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Soundboard 8.8 - A little bit thin, but it’s clear and of course the guitar is really captured well. Vocals are sometimes in the background here, not that it matters because the all important guitar work is so present you will be more focused on it instead. It is a pretty good performance, it was a good night. I can’t complain about this one, I think it will be appreciated by people even those with only a passing interest in Clapton. Eric Clapton The Opera House, Sydney, Australia April 20th, 1975 Disc 1: 01. -Let It Grow 02. -Better Make It Through Today 03. -Badge 04. -I Shot The Sheriff 05. -Steady Rollin' Man 06. -Tell The Truth 07. -Teach Me To Be Your Woman 08. -Key To The Highway Disc 2: 01. -Can't Find My Way Home 02. -Blues Power 03. -Driftin' Blues - Crossroads - Have You Ever Loved A Woman 04. -Layla - Opposites 05. -Let It Rain 06. -Little Wing -
Disc 1 Soundboard 9.7 - Beautiful, not the sloppy drunk Clapton here folks. Disc 2 Soundboard 8.8 - A little tape hiss and not as smooth of a mix but it’s a board tape and so you can get earfuls of Clapton guitar which is good at this time, more focused, more heartfelt, just better overall than previous years. Eric Clapton 1976 UK & US Tour - The Lost Jamie Oldaker Tapes Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida, USA November 7th, 1976 Disc 1 101. -Sign Language 102. -Hello Old Friend 103. -Further On Up The Road 104. -All Our Past Times 105. -Double Trouble 106. -Tell The Truth 107. -Can’t Find My Way Home 108. -Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door 109. -Badge 110. -Keep Love On The Moon Disc 2: (MVR-252) 201. -Key To The Highway The Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, UK - July 29th, 1976 Disc 2 202. -Hello Old Friend 203. -All Our Past Times 204. -Double Trouble 205. -Tell The Truth 206. -Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door 207. -Can’t Find My Way Home 208. -Layla 209. -Blues Power 210. -I Shot The Sheriff 211. -Key To The Highway Line-up: Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals George Terry - guitar, vocals Carl Radle - bass Dick Sims - keyboards Jamie Oldaker - drums Sergio Pastora Rodriguez - percussion Yvonne Elliman - backing vocals Marcy Levy - backing vocals -
Soundboard 9.4 - Consistently great sound, covers the band in their prime period. Def Leppard Reading Festival, England 12/18/1983 and 8/24/1980 Rock Rock (Till You Drop) Billy's Got A Gun Foolin' Rock of Ages Let It Go Wasted Satellite When The Walls Came Tumbling Down Medicine Man [Early version of 'Rock Rock (Till You Drop)'] The Overture Lady Strange Getcha Rocks Off Tracks 1-6: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, 18 Dec. 1983. Tracks 7-12: Reading Festival, England, 24 Aug. 1980. -
Audience 8.7 - An historic concert recording well known among collectors, receiving a “refresh” bringing out even more of the music. This particular reissue features a bonus disc with a couple of minutes of seldom seen video footage of the show. Los Angeles, California, Inglewood Forum Nov. 8, 1969 (2nd show) Includes rare video footage 01. intro 02. Jumping Jack Flash 03. Carol 04. Sympathy For The Devil 05. Stray Cat Blues 06. Prodigal Son 07. You Gotta Move 08. Love In Vain 09. I'm Free 10. Under My Thumb 11. Midnight Rambler 12. Live With Me 13. Little Queenie 14. Satisfaction 15. Honky Tonk Women 16. Street Fighting Man -
Audience 8.8 - I really love this recording, it has great atmosphere, and a lively, raw intensity that gets you completely sucked into the concert. The band are in fine form, the crowd seems to inspire them to great heights. A winner! Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto June 17th, 1975 Disc 1- Fanfare For The Common Man
- Honky Tonk Women
- All Down The Line
- If You Can' Rock Me/Get Off Of My Cloud
- Star Star
- Gimme Shelter
- Ain't Too Proud To Beg
- You Gotta Move
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
- Happy
- Tumbling Dice
- Luxury
- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
- Fingerprint File
- Angie
- Wild Horses
- That's Life
- Outa Space
- Brown Sugar
- Midnight Rambler
