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Audience 9.2 - Amazing atmosphere that the band completely catches and performs up to. The crowd is very responsive but does not intrude on the recording – even during clap-alongs which I normally hate but here is actually enhances the song! Fantastic all the way around, and there’s plenty of headroom left in the recording so if you increase frequency (if you have an EQ) or volume you won’t destroy the integrity of the sound. So blast away! Elton John Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA October 12, 1974 Disc 1 01 Funeral For A Friend - Love Lies Bleeding 02 Candle In The Wind 03 Grimsby 04 Rocket Man 05 Take Me To The Pilot 06 Bennie And The Jets 07 Daniel 08 Grey Seal 09 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 10 Burn Down The Mission Disc 2 11 You're So Static 12 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 13 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 14 Honky Cat 15 All The Girls Love Alice 16 Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting 17 Crocodile Rock 18 The Bitch Is Back 19 Your Song Band Members: Elton John - vocals, piano Dee Murray - bass Davey Johnstone - guitar, mandolin, banjo Nigel Olsson - drums Muscle Schoals Horns: Harvey Thompson - saxophone Ronnie Eades - baritone saxophone Harrison Calloway - trumpet Charlie Rose - trombone -
Soundboard 8.8 - A less than perfect board tape as far as the overall timbre, and the mix itself. I found this tape to resemble maybe a really good AM broadcast, but perhaps that is too harsh! It’s not bad, I just personally found it to be lacking some “punch”, although it is clear, it’s a board tape so there will be a built in appreciation for the “closeness” of the sounds. SANTANA - L'Olympia, Paris, France; December 4, 1972 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. Going Home / A-1 Funk / Every Step Of The Way 3. Samba Pa Ti 4. Look Up (To See What's Coming Down) 5. Just In Time To See The Sun 6. Incident At Neshabur 7. Bambele 8. Stone Flower/Batucada / Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) Disc 2 1. Waiting 2. Castillos de Arena part 1 (Sand Castles) 3. Free Angela / Castillos de Arena - part 2 4. Wings 5. Se a cabo 6. Savor 7. Toussaint L'Overture Carlos Santana - guitar; Richard Kermode - keyboards; Tom Coster - keyboards Douglas Rauch - bass; Michael Shrieve - drums Jose “Chepito” Areas – congas James “Mingo” Lewis - percussion Armando Peraza - percussion -
Audience 8.8 - Every now and then a tape surfaces that really gets you excited as a collector. This one is just such a tape, because for one thing not only is the quality very good, but it’s super nice on the ears. What I mean is, the timbre of the recording is very comfortable, so it’s easy to listen to the entire show there is no fatigue on the ears at all. The icing on the cake is having both opening acts in the same kind of quality, in complete form. So, what more could you ask for? The Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand Great Allentown Fair Allentown, PA August 18th 1983 Disc 1 CONEY HATCH THE BAND Carl Dixon guitar lead vocals Andy Curran bass vocals Steve Shelski guitar vocals Barry Connors drums 1 -Intro 2 -Stand Up 3 -Don't Say Make Me 4 -Some Like It Hot 5 -First Time For Everything 6 -Shake It 7 -Devil's Deck 8 -No Sleep Tonight FASTWAY THE BAND Dave King vocals harmonica "Fast" Eddie Clarke- guitar Jerry Shirley drums Richard "Charlie" McCracken bass 9 -Intro 10 -We Become One 11 -You Got Me Runnin' 12 -Give It All You Got 13 -All I Need Is Your Love 14 -Give It Some Action 15 -Feel Me, Touch Me 16 -Far Far From Home 17 -Say What You Will 18 -Telephone 19 -Easy Livin' Disc 2 IRON MAIDEN THE BAND Steve Harris bass backing vocals Dave Murray guitar Adrian Smith guitar backing vocals Bruce Dickinson lead vocals Nicko McBrain drums 1 -Intro 2 -Where Eagles Dare 3 -Sanctuary 4 -Wrathchild 5 -The Trooper 6 -Revelations 7 -Flight Of Icarus 8 -Die With Your Boots On 9 -22 Acacia Avenue Disc 3 10 -The Number Of The Beast 11 -To Tame A Land 12 -Guitar Solo 13 -Drum Solo 14 -Hallowed Be Thy Name 15 -Iron Maiden 16 -Run To The Hills 17 -Drifter -
