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Audience 8.7 - Loud and brassy, with some distortion on the cymbals at the high end. Taper must have been in the front row on the PA side of the stage. That being said, this is what makes this recording frightening to the ears, a terrifying journey into the unrelenting power and charisma of ELP in their mid 70's prime. There is nothing sedate about this live concert experience, and because it was recorded on very good equipment, even despite the overwhelming loudness of it, it's a rather true representation. Side Note: Jerusalem is a song with more mellow passages and here this recording absolutely shines, jumping quickly to a 9.2 rating and actually remaining better even during the loud segments as it starts to even out - this could be due to taper either moving further back, or making some other minor adjustment. Something certainly is changing with the recording as tape noise increases but the distortion lessens, this could mean he lowered the gain, so the volume had to be boosted during the transfer as his recording levels were much lower. Either way, it had a net positive effect. Unfortunately not the complete show. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA February 3, 1974 01 Introduction 02 Hoedown 03 Jerusalem 04 Toccata 05 Tarkus -
Audience 9.6 - Very well done, with loads of beautifully full drums and bass that do not boom and do not drown out any other instrument. Keys are nicely placed in the mix and at times seem to surround you. Excellent and highly recommended! ELP Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA. August 11, 1977 Disc 1 1. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2 2. Hoedown 3. Tarkus 4. Take A Pebble 5. Piano Concerto No.1 - 1st Movement 6. Take A Pebble 7. C'est La Vie 8. Knife Edge 9. Pictures At An Exhibition Disc 2 10. Still...You Turn Me On 11. Lucky Man 12. Tank 13. Nutrocker 14. Pirates 15. Fanfare For The Common Man - Rondo -
Audience 9.7 - Incredible sound! Massive drums, tight and solid bass, spacious keys...damn this could come out officially. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA August 14, 1977 Disc 1 01 Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2 02 Hoedown 03 Tarkus 04 Take a Pebble 05 Piano Concerto No 1 1st Movement 06 Take A Pebble 07 C'est La Vie 08 Lucky Man 09 Knife-Edge Disc 2 10 Pictures At An Exhibition 11 Still…You Turn Me On 12 Tank 13 Nutrocker 14 Pirates 15 Fanfare For The Common Man - Rondo -
Audience 8.8 - A pretty decent recording which might be a touch on the thin side as the deepness of bass is lacking, but still enough meat on the bones to be worthy of the collection. Vocals come through clearly, drums do sound good too and the overall sound mix is very even. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Ludwigshafen, Germany 1973-04-10 Disc 1 101 Intro 102 Abaddon's Bolero 103 Karn Evil 9 104 Jeremy Bender - The Sheriff 105 Tarkus - Epitaph 106 Aquatarkus 107 Take A Pebble 108 Still You Turn Me On 109 You Can Sing My Song 110 Lucky Man 111 Piano Improvisation 112 Take A Pebble (Conclusion) Disc 2 201 Hoedown 202 Pictures At An Exhibition 203 Toccata 204 Drums & Percussion Solo 205 Rondo 206 Finale -
Audience 8.7 - Both tapes sound as if they were recorded by the same person they are very similar although the slight nod goes to London for being just a touch brighter. That being said, both tapes do an admirable job (for 1971 standards) of capturing the epic ferocity of this amazing rock band in their prime, or just before they got universal “commercial” success. It’s hard to imagine what it must have been like being there in person, the volume, the intensity, I would have been drained after the first song! Emerson, Lake & Palmer ABC Cinema Plymouth, UK March 12, 1971 Disc 1 101 The Barbarian 102 Tarkus 103 Knife Edge 104 Pictures At An Exhibition Disc 2 201 Take A Pebble 202 Rondo Disc 3 Royal Theatre, Drury Lane London, England June 20, 1971 01. -Pictures at an Exhibition 02. -Knife Edge Disc 4 01. -Take a Pebble 02. -Tarkus -