- It's Only Rock 'n Roll
- Rip This Joint
- Street Fighting Man
- Jumping Jack Flash
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Audience 8.4 - A very rare treat, to hear a complete “Preservation” era show. There’s really not a lot of 1973 recording around. This one sounds just fine, while not venturing too far in either direction dynamically, and some lack of clarity down low in the spectrum…but the upper mids and highs seem fine. It’s a good recording that could use your own EQ flavoring to round it into shape. I am happy to have this as I have not heard many, if any, ’73 tapes as good as this. THE KINKS Boston Music Hall Boston, MA April 1st 1973 THE BAND Ray Davies vocal guitar Dave Davies lead guitar vocal Mick Avory drums John Dalton bass John Gosling keyboards Laurie Brown trumpet John Beecham trombone tuba Alan Holmes saxophone clarine SETLIST 1 -Intro 2 -Victoria 3 -Acute Schizophernia Paranoid Blues 4 -Until The End Of The Day 5 -Medley (The Last Time I Saw You/Little Queenie/Shakin All Over/Whole Lotta Shakin Going On, Etc) 6 -Maybe Because I'm A Londoner 7 -Lola 8 -Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 9 -Celluloid Heroes 10 -Here Comes Yet Another Day 11 -Picture Book 12 -People Take Pictures Of Each Other 13 -Alcohol 14 -Skin and Bones - Dry Bones 15 -Good Golly Miss Molly 16 -You Really Got Me 17 -All The Day And All Of The Night 18 -Thank You - Announcements -
Audience 8.6 - A kind of bumpy ride at times, being immersed in the middle of a rowdy audience, but the music comes through surprisingly well for such a massive cataclysm it must have been! It’s kind of fun, it’s a time capsule, and as long as I can hear the music in a clear way, even if it is not “hi-fi”, it’s fine by me. This is a low gen tape and clear enough for its purpose, but yeah, you are in the middle of the action quite literally. ROLLING STONES Cobo Arena Detroit MI. July 27th, 1975 THE BAND Mick Jagger lead vocals harmonica Keith Richards guitar lead and backing vocals Charlie Watts drums Ronnie Wood guitar backing vocals Bill Wyman bass guitar Billy Preston keyboards backing vocals Ollie E. Brown percussion backing vocals Disc 1 1 -Honky Tonk Women 2 -All Down The Line 3 -If You Can't Rock Me 4 -Get Off Of My Cloud 5 -Star Star 6 -Gimme Shelter 7 -Ain't Too Proud To Beg 8 -You Gotta Move 9 -You Can't Always Get What You Want 10 -Happy 11 -Tumbling Dice 12 -It's Only Rock'n'roll Disc 2 13 -Fingerprint File 14 -Wild Horses 15 -That's Life 16 -Outta Space 17 -Brown Sugar 18 -Midnight Rambler 19 -Rip This Joint 20 -Street Fighting Man 21 -Jumping Jack Flash 22 -Thank you, Goodnight -
Soundboard 9.2 - There are precious few mid 70’s Steely Dan tapes out there, thankfully most of them are very good quality because the band is a very special collection of highly skilled players who write creative, provocative, challenging music that NEVER gets old. This is just a must have, it’s that simple. Steely Dan Rainbow Theatre Finsbury Park, London, England 20th May 1974 Disc 1 01 -intro - Bodhisattva 02 -The Boston Rag 03 -Do It Again 04 -Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) 05 -King Of The World 06 -Rikki Don't Lose That Number 07 -Pretzel Logic 08 -band introductions Disc 2 01 -My Old School 02 -Dirty Work 03 -Instrumental (Your Gold Teeth II) 04 -Reelin' In The Years 05 -crowd and tuning encores 06 -Show Biz Kids 07 -crowd and tuning 08 -This All Too Mobile Home The band: Donald Fagen - piano, vocals Walter Becker - bass Jeff Baxter - guitar Denny Dias - guitar Jim Hodder - drums Jeff Porcaro - drums Royce Jones - percussion, vocals Michael McDonald - electric piano, vocals -
