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Audience 9.6 - Brilliant! A fantastic tape no matter how it was recorded, it’s simply great and showcases the precision, dynamics, and unstoppable energy that is Tower of Power. Tower Of Power Old Waldorf San Francisco, CA February 12, 1977 01 Squib Cakes 02 Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now 03 Down To The Nightclub (Bump City) 04 Can’t You See (You Doin’ Me Wrong) 05 Oakland Stroke 06 You Ought To Be Havin’ Fun 07 What Is Hip? 08 Too Good To Be True 09 Drop It In The Slot 10 Doin’ Alright 11 Knock Yourself Out 12 You’re Still A Young Man 13 (To Say The Least) You’re The Most -
Audience 9.4 - A fantastic, close, precise recording that really drives that funk right through the speakers. A crackling, red hot energy that taper captures admirably, I mean, it sounds like he is sitting right directly in front of the band with microphones up and the band is only too happy to oblige. Tower Of Power Circle Star Theatre San Carlos, CA September 24, 1976 01 Squib Cakes 02 Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now 03 So Very Hard To Go 04 Oakland Stroke 05 You Ought To Be Havin’ Fun 06 What Is Hip? 07 Doin’ Alright 08 Down To The Nightclub (Bump City) 09 This Time It’s Real 10 Knock Yourself Out 11 You’re Still A Young Man -
Audience 8.9 - Two different evenings in Boston, each three years apart. For one thing, it's a well balanced capture all the way around (both gigs). Hearing the differences between stadium acts performing in '74 and then in '77 reveals subtle changes in music and delivery. I like being able to notice things like that and sets like this really allow the listener to immerse themselves in their own analytics as they listen. The sound is very good especially because a well done remastering job refreshed the tapes. I love this, this is a treat for people who wished they got to hear the opening acts too but tapers seldom saved tape for them. Boston Chronicles Vol. III Live in Boston 1974-1977 Disc 1 BLACK SHEEP Music Hall Boston MA. May 16th 1974 1 -Intro 2 -Power To Heal 3 -Guitar Solo 4 -A Little Or A lot 5 -Stick Around 6 -Payin' Yer Dues 7 -Drum Solo 8 -Woman 9 -Thank You - Stage Announcements THE BAND Lou Gramm vocals Donald Mancuso guitar Larry Crozier keyboard Bruce Turgon bass Disc 2 TEN YEARS AFTER Music Hall Boston MA. May 16th, 1974 1 -Intro 2 -Rock And Roll Music To The World 3 -Nowhere To Run 4 -Good Morning Little School Girl 5 -It's Getting Harder 6 -Drum Solo 7 -Love Like A Man 8 -Slow Blues In C Disc 3 TYA cont'd 9 -Look Me Straight Into The Eyes 10 -Jam - Scat Thing 11 -I Can't Keep From Crying 12 -Going Home 13 -Sweet Little Sixteen 14 -Choo Choo Mama 15 -The Crowd THE BAND Alvin Lee guitar vocals Leo Lyons bass Chick Churchill keyboards Ric Lee drums Russ drums Disc 4 DERRINGER Boston Music Hall Boston MA. March 18th 1977 1 -Intro 2 -Still Alive and Well 3 -Let Me In 4 -Teenage Love Affair 5 -Sailor 6 -Beyond the Universe 7 -Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo - You Really Got Me 8 -Sittin' By the Pool 9 -One Eyed Jack 10 -Roll With Me THE BAND Rick Derringer vocals guitar Vinny Appice drums Kenny Aaronson bass background vocals Danny Johnson guitar vocals STARZ Boston Music Hall Boston MA. March 18th 1977 11 -Cherry Baby 12 -Night Crawler 13 -Pull the Plug 14 -Boys in Action 15 -Drum Solo 16 -Boys in Action (reprise) THE BAND Michael Lee Smith vocals Richie Ranno guitar Brendan Harkin guitar Pieter "Pete" Sweval bass Joe X. Dubé (aka Jeff Grob) drums -
Audience 8.8 - Another amazing historical document that gives us the entire picture of what it was like to attend a rock concert in Boston in the early 70's. It's one evening out of 365 other evenings in the calendar year but it is a year that I did not get to experience anything like this, being that I was still in elementary school. It's a glaring example of what I was missing! Taper was not only prescient in capturing all the acts but he manages to do so with minimal problems and in very decent quality. Original tape transfers received recent treatment and have never sounded better, it makes me wonder why this material never got picked up by any of the boot labels in Japan or Europe for production. The Boston Chronicles Volume II Live In Boston 1972 Disc 1 BADFINGER Boston Garden Boston MA. July 1st 1972 1 -Tune Up - Intro 2 -Baby Blue 3 -Take It All 4 -Tuesday Morning 5 -Baby, You And I 6 -Suitcase THE BAND Pete Ham vocals guitar keyboards Joey Molland vocals guitar keyboards Tom Evans vocals bass Mike Gibbins vocals drums percussion keyboards Additional personnel Rob Stawinsky drums (US tour, 1972) CACTUS Boston Garden Boston MA. July 1st 1972 7 -Intro 8 -Bedroom Mazurka 9 -Bad Stuff 10 -Bringing Me Down 11 -Swim THE BAND Carmine Appice Drums, backing vocals Tim Bogert Bass backing vocals Werner Fritzschings Guitar Peter French vocals Duane Hitchings Keyboards FACES Boston Garden Boston MA. July 1st 1972 12 -Tune Up - Intro 13 -It's All Over Now 14 -Miss Judy's Farm 15 -Memphis Tennessee Disc 2 Faces cont'd 1 -Maggie May 2 -Stay With Me 3 -Angel 4 -True Blue 5 -Too Bad 6 -That's All You Need 7 -Gasoline Alley 8 -That's All You Need (reprise) 9 -I'm Losing You 10 -Drum Solo - I'm Losing You (reprise) 11 -Maybe I'm Amazed 12 -DJ talk - Crowd 13 -Had Me A Real Good Time - Every Picture Tells A Story 14 -I'd Rather Go Blind 15 -Boston Goodnight THE BAND Kenney Jones drums Ronnie Wood guitar vocals Ian McLagan keyboards Rod Stewart lead vocals Ronnie Lane bass vocals -
