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Disc 1: The Bronx 1971 - Audience 8.3 - A huge upgrade to the old tape we know and love. It has been carefully remastered, speed corrected as well, and now is better than ever. Disc 2: Birmingham 1972 - Audience 7.1 - A rare find, but not the best quality. This too has been remastered and is now listenable and worth the price of admission for the very rare inclusion of the track After Forever.
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Audience 8.8 - Easily one of the best audience recordings of the tour. Very close to the main P.A. system on Tony’s side of the stage, this puts Ozzy a little in the background but not so much he cannot be heard reasonably well. It’s just, well, it’s the sheer POWER on display by the band that makes this one so special and that the recording manages to deliver that without glaring problems (and in 1973, wow!) is a miracle. Black Sabbath 1973.02.21, Palazzo delle Esposizioni E.I.B., Brescia, Italy 01. Tomorrow's Dream 02. Sweet Leaf 03. War Pigs 04. Snowblind 05. Killing Yourself to Live 06. Wicked World 07. Orchid>Guitar solo 08. Orchid 09. Guitar solo 10. Rock Jam 11. Blues Jam 12. Wicked World reprise 13. Embryo 14. Children Of The Grave 15. Paranoid
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Audience 9.3 - This is what I would call a definitive release in that I think if you wanted to know what Sabbath was in ’87 you can use this as a reference. For one thing, it sounds great – and another reason is because it sounds like the band is doing what it had in mind with the line-up and sound. A new direction maybe, but in the same way that maybe Technical Ecstasy was also a new direction. It’s still Sabbath, the bone structure is all there, but the smile has changed…and it has a place in the discography. Black Sabbath Stadthalle Bremen, Germany 1987-11-25 Disc 1 101 Supertzar 102 Neon Knights 103 Children Of The Sea 104 War Pigs 105 Die Young 106 Drums Solo 107 Iron Man 108 Born To Lose Disc 2 201 Black Sabbath 202 Glory Ride 203 Heaven And Hell 204 Guitar Solo 205 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (Return) 206 Children Of The Grave 207 The Shining 208 Paranoid
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Soundboard 9.4 - A great PRE-FM source here that manages to deliver just about all of the necessary ingredients to ensure a positive listening experience. Atmosphere: check. Sound Quality: check. Performance by band: check. It's all here. Black Sabbath Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA. 1992-08-09 Disc 1 01 E5150 02 The Mob Rules 03 Computer God 04 Children Of The Sea 05 Time Machine 06 War Pigs 07 I 08 Die Young 09 Guitar Solo 10 Black Sabbath Disc 2 01 Master Of Insanity 02 After All (The Dead) 03 Drums Solo 04 Iron Man 05 Heaven And Hell 06 Neon Knights 07 Paranoid - Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 08 Laguna Sunrise (Outro)
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Audience 8.1 - I’m always amazed that tapes keep turning up just when you think you’ve discovered them all. Here’s one that is new for me, and it’s not bad. Now, you aren’t gonna crank this on the hi-fi and use it to impress your buddy or anyone for that matter – but for those of us who understand what we are dealing with, I think you will appreciate this tape and find probably more good points than bad. For one thing, it is not a muddy mess, and your ears will adjust to it and you’ll get sucked into it like I did and find it to be a decent one.
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Audience 8.6 - A serviceable recording that I am thankful to have in that it captures an exceptional night where the band is simply on another level, especially Ronnie James Dio. The dynamics do not impress, and there’s a lot packed into that upper mid band frequency which is barely hanging on but the good news is that it does hang on, and you do get pretty much everything in a reasonably comfortable way. I welcomed this one, and the bonus is that taper recorded the opening act too, which is included here for completeness.
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FM Broadcast 9.7- Brilliant sound, and so nice to have this because you get the full on experience with a great band and the great back up vocals of Ruby Starr (I honestly would not have minded at all for her to be the singer and Jim the washboard player and back up singer!). This is great stuff, really is. Black Oak Arkansas Reading Festival England Aug 29, 1976 1 -Intro 2 -Hot Rod 3 -Rock 'N' Roll 4 -Great Balls Of Fire 5 -Hot N' Nasty 6 -Fist Full 7 -Maybe I'm Amazed 8 -Love On Ice 9 -When The Band Was Singing "Shakin' All Over" 10 -Lord Have Mercy On My Soul 11 -Rambling Gambling Man 12 -Keep The Faith THE BAND Jim "Dandy" Mangrum lead vocals washboard Tommy Aldridge drums Ricky "Ricochet" Reynolds guitar Pat Daugherty bass vocals "Little" Jimmy Henderson guitar vocals Stanley "Goober" Knight guitar vocals keyboards Ruby Starr vocals
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FM Radio Broadcast 9.5 - One of the best, if not the best, Black Crowes gigs I have ever heard from start to finish. It’s even listed in the top three of all time (at #1) by the Black Crowes fanbase. A must have!
The Black Crowes Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, TX FM Broadcast - February 6, 1993
Chris Robinson – vocals Rich Robinson – guitar Marc Ford – guitar Eddie Harsch – keyboards Johnny Colt – bass guitar Steve Gorman – drums Disc 1: 1. -No Speak No Slave 2. -Sting Me 3. -Hard To Handle 4. -My Morning Song 5. -Jam 6. -Thorn In My Pride 7. -Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 8. -Twice As Hard Disc 2: 1. -Black Moon Creeping 2. -Thick N' Thin 3. -Hotel Illness 4. -Stare It Cold 5. -Three Little Birds 6. -Sometimes Salvation 7. -Jealous Again 8. -Remedy
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Sale!Audience 8.5 - A significant evening for the band as they headline their first show, just after being booted from ZZ Top tour. Sounds fine, taper does maneuver at times and the movement is picked up on the sensitive mic, but overall this is very listenable if not overly dynamic. Good to have it, a very important show in Black Crowes history.