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An absolute beast of a canister! Loaded down with 14 discs, it's quite the experience as you follow the Who on tour in the States in 1980. For the most part, all of the recordings reside in the mid to upper 8's on the 1-10 scale, with a couple coming in at over 9.0 (Essen, for instance). I found it to be very satisfying as all of the songs I enjoy hearing them play are represented, without the overindulgence into Tommy...finally! The Who 1980 Canister Disc 1 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Sports Arena June 28, 1980 1. -Substitute 2. -I Can't Explain 3. -Baba O'Riley 4. -My Wife 5. -Sister Disco 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Music Must Change 8. -Drowned 9. -Who are You 10. -5:15 Disc 2 1. -Pinball Wizard 2. -See Me, Feel Me 3. -Long Live Rock 4. -My Generation 5. -I Can See For Miles 6. -Naked Eye 7. -Won't Get Fooled Again 8. -Summertime Blues 9. -Twist and Shout 10. -The Real Me Disc 3 Grugahalle, Essen, GER March 27, 1980 01. -Substitute 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Baba O'Riley 04. -My Wife 05. -Sister Disco 06. -Getting In Tune 07. -Music Must Change 08. -Drowned 09. -Who Are You Disc 4 10. -5:15 11. -Pinball Wizard 12. -See Me Feel Me 13. -Long Live Rock 14. -My Generation 15. -I Can See For Miles 16. -Won't Get Fooled Again 17. -Young Man Blues 18. -The Real Me Disc 5 The Forum Inglewood, CA June 20, 1980 01 Behind Blue Eyes 02 Dreaming From The Waist 03 Drowned 04 Who Are You 05 5:15 06 Pinball Wizard 07 My Generation Disc 6 08 I Can See For Miles 09 Sparks 10 See Me, Feel Me 11 Won't Get Fooled Again 12 Young Man Blues 13 Dancing In The Street 14 Dance It Away - Another Tricky Day 15 The Real Me Disc 7 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 7, 1980 1. -Substitute 2. -I Can't Explain 3. -Baba O'Riley 4. -My Wife 5. -Sister Disco 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Music Must Change 8. -Drowned 9. -Who Are You Disc 8 1. -5:15 2. -Pinball Wizard 3. -See Me Feel Me 4. -Long Live Rock 5. -My Generation 6. -I Can See For Miles 7. -Sparks 8. -Won't Get Fooled Again 9. -Summertime Blues 10. -Twist And Shout 11. -The Real Me Disc 9 Greensboro Civic Center Greensboro, NC July 13, 1980 1. -Substitute 2. -I Can't Explain 3. -Baba O'Riley 4. -My Wife 5. -Sister Disco 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Music Must Change 8. -Drowned 9. -Who Are You Disc 10 1. -5:15 2. -Pinball Wizard 3. -See Me Feel Me 4. -Long Live Rock 5. -My Generation 6. -I Can See For Miles 7. -Naked Eye 8. -Won't Get Fooled Again 9. -Relay 10. -The Real Me Disc 11 Hampton Coliseum Hampton,Va U.S.A. July 14, 1980 1. -Substitute 2. -Can't Explain 3. -Baba O' Riley 4. -My Wife 5. -Sister Disco 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Music Must Change 8. -Drowned 9. -Who Are You 10. -5:15 11. -Pinball Wizard 12. -See Me,Feel Me Disc 12 1. -Long Live Rock 2. -My Generation 3. -I Can See For Miles 4. -Naked Eye 5. -Won't Get Fooled Again 6. -Summertime Blues 7. -Twist And Shout 8. -The Real Me Disc 13 CNE Stadium Toronto, ON. Canada July 16, 1980 01. -Substitute 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Baba O'Riley 04. -My Wife 05. -Sister Disco 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Music Must Change 08. -Drowned 09. -Who Are You 10. -5:15 Disc 14 01. -Pinball Wizard 02. -See Me Feel Me 03. -Long Live Rock 04. -My Generation 05. -Naked Eye 06. -Won't Get Fooled Again 07. -Summertime Blues 08. -Twist And Shout 09. -Dancing In The Streets 10. -Dance It Away 11. -The Real Me -
