• Audience 8.7 - An excellent 8.7 too! First off let me just say how blown away I am to find a long lost 1977 recording previously un-circulated and in such great shape! Wow man, this is a fantastic find. The sound is pretty beefy for what sounds like an old tape deck, normally you'd expect something either thin as hell or muddy as crap but it's neither. It lacks a little clarity, but it's maybe near the drums and I can tell you guitar sounds clear (maybe a little thin but bass is pretty solid so it picks up the guitar sound a bit) and Ozzy is situated in the middle and can be heard pretty well. A solid tape that will fit nicely in with your collection.

    BLACK SABBATH City Hall Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England 1978-05-21
    DISC 1
    1. SUPERTZAR 2. SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE 3. WAR PIGS 4. SNOWBLIND 5. NEVER SAY DIE 6. BLACK SABBATH 7. DIRTY WOMEN
    DISC 2
    1. ROCK-N-ROLL DOCTOR 2. GUITAR SOLO 3. ELECTRIC FUNERAL 4. HAND OF DOOM 5. NIB 6. FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS 7. CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE 8. PARANOID 9. IRON MAN
  • Pro 9.5/Aud. 8.8/Aud.9.4 - The main attraction I would say is the Nokia 09 show which is fantastic audience tape with lots of brightness, atmosphere, and enough punch to really elevate the listening experience. The Disc 1 LA main set is also great, and of course the highlight for me being his flawless rendition of Spanish Castle Magic. The Tonight Show tracks are obviously pro recordings and are nice to have since it was so long ago who keeps up with it anymore? A great title for the collection!

    Prince Club Nokia Los Angeles, CA. March 29, 2009 & Conga Room, LA. 3-28-09 + Bonus Disc 1 1. Intro By Jay Leno (Tonight Show 3-25-09) 2. Purple Rain - O'l Skool Company (Tonight Show 3-25-09) 3. Intro By Jay Leno (3-26-09) 4. Dreamer (3-26-09) 5. Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful (Tonight Show 3-27-09) Conga Room 3-28-09 6. Soundcheck - Prince Remembers Sonny T. 7. I'm Yours 8. Colonized Mind 9. Chaos & Disorder 10. With A Little Help From My Friends 11. Prince Remembers Michael B. 12. I Like It There 13. All Shook Up 14. Empty Room 15. Peach 16. Spanish Castle Magic 17. When You Were Mine 18. Guitar 19. Prince Remembers Touring With Tamar 20. Dreamer Club Nokia, LA. 3-29-09 21. The Beautiful Ones 22. Nothing Compares 2 U Disc 2 1. Under The Cherry Moon 2. Dreamin' About U 3. When Eye Lay My Hands On U 4. Journey To The Center Of Your Heart 5. The Sun, The Moon And Stars 6. Sometimes It Snows In April 7. When The Lights Go Down - Over The Rainbow 8. Eye Luv You, But Eye Don't Trust U Anymore 9. Prince Discusses AEG Live 10. She Spoke 2 Me 11. Life Is Like Looking 4 A Penny In A Large Room With No Light 12. Sweet Thing 13. Insatiable 14. Scandalous
  • Studio Quality 9.5 - This 2CD set compiles some of the best uncirculating or hard to find Badfinger demos and studio outtakes. Many other worthy tracks were excluded since they already appear in excellent quality on other collections. (ie. Apple Demos 1970-1972 and Complete Ass). Highlights include a 'new' version of Coppertoone Blues, the speed corrected demo of Without You (I Can't Live), the first appearence on CD of an alternate 'piano version' of Do You Mind and the rough mixes of several tracks from their classic Apple-era. In addition the original mix of the 1974 'Head First' album taken from cassette obtained directly from Mike Gibbins in the late 90's. These 1974 mixes are different from the 2000 Snapper CD mixes and are a major upgrade from other circulating copies.
