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Audience 9.6 - Stunning! It’s bright and clear and super dynamic with a palpable sense of positional awareness as you can hear the sound envelope you and the waves of excitement washing over the audience in seemingly 360 degrees. I take this over any soundboard tape any day of the week. Santana Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA July 15, 1990 Disc 1 01 Angels All Around Us > Spirits Dancing In The Flesh 02 Somewhere In Heaven 03 It's A Jungle Out There 04 Soweto (Africa Libre) 05 Peace On Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix cover) 06 The Healer (John Lee Hooker cover) 07 Batuka 08 No One To Depend On 09 We Don't Have To Wait Disc 2 10 Bass Solo 11 Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen 12 Oye Como Va 13 Mandela 14 For Those Who Chant 15 Savor 16 Blues For Salvador Disc 3 17 Choose 18 She's Not There (Zombies cover) > Marbles 19 Toussaint L'Ouverture 20 Soul Sacrifice > A Love Supreme 21 Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile) 22 Jin-Go-Lo-Ba -
Audience 8.5 (discs 1 & 2) FM Broadcast 8.7 - Well this is odd, you have an “in the pit” audience tape that actually delivers a good, fun trip because it is immersive despite not being a full bodied audio like you want – it is definitely worth it for the ride though…but that brings us to the FM broadcast of the show…how is it that I find myself enjoying the audience tape more? Yes the FM is cleaner and all, but it’s very limited and not quite like an AM broadcast but for goodness sake where’s the bass and drums? It’s clearly the Tony and Ian show here – I think someone ought to matrix these together because then you might have something. Black Sabbath Thamembe Arena Reading, UK 1983-08-27 Disc 1 101 Supertzar 102 Children Of The Grave 103 Hot Line 104 War Pigs 105 Born Again 106 Supernaut 107 Drum Solo 108 Rock And Roll Doctor 109 Disturbing The Priest 110 Keep It Warm Disc 2 201 Black Sabbath 202 The Dark 203 Zero The Hero 204 Guitar Solo 205 Digital Bitch 206 Iron Man 207 Smoke On The Water 208 Paranoid Disc 3 301 Hot Line 302 War Pigs 303 Black Sabbath 304 The Dark - Zero The Hero 305 Digital Bitch 306 Iron Man 307 Smoke On The Water 308 Paranoid -
Soundboard 9.5 - What a tour-de-force this show is! Long considered by Deadheads as being the pinnacle shows of the entire 72 tour, the “Texas Swing” stand of shows (Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston) just present so much incredible music and vibe that it’s hard to believe your ears. Let me put it this way – if the psychedelic pop music of the 60’s is like a tic tac, than songs like Black Throated Wind or The Other One are Porterhouse steaks! Grateful Dead Municipal Auditorium Austin, TX November 22, 1972 Disc 1 01 - Sugaree 02 - Mexicali Blues 03 - Loser 04 - Black Throated Wind 05 - China Cat Sunflower 06 - I Know You Rider 07 - Beat It On Down the Line 08 - Candyman 09 - El Paso 10 - Bird Song Disc 2 11 - Playin' In The Band 12 - Casey Jones 13 - Greatest Story Ever Told 14 - He's Gone 15 - Truckin' 16 - Drums Disc 3 17 - The Other One 18 - Stella Blue 19 - Big River 20 - Ramble On Rose 21 - Sugar Magnolia 22 - Brokedown Palace 23 - Around & Around 24 - One More Saturday Night 25 - Uncle John's Band -
Soundboard 9.3 The band are at the top of the biz, laying down a scrumptious assortment of rock, country rock, bluegrass, country, and heady, mind-frying psychedelic jams. It’s all here, it’s all great...ful. Grateful Dead Memorial Auditorium Dallas, TX November 24, 1972 Disc 1 01 - Don't Ease Me In 02 - "Pigpen's not with us tonight......" 03 - Me & My Uncle 04 - Brown Eyed Women 05 - Black Throated Wind 06 - Bertha 07 - El Paso 08 - Deal 09 - Technical Difficulties 10 - Beat It On Down The Line 11 - Tennessee Jed 12 - Jack Straw Disc 2 13 - Sugaree 14 - Playin' In The Band 15 - China Cat Sunflower 16 - I Know You Rider 17 - Box Of Rain 18 - Truckin' Disc 3 19 - Ramble On Rose 20 - Big River 21 - Casey Jones 22 - Sugar Magnolia 23 - Not Fade Away 34 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad 25 - Not Fade Away -
