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Brand New - The definitive collection of rare demos and unreleased tracks from Carmine Appice and his boys! -
Audience 9.4 - A delightful and warm atmosphere highlight this bright and well mixed concert recording. I struggled to find any reason to criticize it, but there are some occasional voices behind taper, and that is REALLY nitpicky. So, this is certainly a treasure of a recording and I highly recommend it. Robert Plant presents Saving Grace Piazza dei Signori Vicenza, Italy September 6, 2023 Disc 1 01 Gospel Plow (Traditional) 02 The Cuckoo (Traditional) 03 Let The Four Winds Blow (Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation) 04 Friends (Led Zeppelin) 05 Out In The Woods (Leon Russell) 06 Too Far From You (Nashville Cast) 07 Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (Traditional) 08 Everybody's Song (Low) 09 It's A Beautiful Day Today (Moby Grape) Disc 2 10 The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin) 11 As I Roved Out (Traditional) 12 Chevrolet (Lonnie Young, Ed Young & Lonnie Young Jr) 13 Down To The Sea (Robert Plant) 14 Four Sticks (Led Zeppelin) 15 Angel Dance (Los Lobos) 16 Band Introduction 17 House Of Cards (Richard & Linda Thompson) 18 Gallows Pole (Led Zeppelin) 19 And We Bid You Goodnight (Traditional) -
Audience 9.5 - This is the good stuff! A well balanced and dynamic recording as close and clear as you can get to Susanna...ahhh...you can hear but not touch! I guess I'll have to settle for audio only but I can dream can't I? You will too, listen to this and you'll get me. Bangles Copenhagen Montmartre, DK 1986-02-17 01. Intro 02. In a Different Light 03. Live (The Merry‐Go‐Round) 04. Restless 05. Walking Down Your Street 06. James 07. September Gurls (Big Star) 08. Not Like You 09. Manic Monday 10. He's Got a Secret 11. I'm in Line 12. If She Knew What She Wants (Jules Shear) 13. Return Post 14. Let It Go 15. Going Down to Liverpool (Katrina and the Waves) 16. Angels Don't Fall in Love 17. I'm Not Talking (Mose Allison) 18. Hero Takes a Fall 19. Dover Beach 20. 7 and 7 Is (Love) 21. Interview by Jan Laursen pre show for Danish Radio. -
Audience 9.4 - A killer tape with clear and direct sound as if you are right in front of the mains but no distortion or overload. Good balance too. Nice to hear this band live because the few other boots I've heard of them were really bad sounding. Helloween Loud Park Festival Saitama Super Arena Saitama, Japan October 27, 2012 01- Opening 02- Are You Metal? 03- Eagle Fly Free 04- Where the Sinners Go 05- Power 06- If I Could Fly 07- Burning Sun 08- Drum Solo 09- I'm Alive 10- Steel Tormentor 11- Future World 12- I Want Out 13- Dr. Stein 14- Burning Sun 15- Steel Tormentor -
Audience 9.7 - Spectacular, crystal clear and lush sound makes you sink deeply into this one. For some, the Grateful Dead are not easily understood, but this show and this recording can easily be understood as beautiful music played with passion and talent galore. Now, to be honest, this set is missing an important segment, the "space/drums" part is conspicuously absent, but there is still plenty of lengthy workouts to keep you engaged with the psychedelic overtones of a Dead concert as well as the more bluegrass and bluesy numbers. All in all this is one for the history books. Grateful Dead Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA December 13, 1980 Disc 1 01 Feel Like A Stranger 02 Sugaree 03 C.C. Rider 04 To Lay Me Down 05 Minglewood Blues 06 Ramble On Rose 07 Lost Sailor 08 Saint Of Circumstances Disc 2 09 Deal 10 Scarlet Begonias 11 Fire On The Mountain 12 Playing In The Band 13 Not Fade Away 14 Black Peter 15 Sugar Magnolia 16 One More Saturday Night -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. Live In Holland 1984. -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. -
