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Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 - All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol.1 Valleydale Ballroom Columbus, OH. 11-04-66 Last Track Poor Richard's Club Chicago, IL. 6-23-66 1. Melody Laughter 2. Femme Fatale 3. Venus In Furs 4. Black Angels Death Song 5. All Tomorrow's Parties 6. Waiting For The Man 7. Heroin 8. Run Run Run 9. Poor Richard's -
Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol.2 1. Nothing Song (Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus 66) 2. Venus Heroin (NYC December 1965) 3. Chic Mystique (Delmonico's Hotel, NYC 1-08-66) 4. Train 'Round The Bend - Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Decond Fret, Philly, PA. May 1970) -
Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 - All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol.3 1. Sweet Sister Ray (La Cave, Cleveland, OH. 4-30-68) 2. Sister Ray (Boston Tea Party 3-15-69) 3. Hey Mr. Rain (Wembley Arena, London 6-6-93) 4. Heroin (La Cave, Cleveland, OH. 4-30-68) -
Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 - All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol. 4 1. Searchin' ("Swan Mix" 09-67 Mayfair Recording Studio, NYC) 2. Lady Godiva's Operation (Mono Mix, 09-67 Mayfair NYC) 3. The Gift (Wembley 6-06-93) 4. Run Run Run (Hilltop Rock Festival, Ringe, NH. 8-02-69) 5. What Goes On (Live 1968) 6. Guess I'm Falling In Love (NYC 04-67) 7. A Short Lived Torture Of Cacophony (NYC 1965) 8. Black Angels Death Song (Bataclan Club, Paris 1-29-72) 9. The Biggest, Loudest, Hairiest Group Of All (Bataclan 72) 10. A Distant Mirror -
Audience 8.8 - A very decent recording for the vintage. Small club atmosphere permeates which gives this recording the legendary status it deserves. A New York underground band that somehow won over the Texas crowd. Amazing! Velvet Underground The First Night End Of Cole Ave. October 18, 1969 Dallas, TX. CD 1 1-01 It's Just Too Much 1-02 Waiting For The Man 1-03 I Can't Stand It 1-04 I'm Set Free 1-05 Beginning To See The Light 1-06 Ocean 1-07 Venus In Furs 1-08 What Goes On 1-09 Heroin 1-10 I'll Be Your Mirror 1-11 Femme Fatale CD 2 2-01 Pale Blue Eyes 2-02 Candy Says 2-03 Jesus 2-04 Story Of My Life 2-05 I Found A Reason 2-06 Sunday Morning 2-07 Afterhours acetate demos, late 1969 2-08 Countess Of Hong Kong 2-09 Ride Into The Sun 2-10 Real Good Time Together 2-11 I Found A Reason 19.October 1969 2-12 Sister Ray 19.10.1969 2-13 End Cole Ave Jam 19.10.1969 -
Audience 8.9 - A slight improvement over the 1st night recording, but only by the narrowest margin. I do hear more keys, but they tend to “blast” a bit here. It’s not a bad thing, it gives this whole thing a special vibe. Velvet Underground End Of Cole Ave. Dallas, Texas 10/19/69 DISC ONE 01. I'm Waiting For The Man 02. It's Just Too Much 03. I'll Be Your Mirror 04. Some Kinda Love 05. Femme Fatale 06. Beginning To See The Light 07. I'm Set Free 08. Afterhours 09. I'm Sticking With You 10. One Of These Days 11. Pale Blue Eyes 12. Ocean 13. What Goes On 14. Heroin DISC TWO 01. Sister Ray (October 18, 1969) 02. Lisa Says (Unknown Live) 03. Rock'n' Roll (Unknown Live) 04. Blue Velvet Jazz Jam (Unknown Live) -
Studio 8.7 - A little sonic degradation to these professional studio demos (the bonus tracks are abbreviated probably due to legal reasons at the time they were recorded). Some of the tracks are better quality, but the worst are still very good, just maybe a little loss of clarity and fidelity but nothing major. You’ll enjoy this if you are a fan. -
Audience 8.2 - Drums and vocals present, rhythm section just behind them but the recording is not suffering from typical large hall boominess or distortion so it offers a reasonable enjoyment factor to these ears. -
Studio Recording - This is actually a recent album (digital download only) of a band that first formed in Germany in 1969, and I knew absolutely nothing about them. Turns out they are really good! Their stock in trade is playing familiar progressive 70’s rock arrangements with the same vintage equipment used in their 70’s prime, but recording with modern facilities to get a full, powerful sound. I would say mission accomplished because this is quite good, and not only good but the fact that some of their older material is here in a reworked fashion that does it justice...which is kinda rare to find these days. Out Of Space - Out Of Time Germany 2022 (studio album released in digital download form only)- Warning Walls
- I've Come From A World
- You've Really Got It Fixed
- Wish I Were Happy
- Dreams Out In The Rain
- Dreamland
- A Dream Within A Dream
- Alone
- Valley Of Unrest
- If I Could Tell You
- Nature's Clear Wall
- Yessertronics
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Seattle 1977 Audience 9.3 - Captured in a smaller venue you get a great sense of the proximity, and the space surrounding taper as bits of chatter and background noises lend ambience. A great recording!
