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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! -
Soundboard 9.3 - Fantastic! Now I was not familiar with this band, but I must say, it’s pretty good musically with emphasis on their white-hot lead guitarist. The songs aren’t anything super duper, and their singer isn’t sensational either, but in combination all this works together to become a little more than the individual parts. I like this guitar! I already made that point but it’s worth repeating. Coney Hatch Agora Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio, USA September 8th, 1982 FM Broadcast Recording Track List: 01 - We Got The Night 02 - Stand Up 03 - You Ain't Got Me 04 - Your Kinda Love 05 - Victim Of Rock 06 - Too Far Gone 07 - Devil's Deck 08 - I Saw The Light 09 - I'll Do The Talkin' 10 - Marcais 11 - Dreamland 12 - Monkey Bars 13 - Love Poison 14 - Hey Operator 15 - No Sleep Tonight -
Audience 9.5 - This recording is special, each instrument occupies its own space and has great depth and tone, especially bass which is woody and precise. This recording showcases one really intrinsically valuable characteristic lacking in soundboards – and that is the sense of time and place, distance and depth. In order to get a good feel of a live concert, you sometimes need to have those elements and this tape has them all. PINK FLOYD DEFINITIVE LANDOVER 1975 Capitol Center, Landover, Maryland, USA 9th & 10th June 1975 DISC 1 Raving And Drooling You Gotta Be Crazy Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1-5 Have A Cigar Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 6-9 DISC 2 The Dark Side of The Moon Speak To Me Breathe On The Run Time Breathe (reprise) The Great Gig In The Sky Money Us And Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse DISC 3 Audience Echoes DISC 4 (Live at Capitol Center, Landover, Maryland, USA 10th June 1975) Raving And Drooling You Gotta Be Crazy Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1-5 Have A Cigar Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 6-9 -
Audience 8.8 Bright and defined, a little light on the bottom end but nevertheless there’s a lot to like about this tape. Def Leppard - Warnors Theatre in Fresno Ca 05 21 1980 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. When the Walls Came Tumbling Down 3. It Could Be You 4. Hello America 5. Satellite 6. Lady Strange 7. Rock Brigade 8. Answer to the Master 9. It Don't Matter 10. Rocks Off 11. Wasted 12. Encore Break 13. Ride Into the Sun 14. Outro -
Soundboard 9.8 - A beautiful sounding show, and some interesting arrangements. Dire Straits - 1981-07-05 Werchter,Belgium Artist Dire Straits Venue Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium Date 5th July 1981 Source Soundboard Tracks 01. Once Upon A Time In The West [08:34] 02. Expresso Love [06:54] 03. Down To The Waterline [05:03] 04. Skateaway [07:35] 05. Romeo And Juliet [09:29] 06. News [03:37] 07. Private Investigations [03:01] 08. Sultans Of Swing [11:01] 09. Angel Of Mercy [06:34] 10. Tunnel Of Love [12:26] Runtime: 01:14:15 -
Audience 7.9/Soundboard 8.8 - A rough and tumble recording for a rough and tumble show. Quite frankly, it’s a perfect match, but obviously when the soundboard portions kick in it is a relief to the ears. The audience tape is one of the better sounding ones of the tour – we’ve all heard the dismal sounding ones and this is by far better. The video footage gives you more appreciation for the tapers efforts, because it just looks like it would have been a miracle to have produced anything remarkable in that venue. My hats off to the tapers! The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Tour Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI, USA November 24th, 1969 Track List 01 Jumpin' Jack Flash 02 Carol 03 Sympathy For The Devil 04 Stray Cat Blues 05 Love In Vain 06 Prodigal Son 07 You Gotta Move 08 Under My Thumb 09 Midnight Rambler 10 Live With Me 11 Little Queenie 12 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 13 Honky Tonk Women 14 Street Fighting Man Includes Rare Video Footage! -