New York 1975 Audience 8.3 - Not particularly clear, but recording does have some force behind it that propels the sound into your ears, making it slightly better than your average, or mediocre 70’s audience tape, and that is really good because this is a rare one – only 4 known to circulate recordings from the US Sheer Heart Attack tour. Hear the band just before they exploded! Santa Monica 1975 Audience 8.8 - A very good recording of the rarely captured US Sheer Heart Attack tour. The band had yet to release Bohemian Rhapsody and were supporting a good record, but the greatness was still yet to come. Queen Conquer America 1975 Disc 1 New York, NY, USA Avery Fisher Hall February 16, 1975 (late show) 1. -Procession 2. -Now I'm Here 3. -Ogre Battle 4. -Father To Son 5. -White Queen 6. -Flick Of The Wrist 7. -In The Lap Of The Gods - Killer Queen - The March Of The Black Queen - Bring Back That Leroy Brown 8. -Son And Daughter 9. -Keep Yourself Alive 10. -Stone Cold Crazy 11. -Liar 12. -In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited 13. -Big Spender 14. -Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll 15. -Jailhouse Rock 16. -God Save The Queen Previously uncirculated, this is only the fourth show to emerge from the US Sheer Heart Attack tour - a monumental find. This is the second show of a two show day. Disc 2 Santa Monica, CA, USA Santa Monica Civic Auditorium March 29, 1975 - late show, 11:30pm 1. -Flick Of The Wrist 2. -In The Lap Of The Gods 3. -Killer Queen 4. -The March Of The Black Queen 5. -Bring Back That Leroy Brown 6. -Son And Daughter 7. -Keep Yourself Alive 8. -Stone Cold Crazy 9. -Liar 10. -Big Spender 11. -Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll 12. -Jailhouse Rock -
Audience 8.6-8.8 - A tape that begins inauspiciously as a pretty good but distant tape. Slowly, it begins to blossom into something much more intriguing. Taper smuggled very good equipment into the venue, that much is obvious, and he worked at getting into a better position during the show until what you end up with is a very tasty audience recording. Kudos to the taper! The Who The Forum Inglewood, CA November 23, 1973 Disc 1 01 Audience & Intro 02 I Can't Explain 03 Summertime Blues 04 My Wife 05 My Generation 06 I Am The Sea 07 The Real Me 08 The Punk and The Godfather 09 I'm One 10 Helpless Dancer 11 5:15 12 Sea And Sand 13 Drowned 14 Bell Boy Disc 2 15 Doctor Jimmy 16 Love Reign O'er Me 17 Won't Get Fooled Again 18 Pinball Wizard 19 See Me, Feel Me 20 My Generation 21 Let's See Action 22 Magic Bus 23 Naked Eye -
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An absolute beast of a canister! Loaded down with 14 discs, it's quite the experience as you follow the Who on tour in the States in 1980. For the most part, all of the recordings reside in the mid to upper 8's on the 1-10 scale, with a couple coming in at over 9.0 (Essen, for instance). I found it to be very satisfying as all of the songs I enjoy hearing them play are represented, without the overindulgence into Tommy...finally! The Who 1980 Canister Disc 1 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Sports Arena June 28, 1980 1. -Substitute 2. -I Can't Explain 3. -Baba O'Riley 4. -My Wife 5. -Sister Disco 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Music Must Change 8. -Drowned 9. -Who are You 10. -5:15 Disc 2 1. -Pinball Wizard 2. -See Me, Feel Me 3. -Long Live Rock 4. -My Generation 5. -I Can See For Miles 6. -Naked Eye 7. -Won't Get Fooled Again 8. -Summertime Blues 9. -Twist and Shout 10. -The Real Me Disc 3 Grugahalle, Essen, GER March 27, 1980 01. -Substitute 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Baba O'Riley 04. -My Wife 05. -Sister Disco 06. -Getting In Tune 07. -Music Must Change 08. -Drowned 09. -Who Are You Disc 4 10. -5:15 11. -Pinball Wizard 12. -See Me Feel Me 13. -Long Live Rock 14. -My Generation 15. -I