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Soundboard 9.3 - A pretty crisp sounding board tape, it definitely has not been gen’d down I can tell you that for sure! The band is tight man, they've always been but here they sound frighteningly precise. For me, 1994 is not that long ago in my mind – but damn it’s 29 years ago YIKES! RUSH Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 7, 1994 Disc 1 01. -Intro - Dreamline 6:46 02. -The Spirit Of Radio 4:53 03. -The Analog Kid 5:17 04. -Cold Fire 5:23 05. -Time Stand Still 5:52 06. -Nobody's Hero 5:09 07. -Roll The Bones 6:02 08. -Animate 7:14 09. -Stick It Out 5:17 10. -Double Agent 4:55 11. -Limelight 4:27 Disc 2 01. -Bravado 6:29 02. -Mystic Rhythms 5:55 03. -Closer To The Heart 5:38 04. -Show Don't Tell 5:25 05. -Leave That Thing Alone 5:58 06. -The Rhythm Method 7:18 07. -The Trees 5:17 08. -Xanadu 6:31 09. -Hemispheres: Prelude 4:14 10. -Tom Sawyer 4:58 -
Audience 8.7 - This is a really nice and rare treat. I have been collecting every known Toronto show by Rush and this fills a nice place in the 70’s portion…and wow man I gotta say the quality is surprising since most of the other 70’s tapes are really not that great. I am not saying this is sparkling minty fresh, but it’s much more clear and present than the others and that is good for us because this is the earliest known AFTK performance and features tracks yet to be released. Rush Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, Ontario 23 August 1977 Disc 1 01 - Intro 02 - Bastille Day 03 - Lakeside Park 04 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog 05 - Xanadu 06 - A Farewell To Kings 07 - Something For Nothing Disc 2 08 - Cygnus X-1 09 - Anthem 10 - Closer To The Heart 11 - 2112 12 - Working Man 13 - Fly By Night 14 - Drum Solo 15 - Best I Can -
Pro 9.9 - this is unbelievably solid. Everything is in the pocket, which is awfully hard to do with a metal band. Every instrument, and the crowd mixed in to provide atmosphere. This had to be a broadcast, but it’s not from a broadcast it has to be a pre-broadcast master. I mean, it’s almost perfect. Iron Maiden Long Beach Arena Los Angeles, California 1985-03-15 01. -Intro 02. -Aces High 03. -2 Minutes To Midnight 04. -The Trooper 05. -Revelations 06. -Flight Of Icarus 07. -Rime Of The Ancient Mariner 08. -Murders In The Rue Morgue 09. -Phantom Of The Opera 10. -Powerslave 11. -Losfer Words CD 2 01. -Wrathchild 02. -22 Acacia Avenue 03. -Children Of The Damned 04. -Die With Your Boots On 05. -The Number Of The Beast 06. -Hallowed Be Thy Name 07. -Iron Maiden 08. -Run To The Hills 09. -Running Free 10. -Sanctuary -
Audience 8.6 - This very decent old tape, previously ignored by collectors, takes a minute or two to get going so don’t be disappointed just hang in there. Once it settles in, it’s a very good tape that suffers maybe from some tape noise but really what I am going to tell you is that I would listen to this again because the performance here is among the very best, most ferocious I have honestly ever heard and I have heard MANY Rush recordings. Rush Liverpool Empire Liverpool, England 25 February 1978 Disc 1 01 - Bastille Day 02 - Lakeside Park 03 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog 04 - Xanadu 05 - A Farewell To Kings 06 - Something For Nothing 07 - Cygnus X-1 Disc 2 08 - Anthem 09 - Closer To The Heart 10 - 2112 11 - Working Man 12 - Fly By Night 13 - In The Mood 14 - Cinderella Man -