Audience 8.4 - This tape has been recently surfaced and is not bad at all, however it did receive a “refresh” in the form of a re-mastering which boosted the levels a bit after notching out some noisy mids. It sounds pretty decent, maybe midway back in the venue but hearing pretty much everything especially Mick and Keith which is fine by me. County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 8th 1975 DISC 1: 01. Honky Tonk Women 02. All Down The Line 03. If You Can't Rock Me / Get Off Of My Cloud 04. Star Star 05. Gimme Shelter 06. Mick Jagger speaks 07. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 08. You Gotta Move 09. You Can't Always Get What You Want 10. Sure The One You Need 11. Tumbling Dice 12. Luxury DISC 2: 01. Band Introductions 02. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 03. Angie 04. Wild Horses 05. That's Life (Billy Preston) 06. Outa Space (Billy Preston) 07. Midnight Rambler 08. Brown Sugar 09. Rip This Joint 10. Street Fighting Man 11. Jumpin' Jack Flash 12. 1975 Tour announcement 13. 1975 News report -
Audience 8.4 - A very rare treat, to hear a complete “Preservation” era show. There’s really not a lot of 1973 recording around. This one sounds just fine, while not venturing too far in either direction dynamically, and some lack of clarity down low in the spectrum…but the upper mids and highs seem fine. It’s a good recording that could use your own EQ flavoring to round it into shape. I am happy to have this as I have not heard many, if any, ’73 tapes as good as this. THE KINKS Boston Music Hall Boston, MA April 1st 1973 THE BAND Ray Davies vocal guitar Dave Davies lead guitar vocal Mick Avory drums John Dalton bass John Gosling keyboards Laurie Brown trumpet John Beecham trombone tuba Alan Holmes saxophone clarine SETLIST 1 -Intro 2 -Victoria 3 -Acute Schizophernia Paranoid Blues 4 -Until The End Of The Day 5 -Medley (The Last Time I Saw You/Little Queenie/Shakin All Over/Whole Lotta Shakin Going On, Etc) 6 -Maybe Because I'm A Londoner 7 -Lola 8 -Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 9 -Celluloid Heroes 10 -Here Comes Yet Another Day 11 -Picture Book 12 -People Take Pictures Of Each Other 13 -Alcohol 14 -Skin and Bones - Dry Bones 15 -Good Golly Miss Molly 16 -You Really Got Me 17 -All The Day And All Of The Night 18 -Thank You - Announcements -
Soundboard 9.2 - Still sounds as fresh and exciting today as it did then. Maybe just a tiny amount of “hot” mic but it only adds to the energy of this recording. Jefferson Airplane 3/4/67 Cafe A Go Go New York City 01.-It's No Secret 02 -Let's Get Together 03.-White Rabbit 04.-Your Bringing Me Down 05.-My Best Friend 06. -Jorma's Blues 07. -This Is My Life 08. -She Has Funny Cars 09. -Somebody To Love 10. -Tobacco Road 11. -Around The World 12. -Instrumental - Blues 13. -Today 14. -High Flying Bird -
Audience 8.7 - Believe it or not, few excellent recordings exist of Motley Crue from these early days. This one is actually very decent, with a lot of festival atmosphere, and even though the recording is “distant” it is clear and you get a good round bass, clear and loud guitar, and vocals very clear. Virtually no muck in this tape, you can turn it up loud too because there’s good headroom. Motley Crue - 1984-08-18 Castle Donington Park, England 01 Intro - Bastard 02 Knock `Em dead 03 Shout At The devil 04 Ten Seconds To love 05 Piece Of Your Action 06 Red Hot 07 Looks That Kill 08 Live Wire 09 Helster Skelter Running Time: 44 mn. 4 s. note: The Crüe makes their first trip to the U.K. and plays the huge Monsters of Rock Festival in Donington at noon in front of about sixty thousand metalheads. After kicking off the show, Mötley is followed on stage by Y&T, Accept, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen and AC/DC. At the end of their set, Nikki throws his bass into the crowd and it lands on a fan named Stu Taylor, smashing his glasses and cutting his head open. A number of people take the guitar to the side of the stage to smash it up and share out the pieces. -