Audience 9.2 - Here we have a real treat for those who now realize what we had in our youths with the "Seattle Sound" as epitomized by Soundgarden, a sound that fit the times very appropriately. Now for the kicker: This show not only sounds great but has plenty of fun moments with Chris Cornell and the audience (I think he's a bit toasty on the potent German suds). What I liked most is the live sound here is mixed well for the guitars especially, only Chris gets a bit drowned out during the extreme volume heavier parts but overall it's hitting the sweet spot, at least for me.SOUNDGARDEN April 1, 1994 Musikhalle Frankfurt, Germany Disc 1 01. Night Surf (intro) 02. Jesus Christ Pose 03. Spoonman 04. Let Me Drown 05. Mailman 06. The Day I Tried To Live 07. My Wave 08. Room A Thousand Years Wide 09. Black Hole Sun 10. Searching With My Good Eye Closed - It's A Beautiful Day 11. Superunknown Disc 2 15 12. Rusty Cage 13. Half 14. Mind Riot 15. Fell On Black Days 16. Hands All Over 17. Kickstand 18. Like Suicide 19. Face Pollution 20. encore break 21. Somewhere 22. Head Down 23. Limo Wreck -
Audience 8.7 - While this tape may not enjoy the same clarity as some of the Japan 82 recordings, it does have a good powerful delivery nonetheless. Vocals come through the clearest, but the combination of bass, and guitars follows with the force of a piledriver to your skull...and I rather like it. The bonus here is the inclusion of the set by the band The Rods, and having never heard of any live tapes of them before, it was a most welcome addition to this great vintage Iron Maiden set.Iron Maiden Colston Hall Bristol, England 1982-03-11 Disc 1 {79:49} 01 - Intro [Doctor Doctor] ........ 3:39 02 - The Ides of March ............ 0:51 03 - Murders in the Rue Morgue .... 3:28 04 - Wrathchild ................... 3:32 05 - Run to the Hills ............. 4:25 06 - Children of the Damned ....... 4:46 07 - The Number of the Beast ...... 5:31 08 - Another Life ................. 3:43 09 - Killers ...................... 5:39 10 - 22 Acacia Avenue ............. 6:31 11 - Total Eclipse ................ 4:12 12 - Drum Solo .................... 3:20 13 - Transylvania ................. 6:12 14 - The Prisoner ................. 5:48 15 - Hallowed Be Thy Name ......... 7:14 16 - Phantom of the Opera ......... 6:51 17 - Iron Maiden .................. 3:58 Disc 2 {63:50} 01 - Sanctuary .................... 6:52 02 - Drifter ...................... 7:46 03 - Running Free ................. 5:03 04 - Prowler ...................... 4:32 Bonus Rods 05 - Rocking And Rolling .......... 3:26 06 - Waiting For Tomorrow ......... 4:02 07 - Get Ready To Rock 'n' Roll ... 5:34 08 - Nothing Going On In The City . 3:32 09 - Too Hot To Stop .............. 4:07 10 - Crank It Up .................. 5:54 11 - Getting Higher ............... 3:42 12 - Drum Solo .................... 3:50 13 - Power Lover .................. 5:23 -
Soundboard 8.7 - What we have here with these two shows are a couple of primitive soundboards, and by that I mean they may have run the sound through the board but what ended up on the tape is NOT what you would expect. It's not a manicured, expert mix and pristine sound, it's a very raw, brutal, loud, obnoxious, hellish, and violent turbulence of sound that somehow fits the vibe to a tee. This is Slayer, in 1985, and it sounds like it. Wonderful in its rawness, brutal in its aggressive sonic assault, and 100% vintage Slayer.
