1970 - Audience 9.1 - Excellent! Very clear, pretty close, respectful audience, good acoustics, great instrument separation...it's all here for your ears to feast upon. 1972 - Pro SDBRD 9.7 - Amazing of course, it's a professional recording that was released on video but I think this is not taken from a video source as it is totally uncompressed. 1973 - Audience 9.0 - A choice recording as it has a really driving energy. This is not one of those Traffic shows that gets bogged down, it's high energy, loud, and thankfully captured very nicely.
Traffic The Santa Monica Tapes 1970-1973 Disc 1 Civic Center Santa Monica, California July 5, 1970 (late show) 01. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring 02. Every Mother's Son 03. Medicated Goo 04. John Barleycorn Must Die 05. Pearly Queen 06. Stranger To himself 07. Empty Pages 08. 40,000 Headmen 09. Glad - Freedom Rider 10. Feeling Good Steve Winwood - Guitar, Piano, Vocals Chris Wood - Flute, Saxophone Jim Capaldi - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals Disc 2 Santa Monica Civic Center Santa Monica, CA February 21, 1972 01. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 02. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone 03. John Barlycorn 04. Rainmaker 05. Percussion Solo 06. Glad 07. Freedom Rider 08. Forty Thousand Headmen 09. Dear Mr. Fantasy Steve Winwood – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass (1967–1974, 1994) Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, vocals (1967–1974, 1994) Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, keyboards (1967–1974) Rebop Kwaku Baah – percussion (1971–1974) Roger Hawkins – drums (1972–1973) David Hood – bass (1972–1973) Disc 3 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica, CA. 1973 1. Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys 2. Light Up or Leave Me Alone 3. John Barleycorn 4. Rainmaker 5. Glad - Freedom Rider 6. 40,000 Headmen 7. Dear Mr. Fantasy Midsummer Rock Festival Cincinnati, OH. June 17, 1970 8. Pearly Queen 9. Stranger To Himself Stevie Winwood - keyboard, guitar, vocals; Jim Capaldi - drums, vocals; Chris Wood - sax; David Hood - bass; Roger Hawkins - keyboards; Reebop Kwaku Baah - percussion-
Hoffman Estates - Audience 8.7 - Residing mainly in the mid and upper mid range this recording does not showcase any real definition in the highs, and the metal loudness defined as a solid guitar/bass attack for the low end. What you end up with here with these two recordings is something of historical value but nothing you would use to impress your buddies with. Are they essential for the collection? Yes, both of these shows are very significant in value and because they are not horrible recordings I can recommend them.
Chicago - Audience 8.8 - This recording has a softer mid-range making it a little more comfortable, but still does not have a clarity and distinction to it, but it is also not muddy, it's just a capture that was made with equipment that had only the capability to document a live event, it wasn't made to do a professional live recording so keep that in mind - pretty decent but not great. I will say this, and I sincerely believe this - I think this recording is exactly what your ears would have been hearing at this show. That is why I think these recordings are important, even if they lack soundboard clarity and are not A+ audience tapes. There's plenty to enjoy here with both of these shows.
Black Sabbath Last Night With Ronnie Disc 1 Poplar Creek Music Theater Hoffman Estates, Illinois 1982-08-31 101. E5150 102. Neon Knights 103. N.I.B. 104. Children Of The Sea 105. Voodoo 106. Black Sabbath 107. War Pigs 108. Drums Solo Disc 2 201. Iron Man 202. The Mob Rules 203. Heaven And Hell 204. Guitar Solo 205. The Sign Of The Southern Cross 206. Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 207. Paranoid 208. Children Of The Grave Disc 3 International Amphitheater Chicago, Illinois 1981-12-21 301. E5150 302. Neon Knights 303. N.I.B. 304. Children Of The Sea 305. Country Girl 306. Black Sabbath 307. War Pigs 308. Slipping Away 309. Drums Solo 310. Iron Man 311. The Mob Rules 312. Heaven And Hell 313. Paranoid -
All Soundboard 9.2 to 9.6 - This is a great collection for the Santana enthusiast, but also for the casual fan. The sound is consistently great across all discs, with only minor tonality differences (such as a slightly brighter tone on the New Orleans portion of disc 2). There is a enough track difference to keep things from being overly repetitious.