Audience 9.5 - Easily one of the best, if not the best, audience recording of the US leg of the 1988 Tour. If you have to pick one, I would always point to this one for that reason but also because it is a great show and features a special guest or two (Adam West and son Dweezil), but I don’t want to spoil the surprise. Frank Zappa 25-Mar 1988, Nassau Colisseum, Uniondale, NY Frank Zappa's Band: Paul Carman - alto saxophone Walt Fowler - trumpet Bruce Fowler - trombone Mike Keneally - guitar, keyboards, vocals Ed Mann - percussion Robert Martin (Bobby) - keyboards, vocals Kurt McGettrick - baritone saxophone Scott Thunes - bass Chad Wackerman - drums Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Albert Wing - tenor saxophone Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals Eric Buxton - monologue, Guest Brother A. West (Brother A. West) - monologue, Guest Dweezil Zappa - guitar, Guest w/ Dweezil Setlist: disc 1 01 -Black Page #2 02 -Ain't Got No Heart 03 -Love Of My Life 04 -Inca Roads 05 -Sharleena 06 -Who Needs The Peace Corps 07 -Dickie's Such An Asshole 08 -When The Lie's So Big 09 -Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk 10 -Sofa 11 -Packard Goose Medley 12 -The Torture Never Stops Medley I Disc 2 13 -Theme From Bonanza - Lonesome Cowboy Burt 14 -The Torture Never Stops Medley II 15 -City Of Tiny Lights 16 -A Pound For A Brown 17 -Brother A. West 18 -Texas Motel Medley 19 -Peaches En Regalia 20 -Stairway To Heaven (w/Dweezil) 21 -I Am The Walrus 22 -Whipping Post 23 -Bolero 24 -America The Beautiful Notes: First Time played: Brother A West Last Time played: Brother A West America The Beautiful (Samuel A. Ward, Katherine Lee Bates) -
1977 Soundboard 9.0 (various sources) - The goal was to assemble the best and most complete version of this legendary gig. They have done that with this. It’s way better than you remember it being (aside from the tracks pulled from Love You Live). 4th & 5th March: Toronto, Canada, El Mocambo Tavern Note: Soundboard recording was made by Eddie Kramer. 01. Route 66 02. Hand Of Fate 03. Crazy Mama CUT. 04. Mannish Boy 05. Crackin`Up 06. Dance Little Sister 07. Around And Around 08. Worried About You 09. Let`s Spend Night Together_completed 10. Band Intro 11. Little Red Rooster -
Audience 8.8 - I like these kinds of audience recordings where the taper is kind of close to the speakers yet the sound does not distort. It makes for a very realistic and intense sound, closer to what it would have been like in person, rather than the soundboard feed which is not representative of the sound that came out of the PA system. Also, I like the Jean-Luc Ponty period, the jazzy workouts were sometimes incredibly intense and not necessarily traditionally jazzy, but progressively jazzy. This is one such gig. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention Palasport Bologna, Italy 1973 08 30 Line-up: FZ, George Duke, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ian Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Tom Fowler, Ruth Underwood, Ralph Humphrey Set list: 01 opening 02 Dupree's Paradise 03 band intros 04 Cosmik Debris 05 preamble 06 Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue 07 Kung Fu 08 Penguin In Bondage 09 Dog Meat 10 RDNZL 11 Farther Oblivion 12 encore preamble 13 Brown Shoes Don't Make It -
CD 1&2 SDBRD/AUD Matrix 9.3 CD 2&3 Soundboard 9.5 - A great overview of John’s music contained herein. I admit I wasn’t too knowledgeable of his stuff, I knew his name (he is from Houston, he was just one of our locals) and had numerous chances to see him live…but sadly never did. I should have. This music is pretty basic, but will remind you a bit of Bob Dylan, and will entertain you endlessly with the lyrical wit and story-telling nature of the songs. A bright star, really, a shame that we lost him recently. John Prine 2/22/79 Rainbow Theatre Denver, CO Disc I:- -Spanish Pipedream
- -Often Is A Word I Seldom Use
- -Fish And Whistle
- -Angel From Montgomery
- -Crooked Piece Of Time
- -Blue Umbrella
- -Illegal Smile
- -Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
- -The Bottomless Lake
- -Dear Abby
- -Sam Stone
- -That's The Way The World Goes Round
- -There She Goes
- -I Had A Dream
- -Living In The Future
- -Iron Ore Betty
- -Hello In There
- -Paradise
- -Please Don't Bury Me
- -Onomatopoeia
- -Sailin' Around
- -Mexican Home
- -Sweet Revenge
- -Souvenirs
- -Saigon
