Audience 9.7 - Contrary to what you initially would have thought about Prince audience recordings, that the people there to see him aren’t exactly the type you would think would be overly concerned about getting an excellent capture…sure I am profiling here but it’s true - you expect this crowd is mainly there to bump and grind with each other and party like it’s 1999 or something. Now, I have to say after listening to many Prince audience recordings I come away as being impressed for the most part. This tape confirms what I now believe, that Prince bootleggers actually give a shit about the quality of the sound recordings they make. I LOVE the sound and feel of this tape…hands down I put this up against ANY soundboard you want to throw at me. This has ELECTRICITY and you don’t get that out of line recordings. Prince Celebration Event 2000 Northrop Auditorium Minneapolis, MN. June 13, 2000 Disc 1 1. Najee Intro 2. Anna Stesia 3. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold - 4 The Tears In Your Eyes 4. Uptown 5. Let's Work 6. Delirious 7. Rock N' Roll Is Alive (outro) 8. Purple Rain 9. Prettyman 10. Speech 11. Breathe And Stop 12. Vivrant Thing - La Di Da Di 13. Come On 14. The One 15. The Question Of U 16. When You Were Mine Disc 2 1. Days Of Wild 2. Speech 3. No More Rain (In This Cloud) 4. Dr. Feelgood 5. Speech 6. Nothing Compares 2 U 7. Take Me With U 8. Raspberry Beret 9. Country And Western Jam 10. James Bond Theme 11. (Eye Like) Funky Music 12. The Jam - A Night In Tunisia 13. Everyday People 14. Man O' War 15. Adore Disc 3 1. America - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose - Take The A-Train 2. Kiss 3. Gett Off 4. Gett Off (Houstyle) 5. Doing It To Death - Groove On - Push It Up Bunkers Bar, Minneapolis June 5, 2000 6. Sexy Dancer Bunkers Bar, Minneapolis June 12, 2000 7. You Got The Love 8. Everyday People  

Audience 8.8 - Here we have two concerts in very good quality that show a band undeniably at the peak, a peak that seemed to stretch out for a VERY long time I might add, but a creative peak that gave audiences a lot to digest musically. The quality of this tape is pretty decent but I give it a knock in the rating (although 8.8 is still high) because I got too much emphasis on an upper mid frequency that didn’t rub me the right way and this is a subjective analysis. The tape allows plenty of information in that you get pretty much everything, it’s clear, and the content is worth the price of admission. I am making a subjective observation but I feel the taper had done an amazing job and it would have gotten a 9.4 if the mic he used delivered more dynamics and a wider sound-field. Picky picky picky!  This sounds good. JETHRO TULL Falkoner Teatret Copenhagen, Denmark 1974-December-04 Disc 1 01. -Introduction 02. -Wind-Up - Passion Play (Excerpt) 03. -Thick As A Brick 04. -My God 05. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo 06. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo - John Evan Keyboard - Strings Solo 07. -Cross-Eyed Mary 08. -How Much Is That Doggie In The Window 09. -Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day 10. -Wond'ring Aloud - Wond'ring Again 11. -Queen And Country 12. -Ladies 13. -Barriemore Barlow Drum Solo Disc 2 01. -WarChild 02. -Sealion 03. -Bungle In The Jungle 04. -Aqualung 05. -Back Door Angels - Martin Barre Guitar Solo 06. -Locomotive Breath 07. -Back-Door Angels (Reprise) 08. -Introduction 09. -Wind-Up - Passion Play Excerpt 10. -Thick As A Brick 11. -My God 12. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo 13. -Flute - Keyboard - Strings Solo 14. -Cross-Eyed Mary Disc 3 01. -How Much Is That Doggie In The Window 02. -Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day 03. -Wond'ring Aloud - Wond'ring Again (with Strings) 04. -Queen And Country (with Strings) 05. -Ladies (with Strings) 06. -Barriemore Barlow Drum Solo 07. -Warchild (with Strings) 08. -Sealion - Bungle In The Jungle (with Strings) 09. -Aqualung 10. -Back Door Angels - Martin Barre Guitar Solo 11. -Locomotive Breath 12. -Back Door Angels (Reprise) Disc 2 (Tracks 08-14) and Disc 3: Thursday, December 05, 1974 Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark. Ian Anderson - Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Saxophone Martin Barre - Electric Guitar John Evan - Piano, Organ, Synthesizers, Accordion Jeffrey Hammond–Hammond - Bass Guitar, String Bass Barriemore Barlow - Drums, Percussion.  

