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Audience 8.8 - A surprisingly great tape! Very wide spectrum and a solid, in the pocket mix. Great show too! -
Audience 9.1 - A good, clean and bright recording that is clear and detailed. Maybe I would say it could use more bottom end but I am nitpicking, it’s got all the essential things a listener needs to be able to “relax” when listening. You don’t have to strain to hear everyone on stage but mix-wise I would place bass and drums more to the back, relatively speaking, on this tape. Fleetwood Mac Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY. June 29th 1977 Disc 1 1 -Intro - Tune Up Jam 2 -Say You Love Me 3 -Monday Morning 4 -Oh Well 5 -Rhiannon 6 -Oh Daddy 7 -Never Going Back Again 8 -Landslide 9 -Over My Head 10 -Gold Dust Woman Disc 2 11 -You Make Loving Fun 12 -I'm So Afraid 13 -Dreams 14 -Go Your Own Way 15 -World Turning 16 -Blue Letter 17 -The Chain 18 -Second Hand News 19 -Songbird THE BAND Mick Fleetwood drums percussion John McVie bass Christine McVie vocals keyboards Lindsey Buckingham guitar vocals Stevie Nicks vocals -
Soudboard 9.7 - Beautiful fullness of sound! Saweet! -
Audience 8.8 - This sounds like what the gig probably sounded like, which is why I refer to this as a “capture” as opposed to a “recording”, and I hope you understand what makes the two different. A soundboard is a recording, and to be honest it doesn’t actually “capture” the event, it is what you would have heard if you were running the live sound for the band. Make sense? Fleetwood Mac Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, FL May 29, 1977 Mick Fleetwood John McVie Christine McVie Lindsey Buckingham Stevie Nicks 01 Say You Love Me 02 Monday Morning 03 Dreams 04 Oh Well 05 Rhiannon 06 Oh Daddy 07 Never Going Back Again 08 Landslide 09 Over My Head 10 Gold Dust Woman 11 You Make Loving Fun 12 I’m So Afraid 13 Go Your Own Way 14 World Turning Total Time = 70:15 min -
Audience 8.8 - A very atmospheric recording that gives you an amazing sense of space and proximity to the action. The music has room to move around, so it’s a natural sounding recording and the listening experience benefits greatly. Sometimes at full volume when the band is really cooking, the music gets a little bunched up but the tapers were good with levels so it does not offend and I appreciate that. This is a real gem! -
Audience 7.3 -
Soundboard 8.9 - The band is in really fine form here, the sound is good with maybe a small amount of compression which rounds the highs down a little but a nice mix and that performance wins the day. FLEETWOOD MAC - Le Zenith - Paris, France April 14, 1977 01 -Station Man 02 -The Chain 03 -Dreams 04 -Rhiannon 05 -Oh Daddy 06 -Never Going Back Again 07 -Landslide 08 -Over My Head 09 -Gold Dust Woman 10 -You Make Loving Fun 11 -Go Your Own Way 12 -Oh Well 13 -I'm So Afraid 14 -World Turning 15 -Blue Letter -
Pro FM Broadcast 9.6 - I really like the guitar tone here, a bit more grit, sounds less like a mega-hit stadium band and more like a very talented jam band. -
Richfield 1980 Audience 9.7 - Reaching damn near the pinnacle of how good an audience recording can be. The atmosphere, it’s breathtaking. A genuinely immersive experience akin to travelling back in time and being in the front row…yes it is THAT GREAT! Los Angeles 1980 Audience 9.5 - Depth, space, dynamics, detail…these are the hallmarks of an expertly recorded bootleg. That is what this is. Period. FLEETWOOD MAC 1980-03-20 Richfield, OH Coliseum (1st of 2 nights) Disc 1 01. intro 02. Say You Love Me 03. The Chain 04. Don't Stop 05. Dreams 06. Oh Well 07. Rhiannon 08. Oh Daddy 09. What Makes You Think You're The One 