Audience 9.4 - Someone really knew what they were doing on this one. Such a great effort, it’s really lifelike sound and tons of atmosphere. You can sink into this show, literally. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Alpine Valley Music Theater East Troy, Wisconsin June 23, 1985 Disc 1 01 American Girl 02 Listen To Her Heart 03 Dogs On The Run 04 You Got Lucky 05 It Ain’t Nothin’ To Me 06 Don’t Do Me Like That 07 The Waiting 08 I Need To Know 09 The Best Of Everything Disc 2 10 A Change Of Heart 11 Don’t Come Around Here No More 12 Spike 13 Southern Accents 14 Rebels 15 Breakdown 16 Refugee  

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  

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  

Audience 8.9 - One thing for certain, you can’t knock this recording for not having enough wide open and bright atmosphere!  Holy crap it’s got that in spades, at maybe at a little expense of the lower register – although the bass is present in a sort of brassy and sassy kind of way. If you want to hear that guitar detail and don’t mind that the recording favors that sort of mid band/upper high range of sound and less emphasis on deep bottom end (most people would prefer not being overloaded with bass as it tends to muddy the sound) than you will like this a lot. I did not miss having phatness in the bottom end because I cranked up my bass on the EQ and lo-and-behold there was bass! Jeff Beck Group (with Jan Hammer) Palace Theatre Waterbury, Connecticut October 12, 1976 01 - Earth (Still Our Only Home) 02 - Scatterbrain 03 - You Know What I Mean 04 - Bass Solo - Come Dancing 05 - She's A Woman 06 - Diamond Dust 07 - Full Moon Boogie 08 - Blue Wind 09 - Led Boots Jeff Beck - guitar Jan Hammer - keyboards Fernando Saunders - bass Tony Smith - drums Steve Kindler - violin