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Soundboard 9.8 - What makes this so great is not only the excellent live mix but also the performance itself. So few Thin Lizzy recordings out there to begin with, so when we get one this good, you know, it’s something to treasure. -
Audience 8.6 - The tape starts off kind of funky, and the band, or I should say, Phil Lynott, is having difficulty with the sound of his bass. Things get progressively better, until what you have is a pretty darn good show and recording. -
Frankfurt 1972 - Audience 7.1 - Vocals buried but this is so cool, such an early show – guitar is smokin’ hot! Berlin 1973 - Audience 8.4 -
Soundboard 9.0 and Audience 8.6 -
Audience 8.4 - An uneven mix is the fault, other than that it’s fine. Sounds like taper was on one side of the P.A. and got a lot of one guitar, and it sounds great, very menacing tone, but we lose some other elements that sort of appear and then disappear. The recording is not hard to enjoy even with that issue, for me it was because of the good live tone and having that guitar so close it made me feel like I was seated with the taper hearing what he was hearing. Also, I look forward to certain songs live, with Opium Trail being one and it is present here on this tape. THIN LIZZY Orpheum Theater Boston MA. October 23rd 1977 THE BAND Phil Lynott bass vocals Scott Gorham guitar Brian Robertson guitar Brian Downey drums John Earle saxophone SET LIST 1 -Intro 2 -Soldier of Fortune 3 -Jailbreak 4 -Emerald 5 -Still In Love With You 6 -Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed 7 -Warriors 8 -Dancing In the Moonlight 9 -Opium Trail 10 -Southbound 11 -Cowboy Song 12 -The Boys Are Back In Town 13 -Johnny 14 -Bad Reputation 15 -Are You Ready 16 -Me and the Boys 17 -Baby Drives Me Crazy -
Soundboard 9.3/Studio 9.4 - Excellent quality all around, and of course it’s Thin Lizzy so you know the jams are top shelf. Thin Lizzy Golders Green Hippodrome London, UK. July 26, 1973 1. The Rocker 2. Things Ain't Working Out Down At The Farm 3. Slow Blues 4. Gonna Creep Up On You 5. Suicide Track 6-9 - Thunder & Lightning sessions 6. -Bad Habits 7. -Baby Please Don`t Go 8. -Mama Don`t Like It 9. -Chosen One -
Soundboard 9.0 - Fierce! -
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The Who 1975 Tour Canister The Who October 6th 1975 Manchester Belle Vue Manchester, England Disc 1 01 - Substitute 02 - I Can't Explain 03 - Squeeze Box 04 - Heaven And Hell 05 - Tattoo 06 - Baba O'Riley 07 - Behind Blue Eyes 08 - Amazing Journey - Sparks 09 - Eyesight To The Blind 10 - Acid Queen 11 - Fiddle About Disc 2 01 - Pinball Wizard 02 - I'm Free 03 - Tommy's Holiday Camp 04 - We're Not Gonna Take It (See Me Feel Me) 05 - Summertime Blues 06 - Drowned 07 - 5.15 08 - My Generation - Drum Solo - Naked Eye 09 - Won't Get Fooled Again Ludwigshafen, Germany Friday November 7th, 1975 Disc 3 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -Squeeze Box 04. -Baba O' Riley 05. -Boris The Spider 06. -Drowned 07. -However Much I Booze 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Behind Blue Eyes 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It Disc 4 01. -Summertime Blues 02. -My Generation 03. -Join Together Blues 04. -Roadrunner 05. -My Generation Blues 06. -Naked Eye 07. -Won't Get Fooled Again 08. -Magic Bus Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee November 23rd, 1975 Disc 5 1. -I Can't Explain 2. -Substitute 3. -Squeeze Box 4. -Baba O'Riley 5. -Boris The Spider 6. -Drowned 7. -However Much I Booze 8. -Dreaming From The Waist 9. -Behind Blue Eyes 10. -Jaws Soundtrack 11. -Amazing Journey 12. -Sparks Disc 6 13. -Acid Queen 14. -Fiddle About 15. -Pinball Wizard 16. -I'm Free 17. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 18. -We're Not Gonna Take It 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Join Together 22. -Roadrunner 23. -Won't Get Fooled Again The Omni Atlanta, GA. 24 November 1975 Disc 7 1. -I Can't Explain 2. -Substitute 3. -Squeeze Box 4. -Baba O'Riley 5. -Tattoo 6. -Boris The Spider 7. -Drowned 8. -Dreaming From The Waist 9. -Behind Blue Eyes 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About Disc 8 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -Summertime Blues 19. -My Generation 20. -Join Together 21. -My Generation Blues 22. -Roadrunner 23. -Won't Get Fooled Again 24. -Magic Bus Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Canada 11 December 1975 Disc 9 1. -Can't Explain 2. -Substitute 3. -My Wife 4. -Baba O'Riley 5. -Squeeze Box 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Dreaming From The Waist 8. -Boris The Spider 9. -Magic Bus Disc 10 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -See Me, Feel Me 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Join Together 22. -Road Runner -
Soundboard - Most collectors will know of this, and this set does include the partial live performance segment as well. A nice snippet of a good year, 1971. -
Audience 9.2 - Excellent! Strong if just a tad subdued as far as guitar loudness. -
