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Audience 9.3 - Killer tape this one is…and it makes you wonder if this taper did any other bands. That may well be your first thought if you are a collector. This is just a damn good tape. R.E.O. Speedwagon Tarrant County Convention Center Fort Worth, TX 1976-05-23 01. -Introduction 02. -Let Me Ride 03. -How The Story Goes 04. -Like You Do 05. -Keep Pushin' 06. -Son Of A Poor Man 07. -Golden Country 08. -Flying Turkey Trot 09. -I Believe My Time Is Gonna Come 10. -Ridin' The Storm Out -
FM Broadcast 9.8 - A recording that sounds like it was recorded yesterday. Sparkling, dynamic, and soaring high. Anyone can get into this, even if the ARP synthesizer reminds you of disco sounds, you get enough of Boz and his cool little electric guitar fills to make up for it. BOZ SCAGGS Schaefer Music Festival Central Park New York, NY (USA) July 31, 1976 1 -Intro's 2 -Lowdown 3 -You Make It So Hard To Say No 4 -What Can I Say 5 -Slow Dancer 6 -It's Over 7 -Angel Lady 8 -Running Blues 9 -Georgia 10 -Jump Street 11 -Lido Shuffle 12 -Dinah Flo 13 -DJ Talk 14 -Boz Talks 15 -Band Intros 16 -I Got Your Number 17 -Good Night From Delsener Productions 18 -You're Mine 19 -Outro 20 -WBCN Outro -
Soundboard 9.6 - A very very clean tape, still after all this time it has been properly preserved. The band is in fine form, it’s the right time frame in history and the world is pretty familiar with the band by this time.Blood Sweat & Tears Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1970-09-20 Disc 1 01 - introduction (1:44) 02 - Fire and Rain (4:31) 03 - Somethin' Comin' On (7:09) 04 - 40,000 Headmen (5:24) 05 - I Can't Quit Her (4:25) 06 - Smiling Phases (15:42) 07 - Sympathy for the Devil (9:37) 08 - Sometimes in Winter (4:46) 09 - Lucretia McEvil (18:19) Disc 2 10 - And When I Die (9:05) 11 - Hi De Ho (6:46) 12 - Spinning Wheel (8:20) 13 - You've Made Me So Very Happy (11:26) 14 - Blues Part 2- Somethin' Goin' On (32:37) Bobby Colomby - Drums Steve Katz - Guitar & Vocals Jim Fielder - Bass Dick Halligan - Keyboards,Trombone,Flute Fred Lipsius - Alto Saxophone, Keyboards Lew Soloff - Trumpets Chuck Winfield - Trumpets Jerry Hyman - Trombone David Clayton Thomas - Vocals -
SDBRD 9.4 /Audience 8.1/Audience 8.8/Audience 8.3 - A comprehensive collection but not everything is represented here, but I would say the more complete recordings are…and so, well, what you get is a pretty mixed bag. The good stuff is very good, and the not so good stuff is…not so good. What does it mean? Should I get this 4 disc set? Yes you should if you care anything at all about this seminal band. There just isn’t a whole lot of live “bootleg” recordings because they predate the era of the taper – not to say there aren’t tapes from 1967-1968 because there are, but not nearly as plentiful or as good as tapes that were made subsequently. That being said, I still found myself listening to everything in this set because you can’t argue the fact that hearing Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page before they were rock gods is immensely interesting. The Yardbirds "The Anthology 66-68" Disc 1 Stockholm, Sweden (Featuring Jimmy Page) April 1967 01 -Shapes Of Things 02 -Heart Full Of Soul 03 -Mr. You're A Better Man Than I 04 -You Go Your Way 05 -Over Under Sideways Down 06 -Little Games 07 -My Baby 08 -I'm A Man Unknown Location 1966 (Featuring Jeff Beck) 09 -Shapes Of Things 10 -For Your Love 11 -Hang On Sloopy Disc 2 Civic Center Santa Monica, CA July 22, 1967 01 -Train Kept A Rollin' 02 -You're A Better Man Than I 03 -Heartful of Soul 04 -I Wish You Would - Hey Gyp 05 -My Baby 06 -Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine 07 -Smile On Me 08 -I'm A Man 09 -Over Under Sideways Down Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH April 25, 1968 10 -Train Kept A Rollin' 11 -You're A Better Man Than I 12 -Heartful of Soul 13 -Dazed & Confused 14 -White Summer 15 -I'm A Man Disc 3 The Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, CA, USA July 25 or 26, 1967 First Set 1. -Intro 2. -Train Kept A-Rollin' 3. -You're A Better Man Than I 4. -Heart Full Of Soul 5. -I Wish You Would - Hey Gyp 6. -My Baby 3:08 7. -Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I‘ll Go Mine) 8. -Shapes Of Thing Second Set 9. -Smokestack Lightning 10. -Bye Bye Bird 11. -Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 12. -Smile On Me 13. -Glimpses 14. -I Ain‘t Done Wrong 15. -Over Under Sideways Down Disc 4 Shrine Exposition Hall Los Angeles, CA May 31, 1968 00 -Intro 01 -Train Kept A Rollin' 02 -You're A Better Man Than I 03 -Heartful of Soul 04 -Dazed & Confused 05 -Shapes of Things 06 -I'm A Man 07 -White Summer 08 -Smokestack Lightning 09 -I'm Waiting For The Man 10 -Bye Bye Bird 11 -Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 12 -Drinking Muddy Water 13 -New York City Blues 14 -I Wish You Would 15 -Hey Gyp -
Pro Recording 9.3 - The reason this is not listed as a soundboard (and it very well may be) is because they way it was recorded sounds like they may have hung microphones rather than direct through board. In this case I find the recording to be more preferable to the “dry” board mix, here you get some atmosphere and it helps immensely! Journey Shibuya-Kaikando Tokyo, Japan April 15th, 1979 Disc 1 101. -La Do Da 102. -Next 103. -Feeling That Way 104. -Anytime 105. -Lights 106. -Too Late - Kohoutek 107. -Winds Of March 108. -Steve Perry band intro 109. -Karma 110. -On A Saturday Night Disc 2 201. -City Of The Angels 202. -Do You Recall 203. -Daydream 204. -Of A Lifetime 205. -Lady Luck 206. -Can Do 207. -Just The Same Way 208. -Lovin' You Is Easy 209. -Wheel In The Sky 210. -Patiently 211. -Opened The Door 212. -She Makes Me (Feel Alright) -
Soundboard 9.7 - A very clear and very bright sounding board tape that shows no signs of age at all. It sounds like it was recorded yesterday. Excellent! Journey Rainbow Theatre Denver, Colorado May 9th, 1979 01. KEZY intro - announcements 02. Majestic (opening music) 03. La Do Da 04. Next 05. Feeling That Way 06. Anytime 07. Lights 08. Too Late 09. Kohoutek 10. On A Saturday Night 11. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' 12. City Of The Angels 13. Do You Recall 14. Daydream 15. Lady Luck 16. Just The Same Way 17. Wheel In The Sky 18. Patiently -
Audience 8.9 - A strong tape here, with very open, spacious sound and pleasant high end. It could benefit from more bottom but it’s not what I would call “thin” sounding. GENESIS Johanneshov Isstadion Stockholm, Sweden June 4, 1977 Disc 1 01. -Squonk 02. -One For The Vine 03. -Robbery Assault And Battery 04. -Inside And Out 05. -Firth Of Fifth 06. -Carpet Crawlers 07. -In That Quiet Earth 08. -Afterglow Disc 2 09. -I Know What I Like 10. -Eleventh Earl Of Mar 11. -Supper's Ready 12. -Dance On A Volcano - Los Endos 13. -The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - The Musical Box (closing section) -