Audience 9.2 - What immediately strikes you about this recording is that Rick Wright’s synth sounds and effects are NOT window dressing! In fact, they are almost overwhelmingly loud at times during the concert. Now, what I like most about old recordings is when they reveal something to me I never knew – in this case I did not know or appreciate how much Rick’s work, however consequential during the song, was not mixed out or down by any stretch but you might think that judging on the myriad hundreds of tapes that exist that do not give you a true appreciation of the volume. This tape is insistent, relentless, and thankfully clear and dynamic. The middle and upper midrange is sometimes almost too much but never does it distort. Get ready for a front row earschplittenloudenboomer! Pink Floyd Pavillon de la Jeunesse Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 1971-11-10 Disc 1 01 Introduction 02 The Embryo 03 Fat Old Sun 04 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 05 One of these Days 06 Atom Heart Mother Disc 2 07 Cymbaline 08 Careful with that Axe, Eugene 09 Echoes 10 A Saucerful of Secrets -
Audience 9.3 - This show rates highly in the audio department because of how the guitars sound and I am a guitar guy so there is some bias…but it doesn’t matter what I like because it’s just a great recording all around. The sound envelopes you, it’s a completely immersive type of recording and will suck you in immediately. What a great find this is! The Kinks The Forum Inglewood, CA Disc 1 01 Around The Dial 02 Definite Maybe - State Of Confusion 03 The Hard Way 04 Catch Me Now I'm Falling 05 All Day And All Of The Night - Destroyer 06 Yo-Yo 07 Come Dancing 08 Don't Forget To Dance Disc 2 09 Lola 10 David Watts 11 A Gallon Of Gas 12 Back To Front 13 Art Lover 14 Till The End Of The Day 15 Bernadette 16 All Day And All Of The Night -
Audience 9.5 - Brilliant recording in every respect, and one that I dare say rivals a lot of board tapes in dynamics and presence (definitely beats most boards in the presence dept.). Is that heresy? I don’t care if it is, I would take a tape like this over a board tape every time. Yes The Forum Inglewood, CA October 6, 1978 Disc 1 01 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra 02 Siberian Khatru 03 Heart Of The Sunrise 04 Future Times - Rejoice 05 Circus Of Heaven 06 Time And A Word 07 Long Distance Runaround 08 The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - Survival 09 Perpetual Change 10 Soon 11 Don't Kill The Whale Disc 2 12 Madrigal 13 The Clap 14 Starship Trooper 15 Madrigal - On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 16 Rick Wakeman Solo 17 Awaken 18 I've Seen All Good People 19 Roundabout Jon Anderson Steve Howe Chris Squire Rick Wakeman Alan White -
Soundboard 9.7 - This is the one to get if you want to hear this band at arguably the peak of their powers. Sounding like a flashier, somewhat more progressive version of Iron Maiden to these ears, but whoa nelly there is a whole lot of premium quality musicianship happening and it is happening in fantastic quality. Most recording of busy, progressive metal groups simply have a hard time mixing the different instruments in such a way as to deliver the punch without over-killing it and destroying the integrity of the sound. This recording is brilliant because it doesn’t do that, and I honestly have never heard live early Queensyche in this manner before and it is a thrill, it’s a MUST have if you have even a passing interest. Queensryche Harpos Detroit, MI, USA 8th December 1984 1. Intro 2. Nightrider 3. Prophecy 4. Deliverance 5. NM 156 6. Child Of Fire 7. Before The Storm 8. Guitar Solo 9. Blinded 10. The Lady Wore Black 11. En Force 12. Roads To Madness 13. Warning 14. Queen Of The Reich 15. Take Hold Of The Flame 01 The National Anthem (Verona) 02 Morning Bell (Dublin) 03 I Might Be Wrong (Jersey City #2) 04 Dollars & Cents (Verona) 05 You And Whose Army? (Nijmegen) 06 Optimistic (Dublin) 07 In Limbo (Adenau) 08 Packt Like Sardines (Vaison la Romaine) 09 Knives Out (Hollywood) 10 Pyramid Song (Jersey City #2) 11 Kid A (Berlin) 12 Idioteque (London) 13 Everything In Its Right Place (Atlanta) 14 How To Disappear Completely (Jersey City #1) 15 Motion Picture Soundtrack (Dublin) BONUS TRACKS: 16 The Thief (Warrington) 17 Cinnamon Girl (Paris) SOURCES 2000-07-04 Berlin, DE - Großer Sendesaal des SFB (Pro-Recorded Promo) 2000-09-16 Nijmegen, NL - Goffertpark (Broadcast) 2000-09-24 London, UK - Victoria Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2000-10-02 Warrington, UK - Victoria Park (Broadcast) 2000-10-07 Dublin, IE - Punchestown Race Course (Pro-Recorded Promo) 2001-04-28 Paris, FR - Studio Canal+ (Broadcast) 2001-05-28 Vaison La Romaine, FR - Theatre Antique d'Vaison (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-05-30 Verona, IT - Verona Arena (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-06-01 Adenau, DE - Nürburgring (Broadcast) 2001-07-30 Atlanta, GA - Stone Mountain Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-16 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-17 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-20 Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) -
Audience 9.1 - A very very nice taping effort, captured here with very decent gear so the quality speaks for itself. Position of taper is good, so a nice mix of the sound from the PA, all in all it’s a good one and highly recommended. There is another Wings LA Forum 1976 but it's taken from June 22 with some filler from the 23rd whereas this is the complete June 23rd show. Paul McCartney & Wings The Forum Inglewood, CA June 23, 1976 Disc 1 01 Venus And Mars 02 Rock Show 03 Jet 04 Let Me Roll It 05 Spirits Of Ancient Egypt 06 Medicine Jar 07 Maybe I'm Amazed 08 Call Me Back Again 09 Lady Madonna 10 The Long And Winding Road 11 Live And Let Die 12 Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) 13 Richard Cory 14 Bluebird 15 I've Just Seen A Face 16 Blackbird Disc 2 17 Yesterday 18 You Gave Me The Answer 19 Magneto And Titanium Man 20 Go Now 21 My Love 22 Listen To What The Man Said 23 Let 'Em In 24 Time To Hide 25 Silly Love Songs 26 Beware My Love 27 Letting Go 28 Band On The Run 29 Hi, Hi, Hi 30 Soily -
Soundboard 9.2 - This is the only known board tape from 1975. It’s very good, I find no real problems other than occasional drop outs, and it’s maybe a little distracting here and there but I don’t think it kills the fun. It’s still a very good board tape of a really good performance. The Allman Brothers Band Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena Oakland, CA October 24, 1975 Disc 1 01. Don't Want You No More 02. It's Not My Cross To Bear 03. Long Time Gone 04. Midnight Rider 05. Ramblin' Man 06. Win, Lose, or Draw 07. Can't Lose What You Never Had 08. One Way Out 09. High Falls 10. Nevertheless 11. Done Somebody Wrong 12. Sweet Mama 13. Statesboro Blues Disc 2 14. Jessica 15. Call It Stormy Monday 16. Just Another Love Song 17. You Don't Love Me 18. Les Brers In A Minor 19. Whipping Post -
Audience 9.1 - Once taper settles in, this tape TAKES OFF and is pretty impressive. What struck me more than anything is not only the realism, but the wide dynamic range. It’s also a very powerful recording, you get a sense of the volume, especially when you get isolated drums during some of those small breaks in between measures, they are full bodied and great sounding. Joe Walsh Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN March 9, 1975 01 Meadows 02 Time Out 03 The Bomber 04 Dreams 05 Ashes, The Rain & I 06 Welcome to the Club 07 Rocky Mountain Way 08 Turn to Stone 09 Funk #49 10 Tend My Garden 11 Get Back Band line-up Joe Walsh - vocals, guitar Jay Ferguson - piano Dave Mason - organ Don Felder - guitar Willy Weeks - bass Andy New Mark - drums Joe Vitale - drums Joe Lala - percussion -
