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Audience 9.2 - Crisp, and a little brassy, but exceptionally "live", the music MOVES in and through, a great tape! I felt the 70's vibes all over the place. Santana Beacon Theatre New York City, NY November 5, 1990 Disc 1 01 Angels All Around Us > Spirits Dancing In The Flesh 02 Somewhere In Heaven 03 It's A Jungle Out There 04 Soweta (Africa Libre) 05 Peace On Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone From The Sun 06 Full Moon 07 Batuka 08 No One To Depend On 09 We Don't Have To Wait > Bass & Drum Solo 10 Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen Disc 2 11 Oye Como Va 12 Unknown 13 The Healer 14 Savor 15 Goodness And Mercy 16 Choose 17 She's Not There 18 Soul Sacrifice > Love Supreme > Drum Solo 19 Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile) 20 Jin-Go-La-Ba > Band Introductions -
Studio 9.4 - GREAT stuff here, sure to please the most jaded of Stones collectors who haven't heard anything in a long time that hearkens back to the glory days The Rolling Stones at their studio best. A little tape hiss, but really this is right in the pocket. The Rolling Stones The legendary Nicky Hopkins tapes 01 - Rocks Off 02 - Rip This Joint 03 - All Down The Line 04 - Soul Survivor 05 - I Ain't Signifying 06 - Instrumental 07 - Tumbling Dice -
Audience 8.7 - This could also get a few tenths of a point up for the careful re-mastering that recently was applied to the old tape. It definitely needed a refresh, and it got one and it is way the better for it. The highlight for me is that Randy's guitar is the clearest instrument, followed by Ozzy and the others all decently placed in the soundfield with the only knock being the overall clarity and dynamics. That being said, this is a great recording for the time period, knowing how precious few great sounding Blizzard tour tapes there are. I have to rank this in the top 5 I think, because the guitar is so good (you get the tone, and a great sense of the spirit of the room and the band). Ozzy Osbourne Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK 1980-09-23 01. Intro (O Fortuna - Carmina Burana) 02. I Don't Know 03. You Looking At Me, Looking At You 04. Crazy Train 05. Goodbye To Romance 06. No Bones Movies 07. Mr. Crowley 08. Suicide Solution 09. Guitar Solo 10. Suicide Solution (Reprise) 11. Drum Solo 12. Revelation (Mother Earth) 13. Iron Man 14. Children of the Grave 15. Steal Away (The Night) 16. Paranoid Lineup: Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals Randy Rhoads - Guitar Lee Kerslake - Drums Bob Daisley - Bass Lindsay Bridgewater - Keyboards -
Audience 8.8 - I give this recording high marks for being one of the good ones, and you know how important any live recording with Randy Rhoades is so instantly when you hear this, and your ears go "wow, cool", well that means we have something special. Now, it does take a song or so to get balanced, maybe that is the taper and maybe that is the house, either way it is typical of an old audience tape to start a little rough but settle in as it goes. I am not saying this is super-duper, but when you have at least a very listenable tape, where you can clearly hear Randy and Ozzy, maybe a tiny bit of overload here but it doesn't matter - my ears don't lie and I felt this one delivered the goods. Ozzy Osbourne Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY. August 14th, 1981 1. I Don't Know 2. Crazy Train 3. Believer 4. Mr. Crowley 5. Flying High Again 6. Revelation (Mother Earth) 7. Steal Away (The Night) 8. Drum Solo 9. Suicide Solution 10. Guitar Solo - Suicide Solution (reprise) 11. Iron Man 12. Children Of The Grave 13. Paranoid -
Audience 8.7 - I can imagine the difficulty in trying to capture something like this with all of the challenges not least of which is sheer volume and venues not ideal for the kind of acoustics metal presents. Does that mean this recording is bad? No, it's obviously done on gear that can handle the job, but to my ears it's something that you will need at least two songs to adjust, but once you do, it becomes the kind of tape that finds you sort of hanging on to see what happens next. It just feels like it will keep improving and maybe it does, or maybe you just find that you kind of dig it. MEGADETH TOKYO 1988 1ST NIGHT Live at Nakano Sunplaza Tokyo, Japan 12th July 1988 01. Intro (Orange Light from "Apocalypse Now" OST) 02. Wake Up Dead 03. The Conjuring 04. Hook In Mouth 05. Set The World On Fire 06. Mary Jane 07. In My Darkest Hour 08. Devil's Island 09. These Boots 10. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? 11. MC 12. Liar 13. Mechanix 14. Anarchy In The UK 15. MC Dave Mustaine - Guitar, Vocals David Ellefson - Bass, Vocals Jeff Young - Guitar Chuck Behler - Drums -
Studio 9.8 - As expected, near perfect quality. The mix is a bit different to the album we all know and love, but not enough to change the total badassery of the tones, complexity, inventiveness, and composition. Just a great artifact to get a slightly altered perspective. Megadeth Peace Sells...But Who's Mixing? Alternate mixes 1. Wake Up Dead 2. The Conjuring 3. Peace Sells 4. Devil's Island 5. Good Morning - Black Friday 6. Bad Omen 7. Ain't Superstitious 8. My Last Words Dave Mustaine - Vocals, Guitar David Ellefson - Bass Chris Poland - Guitar Gar Samuelson - Drums -
Audience 8.6 - Starts off a bit dodgy but gets better. Vocals are up front in the mix but still "round" and by that I mean not clearly defined to where you can make out the words. Drums are probably the clearest instrument in this recording and they propel the music forward with gusto. Guitars are raucous and as dirty as you want them, and the overall recording is a bit dirty too coming from the crowd where you get a great sense of being there with them. This is a recording that is worth sticking with because by the third or fourth song in you can really start to appreciate it because it does seem as though everything gets just a little bit clearer and more distinct (you can really tell during Over The Top). Motorhead PORT VALE, UK August 1, 1981 Disc 1 1. Ace Of Spades 2. Stay Clean 3. Live To Win 4. Over The Top 5. No Class 6. The Hammer 7. Metropolis 8. Leavin' Here 9. Jailbait 10 Iron Horse 11. Fire Fire 12. Too Late Too Late 13. Fast And Loose Disc 2 14. Dead Men Tell No Tales 15. We Are The Road Crew 16. Capricorn 17. Train Kept A Rollin' 18. Bite The Bullet 19. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch 20. Overkill 21. White Line Fever 22. Bomber 23. Motorhead -
Motorhead Live in Lisboa! Right on the first song the band sent the power down! The played too loud – too fuckin loud that the made the life of the soundboard guys a nightmare! Apart from the initial technical issues, the show went on good (and Loud!). A hard-to-find recording nowadays! Brought here be the man who made the sound himself! And to this day can’t forget how fuckin loud the band played! -
Kiss coming to Brazil in the early 80’s was a truly revolution! It was news all over the place! The Maracana Stadium, used for the first time on this king of show with an international act. The sound could be better if Brazilian sound engineers and broadcast equipment was better, but is decent enough for a soundboard recording. -
It's 2004 and Ozzfest has reached New Jersey. Black Sabbath are headlining, but rumors about Ozzy's health are circulating backstage and only one man can save the day: The Metal God, no other then Rob Halford! This the capture of that moment! Fantastic show, great recording! Limited to 200 copies!!!!!!