• Audience 8.7 - Brassy, loud, and guitar dominant recording that delivers where it counts and finds Rory sounding, to my ears, much more rock/metal/grunge even though he features plenty of raw, blues soaked numbers in his set. It’s just that the atmosphere and volume don’t suggest this is a “blues” band blowing through town…I just get the feeling Rory felt the times changing and adjusted accordingly. Either way you parse it, this is high-intensity music, and the recording here really manages to capture that pretty realistically.

    Rory Gallagher The Stone Palo Alto, California May 17, 1985 Disc One 01 - intro - Double Vision 02 - Bad Penny 03 - band intros - Off The Handle 04 - Moonchild 05 - Hey Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 06 - I Wonder Who 07 - Tattoo'd Lady 08 - Mississippi Sheiks 09 - Big Guns Disc Two 01 - Out On The Western Plain 02 - Seven Days 03 - Philby 04 - Follow Me 05 - Shadow Play 06 - My Babe 07 - All Around Man - Bullfrog Blues - Roll Over Beethoven - Route 66 Rory Gallagher Group; May 1981 - 1991: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Brendan O'Neill - drums Mark Feltham - harmonica

  • Pro Recording 9.4 - This is actually recorded from the audience, or the pit, or somewhere within the hall with professional equipment possibly for broadcast or posterity but it is obviously not an amateur job. The dynamics and atmosphere are excellent, and to my ears it just seems like the band wanted to record this gig for whatever reason.

    Rick Wakeman November 16, 1981 Guildhall Preston, UK Disc One (70:34) 1) War Games? (10:29) 2) King Arthur Medley (12:10): a) Arthur b) Lancelot and the Black Knight 3) Sea Horses (5:17) 4) Julia (6:11) 5) Three Wives (13:12): a) Catherine of Aragon b) Anne of Cleves c) Catherine Howard 6) The Proles (5:30) 7) Journey to the Center of the Earth - Part 1 (17:45) Disc Two (60:16) 1) Danielle (4:30) 2) The Probe (4:05) 3) Chamber of Horrors (7:03) 4) The Hymn (3:14) 5) Anne Boleyn (29:04) 6) Robot Man (4:57) 7) Journey to the Center of the Earth - Part 2 (7:23) a) The Battle b) Hall of the Mountain King

  • Audience 9.7 - Brilliant, clear, deep, good atmosphere, and even though it is pushing the meters it still has some headroom so crank this one up and hear for yourself why I always say a great audience tape beats a soundboard.

    Don Henley Pacific Amphitheatre Costa Mesa, CA October 1, 1989 Disc 1 01 Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed 02 Dirty Laundry 03 The End Of The Innocence 04 Building The Perfect Beast 05 If Dirt Were Dollars 06 The Last Worthless Evening 07 Sunset Grill 08 New York Minute Disc 2 09 Shangri - La 10 Hotel California 11 Life In The Fast Lane 12 The Boys Of Summer 13 All She Wants To Do Is Dance 14 I Will Not Go Quietly 15 Band Introduction 16 Desperado

  • Audience 9.3 - A really clean, punchy recording that has realistic presence, and is river deep and mountain high – I especially found the drums, kick drum, toms, this was a pleasant surprise for an audience tape to deliver almost studio quality dynamics and placement in the stage mix was on point. Amazing to think that this tape remained out of circulation to only just recently, while we did have other shows from this week at the Hollywood Palace in 1984.

    Frank Zappa The Palace Los Angeles, CA July 17, 1984 Disc 1 01 Tuning and Dialogue 02 Zoot Allures 03 Band Introductions 04 Tinsel Town Rebellion 05 Oh No (includes Son Of Orange County) 06 More Trouble Every Day 07 Penguin In Bondage 08 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel 09 Dumb All Over 10 Evil Prince Disc 2 11 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy 12 Advance Romance 13 He's So Gay 14 Bobby Brown 15 Keep It Greasey 16 Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? 17 Carol, You Fool 18 Chana In De Bushwop 19 Let's Move To Cleveland 20 Why Don't You Like Me?
  • 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

  • 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]

  • Audience 9.4 - Almost sounds like a radio broadcast, and you’d be forgiven for insisting it is such, but to me it sounds like a good transfer from vinyl of a great audience recording, with some artifacts occasionally (like momentary drop-outs). The track listing on the cover differs slightly from the disc tracking but whatever was recorded by this source is present and accounted for. Other sources exist, and are inferior, so no patching was done to fill out anything missing. Seems like a complete show, maybe one song missing?

