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Audience 8.7 - Is this the mother of Prince shows? It very well could be just that. A marathon to begin with, but even better, the band and Prince are in spectacular form as an audience that has waited some 19 years for Prince to return to their city literally explode as one hurricane caliber force. Perfect, intense, brilliant. Audio quality is VERY good too, some nice ambience and just enough of the crowd next to the taper to imagine yourself there at the show. Just a ton of fun listening to this, and missing Prince dearly. -
Gong Collection Bonus on Disc 2 (track 6) Amougles Pop And Jazz Festival - Actuel Pop And Jazz Festival- Mont de I'Enclus, Amougies, Belgium-1969 Disc 1 Lyon January 19th, 1973 1. -Gnome intro 2. -Pot Head Pixies 3. -Zero the Hero & the Witch's Spell 4. -I am your Pussy 5. -Why are we Sleeping? 6. -Radio Gnome Invisible 7. -I Feel so Lazy 8. -It's The Time of Your Life 9. -Tropical Fish 10. -Dreaming it Disc two Lyon January 19th, 1973 1. -Flying Teapot - Improvisation 2. -More Teapot 3. -Lawrence The Alien 4. -Blues For Findlay 5. -Teapot Jam 6. -Rational Anthem (Amougies 1969) Disc 3 Sheffield City Hall 10-08-73 1. -Crystal Gnome 2. -Radio Gnome I & II 3. -Mister Pyxie 4. -Deep In The Sky 5. -Flying Tea Pot 6. -Wet Drum Solo 7. -Mange Ton Calepin 8. -You Can't Kill Me 9. -TiticacaDiscs 1 & 2 Soundboard 9.3 - Sounds to be professionally recorded possibly for a radio broadcast, but aside from very minor tape noise (I am nitpicking here), this tape is brilliant and has survived the passing of time in grand shape. Disc 3 Soundboard 9.6 - Superb, in almost every way! -
Audience 9.6 - What makes this such an excellent recording imho is that the sound is not only really balanced, but mix-wise it is also superb. I mean, the punch of the bass, the crispness of the drums, the airiness of the keys, guitar right in the pocket…fuck what else do you want? It’s just excellence and your ears be the judge but mine are pretty spot on usually so…yeah, get this one. -
Soundboard 9.0, Soundboard 9.5, Audience 7.6 - In this collection you have two excellent board tapes and one mediocre audience tape that you probably will not listen to as much as the first two discs. That is not to say the tape was not worth inclusion, but more that it was included for the sake of context since you can hear the band progressing through the years with the material. THE BYRDS Lee Jeans Living Rock Concert 1969 Disc 1 1. -Turn Turn Turn 2. -Ballad Of Easy Rider 3. -It Won't Be Wrong 4. -The Water Is Wide 5. -Mr. Tambourine Man 6. -Nashville West 7. -Lover Of The Bayou 8. -Jesus Is Just Alright 9. -Jesus Is Just Alright 10. -This Wheel's On Fire 11. -Jesus Is Just Alright 12. -Eight Miles High 13. -Break Song Tracks 1-8: Lee Jeans Living Rock Concert FM Radio show 1969 Track 9: KSAN FM broadcast, Fillmore West, June 15, 1969 Tracks 10-13: Bridges Auditorium 1969 (uncomfirmed) Roger McGuinn - guitar, Clarence White - guitar, John York - bass, Gene Parsons - drums. Disc 2 LOYOLA COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, APRIL 15, 1970 1. -Lover Of The Bayou (fade in) 2:54 2. -You Ain't Going Nowhere 3:07 3. -Well Come Back Home 7:55 4. -My Back Pages 2:22 5. -B.J. Blues - Baby What You Want Me To Do 5:03 6. -Truck Stop Girl 4:38 7. -Instrumental 1:26 8. -Mr. Tambourine Man 2:43 9. -Take A Whiff 3:33 10. -This Wheel's On Fire 6:10 11. -It's Alright Ma 2:40 12. -Ballad Of Easy Rider 2:26 13. -Jesus Is Just Alright 2:59 14. -Eight Miles High 16:42 15. -So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star 2:47 16. -Mr. Spaceman 2:54 17. -Outro 1:19 Disc 3 Franklin, Masachusettts November 29. 