Audience 8.8 - Truly a marvel, you get three blockbuster acts performing outdoors at a large German Rock Festival in 1974 and you are sitting there listening to something that was probably forgotten within days by everyone as they smoke, drank, and partied until the cows came home in preparation for the next festival that came to town. What I am really saying is that while the band members and audiences probably cannot recall what they did on September 27th, 1974, we can now relive that very day in the lives of all of those people because taper managed to capture everything while sitting in a decent spot and running decent gear. Why he/she did this I do not know but I certainly appreciate their efforts not taking it for granted one bit. The music here sounds good to my ears, very comfortable even if not very distinct in the mid band (where guitars reside) but more than made up for with a beautiful round bass sound and good vocals and highs. Very nice! The Great Music Circus Heidelberg-Eppelheim Rhein-Neckar-Halle September 27th, 1974 Disc 1 Black Oak Arkansas 1. -Announcements 2. -Fever In My Mind 3. -Lord Have Mercy On My Soul 4. -Hey Y'all 5. -Dixie 6. -Full Moon Ride 7. -Mutants Of The Monster 8. -Hot N' Nasty 9. -Hot Rod 10. -Up - Drum Solo 11. -Jim Dandy To The Rescue 12. -Movin' Electric Light Orchestra 01. -Daybreaker 02. -Showdown 03. -Daytripper 04. -Violin Solo 05. -Ma-Ma-Ma Belle 06. -In the Hall of the Mountain King 07. -Great Balls of Fire 08. -Roll Over Beethoven Humble Pie 01. -Intro 02. -Thunderbox 03. -Sweet Peace and Time 04. -The Fixer 05. -30 Days in the Hole 06. -Let Me Be Your Lovemaker 07. -C'mon Everybody 08. -I Don't Need No Doctor

Audience 8.7 - This is a marvel! I mean, who would of thought to bother recording the completely underground opening acts for Genesis!  Come to think of it, maybe even Genesis were still considered to be "underground" around this time! The point being that because someone went to the trouble to bring gear and set up to record you don't immediately expect that person to get ready in time to record each act in its entirety.They had to have planned it, to make sure they had enough blank tape, got situated in a good spot, got it rolling and balanced and then made sure to get the whole performance...MUCH respect to taper!  The sound quality is very good, it is clear the machine used is good gear but I am inclined to think either the house mix was not ideal or his position was not ideal but the recording itself you can tell is solid. The flaw?  I would call it mid-band crunch, or too much information crowding the middle band but not to the extent of distortion or overload, more that it ended up not having the clarity you want. The low end is round and tight, it's a comfortable sound but the overall mix is average. The Charisma Promo Concert 1973 Disc 1 Capability Brown Heidelberg, Stadthalle January 15th 1973 01 -Introduction 02 -Beautiful Scarlet 03 -No Range 04 -Liar 05 -Redman 06 -I will Be There 07 -The Garden 08 -Keep Death Off The Road (Drive On The Pavement) Disc 2 Lindisfarne Heidelberg, Stadthalle January 15th 1973 01 -Introduction 02 -No Time To Lose 03 -Together Forever 04 -All Fall Down 05 -Unknown Title 06 -Turn A Deaf Ear 07 -Lady Eleanore 08 -Scotch Mist 09 -The Clear White Light 10 -Meet Me On The Corner 11 -Oh No, Not Again 12 -We Can Swing Together Disc 3 Genesis Heidelberg, Stadthalle January 15th 1973 01 -Introduction 02 -Watcher Of The Skies 03 -Twilight Alehouse 04 -Get 'em Out By Friday 05 -The Musical Box 06 -The Return Of The Giant Hogweed  

Audience 9.3 - Legendary Mike “The Mic” Millard recording and what a sparkling one it is. It’s hard to place Yes’s music into any sort of time frame because it is timeless, therefore a good 1991 show is just as “good” as a 1971 show, meaning as you listen you realize there’s no real difference in that the 1991 show might as well be the band during any time frame because it’s just as good. Yes The Forum Inglewood, CA May 15, 1991 Disc 1 01 Firebird Suite 02 Yours Is No Disgrace 03 Rhythm Of Love 04 Shock To The System 05 Heart Of The Sunrise 06 Clap 07 Mood For A Day Disc 2 08 Make It Easy 09 Owner Of A Lonely Heart 10 And You And I 11 Drum Solos 12 Hold On 13 I've Seen All Good People 14 Tony Kaye Solo 15 Changes 16 Solly's Beard Disc 3 17 Long Distance Runaround 18 Whitefish 19 Amazing Grace 20 Lift Me Up 21 Rick Wakeman Solo 22 Awaken 23 Roundabout Jon Anderson – lead vocals Bill Bruford – electric and acoustic drums, percussion Steve Howe – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals Tony Kaye – Hammond organ, synthesizers Trevor Rabin – electric guitars, lead and backing vocals Chris Squire – bass guitar, pedals, backing vocals Rick Wakeman – electric piano, synthesizers, keytar Alan White – acoustic drums, percussion  