Landover 1973 Soundboard 9.3 - A solid recording that was broadcast over the air and features a nice wide stereo mix showing detail in the bass and crisp, crunchy guitar not to mention having another well recorded Keith Moon experience…and of course Roger is in fine form (when is he not?). Wembley 1975 Audience 8.5 - Not horrible, the music is all here in pretty clear form (I get a good picture of drums thankfully), but the highlight is the stage banter where you get a lot of stuff that will entertain for sure. I am happy say that the recording does also get better, so that once you are firmly ensconced in your listening chair you will start to get into this one more and more. THE WHO CAPITOL CENTER LANDOVER, MD 1973.12.06 Disc 1 01. I CAN'T EXPLAIN 02. SUMMERTIME BLUES 03. MY GENERATION 04. I AM THE SEA > THE REAL ME 05. I'M ONE 06. TOWNSEND SPEAKS - SEA AND SAND 07. DROWNED 08. BELL BOY 09. TOWNSEND SPEAKS - DOCTOR JIMMY 10. WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN 11. PINBALL WIZARD 12. SEE ME FEEL ME Disc 2 Wembley Arena (Moon's Manor) London, England 1975-10-21 01 - I Can't Explain 02 - Substitute 03 - Squeeze Box 04 - Boris The Spider 05 - Baba O'Riley 06 - Behind Blue Eyes 07 - However Much I Booze 08 - Dreaming From The Waist 09 - Moon's Tommy Intro 10 - Amazing Journey 11 - Sparks 12 - The Acid Queen Disc 3 13 - Fiddle About 14 - Pinball Wizard 15 - I'm Free 16 - Tommy's Holiday Camp 17 - We're Not Gonna Take It 18 - See Me, Feel Me 19 - Summertime Blues 20 - Bargain 21 - My Generation 22 - My Generation Blues 23 - Won't Get Fooled Again -
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Metropolitan Opera House NY 1970 Audience 8.4 - A decent tape considering we have very few US 1970 tour audience tapes that sound great. A little sweetening with EQ and you’ve just raised the sound rating another half a point…technology has changed the way collectors think about these old audience source tapes. Newcastle 1971 Audience 8.7 - A surprising new find! Buried for decades and now dusted off, restored and presented for your approval. It’s not bad! I can hear it all, with some cool atmosphere. I rather like it! San Francisco 1971 Audience 8.8 - This tape has some depth to it, where you get definition in the bass and not just “low end” which I appreciate. Roger rises above in the sound mix but on this tape nobody is drowned out, it’s evenly mixed and that makes it enjoyable. Some background noise which sounds like it is coming from the house PA but not during the band performing…all in all this is a real good one. The Who "Time Machine 1970-71" Disc 1 Tommy At The Metropolitan Opera House Metropolitan Opera House New York City, NY June 7th, 1970 (Late Show) 01 -Heaven And Hell 02 -I Can't Explain 03 -Overture 04 -1921 05 -Amazing Journey 06 -Sparks 07 -The Hawker 08 -Christmas 09 -The Acid Queen 10 -Pinball Wizard 11 -Do You Think It's Alright 12 -Fiddle About 13 -Tommy Can You Hear Me 14 -There's A Doctor 15 -Go To The Mirror 16 -Smash The Mirror 17 -Miracle Cure 18. -Sally Simpson Disc 2 19. -I'm Free 20. -We're Not Gonna Take It 21. -See Me Feel Me 22. -Summetime Blues 23. -Shakin' All Over - Spoonful 24. -My Generation Hofheinz Pavilion University of Houston Houston, TX 1970-06-20 25 - Heaven and Hell 26 - I Can't Explain 27 - Young Man Blues 28 - I Don't Even Know Myself 29 - Overture 30 - It's A Boy 31 - 1921 Disc 3 Live at The Odeon Cinema Northumberland Street Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Saturday 30th October 1971 01. I Can't Explain 02. Substitute 03. Summertime Blues 04. My Wife 05. Baba O' Riley 06. Bargain 07. Behind Blue Eyes 08. Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 4 09. Baby Don't You Do It 10. Magic Bus 11. Overture - Amazing Journey - Sparks 12. Pinball Wizard 13. See Me Feel Me Disc 5 Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA 1971-12-13 01 - Substitute 02 - Summertime Blues 03 - My Wife 04 - Baba O'Riley 05 - Behind Blue Eyes 06 - Bargain 07 - Won't Get Fooled Again 08 - Pinball Wizard 09 - See Me, Feel Me 10 - My Generation 11 - Jam - Naked Eye - I'm Going Down 12 - Magic Bus -
All Soundboard and all about 9.2 to 9.4 -
Audience 8.8 - Aside from a rough beginning, this tape comes pretty darn close to the excellence of the Toronto ’75 show. It’s got good presence and clarity, with an ample amount of kick where it needs it. I also find the performance very strong, Keith is firing on all eight and the band is really in sync with each other. A keeper! ARTIST: The Who DATE: November 3rd, 1975 VENUE: Messehalle Sindelfingen LOCATION: Stuttgart, Germany TRACKLISTING: DISC 1 01. -Substitute 02. -I Can´t Explain 03. -Squeeze Box 04. -Baba O´Riley 05. -Behind Blue Eyes 06. -Dreaming From The Waist 07. -Boris The Spider 08. -Amazing Journey - Sparks 09. -Acid Queen 10. -Fiddle About 11. -Pinball Wizard - I´m Free 12. -Tommy´s Holiday Camp TIME: 47:10 DISC 2 01. -We´re Not Gonna Take It 02. -Summertime Blues 03. -Bargain 04. -My Generation - Naked Eye - Join Together 05. -Won´t Get Fooled Again 06. -5:15 TIME: 46:09 TOTAL RUNTIME: 1:33.20 -
Audience 9.3 - Another excellent, clear, bright 75 show with all the dynamics you could want, good punchy drums and bass, clear vocals, crunchy guitars. Lovely!