1972 1. -Lover Of The Bayou 2. -Buglar 3. -Americas Greatest Past-time 4. -Chimes OF Freedom 5. -I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician 6. -My Back Pages (Medley) 7. -Black Mountain Rag 8. -Mister Tambourine Man 9. -Take A Whiff 10. -So You Want To Be a Rock N Roll Star 11. -Mister Spaceman 12. -Chestnut Mare 13. -Jesus Is Just Allright 14. -Eight Miles High 15. -Hold It 16. -Roll Over Beethoven -
Audience 8.4 Audience 9.6 Audience 8.6 - I found the ’68 show to be surprisingly strong for the early vintage, a definite surprise even with some hiss present which could theoretically be mitigated with a re-master but you don’t want to sacrifice any highs as they are just hanging on at the upper end. The ’69 is the famous Texas Pop Festival and of course is the best sounding one, and finally the ’70 show which really surprised me, a tad distant from the stage but clear, and I rather enjoyed the live atmosphere. A great trifecta of early vintage Spirit! Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA November 1968 ONE 1. It's All The Same 2. Fresh Garbage 3. New Dope In Town 4. Apple Orchad 5. Water Woman 6. Mechanical World TWO Texas Pop Festival Sept. 1, 1969 1. Fresh Garbage 2. Elijah 3. Improvisation 4. Ground Hog 5. Grammaphone Man 6. Dream Within A Dream 7. I Got A Line On You 8. Aren't You Glad THREE Mammoth Gardens, Denver, CO June 5-6, 1970 Setlist: 1. Sweet Stella Baby 2. 1984 3. It's All The Same 4. Fresh Garbage 5. Unknown Instrumental 6. Jealous 7. It Shall Be 8. Poor Richard 9. Groundhog -
Jimi Hendrix Gypsy Sun & Rainbows NY Soundboard 9.5 - Rehearsals for the Woodstock Festival that took place in New York in 1969, sounds incredible! Disc 1 (46:32) 01 Freedom (29) Jam (8:00) 02 Message to Love (3) (2:35) 03 Message to Love (50) (6:18) 04 Easy Blues (1) (complete) (10:12) 05 Easy Blues (3) (edited) (7:41) 06 Easy Blues (2) (more edited mix) (4:35) 07 Jam Back at the House (13) (2:23) 08 Jam Back at the House (15) (4:19) Disc 2 (78:50) 01 Izabella (1) (0:19), Izabella (2) (1:07) 02 Izabella (3) (4:44) 03 Izabella (4) (0:40), Izabella (5) (1:07) 04 Izabella (6) (3:40) 05 Machine Gun (1) (12:18) 06 Machine Gun (2) (alternate take) (12:39) 07 Izabella (25) (mono mix) (3:40) 08 Izabella (28) (stereo mix) (3:39) 09 Machine Gun (3) (8:11) 10 Machine Gun (38) (11:19) 11 Machine Gun (39) (7:28) 12 Machine Gun (40) (1:19) Disc 3 (70:31) 01 Jungle Jam / Jam Back at the House (3) (5:58) 02 Valleys of Neptune (22) (instrumental) (3:54) 03 Blues for Me and You (2) (10:29) 04 Blues for Me and You (1) (10:00) 05 Lover Man (45) (instrumental, stereo) (3:42) 06 Blues for Me and You (3) (8:55) 07 Lover Man (4) (instrumental, mono) (4:18) 08 Blues for Me and You (4) (edited) (5:43) 09 Stepping Stone (1) (15:22) -