Slayer The Dawn Of Slayer Disc 1 Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands May 31, 1985 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor of Sin 4. The Final Command 5. Haunting the Chapel 6. Praise of Death 7. Fight Till Death 8. Necrophiliac 9. Black Magic 10. Die by the Sword 11. Crypts of Eternity 12. Hardening of the Arteries 13. The Antichrist 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Drum solo 16. Show No Mercy 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare Disc 2 Luttenberg, Netherlands June 2, 1985 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor Of Sin 4. Fight 'Til Death 5. Kill Again 6. Haunting The Chapel 7. Necrophiliac 8. Black Magic 9. Die By The Sword Disc 3 10. Praise Of Death 11. The Final Command 12. Crypts Of Eternity 13. Hardening Of The Arteries 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Drum Solo 16. Show No Mercy 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare 19. Encore Break 20. The Antichrist -
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 TangNakano SunplazaTokyo, JapanSept. 30, 1982Disc 101. 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 FreedomDisc 201. Love Potion #9 02. Life Of Crime 03. Hellbound 04. Raised On Rock 05. Gangland 06. Outro -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Audience 8.7 - An excellent 8.7 too! First off let me just say how blown away I am to find a long lost 1978 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 1978-05-21DISC 11. SUPERTZAR 2. SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE 3. WAR PIGS 4. SNOWBLIND 5. NEVER SAY DIE 6. BLACK SABBATH 7. DIRTY WOMENDISC 21. 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 -
Neunkirchen Audience 8.8 - A large sound, almost feel the sound pressure against your chest on this one! The bass is huge and guitars sit slightly behind creating a sensation of dread, and thankfully the vocals are really placed very nicely in the live sound mix. Definitely the better of the two in this set.
Boblingen 1983 Audience 8.6 The overall sound here is somewhat average but it's actually slightly clearer than the Neunkirchen show albeit more distant and hollow sounding. It really could use some mid-range boost to bring up the guitars but if you have a good system you can attenuate this to dial in your desired EQ. It's not bad, it's just not quite up to prime time and you'll get more satisfaction from the Neunkirchen show in this set.
Black Sabbath Germany 1983 Disc 1 Hemmerleinhalle Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany 27th September 1983 1. Supertzar 2. Children Of The Grave 3. Hot Line 4. War Pigs 5. Born Again 6. Supernaut 7. Drum Solo 8. Rock ‘N’ Roll Doctor 9. Disturbing The Priest Disc 2 10. Iron Man 11. The Dark - Zero The Hero 12. Heaven And Hell 13. Guitar Solo 14. Digital Bitch 15. Black Sabbath 16. Smoke On The Water 17. Paranoid - Heaven And Hell(reprise) Disc 3 Sporthalle Boblingen, Germany 28th September 1983 1. Children Of The Grave 2. Hot Line 3. War Pigs 4. Born Again 5. Supernaut 6. Drum Solo 7. Rock’n’roll Doctor 8. Disturbing The Priest Disc 4 9. Iron Man 10. The Dark - Zero The Hero 11. Heaven And Hell 12. Guitar Solo 13. Digital Bitch 14. Black Sabbath 15. Smoke On The Water 16. Paranoid - Heaven And Hell(reprise) 17. Interview with Ian Gillan Ian Gillan – Vocals Tony Iommi – Guitar Geezer Butler – Bass Bev Bevan – Drums Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards -
Stereo Soundboard 9.6 - A fantastic and interesting tape, the live mix sometimes pans in stereo giving it a unique flavor. The drums and keyboards are placed superbly in the mix, vocals very strong, but it does lack some low end, not that it is thin or too bright, that is not the problem here at all it’s just that I think the bass may have been so loud through the P.A. that it didn’t need to pass through the board feed so you do hear it but it’s not super deep. Still, a great one for the collection and certainly if you like hard psychedelic rock but the kicker here is the appearance on 4 tracks by John Cipollina.
Man Keystone Berkeley, CA August 9, 1976 Disc 1 01. -Let The Good Times Roll 02. -7171-551 03. -A Hard Way To Die 04. -The Welsh Connection 05. -Something Is Happening 06. -The Ride And The View 07. -You Are Out Of Your Head 08. -Born With A Future Disc 2 09. -C'Mon 10. -Many Are Called But Few Get Up 11. -Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You* 12. -A Hard Way To Live* 13. -Romain* 14. -Bananas* * with John Cipollina
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Dunstable 1976 Soundboard 9.5 - Every Hawkwind collector surely must have this already in their collection, it’s just too damn good. So few recordings of such an eclectic band, so yeah, this has to be considered a MUST HAVE, and it’s equally cool to find it paired here with another soundboard tape.
