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Audience 9.7 - Here’s one of those timeless artists who always sounds relevant no matter the time period. A 1985 concert is a 1975 concert is a 2005 concert – consistently excellent and never selling out integrity for anything approaching chart success. This recording puts you so close, so intimate it’s really like being there in the front row. Drums are in your living room, the piano is next to you, and Pat is your best friend. Wonderful! Pat Metheny Group Boston Common Boston, MA July 10, 1985 Disc 1 01 Forward March 02 Phase Dance 03 Naked Moon 04 Tell It All 05 Daulton Lee 06 James 07 The First Circle 08 Band Introduction 09 Scrap Metal 10 Farmer's Trust - Goodbye Disc 2 11 Straight On Red 12 Are You Going With Me? 13 The Fields, The Sky 14 Chet's Call 15 Chris 16 Airstream Two with Perri 17 Perri Introduction 18 Jaco Two with Perri 19 Letter From Home - Yolanda, You Learn 20 Praise 21 Song For Bilbao -
Audience 8.8 - Taper seems to have a pretty decent set up, because this recording sounds very lively, bright, and there are enough dynamics here to satisfy. What is apparent though is that the poor taper seems to be having to deal with the Japanese phenomena of clapping during songs (not all of them, but yeah the crowd is super enthusiastic). In this sense, because it’s a good recording, I went along with the energy and excitement, settled in, and had a real good time. You will too! Kansas Festival Hall Osaka, Japan January 14th 1980 Disc 1 1. -Song For America (7:20) 2. -People Of The South Wind (3:51) 3. -Point Of Know Return (3:54) 4. -On The Other Side (6:25) 5. -Closet Chronicles (6:45) 6. -The Wall (5:39) 7. -Dust In The Wind (5:42) 8. -Child Of Innocence (4:36) 9. -Down The Road (3:36) Disc 2 10. -Stay Out Of Trouble (5:37) 11. -Portrait (He Knew) (6:49) 12. -Sparks Of The Tempest (6:06) 13. -Carry On Wayward Son (5:35) 14. -How My Soul Cries Out For You (10:48) 15. -Magnum Opus (11:44) -
Audience 9.2 - This recording is very clean and very bright, it does not favor the bass but what you’ll find is that the guitar sounds like it’s right next to you (which for the taper maybe it was). That is what is going to bring you into this show anyway – it’s all here, it’s a great recording with excellent airspace (atmosphere) allowing the sounds to breath.Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp Grand Sierra Theatre Reno, NV November 12, 2022 Disc 1 01. Freeway Jam 02. Loose Cannon 03. Midnight Walker 04. Big Block 05. Caroline, No 06. You Know You Know 07. Me and the Devil Blues 08. Star Cycle 09. Brush With the Blues Disc 2 10. You Never Know 11. Cause We've Ended as Lovers 12. Rumble 13. This is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr 14. Isolation 15. Time 16. Venus in Furs 17. A Day in the Life 18. Corpus Christi Carol 19. Little Wing 20. The Death and Resurrection Show 21. Good Night Band line-up Jeff Beck : Guitar Anika Nilles : Drums Rhonda Smith : Bass Vanessa Freebairn-Smith : Cello Robert Adam Stevenson : Keyboards Johnny Depp : Vocals/Guitar -
Both of these sets are Soundboard quality and very cool to listen to. Good British heavy rock and roll, good players, good everything and well worth rediscovering. Saxon Stampei Lochem, The Netherlands 1982-05-20 01. -20000 Feet 02. -And The Bands Played On 03. -Heavy Metal Thunder 04. -Strong Arm Of The Law 05. -747 (Strangers In The Night) 06. -Wheels Of Steel Saxon Norman, Ok. 9-18-1983 7. -Intro 8. -Power And The Glory 9. -Princess Of The Night 10. -Redline 11. -The Eagle Has Landed 12. -This Town Rocks 13. -Strong Arm Of The Law -