Soundboard 9.5 - More of the pre-Woodstock rehearsals this time taking place in upstate New York at the infamous “Shokan House” and sounding primo. Disc 1: 1. Back On The Desert (aka. Dance On The Desert) > Acoustic Medley 2. Izabella > The Rumble 3. Izabella / Machine Gun Jam 4. Univibe Jam 5. Message To Love 6. Mannish Boy 7. Mannish Boy > Izabella > You Make Me Feel 8. Ain't Got Nobody 9. The Dance 10. Sundance 11. Freeform Jam Disc 2: 1. Izabella 2. Izabella 3. Izabella 4. Message To Love 5. Jam Back At The House (aka. Beginning) 6. Jam in E 7. Jam Back At The House (aka. Beginning) 8. Machine Gun / If Six Was Nine 9. Flute Instrumental 10. Flute Instrumental 11. Why I Sing The Blues Alternate mixes: 12. Izabella [alternate mix with lower percussion] 13. Sundance [alternate mix with echo] Disc 3: 1. Lover Man 2. Lover Man > Drums 3. Hear My Train A-Comin' 4. Spanish Castle Magic 5. Instrumental Jam 6. Jams with Mitch incl. Villanova Junction Alternate mixes: 7. Flute Jam (from "leakage channel") 8. Instrumental Jam (Flute Jam mixed out) 9. Jams > Villanova Junction (Flute Jam mixed out) -
Soundboard 9.5 and Audience 7.8 - Well, there you have it. You go from first to worst, thankfully most of the show is the board tape which is stellar. For the sake of completeness, the not so great audience source fills in the missing bits and I for one don’t mind that at all. I’d rather have the whole show. Led Zeppelin 1971-09-28 Festival Hall Osaka, Japan Disc 1: 01 Intro 02 Immigrant Song 03 Heartbreaker 04 Since I've Been Loving You 05 Black Dog 06 Dazed And Confused Disc 2: 01 Stairway To Heaven 02 Please Please Me 03 From Me To You 04 Celebration Day 05 Bron-Y-Aur Stomp 06 That's The Way 07 Going To California 08 We Shall Overcome 09 Tangerine 10 Down By The Riverside 11 What Is and What Should Never Be 12 Moby Dick Disc 3: 01 Whole Lotta Love 02 C'mon Everybody 03 High Heeled Sneakers 04 Communication Breakdown -
Audience 9.2 - Some tapes from the audience, that are done well, give you a sense of where you may have been in the room listening, it’s a “visual” recording and I like those kind. Prince Arena @ Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville, CT December 27, 29, 2013 First of three performances in Uncasville Esperanza Spalding opened Disc 1 01. -Intro 02. -Days of Wild 03. -1999 04. -Mutiny 05. -The Sweeter She Is 06. -Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) 07. -Let's Go Crazy 08. -She's Always in My Hair 09. -Musicology 10. -Extraloveable Reloaded 11. -Nothing Compares 2 U 12. -We're A Winner 13. -I Never Loved A Man Disc 2 14. -Satisfied 15. -I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing 16. -Housequake 17. -The Jam 18. -The Bird 19. -Jungle Love 20. -The Glamorous Life 21. -When Doves Cry 22. -Nasty Girl- Sign of the Times 23. -The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - Hot Thing 24. -I Would Die 4 U 25. -Let's Work 26. -U Got the Look 27. -Purple Rain 28. -Intro by Doug E. Fresh - Big City 29. -Superconductor 30. -1999 31. -Mutiny 32. -Nothing Compares 2 U Disc 3 33. -Musicology 34. -Let's Work 35. -U Got the Look 36. -The Sweeter She Is 10. -Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) 37. -Let's Go Crazy 38. -When Doves Cry 39. -Nasty Girl - Sign “O” the Times 40. -Forever In My Life - Pop Life 41. -Housequake Encore 1: 42. -Purple Rain Encore 2: 43. -Take Me With U 44. -Raspberry Beret 45. -Cool with Doug E. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - The Roof Is On Fire chants Encore 3: 46. -Plectrum Electrum The Band: Prince - vocal, guitar, bass, sampler-keyboard 3rd Eye Girl feat. ~ Hannah Ford - drums Donna Grantis - guitar Ida Nielsen - bass New Power Generation feat. ~ Andrew Gouché - bass Cassandra O'Neal , keyboards Shelby J. - vocal Liv Warfield - vocal Elisa Dease - vocal BK Jackson - saxophone Marcus Anderson - saxophone Adrian Crutchfield - saxophone Lynn Grissett - trumpet Steve Reid - trumpet Phil Lassiter - trumpet Sylvester Onyejiaka - saxophone Keith Anderson - saxophone Nick Marchione - trumpet Roy Agee - trombone Joey Rayfield - trombone) -