    Roger Waters Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 1987-08-26 Disc 1 1. -Introduction - Radio Waves 2. -Welcome To The Machine 3. -Who Needs Information 4. -Money 5. -Professional Bimbo School 6. -Have A Cigar 7. -Pigs (Three Different Ones) 8. -Wish You Were Here 9. -Mother 10. -Molly's Song 11. -Me Or Him 12. -Powers That Be 13. -Shredding Alternative 14. -Going To Live In L.A. Disc 2 1. -Sunset Strip 2. -Fish Report With A Beat 3. -Arnold Layne 4. -If 5. -5:06 AM (Every Strangers Eyes) 6. -Not Now John 7. -Another Brick In The Wall – part 1 8. -Another Brick In The Wall – part 2 9. -Nobody Home 10. -Home 11. -Four Minutes 12. -The Tide Is Turning 13. -Breathe 14. -Brain Damage 15. -Eclipse

  • FM Broadcast 9.7 - A stellar sound with this over the air broadcast, no signal degradation, no interference, no compression, just smooth jazz sailing all the way.

    Pat Metheny Group Festival International de Jazz De Montréal McGill College Ave. Montréal, Quebec, Canada July 4, 1989 CHOM-FM Broadcast Disc 1 01 Phase Dance  8:06 02 Have You Heard  6:08 03 Every Summer Night  6:57 04 Change Of Heart  7:20 05 Better Days Ahead  5:02 06 Last Train Home  5:11 07 First Circle  8:42 08 Scrap Metal  7:04 09 Slip Away  4:53 10 If I Could  6:19 Disc 2 01 Spring Ain't Here  6:44 02 Straight On Red  8:46 03 Are You Going With Me  8:53 04 The Fields, The Sky  4:17 05 Are We There Yet  9:33 06 (It's Just) Talk  8:15 07 Letter From Home  2:18 08 Beat 70  4:47 09 Minuano (Six-Eight)  9:08 10 Third Wind  9:04 Pat Metheny - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Electric Sitar, Guitar Synth Lyle Mays - Piano, Keyboards Steve Rodby - Acoustic & Electric Basses Paul Wertico - Drums, Percussion Armando Marçal - Percussion Pedro Aznar - Voice, Miscellaneous Instruments

  • Telluride 1978 FM Broadcast 9.2 - A little hit and miss on the live mix, where sometimes I don’t get some of the background instruments associated with the synth or whatever is happening back there…but I could be wrong about that, I mean it is rather subjective whether I am hearing the mix as the band intended or if I need something personally – no matter, because this is lovely and warm, with just enough audience sound to give you a better representation of the liveness of the recorded gig. I need that, personally, otherwise you might as well just listen to the albums!

    Boston 1978 FM Broadcast 9.7 - A very well preserved recording that features soaring instrumentation in crystal clear quality – highs are sweet and distinct and bass is warm and round. The mid tones are sublime, and your high-end system will love reproducing this recording!

    Pat Metheny Group Telluride & Boston 78 Disc 1 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, Colorado August 28, 1978 01. -radio announcer introduction 02. -interview with Pat Metheny 03. -stage introduction - Phase Dance 04. -Unity Village (solo guitar improvisation) - The Windup 05. -The Epic 06. -San Lorenzo 07. -band introductions - Jaco 08. -American Garage 09. -radio announcer closing comments Bottom Line New York City NY September 26th 1978 10. -Lone Jack Disc 2 Paradise Boston, MA October 2nd & 3rd 1978 1 -WCOZ Intro 2 -Phase Dance 3 -April Joy 4 -Unity Village 5 -Solo 6 -The Windup 7 -Wrong Is Right 8 -Jaco 9 -Lakes 10 San Lorenzo 11 -Lone Jack 12 -Thank You Goodnight Pat Metheny: 6 and 12 string guitars Lyle Mays: piano, synthesizers, autoharp Mark Egan: bass Dan Gottlieb: drums

  • FM Broadcast 9.3 - This recording is a little hot, it’s slightly overloaded mainly in the upper mid to high band to the point of slight sizzle on the cymbals…but because it’s so clean overall, with good mid and low end, that seems to be mitigated as the ears adjust. So, it’s great, yes a fine FM broadcast, but in the pantheon of FM broadcasts maybe the engineer got a little excited…OR maybe it’s not the case but more a situation where, when taping from a radio source, you sometimes get artifacts (might be static interference, might be signal compression, might be a whole range of things) and here you have some in the form of slightly overloaded high end.  Don’t let it dissuade you though…it’s still great stuff.