Soundboard 9.1 - Another Toronto recording to add to my growing collection and it’s a good one. The band does not sound like they are playing a show in the year 1988, to me they sound more 1978 to be honest. It’s a good, very solid show. Rush Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario 8 March 1988 Disc 1 01 - The Big Money 02 - Subdivisions 03 - Limelight 04 - Marathon 05 - Turn The Page 06 - Prime Mover 07 - Manhattan Project 08 - Closer To The Heart 09 - Red Sector A 10 - Force Ten 11 - Time Stand Still Disc 2 12 - Distant Early Warning 13 - Lock And Key 14 - Mission 15 - Territories 16 - YYZ 17 - Drum Solo 18 - Red Lenses 19 - The Spirit Of Radio 20 - Tom Sawyer 21 - 2112: Overture / Temples Of Syrinx 22 - La Villa Strangiato 23 - In The Mood -
Audience 9.3 - This tape reminds me very much of the excellent Osaka 84 recording, it’s bright and atmospheric. I gave this one a very high rating because it’s right up there with the Osaka show. RUSH Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, B.C., Canada May 19, 1984 Disc 1 01 - Intro 02 - The Spirit Of Radio 03 - Subdivisions 04 - The Body Electric 05 - The Enemy Within 06 - The Weapon 07 - Witch Hunt 08 - New World Man 09 - Between The Wheels 10 - Red Barchetta Disc 2 11 - Distant Early Warning 12 - Red Sector A 13 - Closer To The Heart 14 - Afterimage 15 - YYZ 16 - 2112 The Temples Of Syrinx 17 - Tom Sawyer 18 - Red Lenses 19 - Drum Solo 20 - Red Lenses (reprise) 21 - Vital Signs 22 - Finding My Way 23 - In The Mood -
Pro 9.7 - There are loads of Rolling Stones studio session tapes out there but the year of 1982 for some reason has not been well documented…until now. Two discs full of sparkling outtakes, jams, seldom heard songs and more. It’s really great, I got totally into it from the first track. The Rolling Stones ALL MIXED UP 1982 Studio Sessions Disc 1 01. All Mixed Up [06:38] 02. Looking For Trouble [03:03] 03. Cook Cook Blues [05:28] 04. I Can't Help It [03:24] 05. All Mixed Up [02:39] 06. Chain - Reaction - Groove [04:21] 07. Golden Caddy IV [08:58] 08. Down in the Hole [07:22] 09. Munich Hilton IV [05:29] 10. Munich Hilton V [02:00] 11. You Can’t Cut The Mustard [03:26] 12. You Can’t Cut The Mustard [02:54] 13. It Won't Be Long II [05:33] 14. Break Away [04:31] 15. I Think I'm Going Mad I [06:41] Disc 2 01. Dance (Pt. 1) IV [07:07] 02. She's So Cold [06:54] 03. Slave III [08:50] 04. Respectable (take 1) [06:54] 05. Beast of Burden (take 1) [01:28] 06. Beast of Burden (take 2) [03:52] 07. Summer Romance [01:11] 08. Respectable (take 3) [02:18] 09. Respectable (take 4) [02:36] 10. Respectable (take 5) [02:57] 11. Shattered (take 1) [04:47] 12. Respectable (take 6) [03:23] 13. Shattered (take 2) [04:09] 14. Beast of Burden (take 3) [05:46] 15. Miss You II [11:41] • 1982-11-11: Pathé- Marconi Studios, Paris, Boulogne Billancourt, Studio Session Tracks 01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 09 / 10 (CD1) • 1979-06-10: Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, Studio Session Track 08 (CD1) Track 01 (CD2) • 1985-04-08: Pathé-Marconi Studios, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, Studio Session Tracks 11 / 12 (CD1) • 1979-01-18: Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, Studio Session Tracks 13 / 14 / 15 (CD1) Track 02 (CD2) • 1980-10-11: Pathé-Marconi Studios, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Studio Session Track: 03 (CD 2) • 1978-10-06: Bill’s Studio, Westchester, NY, Rehearsal Tracks 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 (CD2) • 1977-10-10: Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne Billancourt, France, Studio Session Track: 15 (CD 2) -