Audience 9.3 - Yes, it is that good – and there is, I believe, a soundboard which is the source for the pro shot video but the audience tape is used here because, quite frankly, it is better. You need the atmosphere, you need the sense of space, distance, and vibe that a well-done audience tape can produce. The dynamics are good, the sound is round and warm, lush if you will. My only complaint would be the lack of the crisp highs, but there are highs present just a little rounded off maybe. I am nitpicking! -
FM Broadcast 9.1 (Seattle) and Audience 8.3 (Fresno) - Two very cool shows with the first one taking the cake for fidelity but the second one is a stomper. It is pretty clear with guitar being very good and loud (screaming in fact!) but not at the expense of everything else. It’s lacking maybe some lower end definition and separation of instruments during their jamming parts (might lose some of the drums in there, and keyboards are absent sometimes) but these are not going to bother you when you start listening to this gig because it’s a thriller. STYX Paramount Theater Seattle, WA March 26, 1976 Reel to Reel Master @ 3 AND 3/4 ips KZOK Too High Concert Aired March 19th 1979 THE BAND Chuck Panozzo bass backing vocals James Young guitar backing and lead vocals Tommy Shaw guitar lead and backing vocals Dennis DeYoung lead and backing vocals keyboards John Panozzo drums Disc 1 1 -Intro 2 -Born For Adventure 3 -Lorelei 4 -You Need Love 5 -Suite Madame Blue 6 -Midnight Ride 7 -Rock and Roll Feeling with Guitar and Drum Solos 8 -KZOK sTATION ID Disc 2 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA. August 14th 1977 1. -Intro (2:51) 2. -Put Me On (6:08) 3. -Lorelei (6:35) 4. -Mademoiselle (5:21) 5. -Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) (5:38) 6. -Suite Madame Blue (10:21) 7. -Crystal Ball (6:23) Disc 3 1. -Light Up (4:55) (Sourced from Miami 1977) 2. -Come Sail Away (8:42) 3. -Lady (4:27) 4. -Midnight Ride (10:26) 5. -Miss America (6:54) 6. -Born For Adventure (6:20) -
Soundboard 9.4 - Both shows exceptional quality, and performances are pretty exemplary. In fact, during the introduction to the Buffalo show a point is made regarding the last performance there at the venue that it was not their best due to an illness with a band member and that this show would be no such thing. I guess they wanted to make a clear statement. Mahavishnu Orchestra 1973-01-27 Century Theater, Buffalo, NY Disc 1 001. Greetings>Moments of Silence 002. Birds of Fire 003. Open Country Joy 004. Dawn Disc 2 005. Dance of Maya 006. Sanctuary 007. One Word 008. Hope 009. Celestial Terrestrial Commuters Mahavishnu Orchestra 1973-05-09 Morris A Mechanic Theater Baltimore MD Disc 3 010. Birds Of Fire 011. Open Country Joy 012. Noonward Race 013. You Know, You Know 014. The Dance of Maya 015. Vital Transformation Billy Cobham - drums Jerry Goodman - violin Jan Hammer - keyboards Rick Laird - bass John McLaughlin - guitar -