    Marillion The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY. 02.10.1987 Disc 1 01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) 02 Slàinte Mhath 03 Assassing 04 White Russian 05 Incubus 06 Sugar Mice 07 Fugazi 08 Hotel Hobbies 09 Warm Wet Circles 10 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) Disc 2 11 Misplaced Childhood (Part 1) 12 radio 13 The Last Straw 14 Incommunicado 15 radio 16 Garden Party 17 Market Square Heroes (incl. “My Generation” and “Let´s Twist Again”) 18 radio

  • Studio Quality 9.5 - The average rating here in the mid 9.0’s because except for the occasional minor hiss, this material consists of professionally recorded, live in studio sessions. Good to have it all in a well constructed collection like this.

    Faces BBC Collection

    Disc 1 Radio BBC1 'In Concert' - 17 February 1972, London, Paris Theatre, Host: John Peel Broadcast date: 26 February 1972 44 Three Button Hand Me Down 45 Miss Judy's Farm 46 Memphis, Tennessee 47 Give Me The Moonlight (A Capella)-Too Bad 48 Last Orders Please 49 Devotion 50 That's All You Need-Country Honk-Gasoline Alley-That's All You Need 51 (I Know) I'm Losing You 52 Stay With Me 53 Had Me A Real Good Time-Underneath The Arches (A Capella)-Every Picture Tells A Story Disc 2 Radio BBC1 'In Concert' - 08 February 1973, London, Paris Theatre Not broadcast, due to The Faces sounding too drunk. Finally broadcast by mistake in January 2003 on BBC6 Digital 54 Silicone Grown 55 Cindy Incidentally 56 Angel 57 Memphis, Tennesse 58 True Blue 59 I'd Rather Go Blind 60 You're My Girl 61 Twistin' The Night Away 62 It's All Over Now 63 Miss Judy's Farm 64 Maybe I'm Amazed 65 Three Button Hand Me Down 66 (I Know) I'm Losing You Radio 1 Club - 1973-02-12 Maida Vale Studio 67 Cindy Incidentally (1973-02-12 BBC Radio 1 Club) 68 My Fault (1973-02-12 BBC Radio 1 Club) 69 Borstal Boys (1973-02-12 BBC Radio 1 Club)
  • Studio Quality 9.5 - The average rating here in the mid 9.0’s because except for the occasional minor hiss, this material consists of professionally recorded, live in studio sessions. Good to have it all in a well constructed collection like this.

    Faces BBC Collection

    Disc 1 Radio BBC1 'John Peel's Sunday Concert' - 13 May 1971, London, Paris Theatre Broadcast date: 23 May 1971 27 You're My Girl 28 Cut Across Shorty 29 Love In Vain 30 Bad 'n' Ruin 31 It's All Over Now 32 Had Me A Real Good Time 33 (I Know) I'm Losing You) Radio BBC1 'Sounds Of The 70s' - 28 September 1971, London, Maida Vale, Studio #4, Host: John Peel Broadcast date: 06 October 1971, 22 December 1971, 22 September 1975, 12 September 1981, 24 June 1982 34 Stay With Me 35 Miss Judy's Farm 36 Maggie May Disc 2 Sounds For Saturday (TV) - 1971-10-26 London 37 Three Button Hand Me Down 38 Maybe I'm Amazed 39 I Want To Be Loved 40 Miss Judy's Farm 41 Love In Vain 42 Stay With Me 43 (I Know) I'm Losing You
  • Studio Quality 9.5 - The average rating here in the mid 9.0’s because except for the occasional minor hiss, this material consists of professionally recorded, live in studio sessions. Good to have it all in a well constructed collection like this.