Soundboard 9.3 - A good, and raw board tape which perfectly suits the ramshackle, lurching Stones sound and style. Listen to how Mick sounds especially on Shattered – it’s perfect end of story but wait a minute Bill Wyman is actually present and accounted for in a way you never hear. A great live mix high energy soundboard and a must have. THE ROLLING STONES The Kingdome Seattle, WA Oct 15, 1981 CD 1 1. Intro: Take the A Train [01:51] 2. Under My Thumb [03:49] 3. When The Whip Comes Down [04:53] 4. Let's Spend the Night Together [04:09] 5. Shattered [04:51] 6. Neighbours [04:30] 7. Black Limousine [03:48] 8. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) [06:37] 9. Twenty Flight Rock [02:22] 10. Let Me Go [04:07] 11. Time Is on My Side [03:47] 12. Beast of Burden [06:07] 13. Waiting On A Friend [05:22] CD 2 1. Let It Bleed [07:20] 2. You Can't Always Get What You Want [08:04] 3. Little T&A [03:34] 4. Tumbling Dice [04:04] 5. Band intro [00:52] 6. She's So Cold [03:52] 7. All Down The Line [04:09] 8. Hang Fire [02:55] 9. Star Star [04:16] 10. Miss You [06:16] 11. Start Me Up [04:15] 12. Honky Tonk Women [03:21] 13. Brown Sugar [03:37] 14. Jumping Jack Flash [09:15] 15. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [06:47] 16. Outro: Star Spangled Banner [04:04] -
Audience 9.1 - You have to really try hard if you want to screw up a stealth recording in this day and age – excellent equipment, great PA’s, decent venues…so thankfully taper understands and delivers a pleasant “souvenir” in this live tape. Morrissey – well I was never into him but gotta admit there’s a lot of talent here in the music and his deliver is appropriate. Morrissey Forest Hills Stadium Queens, NY September 7, 2019 Disc 1 01 -stage entrance 02 -You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side 03 -Alma Matters 04 -Hairdresser On Fire 05 -I Wish You Lonely 06 -Satan Rejected My Soul 07 -Morning Starship 08 -Wedding Bell Blues 09 -Lady Willpower 10 -I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 11 -If You Don’t Like Me, Don’t Look At Me 12 -Munich Air Disaster 1958 13 -Seasick Yet Still Docked Disc 2 14 -Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself 15 -That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 16 -Never Again Will I Be A Twin 17 -Back On The Chain Gang 18 -The Bullfighter Dies 19 -Jack The Ripper 20 -Some Say I Got Devil 21 -Irish Blood, English Heart Encore: 22 -stage entrance 23 -piano solo 24 -Everyday Is Like Sunday 25 -How Soon Is Now 26 -exit music Morrissey - vocals Boz Boorer - guitar, keyboard, clarinet, vocals Jesse Tobias - guitar Mando Lopez - bass Matthew Ira Walker - drums Gustavo Manzur - keyboards, trumpet, vocals -
Audience 9.1 - A very bright and energetic recording that does NOT suffer at all from anything getting in between the band and the microphone because there’s nothing between the band and the recorder it seems. This is direct from PA to your ears…and it’s great! JETHRO TULL Deutschlandhalle Berlin, Germany April 23, 1977 Disc 1 01. -Quartet Intro 02. -Wond'ring Aloud 03. -Skating Away 04. -Jack-In-The-Green 05. -Thick As A Brick 06. -Songs From The Wood 07. -Barriemore Barlow Drum Solo 08. -To Cry You A Song 09. -A New Day Yesterday 10. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo 11. -Living In The Past (Instrumental) 12. -Velvet Green 13. -Hunting Girl Disc 2 01. -Too Old To Rock 'n Roll 02. -Beethoven's Ninth 03. -Minstrel In The Gallery 04. -Cross-Eyed Mary 05. -Aqualung 06. -Martin Barre Guitar Solo 07. -Wind-Up 08. -Back-Door Angels 09. -Instrumental 10. -Wind Up (reprise) 11. -Locomotive Breath 12. -Land Of Hope & Glory 13. -Back-Door Angels (reprise) Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Evans, David Palmer, John Glascock & Barriemore Barlow. -