Audience 8.2 - A tape that has only recently surfaced, and had some problems that would have relegated it to the dustbin of history if it were not for some diligent and careful re-mastering. The before and after is a testament to the modern renaissance in the music collecting world. Treasure troves of music is being restored and remastered and a lot of that stuff would have been considered unlistenable once upon a time. This tape suffered from a narrow bandwidth incapable of containing drums, and a lot of the bottom end was a mess. It was excruciating to listen to in that state. This tape has been given a new lease on life, and thankfully so! Emerson, Lake, Palmer Sports Arena, San Diego, CA August 10, 1977 Band line-up Keith Emerson - keyboards Greg Lake - bass, acoustic guitar, vocals Carl Palmer - drums Total Time = 01:56:52 Disc 1 01 Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression Pt.2) 02 Hoedown 03 Tarkus 04 Take A Pebble (w/Piano Solo) 05 C'est La Vie 06 Knife-Edge* 07 Pictures At An Exhibition Disc 2 08 Still...You Turn Me On 09 Lucky Man 10 Tank (w/Drum Solo) 11 Nutrocker 12 Pirates* 13 Fanfare For The Common Man 14 Rondo -
Soundboard 9.3 - mAn excellent document by all accounts! What you get is a lot of superb musical skill wrapped up in a fine sounding, good looking presentation. This is one for the collector and casual fan alike. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Civic Center, Wheeling WV 1977-11-18 Disc 1 1 Peter Gunn Theme 04:05 2 Hoedown 03:59 3 Tarkus 16:47 4 Take a Pebble 12:46 5 C'est la Vie 04:12 6 Lucky Man 03:26 7 Pictures at an Exhibition 17:02 Disc 2 1 Karn Evil 9 05:01 2 Tiger in the Spotlight 04:07 3 Watching Over You 04:13 4 Medley: Tank / The Enemy God 13:45 5 Nut Rocker 04:07 6 Pirates (part 1) 08:59 7 Pirates (part 2) 06:31 8 Fanfare for the Common Man / Show Me the Way to go Home 21:18 Keith Emerson - keyboard and synth player, showman, the likes of which we will never see again Greg Lake - singer and bass player, acoustic & lead guitarist Carl Palmer - drummer and percussionist -
Audience 7.8 - What I really like about this show is the sound of the bass, a round, brassy sound and of course played with great power and finesse. The sound field gets a touch crowded at times, but this is really a totally exciting tape with that power of the band really palpable! -
Audience 8.8 - Great stereo sound field, wide, clear, and lots of atmosphere. Good show! -
Audience 9.1 - Warm, full sound and good stereo too! -
Audience 7.4 - History has shown that most recordings originating from the UK’s Brighton Dome are pretty bad, this one seems to be on the better side of bad. It’s quite listenable if not somewhat muddy and not the clearest ever, but once your ears adjust, and if you add some treble to it, it’s fine. -
Audience 8.8 - A historic concert showcasing the full orchestra, this was to be the final evening for them as it was all dismantled due to financial disaster. The recording is quite good though, vocals have marvelous presence, and the music comes through pretty well with some cluttering (we are talking about dozens of instruments here) in the center, but you will appreciate this in many ways. A real find for the collector,...pretty much indispensable. -
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Audience 8.4 - Pretty darn clean with a good, solid bass sound, and drums sound very real and loud. -
Audience 7.9 - A very clear recording, it can stand a little fattening up but for 1972 it’s quite decent. -
Audience 7.4 - Would be much better with just a little bit of remastering because there is plenty of low end to work with, and even though the high end is muffled you can add some brightness to this, remove some tape hiss, and this show could be a real keeper. As it is now, for collectors only. -
Audience 8.5 - A pretty clear and somewhat vibrant with the sound almost kind of travelling around over your head. Keys are the stars of this show as they are front and center in the mix and sound really good. The low end is not very present, it is an upper midrange recording of very good quality. -
Audience 8.9 - Super dynamic range! When the crowd kicks in after a song ends it is magical. Great! -