    Faces BBC Collection Disc 1 Radio BBC1 'Top Gear' 09. March 1970, London, Paris Theatre, Host: John Peel Broadcast date: 28 March 1970, 06 June 1970 01 Pineapple And The Monkey 02 Shake, Shudder, Shiver Radio BBC1 'Dave Lee Travis' - 10. March 1970, London, Camden Theatre, Host: Dave Lee Travis Broadcast date: 15 March 1970 03 Three Button Hand Me Down 04 Flying 05 Wicked Messenger Radio BBC1 'John Peel's Sunday Concert' - 25 June 1970, London, Paris Theatre Broadcast date: 05 July 1970 06 You're My Girl 07 Wicked Messenger 08 Devotion 09 It's All Over Now 10 I Feel So Good Radio BBC1 'Top Gear' - 15 September 1970, London, Maida Vale, Studio #4, Host: John Peel Broadcast date: 19 September 1970, 19 December 1970, 21 August 1971, 26 September 1972, 11 July 1977 11 Had Me A Real Good Time 12 Around The Plynth-Gasoline Alley 13 Country Comfort Disc 2 Marquee Club - 07 December 1970 : 14 Devotion (1970.12.07 Marquee) 15 You’re My Girl (1970.12.07 Marquee) 16 Flying (1970.12.07 Marquee) 17 Too Much Woman (1970.12.07 Marquee) 18 Maybe I’m Amazed (1970.12.07 Marquee) 19 Gasoline Alley (1970.12.07 Marquee) 20 Around The Plynth (1970.12.07 Marquee) 21 Away In A Manger (Maida Vale Studio 08.12.1970 - Broadcast : Boxing day 26.12.1970) 22 Bad 'n' Ruin (1971.04.19 BBC Disco 2) Radio BBC1 'Sounds Of The 70`s - 20. April 1971: , London, Kensington House, Studio T1, Host: Bob Harris Broadcast date: 03 May 1971 23 Had Me A Real Good Time 24 Love In Vain 25 Oh Lord I'm Browned Off 26 Maybe I'm Amazed

  • Radio Broadcast 9.5 - Sparkling! This is THE one to have in my opinion – the sound is really good and very vibrant. One can truly appreciate what made this band so special, despite their lack of commercial success (as it that is a measure of talent anyway).

    Spooky Tooth Neue Welt Berlin, Germany October 22, 1970 01 Something To Say 5:48 02 I Am The Walrus 6:52 03 The Wrong Time 4:35 04 I Wanna Be Free 3:21 05 Son Of Your Father 5:01 06 Better By You, Better Than Me 4:23 07 Leave The Kids Alone 5:22 08 Soulful Lady 9:18 Mike Harrison - keyboards, vocals Luther Grosvenor - guitar John Hawken - keyboards, vocals Steve Thompson - bass Mike Kellie - drums

  • Audience 8.8 - A tape that had the bones of a great recording but was buried under prevalent hiss and overall dullness…until now. A marvelous re-mastering has been done on this long forgotten old tape and it is now a little jewel for the collectors. A lot of good stuff lies herein.

    Jethro Tull Victoria Hall Staffordshire, England (Stoke On Trent) March 3, 1972 Disc 1 01. -Thick As A Brick Disc 2 02. -Cross-Eyed Mary                           03. -A New Day Yesterday                      04. -Aqualung                      05. -Wind-Up                       06. -Guitar Solo                           07. -Locomotive Breath                         08. -Hard-Headed English General 09. -Wind-Up (reprise)                     

  • Audience 8.8 - Previously available as a single track, Watcher Of The Skies was merely a taste of a tantalizing recording that has now been painstakingly restored from the original master cassette and it reveals much more than collectors could have imagined. A really good tape it is, with a nice intimate clarity (relative to the overall mix) of vocals, and a satisfying “thwack” of the drums…I found myself mesmerized by this show and especially a sparkling rendition of “Supper’s Ready”.

    Genesis Great Hall, York University York, England, UK February 21st, 1973 01 -Watcher of the Skies 02 -The Musical Box 03 -Get 'Em Out By Friday 04 -Supper's Ready 05 -The Return Of The Giant Hogweed 06 -The Knife

  • Soundboard 9.4 - First of all, this is a guitar fest, and definitely seems a harder rockin’ affair than what one might expect…notwithstanding the more acoustic songs…those seem to rock too! I suppose that is what happens when you have guys like Mick Taylor and Ian MacLagen in the band!

    Bob Dylan St James' Park Newcastle, UK 5th July 1984 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. Highway 61 Revisited 3. Jokerman 4. All Along the Watchtower 5. Just Like a Woman 6. Maggie's Farm 7. I and I 8. License to Kill 9. I've Got To Use My Imagination 10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 11. Tangled Up in Blue 12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 13. Simple Twist of Fate 14. Masters of War 15. Ballad of a Thin Man Disc 2 1. Enough Is Enough 2. Every Grain of Sand 3. Like a Rolling Stone 4. Mr. Tambourine Man 5. Girl From the North Country 6. It Ain't Me, Babe 7. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (with Carlos Santana) 8. Tombstone Blues (with Carlos Santana) 9. Blowin' in the Wind (with Carlos Santana) 10. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (with Carlos Santana) 11. The Times They Are A-Changin' (with Carlos Santana) Bob Dylan - guitral, vocal Mick Taylor - guitar Ian MacLagan - keyboards Gregg Sutton - bass Colin Allen - drums

  • Audience 9.2 - I rate this one highly because it has a unique quality to it. First though, it’s a good recording, but interestingly it gives a clear and powerful representation to the often overlooked and seldom FELT kick drum. This instrument is kind of crucial to the sound of a heavy metal band, especially one whose primary power source is closer to the bottom end of the sound spectrum. So, a nicely defined and powerful kick drum propels this show in ways others do not. Highly recommended!