Can See For Miles 16. -Won't Get Fooled Again 17. -Young Man Blues 18. -The Real Me Disc 5 The Forum Inglewood, CA June 20, 1980 01 Behind Blue Eyes 02 Dreaming From The Waist 03 Drowned 04 Who Are You 05 5:15 06 Pinball Wizard 07 My Generation Disc 6 08 I Can See For Miles 09 Sparks 10 See Me, Feel Me 11 Won't Get Fooled Again 12 Young Man Blues 13 Dancing In The Street 14 Dance It Away - Another Tricky Day 15 The Real Me Disc 7 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 7, 1980 1. -Substitute 2. -I Can't Explain 3. -Baba O'Riley 4. -My Wife 5. -Sister Disco 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Music Must Change 8. -Drowned 9. -Who Are You Disc 8 1. -5:15 2. -Pinball Wizard 3. -See Me Feel Me 4. -Long Live Rock 5. -My Generation 6. -I Can See For Miles 7. -Sparks 8. -Won't Get Fooled Again 9. -Summertime Blues 10. -Twist And Shout 11. -The Real Me Disc 9 Greensboro Civic Center Greensboro, NC July 13, 1980 1. -Substitute 2. -I Can't Explain 3. -Baba O'Riley 4. -My Wife 5. -Sister Disco 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Music Must Change 8. -Drowned 9. -Who Are You Disc 10 1. -5:15 2. -Pinball Wizard 3. -See Me Feel Me 4. -Long Live Rock 5. -My Generation 6. -I Can See For Miles 7. -Naked Eye 8. -Won't Get Fooled Again 9. -Relay 10. -The Real Me Disc 11 Hampton Coliseum Hampton,Va U.S.A. July 14, 1980 1. -Substitute 2. -Can't Explain 3. -Baba O' Riley 4. -My Wife 5. -Sister Disco 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Music Must Change 8. -Drowned 9. -Who Are You 10. -5:15 11. -Pinball Wizard 12. -See Me,Feel Me Disc 12 1. -Long Live Rock 2. -My Generation 3. -I Can See For Miles 4. -Naked Eye 5. -Won't Get Fooled Again 6. -Summertime Blues 7. -Twist And Shout 8. -The Real Me Disc 13 CNE Stadium Toronto, ON. Canada July 16, 1980 01. -Substitute 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Baba O'Riley 04. -My Wife 05. -Sister Disco 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Music Must Change 08. -Drowned 09. -Who Are You 10. -5:15 Disc 14 01. -Pinball Wizard 02. -See Me Feel Me 03. -Long Live Rock 04. -My Generation 05. -Naked Eye 06. -Won't Get Fooled Again 07. -Summertime Blues 08. -Twist And Shout 09. -Dancing In The Streets 10. -Dance It Away 11. -The Real Me -
Audience 9.0 - Rowdy, exciting, electric, and just a ton of fun! A good and crisp recording that feels nice on your ears. No offending frequencies, bass is round and brassy, vocals are well placed and enunciation is clear. A nice one! The Kinks Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA August 19, 1981 Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Around The Dial 03 The Hard Way 04 Where Have All The Good Times Gone 05 Bird Dog 06 Catch Me Now I'm Falling 07 Yo-Yo 08 LA Blues - Lola 09 Too Serious 10 Back To Front 11 Misfits Disc 2 12 You Really Got Me 13 A Gallon Of Gas 14 Celluloid Heroes 15 All Day And All Of The Night 16 Give the People What They Want 17 Come On Now 18 Low Budget 19 Twist And Shout 20 Destroyer 21 Pressure -
Soundboard 9.3 - A decent but kind of middle rangey sound, but in this case I like it because it gives the Kinks a more punkish sound. This material is also kind of punkish so the delivery and the sound of the recording itself convinces you that this band wanted to impart the punk attitude. Some of the songs are definitely not punkish but we know it’s not all encompassing, just generally I think The Kinks liked the punk ethos. I mean, they play a song called “Prince Of The Punks” so what does that tell you? The Kinks Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI September 23, 1979 01 Lola 02 Low Budget 03 Superman 04 Attitude 05 Catch Me Now I’m Falling 06 You Really Got Me 07 Pressure 08 Misfits 09 Prince of the Punks 10 Stop Your Sobbing Band line-up Ray Davies – guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals Dave Davies – lead guitar, backing vocals Ian Gibbons – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Avory – drums Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals (died Jan. 20, 2018) (aged 76) Nick Newall - additional keyboards -