Soundboard 9.1 - More of the amazing and magical sounds of Grateful Dead circa 1972 as they blew through Texas like tumbleweeds on psilocybin! Grateful Dead San Antonio Civic Auditorium San Antonio, TX November 26, 1972 Disc 1 01 - Deal 02 - Mexicali Blues 03 - Sugaree 04 - Black Throated Wind 05 - Bird Song 06 - Beat It On Down The Line 07 - China Cat Sunflower 08 - I Know You Rider 09 - Box Of Rain Disc 2 10 - El Paso 11 - Big Railroad Blues 12 - Around And Around 13 - Casey Jones 14 - Tuning 15 - Playing In The Band 16 - Brown Eyed Women 17 - Jack Straw 18 - Don't Ease Me In Disc 3 19 - Big River 20 - Dark Star 21 - Me And Bobby McGee 22 - Brokedown Palace 23 - Sugar Magnolia 24 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad 25 - One More Saturday Night -
Audience 9.6 - Both shows in this set are phenomenal. I love the close, very intimate feel of the venues and the capture being so good for both shows…a joy to listen to this! Jaco Pastorius 55 Grand New York City, NY June 19, 1983 Disc 1 01 Intro - Amerika 02 Dania 03 Soul Intro - The Chicken 04 Bass Solo 05 New Reggae - I Shot The Sheriff 06 Drum Solo 07 Beaver Patrol Disc 2 08 Promised Land 09 Dania (Reprise) 10 Continuum 11 Funky Broadway Jam 12 Donna Lee 13 Bass Solo 14 Teen Town 15 Fannie Mae Jaco Pastorius: bs Kenwood Dennard: dr Don Alias: perc Delmar Brown: kbd, voc Ron Tooley: tp Alex Foster: as, ss, ts Mike Stern: gtr Disc 3 Pier 84 New York City, NY July 29, 1983 01 Dania (False Start) 02 Dania 03 Bass Improv 04 Soul Intro - The Chicken 06 New Reggae 07 Teen Town 08 Sophisticated Lady 09 Fannie Mae Delmar Brown: keyboards, vcls Mike Stern: guitar Jaco Pastorius: bass Don Alias: percussion Kenwood Dennard: drums Ron Tooley: trumpet Alex Foster: tenor sax, soprano clarinet Toots Thielemans: harmonica featured on tracks 8 and 9 -
Audience 8.9 - A great effort here by the taper, it’s got a little bit of that “just about to break” quality, where the limits of the tape are just about reached…yet it holds together. This gives the recording an unmistakable intensity, and for that I rate this highly and say it will be most enjoyable to the listener. Roger Waters Great Woods Mansfield MA 22 Aug 1987 DISC 1 1-01 kaos 1 1-02 tempted 1-03 radio waves 1-04 kaos 2 1-05 welcome to the machine 1-06 kaos 3 1-07 who needs information 1-08 money 1-09 kaos 4 1-10 in the flesh 1-11 have a cigar 1-12 pigs 1-13 wish you were here 1-14 mother DISC 2 2-01 kaos 5 2-02 four minutes - molly's song - doreen chanter 2-03 me or him 2-04 powers that be 2-05 setbreak - phone calls 2-06 kaos 6 2-07 going to live in LA 2-08 sunset strip 2-09 kaos 7 2-10 pros and cons of hitch hiking 2-11 kaos 8 2-12 if 2-13 every strangers eyes DISC 3 3-01 not now john 3-02 abitw1 3-03 happiest days 3-04 abitw2 3-05 nobody home 3-06 home 3-07 kaos 9 3-08 four minutes 3-09 tide is turning 3-10 band intro 3-11 crowd 3-12 breathe 3-13 brain damage 3-14 eclipse 3-15 kaos goodnight Roger Waters: Bass, Vocals Graham Broad: Drums Paul Carrack: Keyboards Doreen Chanter: Vocals Mel Collins: Saxophones Andy Fairweather-Low: Guitars Katie Kissoon: Vocals Jay Stapley: Guitars Jim Ladd: The DJ -
Soundboard 9.8 - This is a new phenomenon in the modern era of bootlegs. The producers have taken the soundboard from this legendary show and given it an AI powered multi-band compression re-mastering and it’s night and day. Not only that but also a meticulous editing to present what SHOULD have been officially released to the public and if I were Jimmy, well, I would steal this and package it and sell it ha ha! It’s that good.LED ZEPPELIN THE GOAT GARDEN TAPES MADISON SQUARE GARDEN July 28, 1973 DISC ONE 01. Introduction 02. Rock And Roll 03. Celebration Day 04. Black Dog 05. Over The Hills And Far Away 06. Misty Mountain Hop 07. Since I've Been Loving You 08. No Quarter 09. The Song Remains The Same 10. The rain song DISC TWO 01. Dazed And Confused 02. Stairway To Heaven 03. Moby Dick DISC THREE 01. Heartbreaker 02. Whole Lotta Love 03. The Ocean