    Black Sabbath Nippon Seinen Kan Shinjuku-Ku Tokyo, Japan 11-17-1980 Disc 1 1. -Opening - Supertzar 2. -War Pigs 3. -Neon Knights 4. -N.I.B. 5. -Children Of The Sea 6. -Sweet Leaf 7. -Drum Solo 8. -Sweet Leaf 9. -Lady Evil 10.-Black Sabbath Disc 2 11. -Heaven And Hell 12. -Iron Man 13. -Instrumental 14. -Guitar Solo 15. -Instrumental 16. -Guitar Solo 17. -Instrumental 18. -Orchid 19. -Die Young 20. -Paranoid 21. -SE - Announcement Tony Iommi - Guitars Ronnie James Dio - Vocals Geezer Butler - Bass Vinny Appice - Drums Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards

  • 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 8.8 - A tape that may have been left on the shelf once upon a time but now thanks to modern mastering software has been brought to life.

    Frank Zappa Palais des Sports St Etienne, France 28-May 1982 Disc 1 01 -Outside Now 02 -Montana 03 -Easy Meat 04 -Dead Girls Of London 05 -Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? 06 -What's New In Baltimore? 07 -Moggio 08 -City Of Tiny Lights 09 -Pound For A Brown 10 -Joe's Garage 11 -Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? Disc 2 12 -Drowning Witch (incl. St.Etienne-Jazz From Hell) 13 -Envelopes 14 -Harder Than Your Husband 15 -Bamboozled By Love 16 -Let's Move To Cleveland 17 -Tinseltown Rebellion 18 -Approximate 19 -Cosmik Debris 20 -Strictly Genteel 21 -No No Cherry 22 -The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou 23 -The Illinois Enema Bandit The Band FZ Steve Vai Ray White Scott Thunes Tommy Mars Bobby Martin Chad Wackerman Ed Mann