Audience 8.7 - There is something very special in these amateur audio documents. While you could be overly critical of them for failing to live up to modern sonic standards, the truth is that not only is the audio acceptable as it is, but as a moment captured forever on tape that not only manages to document the entire evening (opening act included) but does so with few blemishes. It's decent quality too, although does not offer extremely dynamic low end or crisp high end, it's a recording that stays mainly in the middle with better definition on guitars which is fine. The Boston Chronicles Vol. I BOSTON GARDEN MARCH 24,1970 Disc 1 Steve Miller Band 1. -Kow Kow 2. -Baby's House 3. -Seasons 4. -Tore Down 5. -Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat 6. -Unknown Title 7. -Gangster Of Love 8. -Steppin' Stone 9. -Industrial-Military Complex Hex 10. -Livin' In The USA 11. -Space Cowboy 12. -Crowd - Announcements 13. -Getting It On 14. -Turn On Your Love Light Disc 2 John Mayall & Duster Bennet 1. -The Laws Must Change 2. -Talk 3. -The Laws Must Change 4. -California 5. -Band Intros 6. -I Chose To Sing The Blues (DUSTER BENNETT Solo) Moody Blues 7. -Intro - Tuning 8. -Gypsy 9. -Sunset 10. -DR.Livingston I Presume 11. -Never Comes The Day 12. -Peak Hour 13. -Tuesday Afternoon 14. -Question 15. -Are You Sitting Comfortably - The Dream - Have You Heard -
Disc 1 Pittsburgh 1974 Audience 8.5 A rather middle of the road tape that does not offend the ears, but does not offer great separation of instruments. It’s not that it is real muddy either, it’s just that Sabbath were very loud, and unless you were seated ideally for taping, and, if your taping gear was high quality, you “might” get a very good recording of this band. That being said, I have heard much worse, and this is a new tape to circulation. Some good jams, Ozzy is very excited this night. Disc 2 Niagara Falls 1978 Audience 8.7 A bit better than the previous disc in this set, it offers better separation of instruments and more dynamics. In parts, it’s actually even better than the 8.7 rating. A rare tape, it offers something to collectors and features complete versions of the Technical Ecstasy songs which is a big plus. Disc 3 Live Rehearsals and Unknown Live 1979-80 Soundboard 9.8 Two very cool pieces that may have fallen through the cracks for most collectors but thankfully included in this Lost Recordings set. Both are worth repeated listening. Black Sabbath Lost Recordings 1974-1979 Disc One Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA 02-02-1974 1. -Introduction 2. -Tomorrow's Dream 3. -Sweet Leaf 4. -Killing Yourself To Live 5. -Snowblind 6. -War Pigs 7. -A National Acrobat 8. -Cornucopia 9. -Sabbra Cadabra 10. -Guitar-Drum Solo 11. -Unknown 12. -Drum Solo 13. -Supernaut 14. -Guitar Solo 15. -Sabbra Cadabra (reprise) Disc 2 Niagara Falls Convention Center Niagara Falls, NY September 8, 1978 1 -Supertzar (intro tape) 2 -Symptom of the Universe 3 -Snowblind 4 -War Pigs 5 -Never Say Die 6 -Black Sabbath 7 -Dirty Women 8 -Rock 'n Roll Doctor 9 -Bill Ward drum solo 10 -Jam I 11 -Orchid 12 -Jam II 13 -Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (riff) 14 -Jam III 15 -Jam IV 16 -Jam V 17 -Electric Funeral 18 -Iron Man Disc 3 New York 1978 Cont'd 19 -Fairies Wear Boots 20 -Encore break 21 -Paranoid 22 -She's Gone (outro tape) 1979 Rehearsal Session 23. -Heaven And Hell 24. -Slapback Unknown Venue August 1980 25. -War Pigs 26. -Neon Knights 27. -Children Of The Sea 28. -Black Sabbath 29. -Die Young -
Soundboard 9.6 - A great sound happening here, but what I really love most about it is the brassy, killer bass. Obviously it’s everything, it’s all great, but Prince, even being mainly onto a funky, keyboard, drum, bass approach on this tour (guitar is present in places just not emphasized) which might not be everyone’s cup of tea, still is able to engage this old rock and roller. Prince Parade Tour Isstadion, Stockholm 22nd August 1986 Disc 1 1. -Around The World In A Day 2. -Christopher Tracy's Parade 3. -New Position 4. -I Wonder U 5. -Raspberry Beret 6. -Delirious 7. -Controversy 8. -A Love Bizarre 9. -Do Me, Baby 10. -How Much Is That Doggy In The Window 11. -Lady Cab Driver (instrumental) - Automatic 12. -D.M.S.R. 13. -When Doves Cry 14. -Under The Cherry Moon 15. -Anotherloverholenyohead Disc 2 1. -17 Days 2. -Head 3. -Pop Life 4. -Girls And Boys 5. -Life Can Be So Nice 6. -1999 7. -Mountains 8. -Kiss 9. -Purple Rain -