    Badfinger Without You 1968 - 1975 Demos, Outtakes and Rarities Disc 1 01 Carry On Til Tomorrow – 1969 Demo 02 Knocking Down Our Home – 1968 Demo Given To Paul McCartney 03 Maybe Tomorrow – 1969 Recording For B66bc Radio 04 John Forgot To Sing – 1970 Pete Ham Demo 05 No Matter What – 1970 Early Mix W / Alternate Lead Vocal 06 I Can Not Take It – 1970- Alternate / Extended Mix – No Horns 07 No Matter What – 1970 ‘Top Of The Pops’ Live Vacal Version With Fixed Intro 08 Without You – 1969 Pete Ham Demo 09 Without You – 1969 Tom Evans Demo- Speed Corrected 10 We’re For The Dark – 1970 Alternate Mix- Different Guitar Overdubs, No Horns Or Strings 11 I’ll Be The One – 1970 Rehearsal 12 Take It All – 1971 Pete Ham Demo 13 Day After Day – 1971 Rough Mix Alternatelead Vocal And Lacking Overdubs 14 Name Of The Game – 1971 Unreleased Al Kooper Single Mix 15 Do You Mind – 1972 “Ass” Outtake – 1st Unreleased Version From Upgraded Source 16 Do You Mind – “Ass” Outtake – Piano Based Version – Unreleased To Date 17 Coppertone Blues – New Composite Version From Original Pete Ham Demo And 1972 “Ass” Outtake Backing Track 18 Shine On – 1973 Rehearsal 19 Oh Wow – 1973 Unfinished Track From Self-titled Warner Bros. Sessions – Aka ‘Love My Lady’ 20 Song For A Lost Friend – 1973 Rough Mix Of Finished Take With Extened Ending 21 Where Do We Go From Here – 1973 Rough Mix Of Finished Take With Piano vs. Steel Drums 22 It Does Not Really Matter – 1974 Undubbed Pete Ham Demo 23 Just How Lucky We Are – 1974 Longer Pete Ham Demo 24 Ringside – 1975 1st Pete Ham Demo 25 Ringside – 1975 Longer Pete Ham Demo – One Of His Final Recordings 26 Dennis – 2006 Edit Version From ‘Perfection; The Songs Of Badfinger’s Pete Ham & Tom Evans Promo Disc 2 01 Lay Me Down – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 02 Turn Around – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 03 Keep Believing – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 04 Rockin ‘Machine – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 05 Passed Fast – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 06 Saville Row – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 07 Moonshine – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 08 Rock ‘N’ Roll Contract – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 09 Back Again – Alternate Take Warner Bros. Mix 10 Hey, Mr Manager -. This Is The Rough Mix Done By Engineer Phil Mcdonald, At Apple Studios On December 15th, 1974. SECRET BONUS TRACKS 11 Piano Red - unreleased 12 Sweet Tuesday Morning - alternate take 13 No Good At All - unreleased 14 Loving You - alternate version 15 Dreaming - unreleased 16 Rock 'N' Roller - unreleased 17 Regular - alternate version 18 Regular - alternate mix 19 When I Say - early mix 20 Blind Owl - early rehearsal 21 Timeless - early take 22 Timeless - alternate take 23 I Can Love You - take 7
  • Audience 8.7 All shows appear to have been recorded by the same taper who was diligent to show up to all the Sabbath shows in his town three years in a row. I am impressed with his effort, you can tell he's not an amateur and but for the fact he's not using pro equipment, he most certainly would otherwise have gotten a stellar result. As it is, it's fine but not winning any dynamics awards. What it does deliver is consistent, strong, error-free recordings that you can relax into, and let yourself adjust to what is there because it's certainly not that bad. I started listening to these shows in order to rate them and ended up just letting them play because it's cool to hear this great line-up playing in a far away place away from the glitz and glamour of the metropolis, year-after-year-after-year, and yet deliver a performance no different from one they might have done at, say, Radio City Music Hall or Madison Square Garden.