  • Audience 9.0 - A really fine attempt to capture a loud metal band in a small club. Thankfully it seems the taper came prepared, he found his spot and delivers a stable recording of the entire show. Fates Warning Webster Theater Hartford, CT November 22, 2013 Disc 1 01 Ozzy Intro                3:35 02 The Second Intro            3:16 03 One Thousand Fires            8:00 04 Life in Still Water            5:09 05 One                    4:15 06 A Pleasant Shade of Gray, Part III    4:18 07 Another Perfect Day            4:21 08 Down to the Wire            4:23 09 A Pleasant Shade of Gray, Part VI    4:15 10 Pieces of Me                3:59 Disc 2 11 I Am                    5:27 12 The Eleventh Hour            8:06 13 Point of View            4:59 14 Firefly                5:41 15 Wish                    4:17 16 A Pleasant Shade of Gray, Part XI    3:55 17 Through Different Eyes        4:10 18 Monument                6:12 19 Encore Break                1:56 20 Still Remains               13:25 21 Outro                0:25 Total                     1:44:04 Band Ray Alder - Vocals Jim Matheos - Guitar Mike Abdow - Guitar Joey Vera - Bass Guitar Bobby Jarzombek - Drums  
  • Milwaukee 1980 FM Broadcast 8.7 - This was broadcast, the question is, was it recorded professionally and did it sound like this when it was aired?  Probably it did not sound like this – because this is below the threshold for what is acceptable for a legitimately broadcast live performance which means it is probably an off-air tape that has suffered from degradation. That being said, it’s been re-mastered and it sounds decent enough to be included in a set which features all soundboards so that says something for it. Vancouver 1981 FM Broadcast 8.8 - This is another one of those not quite living up to radio broadcast expectations probably due to a capture off the air onto cassette tape, regardless it still sounds fine just a bit dated. A re-mastering helped considerably and that is why the show is included in this set. Dortmund 1982 Soundboard 9.1 - Sounds like a large, open air stadium and that atmosphere is preserved onto the tape. A really decent one for the collectors out there. Daytona 1984 Soundboard 9.2 - Wow, the 80’s, and the unique obsession with that (now very dated) certain drum sound that can take any song and make it “new wave” ha ha!  Thankfully it’s not the case on every song otherwise I would have said skip this show, but it’s a good, well recorded one so enjoy it. Raleigh 1985 Soundboard 9.4 - Good hard panning of the guitars so that you can distinctly hear each of them as autonomous instruments. A hard rocking sound was mixed on this evening. Heart Love Alive 80-85 Disc 1 Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 25, 1980 1. -Radio Advertisement 2. -Bebe Le Strange 3. -Crazy On You 4. -Straight On 5. -Even It Up 6. -Raised On You 7. -Strange Night 8. -Just the Wine 9. -Dog & Butterfly 10. -Down On Me 11. -Mistral Wind 12. -Hijinx - Silver Wheels 13. -Break 14. -Magic Man 15. -Barracuda 16. -Rockin' Heaven Down 17. -Rock & Roll Disc 2 01. -Sweet Darlin' 02. -I'm Down - Long Tall Sally 03. -Unchained Melody Empire Stadium Vancouver, Canada August 2, 1981 04. -Bebe La Strange 05. -Magic Man 06. -Even It Up 07. -Raised On You 08. -Dog And Butterfly 09. -Mistral Wind 10. -Crazy On You 11. -Rockin' Heaven Down 12. -Barracuda 13. -Break 14. -Rock And Roll Disc 3 Westfallenhalle Dortmund, Germany May 28, 1982 01. -Straight On                             02. -Even It Up                             03. -Raised On You                            04. -Dog And Butterfly                      05. -Tell It Like It Is 06. -Barracuda                     07. -Rock And Roll Elland Road Leeds, England May 29, 1982 08. -intro 09. -Bebe Le Strange 10. -Magic Man 11. -Straight On 12. -Even It Up 13. -Tell It Like It Is 14. -Raised On You 15. -Angels 16. -Dog And Butterfly 17. -Silver Wheels 18. -Crazy On You 19. -City's Burning 20. -Barracuda 21. -Rock And Roll Disc 4 Bandshell Daytona Beach, FL March 23, 1984 01. -Jealousy 02. -Magic Man 03. -The Heat 04. -Mistral Wind 05. -For Your Love 06. -Johnny Moon 07. -Straight On 08. -Even It Up 09. -Bebe LeStrange 10. -How Can I Refuse 11. -Allies 12. -Barracuda Dorton Arena Raleigh, NC August 31, 1985 13. -If Looks Could Kill Disc 5 01. -The Wolf 02. -Barracuda 03. -Straight On 04. -Never 05. -These Dreams 06. -Dog And Butterfly 07. -Nobody Home 08. -What He Don't Know 09. -Shell Shock 10. -Bebe Le Strange 11. -Even It Up 12. -How Can I Refuse 13. -What About Love 14. -Magic Man 15. -Allies 16. -band introductions 17. -Crazy On You  
