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Audience 7.7 - If you love very loud and raw recordings, like right in front of the PA stacks, guitars BLASTING, this is your show! A lot of the other acts were also recorded, most of them sound distant and thin, not this! Crank it, but I am warning you, this is a sonic ear blast of epic proportions. -
Soundboard 9.3 - For the uninitiated, get ready for mind blowing and far ahead of its time guitar shredding. -
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Audience 7.8 - Loud and clear pretty much. The recording is very respectable and you can sink your teeth into this set because the guitar is prominent, loud, in the middle and RIPPING. If I could just get one CD of only the solos I would listen to it every day. -
Audience 8.7 - A lo fi recording that astounds you, how can it be possible? It is like a cassette deck recording with one mic but man, it is VERY hot! Blazing electric guitar runs, manic rhythm section, insane over the top music on a cheap portable deck and it smokes. Wow! Torino show is a strong 7.6 -
Audience 9.4 - Whoever did this one really knew what the heck they were doing so I am thinking it was someone who knew what they were doing…and the band was on board with it. It’s just too good to be a smuggled in their jacket tape machine job. Television Max's Kansas City New York, NY. 1975 1. Fire Engine 2. Judy 3. Marquee Moon 4. Friction 5. Torn Curtain 6. Breakin' In My Heart 7. Hard On Love 8. Prove It 9. Venus 10. Little Johnny Jewel 11. Foxhole 12. Kingdom Come -
Audience 8.8 - This may not be a tape with good song separation or detail but it occupies a sonic range that is very comfortable on the ears. Usually when attending a very loud, bombastic heavy rock or metal concert you aren’t going to distinguish much anyway, you will basically hear a roaring sound…but this tape delivers a little more than just that. This is a good document and taper used good gear, sat in a good spot, and recorded everything. I would call this recording completely immersive, with a warm, inviting sound. Alcatrazz & Ted Nugent Rocky Glen Park Moosic, PA June 29th 1984 Disc 1 ALCATRAZZ 1 -Intro 2 -Too Young To Die 3 -Jet To Jet 4 -Island In The Sun 5 -Night Games 6 -Kree Nakoorie 7 -Guitar Solo 8 -Since You've Been Gone 9 -All Night Long THE BAND Graham Bonnet lead vocals Yngwie Malmsteen guitar Jimmy Waldo keyboards backing vocals Gary Shea bass backing vocals Jan Uvena drums backing vocals Disc 2 TED NUGENT 1 -Blame It On The Night 2 -Knockin' At Your Door 3 -Free For All 4 -Don't You Want My Love 5 -Where Do You (Draw The Line) 6 -Great White Buffalo 7 -Need You Bad 8 -Ted Talks Disc 3 9 -Thunder Thighs 10 -Tied Up In Love 11 -Stranglehold 12 -Drum Solo 13 -Stranglehold (reprise) 14 -Stormtroopin' 15 -Hey Baby 16 -Cat Scratch Fever 17 -Wang Dang Sweet Poontang - Journey To The Center Of Your Mind 18 -Wango Tango 19 -Motor City Madhouse 20 -Dog Eat Dog THE BAND Ted Nugent guitar vocals Cliff Davies drums backing vocals Brian Howe vocals guitar Alan St. Jon keyboards backing vocals Doug Lubahn bass -
Adrian 1969 & Detroit 1970 Audience 9.1 - Surprisingly good and clear! I was very tempted to call this a board tape but there’s too many artifacts that suggest otherwise…but it’s an amazing find being now the earliest known Amboy Dukes tape. Detroit 1970 Audience 8.6 - The audio is clear but the live mix drowns out vocals. Drums are perhaps the strongest here, followed by the guitar/bass in tandem but I can also hear keys in the mix…so the verdict is that this tape is most welcome and delivers where it is needed even though it is a little rough around the edges. Amboy Dukes Adrian, Michigan Adrian High School January 1969 01. Migration 02. Let's Go Get Stoned 03. Journey to the Center of the Mind 04. Baby Please Don't Go 05. Prodigal Man (cuts out) Ted Nugent - Guitar Steve Farmer - Rhythm Guitar Dave Palmer - Drums Andy Solomon - Keys Greg Arama - Bass Rusty Day - vocals, harmonica, percussion Unknown High School Detroit, Michigan January 1970 06. -Brain Games of Yesteryear 07. -Good Natured Emma 08. -Mississippi Murderer 09. -Band Intro's - Prodigal Man Ted Nugent- Lead Guitar, Vocals Andy Solomon- Organ, Piano, Vocals Greg Arama- Bass Kenneth Jay Mills (aka K.J. Knight) - Drums -