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FM Radio Broadcast 9.2 - Very enjoyable, and tape runs stable and clean so you can blast this at your next gathering of friends (which is soon, hopefully). The bonus material (Kansas City 78) is very good also, an audience recording with nice atmosphere. All of the material in this set is prime era Styx, for me anyway. Styx Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL December 18, 1978 Band line up Dennis DeYoung - vocals, keyboards Tommy Shaw - guitar, vocals James Young - lead guitar, vocals John Panozzo - drums, vocals (passed away July 16, 1996, aged 47) Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals Disc 1 01 -Intro - Great White Hope 02 -I'm O.K. 03 -The Grand Illusion 04 -Fooling Yourself 05 -Queen of Spades 06 -Acoustic Instrumental 07 -Crystal Ball 08 -Intro - Suite Madame Blue 09 -Renegade (incl. drum solo) 10 -Lady 11 -Blue Collar Man Disc 2 12 -Come Sail Away 13 -Intro - Midnight Ride (incl. guitar solo) 14 -Miss America Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO November 21, 1978 15 Lady 16 Fooling Yourself 17 Suite Madame Blue 18 Come Sail Away 19 Midnight Ride 20 Miss America -
Audience 9.3 - Such a good , clear and powerful audience tape of the fledgling CTA that would later become one of the biggest selling bands of all time. I can recommend this one to just about anyone with even the faintest interest in the band, and/or rock music in general. It’s THAT good. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY Cue Club, Gothenburg, Sweden - December 15, 1969 Setlist Disc 1 1. -Intro - Warm Up 2. -Introduction 3. -Listen 4. -Beginnings 5. -South California Purples 6. -Poem For The People 7. -25 Or 6 To 4 Disc 2 8. -Questions 67 & 68 9. -I’m A Man Encore 10. -Liberation 11. -Poem 58 12. -It Better End Soon The Band: Terry Kath Danny Seraphine Robert Lamm Peter Cetera Lee Loughnane James Pankow Walt Parazaider -
FM Broadcast 9.1 (Seattle) and Audience 8.3 (Fresno) - Two very cool shows with the first one taking the cake for fidelity but the second one is a stomper. It is pretty clear with guitar being very good and loud (screaming in fact!) but not at the expense of everything else. It’s lacking maybe some lower end definition and separation of instruments during their jamming parts (might lose some of the drums in there, and keyboards are absent sometimes) but these are not going to bother you when you start listening to this gig because it’s a thriller. STYX Paramount Theater Seattle, WA March 26, 1976 Reel to Reel Master @ 3 AND 3/4 ips KZOK Too High Concert Aired March 19th 1979 THE BAND Chuck Panozzo bass backing vocals James Young guitar backing and lead vocals Tommy Shaw guitar lead and backing vocals Dennis DeYoung lead and backing vocals keyboards John Panozzo drums Disc 1 1 -Intro 2 -Born For Adventure 3 -Lorelei 4 -You Need Love 5 -Suite Madame Blue 6 -Midnight Ride 7 -Rock and Roll Feeling with Guitar and Drum Solos 8 -KZOK sTATION ID Disc 2 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA. August 14th 1977 1. -Intro (2:51) 2. -Put Me On (6:08) 3. -Lorelei (6:35) 4. -Mademoiselle (5:21) 5. -Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) (5:38) 6. -Suite Madame Blue (10:21) 7. -Crystal Ball (6:23) Disc 3 1. -Light Up (4:55) (Sourced from Miami 1977) 2. -Come Sail Away (8:42) 3. -Lady (4:27) 4. -Midnight Ride (10:26) 5. -Miss America (6:54) 6. -Born For Adventure (6:20) -
Audience 9.3 - Expertly recorded with a keen awareness of level, position, and direction. One of the best of the European Tour! Frank Zappa 1988-04-24 Bremen, Germany Stadthalle Disc 1 01. The Black Page 06:53 02. band introductions 01:27 03. Advance Romance 06:26 04. Any Kind Of Pain 05:59 05. Find Her Finer 02:50 06. Who Needs The Peace Corps? 03:17 07. Stick Together 01:58 08. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama 03:32 09. Willie The Pimp 01:52 10. Montana 04:01 11. City Of Tiny Lites 08:40 ^ Disc 2 12. Pound For A Brown 05:40 13. The Dessicated Number 09:09 14. Cosmik Debris 04:32 15. Cruising For Burgers 08:13 16. Keep It Greasey 04:08 17. Sofa 03:17 18. Bolero 06:09 19. Crew Slut 06:05 20. Joe's Garage 04:08 21. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 02:52 22. Peaches En Regalia 02:54 23. Stairway To Heaven 08:48 ________ 01:52:50 -
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 -