  • Soundboard 9.4 - A lovely capture that was broadcast over the air but this sounds like a pre-broadcast tape and it’s excellent. I especially like how the atmosphere of the event was maintained, it’s not a sterile sounding mix. Dr. John with The Meters "Mardi Gras Mambo" St. Bernard Civic Center New Orleans, LA, USA March 5, 1973 01 Mardi Gras Day (instrumental intro)  7:28 02 Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya  4:49 03 Let The Good Times Roll  3:39 04 Right Place, Wrong Time  3:14 05 Iko Iko  3:47 06 Huey "Piano" Smith Medley: High Blood Pressure Don't You Just Know It Well I'll Be John Brown Jockomo   5:47 07 I Been Hoodood  4:55 08 Loop Garoo  6:05 09 Wang Dang Doodle  5:22 * 10 Junko Partner  4:45 11 Qualified  5:25 12 I Walk On Guilded Splinters  4:51 13 Mess Around  3:42 14 Mardi Gras Day  15:30 Dr. John: guitar, keyboards, vocals The Meters Art Neville: keyboards, vocals Leo Nocentelli: guitar George Porter Jr.: bass Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste: drums Cyril Neville: percussion, vocals  
  • Soundboard 9.2 - A nice and tight sound with excellent presence and tone on guitar, clear up front vocals, and nice placement of bass and drums just off to one side and behind adding to the stereo effect.  Now, I may be mistaken about this being a board tape or not, for me the audience might be the clue here. I hear them in the background as if they were bleeding into an onstage or close mic from stage front. That being sad a competent and devoted taper may have made this capture and if that is true, that person should receive a medal of commendation! Stevie Ray Vaughan The Cascade Room The Knickerbocker Cafe Westerly, Rhode Island November 22, 1979 01. -True Love Is Gone 02. -Pride And Joy 03. -Love Struck Baby 04. -Hideaway 05. -Stevie's Blues 06. -Jeff's Boogie 07. -The Sky Is Crying 08. -May I Have A Talk With You 09. -So Exited - You Can Have My Husband 10. -TI-NI-NEE-NI-NU               11. -I'll Change 12. -Oh, Yeah 13. -Natural Born Lover 14. -Hip Hip Baby 15. -If You Lose Me, You Lose A Good Thing 16. -Texas Blues Stevie Ray Vaughan - guitar & vocals Chris Layton - drums Jackie Newhouse - bass Guest: Lou Ann Barton - vocals (tracks 9-15)  
  • 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 9.2 - The first show of the 2024 tour and it’s a real banger! Great audience tape capturing the feel of the show, but with nice dynamics and the magnificent P.A. of The Stones helps quite a lot in getting such a good capture. The band sounds fantastic, and you literally can hear everything happening up on the stage. The Rolling Stones NRG Stadium HOuston,TX. April 28 2024 Disc 1 101 Start Me Up 102 Get Off of My Cloud 103 Rocks Off 104 Out of Time 105 Angry 106 Beast of Burden 107 Mess It Up 108 Tumbling Dice 109 You Can't Always Get What You Want Disc 2 201 band introductions) 202 Little T & A 203 Sympathy for the Devil 204 Gimme Shelter 205 Honky Tonk Women 206 Miss You 207 Paint It Black 208 Jumpin' Jack Flash Encore: 209 Sweet Sounds of Heaven 210 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction  
  • 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  
  • Audience 8.7  - A somewhat slightly above average recording that thankfully remains very listenable and stable, there are some periods during the show where the tape improves maybe to an 8.8 but once your ears adjust and you settle in, at the end you will think it wasn’t bad at all. It is NOT muddy, in fact there’s very little tape hiss so this must emanate from a low gen tape or it has been worked on. When some songs go from quiet to loud (as they frequently do at a Pink Floyd concert), the tape machine seems to take a second to adjust, perhaps it has an automatic level adjuster, but despite those tiny momentary hiccups the tape is largely smooth sailing. Worth exploring! Pink Floyd Hallenstadion Zürich, Switzerland February 3, 1977 Disc 1 1. -Sheep 2. -Pigs On The Wing (pt. 1) 3. -Dogs 4. -Pigs On The Wing (pt. 2) 5. -Pigs (3 Different Ones) Disc 2 1. -Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pts. 1-5) 2. -Welcome To The Machine 3. -Have A Cigar 4. -Wish You Were Here 5. -Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pts, 6-10) 6. -Money  
  • Audience 9.3 - For me, because this is a recording from 2023, I place high expectations on it. There is no excuse because you have the best P.A.’s, the best digital recorders, and great microphones. So I want something that gives me a sense of being there and this tape does that. I like the “in the pit” feel of this tape, and I really like the immersive audio. Great! Ghost Download 20 Opus Stage Donington Park, Donington, UK June 11th, 2023 01. Miserere 02. Imperium 03. Kaisarion 04. Rats 05. Faith 06. Spillways 07. Cirice 08. Jesus He Knows Me 09. Watcher In The Sky 10. Year Zero 11. Mary On A Cross 12. Mummy Dust 13. Kiss The Go-Goat 14. Dance Macabre 15. Square Hammer  