Upper Darby 1980 FM Broadcast 9.5 - This is from a KBFH reel so yeah, it’s fantastic.
Seattle 2000 Soundboard 9.6 - A board tape that manages to allow some of the room to seep into the mix so it’s a bit livelier and manages to convince the ear it is not Memorex…or is it?
Warren Zevon The Ultimate Live 1977-2000 Disc 1 Pacific Alliance "We Don't Need Nuclear Power" Benefit Concert Paramount Theater Seattle, WA February 5, 1977 01 -Introduction 02 -Frank And Jesse James 03 -Hasten Down The Wind 04 -Backs Turned Looking Down The Path 05 -Carmelita 06 -Mohammed's Radio 07 -Excitable Boy 08 -I'll Sleep When I'm Dead The Tower Theatre Upper Darby, PA April 22nd 1980 09 -Intro 10 -Play It All Night Long 11 -Johnny Strikes Up The Band 12 -Excitable Boy 13 -Gorilla You're A Desperado 14 -Werewolves Of London 15 -Jeannie Needs A Shooter 16 -Wild Age 17 -Certain Girl 18 -Unknown Title 19 -K.B.F.H. Outro Disc 2 Moore Theater Seattle, WA. April 22nd, 2000 1 -Werewolves Of London 2 -Excitable Boy 3 -Seminole Bingo 4 -For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer 5 -Don't Let Us Get Sick 6 -Poor Poor Pitiful Me 7 -My Shit's Fucked Up 8 -Porcelain Monkey 9 -Detox Mansion 10 -Lawyers, Guns & Money -
Audience 8.8 - A good, bright recording that features rich bass, and strong vocals in particular. This allows you to hear the musicianship which believe it or not, these guys have! I also appreciate their nods to the classics. W.A.S.P. Elysee Montmartre Paris, France October 28, 1992 Disc 1 01 The Invisible Boy 02 The Real Me 03 L.O.V.E. Machine 04 Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue) 05 Wild Child 06 The Idol 07 The Headless Children 08 The Great Misconceptions of Me Disc 2 09 Hellion 10 On Your Knees 11 I Don't Need No Doctor 12 I Wanna Be Somebody 13 Blind in Texas -
Audience 9.0/8.5/8.7 - All four discs are very good source tapes with the first two discs being the strongest with a sound quality that sits nicely on the ears, very comfortable, albeit slightly further back in the hall than the other two discs. I think the other shows maybe feature a louder, more up front guitar sound, but at the same time are also a bit more crowded in that frequency although at no time is there distortion present. Disc 3 suffers from a little bit of the typical big sound onto little cassette recorder where it’s just not as clear as you wish but at least you can hear what is going on, and it is not what I would call muddy sounding. Disc 4 is decent in the fact that you have a clear guitar, tone is audible which is crucial when you are listening to Leslie West. All instruments audible and distinct but not rising much above a middle to upper 8 rating. All in all, I am pleased at the overall sound quality in this set seeing as how there are not many really high quality audios of this band. West, Bruce & Laing European Conquest Disc 1 Falkoner Center Copenhagen, Denmark March 28, 1973 01. -Don't Look Around 02. -Pleasure 03. -Why Dontcha 04. -Third Degree 05. -Mississippi Queen - West Solo Disc 2 06. -Roll Over Beethoven 07. -Love Is Worth the Blues 08. -Powerhouse Sod 09. -The Doctor 10. -Sunshine of Your Love Disc 3 Circus Krone Munich, Germany April 13, 1973 1. Don't Look Around 2. Pleasure 3. Why Dontcha 4. Third Degree 5. Missippi Queen 6. Roll Over Beethoven 7. Powerhouse Sod 8. Politician 9. Sunshine Of Your Love 10. Audience 11. The Doctor Landwirtschaftshalle Kaiserslautern, West Germany 1973-04-14 1. -DON'T LOOK AROUND 2. -PLEASURE 3. -WHY DON'TCHA 4. -THIRD DEGREE 5. -MISSISSIPPI QUEEN 6. -ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN 7. -LOVE IS WORTH THE BLUES 8. -POLITICIAN 9. -SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE Musicians LESLIE WEST- Guitar/Vocals(Ex-Mountain) JACK BRUCE- Bass/Vocals(Ex-Cream) CORKY LAING- Drums(Ex-Mountain) -
Audience 8.7 - Right in your face, loud and clear, which is appropriate for this hard hitting style of rock and roll. -
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Audience 7.9 - A loud, and immediate sounding tape, almost as if it was recorded yesterday. Really has that vibe, like you can’t believe it was 1978. -
Audience 8.8 - Surprisingly clear and spacious, very enjoyable tape! Glen Cornick .... Bass player for Jethro Tull