Audience 9.2 - Someone did a really good job handling this stealth recording because it’s quite good and has enough atmosphere to allow you to imagine being there. I like “time capsule” recordings like this. The band sounds inspired on this evening. Jethro Tull Zurich, Switzerland May 16 1976 Disc 1 1 -Thick As A Brick 2 -Too Old To Rock And Roll 3 -To Cry You A Song 4 -A New Day Yesterday 5 -Flute Solo - Kelpie - Bouree 6 -Living in The Past - TAAB inst 7 -A New Day (reprise) 8 -Requim 9 -Big Dipper 10 -Beethoven's 9th 11 -Minstrel in The Gallery 12 -Quiz Kid Disc 2 1 -The Chequered Flag 2 -Crazed Institution 3 -Instrumental 4 -Cross Eyed Mary 5 -Aqualung 6 -Guitar Hero inst 7 -Wind Up 8 -Back Door Angels 9 -Minstrel In The Gallery 10 -Locomotive Breath 11 -Finale 12 -Back Door Angels (reprise) -
Audience 8.8 - Very clear and leaning towards the mid and upper frequency bands but not in any kind of detrimental way. Supposedly the original source used is a very rare Japanese bootleg LP and that, with a little work done, presents a fine document we can all enjoy. The Reseda 87 material is soundboard with Mick Jagger fronting, and even though the original source features much more material, that is not technically the “live” gig but rather some studio rehearsals which are not present here. JEFF BECK GREEK THEATRE LOS ANGELES, CA, USA APRIL 19, 1986 CD 1 01 -Escape 6:37 02 -Gets Us All In The End 7:08 03 -Ecstasy 3:59 04 -Ambitious 6:06 05 -Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 1:36 06 -Stop, Look And Listen 5:43 07 -The Pump 5:12 08 -Star Cycle 5:15 09 -Cause We've Ended As Lovers 4:47 10 -Miami Vice N.Y. Theme 5:12 CD 2 01 -Led Boots 4:55 02 -Love Will 4:11 03 -Miami Vice Theme 4:56 04 -Blue Wind 6:43 05 -People Get Ready 5:17 06 -Freeway Jam 8:05 07 -Wild Thing 4:52 08 -Going Down 5:51 The Band JEFF BECK -guitar, vocals JAN HAMMER -keyboards SIMON PHILLIPS -drums JIMMY HALL -vocals DOUG WIMBISH -bass Bonus Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck THE COUNTRY CLUB RESEDA, CA. OCTOBER 20 1987 09 -Honky Tonk Women 10 -Sympathy For The Devil 11 -Dead Flowers 12 -Shine A Light 13 -Little Red Rooster THE BAND Mick Jagger -vocals Harp Jeff Beck -Guitar Doug Wimbish -bass Terry Bozio -Drums Phil Ashley -keyboards Band line-up: JEFF BECK (guitar, vocals) JAN HAMMER (keyboards) SIMON PHILLIPS (drums) JIMMY HALL (vocals) DOUG WIMBISH (bass) -
Audience 8.5-8.7 - So why the dual rating? Because it is the limitation of the recording equipment that prevents this from earning the solid 8,7 which is a great rating for a long forgotten Ziggy show. So my take on this is that during loud sections, the guitar takes a back seat in the mix while Ziggy is very prominent – which is kind of cool – but during mellower songs (of which there are a few) the mix is much better all around. All in all, this is a pretty good old tape and I don’t think it will disappoint you. DAVID BOWIE Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL October 7th 1972 Disc 1 1 -Intro 2 -Hang On To Yourself 3 -Ziggy Stardust 4 -The Supermen 5 -Queen Bitch 6 -Changes 7 -Life On Mars 8 -Five Years 9 -Space Oddity 10 -Andy Warhol(stopped) 11 -Andy Warhol 12 -My Death Disc 2 13 -Width Of A Circle 14 -John, I'm Only Dancing 15 -Moonage Daydream 16 -Starman 17 -Waiting For The Man 18 -White Light, White Heat 19 -Suffragette City 20 -Jean Genie THE BAND David Bowie vocals guitar harmonica Mick Ronson guitar vocals Trevor Bolder bass Mick “Woody” Woodmansey drums Mike Garson keyboards -