10. Sara Disc 2 11. Not That Funny > 12. Never Going Back Again 13. Landslide 14. Tusk 15. Angel 16. You Make Loving Fun 17. I'm So Afraid 18. World Turning > 19. Go Your Own Way Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA September 1, 1980 Disc 3 01 Monday Morning 02 The Chain 03 Don't Stop 04 Dreams 05 Oh Well 06 Rhiannon 07 Over And Over 08 What Makes You Think You're The One 09 Sara 10 Not That Funny 11 Never Going Back Again Disc 4 12 Landslide 13 Tusk 14 Think About Me 15 I'm So Afraid 16 Angel 17 You Make Loving Fun 18 World Turning 19 Go Your Own Way 20 Sisters Of The Moon 21 Songbird -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Pro Video Source 8.5 - These sound like they were taken from video tape sources and have the telltale compression characteristics. These are actually several different broadcasts during the year 1976, with the final four tracks coming from UC Santa Barbara, which is also the best sounding of the batch. -
Soundboard 9.2 -
Audience 8.7 and 8.8 - Both of these recordings are quite good, and most welcomed. Each feature Bob Welch, although the ’72 also has Danny Kirwan still on board (but not for much longer). You can tell he is drunk, but even with all the stuff happening on stage (some clearly audible), the band still manage to put on a good show. Fleetwood Mac October 24th, 1974 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, W. Disc 1: 01. Coming Home > The Green Manalishi 02. Spare Me a Little 03. Bad Loser 04. Sentimental Lady 05. Future Games 06. Bermuda Triangle 07. I'd Rather Go Blind 08. Why 09. Night Watch 10. Homeward Bound 11. Angel 12. Oh Well Disc 2: Encore: 01. Rattlesnake Shake 02. Hypnotized BONUS: The Paramount, Seattle Washington 1972-03-10 FM reel-to-reel 3 -Intro 4 -Tell Me All The Things You Do 5 -Future Games 6 -Get Like You Used To Be 7 -Little Child Of Mine 8 -Spare Me A Little 9 -Homeward Bound 10 -Black Magic Woman 11 -Oh Well Personnel: Bob Welch: Guitar and Vocals Danny Kirwin: Vocals And Guitar Christine McVie: Keyboards and Vocals John McVie: Bass Mick Fleetwood: Drums Notes from Paramount 1972: Christine McVie vocals on 1,3,5,and 6 Bob Welch vocals on 2 and 8, assists on 7 Danny Kirwan vocals 4, attempted vocals 7 (falling down drunk) -
Audience/SDB 8.9/8.5/9.2/8.7 - A mixed bag but all in all I found it to be very interesting and sound quality held up respectably considering how rare some of this material is. Anyone who enjoys this early, almost primitively raw and savage Fleetwood Mac will surely want this collection. Fleetwood Mac The 1969 Tapes Disc 1 College Of Distributive Arts & Trades London, UK. March 14, 1969 01 -Like It This Way 02 -One Side Of Love 03 -Homework 04 -All Over Again 05 -Got To Move 06 -I'm Worried 07 -Something Inside Me 08 -Albatross 09 -Stop Messing Around 10 -Everyday I Have The Blues 11 -Mean Mistreatin' Mama Disc 2 Buxton Festival Pavillion Gardens Buxton, UK September 26,1969 1 -Coming Your Way 2 -Sweet Home Chicago 3 -Oh Well 4 -Like It This Way 5 -I Held My Baby Last Night 6 -Loving Kind 7 -Got To Move 8 -Fine Looking Mama 9 -Tiger Fillmore West San Francisco,CA. January 17th, 1969 10 -Oh Baby 11 -Like It This Way 12 -Got A Good Mind To Give Up Livin' 13 -Stop Messin Round 14 -Loving Kind 15 -Baby Please Set A Date 16 -Rattlesnake Shake Disc 3 Fillmore West 1-17-69 Cont'd 01 -Madison Blues 02 -Jenny Jenny 03 -Oh Suzanna - Harmonica Thing 04 -Twist and Shout 05 -Long Tall Sally Fillmore West San Francisco, CA. January 19th, 1969 06 -Can't Stop Lovin' 07 -Like It This Way 08. -If You Let Me Love You 09 -Stop Messin' Round 10 -Baby Please Set A Date 11 -Rattlesnake Shake - Underway - Blues Jam 12 -Oh Well 13 -Madison Blues -