Audience 8.7 - Pretty clear and close to the main PA it sounds like. In the face guitar, very cool drum sound, thick and hard hitting with a satisfying thud giving the music a lot of body and force. Cool show! RORY GALLAGHER Horton Festival Horton Open Air Festival, Horton, Norway July 2, 1978 CD 1:- Shinkicker
- Bought And Sold
- I wonder who
- Secret agent
- Calling card
- Tattoo'd lady
- Do you read me
- Out On The Western Plain
- Too much alcohol
- Goin to my hometown
- Cruise on out
- That's Alright Mama
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Soundboard 9.5 - Again, great quality here, the companion CD to the birthday party show. Prince And The Revolution - 1984 Birthday Show Rehearsals Disc Length : 76:33 Source : Soundboard Recording -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rehearsal for First Avenue 1984 Birthday Show May / June 1984 1. Gotta Shake This Feelin' 2. Noon Rendezvous 3. Free 4. Erotic City 5. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 6. When Doves Cry 7. Irresistible Bitch Lineup: Prince - vocals, guitar Bobby Z. - drums Brownmark - bass Wendy Melvoin - guitar Lisa Coleman - keyboards Dr. Fink - keyboards -
Soundboard 9.5 - Fantastic as usual, although I wasn’t crazy about Prince’s guitar tones during this period, although he sure knew how to play the damn thing! Prince And The Revolution - From The Soundboard: 1984 Birthday Show Recorded: June 7th, 1984 at First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN Tracklist: 01. Shortberry Strawcake (PA) / Drums check 0:57 02. 17 Days 5:24 03. Our Destiny 3:24 04. Roadhouse Garden 4:45 05. Interlude 1:21 06. All Day, All Night 5:42 07. Free 4:40 08. Noon Rendezvous 9:02 09. Erotic City 8:32 10. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 10:10 11. When Doves Cry 11:37 12. Happy Birthday Interlude 2:27 13. Irresistible Bitch 6:08 14. Possessed 5:49 Lineup: Prince - vocals, guitar Bobby Z. - drums Brownmark - bass Wendy Melvoin - guitar Lisa Coleman - keyboards Dr. Fink - keyboards -
Audience 8.4 - A decent old (and by old I mean it sounds…old) tape that doesn’t have extreme highs or lows but is pretty consistent and clear enough to hear everything. The highlight to any Kinks tape of this vintage is the set list, they had some of their best songs ever and were playing all of them. Later set lists rarely visited Arthur material (there were some obligatory songs played at times) but here you get a heaping helping. THE KINKS Pierce College Woodland Hills, CA. USA 11-21-70 01 -‘Til the End of the Day 02 -Last of the Steam Powered Trains 03 -Brainwashed 04 -See My Friends 05 -You’re Lookin’ Fine 06 -Strangers 07 - Act Nice and Gentle 08 - Waterloo Sunset 09 - Lola 10 - Big Sky 11 - Arthur 12 - Top of the Pops 13 - You Really Got Me-> 14. - All Day and All of the Night Encores 15. - Milk Cow Blues 16. -One Night With You 17. -Milk Cow Blues 18. -Victoria -
Audience 8.4 - I would call this a very decent recording, with bass and guitar being pretty defined, which is great because I enjoy hearing distinctive bass notes. The drums are not as well defined, but they are there and come more to the fore during Red House. This is a highly recommended show, and he really pays homage to Hendrix at this gig. Mahogany Rush Winterland, San Francisco, CA March 30, 1975 Band line up Frank Marino : guitar, vocals Jimmy Ayoub : drums Paul Harwood : bass Total Time = 42:46 01 A New Rock-n-Roll 02 Red House 03 Talkin 'Bout A Feelin > Mona 04 Johnny B. Goode 05 Purple Haze -- tape cut @ 1:03 & drop out @ 1:51 -- 06 Star Spangled Banner 07 Voodoo Chile -