Soundboard 9.4 - Yes it is CDB but it’s also a whole lot more. Since 1974 they hosted the Volunteer Jam and invited their friends and fellow “southern” rock bands including this legendary get together (famous for being the first on-stage appearance of Lynyrd Skynyrd after the plane crash). Sound is taken from what sounds like a couple of different sources but it’s all consistently great. January 13, 1979 Volunteer Jam V was held at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, TN. This Jam marked the return of Lynyrd Skynyrd to the stage for the first time since the '77 plane crash, and the CDB gave the first live performance of a song that would catapult the band to superstardom, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." Special guests also included Toy Caldwell and George McCorkle from the Marshall Tucker Band, Dobie Gray, The Winters Brothers Band, The Henry Paul Band, Link Wray, John Prine,Papa John Creach, Carl Perkins, and Jim Owen. Total Time = 03:14:26 Disc 1 01 Passing Lane 02 Jitterbug 03 Trudy 04 Intro Reflections 05 Reflections 06 Caballo Diablo 07 Intro Long Haired Country Boy 08 Long Haired Country Boy 09 Funky Junky 10 Uneasy Rider 11 Birmingham Blues 12 Cumberland Mountain No. 9 13 Devil Went Down To Georgia Disc 2 14 Orange Blossom Special 15 end of CDB set Banter 16 Award Presentation 17 Drift Away 18 Grey Ghost 19 It Hurts Me Too 20 Dust My Broom 21 Confusion 22 Spanish Pipedream 23 Paradise 24 Mexican Home 25 Ain't We A Pair Disc 3 26 I Reserve the Right 27 Carl Perkins Intro 28 Blue Suede Shoes 29 Down Home Blues 30 Lovesick Blues 31 Rumble 32 Intro Call Me The Breeze 33 Introductions 34 Call Me The Breeze 35 Freebird 36 Can't You See 37 The South's Gonna Do It Again Track 17 by Dobie Gray Track 18 by Henry Paul Band Tracks 19-21 by Grinderswitch Tracks 22-24 by John Prine Tracks 25 and 26 by Stillwater Tracks 27 and 28 by Carl Perkins Track 29 by Papa John Creach Track 30 by Jim Owen Track 31 by Link Wray Tracks 32-27 by Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Soundboard 9.3 - Three discs containing three shows performed during a stretch of the ’74 tour when Bill Bruford was brought in to complete the tour dates scheduled. All three are soundboard, great clarity and dynamics, a real sonic treat and of course Bruford brings a wide array of chops and panache to add to an already talented ensemble. Gong Ibsenhuset, Skien, Norway December 11, 1974 Disc 1 1. -Master Builder (6:08) 2. -Perfect Mystery (2:26) 3. -Tropical Fish (5:12) 4. -I Never Glid Before (7:22) 5. -Solar Musick Suite (7:48) 6. -Oily Way (2:11) 7. -Outer Temple (2:52) 8. -Inner Temple (1:30) 9. -A Sprinkling Of Clouds (5:36) 10. -You Can't Kill Me (3:33) 11. -The Isle Of Everywhere (2:17) Total time 46:55 Notes: First Scandinavian gig. Several tracks cut in or out. Some tape problems during the first 3 minutes. Disc 2 Oslo (Norway), Chateau-Neuf – December 15, 1974 1. -Master Builder (13:34) 2. -Perfect Mystery (2:38) 3. -Tropical Fish - Selene (7:13) 4. -I Never Glid Before (7:38) 5. -Transition (1:10) 6. -Solar Musick Suite (9:01) 7. -Didier Improv (10:21) - 8. -Oily Way (2:32) 9. -Inner Temple (3:33) - 10. -Outer Temple (1:37) 11. -Gliss Improv (3:41) 12. -A Sprinkling Of Clouds (2:21) Disc 3 Rotterdam (Netherlands), Eksit - December 7, 1974 1. -A Sprinkling Of Clouds (7:24) 2. -You Can't Kill Me (8:58) 3. -Isle Of Everywhere (10:21) 4. -You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever (12:37) 5. -Applause (5:57) 6. -Flying Teapot (8:04) Lineup: Daevid Allen - vocals & guitar Didier Malherbe - saxes, flute & vocals Steve Hillage - guitar & vocals Miquette Giraudy - vocals & percussion Tim Blake - synthesizers & vocals Mike Howlett - bass Bill Bruford - drums -