Ultrasonic Studios - Hempstead, NY - FM Radio 8.6 -
Soundboard 9.5 -
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! -
FM Radio 8.9 -
Soundboard 9.7 - Not all board tapes are exceptional, even if they sound good. What makes for an exceptional one is whether it sounds “live” or not, and this one most definitely does! Foghat Selland Arena, Fresno, CA April 11, 1978 Band line up Dave Peverett - guitar, vocals (passed away February 7, 2000, aged 56) Rod Price - guitar, slide guitar (passed away March 22, 2005, aged 57) Craig MacGregor - bass (passed away February 9, 2018, aged 68) Roger Earl - drums (currently still alive, age 73) Total Time = 76:34 Set list 01 Intro 02 Fool For The City 03 My Babe 04 Stone Blue 05 Drivin' Wheel 06 It Hurts Me Too 07 Honey Hush 08 Guitar Solo 09 I Just Want To Make Love To You 10 Home In My Hand 11 Slow Ride 12 Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie -
Audience 8.7 - A little on the upper midrange/high side but VERY clean and crisp with very pronounced and clear vocals especially. Really great! -
FM Radio 9.5 -
Pro Radio Broadcast 9.8 - When hearing a recording of a great band in this fidelity, it reveals much more about the artist than what you might learn just listening to their hits on the radio. For instance, thier music is much more layered and nuanced once you hear this show, even live the band is so tight, so professional, that stuff is going on you don’t even get from the album tracks. Superb, eye-opening, majesty! Foghat The Spectrum Philadelphia PA December 18th 1976 1 -K.B.F.H. Intro 2 -Fool for the City 3 -My Babe 4 -Drivin' Wheel 5 -Honey Hush 6 -Night Shift 7 -Slow Ride 8 -K.B.F.H. Outro THE BAND Dave Peverett rhythm guitar vocals Rod Price lead guitar slide guitar Craig MacGregor bass Roger Earl drums -
Audience 8.2 - Very live, with that telltale large hall reverb but smoking hot show and audio is real good and very electric. -
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. -
Soundboard/Audience matrix 9.5 - Here you have a recording that does both of the things you want in a live concert experience – clarity and punch via soundboard and ambience, immersion, electricity of the audience. The audience recording being blended in really adds to this experience, even when you hear excitable fans clapping nearby…it’s quite exhilarating really and this recording will eventually be hailed and revered by fans because…well, unfortunately because of the passing of Taylor Hawkins (RIP). Foo Fighters Lollapalooza Argentina Hipódromo de San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2022.03.20 Disc 1 01 Times Like These 02 The Pretender 03 Lern To Fly.flac 04 No Son of Mine 05 The Sky Is a Neighborhood 06 Shame Shame 07 Breakout 08 Dave talk with the crew #1 09 My Hero (Dave solo into full band) 10 These Days 11 Walk 12 Dave talk with the crew #2 Disc 2 13 Band intros - Guitar Solo -My Generation -Keyboard Solo -Gonna Make You Sweat -Blitzkrieg Bop 14 Somebody To Love (Queen cover) (Dave on drums, Taylor on vocals) 15 Dave talk with the crew #3 16 All My Life 17 Run 18 Wheels (Slow Version) 19 Best of You 20 Dave talk with the crew #4 21 Been Caught Stealing (Jane’s Addiction cover) (with Perry Farrell) 22 Monkey Wrench 23 Dave talk with the crew #5 24 Everlong - outro -
Soundboard 9.4 -
Audience 8.5 - Solid all the way. -
Soundboard 8.8 -
FM Broadcast 9.0 -
Pro Radio 9.7 -
Soundboard 8.8 - Probably radio broadcast, very strong and dynamic if just a tad dated sounding. -
FM Radio Broadcast 8.7 - Pretty rocking debut, and even though the audio quality is not perfect (although it is great) I really like the rawness and band interplay of their early gigs.