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Audience 9.0 - A little bit further away from the stage than the typical Mike “The Mic” recording, nonetheless it’s solid and worthy of the collection. I noticed also more audience interaction, which, because such good equipment is being used, does not detract at all (I would say it lends more authenticity to the recording).Santana Pacific Amphitheatre Costa Mesa, CA September 6, 1991 Disc 1 01 Peace On Earth - Mother Earth - Third Stone From The Sun 02 Save The Children 03 It's A Jungle Out There 04 Somewhere In Heaven 05 Batuka 06 No One To Depend On 07 Unknown Disc 2 08 We Don't Have To Wait 09 Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 10 Oye Como Va 11 The Healer (with John Lee Hooker) 12 Mandela 13 Life Is For Living 14 Right On Disc 3 15 Savor 16 Agua Que Va Caer 17 Stripped Me Naked (with John Lee Hooker) 18 Angels All Around Us - Spirits Dancing In The Flesh 19 Soul Sacrifice - A Love Supreme - Drums 20 Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile) 21 Jin-Go-Lo-Ba
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Los Angeles 1972 FM Broadcast 9.0 - This is a fine tape for the vintage, sounding maybe a little “dated” after all it’s older than most of the people who plan on listening to it! But, if you remember the band like it was yesterday, expect to be transported back in time with this show.
Seattle 1973 Audience 8.8 - A fine tape, that brightens up as it goes and becomes a real charmer. The separation of instruments is really good, and that nice, tight, reverb after drum hits gives you a good sense of the hall.
Mahavishnu Orchestra The Forgotten Tapes II 1975 Disc 1 Whiskey a Go Go Los Angeles, Ca. March 27, 1972 (1st set) 1. -John talks - Meeting of the Spirits 2. -Miles Beyond 3. -The Dance of Maya 4. -Band intros 5. -A Lotus On Irish Streams 6. -The Noonward Race Disc 2 Paramount Theater Seattle, WA 1973-11-17 01. Intro 02. Meeting Of The Spirits 03. Trilogy 04. Sister Andrea Disc 3 05. Dream 06. Sanctuary 07. One Word 08. Hope Band Members: John McLaughlin - guitar Jan Hammer - keyboards Jerry Goodman - violin Rick Laird - bass guitar Billy Cobham - drums
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Stockholm 1975 FM Broadcast 9.2 - Clear and bright, the only thing my ears notice that could detract is the slight overcrowding in the upper mid frequency but typically that only seems to happen when there’s furious on stage jamming (which I guess when it is this band, that is a lot), but this is minor, this is a great recording and a pleasure to listen to!
Millersville 1975 Audience 8.9 - This is a hot tape! Maybe lacks a little mid-band clarity, but this, again, is kind of being nitpicky seeing as how there’s a lot of soundboard tapes of this band (not so much from ’75 though). This show has seen very little circulation, if any at all, but it deserves to be in every collection and thankfully it is presented here alongside another great sounding show. Yes!
THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA The Forgotten Tapes 1975 Disc 1 KULTURHUSET STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 1975-02-07 1. -Eternity’s Breath 2. -You know, you Know 3. -Sanctuary Disc 2 1. -Introduction 2. -If I can See - Be Happy 3. -Cosmic Strut 4. -Vision Is a Naked Sword Disc 3 State College Millersville, PA. April 19, 1975 01. -Eternity's Breath Pt's 1 & 2 02. -Sanctuary 03. -Vision Is A Naked Sword 04. -Introduction LINEUP: John McLaughlin: el-guitar Ralph Armstrong: el-bass Michael Walden: drums Phil Herschey: cello Bob Knapp: tp, flh, fl, perc Russell Tubbs: as, ss, perc Jean Luc Ponty: el-violin, violin Carol Shive, Steven Kindler: violin
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Pinkpop 1984 Soundboard 9.6 - Excellent, crystal clear and surely one helluva great performance make this probably a must have for fans.