Audience 9.3 - A tape that I knew nothing of its existence and suddenly, wow, here’s this great sounding complete show from 1981 out of the blue! Lovely stuff, I can feel myself sitting in the seat partying with my buds while Joe does his thing. Joe Walsh The Forum Inglewood, CA July 18, 1981 Disc 1 01 Meadows 02 Over And Over 03 In The City 04 A Life Of Illusion 05 Lady On The Rock 06 The Bomber 07 Dreams 08 Theme From Boat Weirdos Disc 2 09 Funk #49 10 Turn To Stone 11 You Never Know 12 Life's Been Good 13 Rocky Mountain Way 14 All Night Long 15 Get Back -
Soundboard 9.5 - This is a compilation of unreleased guitar vehicles and exceptional solo excerpts for fans of the "Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar" and "Guitar" albums. The sound quality is excellent soundboard. Yes, some of us are guilty of skipping over the “vamp” sections in order to get to the shred. This compilation delivers what I feel are some of Frank’s tastiest pieces, and all in superb quality. FRANK ZAPPA "Lost Guitars" 01 Persona Non Grata (1979-03-19 Brest) 02 Carlos Is Back (1980-11-18 St Paul) 03 The Deathless Horsie (1979-03-31 (E) Munich) 04 Ship Ahoy (1976-01-28 Perth) 05 Bavarian Roads (1979-03-31 (E) Munich) 06 Treacherous Cretins (1984-07-21 Los Angeles) 07 The Krieger Variations (1980-11-13 (L) Pittsburgh) 08 Indiscreet Manners (1979-03-19 Brest) 09 Sleeping Witch (1984-11-03 (E) Stony Brook) 10 After Five (1979-02-19 London) 11 Heavy Duty Judy (1980-12-11 (L) Santa Monica) 12 Semi-Catatonic State (1980-10-31 New York City) 13 The Rump Pump (1980-06-21 Geneva) INCLUDED BAND LINEUPS ===================== 1976: FZ — guitar solo André Lewis — keyboards Napoleon Murphy Brock — sax Roy Estrada — bass Terry Bozzio — drums 1979: FZ — guitar solo Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cuccurullo — guitar Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf — keyboards Ed Mann — percussion Arthur Barrow — bass Vinnie Colaiuta — drums 1980 EUROPE: FZ — guitar solo Ike Willis, Ray White — guitar Tommy Mars — keyboards Arthur Barrow — bass David Logeman — drums 1980 USA: FZ — guitar solo Ike Willis, Ray White, Steve Vai — guitar Tommy Mars — keyboards Bob Harris — keyboards, trumpet Arthur Barrow — bass Vinnie Colaiuta — drums 1984: FZ — guitar solo Ike Willis, Ray White — guitar Napoleon Murphy Brock — sax (Los Angeles only) Bobby Martin — keyboards, sax Allan Zavod — keyboards Scott Thunes — bass Chad Wackerman — drums -
Audience 9.5 - Astounding! Not just for the excellent sound but the dynamics are so present here, you get lush, rich lows and then all the way up through the spectrum including detailed but not sizzling highs. Combine all that with the energy of Tusk performed with a marching band at the LA Forum and man, yeah, this is the stuff! Fleetwood Mac The Forum Inglewood, CA December 6, 1979 Disc 1 01 Say You Love Me 02 The Chain 03 Don't Stop 04 Dreams 05 Oh Well 06 Rhiannon 07 Oh Daddy 08 What Makes You Think You're The One 09 Sara 10 Not That Funny 11 Save Me A Place Disc 2 12 Landslide 13 Tusk (with the USC Marching Band) 14 Angel 15 You Make Loving Fun 16 I'm So Afraid 17 World Turning 18 Blue Letter 19 Go Your Own Way 20 Sisters Of The Moon 21 Second Hand News 22 Songbird -
Audience 8.7 - So let me put it this way – the recording is not perfect, but is near perfect for someone who needs to try and understand what makes Iron Maiden special. This captures a night, just another night (in fact this was a stand of shows at the Radio City Music Hall) on a long, never ending tour for the band but they play as if it was their last show. It’s amazing how night after night, town after town, tour after tour, Iron Maiden never gives a bad performance. I love this capture even though it suffers a few bumps and bruises, because it’s in the trenches from the hardcore fans perspective, it’s as if the taper is working as hard to capture the gig as the band is in delivering it. I LOVE it, and once I started playing this, I could not stop. I think you’ll love it too. Iron Maiden World Slavery Tour - The Seven Dates Of Hell Radio City Music Hall NYC, New York January 18, 1985 Disc 1 01. Intro 02. Aces High 03. 