Studio Quality 9.7 - Another fantastic collection of stuff Prince did in his studio and on air with disc 2 being the unreleased Milk and Honey album with Tamar.. What struck me about this particular set is right off the bat, the first track on disc one just blew me away. It’s an extended remix of Computer Blue with the sickest guitar, a real grinding, psychedelic and metallic tone that he squeezes to maximum effect and doesn’t want it to end. Neither did I!! Prince Milk & Honey Various rarities, outtakes & demos and unreleased album w/Tamar Disc 1 1. Computer Blue 2. I Wonder U 3. I Wonder U 4. Wow 5. Wow (Sexy MF Groove) 6. Make Believe (Black MF Groove) 7. Make Believe (Housestyle) 8. I'll Do Anything 9. Damn U 10. D.M.S.R. San Jose Jam 11. Glass Cutter (Versace Experience II) 12. Around The World In A Day 13. Lolita 14. Love 15. Black Sweat 16. Kiss 17. Shhh 18. Kiss (reprise) 19. Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful 20. All Along The Watchtower - Best Of You (Howard Stern Radio Show) 21. Guitar (Demo) 22. Love 23. Shelby J. Intros PFUnk 24. PFUnk/F.U.N.K. Disc 2 1. Closer 2 My Heart 2. Milk & Honey 3. Can't Keep Living Alone 4. Holla & Shout 5. Kept Woman 6. Holy Ground 7. Beautiful, Loved & Blessed 8. Redhead Stepchild 9. All Eye Want Is U 10. First Love 11. Sunday In The Park 12. Beautiful, Loved & Blessed (reprise) 13. Here I Come 14. Beautiful Fabulous 15. Rub U Down 16. The Do 17. Make It Through The Storm 18. Clouds 19. Xenophobia Xcerpts -
Studio Quality 9.7 - A lot of collectors may think they are getting the same stuff over and over again in a different package but with the Prince studio collections you really are getting something different, but that might just mean alternate takes, mixes, or a different session with different players. Prince did like to experiment a lot and might want to try a song a hundred different ways before he was satisfied, similar maybe to Jimi Hendrix. I always find something to enjoy and always end up admiring Prince more and more after each listen…which is why I keep offering these titles because it lets me listen to even more Prince! So thank you! Prince - Nudity Nude Tour Rehearsals Paisly Park MN 04.21.90 & 04.24.90 Disc 1 21st April 1990 01. -Intro 02. -The Future 03. -1999 04. -Housequake 05. -Sexy Dancer 06. -Kiss 07. -I'm In The Mood 08. -Blues In C 09. -Purple Rain 10. -Take Me With U 11. -Alphabet St. - It Takes 2 12. -The Question Of U 13. -Electric Man 14. -Ain't No Way 15. -Nothing Compares 2 U 16. -Batdance 17. -Baby, I'm A Star 18. -Jealous Again 19. -Our Love Is Here 2 Stay [Incl. Nothing Compares 2 U - Housequake] Disc 2 24th April 1990 01. -Erotic City 02. -Sex 03. -Interlude 04. -Let's Work 05. -The Future 06. -1999 07. -Housequake 08. -Sexy Dancer -
The set features outstanding quality soundboard recordings made between 1972 and 1980. 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. Santana Time Travels 1972-1981 Disc 1 Cherry Hill Arena Cherry Hill, NJ USA October 28th, 1972 1. -A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way 2. -Samba Pa Ti 3. -Look Up (To See What's Coming Down) 4. -Just In Time To See The Sun 5. -Incident At Neshabur 6. -Bambele 7. -Stone Flower Disc 2 8. -Batucada 9. -Xibaba(She-Ba-Ba) 10. -Stone Flower 11. -Waiting 12. -Castillos De Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle) 13. -Free Angela 14. -Mantra 15. -Castillos De Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle) 16. -Earth 17. -Se A Cabo 18. -Savor 19 -Toussaint L'Overture - Bill Graham says goodnight Disc 3 Memorial Coliseum Columbus, GA. 1973-03-30 1. -Going Home - A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way 2. -Samba Pa Ti 3. -Look Up (To See What’s Coming Down) 4. -Just In Time To See The Sun 5. -Incident At Neshabur 6. -Bambele 7. -Stone Flower 8. -Batucada 9. -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 10. -Waiting - Castillos De Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle) 11. -Free Angela 12. -Castillos De Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle) 13. -Earth 14. -Se A Cabo Disc 4 Dillon Stadium, Hartford, Connecticut August 17th, 1973 1 -Going Home 2 -A-1 Funk 3 -Every Step Of The Way 4 -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 5 -Oye Como Va 6 -Japan 7 -Bambele 8 -Um-um-um 9 -Yours Is The Light 10 -Batucada 11 -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 12 -Stone Flower 13 -Waiting 14 -Castillos De Arena (Sand Castle) Disc 5 15 -Free Angela 16 -Samba De Sausalito 17 -Light Of Life 18 -Se A Cabo 19 -Mr Udo 20 -The Creator Has A Master Plan 21 -Savor 22 -Toussaint L'Overture 23 -Samba Pa Ti 24 -Incident At Neshabur Disc 6 University Arena Albuquerque, NM September 23, 1974 1. Going Home - A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way 2. Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 3. Oye Como Va 4. Mirage 5. Just In Time To See The Sun Disc 7 6. Bambele 7. Give And Take 8. Incident At Neshabur 9. -Soul Sacrifice 10. -Samba Pa Ti 11. -Savor - Toussaint L’Overture Disc 8 Jharna Kala Concert w/John McLaughlin Central Park New York, NY March 8, 1975 1. -Jharna Kala Mantra 2. -Second Mantra 3. -Third Mantra 4. -Fouth Mantra Saenger Performing Arts Center New Orleans, LA March 31, 1981 5. -Whole Lotta Love coda - Open Invitation 6. -She's Not There 7. -Shake Your Money Maker 8. -Transcendance - Band Introduction 9. -Guajira Disc 9 Festhalle w/Jimmy Page Frankfurt, Germany July 1, 1980 1. -Hannibal 2. -All I Ever Wanted 3. -Tales Of Kilimanjaro - Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 4. -Oye Como Va 5. -Just In Time To See The Sun 6. -Lightning In The Sky 7. -Aqua Marine 8. -Savor - Jingo 9. -You Just Don't Care Disc 10 10. -Europa 11. -Well Alright 12. -Soul Sacrifice 13. -Open Invitation 14. -Samba Pa Ti 15. -She's Not There 16. -Transendance 17. -Shake Your Money Maker 18. -Evil Ways -