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 8.7 - 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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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 -
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 9.0/8.5/8.7 - All four discs are very good source tapes with the first two discs being the strongest with a sound quality that sits nicely on the ears, very comfortable, albeit slightly further back in the hall than the other two discs. I think the other shows maybe feature a louder, more up front guitar sound, but at the same time are also a bit more crowded in that frequency although at no time is there distortion present. Disc 3 suffers from a little bit of the typical big sound onto little cassette recorder where it’s just not as clear as you wish but at least you can hear what is going on, and it is not what I would call muddy sounding. Disc 4 is decent in the fact that you have a clear guitar, tone is audible which is crucial when you are listening to Leslie West. All instruments audible and distinct but not rising much above a middle to upper 8 rating. All in all, I am pleased at the overall sound quality in this set seeing as how there are not many really high quality audios of this band. West, Bruce & Laing European Conquest Disc 1 Falkoner Center Copenhagen, Denmark March 28, 1973 01. -Don't Look Around 02. -Pleasure 03. -Why Dontcha 04. -Third Degree 05. -Mississippi Queen - West Solo Disc 2 06. -Roll Over Beethoven 07. -Love Is Worth the Blues 08. -Powerhouse Sod 09. -The Doctor 10. -Sunshine of Your Love Disc 3 Circus Krone Munich, Germany April 13, 1973 1. Don't Look Around 2. Pleasure 3. Why Dontcha 4. Third Degree 5. Missippi Queen 6. Roll Over Beethoven 7. Powerhouse Sod 8. Politician 9. Sunshine Of Your Love 10. Audience 11. The Doctor Landwirtschaftshalle Kaiserslautern, West Germany 1973-04-14 1. -DON'T LOOK AROUND 2. -PLEASURE 3. -WHY DON'TCHA 4. -THIRD DEGREE 5. -MISSISSIPPI QUEEN 6. -ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN 7. -LOVE IS WORTH THE BLUES 8. -POLITICIAN 9. -SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE Musicians LESLIE WEST- Guitar/Vocals(Ex-Mountain) JACK BRUCE- Bass/Vocals(Ex-Cream) CORKY LAING- Drums(Ex-Mountain) -
Soundboard 9.2 - This is the only known board tape from 1975. It’s very good, I find no real problems other than occasional drop outs, and it’s maybe a little distracting here and there but I don’t think it kills the fun. It’s still a very good board tape of a really good performance. The Allman Brothers Band Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena Oakland, CA October 24, 1975 Disc 1 01. Don't Want You No More 02. It's Not My Cross To Bear 03. Long Time Gone 04. Midnight Rider 05. Ramblin' Man 06. Win, Lose, or Draw 07. Can't Lose What You Never Had 08. One Way Out 09. High Falls 10. Nevertheless 11. Done Somebody Wrong 12. Sweet Mama 13. Statesboro Blues Disc 2 14. Jessica 15. Call It Stormy Monday 16. Just Another Love Song 17. You Don't Love Me 18. Les Brers In A Minor 19. Whipping Post -
Audience 8.7 - Sound resides somewhere in the mid range and does not feature well defined high end but does have a warm, round bottom to it. The mix does not favor any one instrument, it’s rather even, and all in all the listening experience, while not exceptional in any way, is also not offensive. Genesis Congresshalle Hamburg, Germany October 15, 1981 Disc 1 1. Behind The lines 2. Duchess 3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4. Gutenabend Hamburg 5. Dodo/Lurker 6. Abacab 7. Carpet Crawlers 8. Story Of Sarah Jane 9. Me And Sarah Jane 10. Misunderstanding 11. Eine Alle Stucke 12. Firth Of Fifth 13. Story Of A Man On The Corner 14. Man On The Corner 15. Who Dunnit? Disc 2 1. Band Introductions 2. In The Cage - Cinema Show - Slippermen 3. Afterglow 4. Turn It On Again 5. Dance On A Volcano - Drum Duet - Los Endos 6. I Know What I Like