FM Broadcast 8.8 - A radio broadcast that was captured to cassette. I'd almost call it an audience recording because it’s kind of got that same sort of feel except for the vocals and the bass as they have this quality to it that reminds me more of FM broadcasts. Be that as it may, it’s a good one from 1979 which doesn’t seem to be as well represented as either the year before or after. KANSAS MONOLITH IN THE STORM Alpine Valley East Troy, WI. July 4, 1979 WLS-FM LIVE RADIO BROADCAST Disc 1 1. -ON THE OTHER SIDE 2. -PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHWIND 3. -AWAY FROM YOU 4. -ROBBY SPEAKING 5. -POINT OF KNOW RETURN 6. -CLOSET CHRONICLES 7. -THE WALL 8. -ROBBY SPEAKING 9. -DUST IN THE WIND 10. -OPUS INSERT 11. -ROBBY 12. -ANGELS HAVE FALLEN Disc 2 1. -BAND INTROS 2. -REASON TO BE 3. -STAY OUT OF TROUBLE 4. -THE SPIDER 5. -PORTRAIT (HE KNEW) 6.-ROBBY A GLIMPSE OF HOME 7. -WLS DJ 8. -HOW MY SOUL CRIES OUT FOR YOU 9. -WLS DJ 10. -CARRY ON WAYWARD SON The Band Richard Williams - guitars Robby Steinhardt - violin and lead vocals Steve Walsh - keyboards and lead vocals Phil Ehart - drums "Smokin" Dave Hope - bass Kerry Livgren - guitars and keyboards -
Soundboard 9.8 - What makes this recording rate so highly is the professionalism all around – that means the band first for putting in the sparkling performance (and that’s even more succinct here with the unusual line-up and changing sound of Tull), and then the sound engineer for so deftly mixing and preserving this recording. I mean, it’s not just a board tape where you pop in the cassette and capture whatever sound you’ve dialed in for the evening, this is a well manicured mix that seemingly must have been made with a view towards a release because it is just too good, too perfectly balanced to be just a house mix. Jethro Tull L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA. November 12th, 1980 Disc 1 01 Black Sunday [7:04] 02 Crossfire [3:51] 03 Songs From The Wood [4:14] 04 Hunting Girl [5:02] 05 The Pine Marten's Jig [3:11] 06 Heavy Horses [8:52] 07 Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day [3:29] 08 Flute Solo [6:08] Disc 2 09 Trio [4:45] 10 Uniforms [5:12] 11 Working John, Working Joe [4:05] 12 Protect And Survive [5:05] 13 Locomotive Breath [6:47] 14 Aqualung [7:58] 15 Bungle In The Jungle [4:02] Ian Anderson - Vocals, Flute, Guitar Martin Barre - Guitar Eddie Jobson - Keyboards, Electric Violin Dave Pegg - Bass Mark Craney - Drums, Percussion -
Studio Quality 9.3 - This seems to be a real early example of the Steve Perry era and as such presents an interesting snapshot of the band in transition…yet still retains most of their fiery 70’s guitar-centric jamming quality. Journey Monitros Studio San Mateo, California September 2nd, 1978 01. Of A Lifetime 02. I Would Find You 03. Feeling That Way 04. Anytime 05. La Do Da 06. Can Do 07. Winds Of March 08. On A Saturday Night 09. Wheel In The Sky 10. Next -
A rare find, a good sounding 70's Motorhead live! I'd grab this one quick as I have very few of them and already they are out of print. Import from UK, SEALED. -
