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Audience 9.2 - All three shows are recorded with high end gear, with a respectful audience – and the results are decidedly excellent. It’s a joy to listen to these shows, back to back, and just marvel at the grandiosity on display. These were different times, so painfully obvious when you listen, and quite sad to realize it ain’t ever happening again. Yes 1973-03-09 Tokyo, Japan- Close To The East (LIGHTHOUSE) part2 Artist: Yes Date: 1973-03-09 Venue: Shibuya Kokaido Location: Tokyo, Japan Disc 1 3.01 Firebird Suite (1.21) 3.02 Siberian Khatru (9.59) 3.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.34) 3.04 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.40) 3.05 Mood For A Day (3.21) 3.06 The Clap (3.43) 3.07 Colours Of The Rainbow (1.12) 3.08 And You And I (9.37) Disc 2 4.01 MC (1.16) 4.02 Close To The Edge (19.06) 4.03 Rick Wakeman Solo (9.27) 4.04 Roundabout (7.58) 4.05 Yours Is No Disgrace (13.42) 4.06 Starship Trooper (11.09) -
Audience 9.2 - All three shows are recorded with high end gear, with a respectful audience – and the results are decidedly excellent. It’s a joy to listen to these shows, back to back, and just marvel at the grandiosity on display. These were different times, so painfully obvious when you listen, and quite sad to realize it ain’t ever happening again. Yes 1973-03-08 Tokyo, Japan Artist: Yes Date: 1973-03-08 Venue: Koseinenkin Kaikan Location: Tokyo, Japan Disc 1 1.01 Firebird Suite (2.23) 1.02 Siberian Khatru (9.20) 1.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.39) 1.04 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.03) 1.05 Mood For A Day (3.23) 1.06 The Clap (5.00) 1.07 And You And I (10.41) 1.08 Close To The Edge (18.23) Disc 2 2.01 Rick Wakeman Solo (8.33) 2.02 Roundabout (10.52) 2.03 Yours Is No Disgrace (13.05) 2.04 Starship Trooper (10.55) -
Audience 8.3 - Don’t let the rating fool you, this is an exciting tape! What lowers the rating is just a non-biased appraisal of the sonic limitations of the tape which is mainly the upper end distortion due to volume. It’s a small club and a loud band, and probably a consumer grade cassette recorder…but, it’s actually not that bad and delivers a real exciting vibe. I can tell you this for sure – you will be sucked into this recording and will completely get it, it’s a charming document of a long forgotten time and place. I got that melancholic feeling during the song “Last Thing On My Mind”. THE MOVE Scarborough, England August 1969 1. I Can Hear The Grass Grow 2. Hello Suzie 3. Last Thing On My Mind 4. Curly 5. Open My Eyes 6. Goin' Back 7. Flowers In The Rain 8. Fire Brigade 9. Blackberry Way 10 Sounds Of Silence 11 Under The Ice -
Audience 9.2 - Great dynamics and amazing atmosphere! This is certainly one for every kind of collector, even casually Genesis fans would love this. A special gig. Genesis The Roxy West Hollywood, CA May 25, 1980 Disc 1 01 Deep In The Motherlode 02 Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (Intro) 03 Carpet Crawlers 04 Squonk 05 One For The Vines 06 Story Of Albert 07 Behind The Lines 08 Duchess 09 Guide Vocal 10 Turn It On Again 11 Duke’s Travels 12 Say It’s Alright Joe Disc 2 13 The Lady Lies 14 Ripples 15 Misunderstanding 16 In The Cage 17 Colony Of Slipperman 18 Afterglow 19 Follow You, Follow Me 20 Dance On A Volcano 21 Drums Duet > Los Endos 22 I Know What I Like 23 The Knife -
Soundboard 9.3 - A very well traveled tape, seeing release as a video, as well as countless boot CD’s. The video was so-so, the audio has always been great. The show itself, not their best, and not their worst. Is it essential? It’s a great sounding ’76 board tape (the closing gig of the tour in Europe) so, my thought is that it should be somewhat necessary in the collection. The Rolling Stones Knebworth Open Air Festival, Knebworth Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England August 21th 1976 DISC 1: 01. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 02. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 03. If You Can't Rock Me / Get Off Of My Cloud 04. Hand Of Fate 05. Around And Around 06. Little Red Rooster 07. Stray Cat Blues 08. Hey Negrita 09. Hot Stuff 10. Fool To Cry 11. Star Star 12. Let's Spend The Night Together 13. You Gotta Move 14. You Can't Always Get What You Want DISC 2: 01. Dead Flowers 02. Route 66 03. Wild Horses 04. Honky Tonk Women 05. Tumbling Dice 06. Happy 07. Nothing From Nothing (Billy Preston on vocals) 08. Outa Space (Billy Preston on vocals) 09. Midnight Rambler 10. It's Only Rock'n Roll 11. Brown Sugar 12. Rip This Joint 13. Jumpin' Jack Flash 14. Street Fighting Man -