Studio Quality 9.5 - This collection was interesting to me because it featured a lot of music I was unfamiliar with, so there is seemingly endless amounts of it but that is fine with me! Prince The Chocolate House Grooves Disc 1 1. 2045: Radical Man 2. S&M Groove 3. Sexmesexmenot 4. Vavoom 5. Supercute 6. When Eye Lay My Hands On You 7. Underneath The Cream 8. My Medallion 9. The Daisy Chain 10. Golden Parachute 11. Props N' Pounds 12. U Make My Sunshine 13. Empty Room (Live) 14. Gamillah Disc 2 1. The Dance 2. Silicon 3. S&M Groove 4. Vavoom 5. Props N' Pounds 6. Sexmesexmenot 7. Northside 8. Judas Kiss (aka Judas Smile) 9. Golden Parachute 10. When Eye Lay My Hands On You 11. My Medallion 12. High 13. When Will We B Paid? 14. U Make My Sunshine -
Soundboard 9.1/Audience 8.8 - An incomplete board tape that is completed by a very decent audience (thank goodness!) to present a great gig by a great band. I love the banter on stage, was Grace Slick the David Lee Roth of female vocalists? Ha ha! Jefferson Starship Moscone Center Vietnam War Veterans Benefit San Francisco, CA May 28, 1982 Disc 1 1-01 -Intro1-02 -Somebody To Love 1-03 -Ride The Tiger 1-04 -Stranger 1-05 -Fast Buck Freddie 1-06 -Find Your Way Back 1-07 -Save Your Love 1-08 -Fooled Around And Fell In Love 1-09 -Girl With The Hungry Eyes 1-10 -bass solo 1-11 -Play On Love Disc 2 2-01 -Jane 2-02 -Kantner Slick commentary 2-03 -Light The Sky On Fire (prelude) 2-04 -Light The Sky On Fire 2-05 -drum solo 2-06 -Stairway To Cleveland 2-07 -Dance With The Dragon 2-08 -White Rabbit 2-09 -Rock Music 2-10 -ending Grace Slick - vocals Mickey Thomas - vocals Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals Craig Chaquico - lead guitar David Freiberg - keyboards Pete Sears - bass Aynsley Dunbar - drums -
Audience 8.4 - Buried in a closet for decades this important document has finally surfaced. It’s, to my ears, slightly better than the next oldest live document which I believe is the Music Machine gig. The tape itself is not as bad as you’d imagine and that could be due to the diligent re-mastering that was done. The sound is not as murky and indecipherable as a lot of the other 1980 tapes. This can be appreciated, I mean, this is May of 1980 the band had yet to break open and even though they had a hardcore following, was not known outside of UK in any substantive sense. If you were a fan of Iron Maiden in these times, it’s akin to investing money in Google stock when it was first offered. Why would you? …maybe because you liked what they were doing and had a hunch. Man! IRON MAIDEN Market Hall Carlisle England, UK May 20th, 1980 01. Prowler (4:09) 02. Remember Tomorrow (5:52) 03. Killers (5:09) 04. Running Free (3:28) 05. Another Life (inc. Drum solo) (6:12) 06. Transylvania (3:40) 07. Strange World (5:42) 08. Charlotte The Harlot (4:30) 09. Phantom Of The Opera (7:04) 10. Iron Maiden (5:23) 11. Drifter (11:48) 12. I've Got The Fire (4:15) 13. Running Free (3:43) -
Audience 9.1 - This show is divided into two sets, with both sounding similar but the 1st set is just a touch rougher in the sense that I hear a tiny bit of channel overload (not distorted!) and less clarity (but not harmfully so) than the 2nd set. Overall, both are very well recorded and I would imagine set 2 was broadcast as this was typical around this time and other Rosyln, NY. “My Father’s Place” shows were indeed broadcast on local FM radio. So, while it seems Set 2 is the better audio (fractionally), I would say it was recorded for broadcast and this is the pre-broadcast tape recorded from the audience with open mics…yes? No? Maybe so? I have no idea…it’s really good but not radio station broadcast good so maybe this show was never recorded for broadcast at all. Spirit My Father's Place Roslyn, NY 1977-09-15 Disc 1 (First Set) 01 -Like A Rolling Stone 02 -Veruska 03 -Nature's Way 04 -Rainy Night 05 -Genetic Dreams 06 -Take It In Time 07 -1984 08 -Animal Zoo 09 -Downer 10 -All Along The Watchtower 11 -All The Same 12 -Drums 13 -All The Same 14 -I Got A Line On You Disc 2 (Second Set) 15 -Living In This World 16 -Dark-Eyed Woman 17 -Mr. Skin 18 -Prelude - Nothin' To Hide 19 -If I Miss This Train 20 -Fresh Garbage 21 -Morning Light 22 -Nature's Way 23 -Animal Zoo 24 -1984 25 -Like A Rolling Stone 26 -Rosyln Jam 27 -Wild Thing Band: Randy California - Vocals, Guitar Larry "Fuzzy" Knight - Bass, Vocals Ed Cassidy - Drums John Locke - Keyboards -
