Audience 9.1 - A rollicking good time! Great audio, great performance, a snapshot in time and man do I wish I could turn back the time ‘cause this is the good stuff right here.

Rod Stewart/Faces The Forum Inglewood, CA March 5, 1975 Disc 1 01 -It’s All Over Now 02 -Take a Look at that Guy 03 -(I Know) I’m Losing You 04 -Bring It On Home To Me - You Send Me 05 -Sweet Little Rock & Roller 06 -I’d Rather Go Blind 07 -Too Bad 08 -Every Picture Tells a Story Disc 2 09 -Angel 10 -Stay With Me 11 -Gasoline Alley 12 -I Can Feel the Fire 13 -You Wear It Well 14 -Maggie May 15 -Twistin’ the Night Away 16 -We’ll Meet Again

Soundboard 9.7 - All excellent, all must haves imho. What you get sound-wise is a rich, deep tone, the Berlin tape in particular which features emphasis on the bass which is massive but detailed. The music here is more progressive than Samba, and Carlos does sometimes resort to familiar guitar runs but he also flashes a lot of other tricks and convinces the listener that he’s not a one-trick pony at all. Best I can tell here is that Devadip Ochestra is a decent attempt to take what Mahavishnu Orchestra did and accent it in different ways. Well done Carlos!

The Devadip Orchestra Disc 1 Deutschlandhalle Berlin, Germany November 8, 1978 01 Swapan Tari 02 Ocean Floor 03 Arise Awake 04 Light Versus Darkness 05 Jim Jeannie 06 Gardenia 07 Jharna Kala Ekeberghallen Oslo, Norway November 13, 1978 08 Swapan Tari 09 Ocean Floor 10 Arise Awake 11 Light Versus Darkness 12 Jim Jeannie 13 Gardenia 14 Jharna Kala Disc 2 Groenoordhal Leiden, Holland November 17, 1978 01 Swapan Tari 02 Arise Awake 03 Light Versus Darkness 04 Jim Jeannie 05 Gardenia 06 Oneness 07 Jharna Kala Carlos Santana: guitar/percussion David Margen: bass Graham Lear: drums Chris Rhyne: keyboards Russell Tubbs: flute/sax

 Soundboard 9.2 - A “reference” board mix, clearly…but it’s great. It isn’t going to win any awards for sparkling and atmospheric sound, but it’s a punchy, in-the-pocket sound that marries well with Kansas’ heavy progressive style.

Kansas Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA. 2nd September 1979 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. On the Other Side 3. People of the Southwind 4. Away From You 5. Point of Know Return 6. Closet Chronicles 7. The Wall 8. Reason To Be 9. Dust in the Wind 10. Angels Have Fallen Disc 2 1. Opus Insert 2. Stay Out of Trouble 3. The Spider 4. Portrait (He Knew) 5. Band Introductions 6. Glimpse of Home 7. How My Soul Cries Out For You 8. Carry On Wayward Son Steve Walsh – keyboards, lead and backing vocals Kerry Livgren – guitars, keyboards Rich Williams – guitars Robby Steinhardt – violin, vocals Dave Hope – bass Phil Ehart – drums

Audience 9.3 - This is, to my ears, sort of a return to the edgy hard rock of Taste. The distorted guitar (wonderful tone!) and punchy rhythms really hint more to his very early period and are ideally suited for the mid 80’s where maybe pure, raw blues was not as widely consumed as before. This show, and recording, really highlight the gut punch effect where straight forward guitar/bass/drums is the formula that works.

Rory Gallagher Oldenwaldring, Schaafheim Germany 18. Juli 1987 Disc 1 01. -Announcement            0:41 02. -Ansage - Moonchild            7:04 03. -Double Vision            7:37 04. -I Wonder Who            12:09 05. -Nadine                9:58 06. -Walkin' Blues            6:04 07. -Continental Op            9:57 08. -I Ain't No Saint            8:25 Disc 2 09. -Out On The Western Plain        6:08 10. -Want Ad Blues            5:34 11. -Tattoo'd Lady            5:50 12. -When My Baby She Left Me        7:23 13. -Shadow Play            7:15 14. -Bad Penny                4:28 15. -Bullfrog Blues - Dizzy Miss Lizzy    7:57 16. -Messin' With The Kid        4:50 17. -Knock On Wood - La Bamba        8:02 18. -Long Tall Sally            4:30 19. -Don't Start Me Talkin'        3:35 Track 01 - 18 Schaafheim Track 19 Mainz, Sendezentrum "Tele Illustrierte" 13. November 1987 1.Gen/TV (He plays live in the show)

Soundboard 9.7 - A fantastic live document! I especially love how it was mixed, it has a very classic feel and seems drenched in sleazy nightclub atmosphere that puts you, mentally, in the right place for Boz Scaggs music. Awesome!