The set features mostly soundboard tapes but for a few discs that are included for historical reasons (but are not bad, just not soundboards). The first set that will be special to Trower fans is the previously uncirculated Madison Square Garden 1976 show. Wishbone Ash opened, and for both bands it was the first and last time they ever played MSG. Robin Trower performs the song Sailing which to my knowledge is the only time it has ever appeared on tape. The Winterland 1975 show is legendary because Bill Graham Productions preserved the event for posterity on in-house camera systems. The audio is a board feed, but gets off to a rough start with video tape tracking issues (on the master) but thankfully only during the first song. As a bonus, the video itself is included in this set. Robin Trower Decades 1974-1984 Disc 1 2/20/74 Bob Harris Show 01. -Alethea 02. -Too Rolling Stoned 03. -I Can't Wait Much Longer 04. -The Fool and Me 3/5/74 John Peel Radio Show 05. -Little Bit of Sympathy 06. -Alethea 07. -Bridge of Sighs 08. -In This Place 1/28/75 John Peel Radio Show 09. -Fine Day 10. -Confessing Midnight 11. -It's Only Money 12. -Gonna Be More Suspicious Disc 2 Winterland SF, CA. March 15,1975 1. -DAY OF THE EAGLE 2. -BRIDGE OF SIGHS 3. -GONNA BE MORE SUSPICIOUS 4. -FINE DAY 5. -LADY LOVE 6. -DAYDREAM 7. -TOO ROLLING STONED 8. -I CAN‘T WAIT MUCH LONGER 9. -ALETHEA - DRUM SOLO 10. -LITTLE BIT OF SYMPATHY Disc 3 Travis St. Electric Company Dallas, TX. March 20, 1975 KZEW-FM broadcast 1. -RADIO INTRO 2. -DAY OF THE EAGLE 3. -BRIDGE OF SIGHS 4. -GONNA BE MORE SUSPICIOUS 5. -FINE DAY 6. -LADY LOVE 7. -DAYDREAM 8. -TOO ROLLING STONED 9. -CAN‘T WAIT MUCH LONGER 10. -ALETHEA - DRUM SOLO 11. -LITTLE BIT OF SYMPATHY 12. -CONFESSION MIDNIGHT 13. -RADIO CREDITS 14. -ROCK ME BABY Disc 4 Boston Music Hall Boston, Mass. U.S.A. April 20, 1975 1. -Day of the Eagle 2. -Bridge of Sighs 3. -Gonna Be More Suspicious 4. -Fine Day 5. -Lady Love 6. -Daydream 7. -Too Rolling Stoned 8. -I Can't Wait Much Longer 9. -Alethea 10. -Little Bit of Sympathy 11. -The Fool and Me 12. -Rock Me Baby Disc 5 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN New York, NY. MARCH 24, 1976 1. -DAY OF THE EAGLE 2. -BRIDGE OF SIGHS 3. -SAILING 4. -LADY LOVE 5. -LONG MISTY DAYS 6. -FOOL & ME 7. -TOO ROLLING STONED Disc 6 New York cont'd 8. -DAYDREAM 9. -SAME RAIN FALLS 10. -I CAN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER 11. -ALETHEA 12. -LITTLE BIT OF SYMPATHY 13. -ROCK ME BABY 14. -S.M.O. Disc 7 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum New Haven, CT 1977-10-18 01. -Lady Love 02. -Somebody Calling 03. -Falling Star 04. -Too Rolling Stoned 05. -Smile 06. -Daydream 07. -The Fool And Me 08. -Bridge Of Sighs 09. -Day Of The Eagle 10. -Little Bit Of Sympathy 11. -Messin' The Blues 12. -Further On Up The Road Disc 8 Selland Arena Fresno,California November 23,1977 1. -Lady Love 2. -Somebody Calling 3. -Bluebird 4. -Too Rolling Stoned 5. -Smile 6. -Further On Up The Road 7. -Daydream 8. -The Fool and Me 9. -Day Of The Eagle 10. -Bridge Of Sighs 11. -Little Bit Of Sympathy 12. -Messin' The Blues 13. -Rock Me Baby Disc 9 Criteria Studio In City Dreams Sessions & Demos Miami, FL Summer 1977 1. -Somebody Calling 2. -Sweet Wine of Love 3. -Bluebird 4. -Smile 5. -Little Girl 6. -Love's Gonna Bring You Round 7. -Instrumental #1 8. -Hold Me 9. -Instrumental #2 10. -Further on Up The Road #1 11. -When That Wild Wind Blows 12. -King of the Dance 13. -Further on Up the Road #2 Disc 10 Graham Central Station Albuquerque, New Mexico November 07, 1984 01. -Tuning - Intro 02. -Too Rolling Stoned 03. -Into Money 04. -Keeping A Secret 05. -For The Last Time 06. -Beyond The Mist 07. -Shame 08. -Day Of The Eagle 09. -Bridge Of Sighs 10. -Lady Love 11. -Under Pressure 12. -Rock Me Baby Disc 11 Winterland March 15th, 1975 B/W In-House Camera Footage -