Croyden 1977 Soundboard 9.2 -A respectable board tape, the mix does heavily favor guitar, keys are present more during passages where they are supposed to be in the lead. Vocals are out front, also where they need to be. So, it’s a workable mix, not perfect but definitely good for the casual and hard-core fan.
Hawkwind UK 1976-1977 Disc 1 Dunstable, UK. 09-30-1976 1. Paradox 2. Chronoglide Skyway 3. Hassan I Sabbah 4. Brainstorm 5. Wind Of Change 6. Steppenwolf 7. Uncle Sam's On Mars 8. Time For Sale 9. Magnu 10. Welcome To The Future Disc 2 Fairfield Hall Croyden, UK. 09-25-1977 1. Brainstorm 2. High Rise 3. Robot 4. Wind Of Change 5. Jack Of Shadows
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Soundboard 9.2 - A “reference” board mix, clearly…but it’s great. It isn’t going to win any awards for sparkling and atmospheric sound, but it’s a punchy, in-the-pocket sound that marries well with Kansas’ heavy progressive style.
Kansas Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA. 2nd September 1979 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. On the Other Side 3. People of the Southwind 4. Away From You 5. Point of Know Return 6. Closet Chronicles 7. The Wall 8. Reason To Be 9. Dust in the Wind 10. Angels Have Fallen Disc 2 1. Opus Insert 2. Stay Out of Trouble 3. The Spider 4. Portrait (He Knew) 5. Band Introductions 6. Glimpse of Home 7. How My Soul Cries Out For You 8. Carry On Wayward Son Steve Walsh – keyboards, lead and backing vocals Kerry Livgren – guitars, keyboards Rich Williams – guitars Robby Steinhardt – violin, vocals Dave Hope – bass Phil Ehart – drums
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Soundboard 9.7 - A fantastic live document! I especially love how it was mixed, it has a very classic feel and seems drenched in sleazy nightclub atmosphere that puts you, mentally, in the right place for Boz Scaggs music. Awesome!
Boz Scaggs Richards Cafe Atlanta, GA. 1973 Disc One 1. We Were Always Sweethearts 2. Sail On White Moon 3. Might Have to Cry 4. Runnin' Blue 5. Monkey Time 6. I'm Easy 7. Painted Bells 8. Downright Woman 9. Full Lock Powerslide 10. Dinah Flo Disc Two 11. Feel So Good 12. Mercury Blues 13. Slow Dancer 14. You're Mine 15. Hercules 16. Loan Me A Dime
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Audience 8.7 - Brassy, loud, and guitar dominant recording that delivers where it counts and finds Rory sounding, to my ears, much more rock/metal/grunge even though he features plenty of raw, blues soaked numbers in his set. It’s just that the atmosphere and volume don’t suggest this is a “blues” band blowing through town…I just get the feeling Rory felt the times changing and adjusted accordingly. Either way you parse it, this is high-intensity music, and the recording here really manages to capture that pretty realistically.
Rory Gallagher The Stone Palo Alto, California May 17, 1985 Disc One 01 - intro - Double Vision 02 - Bad Penny 03 - band intros - Off The Handle 04 - Moonchild 05 - Hey Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 06 - I Wonder Who 07 - Tattoo'd Lady 08 - Mississippi Sheiks 09 - Big Guns Disc Two 01 - Out On The Western Plain 02 - Seven Days 03 - Philby 04 - Follow Me 05 - Shadow Play 06 - My Babe 07 - All Around Man - Bullfrog Blues - Roll Over Beethoven - Route 66 Rory Gallagher Group; May 1981 - 1991: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Brendan O'Neill - drums Mark Feltham - harmonica
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Audience 9.3 - A really clean, punchy recording that has realistic presence, and is river deep and mountain high – I especially found the drums, kick drum, toms, this was a pleasant surprise for an audience tape to deliver almost studio quality dynamics and placement in the stage mix was on point. Amazing to think that this tape remained out of circulation to only just recently, while we did have other shows from this week at the Hollywood Palace in 1984.