Audience 7.8 - A touch on the thin side and not especially dynamic, however it is nice and clear to the ears meaning you can hear everything they are doing on stage with good separation of instruments. Very decent just not super dynamic. -
Audience 8.8 - Very clear but a touch on the compressed side. One thing is, you can totally CRANK this and it performs flawlessly – no break up, and you’ll get that punch and richness. It needs volume , the louder the better. -
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Audience 8.5 - Strong recording due to the clarity (sounds like VERY low gen). -
Audience 8.1 - Kind of occupies the very middle as far as dynamics go with maybe an emphasis on low end which means this recording at least has balls. It’s clear enough that you hear everything, and I think it successfully captured a marvelous evening. -
Pro 8.8 - At times this recording gets even better but there are tape problems, what sounds like tracking issues (if this came from a video source), but overall it is very good and was taped professionally for broadcast. The DVD is pro shot, but suffers from age deterioration, tracking issues, color bleed, etc. but in fairness it is a very old video format and those old ¾” umatic tapes either held up or they failed, that these still played is amazing. -
Audience 8.8 - I rate this highly for the excellent atmosphere of the sound, where the vocals seem to just soar. It is not as thick in the mids where you want them, but that is why the vocals soar because they occupy a lot of the midrange and highs. Sometimes you also get a nice vibration of sound from the drums and all in all it adds tremendous intensity and excitement to the tape. Listen to Toccata and tell me I am wrong! This tape has a unique feel to it that I find very enjoyable. Another cool thing is that a lot of the problems with tape cuts have been fixed with crossfades making for a smoother listen…that includes the large section in Toccata which was unlistenable (unfortunately). -
Audience 8.7 - Probably have to consider this a must have for fans. It’s a very fine recording for the era, and the band is playing their asses off to win fans with their brand of intense symphonic progressive rock (still a new thing in 1970). -
Soundboard 8.7 - A show that factors in to what would become a stellar career over many decades. Pretty much on her own now (no longer paired with Gram Parsons R.I.P.) she started playing in the clubs in the DC area when a producer came to record this show for future reference as he crafted her breakout solo album. Did she know he was at the gig? Who knows, but she obviously made an impact. Emmylou Harris and the Angel Band 1974-05-08 Red Fox Inn Bethesda, Maryland Disc 1 01 -Hot Burrito #1 02 -Hickory Wind 03 -Shop Around 04 -Honky Tonk Blues 05 -Louise 06 -California Cottonfields 07 -High On The Hilltop 08 -Reconstructed 09 -When Will I Be Loved 10 -God Knows I Love You 11 -Before Believing 12 -Queen Of The Silver Dollar 13 -Someone I Used to Know 14 -Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down 15 -A Song for You 16 -High On The Hilltop 17 -Born Again 18 -Drifting Too Far From Shore Disc 2 01 -Country Baptizin' 02 -That's All It Took 03 -Together Again 04 -Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad 05 -Our Father 06 -Maybe Mexico 07 -Sold it All Away 08 -Instrumental (Jeff Wisor & J.B. Morrison) 09 -Satan's Jewel Crown 10 -Born Again 11 -Country Baptizin' Angel Band : Bruce Archer - Guitar Mark Cuff - Drums Tom Guidera - Bass Danny Pendleton - Steel Guitar w/ John & Fayssoux Starling, J.B. Morrison & Jeff Wisor on tracks 7-11 (disc 2) {After Gram Parsons's death} Emmy moved back to D.C., where Tom Guidera had also become a country music convert. With pedal steel player Danny Pendleton and two other musicians, they put together the Angel Band and started gigging around the clubs, playing some of the songs she’d performed with Gram. Eddie Tickner made Harris his number one priority and he convinced Mary Martin, an A&R representative from Warner/Reprise Records (the label that had released Parsons’ solo work) to investigate an Angel Band show in