Studio Quality 9.4 - I admit I never was a fan, but being a music collector I ended up discovering a few things I’d missed and this is one. While I am still not the biggest Morrissey fan, I think he certainly fits with this style and let’s admit it these songs are all quite good. The Smiths Demos & Outtakes 01 -Reel Around The Fountain (July 1983, Troy Tate final mix) 02 -The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (October 1983, John Porter monitor mix) 03 -This Night Has Opened My Eyes (June 1984, unreleased studio recording) 04 -Rusholme Ruffians (July 1984, John Porter first take) 05 -I Misses You (December 1984, instrumental) 06 -There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (September 1985, early take) 07 -The Queen Is Dead (Fall 1985, original unedited version) 08 -Frankly, Mr Shankly (November 1985, Stephen Street "trumpets" recording) 09 -Ask (9 June 1986, probable first-ever take) 10 -Is It Really So Strange? ( June 1986, original unreleased studio recording) 11 -Shoplifters Of The World Unite (December 1986, instrumental) 12 -Sheila Take A Bow (January 1987, John Porter original version) 13 -Girlfriend In A Coma (January 1987, early take) 14 -Death Of A Disco Dancer (April 1987, first take) 15 -Paint A Vulgar Picture (April 1987, early take) 16 -Heavy Track (April 1987, instrumental) -
Audience 8.7 - Not too bad for 1972, this tape has some nice energy, and not to say it doesn’t have limitations, but it seems to deliver a lot more than the expectation. You have to accept that the hall is a touch echoey, or at least the guitar seems to bounce off the wall to give a very short reverb effect. It’s not a distraction at all, in fact it is exactly how it sounded at the show – the recording is very accurate. Jethro Tull LA Forum Inglewood, CA. 1972-06-23 Disk 1 1. -Thick As A Brick - Introduction 2. -Thick As A Brick - The First Part 3. -Thick As A Brick - The Flute Part 4. -Thick As A Brick - The Next Part 5. -Thick As A Brick - The Six O'Clock News Part 6. -Thick As A Brick - The Drum Part 7. -Thick As A Brick - The Babies Wearing Nylons Part 8. -Thick As A Brick - The Last Part Disk 2 1. -Insane Asylum Introduction 2. -Cross-Eyed Mary 3. -A New Day Yesterday 4. -Aqualung 5. -Encore 6. -Ian's Wind-Up Introduction 7. -Wind-Up 8. -Third-Leg Guitar Solo 9. -Locomotive Breath 10. -Hard-Headed English General 11. -Wind-Up (reprise) -
Audience 9.8 - Mindblowing! Put your sterile, lifeless soundboard tapes away and strap in for a REAL LIVE concert brought back to life in astounding clarity. Jethro Tull Civic Auditorium Pasadena, CA January 14, 1977 Disc 1 01 Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of A New Day) 02 Jack-In-The-Green 03 Crazed Institution 04 Fire At Midnight 05 Instrumental 06 Thick As A Brick 07 Songs From The Wood 08 To Cry You A Song 09 A New Day Yesterday > Flute Solo incl. Bouree & Quartet > Living In The Past 10 Velvet Green Disc 2 11 Too Old To Rock'n' Roll 12 Bungle In The Jungle 13 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 14 Minstrel In The Gallery 15 Hunting Girl 16 Cross-Eyed Mary 17 Aqualung 18 Guitar Solo 19 Wind-Up 20 Back-Door Angels 21 Wind-Up (reprise) 22 Locomotive Breath 23 Land Of Hope And Glory -
Studio 9.7 - A collection of music, outtakes, demos, alternates of excellent quality and more than a few rarities. PRINCE SCOOP Songs From The Vault Paisley Park Studios Disc 1 1. My Name Is Prince 2. Just As Long As We're Together 3. Soft And Wet 4. Controversy 5. Do Me, Baby 6. When Doves Cry 7. A Love Bizarre 8. Alphabet Stret 9. A Bridge Of Graffiti 10. The Dopamine Rush Suite 11. Yellow 12. Eye Hate U Disc 2 1. I Am The D.J. 2. Ain't No Place Like U 3. Come Home 4. 21 Guns 5. Fantasia Erotica 6. Move Me 7. If You Were A Sailboat 8. Nine Million Bicycles 9. Playtime 10. Your Love Is So Hard 11. Madhouse 12. Hot With U 13. Shy 14. Good Man 15. U 16. Sticky Wicked 17. Rumeta 18. All My Biddies -
Studio 9.7 - As usual, great quality stuff from the diminutive one. PRINCE LEAK Songs From The Vault Paisley Park Studios Disc 1 1. Hard To Get 2. Neurotic Lover's Baby's Bedroom 3. 17 Days 4. Let's Go Crazy 5. Manic Monday 6. Cosmic Day 7. La La La, He He He 8. Love Bizarre 9. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 10. I Feel For You 11. I Want To Take You Higher 12. Witness 4 The Prosecution Disc 2 1. Witness 4 The Prosections 2. Forever In My Life 3. 101 4. Paisley Park 5. Baby I'm A Star 6. Sex 7. Flash Light - What's My Name -
Audience 9.5 - Fantastic presence (after the first song) and good depth, but what I love most is the atmosphere. You get just enough audience to make you feel as if you are there. A great one! Prince Smukfest Skanderborg, Denmark August 7th, 2013 Disc 1 1. Crown Prince Frederik speaks 2. Intro By Hannah 3. Liabach 4. Diamonds & Pearls 5. The Beautiful Ones 6. Moonbeam Levels 7. The Breakdown 8. Let's Go Crazy (Reloaded) 9. Endorphinemachine 10. Screwdriver 11. She's Always In My Hair 12. Guitar 13. Plectrum Electrum 14. Fixurlifeup 15. Take Me With You 16. Rasberry Beret 17. The Max 18. Electric Chair 19. The Love We Make 20. Bassjam 21. U Got The Look 22. Play That Funky Music Disc 2 1. Colonized Mind 2. Crimson & Clover 3. Bambi 4. Cause & Effect 5. Housequake 6. Sing O' The Times 7. Funkaroll 8. Nothing Compares 2 U 9. Purple Rain 10. Fixurlifeup (Remix) -