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The set features outstanding quality audience recordings made between 1972 and 1975 at the Seattle Coliseum. The quality encompasses not just the audio fidelity but the completeness and smoothness. All in all this is surely one of the best collections of live Elton John I've ever heard. The price has risen slightly to accommodate the upgrades that have been applied to not only this but the entire line of canisters. I think you will totally be blown away when you see the difference, and the previous ones were pretty impressive so this is going to really be something special. Elton John "The Seattle Tapes" Disc 1 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1972-10-20 01. Tiny Dancer 02. Daniel 03. Band Introduction 04. Susie (Dramas) 05. Your Song 06. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 07. I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself 08. Can I Put You On 09. Mona Lisas And The Mad Hatters 10. Honky Cat Disc 2 11. Singing In The Rain 12. Have Mercy On The Criminal 13. Crocodile Rock 14. Madman Across The Water 15. Take Me To The Pilot 16. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 17. Hercules Band Members: Elton John - vocals, piano Dee Murray - bass Davey Johnstone - guitar, mandolin, banjo Nigel Olsson - drums Disc 3 Seattle Center Coliseum 1973-08-31 01. Intro 02. Elderberry Wine 03. Your Song 04. High Flying Bird 05. Honky Cat 06. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 07. Hercules 08. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 09. Madman Across The Water Disc 4 10. Teacher I Need You 11. Have Mercy On The Criminal 12. All The Young Girls Love Alice 13. Daniel 14. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 15. Band Introduction 16. Crocodile Rock 17. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 18. Honkey Tonk Women Band Members: Elton John - vocals, piano Dee Murray - bass Davey Johnstone - guitar, mandolin, banjo Nigel Olsson - drums Clive Franks - organ (Crocodile Rock) Disc 5 Seattle Center Coliseum 1975-10-16 (First Set) 01. Set I Intro 02. Your Song 03. I Need You To Turn To 04. Border Song 05. Take Me To The Pilot 06. Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future) 07. Country Comfort 08. Levon 09. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 10. Hercules 11. Empty Sky Disc 6 (Second Set) 12. Set II Intro 13. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 14. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 15. Bennie And The Jets 16. Harmony 17. Dixie Lily 18. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy 19. Bitter Fingers 20. Someone Saved My Life Tonight Disc 7 21. The Bitch Is Back 22. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 23. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket 24. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 25. I saw Her Standing There 26. Island Girl 27. Philadelphia Freedom 28. We All Fall In Love Sometimes Band Members: Elton John - vocals, piano Davey Johnstone - guitar Caleb Quaye - guitar James Newton-Howard - keyboards Kenny Passerelli - bass Roger Pope - drums Ray Cooper - percussion Cindy Bullens - backing vocals Jon Joyce - backing vocals Jim Haas - backing vocals Disc 8 Seattle Center Coliseum 10-17-1975 (First Set) 01. Your Song 02. I Need You To Turn To 03. Border Song 04. Take Me To The Pilot 05. Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future) 06. Country Comfort 07. Levon 08. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 09. Hercules 10. Empty Sky Disc 9 (Second Set) 11. Set II Intro 12. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 13. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 14. Bennie And The Jets 15. Harmony 16. Dixie Lily 17. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy 18. Bitter Fingers 19. Someone Saved My Life Tonight 20. The Bitch Is Back Disc 10 21. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 22. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket 23. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 24. I Saw Her Standing There 25. Island Girl 26. Philadelphia Freedom 27. We All Fall In Love Sometimes 28. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting -
Audience 9.0 - Here’s a great sounding complete show from the ambitious “reunion” tour of 1974 which had the band in not only fine form but giving audiences a marathon set loaded with excellent songs. This is surely one for all collectors of great music regardless of any particular artist because if it’s good, it’s good the ears don’t lie…and this one is good! Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1974-07-09 Disc 1 01. Love The One You're With 02. Wooden Ships 03. Immigration Man 04. Cowgirl In The Sand 05. Change Partners 06. Traces 07. Grave Concern 08. Black Queen 09. Almost Cut My Hair 10. Ohio 11. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 12. Helplessly Hoping Disc 2 13. Blackbird 14. Human Highway 15. Prison Song 16. As I Come Of Age 17. Carry Me 18. For Free 19. Guinnevere 20. Southbound Train 21. Another Sleep Song 22. Our House 23. 4 + 20 24. Know You Got To Run 25. You Can't Catch Me (inc. Word Game) 26. Love Art Blues 27. Long May You Run Disc 3 28. A Man Needs A Maid 29. Don't Be Denied 30. First Things First 31. Deja Vu 32. My Angel 33. Pre Road Downs 34. My Favorite Changes 35. Long Time Gone 36. Revolution Blues 37. Pushed It Over The End 38. Carry On 39. What Are Their Names 40. Chicago Band Members: David Crosby - vocal, guitar Stephen Stills - vocal, guitar, keyboards, acoustic bass Graham Nash - vocal, guitar, piano, harmonica, organ Neil Young - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards Tim Drummond - bass Joe Lala - percussion Russ Kunkel - drums -
CD One - Ft. Worth 1980 Audience 9.4 - This recording is hard to definitely call an audience tape because it’s either really close to the main P.A. without much audience interference but the best guess here is that the mic is placed right in from of the P.A. and because of that the sound is direct and electrifying. It’s a terrific recording actually. CD Two - Lubbock 1980 Audience 8.8 - This recording is very decent and inside a small venue so it gets a little raucous at times but overall it’s a nice, dirty little gem. Stevie Ray Vaughan Blossom's Downstairs Ft. Worth, TX 1980-08-30 Disc 1 01 -Wham 02 -Guitar Hurricane 03 -The Sky Is Crying 04 -Empty Arms 05 -I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime) 06 -Howlin' For My Darlin' 07 -Be Careful 08 -I'm Crying 09 -Collin's Shuffle 10 -Hideaway 11 -In The Open 12 -May I Have A Talk With You 13 -Tell Me 14 -Tin Pan Alley Disc 2 15 -Love Stuck Baby 16 -Crosscut Saw 17 -Texas Flood Lineup: Stevie Vaughan : Guitar & vocals Jackie Newhouse: Bass Chris Layton : Drums Fat Dawg's Lubbock, TX 1980 18. -Dirty Pool 19. -Instrumental 20. -Last Night 21. -I'm Cryin' 22. -Texas Flood 23. -Letter To My Girlfriend 24. -All Your Love I Miss Lovin' -
Audience 8.8 - A very clean, clear tape which to my ears only needs one thing – more “fatness” – but I found myself getting used to the more midrangey sound as I listened and then I realized it’s a very good recording that requires you to stick with it until it kind of normalizes. I mean, there’s bass here, and it’s actually somewhat detailed…that is what this tape offers more than anything is that each instrument is pretty distinct in this mix. That is what sucks you into the show and why I think it’s worth getting for the collection. Styx Ford Auditorium Detroit, MI 1976-11-29 01. Intro 02. Put Me On 03. Lorelei 04. Shooz 05. Madammoiselle 06. Light Up -> 07. Suite Madame Blue 08. Lady 09. Midnight Ride 10. Guitar Solo 11. 22 Years Band Members: Dennis DeYoung – vocals, keyboards, accordion John Panozzo – drums, percussion Chuck Panozzo – bass guitar, vocals James Young – vocals, guitar, keyboards Tommy Shaw – vocals, guitars, mandolin, autoharp, talkbox -
Audience 9.3 - A very wide and airy recording that you instantly know the second you hear it that taper is no noob, this is a pro job and stands up to scrutiny well. I could not find that much to complain about except maybe it’s just a tad back in the seats but that just allows for more air and atmospherics which are all here and well captured. Genesis Sports Arena San Diego, CA April 15, 1978 Disc 1 01 Eleventh Earl of Mar 02 In The Cage 03 Burning Rope 04 Ripples 05 Deep In The Motherlode 06 The Fountain Of Salmacis 07 Down And Out 08 One For The Vine Disc 2 09 Squonk 10 Say It's Alright Joe 11 The Lady Lies 12 The Story Of Romeo & Juliet 13 Cinema Show 14 Afterglow 15 Follow You, Follow Me 16 Dance On A Volcano 17 Drum Duet 18 Los Endos 19 I Know What I Like -