Audience 9.4 - Beautiful and well balanced, this taper was well known to have produced consistently high quality work in the area taping a variety of concerts big and small. Band was opening for Badfinger, and this is the earlier of the two performances that day. This is one of the only extant live recordings of Big Star playing in the ‘70s that has not been officially released. Big Star Performance Center Cambridge, MA March 31, 1974 (early show) 01 In The Street 02 Baby Strange (T. Rex cover) 03 Mod Lang 04 Candy Says (Velvet Underground cover) 05 Till The End Of The Day (Kinks cover) 06 O My Soul 07 Motel Blues (Loudon Wainwright III cover) 08 Thirteen 09 Way Out West 10 September Gurls 11 Come On Now (Kinks Cover) -
Audience 9.6 - As good as I have heard - clear as a bell, and full, up front, balanced sound. A must have! Jeff Beck with The Jan Hammer Group July 23, 1976 (1976-07-23) Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri USA 01) [04:43] Oh Yeah 02) [07:42] Sister 03) [00:29] Band Introductions 04) [08:26] Darkness / Earth In Search of a Sun 05) [04:34] Play With Me 06) [06:35] Freeway Jam 07) [07:14] Scatterbrain 08) [08:21] Earth (Still Our Only Home) 09) [05:01] Diamond Dust 10) [04:31] You Know What I Mean Total [57:37] Note: Jeff joins the The Jan Hammer Group during Track 4. Jeff Beck - guitar Jan Hammer - moog and Oberheim synthesizers. Tony "Thunder" Smith - drums, vocals Fernando Saunders - bass, vocals Steve Kindler - violin -
FM Broadcast 9.3 - Very well recorded, this one can be fully cranked because there’s great instrument separation allowing for a full and wide (as in panned) sound mix. Rick Derringer 'Whisky-A-Go-Go 1977' February 8th, 1977 01. Radio Intro 02. Still Alive and Well 03. Let Me In 04. Teenage Love Affair 05. Sittin' By The Pool 06. One Eyed Jack 07. Sailor 08. Beyond The Universe 09. Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (inluding You Really Got Me) 10. Roll With Me 11. Rebel Rebel 12. Keep On Makin' Love 13. Let's Make It -
Soundboard 9.6 - This tour was well documented with a plethora of expertly recorded board tapes. This is no exception, the quality, both in terms of sound and mix, is worthy of official release. Then there is the other measure of greatness – performance. Well, it’s Santana at their creative peak, where everything came together and they were riding the crest of a wave…which lasted a good long time. Santana Gimnasio do Palmeiras Sao Paolo, Brazil October 19th, 1973 Carlos Santana (g/perc/vo) Douglas Rauch (b/g) Richard Kermode (kbd) Tom Coster (kbd/vo) Leon Thomas (vo) Michael Shrieve (ds) Jose "Chepito" Areas (perc) Armando Peraza (perc/vo) Disc 1 (76:16) T1 -Going Home - A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way- 20:28 T2 -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen - 9:22 T3 -Oye Como Va-5:47 T4 -Bambele 2:28 T5 -Um-um-um 7:11 T6 -Batucada 3:42 T7 -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)- 3:42 T8 -Stone Flower- 1:19 Disc 2 T1 Waiting- 4:24 T2 Castillos De Arena (Sand Castle)- 3:36 T3 Free Angela - Aranjuez- 13:07 T4 Samba De Sausalito- 3:30 T5 Se A Cabo-- 7:38 T6 Samba Pa Ti- 10:26 T7 Savor - 3:29 T8 Toussaint L'Overture- 08:07 -
Soundboard 9.4 - Both shows exceptional quality, and performances are pretty exemplary. In fact, during the introduction to the Buffalo show a point is made regarding the last performance there at the venue that it was not their best due to an illness with a band member and that this show would be no such thing. I guess they wanted to make a clear statement. Mahavishnu Orchestra 1973-01-27 Century Theater, Buffalo, NY Disc 1 001. Greetings>Moments of Silence 002. Birds of Fire 003. Open Country Joy 004. Dawn Disc 2 005. Dance of Maya 006. Sanctuary 007. One Word 008. Hope 009. Celestial Terrestrial Commuters Mahavishnu Orchestra 1973-05-09 Morris A Mechanic Theater Baltimore MD Disc 3 010. Birds Of Fire 011. Open Country Joy 012. Noonward Race 013. You Know, You Know 014. The Dance of Maya 015. Vital Transformation Billy Cobham - drums Jerry Goodman - violin Jan Hammer - keyboards Rick Laird - bass John McLaughlin - guitar -
Audience 8.8 - I can’t believe it was 32 years ago I attended, and recorded, this concert. It was my birthday present, although this actually went down one day before my b-day. It’s weird because Joe also sang “Birthday” the classic Beatles song (and it wasn’t for me although I imagined that it was ha ha!). This recording is only now being made available, and it sounds great and just how I remember it, with Joe being very animated and playing lots of numbers not normally played, and telling funny stories. It was a great night, I had a blast. Joe Walsh Syria Mosque Pittsburgh, PA. 2-06-1988 Sony Hand Held Video 48K> MP4> Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 10> 44K .wav Disc 1 1. -Unknown 2. -Take Me Out To The Ballgame 3. -Indian Summer 4. -Santa Claus Story 5. -Tomorrow 6. -I Know You Love Me (And So Do I) 7. -Birthday 8. -Meadows 9. -White Summer - Black Mountain Side 10. The Confessor 11. -Walk Away 12. -Life In The Fast Lane Disc 2 13. -Turn To Stone 14. -In The City 15. -Audience 16. -Funk 49 17. -Joe Tells Jokes 18. -Rocky Mountain Way 19. -More Wisdom From Joe 20. -Life's Been Good 21. -Audience 22. -All Night Long -