FM Broadcast 9.7- As good as it gets. Amy Winehouse Glastonbury Festival Worthy Farm, Pilton, England Friday August 29th, 2008 Track List: 01. Addicted 02. Just Friends 03. Tears Dry On Their Own 04. Cupid [Sam Cooke cover] 05. Back To Black 06. Wake Up Alone 07. Some Unholy War 08. Love Is A Losing Game 09. Hey Little Rich Girl [The Specials cover] 10. A Message to You, Rudy [Dandy Livingstone cover] 11. You're Wondering Now [The Skatalites cover] 12. You Know I'm No Good 13. Me & Mr. Jones 14. Rehab -
Soundboard 9.8 - Expertly recorded and mixed, and a pretty damn good performance too! Every bit of both concerts is here, simply glorious. Eric Clapton’s Rainbow Concert Date: January 13th 1973 Location: Rainbow Theatre,London,England Disc 1 01-Introduction 02-Layla 03-Badge 04-Blues Power 05-Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 06-Roll It Over 07-Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad 08-Little Wing Disc 2 01-Bottle Of Red Wine 02-After Midnight 03-Bell Bottom Blues 04-Presence Of The Lord 05-Tell The Truth 06-Pearly Queen 07-Let It Rain 08-Crossroads Disc 3 01-Introduction 02-Layla 03-Badge 04-Blues Power 05-Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 06-Roll It Over 07-Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad 08-Little Wing Disc 4 01-Bottle Of Red Wine 02-Presence Of The Lord 03-Tell The Truth 04-Pearly Queen 05-Key To The Highway 06-Let it Rain 07-Crossroads 08-Layla Band:Eric Clapton And Palpitations Eric Clapton Pete Townshend Ron Wood Steve Winwood Rick Grech Jim Capaldi Jimmy Karstein -
Soundboard 9.5 - A great, loud, but very well balanced board, and it has some dynamics to it, and even manages to allow some atmosphere to creep in. After all, it was New Year’s Eve so you gotta get some of the atmosphere in there. Explosive! Santana New Year's Eve 1976 Cow Palace, SF. Dec. 31, 1976 1 Carnaval - Let The Children Play - Jugando 2 Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 3 Dance Sister Dance 4 Revelations 5 Oye Como Va 6 Maria Caracoles 7 Savor - Toussaint L'Ouverture 8 Let Me 9 Europa 10 Band Introduction - Soul Sacrifice 11 Let The Music Set You Free -
Soundboard 9.3 - Nice re-mastering here, brings out the music to where it’s really vibrant and powerful. Wings 'Wings Over Los Angeles 1976' (Remastered) The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA., USA June 22 + 23, 1976 Disc 1 1. Venus And Mars - Rock Show - Jet 2. Let Me Roll It 3. Spirits of Ancient Egypt 4. Medicine Jar 5. Maybe I'm Amazed 6. Call Me Back Again 7. Lady Madonna 8. The Long And Winding Road 9. Live And Let Die 10. Picasso's Last Words 11. Richard Cory 12. Bluebird 13. I've Just Seen A Face 14. Blackbird 15. Yesterday Disc 2 1. You Gave Me The Answer 2. Magnetto And Titanium Man 3. Go Now 4. My Love 5. Listen To What The Man Said 6. Let 'Em In 7. Time To Hide 8. Silly Love Songs 9. Beware My Love 10. Letting Go 11. Band On The Run 12. Hi Hi Hi 13. Solly -
Audience 8.8 - I can’t believe it was 32 years ago I attended, and recorded, this concert. It was my birthday present, although this actually went down one day before my b-day. It’s weird because Joe also sang “Birthday” the classic Beatles song (and it wasn’t for me although I imagined that it was ha ha!). This recording is only now being made available, and it sounds great and just how I remember it, with Joe being very animated and playing lots of numbers not normally played, and telling funny stories. It was a great night, I had a blast. Joe Walsh Syria Mosque Pittsburgh, PA. 2-06-1988 Sony Hand Held Video 48K> MP4> Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 10> 44K .wav Disc 1 1. -Unknown 2. -Take Me Out To The Ballgame 3. -Indian Summer 4. -Santa Claus Story 5. -Tomorrow 6. -I Know You Love Me (And So Do I) 7. -Birthday 8. -Meadows 9. -White Summer - Black Mountain Side 10. The Confessor 11. -Walk Away 12. -Life In The Fast Lane Disc 2 13. -Turn To Stone 14. -In The City 15. -Audience 16. -Funk 49 17. -Joe Tells Jokes 18. -Rocky Mountain Way 19. -More Wisdom From Joe 20. -Life's Been Good 21. -Audience 22. -All Night Long -
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