Seattle 1970 FM Broadcast 9.4 - So good to have clear and vibrant live Doors recordings…there’s just not enough of them out there. Hypnotic, and with Jim at the helm it’s a feast for the imagination as to what shenanigans were happening on stage. Cool as HECK! Detroit 1970 FM Broadcast 9.2 - Nice, clean, concise and this is how I want to hear The Doors. There’s so much subtlety and intrigue and you need to be able to hear everything clearly…and with this tape you do. For the track listing on this one, please review the images as we posted a clear photo of the track sheet. -
Audience 8.8 - A tape that does NOT suffer at all from narrowness as it is truly wide open and atmospheric… but at the expense of separation of instruments. Does that mean it is bad or not worth hearing? Hell no – this is a VERY GOOD tape recording, I think for myself I always want to hear distinct bass notes because I am such a big fan of Chris Squire, and here he is mainly the “bottom” for the sound, and occasionally you get to hear his notes ring out and float above the sound but not always. I am spoiled though, because not all tapes are going to be Cleveland ’78! However, since this is a 1980 show, I think it is one to get as I find this period of the band extremely interesting to listen to especially live. Good stuff! Yes De Montfort Hall Leicester, UK Nov. 24, 1980 Disc 1 1.01 -Young Person's Guide Intro - Close Encounters Intro 1.02 -Does It Really Happen 1.03 -Yours Is No Disgrace 1.04 -Into The Lens 1.05 -Clap 1.06 -And You And I 1.07 -Go Through This 1.08 -Man In A White Car Suite Disc 2 2.01 -We Can Fly From Here 2.02 -Tempus Fugit 2.03 -Amazing Grace - The Fish 2.04 -Machine Messiah 2.05 -Starship Trooper 2.06 -Roundabout -
Pro 9.6 - Sharpness, precision, dynamic, and beautifully clear. A tiny amount of tape noise barely perceptible unless the room is silent and trust me, that is just me looking for something to be critical of…there are no faults with this recording. RETURN TO FOREVER CALDERONE CONCERT HALL, HEMPSTEAD,NY,USA NOVEMBER 22,1975 CD1 1-INTRO 2-VULCAN WORLDS 3-TALK 4-SHADOW OF LO 5-TALK 6-ROMANTIC WARRIOR CD2 1-CHICK'S SOLO > LA FIESTA 2-AL'S SOLO 3-STANLEY'S SOLO 4-LENNY'S SOLO 5-OUTRO Chick Corea Al DiMeola Stanley Clarke Lenny White -
Audience 8.5 - A somewhat roughed up old tape with some hiss, and audience members who appear on the tape in their excitement (not too bad) but the music is here man, it’s relatively close to the stage and guitar seemed to be a little back behind the rest except when he used the talk box and it was front and center… very strange! Bass is sitting nicely in the mix (not a boomy sound, pretty defined). I enjoyed listening, especially because Joe was really good, he kept me engaged with this one. I found the audience near taper to be interesting and I enjoyed hearing them on the tape believe it or not. It is a real time capsule! So, all in all, I do recommend to fans because how much Joe/Barnstorm is out there anyway? Joe Walsh & Barnstorm Wollman's Rink Central Park, New York, NY August 11, 1973 01 Meadows 02 Midnight Moodies 03 Tend My Garden - Drums 04 Rocky Mountain Way 05 The Bomber 06 Turn to Stone 07 Funk #49 Band line-up Joe Walsh - lead guitar, lead vocals Kenny Passarelli - bass guitar, backing vocals Joe Vitale - drums, percussion, flute, backing vocals Rocke Grace - keyboards (died July 23, 2020) (aged 68)