Cleveland 1978 Radio Broadcast 8.8 - A tape that shows signs of age and has that dated quality to it but is still good. It just sounds kinda, pimp and funky just like the music.New York 1981 Radio Broadcast 9.3 - A fresh sounding tape, and a rather fresh performance that does not showcase a drunken, sloppy ‘Dolls kinda gig but a much more focused and professional with plenty of edge to remind you who is fronting kinda gig. DAVID JOHANSEN GROUP "Clubs and Bars" Disc 1 THE AGORA CLEVELAND, OH, USA MAY 29, 1978 01. -intro - cool metro 02. -looking for a kiss 03. -not that much 04. -funky but chic 05. -build me up buttercup 06. -donna 07. -i'm a lover 08. -frenchette 09. -band intro 10. -(reach out) i'll be there 11. -lonely tenement 12. -girls 13. -personality crisis BAND: David Johansen - vocals Sylvain Sylvain - guitar, keyboards Thomas Trask - guitar Johnny Rao - guitar Buzz Verno - bass Frankie LaRocka - drums Disc 2 BOTTOM LINE NEW YORK, NY, USA JULY 15, 1981 01. -intro - cool metro 02. -here comes the night 03. -funky but chic 04. -melody 05. -she loves strangers 06. -sls (conclusion) 07. -build me up buttercup 08. -marquesa de sade 09. -stranded in the jungle 10. -bohemian love pad 11. -frenchette 12. -reach out & i'll be there 13. -girls 14. -personality crisis 15. -wreckless crazy 16. -WNEW DJ's BAND: David Jo - vocals Blondie Chaplin - guitar Jack Rigg - guitar Charlie Giordano - keyboards Brent Cartwright - bass Tony Machine - drums -
Radio Broadcast 8.7 - This is one of the toughest tapes to review because I don’t know what it is, literally I don’t know how they captured this to tape. To my ears it sounds like it was broadcast over the air and someone placed a microphone in front of their stereo speaker and recorded it. Either that or maybe it was broadcast over AM, I just can’t tell you but for sure it’s not as good as a radio broadcast should be, not is it as bad as an amateur audience recording, this one hovers somewhere in between but I still thought it was decent. Someone definitely re-mastered this, and I am 100% sure it was a major benefit. Blue Oyster Cult Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Arizona December 27, 1979 Disc 1 1.-Introduction 3:24 2.-Dominance & Submission 5:28 3.-Dr. Music 3:43 4.-Mirrors 4:21 5.-Cities on Flame 5:31 6.-The Great Sun Jester 5:26 7.-The Vigil 5:32 8.-The Vigil (Reprise) 1:26 9.-Extraterrestrial Intelligernce 4:51 10.-Astronomy 8:35 11.-ME 262 3:42 Disc 2 1.-Godzilla - Drum Solo - Godzilla 9:18 2.-Hot Rails to Hell 5:31 3.-Bass Solo 1:39 4.-Five Guitars 4:52 5.-Born to Be Wild 4:58 6.-Encore Break 3:14 7.-O.d.'d on Life Itself 4:03 8.-(Don't Fear) The Reaper 7:02 -
Audience 8.8 - A reasonably clear and even somewhat dynamic old tape, that sounds to me like someone did some work on it and thankfully so. I’ll take as many of these 1980 tapes as I can because I think this is a misunderstood period for the band. I personally think this is incredibly progressive music, and of course they sound great especially here in front of a London audience. Yes 1980-12-18 Rainbow Theatre Finsbury Park London UK Second Night The Last Concert Disc 1 1 -Young Persons Guide To The Orchestra 2 -Apocalypse 3 -Does It Really Happen 4 -Yours Is No Disgrace 5 -Into The Lens 6 -Clap 7 -And You And I 8 -Go Through This 9 -Man In The White Car Suite 10 -We Can Fly From Here 11 -Tempus Fugit Disc 2 1 -Amazing Grace - The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) 2 -Machine Messiah 3 -Trevor Horn MC 4 -Starship Trooper 5 -Roundabout 6 -White Car (acapella) Geoff Downes-Keyboards Trevor Horn-Vocals/Guitar/Percussion Steve Howe-Guitars/Vocals Chris Squire-Bass/Vocals Alan White-Drums/Percussion