Santana The Eighties Vol.1 Disc 1 Montreux, Switzerland July 4, 1980 1. Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 2. Lightning In The Sky 3. Jingo 4. Well Alright 5. Soul Sacrifice 6. Open Invitation 7. Samba Pa Ti 8. Introductions 9. Evil Ways Disc 2 Saenger Performing Arts Center New Orleans, LA March 31, 1981 1. Crowd 2. Whole Lotta Love coda - Open Invitation 3. She's Not There 4. Shake Your Money Maker 5. Transcendance - Band Intros 6. Guajira Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, TX November 2, 1982 7. Open Invitation 8. She's Not There - Marbles 9. La Bamba 10. Band Introduction 11. American Gypsy 12. Europa 13. Shango Disc 3 The Forum Montreal Quebec Canada September 22nd 1982 1. KBFH Intro 2. Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 3. Oye Como Va 4. Dealer - Spanish Rose 5. Nowhere To Run 6. Incident At Neshabur 7. Body Surfing 8. Hold On 9. Shango 10. KBFH Outro -
Cleveland 1978 SDBRD 9.7 - Great sound! Perfectly mixed, good live atmosphere (even though it is a board tape, the microphones do pick up the ambience). Cleveland 1980 SDBRD 9.3 - A very bright (almost too bright) recording, and it would have been a tragedy if this did not have anything else going but it does - it's got good guts, and yes even low end although it could use a touch more beefiness. Still, this is one hot sounding show, sure to please even the most jaded collector.
Lou Reed Cleveland Music Hall Cleveland, OH 1978-04-26 01. Gimme Some Good Times 02. Satellite Of Love 03. Leave Me Alone 04. I Wanna Be Black 05. Walk On The Wild Side 06. Coney Island Baby 07. Street Hassle 08. Sweet Jane 09. Rock And Roll Lou Reed: guitar, vocals Stuart Heinrich: guitar Michael Fonfara: keyboards Ellard "Moose" Boles: bass Marty Fogel: sax Michael Suchorsky - drums Angela Howard, Chrissie Faith: backing vocals Disc 2 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH. 1980-05-27 01. Sweet Jane 02. I'm Waiting For The Man 03. Coney Island Baby 04. Vicious 05. Perfect Day 06. Heroin 07. How Do You Speak To An Angel 08. Berlin 09. The Kids Disc 3 10. How Do You Speak To An Angel 11. Heroin 12. The Power Of Positive Drinking 13. My Old Man 14. Applause and Crowd Banter 15. The Bells 16. Pale Blue Eyes - Band Intro - Pale Blue Eyes Lou Reed: guitar, vocals Chuck Hammer: guitar synthesiser Stuart Heinrich:guitar Michael Fonfara: keyboards Ellard "Moose" Bowles: bass Michael Suchorsky: drums -
Audience 9.1 - Nothing to complain about here, the bass is clear and not boomy, guitars maybe not as up front and defined as you would prefer (the benefit of a soundboard tape) but it's present and fine for all intents and purposes. A good show, and good atmosphere - my verdict is that this would be a fine representation of the tour if you were to turn on a person not familiar with the band.Rush 1st Mariner Arena Baltimore, Maryland, USA Friday, April 22, 2011 Time Machine Tour 2011 Disc 1 101. Rash History of Rush Video [6:00] 102. The Spirit of Radio [5:10] 103. Time Stand Still [5:26] 104. Presto [6:49] 105. Stick It Out [4:34] 106. Workin' Them Angels [4:57] 107. Leave That Thing Alone [5:39] 108. Faithless [6:07] 109. BU2B [4:37] 110. Freewill [5:39] 111. Marathon [6:43] 112. Subdivisions [6:01] Disc 2 201. History of Rash Video [3:35] 202. Tom Sawyer [5:11] 203. Red Barchetta [6:59] 204. YYZed [4:46] 205. Limelight [4:36] 206. The Camera Eye [10:21] 207. Witch Hunt [4:40] 208. Vital Signs [5:32] 209. Caravan [5:44] Disc 3 210. Drum Solo - Love 4 Sale [8:32] 211. O'Malley's Break - Closer To The Heart [5:06] 212. 2112 Part I: Overture [4:32] 213. 2112 Part II: The Temples Of Syrinx [2:33] 214. Far Cry [5:22] 215. Encore Break [1:38] 216. La Villa Strangiato [7:47] 217. Working Man [6:40] 218. I Love You, Rush Video - CttH Polka [8:37] -