  • Audience 9.2 - This merits quite a bit of adoration for hardcore fans and collectors because it is a beloved show that fell through the cracks of time due to it being so incomprehensibly cut up. We don’t know why it was that way, and therefore an otherwise excellent tape was relegated to the proverbial dustbin…until today. The composite was done by an adoring fan with an ear, by taking bits here and there from other recordings only days apart from the Chicago date, was able to manage a very compelling final product. Worth exploring! Genesis Arie Crown Theater McCormick Place, Chicago, IL . 04-Feb-1975 Disc 1 101 Fly On A Windshield 102 Broadway Melody Of 1974 103 Cuckoo Cocoon 104 In The Cage 105 The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging 106 The Story Of Rael 2 107 Back In NYC 108 Hairless Heart 109 Counting Out Time 110 Carpet Crawlers 111 The Chamber Of 32 Doors 112 The Story Of Rael part 3 113 Lilywhite Lilith 114 The Waiting Room 115 Anyway Disc 2 201 Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist 202 Interlude - The Lamia 203 Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats 204 The Colony Of Slippermen 205 Ravine 206 The Light Dies Down On Broadway 207 Riding The Scree 208 In The Rapids 209 It 210 The Musical Box 211 Watcher Of The Skies  
  • Audience 9.4 - A real good one this is! Like a sharp dressed man entering a room and commanding attention, this show does the same. Frank sounds great, and I like his guitar tone here. Frank Zappa Cirkus Krone Bau Munich (Muenchen), WG 1984-10-04 Early Show Disc 1 01  -Zoot Allures 02  -Tinsel Town Rebellion 03  -Trouble Every Day 04  -Penguin In Bondage 05  -Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel 06  -The Evil Prince 07  -Cocaine Decisions 08  -Nig Biz 09  -Willie The Pimp 10  -He's So Gay 11  -Bobby Brown Disc 2 12  -Keep It Greasey 13  -Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me? 14  -Carol You Fool 15  -Chana In De Bushwop 16  -Let's Move To Cleveland 17  -Sharleena 18  -Dinah-Moe Humm 19  -Whipping Post Band: Frank Zappa - Vocals, Guitars, Conducting Ike Willis - Vocals, Guitar Ray White - Vocals, Guitar Scott Thunes - Bass Chad Wackerman - Drums Allan Zavod - Keyboards Bobby Martin - Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals  
  • Delaware 1985 Soundboard 9.3 Nice to hear this period of Trower with a good, punchy board tape that does present a minimal amount of hiss (evident between songs) but other than that not much to complain about. W. Hollywood 1990 Soundboard 9.2 Technically speaking this would rate much higher as it is what one would call a “pristine” board tape. Yes it sounds crystal clear and Robin is literally singing in your ear (a bit much perhaps), but the rating reflects what I personally consider to be a downside of board tapes…the lack of atmosphere and reliance on perfect mix. This was probably mixed for the benefit of what was coming from the stage and not for the sake of the recording being made. It’s a reference tape is what it is. Contrast this to the next show in the set and you’ll begin to understand why I always say a great audience tape beats a board tape. Karlsruhe 2009 Audience 9.5 This show gets a stellar rating because while it is not technically a superior recording (mainly due to the very slight amount of overdrive) it represents most of what I love about great audience recordings. This recording captures the lightning into a bottle so to speak. The fact that there is just a slight bit of overdriven energy (for lack of a more technical term) or lets call it “saturation” for the sake of the audiophiles out there – either way the point is that this recording will get more repeat plays than the board tapes in this set. Robin Trower Three Decades 1985-2009 Disc 1 The Stone Balloon Newark,Delaware,U.S.A. 1985-07-24 01 -Too Rolling Stoned 02 -Into Money 03 -Keeping A Secret 04 -Day Of The Eagle 05 -Bridge Of Sighs 06 -None But The Brave Musicians Robin Trower - Guitar Dave Bronze - Bass & Vocals Martin Clapson - Drums Disc 2 The Roxy West Hollywood CA. March 25th 1990 01 -Intro 02 -Too Rolling Stoned 03 -Rock Me Baby 04 -Sea Of Love 05 -Day Of The Eagle 06 -Bridge Of Sighs 07 -Turn The Volume Up Disc 3 08 -No Time 09 -Ev'ry Body's Watching You 10 -Daydream 11 -Tear It Up 12 -Natural Fact 13 -Little Bit Of Sympathy 14 -The Ring 15 -Extermination Blues THE BAND Robin Trower guitar Davey Pattison vocals Glenn Letsch bass Dee Johnson drums Disc 4 Jack Bruce & Robin Trower Karlsruhe (GER) Tollhaus 2009-02-25 01 - Seven Moons 02 - Lives Of Clay 03 - Distant Places Of The Heart 04 - Sunshine Of Your Love 05 - Carmen (New song, unreleased) 06 - She's The One 07 - We're Going Wrong 08 - So Far To Yesterday Disc 5 09 - Just Another Day 10 - Perfect Place 11 - Bad Case Of Celebrity 12 - The Last Door 13 - Come To Me 14 - I'm Home 15 - White Room 16 - Politician Musicians: Jack Bruce: b, v Robin Trower: g Gary Husband: dr  

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