Frank Zappa The Palace Los Angeles, CA July 17, 1984 Disc 1 01 Tuning and Dialogue 02 Zoot Allures 03 Band Introductions 04 Tinsel Town Rebellion 05 Oh No (includes Son Of Orange County) 06 More Trouble Every Day 07 Penguin In Bondage 08 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel 09 Dumb All Over 10 Evil Prince Disc 2 11 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy 12 Advance Romance 13 He's So Gay 14 Bobby Brown 15 Keep It Greasey 16 Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? 17 Carol, You Fool 18 Chana In De Bushwop 19 Let's Move To Cleveland 20 Why Don't You Like Me? -
Studio 9.5 - A really detailed, complete set which contains just about everything you ever wanted to hear regarding the pre-Kiss band Wicked Lester. Is it necessary? I mean, there’s a lot of repetition here, but I have to say it is kind of necessary when you call something complete, you should provide that to the collector and this set does. Quality is great.
Kiss - Complete Wicked Lester Sessions 1971/1972 Disc 1 Electric Lady Studios 18th November 1971 01. Too Many Mondays [0:03:40.20] 02. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.44] 03. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:06.03] 04. Molly [0:02:32.12] 05. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:22.04] 06. She [0:03:06.41] 07. What Happened In The Darkness [0:03:10.26] 08. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:46.01] 09. When The Bell Rings [0:03:24.04] 10. Simple Type [0:02:40.24] 11. She (Take 2) [0:03:05.20] 12. Molly (Take 2) [0:02:33.30] 13. We Want To Shout It Out Loud (Take 2) [0:02:43.42] 14. Too Many Mondays (Take 2) [0:03:41.08] Electric Lady Studios August 1972 Sessions 1 15. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:28.12] 16. Love Her All I Can [0:02:40.72] 17. Molly [0:02:28.52] 18. She [0:03:07.43] 19. Simple Type [0:02:37.73] 20. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:09.74] 21. Too Many Mondays [0:04:04.34] 22. When The Bell Rings [0:03:10.62] 23. Molly (Take 2) [0:02:25.12] 24. Too Many Mondays (Take 2) [0:03:59.13] Disc 2 Electric Lady Studios August 1972 Sessions 2 01. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:43.14] 02. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:10.30] 03. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.30] 04. Molly [0:02:29.52] 05. She [0:03:03.47] 06. Simple Type [0:02:42.23] 07. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:01.64] 08. Too Many Mondays [0:03:38.14] 09. What Happens In The Darkness [0:03:07.52] Final Album Reel 1972 10. When The Bell Rings [0:03:17.70] 11. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:23.47] 12. Molly [0:02:33.26] 13. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:06.24] 14. Simple Type [0:02:43.25] 15. Too Many Mondays [0:03:44.10] 16. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.54] 17. When The Bell Rings [0:03:25.10] 18. She [0:03:07.56] 19. What Happens In The Darkness [0:03:10.60] 20. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:49.33] 21. Long, Long Road [0:04:18.67] Disc 3 Electric Lady Studios Spring 1972 Sessions 01. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:25.42] 02. Long, Long Road [0:04:20.25] 03. Love Her All I Can [0:02:54.69] 04. She [0:03:09.45] 05. Simple Type [0:02:48.22] 06. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:16.64] 07. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:03:10.00] 08. What Happened In The Darkness [0:03:14.67] 09. When The Bell Rings [0:03:11.09] 10. Simple Type (Take 2) [0:02:49.44]
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Soundboard 9.4 - Anytime you can find a soundboard of this band you really ought to grab it. I think it allows the listener to get all the nuance, the sound effects so-to-speak that make Ghost a little bit better than the competition. Plus the songs are interesting, and the voice is perfectly matched to the style.