Studio Quality 9.6 - When you look at these multi-disc sets, you have to wonder if you are just getting the same old stuff recycled over and over again…well, to be sure, there is some song duplication – no way around that. On the other hand, there’s also a lot of stuff that might be new to you, and therein lays the attraction. You have to sometimes just go for it, and in the end you end up with a more complete assemblage of materials. I found this particular set rich with alternate versions and other uncommon outtakes, and well worth the effort. THE ROLLING STONES BLACK BOX (Remastered Edition) Disc 1 01 Heart Of Stone 02 Not Fade Away 03 And Mr. Spector and Mr. Pitney Came Too 04 Andrew's Blues 05 Don't Lie To Me 06 Hi Heel Sneakers 07 Stewed And Keefed 08 Look What You've Done 09 Tell Me Baby How Many Times 10 Down In The Bottom 11 We're Wastin' Time 12 Hear It 13 (Walkin' Thru) The Sleepy City 14 Try A Little Harder 15 Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind 16 As Time Goes By 17 Blue Turns To Grey (2nd version) 18 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 19 Looking Tired 20 Paint It Black 21 Lady Jane 22 Get Yourself Together 23 Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow (#1) 24 Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow (#2) 25 Let's Spend The Night Together Disc 2 01 Get Yourself Together 02 Let's Spend The Night Together 03 All Sold Out 04 Yesterday's Papers 05 Ruby Tuesday 06 Complicated 07 Please, Go Home 08 My Obsession 09 Cosmic Christmas 10 Family 11 Downtown Lucy 12 Hamburger To Go 13 I'm A Country Boy 14 Memo From Turner # 1 15 Memo From Turner # 2 16 Sister Morphine 17 Still A Fool 18 You Got The Silver 19 Highway Child Disc 3 01 Sympathy For The Devil 02 Country Honk 03 Gimme Shelter 04 Loving Cup 05 Jiving Sister Fanny 06 Honky Tonk Women 07 All Down The Line 08 All Down The Line 09 I Don't Know The Reason Why (incomplete) 10 I'm Going Down 11 You Gotta Move 12 Brown Sugar #1 13 Brown Sugar #2 14 Bitch 15 Good Time Women 16 Sway 17 Schoolboy Blues 18 Bonus - Honky Tonk Women (OOPS mix) Disc 4 01 Confessin' The Blues 02 I've Been Loving You Too Long 03 Poison Ivy (alt) 04 Fortune Teller 05 Time Is On My Side 06 Con Le Mie Lacrime (As Tears Go By) 07 Da Doo Ron Ron 08 We Love You 09 Dandelion (demo) 10 19th Nervous Breakdown #1 11 Yesterday's Papers #1 12 Gimme Shelter #2 13 Sister Morphine #1 14 Brown Sugar (alt) 15 Wild Horses (alt) 16 Sister Morphine (with Marianne Faithfull) 17 Rare Telephone Call From Japan 18 Bonus - Brown Sugar (w Eric Clapton - from blue vinyl 12") 19 Bonus - CS Blues (from blue vinyl 12") -
Audience 8.8 - A solid recording, with just a hint of bass-rattle in the lower extremities but it is not problematic. King's X Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA March 12, 1994 Band lineup Doug Pinnick - bass, co-lead vocals Ty Tabor - lead guitar, co-lead vocals Jerry Gaskill - drums Total Time = 42:18 Set list 01 Complain (fades in) 02 Black Flag 03 We Were Born To Be Loved 04 Pretend 05 Over My Head 06 Cigarettes 07 Dogman 08 It's Love -
Soundboard 9.4 - Consistently excellent across the entire set, and the great thing is there is minimal song duplication throughout. This set was compiled to give a broad overview of the band’s work, it accomplished that with aplomb. Dire Straits Bijou 4 disc set DISC 1 RECORDED LIVE AT BBC STUDIOS, FEB 15-16, 1978 LONDON 01. DOWN TO THE WATERLINE 02. WATER OF LOVE 03. WILD WEST END 04. LIONS RECORDED LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATER, MARCH 6, 1979, PHILADELPHIA, PA 05. SIX BLADE KNIFE 06. LADY WRITER 07. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING 08. NEWS 09. WHAT'S THE MATTER 10. SOUTHBOUND RECORDED LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO DURING 1980 USA TOUR 11. EASTBOUND TRAIN RECORDED LIVE IN LONDON AT PRINCE'S TRUST ROCK GALA DURING 1983 TOUR 12. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST RECORDED LIVE IN HOUSTON, TX DURING 1985 WORLD TOUR 13. ESPRESSO LOVE 14. TUNNEL OF LOVE RECORDED LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, TX DURING 1985 WORLD TOUR 15. ONE WORLD TRACKS 1-10: MARK KNOPFLER - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS DAVID KNOPFLER - GUITARS/VOCALS JOHN ILLSEY - BASS/VOCALS PICK WITHERS - DRUMS TRACKS 11-15: JOHN ILLSEY - BASS/BACKING VOCALS MARK KNOPFLER - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS TERRY WILLIAMS - DRUMS HAL LINDES - GUITARS/BACKING VOCALS MEL COLLINS - SAX GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS ALAN CLARK - PIANO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISC 2 RECORDED LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, TX DURING 1985 WORLD TOUR 01. SULTANS OF SWING 02. RIDE ACROSS THE