Pro Audience 9.3 - What is a pro audience recording exactly?  This right here. In other words it was set up from the start to be done to the highest standards. These concerts were highly promoted and a lot of media exists including paper goods, photographs, and yes, recordings. This also includes the pre-show gospel songs (disc 3). Personally, I rather enjoy Bob’s “religious” period as I find the songs and performances on a very high level and his singing is the best of his career (imho). Bob Dylan Fox Warfield Theater San Francisco, CA November 16, 1979 Disc 1 07. Gotta Serve Somebody 08. I Believe In You 09. When You Gonna Wake Up 10. When He Returns 11. Man Gave Names to All the Animals 12. Precious Angel 13. Slow Train Coming 14. Covenant Woman 15. Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One 16. God Uses Ordinary People Disc 2 17. Gonna Change My Way of Thinking 18. Do Right To Me Baby 19. Solid Rock 20. Saving Grace 21. Saved 22. What Can I Do For You 23. In The Garden + encore break, band intro 24. Blessed Be the Name 25. Pressing On Disc 3 PRE SHOW GOSPEL SONGS 01. If I Got My Ticket Lord 02. Its Gonna Rain 03. Do Lord, Remember Me 04. Look Up and Live by Faith 05. Oh Freedom! 06. This Train The Players - Bob Dylan - guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals - Spooner Oldham - keyboards, vocals - Terry Young - keyboards, vocals - Fred Tackett - guitar - Tim Drummond - bass - Jim Keltner - drums - Regina McCrary - vocals - Helena Springs - vocals - Mona Lisa Young - vocals

Audience 9.2 - A lovely, spacious, almost elegant recording even though it is originating somewhere in the middle I would guess. The sound feels slightly above you, but it’s warm and pleasant. The only knock is that taper missed a little of a couple of songs due to hassles from security. I can forgive that, at least they didn’t seize his gear.  Good job taper! RUSH November 4, 1996 Gund Arena Cleveland, OH, USA Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Dreamline 03 The Big Money 04 Driven 05 Half the World 06 Red Barchetta 07 Animate 08 Limbo 09 The Trees 10 Red Sector A 11 Virtuality Disc 2 12 Nobody's Hero 13 2112: Overture 14 2112: Temples of Syrinx 15 2112: Discovery 16 2112: Presentation 17 2112: Oracle-The Dream 18 2112: Soliloquy 19 2112: Grand Finale 20 Intro 21 Test For Echo 22 Subdivisions 23 Freewill Disc 3 24 Roll the Bones 25 Time and Motion 26 Leave That Thing Alone 27 Drum Solo 28 Natural Science 29 Force Ten 30 The Spirit of Radio 31 Tom Sawyer 32 YYZ 33 Cygnus X-1  

Audience 9.1 - I waited a long time to get to hear a very strong and clear audience tape of this line up. The wait is over! This rocks! Reading 1983 FM Broadcast 9.3 - I can’t say for sure if this was broadcast or not but it does sound like one of those recordings that ended up over the air. Why?  I don’t know it just has that kind of feel to it, and for that reason this should get repeated plays because it’s simply excellent. Black Sabbath U.I.C. Pavilion Chicago, IL 1983-11-18 Disc 1 101 Supertzar - Devil Baby Crying 102 Children Of The Grave 103 Hot Line 104 War Pigs 105 Disturbing The Priest 106 Supernaut 107 Drum Solo 108 Rock 'n' Roll Doctor 109 Stonehenge 110 Iron Man Disc 2 201 The Dark 202 Zero The Hero 203 Heaven And Hell 204 Guitar Solo 205 Black Sabbath 206 Smoke On The Water 207 Paranoid - Heaven And Hell (Reprise) Bonus DIsc Reading Rock Festival 27-August-83 1. -Hot Line 2. -War Pigs 3. -Black Sabbath 4. -Zero The Hero 5. -Digital Bitch 6. -Iron Man 7. -Smoke on the Water 8. -Paranoid