Ghost "Paradise Lost" Halle Tony Garnier Lyon, France May 22th 2023 Disc 1 01. -Imperium 02. -Kaisarion 03. -Rats 04. -Faith 05. -Spillways 06. -Cirice 07. -Hunter's Moon 08. -Jesus He Knows Me 09. -Ritual 10. -Call Me Little Sunshine 11. -Con Clavi Con Dio 12. -Watcher in the Sky Disc 2 01. -Year Zero 02. -Spoksonat 03. -He Is 04. -Miasma 05. -Mary on a Cross 06. -Mummy Dust 07. -Respite on the Spitalfields 08. -Kiss the Go-Goat 09. -Dance Macabre 10. -Square Hammer 11. -Sorrow in the Wind -
Audience 9.4 - Almost sounds like a radio broadcast, and you’d be forgiven for insisting it is such, but to me it sounds like a good transfer from vinyl of a great audience recording, with some artifacts occasionally (like momentary drop-outs). The track listing on the cover differs slightly from the disc tracking but whatever was recorded by this source is present and accounted for. Other sources exist, and are inferior, so no patching was done to fill out anything missing. Seems like a complete show, maybe one song missing?
Roger Waters Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 1987-08-26 Disc 1 1. -Introduction - Radio Waves 2. -Welcome To The Machine 3. -Who Needs Information 4. -Money 5. -Professional Bimbo School 6. -Have A Cigar 7. -Pigs (Three Different Ones) 8. -Wish You Were Here 9. -Mother 10. -Molly's Song 11. -Me Or Him 12. -Powers That Be 13. -Shredding Alternative 14. -Going To Live In L.A. Disc 2 1. -Sunset Strip 2. -Fish Report With A Beat 3. -Arnold Layne 4. -If 5. -5:06 AM (Every Strangers Eyes) 6. -Not Now John 7. -Another Brick In The Wall – part 1 8. -Another Brick In The Wall – part 2 9. -Nobody Home 10. -Home 11. -Four Minutes 12. -The Tide Is Turning 13. -Breathe 14. -Brain Damage 15. -Eclipse
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FM Broadcast 9.7 - A stellar sound with this over the air broadcast, no signal degradation, no interference, no compression, just smooth jazz sailing all the way.
Pat Metheny Group Festival International de Jazz De Montréal McGill College Ave. Montréal, Quebec, Canada July 4, 1989 CHOM-FM Broadcast Disc 1 01 Phase Dance 8:06 02 Have You Heard 6:08 03 Every Summer Night 6:57 04 Change Of Heart 7:20 05 Better Days Ahead 5:02 06 Last Train Home 5:11 07 First Circle 8:42 08 Scrap Metal 7:04 09 Slip Away 4:53 10 If I Could 6:19 Disc 2 01 Spring Ain't Here 6:44 02 Straight On Red 8:46 03 Are You Going With Me 8:53 04 The Fields, The Sky 4:17 05 Are We There Yet 9:33 06 (It's Just) Talk 8:15 07 Letter From Home 2:18 08 Beat 70 4:47 09 Minuano (Six-Eight) 9:08 10 Third Wind 9:04 Pat Metheny - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Electric Sitar, Guitar Synth Lyle Mays - Piano, Keyboards Steve Rodby - Acoustic & Electric Basses Paul Wertico - Drums, Percussion Armando Marçal - Percussion Pedro Aznar - Voice, Miscellaneous Instruments
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Audience 8.5 - This is one very loud recording, and while it does not distort, it’s in need of an EQ job to tamper down some of the mid and upper mid to high band just to give it more listenability. As it is, it sounds very much like an early Iron Maiden tape…it just has that quality to it. There are very few live tapes of this outfit, so I take this with a lot of curiosity to hear what these guys were about and can forgive the fact that, while this tape falls below my own threshold of what I can tolerate more than once, it does live up to satisfying my curiosity. I find the band full of promise and potential, and I want to hear more, better quality live tapes but will start with listening to their LP release which I recently obtained.Paul Di Anno - Battlezone Shepherd's Bush Empire London, England 1986-04-02 01. FIGHTING BACK 02. BATTLEZONE 03. WARCHILD 04. IN THE DARKNESS 05. LAND GOD GAVE TO CAIN 06. TOO MUCH TO HEART 07. RUNNING BLIND 08. RISING STAR 09. GUITAR SOLO 10. VOICE ON THE RADIO 11. FEEL THE ROCK 12. WELFARE WARRIOR Musicians Paul Di'Anno - Vocals John Hurley- Guitar John Wiggins- Guitar Pete West- Bass Bob Falck- Drums
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Telluride 1978 FM Broadcast 9.2 - A little hit and miss on the live mix, where sometimes I don’t get some of the background instruments associated with the synth or whatever is happening back there…but I could be wrong about that, I mean it is rather subjective whether I am hearing the mix as the band intended or if I need something personally – no matter, because this is lovely and warm, with just enough audience sound to give you a better representation of the liveness of the recorded gig. I need that, personally, otherwise you might as well just listen to the albums!