RIVER RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON, UK, JULY 7, 1985 03. SO FAR AWAY 04. ROMEO AND JULIET 05. PRIVATE INVESTIGATION 06. MAN'S TOO STRONG 07. BROTHERS IN ARMS RECORDED LIVE AT PRINCE'S TRUST ROCK GALA, LONDON 08. MONEY FOR NOTHING (WITH FRIENDS) - *KNOPFLER/STING WITH ELTON JOHN, BRIAN MAY, ERIC CLAPTON, JOE COCKER, ETC. RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON, UK, JULY 11, 1988 09. WALK OF LIFE 10. WONDERFUL TONIGHT - *CLAPTON 11. SOLID ROCK WITH ERIC CLAPTON MARK KNOPFLER - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS TERRY WILLIAMS - DRUMS JACK SONNI - GUITAR CHRIS WHITE - SAX GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS ALAN CLARK - PIANO/BACKING VOCALS JOHN ILLSEY - BASS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISC 3 RECORDED LIVE IN HOUSTON, TX DURING 1985 WORLD TOUR 01. TWO YOUNG LOVERS RECORDED LIVE IN LONDON, UK DURING 1983 EUROPEAN TOUR 02. LOVER OVER GOLD 03. GOIN' HOME RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON, UK, JULY 7, 1985 04. WHY WORRY THE NOTTING HILLBILLIES RECORDED LIVE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB, LONDON, 1990 05. SET ME FREE 06. THAT'S ALRIGHT MAMA - *ARTHUR GUDRUP 07. YOUR OWN SWEET AWAY 08. RUN ME DOWN - *TRADITIONAL 09. HOBO'S LULLABY 10. I THINK I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH 11. ROLL, ROLL, ROLL 12. FEEL LIKE GOING HOME - *CHARLIE RICH RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA, 1988 - WITH ERIC CLAPTON 13. MONEY FOR NOTHING - *KNOPFLER/STING RECORDED LIVE IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND, JUNE 28, 1992 14. BROTHERS IN ARMS 15. SOLID ROCK NOTTING HILLBILLIES: MARK KNOPFLER - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS/BACKING VOCALS BRENDAN CROKER - GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS STEVE PHILLIPS - GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS PAUL FRANKLIN - PEDAL STEEL GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISC 4 RECORDED LIVE IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND, JUNE 28, 1992 01. CALLING ELVIS 02. WALK OF LIFE 03. HEAVY FUEL 04. ROMEO AND JULIET 05. THE BUG 06. PRIVATE INVESTIGATION 07. YOUR LATEST TRICK 08. ON EVERY STREET 09. TELEGRAPH ROAD MARK KNOPFLER - GUITAR/LEAD VOCALS JOHN ILLSEY - BASS/BACKING VOCALS GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS ALAN CLARK - KEYBOARDS/PIANO PHIL PALMER - GUITAR CHRIS WHITTEN - DRUMS CHRIS WHITE - VOCALS/SAXOPHONE PAUL CUMMINGS - PERCUSSION PAUL FRANKLIN - PEDAL STEEL GUITAR -
Soundboard 9.8 - A beautiful sounding show, and some interesting arrangements. Dire Straits - 1981-07-05 Werchter,Belgium Artist Dire Straits Venue Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium Date 5th July 1981 Source Soundboard Tracks 01. Once Upon A Time In The West [08:34] 02. Expresso Love [06:54] 03. Down To The Waterline [05:03] 04. Skateaway [07:35] 05. Romeo And Juliet [09:29] 06. News [03:37] 07. Private Investigations [03:01] 08. Sultans Of Swing [11:01] 09. Angel Of Mercy [06:34] 10. Tunnel Of Love [12:26] Runtime: 01:14:15 -
Audience 9.2 - Solid recording with just enough of an atmosphere, I mean, the only thing you might notice is the vocals having a little hall “verb” and thus not having the precision necessary to hear every word clear as a bell…but the overall sound, vibe, the concert recording is excellent and highly recommended. Palace Theatre Albany, NY. August 2nd, 1988 Disc 1- Intro
- The Black Page
- Band Intros
- Packard Goose
- Dickie's Such An Asshole
- When The Lie's So Big
- Planet Of The Baritone Women
- Any Kind Of Pain
- Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
- Sofa
- Why Don't You Like Me
- The Torture Never Stops
- Presidential Popularity Poll
- Who Needs The Peace Corps
- We're Turning Again
- King Kong
- Stairway To Heaven
- Dancin' Fool
- Whipping Post
- I Am The Walrus
- Strictly Genteel