Radio Broadcasts 9.2-9.8 - Superb quality broadcasts all from 1977. Rory Gallagher Pistol Slappin' 77's 1977 Broadcasts Disc 1 Demontford Hall, Leicester, UK 2/15/77 01 -Do You Read Me 02 -Calling Card 03 -Secret Agent 04 -Tattoo'd Lady 05 -A Million Miles Away 06 -tuning & intro to Souped-Up Ford 07 -Souped-Up Ford 08 -Bullfrog Blues 09 -Edged In Blue 10 -Country Mile 11 -Got My Mojo Workin' Disc 2 Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, UK. 2/18/77 1. -Edged In Blue 2. -Used To Be 3. -Country Mile Sheffield, UK. 02/17/77 4. -I Take What I Want 5. -Bought And Sold 6. -Out On The Western Plain 7. -Pistol Slapper Blues 8. -Barley & Grape Rag 9. -Secret Agent Disc 3 Sight & Sound in Concert Jan. 29th, 1977 01. -Intro 02. -Do You Read Me 03. -Secret Agent 04. -Calling Card 05. -Bought and Sold 06. -Out on the Western Plain 07. -Pistol Slapper Blues 08. -Too Much Alcohol 09. -Going To My Home Town 10. -Souped-up Ford 11. -Outro -
Radio Broadcasts 9.2-9.7 - A fine collection of broadcasts that sparkle and shine so much that you will have to pinch yourself as a reminder that the recordings are like 5 decades old! Fantastic set, and volume 2 is just as good. Rory Gallagher Pistol Slappin' 77's Volume I Disc 1 BBC Sights & Sounds Hammersmith Odeon, London January 19, 1977 01 - Alan Black introduction 02 - Do You Read Me 03 - Secret Agent 04 - Calling Card 05 - Bought and Sold 06 - Out On The Western Plain 07 - Barley & Grape Rag 08 - Pistol Slapper Blues 09 - Too Much Alcohol 10 - Goin' To My Hometown 11 - Souped-Up Ford 12 - Bullfrog Blues Disc 2 BBC Golders Green, Hippodrome, London, U.K. January 20, 1977 01 - Alan Black introduction 02 - Moonchild 03 - Do You Read Me 04 - Garbage Man 05 - Too Much Alcohol 06 - Bullfrog Blues Brighton Dome January 21, 1977 07 - Do You Read Me 08 - Moonchild 09 - Tattoo'd Lady 10 - Souped-Up Ford 11 - Bullfrog Blues Rory Gallagher (R.I.P.) - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Rod de'Ath - drums Lou Martin (R.I.P.) - keyboards -
Radio Broadcast 8.8 - This is most definitely a broadcast although when it starts you may confuse it for a very good audience tape. The tape itself that was made from the broadcast is a little aged it seems but holds up pretty well. It’s a solid old tape, just could use a little brightening up. Pat Benatar Band Paradise Rock Club Boston, Mass. October 30, 1979 1. -If You Think You Know How To Love Me 2. -So Sincere 3. -I Need A Lover 4. -My Clone Sleeps Alone 5. -In The Heat Of The Night 6. -No You Don't 7. -Just Like Me 8. -Heartbreaker 9. -Come On, Let's Go Pat Benatar: lead vocals Neil "Spyder James" Geraldo: guitars, vocals, keyboards Scott St. Clair Sheets: guitars, vocals, synthesizer Roger Capps: bass, vocals Myron Grombacher: drums -
Soundboard 9.4 - Rating on average for the three shows represented in this set. All are either broadcasts or board feeds of excellent quality. Morrissey Three Decades In The Making 1997-2023 Disc 1 Los Angeles, CA. 10-12-1997 01. -Operation 02. -Boy Racer 03. -Alma Matters 04. -Billy Budd 05. -Reader Meet Author 06. -Nobody Loves us 07. -Wide To Receive 08. -Roys Keen 09. -Speedway 10. -More You Ignore Me 11. -Ambitious Outsiders 12. -Paint A Vulgar Picture 13. -Now My Heart Is Full 14. -Shoplifters 15. -Maladjusted 16. -Trouble Loves Me 17. -Satan Rejected My Soul Disc 2 House Of Blues Chicago, IL, USA 17th July 2004 01. -Introduction 02. -Shakespeare's Sister 03. -How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel 04. -Jack The Ripper 05. -Rubber Ring 06. -I'm Not Sorry 07. -First Of The Gang To Die 08. -I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday 09. -The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores 10. -I Have Forgiven Jesus 11. -The Headmaster Ritual 12. -Irish Blood, English Heart Disc 3 Paris, Salle Pleyel March 9, 2023 01. -Intro - Our Frank 02. -I Wish You Lonely 03. -Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (The Smiths song) 04. -Jim Jim Falls 05. -Rebels Without Applause 06. -Sure Enough, the Telephone Rings 07. -Girlfriend in a Coma (The Smiths song) 08. -Irish Blood, English Heart 09. -Knockabout World 10. -The Loop 11. -The Bullfighter Dies Disc 4 12. -Without Music the World Dies 13. -Everyday Is Like Sunday 14. -Band Intro - Istanbul 15. -The Night Pop Dropped 16. -Half a Person (The Smiths song) 17. -Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths song) 18. -Trouble Loves Me 19. -Jack the Ripper 20. -Sweet and Tender Hooligan (The Smiths song) -