Audience 9.2 - I love how this sounds! Geddy is so clear, the sound is very comfortable to my ears and I just love how the drums and bass are distinct – especially the bass because my gosh Geddy is such a badass and so on point here. This is kind of a historic gig in as way most would not even notice. 30 years prior to this date was the last time Rush played the Allentown Fair, and they played a few songs not yet released…welp, fast forward 30 years and they do the same thing here! How cool is that? One other personal detail that struck me was how the performance took me back to around 1979, I felt the performance and atmosphere, along with how the tape itself was recorded, all for some reason made me, at times, think this sounded like the late 70's. Rush The Great Allentown Fair Allentown, PA 2010-08-31 Disc One 1. The Real History of Rush (5:41) 2. The Spirit of Radio (5:24) 3. Time Stand Still (5:24) 4. Presto (6:26) 5. Stick It Out (4:36) 6. Workin' Them Angels (5:00) 7. Leave That Thing Alone (5:33) 8. Faithless (6:05) 9. BU2B (4:31) 10. Freewill (5:41) 11. Marathon (6:43) 12. Subdivisions (5:58) ~Intermission~ Disc Two 1. The Real History of Rush (3:17) 2. Tom Sawyer (4:58) 3. Red Barchetta (7:03) 4. YYZ (4:41) 5. Limelight (4:33) 6. The Camera Eye (10:17) 7. Witch Hunt (4:47) 8. Vital Signs (5:18) Disc Three 1. Caravan (5:52) 2. Love 4 Sale (7:54) 3. Closer to the Heart (5:11) 4. 2112 (7:03) 5. Far Cry (6:41) ~Encore~ 6. La Villa Strangiato (7:41) 7. Working Man (6:28) 8. Slappa Da Baas (6:28) -
Soundboard 9.1 - Another Toronto recording to add to my growing collection and it’s a good one. The band does not sound like they are playing a show in the year 1988, to me they sound more 1978 to be honest. It’s a good, very solid show. Rush Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario 8 March 1988 Disc 1 01 - The Big Money 02 - Subdivisions 03 - Limelight 04 - Marathon 05 - Turn The Page 06 - Prime Mover 07 - Manhattan Project 08 - Closer To The Heart 09 - Red Sector A 10 - Force Ten 11 - Time Stand Still Disc 2 12 - Distant Early Warning 13 - Lock And Key 14 - Mission 15 - Territories 16 - YYZ 17 - Drum Solo 18 - Red Lenses 19 - The Spirit Of Radio 20 - Tom Sawyer 21 - 2112: Overture / Temples Of Syrinx 22 - La Villa Strangiato 23 - In The Mood -
Soundboard 9.0 - A classic old board from the fantastic 1976 European tour which has brought us a few amazing live works by this venerable band. Of course, by this time Ronnie is completely ingrained into the sound and style and one finds it hard to be overly critical of him compared to the very different Mick Taylor. Rolling Stones Festhalle Frankfurt, Germany April 29th, 1976 01. Honky Tonk Women 3:49 02. If You Can't Rock Me / Get Off Of My Cloud 5:29 03. All Down The Line 4:17 04. Hand Of Fate 4:35 05. Hey Negrita 5:16 06. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 5:02 07. Fool To Cry 5:22 08. Hot Stuff 5:32 09. Star Fucker 4:24 10. You Gotta Move 0:49 * The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards Keith Richards – guitars, vocals Ronnie Wood – guitars, vocals Bill Wyman – bass Charlie Watts – drums, percussion Additional musicians Billy Preston – keyboards, vocals Ollie Brown – percussion, drums Ian Stewart – piano -
Audience 9.8 - Your ears will be telling you this HAS to be a soundboard, then the song ends and you hear the audience right next to you and you say to yourself “thank goodness I picked this one up” yes even though it’s an audience tape it will BLOW YOUR MIND it’s so good. Al Di Meola Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA May 26, 1978 01 Egyptian Danza 02 Chasin’ The Voodoo 03 Dark Eye Tango 04 Short Tales Of The Black Forest 05 Fantasia Suite For Two Guitars 06 Señor Mouse 07 Midnight Tango 08 Band Introduction 09 The Wizard -