Audience 8.4 - A fine document albeit not without limitations. Sound is generally clear, the mix is heavily in favor of Keith’s rhythm guitar, although Mick Taylor is not absent. Mick Jagger is audible, not clearly, but he is audible. Bass sounds pretty good, Charlie is there too but not distinctly. It’s not muddy, really, it’s not close, it’s not far – this is a very good “average” tape if that makes any sense. The Seattle portion (included in this set) is maybe in the 8.7 range, this source being a bit better than the other version we offer here. BTW I think the Midnight Rambler version here is one of the best of the tour. The Rolling Stones Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 1972-06-03 Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA 1972-06-04 (2nd show) CD1 __Vancouver__ 01 Brown Sugar 02 Rocks Off 03 Gimme Shelter 04 Bitch 05 Tumbling Dice 06 Happy 07 Honky Tonk Women 08 Loving Cup 09 Torn And Frayed 10 Sweet Virginia 11 You Can't Always Get What You Want 12 Ventilator Blues CD2 13 Midnight Rambler 14 All Down The Line 15 Bye Bye Johnny 16 Rip This Joint 17 Jumping Jack Flash 18 Street Fighting Man __Seattle__ 19 intro 20 Brown Sugar 21 Bitch 22 Rocks Off 23 Gimme Shelter 24 The Loveliest Night Of The Year 25 Happy 26 Tumbling Dice CD3 27 Love In Vain 28 Sweet Virginia 29 Loving Cup 30 Band intro 31 You Can't Always Get What You Want 32 All Down The Line 33 Midnight Rambler 34 Midnight Rambler 35 Bye Bye Johnny 36 Rip This Joint 37 Jumping Jack Flash 38 Street Fighting Man Total Time: 2h:57m:28s. -
Audience 8.4 and Audience 8.2 - Both performances showcase a confident Jeff Beck, but in terms of sound quality the London show is clearer and bass has less boom so you can really dial in to the playing. The Manchester show is not that bad but it is a bit murkier, slightly more dynamic in the vocal dept. and I think the London show edges it out in performance quality as well. Doesn’t mean you will ignore it, just that you will favor the London gig, in fact the London show is a real contender to be in all Jeff Beck fans’ collections. Beck, Bogert, & Appice .... February 3, 1973 Imperial College of Printing; London, England Jeff Beck - guitar, vocals Tim Bogert - bass, vocals Carmine Appice - drums, vocals Set List: Disc One 01 - Superstition 02 - Livin' Alone 03 - I'm So Proud 04 - Lady 05 - Morning Dew - Drum Solo 06 - Sweet Sweet Surrender 07 - Lose Myself With You - Bass Solo 08 - Black Cat Moan - Jeff's Boogie - Blues De Luxe - Black Cat Moan Disc Two 01 - Why Should I Care 02 - Plynth - Shotgun - Plynth 03 - People Get Ready 04 - Oleo - Boogie Beck, Bogert, & Appice .... February 11, 1973 Hard Rock, Manchester, England 05 - tuning stuff 06 - Superstition 07 - Livin' Alone> 08 - I'm So Proud 09 - Lady 10 - Morning Dew - Drum Solo Disc Three 01 - Sweet Sweet Surrender 02 - You Don't Care - Bass Solo - You Don't Care 03 - Jeff's Boogie - Blues Jam - Beverly Hillbillies Jam 04 - Jeff's Boogie (cont'd; with mid-cut) 05 - Why Should I Care? 06 - Plynth - Shotgun - Bass Solo - Plynth 07 - People Get Ready - Lady - Oleo - Jam