Boz Scaggs Richards Cafe Atlanta, GA. 1973 Disc One 1. We Were Always Sweethearts 2. Sail On White Moon 3. Might Have to Cry 4. Runnin' Blue 5. Monkey Time 6. I'm Easy 7. Painted Bells 8. Downright Woman 9. Full Lock Powerslide 10. Dinah Flo Disc Two 11. Feel So Good 12. Mercury Blues 13. Slow Dancer 14. You're Mine 15. Hercules 16. Loan Me A Dime

Audience 8.7 - Brassy, loud, and guitar dominant recording that delivers where it counts and finds Rory sounding, to my ears, much more rock/metal/grunge even though he features plenty of raw, blues soaked numbers in his set. It’s just that the atmosphere and volume don’t suggest this is a “blues” band blowing through town…I just get the feeling Rory felt the times changing and adjusted accordingly. Either way you parse it, this is high-intensity music, and the recording here really manages to capture that pretty realistically.

Rory Gallagher The Stone Palo Alto, California May 17, 1985 Disc One 01 - intro - Double Vision 02 - Bad Penny 03 - band intros - Off The Handle 04 - Moonchild 05 - Hey Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 06 - I Wonder Who 07 - Tattoo'd Lady 08 - Mississippi Sheiks 09 - Big Guns Disc Two 01 - Out On The Western Plain 02 - Seven Days 03 - Philby 04 - Follow Me 05 - Shadow Play 06 - My Babe 07 - All Around Man - Bullfrog Blues - Roll Over Beethoven - Route 66 Rory Gallagher Group; May 1981 - 1991: Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Brendan O'Neill - drums Mark Feltham - harmonica

Pro Recording 9.4 - This is actually recorded from the audience, or the pit, or somewhere within the hall with professional equipment possibly for broadcast or posterity but it is obviously not an amateur job. The dynamics and atmosphere are excellent, and to my ears it just seems like the band wanted to record this gig for whatever reason.

Rick Wakeman November 16, 1981 Guildhall Preston, UK Disc One (70:34) 1) War Games? (10:29) 2) King Arthur Medley (12:10): a) Arthur b) Lancelot and the Black Knight 3) Sea Horses (5:17) 4) Julia (6:11) 5) Three Wives (13:12): a) Catherine of Aragon b) Anne of Cleves c) Catherine Howard 6) The Proles (5:30) 7) Journey to the Center of the Earth - Part 1 (17:45) Disc Two (60:16) 1) Danielle (4:30) 2) The Probe (4:05) 3) Chamber of Horrors (7:03) 4) The Hymn (3:14) 5) Anne Boleyn (29:04) 6) Robot Man (4:57) 7) Journey to the Center of the Earth - Part 2 (7:23) a) The Battle b) Hall of the Mountain King

Audience 8,7 - A distant recording with that unmistakable large stadium natural reverb that makes you sort of imagine where you are as you listen and squint your eyes to see what Lou Reed is doing on stage.  The good news is that everything pretty much is audible, and reasonably clear too. The recording does lack some low end, but is not overly tinny, and drums/vocals are favored in the mix with guitars sort of chiming in just behind. If this wasn’t a clean/clear recording I would say there’s not much use for it but it has redeeming qualities and some charming renditions of some of his most beloved tunes.

LOU REED Stadio Partenio Avellino, Italy 16 June 1980 Disc 1 1. -Sweet Jane 2. -Real Good Time Together 3. -I'm Waiting For My Man 4. -Coney Island Baby 5. -So Alone 6. -Vicious 7. -Walk On The Wild Side 8. -Standing On The Ceremony 9. -Heroin 10. -Growing Up In Public 11. -The Kids 12. -Caroline Says II 13. -The Bed 14. -Sad Song Disc 2 15. -The Power Of Positive Drinking 16. -How Do You Speak To An Angel 17. -My Old Man 18. -Keep Away 19. -Street Hassle (with band intros) 20. -Rock and Roll 21. -Sister Ray The band: Lou Reed - vocals & guitar Stuart Heinrich - guitar Chuck Hammer - guitar Ellard "Moose" Boles - bass Michael Fonfara - keyboards Michael Suchorsky - drums