Boston 1978 FM Broadcast 9.7 - A very well preserved recording that features soaring instrumentation in crystal clear quality – highs are sweet and distinct and bass is warm and round. The mid tones are sublime, and your high-end system will love reproducing this recording!
Pat Metheny Group Telluride & Boston 78 Disc 1 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, Colorado August 28, 1978 01. -radio announcer introduction 02. -interview with Pat Metheny 03. -stage introduction - Phase Dance 04. -Unity Village (solo guitar improvisation) - The Windup 05. -The Epic 06. -San Lorenzo 07. -band introductions - Jaco 08. -American Garage 09. -radio announcer closing comments Bottom Line New York City NY September 26th 1978 10. -Lone Jack Disc 2 Paradise Boston, MA October 2nd & 3rd 1978 1 -WCOZ Intro 2 -Phase Dance 3 -April Joy 4 -Unity Village 5 -Solo 6 -The Windup 7 -Wrong Is Right 8 -Jaco 9 -Lakes 10 San Lorenzo 11 -Lone Jack 12 -Thank You Goodnight Pat Metheny: 6 and 12 string guitars Lyle Mays: piano, synthesizers, autoharp Mark Egan: bass Dan Gottlieb: drums
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FM Broadcast 9.3 - This recording is a little hot, it’s slightly overloaded mainly in the upper mid to high band to the point of slight sizzle on the cymbals…but because it’s so clean overall, with good mid and low end, that seems to be mitigated as the ears adjust. So, it’s great, yes a fine FM broadcast, but in the pantheon of FM broadcasts maybe the engineer got a little excited…OR maybe it’s not the case but more a situation where, when taping from a radio source, you sometimes get artifacts (might be static interference, might be signal compression, might be a whole range of things) and here you have some in the form of slightly overloaded high end. Don’t let it dissuade you though…it’s still great stuff.
Marillion The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY. 02.10.1987 Disc 1 01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) 02 Slàinte Mhath 03 Assassing 04 White Russian 05 Incubus 06 Sugar Mice 07 Fugazi 08 Hotel Hobbies 09 Warm Wet Circles 10 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) Disc 2 11 Misplaced Childhood (Part 1) 12 radio 13 The Last Straw 14 Incommunicado 15 radio 16 Garden Party 17 Market Square Heroes (incl. “My Generation” and “Let´s Twist Again”) 18 radio
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Studio Quality 9.5 - The average rating here in the mid 9.0’s because except for the occasional minor hiss, this material consists of professionally recorded, live in studio sessions. Good to have it all in a well constructed collection like this.
Faces BBC Collection
Disc 1 Radio BBC1 'In Concert' - 17 February 1972, London, Paris Theatre, Host: John Peel Broadcast date: 26 February 1972 44 Three Button Hand Me Down 45 Miss Judy's Farm 46 Memphis, Tennessee 47 Give Me The Moonlight (A Capella)-Too Bad 48 Last Orders Please 49 Devotion 50 That's All You Need-Country Honk-Gasoline Alley-That's All You Need 51 (I Know) I'm Losing You 52 Stay With Me 53 Had Me A Real Good Time-Underneath The Arches (A Capella)-Every Picture Tells A Story Disc 2 Radio BBC1 'In Concert' - 08 February 1973, London, Paris Theatre Not broadcast, due to The Faces sounding too drunk. Finally broadcast by mistake in January 2003 on BBC6 Digital 54 Silicone Grown 55 Cindy Incidentally 56 Angel 57 Memphis, Tennesse 58 True Blue 59 I'd Rather Go Blind 60 You're My Girl 61 Twistin' The Night Away 62 It's All Over Now 63 Miss Judy's Farm 64 Maybe I'm Amazed 65 Three Button Hand Me Down 66 (I Know) I'm Losing You Radio 1 Club - 1973-02-12 Maida Vale Studio 67 Cindy Incidentally (1973-02-12 BBC Radio 1 Club) 68 My Fault (1973-02-12 BBC Radio 1 Club) 69 Borstal Boys (1973-02-12 BBC Radio 1 Club) -
Studio Quality 9.5 - The average rating here in the mid 9.0’s because except for the occasional minor hiss, this material consists of professionally recorded, live in studio sessions. Good to have it all in a well constructed collection like this.