SDBRD 8.8 - One of the best, if not the best, of the later Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes live recordings. Great playing abounds, and Ted is Ted, as usual, and it kind of makes one wonder – did David Lee Roth get his schtick from having been to one of these gigs? Seems like it. -
Upper Darby 1975 Audience 8.7 - This is not an easy one to pull off – you have to give a lot of credit to this taper as he’s trying to capture an excessively loud and aggressive rock band in a smallish club. That means you’d better be in a good spot with a tape machine that can prevent distortion due to high volume. Taper got those two essentials right. What is the flaw then? I would say unless you are super picky, you really will understand the value of this tape. Good sound quality, you hear everything (both guitars clear!), drums, bass even! So it isn’t board tape perfect, but I think this rare 1975 audience tape belongs in every fan’s collection. It is that good. Central Park 1975 Soundboard 9.8 - What a thrill this is! Man, if you can’t get excited listening to this you are dead. This recording wakes the dead! Get ready for max rock madness in crystal clear excellence. Ted Nugent Live '75 Disc 1 Tower Theater Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania May 3, 1975 01. Intro 02. Hibernation 03. Stranglehold 04. Lady Luck 05. Pony Express 06. Tuning Up 07. Queen Of The Forest 08. Living In The Woods 09. Where Have You Been All My Life 10. Feedback Frenzy 11. Papa's Will Disc 2 Schaeffer Music Festival Central Park New York, NY August 29, 1975 01. -Hibernation 02. -Stormtroopin' 03. -Just What the Doctor Ordered 04. -Stranglehold 05. -Motor City Madhouse Ted Nugent - lead guitar, vocals Derek St Holmes - vocals & rhythm guitar Rob Grange - bass Cliff Davies - drums -
Soundboard 9.7 - You will be hard pressed to find another ’77 show that sounds as good as this. As an added bonus, the song “A Thousand Knives” is played and that song rarely turns up on any recordings. Ted Nugent Freeman Coliseum San Antonio, TX Jan 22, 1977 Disc #1: 01. Stranglehold 02. Just What the Doctor Ordered 03. Free For All 04. Snakeskin Cowboys 05. Cat Scratch Fever 06. Wang Dang Sweet Poontang 07. A Thousand Knives 08. Dog Eat Dog 09. Stormtroopin' Disc #2: 01. Hey Baby 02. Great White Buffalo 03. Guitar Solo 04. Hibernation 05. Motor City Madhouse -
Audience 7.3 - A little overcrowding and a little compressed but not the worst I’ve ever heard. -
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FM Radio broadcast 9.3 - The band is in your living room. The drums will knock your head clean off. The bass is pumping, and Ted is absolutely shredding. Ted Nugent Ector County Coliseum Odessa, TX. July 29th 1982 01. -Stormtroopin’ 02. -Wang Dang Sweet Poontang 03. -Dog Eat Dog 04. -We’re Gonna Rock Tonight 05. -Cat Scratch Fever 06. -No, No, No 07. -Fighting’ Words 08. -Good and Ready 09. -Great White Buffalo 10. -Ted Talk 11. -Carmine Appice Drum solo 12. -Motor City Madhouse 13. -Stranglehold 14. -Radio Interview -
Audience 7.8 - Kind of noisy but Ted’s guitar is very up front here, that is kind of all you really need to be honest. It’s actually not that bad really. -
Soundboard 8.6 - Raw and heavy, and the mix is a little funky to my ears but it’s live rock and roll.