Soundboard 9.5 - This is the recent BBC “reissue” broadcast version and it sounds great! There are no additional tracks, but there is an alternate stereo mix of “Let It Rock” so dive into this one it’s awesome. The Rolling Stones Refectory @ University Of Leeds Leeds, England March 13, 1971 1. Dead Flowers 2. Stray Cat Blues 3. Love In Vain 4. Midnight Rambler 5. Bitch 6. Band Introductions 7. Honky Tonk Women 8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 9. Little Queenie 10. Brown Sugar 11. Street Fighting Man 12. Let It Rock 13. Let It Rock (Stereo mix) -
Audience 8.8 - This show finally comes to light after decades and it’s surprisingly good. It’s extremely insistent and powerful sounding with guitars really up front and vocals thankfully pretty nicely mixed in as well. In fact, even drums here sound nicely integrated into the live sound mix in this small sounding venue. I rather like this one and you will too. Armored Saint Sherwood's Indianapolis, IN. January 30th, 1985 1. March Of The Saint 2. Mutiny On The World 3. False Alarm 4. Take A Turn 5. Stricken By Fate 6. Seducer 7. Madhouse 8. Can U Deliver -
Various Sources 8.5/10 - So this is, as the title suggests, a collection of recordings made during this tour but the kicker is that the songs are all ones that were one-off’s (with a couple of exceptions). I found that even the worst track (the final track in the set) was not as bad as they made it seem in the liner notes. Still, when compared to some of the truly outstanding ones in the set, yes maybe it really paled in comparison but there’s only two “marginal” tracks here and they aren’t totally abhorrent. This was a very interesting listen for me personally. Bob Dylan All This Tangled Rope - Street Legal Live 1978 1. -Changing of the Guards - Paris, July 8th 2. -New Pony - Paris, July 5th soundcheck 3. -Baby, Stop Crying - New York City, September 30th 4. -Is Your Love in Vain - Providence, October 7th 5. -Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) - Seattle, November 10th 6. -True Love Tends to Forget - Camberley, July 15th 7. -We Better Talk This Over - Los Angeles, November 15th 8. -Where Are You Tonight - Seattle, November 10th 9. -A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Nürnberg, July 1st 10. -Gates Of Eden - Camberley, July 15th 11. -Am I Your Stepchild - Madison, November 1st 12. -The Man In Me - Paris, July 6th 13. -Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - New York City, September 29th 14. -Coming From The Heart (The Road Is Long) - St. Paul, October 31st 15. -I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Hollywood, December 16th 16. -One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) - Nürnberg, July 1st 17. -Fix It, Ma - Paris, July 3rd soundcheck Notes: 2. poor recording; has not been performed live yet as of March 05; note that a soundcheck recording of "No Time To Think" (the 3rd track on the studio album) circulates, but the quality is markedly inferior to "New Pony," so I chose not to include it. 5. Dylan did not debut the intro story about the "old man with his eyes on fire" until San Diego, November 17th 9. only solo performance of this song in '78 10. mixed source recording, with merge at 0:47 11. "second version" lyrics; does not include my favorite line from the "first version," "I pulled you out of dope scenes, orgies and jam sessions too." 13. second of only two '78 performances 14. only live performance to date as of March 05; a studio demo circulates, as well 15. final number from the final '78 show; minor tape problems 4:07 > 4:11 17. poor recording; author unknown, possibly Dylan; sounds of taping device being moved 0:00 > 0:29, minor edit 0:24 Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar & harmonica) Billy Cross (lead guitar) Alan Pasqua (keyboards) Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals) David Mansfield (violin & mandolin) Steve Douglas (horns) Jerry Scheff (bass) Bobbye Hall (percussion) Ian Wallace (drums) Helena Springs Jo Ann Harris Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).