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This set comprises all of the various volumes that initially sold as individual single discs. The set was known as the "Birth of..." series and that includes the "Birth of Unborn Songs" volume. Vol. 1 "Birth of Drowning Witch" Vol. 2 "Birth of Easy Meat" Vol. 3 "Birth of I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" Vol. 4 "Birth of I'm A Beautiful Guy" Vol. 5 "Birth of Let's Move To Cleveland" Vol. 6 "Birth of Mudd Club" Vol. 7 "Birth of Pick Me I'm Clean" Vol. 8 "Birth of Sinister Footwear" Vol. 9 "Birth of What's New In Baltimore" Vol. 10 "Birth of Unborn Songs" -
Soundboard 9.4 - Brilliant! -
Prolific San Antonio progressive hard rock band responsible for carrying the torch for over 45 years. This is the only known complete live recording of them, you'll hear a mix of originals and prog rock covers played to perfection. -
All Soundboard - All Excellent (4 Shows) -
We got this tape years ago when it was submitted by a customer of ours who thought we would be interested in it. He was from Ohio, and told me he was friendly with the guys in this band. He managed to get their demo recording and sent it on behalf of the band. That was around 1986, and the recordings dated around 1983. That was the last I heard about it. Decades later, I rediscovered the tape and decided it was time. Heavy and complex, the first track of their demo tape was 45 minutes long! As you can imagine, there were no labels that took them on...except me of course! -
Soundboard 9.4 - I love how they relate to the audience. I could have hung with these guys. Oh, their music is deep and insightful too. Great stuff here. -
Soundboard 9.3 - Crisp, wonderful recording and mix. -
Soundboard 9.2 - Very direct and forceful sounding, but a touch harsh I would say. Still I am being picky, it’s a damn good one!Alice Cooper The Forum Inglewood, CA, USA May 11, 197301 Hello Hooray (2:37) 02 Billion Dollar Babies (4:25) 03 Elected (2:30) 04 I'm Eighteen (4:31) 05 Raped And Freezin' (3:30) 06 No More Mr Nice Guy (3:19) 07 My Stars (8:09) 08 Unfinished Sweet (5:50) 09 Night On Bald Mountain I (Interlude) (2:17) 10 Sick Things (3:24) 11 Dead Babies (3:05) 12 I Love The Dead (6:57) 13 Night On Bald Mountain II (Interlude) (1:22) 14 School's Out (12:46) 15 Under My Wheels (5:28) 16 God Bless America Outro (2:51)Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) - Lead Vocals Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals Dennis Dunaway - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Neal Smith - Drums, Backing Vocals Mick Mashbir - Lead Guitar Bob Dolin - Keyboards -
Audience 7.3 - A rip-roaring, over the top onslaught of greasy rock and roll captured painfully close to the PA. Sounds like this may be lifted from vinyl, and there’s tape noise artifacts present. But, all that taken into account, this is still a very good time and not painful on the ears despite the volume (I think someone attempted to remaster this but it can use one more time). -
Pro 9.0 - Both are excellent, bright, snappy recordings. Goes without saying if you don’t have this you should get it! -
FM Broadcast 9.3 - Crisp and airy, with hardly any complaints but if I were to do so, I would have toned down the guitars actually as I found sometimes they were actually too up front…some people would prefer that though. A great one no matter. -
Hard blues rock band formed in 1975 in Houston, TX. Featured vocalist BB. Watson who left Houston to pursue a career in Nashville as a C&W singer. He had some fleeting success, eventually came back to Houston and worked with Michael Knust (Fever Tree) and Keith York (Albatross, Rare Breed) for a stint and also attempted to reunite the Rare Breed (those sessions contained on this CD). Rare Breed also featured the guitar of Robert Hampton before he joined Hooker. These are all the known recordings. -
Disc 1 & 2 - Audience 8.6 Disc 3 - Audience 8.9 Great sound mix here and frequency range ... you can crank this one! -
Aud 8.5 and PRO RADIO 9.6 - The Brisbane is a raucous, loud, crashing kind of show/recording that gives one a sense of sitting on the side of the stage and watching them. The BBC material is awesome! -
FM Broadcast 8.8 - Once you get past the first song which has some channel dropouts, it’s all systems go full tilt boogie for reals. This is just flat out awesome! -
Audience 8.8 - This is better than I give it credit for, mainly because it has all the elements needed to be very enjoyable - namely: clarity, separation of instruments, and atmosphere. Where it lacks the necessary qualifications to enter into 9.0 and above rating status is more in the dynamics range (is low end low, is high end high, are mids clear and punchy?) which here are expressed mostly with the lovely, brassy and defined bass sound. This is good! But perhaps we are spoiled now with all the audio riches we have at our disposal. This is a very good old tape, with a re-mastering I assume it would rise to the 9.0 level, but the bones are here. E.L.P Odeon Theatre Birmingham, UK 1972-11-24 Disc 1 01. ABADDONS BOLERO 02. HOEDOWN 03. TARKUS 04. ALAN FREEMANS THEME 05. THE SHERIFF 06. TAKE A PEBBLE Disc 2 07. LUCKY MAN 08. PIANO IMPROVISATIONS - TAKE A PEBBLE 09. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 10. NUTROCKER 11. RONDO