Dublin 1985 Audience 8.8 - A really good and spacey recording loaded with crowd ambience, as guitars and synths float just overhead. Drums sound pretty tight here, and vocals are perhaps the most prominent next to keys. Good one!
MARILLION 1984/85 Disc 1 Pinkpop Geleen, Netherlands 11 June 1984 01- Intro - Punch & Judy 02- Assassing 03- Script For A Jesters Tear 04- Jigsaw 05- Incubus 06- Cinderella Search 07- Fugazi 08- Garden Party 09- Market Square Heroes Disc 2 SFX Centre Dublin, Ireland 4 Sep 1985 1 -Emerald Lies intro 2 -Script For A Jester's Tear 3 -Incubus 4 -Chelsea Monday 5 -The Web 6 -Market Square Heroes 7 -Pseudo Silk Kimono 8 -Kayleigh 9 -Lavender 10 -Bitter Suite Disc 3 1 -Bitter Suite cont - Heart Of Lothian 2 -Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) 3 -Lords Of The Backstage 4 -Blind Curve 5 -Blind Curve cont 6 -Childhoods End? 7 -White Feather 8 -Fugazi 9 -Forgotten Sons
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Studio 9.5 - A really detailed, complete set which contains just about everything you ever wanted to hear regarding the pre-Kiss band Wicked Lester. Is it necessary? I mean, there’s a lot of repetition here, but I have to say it is kind of necessary when you call something complete, you should provide that to the collector and this set does. Quality is great.
Kiss - Complete Wicked Lester Sessions 1971/1972 Disc 1 Electric Lady Studios 18th November 1971 01. Too Many Mondays [0:03:40.20] 02. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.44] 03. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:06.03] 04. Molly [0:02:32.12] 05. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:22.04] 06. She [0:03:06.41] 07. What Happened In The Darkness [0:03:10.26] 08. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:46.01] 09. When The Bell Rings [0:03:24.04] 10. Simple Type [0:02:40.24] 11. She (Take 2) [0:03:05.20] 12. Molly (Take 2) [0:02:33.30] 13. We Want To Shout It Out Loud (Take 2) [0:02:43.42] 14. Too Many Mondays (Take 2) [0:03:41.08] Electric Lady Studios August 1972 Sessions 1 15. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:28.12] 16. Love Her All I Can [0:02:40.72] 17. Molly [0:02:28.52] 18. She [0:03:07.43] 19. Simple Type [0:02:37.73] 20. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:09.74] 21. Too Many Mondays [0:04:04.34] 22. When The Bell Rings [0:03:10.62] 23. Molly (Take 2) [0:02:25.12] 24. Too Many Mondays (Take 2) [0:03:59.13] Disc 2 Electric Lady Studios August 1972 Sessions 2 01. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:43.14] 02. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:10.30] 03. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.30] 04. Molly [0:02:29.52] 05. She [0:03:03.47] 06. Simple Type [0:02:42.23] 07. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:01.64] 08. Too Many Mondays [0:03:38.14] 09. What Happens In The Darkness [0:03:07.52] Final Album Reel 1972 10. When The Bell Rings [0:03:17.70] 11. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:23.47] 12. Molly [0:02:33.26] 13. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:06.24] 14. Simple Type [0:02:43.25] 15. Too Many Mondays [0:03:44.10] 16. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.54] 17. When The Bell Rings [0:03:25.10] 18. She [0:03:07.56] 19. What Happens In The Darkness [0:03:10.60] 20. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:49.33] 21. Long, Long Road [0:04:18.67] Disc 3 Electric Lady Studios Spring 1972 Sessions 01. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:25.42] 02. Long, Long Road [0:04:20.25] 03. Love Her All I Can [0:02:54.69] 04. She [0:03:09.45] 05. Simple Type [0:02:48.22] 06. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:16.64] 07. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:03:10.00] 08. What Happened In The Darkness [0:03:14.67] 09. When The Bell Rings [0:03:11.09] 10. Simple Type (Take 2) [0:02:49.44]
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Gainesville 1978 Soundboard 9.5 - A professional straight board feed recording that is as clean and balanced as you’d ever want – but very occasionally there may be a slight tape drop out (rarely), and the sound is almost too good…meaning it could use some ambience and atmosphere but if you only want to hear this as a musical performance rather than event, this is damn near perfect.