a Washington nightclub. Emmylou Harris became a Reprise Records recording artist in 1974; with her daughter Hallie in tow, the Angel Band relocated to Los Angeles to begin work on Harris’s first true solo album. To produce, Martin paired Harris up with Nova Scotia native Brian Ahern, the mastermind behind Anne Murray’s spate of hits in the early 70’s. She brought the quiet Canadian to hear the Angel Band, and he recorded the performance on a hand-held cassette machine to study at home. This sounds better than a hand-held cassette machine recording, purportedly a sound board, but it's not by any means what we think of as soundboard quality by today's standards. -
Soundboard 9.3 - Excellent presence and clarity. Her backup band is excellent, but do the Dutch get her style of music? I guess they did! Emmylou Harris & the Hot Band "RAI Congresgebouw" Amsterdam 13 November 1975 Track list: 01 -Announcements 02 -That's All It Took 03 -Coat Of Many Colors 04 -Feeling Single, Seeing Double 05 -If I Could Only Win Your Love 06 -Amarillo 07 -Together Again 08 -Grievous Angel 09 -Bluebird Wine 10 -Band Introduction 11 -Till I Gain Control Again 12 -Wheels 13 -Queen Of The Silver Dollar 14 -Cry One More Time 15 -Sin City 16 -Las Vegas -
Audience 8.8 - On the rarity scale this is one of those needle in a haystack recordings. It’s an obscure “group” (actually just a duo but here it sounds like they have some accompaniment), and the music straddles the fence between fold psyche and space rock (that’s a good thing). I would say this couple was trying to stretch something as far as they could in the context of a “folk” duo. Interesting material, very positive vibes! Emtidi Quarter Latin Berlin, Germany 1973 01. Unknown Title 02. Unknown Title 03. Die Reise 04. Unknown Title 05. Unknown Title 06. Saat 07. Touch the Sun 08. Unknown Title All attempts were made to decipher the unknown song titles. -
Radio Broadcast 8.8 - A most welcome discovery! Insanely cool hearing this band play live in the USA. The material is compelling, the band is tight and very convincing although they needed some work on their stage banter ha ha! Very cool indeed! Epitaph Agora Cleveland, OH (WMMS-FM) 1973-10 01 Introduction 02 Fresh Air 03 Outside the Law 04 Big City 05 Early Morning 06 Reflexion 07 Stop Look and Listen 08 Who Do You Love -
CD issue of an album originally released in 1980. Imported from UK, CD is SEALED. -
Studio 10 - Well, this is a rarity! Not only has this flown completely below most collectors radars, but it also qualifies as being a perfect recording…and it doesn’t necessarily begin as such (although I’d still rate it a 9.8), it becomes one. Why is that? Because it has all the elements of greatness and not just the audio quality. Eric is heard here in a more jazzy setting, with players who are well versed in music theory and are top shelf players in their own right – maybe it pushes Clapton to explore more deeply, and he does…although he still manages to make it more bluesy which to me is really cool because it gives these sessions the swing that can be sometimes absent in technical jazz. This obviously was let out on purpose, the recordings are too clean and if indeed they are rehearsals, they are very dialed in and sounding more like an album is being recorded. But if you listen super closely, there are moments where you can just hear the faintest of mic bleed through and it seems to be the kind of talk, or “shouts” that you might hear during a soundcheck or rehearsal. This is a highly recommended listen to anyone who wants to hear Eric Clapton at his tastiest best. Eric Clapton Legends Flawless (Studio) Rehearsals S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios Hollywood, CA June 1997 Disc 1 1. -Snakes 2. -Marcus #1 3. -Marcus #1 4. -Full house 5. -Full house 6. -Ruthie 7. -Ruthie 8. -Put It Where You Want 9. -Suggestions 10. -Peeper Disc 2 1. -Going Down Slow 2. -I Got You I Feel Good 3. -Silver Rain 4. -Layla 5. -Rock Me Baby 6. -Jelly Roll THE BAND Marcus Miller Bass Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals David Sanborn Saxophone Joe Sample Keyboards, Piano Steve Gadd Drums