Audience 8.2/Studio 9.5 - OK, what we have here is both a blessing and a curse. How to begin? It’s not the best sounding tape, but, it’s perhaps one of the most important and illuminating tapes to have surfaced in a long time. I’d been collecting Motley Crue for some time (because they have a special place in my early teenage years) and had always thought 1982 was the earliest known recordings. Should this even be in anyone’s collection? Considering the revelation it was to me, hearing them sound so confident and amazing as early as this, yes I think it belongs in every collection. It sounds pretty rough, but not rough enough to dismiss. A LOT of work went into the re-mastering to deliver something that started off unlistenable and now can be considered a “good” audience tape. Small club, loud AF band, sub-par taping gear. Why were tapers there recording at all? Who was Motley Crue in 1981? By the sound of it, they were already hot stuff on the scene. The demos are excellent; these early demos are also indispensible and belong in every Crue collector’s tape deck. MOTLEY CRUE The Whiskey Los Angeles, CA 12 11 1981 1. Take Me to the Top 2. Runnin' Wild in the Night 3. I Will Survive 4. Toast of the Town 5. Starry Eyes 6. Piece of Your Action 7. Come On and Dance 8. Too Fast for Love 9. Merry-Go-Round 10. Live Wire Bonus Tracks Leathur Demos 1981 11. Public Enemy No.1 12. Take Me To The Top 13. Stick To Your Guns 14. Toast Of The Town -
Audience 8.5 - I would designate this recording as a reference recording – what was going on in 1973? That’s what this tape is, an old newspaper featuring a back story on this local band. Very dated…sound quality is marginal but not in a miserable, muddy, dogshit kind of way. It’s listenable and fun, like I said it is a good reference and may guide you towards other NYD tapes out there. I know I was certainly intrigued enough to seek out other recordings. New York Dolls Felt Forum New York City, NY August 3, 1973 01 Courageous Cat 02 Personality Crisis 03 Looking For A Kiss 04 Bad Girl 05 Great Big Kiss 06 Vietnamese Baby 07 Babylon 08 Pills 09 Trash 10 Frankenstein 11 Jet Boy -
Audience 8.8 - Here we have two concerts in very good quality that show a band undeniably at the peak, a peak that seemed to stretch out for a VERY long time I might add, but a creative peak that gave audiences a lot to digest musically. The quality of this tape is pretty decent but I give it a knock in the rating (although 8.8 is still high) because I got too much emphasis on an upper mid frequency that didn’t rub me the right way and this is a subjective analysis. The tape allows plenty of information in that you get pretty much everything, it’s clear, and the content is worth the price of admission. I am making a subjective observation but I feel the taper had done an amazing job and it would have gotten a 9.4 if the mic he used delivered more dynamics and a wider sound-field. Picky picky picky! This sounds good. JETHRO TULL Falkoner Teatret Copenhagen, Denmark 1974-December-04 Disc 1 01. -Introduction 02. -Wind-Up - Passion Play (Excerpt) 03. -Thick As A Brick 04. -My God 05. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo 06. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo - John Evan Keyboard - Strings Solo 07. -Cross-Eyed Mary 08. -How Much Is That Doggie In The Window 09. -Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day 10. -Wond'ring Aloud - Wond'ring Again 11. -Queen And Country 12. -Ladies 13. -Barriemore Barlow Drum Solo Disc 2 01. -WarChild 02. -Sealion 03. -Bungle In The Jungle 04. -Aqualung 05. -Back Door Angels - Martin Barre Guitar Solo 06. -Locomotive Breath 07. -Back-Door Angels (Reprise) 08. -Introduction 09. -Wind-Up - Passion Play Excerpt 10. -Thick As A Brick 11. -My God 12. -Ian Anderson Flute Solo 13. -Flute - Keyboard - Strings Solo 14. -Cross-Eyed Mary Disc 3 01. -How Much Is That Doggie In The Window 02. -Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day 03. -Wond'ring Aloud - Wond'ring Again (with Strings) 04. -Queen And Country (with Strings) 05. -Ladies (with Strings) 06. -Barriemore Barlow Drum Solo 07. -Warchild (with Strings) 08. -Sealion - Bungle In The Jungle (with Strings) 09. -Aqualung 10. -Back Door Angels - Martin Barre Guitar Solo 11. -Locomotive Breath 12. -Back Door Angels (Reprise) Disc 2 (Tracks 08-14) and Disc 3: Thursday, December 05, 1974 Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark. Ian Anderson - Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Saxophone Martin Barre - Electric Guitar John Evan - Piano, Organ, Synthesizers, Accordion Jeffrey Hammond–Hammond - Bass Guitar, String Bass Barriemore Barlow - Drums, Percussion. -
Soundboard 9.3 - This entire set is wonderful. Personally I find this era to be my favorite simply because it’s a snapshot of an iconic artist really exploring the depths of his emotions, talent, creativity, and wisdom. Great sound here, really got into this! BOB DYLAN The Summit Houston, Texas November 12th 1981 Disc 1 01. -Introduction - Hughes Aufray 02. -GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY 03. -I BELIEVE IN YOU 04. -LIKE A ROLLING STONE 05. -THE LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL 06. -MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS 07. -MAGGIE'S FARM 08. -GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY 09. -BALLAD OF A THIN MAN 10. -SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE 11. -HEART OF MINE 12. -ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER 13. -I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT 14. -FOREVER YOUNG 15. -GAMBLIN' MAN - Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec 16. -THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' Disc 2 17. -A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL 18. -WATERED-DOWN LOVE 19. -SHOT OF LOVE 20. -JUST LIKE A WOMAN 21. -SOLID ROCK 22. -MASTERS OF WAR 23. -WHEN YOU GONNA WAKE UP 24. -IN THE GARDEN 25. -BLOWIN' IN THE WIND 26. -IT'S ALRIGHT, MA (I'M ONLY BLEEDING) 27. -IT AIN'T ME, BABE 28. -KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR -
Audience 8.7 - A rare tape of the 1974 tour, you gotta grab these whenever they appear because unfortunately there are precious few. This one does not disappoint in the quality dept. despite being pretty friggin’ loud and close to taper…almost crosses over the line pegging the meters into distortion but it doesn’t…it would have been a total loss if it had. The disclaimer then is “watch out for your ears”. Steely Dan Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA. April 18th, 1974 1. -Intro - Tune Up 2. -Bodisatva 3. -Boston Rag 4. -Do It Again 5. -Any Major Dude 6. -King Of The World 7. -Rikki Don't Lose That Number 8. -Dirty Work 9. -Pretzel Logic 10. -My Old School 11. -Reelin' In The Years Donald Fagen - Keys, Sax, Lead Vocals Walter Becker - Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Lead Guitar Denny Dias - Guitar Jim Hadder - Drums, Backing Vocals -
Audience 8.8 - This came as a total surprise as I never knew it existed…and man, I gotta tell ya this is f’kin AWESOME! This is a band that is crucial to the burgeoning British punk movement but they owe more to the MC5 than the Sex Pistols. This one off show features the band going under the moniker The Doomed because they have a certain Lemmy Kilmister on bass. What a high energy, totally wild and crazy fun gig too! Good sound quality, thankfully! Great setlist with a nice handful of covers that highlight their influences (they even do Silver Machine from Hawkwind!). Lots to get into with this little slice of history. Les Punks Electric Ballroom London, England 01. Jet Boy Jet Girl 02. Stretcher Case 03. Anti-Pope 04. Second Time Around 05. Problem Child 06. Silver Machine(Hawkwind) 07. Burgler 08. Looking At You(MC5) 09. Help(Beatles) 10. Marching Men(Rich Kids) 11. Stab Your Back 12. City Kids(Motorhead) 13. New Rose 14. I Feel Alright(The Stooges) 15. Neat Neat Neat Dave Vanian: Vocals Captain Sensible: Guitar & Vocal Lemmy Kilmister: Bass Rat Scabies: Drums -
Audience 8.7 - I had a hard time determining whether it was the recording or the PA that caused this tape to fall below the usually excellent quality recordings coming out of the Inglewood Forum around this same time. It’s not terrible; the main issue was an overcrowding of the middle bandwidth. So you get plenty of bottom end and soaring high end (where most guitar leads and vocals, and yes, cymbals are clear) but a lack of separation in that crucial middle. That leaves us with a tape clearly made on decent gear, somewhere in the middle of the venue it sounds like, and likely a master source (zero tape noise), but just not delivering the kind of clarity you would want when you are trying to hear the magical guitar interplay, especially Joe Walsh who just has his own musicality that perks your ears up. Still, a good tape that is worthy of exploration and much appreciated being from that wonderful line-up that featured perennial fave Joe Walsh. The Eagles The Forum Inglewood, CA October 22, 1976 Disc 1 01 Hotel California 02 Outlaw Man 03 Doolin-Dalton - Desperado (reprise) 04 Lyin' Eyes 05 Wasted Time 06 Take It to the Limit 07 New Kid in Town* 08 Desperado 09 Midnight Flyer 10 Turn to Stone Disc 2 11 Already Gone Interlude 12 One of These Nights 13 Funk #49 14 Good Day in Hell 15 Rocky Mountain Way 16 Witchy Woman 17 James Dean 18 Best of My Love 19 Walk Away 20 Tequila Sunrise 21 Take It Easy 22 Carol Don Felder – guitars, harmony and backing vocals Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals Don Henley – drums, percussion, vocals Randy Meisner – bass guitar, vocals Joe Walsh – guitars, keyboards, vocals Jage Jackson – rhythm guitar, percussion Phil Kenzie – saxophone Vince Melamed – electric piano The Monstertones – backing vocals J. D. Souther – vocals, acoustic guitar Joe Vitale – piano, organ, drums, percussion -
Audience 9.4 - A wonderful, warm, full bodied recording that beckons you in from the first note. Say what you will about Rod Stewart but his voice works with this stuff, and even here in 1982 as long as you can’t see him you can appreciate the rock and roll pedigree he brings to the stage. Yeah, I was rather turned off by his image for quite some time, but hearing him live you just find a way to look past that. Rod Stewart Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA March 24, 1982 Disc 1 01 Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) 02 Sweet Little Rock & Roller 03 Hot Legs 04 Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) 05 Passion 06 She Won't Dance With Me > 07 Little Queenie 08 You're In My Heart 09 I Just Want To Make Love To You 10 How Long 11 Young Turks Disc 2 12 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right 13 You Wear It Well 14 (I Know) I'm Losing You 15 Gasoline Alley 16 Maggie May 17 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? 18 I Was Only Joking 19 Tear It Up 20 Stay With Me