rock Lobster [The B-52's] (instr.) 17 3121 - Bootsy? (What's The Name Of This Town) [Bootsy's Rubber Band] (chant) - Alexander's Ragtime Band [Irving Berlin] (instr.) -Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In) [Teresa Brewer] (instr.) - The Entertainer [Scott Joplin] - More Bounce To The Ounce [Zapp & Roger] -Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) [Crystal Waters] (instr.) - Tom's Diner [Suzanne Vega] (instr.) 18 Prince's bass jam - No Diggity [Blackstreet] Disc 9 Nite 15 indigO2, 07.09.2007 - Prince & The NPG 01 Chelsea Rodgers 02 Mike Phillips intro 03 So What [Miles Davis] - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy [Rod Stewart] (instr.) 04 Shake Everything You've Got [Maceo Parker] 05 band introduction 06 I'm A Woman (I'm A Backbone) [Rufus feat. Chaka Khan] (vox: Marvalicious) 07 The Chicken [James Brown] - Chelsea Rodgers (chant) Disc 10 Nite 15 indigO2, 07.09.2007 - Prince & The NPG cont'd 08 I'm Going Down [Rose Royce] (vox: Shelby J.) 09 Rock Steady [Aretha Franklin] (vox: Shelby J.) - Good To Your Earhole [Funkadelic] (chant) 10 Suga Mama [Beyonce?] (vox: Shelby J.) - Chelsea Rodgers (chant) 11 Soul Vaccination [Tower Of Power] (instr.) The Pigalle Club, London, 17.09.2007 12 I Wanna Be Your Lover (vox: Beverley Knight) 13 Flash Light [Parliament] (instr.) - Miss You [The Rolling Stones] (instr.) 14 Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.) [Tom Browne] (vox: Beverley Knight) 15 Atomic Dog [George Clinton] - It's Time For The (Percolator) [Cajmere] (vocoder: Mike Philly) 16 Mothership Connection (Star Child) [Parliament] (instr.; vocoder: Mike Philly) -Can I Kick It? [A Tribe Called Quest] (vox: Mike Philly) -Freddie's Dead [Curtis Mayfield] (instr.) Bonus DVD "Planet Earth Is A Stage" - London O2 Videos 2007 - Reel #1 This abolutely xclusive, yet uncirculating O2 Arena video is the only O2 performance which offers a complete show (no material missing). It offers a direct view of the stage, but also focuses on the video screen at some points, e.g. during the piano sit-down. The video has been paired with the best audio around, an excellent uncirculating source. And this is only the beginning, since there is more rare material "out there"... The show itself is a special one: The first main show in September and the very last Saturday nite show of Prince's stay in London 2007 - and it feels! Prince was definitely on fire that nite: 'I might be small, but so is dynamite!' he proclaimed before explaining "The Rules". The show started with an unusual psychedelic "thunderstorm" intro, somewhat reminiscent of the Purple Rain tour interlude. For "Musicology", special guest Will.i.am came on stage and added some freestyle raps. Mr. Dynamite proceeded to give his purple fans a great hot concert and ended the show with a highly-explosive late encore: This was the only main show lasting *past* the 23:00h curfew! Which means that "Let's Go Crazy" probably resulted in somebody having to pay a hefty monetary fine - And it was only the beginning of the nite… Nite 11, O2 Arena, 25.08.2007 pm, 100' This video has been given "the full treatment": All 10 breaks have been smoothly edited, missing views have been carefully completed by other video material, and the audio has been replaced by the best audio source around. This enhanced video version offers a much improved experience, and nicely completes 3121 London Week#4 as well. Planet Earth video clips The DVD features all 3 official video clips from the Planet Earth album: Guitar (Verizon Promo) / Chelsea Rodgers / Somewhere Here On Earth Other Xtras The DVD includes some other suprises, like The Tour Book Featurette, a different perspective on the making of the "Chelsea Rodgers" video clip, and more. The Line-Up: Prince: vox, guitar, bass, keys Renato Neto: jazz keys Morris Hayes: funk keys Cora Coleman-Dunham: drums Josh Dunham: bass Maceo Parker: alto sax Mike Philips: alto sax, vocoder, tenor sax Greg Boyer: trombone Lee Hogans: trumpet Shelby Johnson: lead / backing vox Marva King: lead / backing vox The Twinz - Maya & Nandy McLean: dancing, backing vox Special Guests: This set features two special guest performances by Will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) -
Studio Quality 9.4 As expected, these are from studios sessions and having been remastered (to freshen the old tapes up), it sounds quite good. The material sounds a bit dated though, I mean I know it is Bowie but it’s probably not his best stuff in my opinion…some people like it though. David Bowie - Sigma Sound 1974 1. Young Americans [first take] 0:20. An incomplete version with no vocal. 2. Young Americans [second take] 2:57. An incomplete version which ends with David laughing after singing “President Nixon.” 3. Young Americans [third take] 5:40. A complete version with slight lyrical differences to the finished version. 4. Shilling The Rubes 5:09. Complete version. Towards the end of the song David says, “That’s going to be very nice when it’s got its hat on!” 5. I’m A Laser (The Gouster) 6:09. Complete version. 6. After Today 4:42. Complete version but played at a much faster tempo than the version released by Ryko in 1989. 7. Sweet Thing 4:43 (Ava Cherry on lead vocals). All tracks recorded on 13 Aug 1974 except track 7 which was recorded on 9 Jul 1974. -
Audience 8.5 - A somewhat roughed up old tape with some hiss, and audience members who appear on the tape in their excitement (not too bad) but the music is here man, it’s relatively close to the stage and guitar seemed to be a little back behind the rest except when he used the talk box and it was front and center… very strange! Bass is sitting nicely in the mix (not a boomy sound, pretty defined). I enjoyed listening, especially because Joe was really good, he kept me engaged with this one. I found the audience near taper to be interesting and I enjoyed hearing them on the tape believe it or not. It is a real time capsule! So, all in all, I do recommend to fans because how much Joe/Barnstorm is out there anyway? Joe Walsh & Barnstorm Wollman's Rink Central Park, New York, NY August 11, 1973 01 Meadows 02 Midnight Moodies 03 Tend My Garden - Drums 04 Rocky Mountain Way 05 The Bomber 06 Turn to Stone 07 Funk #49 Band line-up Joe Walsh - lead guitar, lead vocals Kenny Passarelli - bass guitar, backing vocals Joe Vitale - drums, percussion, flute, backing vocals Rocke Grace - keyboards (died July 23, 2020) (aged 68)