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Aud 7.3 – 7.5 - This recording ranges due to the fact that it is a 3 source merge. When it is at a 7.5 or even higher, it is pretty good stuff, like Red House for instance really shines. The weaker parts of the show just lack some definition and clarity but you can hear everything on stage, with some atmosphere too. Overall it is a special show, you get that sense from the bands performance. -
Soundboard 9.2 -
Aud 8.8 - Exceptional for an audience capture during this time period. Taken from three sources and merged, this tape offers the listener a really good idea of what to have expected from Jimi and company in 1970. Powerful, if not a little unbalanced at times, but infinitely enjoyable. -
Aud 8.8 - Utterly fantastic! Early experience, very good sound, total grooviness abounds. -
Aud 8.2 - At times this really shines, at times a little crowded too, but really a wonderful piece of history. One of the better audience tapes of the time period for sure. -
Pro Studio 9.8 -
Volume 1: Audience 8.4 - Very clear, especially Jeff, with Rod pushed to the background. Tends toward “shrill” with the cymbals but because it is a “hot” show with decent clarity we overlook some of the minor gripes. -
Soundboard 9.6 - Crisp and airy, a real sonic delight. -
Aud 7.0 - A touch of distortion and noisy but ferociously exciting in every way. You get a vivid sense of the electric atmosphere from the first notes. That alone draws you right into this show. -
Audience 7.3 - The sound field just won’t open up no matter how much you hope it will. However, this tape holds some rewards if you hang in there, there’s enough head room to sweeten the sound with Equalizer, so it does need a little boost on the highs – the mids and lows are all there and are not super well defined nor are they too boomy or muddy. There’s some muddiness but it is not a deal breaker. This is a good historic artifact. -
Soundboard 9.7 - Great stuff! -
8.8 - 9.0 - Absolutely enjoyable, excellent recording of a band at the PEAK of their mighty powers, a set list that will blow your mind, a performance that rocks the house...any questions? -
Pro 9.3 - Sonically superior but the truth is it all depends on what you want out of the live mix. I think its fine myself but some may have opted for more up front vocals. Overall it is quite good. -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Soundboard 9.7 - Does not suffer the sdbrd doldrums, it is loud and vibrant. Great! -
Soundboard 9.7 -
Audience 9.0 - Rated very high for the excellent mid range punch where the guitar tone is magical. -
Audience 8.5 - Solid all the way. -
Foghat 7.4 ~ Robin Trower 7.5 ... Interesting concept, including the opening act and headliner in a 2 disc set - but it makes sense to me and it works spectacularly here. The quality is decent, I rate conservatively, you can really sink your ears (and teeth) into both sets but I give the slight edge to Trower's set as he was headlining and therefore probably got better service from sound guy. -
FM Radio 8.9 -
CD 1 - Boston 1974 = Audience 8.7 ~ CD 2 - Seattle 1975 = Audience 8.8 ~ CD 3 - Nashville 1976 = Audience 7.5 ~ CD 4 - Cleveland 1984 = Soundboard 9.4 ..... One heck of a collection here! -
Soundboard 9.2 -
Audience 7.5 - This is direct from the open reel master tape. There is some limitation to the capture (slight oversaturation) but I would say this is a pretty fascinating document. -
Audience 7.4 -
Audience 8.4 - Very clear recording that sits just a little further back in the spectrum that I would prefer but that helps provide more atmosphere so that is the trade off. It’s a decent recording you can enjoy. -
Audience 9.0 - Great definition and a solid spectral range if just the slightest touch of crowding in the mids once the band is full blast, but it totally rocks and you will love it! -
Audience 8.5 - Clear recording that lacks a bit of upper dynamics but has good low and mid range, although not a super defined quality, but it’s a great recording to my ears. -
Audience 8.7 -
Soundboard 9.6 -
Soundboard 9.0 - A very energetic show and a great tape that allows an appropriate amount of atmosphere to permeate. -
Soundboard 9.3 - Guitars literally leap out of the speakers in this mix. Not 100% if it is actually a board tape because there’s some atmosphere, at least with vocals and drums. -
Studio quality 9.3 -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Soundboard 9.3 - Excellent, dynamic, solid. -
Audience 9.6 - Marvelous recording captures every nuance in pristine, clear, full quality. -
Audience 7.7 - Kind of thin but really pretty clear and that is why they consider this one of the better audience tapes of the British leg of the Spiders tour in 1972. -
Audience 7.9 - I keep coming back to this show, mainly because I love the vibe in the hall, the crowd progressively getting more and more into it and excitement keeps building. Great stuff! -
Audience 7.3 - Pretty clear with a bit of hall space that gives it some atmosphere. Enjoyable! -
Audience 8.5 A tape that has been much celebrated over the years, which has also been through the hands of many a fine engineer, bringing out the best of the old tape (and fixing a lot of errors along the way too). Now, here we are decades after the event and it sounds fresh and exciting…still. -
Audience 8.9 Wow, this is what it's all about. This is too much, if you know the history, the scene, the time and place, it’s almost depressing because you know this just could not and will not ever happen again. How could it? So thankful this was taped, and it’s VERY good! -
Soundboard 9.7 Clearly this is one of those “sounds like you are there” tapes. It’s so good I would recommend it to newbies as a good introduction to the band. -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact discs housed in 2 pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact discs housed in 2 pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact discs housed in 2 pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact disc housed in single pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact disc housed in single pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact discs housed in 2 pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
Audience 8.6 - A solid recording of a hot performance by the band. For a little while this was improperly listed as being from New Orleans, and in very incomplete form. Happy to say it is now complete, and not from New Orleans after all. If you got one of the old versions from me, take a photo of it and email it to me and I will send this one to you free of charge. Blue Oyster Cult Independence Hall Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 16th, 1974 01. The Red & The Black 02. O.D.'d On Life Itself 03. Career Of Evil 04. Harvester Of Eyes 05. Dominance And Submission 06. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters 07. Buck's Boogie 08. Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll 09. ME 262 10. Hot Rails To Hell (Fades)