Cincinnati 1989 Audience 9.7 - A soaring, elegant recording that captures this event in spectacular quality. Guitars seem to float over your head and wrap around your ears as they seem to pan across the room, drums filling the spaces and adding immediacy. When the audience claps and responds it’s as if it is a part of the show how it blends in and seems so respectful. Overall man this is a frighteningly good recording and performance and is pretty much in the “must have” range IMHO.
Pat Metheny Group 79/89 Disc 1 Spring Jazz Festival Lake Alice Field, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 1979-03-30 01-Phase Dance (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 7:35 02-Circus Music (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 6:10 03-PM speaks 1:01 04-Unity Village (Pat Metheny) > The Windup (Keith Jarrett) 13:08 05-The Epic (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 14:35 06-Jaco (Pat Metheny) 4:21 07-PM speaks and tuning 0:54 08-San Lorenzo (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 11:08 09-Re-tuning and PM speaks again 1:39 10-Wrong Is Right (Larry Coryell) 7:53 11-American Garage (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 4:43 Pat Metheny, guitars Lyle Mays, piano, synthesizer, electric organ, autoharp Mark Egan, bass guitar Danny Gottlieb, drums Disc 2 Taft Theatre Cincinnati, Ohio September 22, 1989 1. –Phase Dance 2. -Have You Heard? 3. -Every Summer Night 4. -Hermitage 5. -Better Days Ahead 6. -Farmer’s Trust 7. -Spring Ain’t Here 8. -Straight On Red 9. -Are You Going With Me? Disc 3 10. -The Fields, The Sky 11. -Are We There Yet? 12. -Vidala 13. -Slip Away 14. -Letter From Home 15. -Beat 70 16. -Band Introductions 17. -Minuano (six-eight) Pat Metheny - Guitars Lyle Mays - Keyboards Steve Rodby - Bass Paul Wertico - Drums Pedro Aznar - Voice, Guitar, percussion Armando Marcal - Percussion
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Audience 8.8 - Two sources exist for this show, this being Source #1 and a good step up from the other source. This one sounds fuller, with a rich, deep bass response (at the expense maybe of the mid/high of guitar) and also seems maybe a touch closer to the stage, so less of the boominess which is not detracting at all here even though it is obviously a large stadium.
Pink Floyd The Arms Of Vancouver Pacific National Exhibition Park Vancouver, Canada April 8th, 1975 source #1 Disc 1 1.Raving And Drooling 2. You Gotta Be Crazy 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1-5 4. Have A Cigar, Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 6-9 Disc 2 5. Speak To Me 6. Breathe 7. On The Run 8. Time 9. Breathe (Reprise) 10. The Great Gig In The Sky 11. Money 12. Us And Them 13. Any Colour You Like 14. Brain Damage 15. Eclipse Disc 3 16. audience 17. Echoes
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Soundboard/Audience matrix 8.8 - This recording is pretty clean but is just a touch…how would I say, maybe doesn’t highlight the upper high end so it almost sounds like the edges were trimmed on the rock bush. It still delivers a punch to the gut, particularly if you like your drums to rattle your insides a bit because they do here, in a good way. Overall, this is a real fine set of tunes and is rather long and includes a pre-show interview at the end of the 3rd disc.
Rory Gallagher Cardis Houston, Texas, U.S.A. May 26, 1985 Disc One 01 - Double Vision 02 - Moonchild 03 - I Wonder Who 04 - Shinkicker 05 - Mississippi Sheiks (with Rain) 06 - Tattoo'd Lady 07 - Off The Handle Disc Two 08 - Big Guns 09 - Failsafe Day 10 - Out On The Western Plain 11 - Seven Days 12 - Banker's Blues 13 - Philby Disc Three 14 - Bought And Sold 15 - Shadow Play 16 - Bullfrog Blues 17 - Sweet Little Sixteen 18 - Nadine (encore audience cheering) 19 - Messin' With The Kid 20 - All Around Man 21 - Interview by FG (Pre-Show)