2 Minutes To Midnight 04. The Trooper 05. Revelations 06. Wrathchild 07. Flight Of Icarus 08. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner 09. Powerslave Disc 2 10. Guitar Solo 11. The Number Of The Beast 12. Hallowed Be Thy Name 13. Iron Maiden 14. Encore Break #1 15. Run To The Hills 16. Running Free 17. Encore Break #2 18. Sanctuary 19. WNEW FM New York interview with Nico Jan. 22 -
Soundboard 8.8 - A little bit of dust and grease over the old tape but the music comes through relatively unscathed and makes for a great blast from the past. Kiss Long Beach, CA Long Beach Auditorium May 31, 1974 Other act(s): Savoy Brown (HL), Manfred Mann's Earth Band 1. Deuce 2. Nothin' To Lose 3. She 4. Firehouse 5. Strutter 6. 100,000 Years 7. Black Diamond -
Audience 8.8/9.1 - Two pretty good recordings with the second evening (July 4th) having the benefit of much more high end definition and overall clarity, with soaring headroom that makes for a generally relaxing listen, so you’ll tend to favor it more but that is not saying July 3rd is bad, it’s actually also very decent just not as clear and defined as the 4th. Pink Floyd Madison Square Garden New York City, New York July 3-4, 1977 Disc 1 (July 3rd) 01. -Announcer - Sheep [11:17] 02. -Pigs On The Wing Part 1 [1:25] 03. -Dogs [18:59] 04. -Pigs On The Wing Part 2 [3:35] 05. -Pigs (Three Different Ones) [18:00] 06. -SOYCD (parts 1-5) [13:26] Disc 2 01. -SOYCD (parts 1-5) - Welcome To The Machine [8:44] 02. -Have A Cigar [5:03] 03. -Wish You Were Here [7:30] 04. -SOYCD (parts 6-9) [21:09] 05. -Money [13:34] 06. -Us & Them [7:53] Disc 3 01. -Sheep [3:35] 02. -Sheep [7:24] 03. -Pigs On The Wing Part 1 [2:18] 04. -Dogs [8:08] 05. -Dogs [9:19] 06. -Pigs On The Wing Part 2 [2:30] 07. -Pigs (Three Different Ones) [10:36] 08. -Pigs (Three Different Ones) - reprise [5:28] Disc 4 01. -Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) [15:14] 02. -Welcome To The Machine [7:13] 03. -Have A Cigar [5:01] 04. -Wish You Were Here [7:22] 05. -Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) [22:21] 06. -Money [10:24] 07. -Us & Them [8:59] -
FM Broadcast 9.4 - This could be considered as one of the best live documents of the band I have ever heard. While there is the faintest amount of FM static in the background during quiet parts, this does not distract in any way the absolute mastery of music that this band delivered. Just stunning, and I can imagine how many young musicians must have been inspired after hearing this band live. Do yourself a favor and grab this, it’s phenomenal. My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY 3rd April, 1974 1. -Can You Understand 2. -Let It Grow 3. -Kiev 4. -Things I Don’t Understand 5. -Ashes Are Burning 6. -Prologue -
Audience 8.7 A real surprise here because when I first came across this one I assumed it would be crap. Why had I not heard of it before if it was good? Well, sometimes stuff just slips through the cracks I guess. Anyway what I am saying is that this is quite good, I began listening and made it through to the end and was thinking “this is a real find”. Van Halen Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN. July 6th, 1984 Disc 1 - 62:37 1. Unchained 4:35 2. Hot For Teacher 8:03 3. On Fire 3:09 4. Running With The Devil 6:19 5. Little Guitars 4:48 6. Cathedral - House Of Pain 12:03 7. Jamie's Cryin' 3:24 8. I'll Wait 4:44 9. Everybody Wants Some 15:32 Disc 2 - 51:37 1. Girl Gone Bad 6:15 2. 1984 0:53 3. Jump 4:33 4. Guitar Solo 16:12 5. Pretty Woman 3:02 6. Panama 5:25 7. You Really Got Me 9:16 8. Ain't Talkin''Bout Love 6:01