    Black Sabbath Cornwall Coliseum St. Austell, UK June 24, 1980,Feb. 2, 1981 & Jan. 14, 1982 Disc 1 St. Austell, UK June 24, 1980 1. Intro 2. War Pigs 3. Neon Knights 4. N.I.B. 5. Lonely Is The Word 6. Sweet Leaf 7. Children of the Sea 8. Black Sabbath 9. Heaven and Hell Disc 2 10. Iron Man 11. Guitar Solo 12. Die Young 13. Paranoid 14. Children of the Grave St. Austell Feb. 2, 1981 15. Supertzar 16. War Pigs 17. Neon Knights 18. N.I.B. 19. Children of the Sea 20. Lady Evil Disc 3 21. Black Sabbath 22. Heaven and Hell 23. Iron Man 24. Guitar Solo 25. Die Young 26. Paranoid 27. Children Of The Grave St. Austell, UK. 1982 28. E5150 (Intro) 29. Neon Knights 30. N.I.B. Disc 4 31. Children Of The Sea 32. Country Girl 33. Black Sabbath 34. War Pigs 35. Slippin' Away 36. Drum Solo 37. Iron Man 38. Mob Rules 39. Heaven And Hell 40. Paranoid 41. Children Of The Grave  
  • Audience 8.8 - A functional capture, not like maybe the typical Prince stealth recording with the crisp highs and deep lows, punchy middle...this one is the stepchild I suppose where it has everything one step below it's vaunted siblings. Does that mean it is bad? Not at all, it's a fine recording that presents a VERY top form and funky Prince in his element...it's very good but not greatness and I am thankful to have it nonetheless. Prince Prom Center Minneapolis, MN. June 7, 1985 1. A Love Bizarre 2. Mutiny 3. Sheila E. Drum Solo 4. Sometimes It Snows In April 5. Irresistable Bitch 6. Possessed 7. The Bird 8. Drawer's Burnin' 9. Holly Rock
  • Audience 9.0 -A lovely, intimate sounding show. Now, don't get me wrong, there seems to be a large audience but the quality of the capture feels smaller, closer, warmer than your average midsize venue.
    Ry Cooder and The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces Mayfair Theatre Santa Monica, CA March 16, 1987 Late Show Disc 1 01 Showtime Intro 02 Little Sister 03 Smack Dab In the Middle 04 Go Home Girl 05 If Walls Could Talk 06 Money Honey 07 How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live 08 One Meat Ball Disc 2 09 Women Will Rule The World 10 Jesus On The Mainline 11 He'll Have To Go 13 Crazy 'Bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know) 14 Canción Mixteca 15 La Bamba - Twist And Shout   Jim Keltner - drums Ry Cooder - guitar, vocals Van Dyke Parks - keys Jorge Calderon - bass Flaco Jimenez - accordion Miguel Cruz - percussion Steve Douglas - sax George Bohannon - trombone Bobby King - tenor Terry Evans - baritone Arnold McCuller - tenor Willie Green Jr - bass
  • Radio Broadcast 8.8 - One thing that I really appreciate about this recording is how you can hear a real separation between bass and guitars. This is not typical of a heavy metal concert recording unless recorded and mixed for a specific purpose, such as a broadcast. So, while the sound itself might tend to be on the "brassier" side - it's not a knock...it's a way of trying to describe how there's plenty of bass but not necessarily in the form of that typical metal low end boomy sludge sound. It's got definition and I like that.
    Savatage Harpo's Detroit, MI. June 14th, 1985
    1. Introduction 2. City Beneath The Surface 3. Skull Session 4. Warriors 5. Midas Knight 6. Visions Of Hell 7. I Believe 8. Necrophilia 9. Rage 10. Drum Solo 11. Holocaust 12. Guitar Solo 13. Washed Out 14. Sirens 15. The Dungeons Are Calling 16. Power Of The Night 17. Scream Murder 18. Twisted Little Sister 19. On The Run 20. By The Grace Of The Witch 21. The Whip
  • Audience 9.4 - Excellent sound and atmosphere, enough audience participation near the taper to remind you that you're part of a live concert but not enough to interfere which in my estimation is what lends a missing element to most sdbrd tapes. I'd officially release this if I was the band.
    Tygers Of Pan Tang
    Nakano Sunplaza
    Tokyo, Japan
    Sept. 30, 1982
    Disc 1
    01. Intro 02. You Always See What You Want To See 03. Lonely At The Top 04. Letter From L.A. 05. Blackjack 06. Never Satisfied 07. Paris By Air 08. Tides 09. Wild Catz 10. Don't Stop By 11. Suzie Smiled 12. Love Don't Stay 13. The Actor 14. Slave To Freedom
    Disc 2
    01. Love Potion #9 02. Life Of Crime 03. Hellbound 04. Raised On Rock 05. Gangland 06. Outro

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