Soundboard 9.3 - Nice re-mastering here, brings out the music to where it’s really vibrant and powerful. Wings 'Wings Over Los Angeles 1976' (Remastered) The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA., USA June 22 + 23, 1976 Disc 1 1. Venus And Mars - Rock Show - Jet 2. Let Me Roll It 3. Spirits of Ancient Egypt 4. Medicine Jar 5. Maybe I'm Amazed 6. Call Me Back Again 7. Lady Madonna 8. The Long And Winding Road 9. Live And Let Die 10. Picasso's Last Words 11. Richard Cory 12. Bluebird 13. I've Just Seen A Face 14. Blackbird 15. Yesterday Disc 2 1. You Gave Me The Answer 2. Magnetto And Titanium Man 3. Go Now 4. My Love 5. Listen To What The Man Said 6. Let 'Em In 7. Time To Hide 8. Silly Love Songs 9. Beware My Love 10. Letting Go 11. Band On The Run 12. Hi Hi Hi 13. Solly -
Audience 9.1 - Excellent! Very clear, balanced, and lovely atmosphere. One that will get repeated play for sure. Pink Floyd - (1972-04-28) Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL, US Tracklist: Disc 1 01 Speak To Me 01:00 02 Breathe (In The Air) 03:13 03 On The Run 05:13 04 Time 05:46 05 Breathe (Reprise) 01:03 06 The Mortality Sequence 03:42 07 Money 07:29 08 Us And Them 07:16 09 Any Colour You Like 06:26 10 Brain Damage 03:50 11 Eclipse 01:54 Disc 2 12 One Of These Days 08:42 13 Careful With The Axe, Eugene 12:20 14 Echoes 24:06 15 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 13:16 Total time: 1:45:25 -
Soundboard 9.8 - Expertly recorded and mixed, and a pretty damn good performance too! Every bit of both concerts is here, simply glorious. Eric Clapton’s Rainbow Concert Date: January 13th 1973 Location: Rainbow Theatre,London,England Disc 1 01-Introduction 02-Layla 03-Badge 04-Blues Power 05-Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 06-Roll It Over 07-Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad 08-Little Wing Disc 2 01-Bottle Of Red Wine 02-After Midnight 03-Bell Bottom Blues 04-Presence Of The Lord 05-Tell The Truth 06-Pearly Queen 07-Let It Rain 08-Crossroads Disc 3 01-Introduction 02-Layla 03-Badge 04-Blues Power 05-Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 06-Roll It Over 07-Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad 08-Little Wing Disc 4 01-Bottle Of Red Wine 02-Presence Of The Lord 03-Tell The Truth 04-Pearly Queen 05-Key To The Highway 06-Let it Rain 07-Crossroads 08-Layla Band:Eric Clapton And Palpitations Eric Clapton Pete Townshend Ron Wood Steve Winwood Rick Grech Jim Capaldi Jimmy Karstein -
FM Broadcast 9.7- As good as it gets. Amy Winehouse Glastonbury Festival Worthy Farm, Pilton, England Friday August 29th, 2008 Track List: 01. Addicted 02. Just Friends 03. Tears Dry On Their Own 04. Cupid [Sam Cooke cover] 05. Back To Black 06. Wake Up Alone 07. Some Unholy War 08. Love Is A Losing Game 09. Hey Little Rich Girl [The Specials cover] 10. A Message to You, Rudy [Dandy Livingstone cover] 11. You're Wondering Now [The Skatalites cover] 12. You Know I'm No Good 13. Me & Mr. Jones 14. Rehab -
Audience 8.7 - Believe it or not, few excellent recordings exist of Motley Crue from these early days. This one is actually very decent, with a lot of festival atmosphere, and even though the recording is “distant” it is clear and you get a good round bass, clear and loud guitar, and vocals very clear. Virtually no muck in this tape, you can turn it up loud too because there’s good headroom. Motley Crue - 1984-08-18 Castle Donington Park, England 01 Intro - Bastard 02 Knock `Em dead 03 Shout At The devil 04 Ten Seconds To love 05 Piece Of Your Action 06 Red Hot 07 Looks That Kill 08 Live Wire 09 Helster Skelter Running Time: 44 mn. 4 s. note: The Crüe makes their first trip to the U.K. and plays the huge Monsters of Rock Festival in Donington at noon in front of about sixty thousand metalheads. After kicking off the show, Mötley is followed on stage by Y&T, Accept, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen and AC/DC. At the end of their set, Nikki throws his bass into the crowd and it lands on a fan named Stu Taylor, smashing his glasses and cutting his head open. A number of people take the guitar to the side of the stage to smash it up and share out the pieces.