Winterland 73 Audience 8.7 - A huge sounding recording that also features as an exciting part of the show the rapturous applause by an adoring audience after each song. The music is very lively and upbeat, the sound is very good, a lot of atmosphere. Los Angeles 77 Audience 9.8 - Spectacular in every way, these shows could easily be officially released and everyone would buy it. Just lovely, warm, immediate, almost flawless.Linda Ronstadt The Swingin' 70's Disc 1 Winterland San Francisco, CA March 22, 1973 01. -Nightingale 02. -The Fast One 03. -I Fall To Pieces 04. -Silver Threads & Golden Needles 05. -I Believe In You 06. -How Long 07. -Long Long Time 08. -You're No Good 09. -Break My Mind 10. -band intros 11. -Rescue Me Band: Mary & Ginger Holliday--vocals Richard Bowden--guitar Ed Black--pedal steel guitar Michael Bowden --bass Mickey McGee--drums Disc 2 Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles, CA October 1, 1977 01 -When Will I Be Loved 02 -Crazy 03 -Poor Poor Pitiful Me 04 -Desperado 05 -Love Me Tender 06 -Simple Man, Simple Dream 07 -Love Is A Rose 08 -Someone To Lay Down Beside Me 09 -Band Introductions 10 -Tumbling Dice 11 -You're No Good 12 -Heart Like A Wheel 13 -Heatwave Disc 3 Universal Amphitheater Los Angeles, CA October 3, 1977 01 Lose Again 02 That’ll Be The Day 03 Blue Bayou 04 Silver Threads and Golden Needles 05 Willin’ 06 Faithless Love 07 It Doesn’t Matter Anymore 08 When Will I Be Loved 09 Crazy 10 Poor Poor Pitiful Me 11 Desperado 12 Love Me Tender 13 Simple Man Simple Dream 14 Love Is A Rose 15 Someone To Lay Down Beside Me 16 Tumbling Dice 17 You’re No Good 18 Heart Like A Wheel 19 Heatwave -
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Soundboard/Pro Studio 9.8 - Immaculate. Perfection. All it really needs is more live atmosphere, but this would be my personal taste and no reflection upon how genuinely great this entire collection is. Dive in! Prince Palais Omnisports De Paris Bercy Paris, France 6-17-87 Disc 1 1. Sign O'The Times 2. Play In The Sunshine 3. Little Red Corvette 4. Housequake 5. Girls & boys 6. Slow Love 7. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 8. Hot Thing 9. Now's The Time 10. Sheila E. Drum Solo 11. Let's Go Crazy 12. When Doves Cry 13. Purple Rain 14. 1999 15. The Cross Disc 2 Rehearsal #1 Unknown Location Minneapolis, MN. December 1987 1. Hot Thing #1 2. Hot Thing #2 3. Hot Thing #3 4. Strange Relationship 5. Shockadelica 6. Superfunkycalifragisexy (inc. 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung Fu Movie, Atomic Dog) Disc 3 Rehearsal #2 Paisley Park Minneapolis, MN. December 1987 Rehearsal for New Year's Eve concert 1. Sign O'The Times 2. Play In The Sunshine 3. Housequake 4. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker 5. Slow Love 6. Starfish And Coffee 7. Hot Thing 8. Now's The Time 9. Sheila E. Drum Solo 10. If I Was Your Girlfriend 11. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night 12. U Got The Look 13. Strange Relationship 14. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 15. Forever In My Life 16. Kiss -
Truly somewhat of an oddball release, this album stems from a long lost rehearsal session by a bunch of stoned South African teenagers in the late 60's. Not much was even known about them, not even at the time as the band never gigged or recorded a legitimate album. Still, the music reverberates with manic acid rock intensity. You've been warned!