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Audience 8.1 - Tape is not clear but also not muddy, it’s just typical of early 70’s gear not being able to handle freakishly loud rock bands. This recording highlights drums, guitars, and bass and vocals are in the background. That being said, the drums and guitars are pretty clear, and there’s plenty of the dueling guitar pyrotechnics on display. I don’t complain to have this show to hear, it’s clearly worth it to the collectors out there. GOLDEN EARRING 1971-10-29 Gäbelhus Bern, Switzerland Setlist DISC 1 1. -SONG OF A DEVIL'S SERVANT 2. -JANGALENE inc.Drum Solo 3. -HOLY HOLY LIFE DISC 2 1. -I'M GONNA SEND MY PIGEONS TO THE SKY - EIGHT MILES HIGH incl.Bass Solo 2. -BACK HOME Musicians: BARRY HAY- Vocals/Flute/Saxophone GEORGE KOOYMANS- Guitar/Vocals RINUS GERRITSEN- Bass/Keyboard CESAR ZUIDERWIJK- Drums -
Audience 7.8 – 8.5 - Why the variable rating? Because the music was excessively loud and during extreme sections of music, there is distortion right in the middle frequency. What does this mean? Well, before the re-master it meant that you could not hear what was going on except for quieter passages (which incidentally sound great, and there is a lot of it since this was a band that played complex, dynamic music) but thankfully now a lot of that has been mitigated. It is still cluttered a bit when at full volume (really gives you an idea of how loud this show must have been) but MUCH better and easier on the ears now. Is it worth it? I would say probably yes, but I know most prog enthusiasts are also critical of audio fidelity so there’s that. For me, I still got into this one, knowing the improvement made to the tape allowed me to give it a chance and I am glad I did. Triumvirat Palace Theatre Providence, RI 12 October 1974 01 Illusions on a Double Dimple - Flashback - Schooldays - Triangle - Illusions - Dimplicity - Last Dance 02 Mister Ten Percent - Maze - Dawning - Bad Deal - Roundabout - Lucky Girl - Million Dollars Personnel: Jürgen Fritz: piano, synthesizers Helmut Köllen: bass, acoustic guitars, vocals Hans Bathelt: drums and percussion -
Audience 9.3 - Yes, it is that good – and there is, I believe, a soundboard which is the source for the pro shot video but the audience tape is used here because, quite frankly, it is better. You need the atmosphere, you need the sense of space, distance, and vibe that a well-done audience tape can produce. The dynamics are good, the sound is round and warm, lush if you will. My only complaint would be the lack of the crisp highs, but there are highs present just a little rounded off maybe. I am nitpicking! -
Audience 8.5 - The thing with this tape is that it’s great on both ends…but in the middle it is kind of undefined. The sound begins to gell and battle itself for presence right in the middle frequency, but at the same time, when the frenzied battles end, like during quieter passages for instance, the sound is right in the pocket. It’s like the equipment wasn’t ready for the volume, but it still captures the sound in a pleasing to the ear frequency so you aren’t put off by the mix, you just strain a little to make out the details. And, the details are important in this line up because the twin guitar work at times is spectacular. I am critical of the mix for that reason, I want to hear every lick – but overall the consensus here is that this is a tape not to be missed. Pat Travers Band Warnors Theatre, Fresno, CA November 15, 1978 Band: Pat Travers - vocals, guitar Pat Thrall - guitar Peter "Mars" Cowling - bass Tommy Aldridge - drums Total Time = 39:37 01 Rock 'n' Roll Susie 02 Hooked On Music 03 Need Love 04 Gettin' Better 05 Heat In The Street 06 Hammerhead (incl. Drum Solo) -
FM Broadcast 9.4 - This is sourced from a low gen tape source, and it sounds very clean, bright, precise. Rory GALLAGHER Koncerthuset, Stockholm, Sweden October 27, 1979 Disc 1 (0:49:58) 101 Wayward Child 102 I Wonder Who 103 Bought & Sold 104 Follow Me 105 Keychain 106 Moonchild 107 Out On The Western Plain 108 As The Crow Flies 109 Going To My Hometown Disc 2 (0:39:56) 201 The Last Of The Independants 202 A Million Miles Away 203 Shadow Play 204 Bullfrog Blues 205 Sea Cruise> Jenny Take A Ride 206 Secret Agent 207 Messing with the kid Rory Gallagher Group; May 1978 - March 1981: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Ted McKenna - drums Total time : 1:29:54