Faces BBC Collection
Disc 1 Radio BBC1 'John Peel's Sunday Concert' - 13 May 1971, London, Paris Theatre Broadcast date: 23 May 1971 27 You're My Girl 28 Cut Across Shorty 29 Love In Vain 30 Bad 'n' Ruin 31 It's All Over Now 32 Had Me A Real Good Time 33 (I Know) I'm Losing You) Radio BBC1 'Sounds Of The 70s' - 28 September 1971, London, Maida Vale, Studio #4, Host: John Peel Broadcast date: 06 October 1971, 22 December 1971, 22 September 1975, 12 September 1981, 24 June 1982 34 Stay With Me 35 Miss Judy's Farm 36 Maggie May Disc 2 Sounds For Saturday (TV) - 1971-10-26 London 37 Three Button Hand Me Down 38 Maybe I'm Amazed 39 I Want To Be Loved 40 Miss Judy's Farm 41 Love In Vain 42 Stay With Me 43 (I Know) I'm Losing You -
Studio Quality 9.5 - The average rating here in the mid 9.0’s because except for the occasional minor hiss, this material consists of professionally recorded, live in studio sessions. Good to have it all in a well constructed collection like this.
Faces BBC Collection Disc 1 Radio BBC1 'Top Gear' 09. March 1970, London, Paris Theatre, Host: John Peel Broadcast date: 28 March 1970, 06 June 1970 01 Pineapple And The Monkey 02 Shake, Shudder, Shiver Radio BBC1 'Dave Lee Travis' - 10. March 1970, London, Camden Theatre, Host: Dave Lee Travis Broadcast date: 15 March 1970 03 Three Button Hand Me Down 04 Flying 05 Wicked Messenger Radio BBC1 'John Peel's Sunday Concert' - 25 June 1970, London, Paris Theatre Broadcast date: 05 July 1970 06 You're My Girl 07 Wicked Messenger 08 Devotion 09 It's All Over Now 10 I Feel So Good Radio BBC1 'Top Gear' - 15 September 1970, London, Maida Vale, Studio #4, Host: John Peel Broadcast date: 19 September 1970, 19 December 1970, 21 August 1971, 26 September 1972, 11 July 1977 11 Had Me A Real Good Time 12 Around The Plynth-Gasoline Alley 13 Country Comfort Disc 2 Marquee Club - 07 December 1970 : 14 Devotion (1970.12.07 Marquee) 15 You’re My Girl (1970.12.07 Marquee) 16 Flying (1970.12.07 Marquee) 17 Too Much Woman (1970.12.07 Marquee) 18 Maybe I’m Amazed (1970.12.07 Marquee) 19 Gasoline Alley (1970.12.07 Marquee) 20 Around The Plynth (1970.12.07 Marquee) 21 Away In A Manger (Maida Vale Studio 08.12.1970 - Broadcast : Boxing day 26.12.1970) 22 Bad 'n' Ruin (1971.04.19 BBC Disco 2) Radio BBC1 'Sounds Of The 70`s - 20. April 1971: , London, Kensington House, Studio T1, Host: Bob Harris Broadcast date: 03 May 1971 23 Had Me A Real Good Time 24 Love In Vain 25 Oh Lord I'm Browned Off 26 Maybe I'm Amazed