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The follow up release to the much lauded Decades Vol.1, this second volume contains all soundboard or superb audience (mostly SDBRD) recordings spanning the ten years between 1968 and 1978. Santana - Decades II 1968-1978 Disc 1 The Matrix, San Francisco CA November 13, 1968 1. -Fried Neckbones 2. -As The Years Go Passing By 3. -Soul Sacrifice 4. -Waiting Berkeley Community Center Berkeley, CA February 6, 1970 5. -Treat 6. -Hope You're Feeling Better 7. -Soul Sacrifice 8. -Incident At Neshabur 9. -Savor 10. -Jingo Disc 2 Fillmore East New York City, N.Y. U.S.A. April 12, 1970 1. -tuning 2. -Se A Cabo 3. -Black Magic Woman 4. -Gypsy Queen 5. -Savor 6. -Jingo 7. -Oye Como Va 8. -Hope You're Feeling Better 9. -Toussaint L'Overture 10. -Evil Ways 11. -Persuasion 12. -Soul Sacrifice 13. -Treat Disc 3 MEMORIAL COLISEUM COLUMBUS, GA 1973-03-30 1. -Going Home - A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way 2. -Samba Pa Ti 3. -Look Up (To See What’s Coming Down) 4. -Just In Time To See The Sun 5. -Incident At Neshabur 6. -Bambele 7. -Stone Flower 8. -Batucada 9. -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 10. -Waiting - Castillos De Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle) 11. -Free Angela 12. -Castillos De Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle) 13. -Earth 14. -Se A Cabo Disc 4 Garden State Summer Music Fair Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey August 12, 1973 1. -Opening Words 2. -Going Home 3. -A-1 Funk 4. -Every Step Of The Way 5. -Black Magic Woman 6. -Gypsy Queen 7. -Oye Como Va 8. -Japan - Bambele - Um Um Um - Yours Is The Light 9. -Batucada 10. -Xibiba (she-ba-ba) 11. -Stone Flower Disc 5 12. -Waiting 13. -Castillos De Arena (Sand Castle) 14. -Free Angela 15. -Samba De Sausalito 16. -Light Of Life 17. -Se A Cabo 18. -Mr Udo 19. -The Creator Has A Master Plan 20. -Savor 21. -Toussant L'Overture 22. -Europa 23. -Incident At Neshabur - My Favorite Things Disc 6 Winterland San Francisco, CA. December 31, 1973 1. -Going Home 2. -A-1 Funk 3. -Every Step Of The Way 4. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 5. -Oye Como Va 6. -Just In Time To See The Sun 7. -Um-um-um Disc 7 7. -Batucada 8. -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 9. -Stone Flower 10. -Castillos De Arena (Sand Castle) 11. -Watch Your Step Jam 12. -Incident At Neshabur 13. -When I Look Into Your Eyes 14. -Se A Cabo Disc 8 Playhouse Edinburgh November 14, 1976 01. -Carnaval - Let The Children Play - Jugando 02. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 03. -Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) 04. -Let The Music Set You Free 05. -Samba Pa Ti 06. -Savor - Toussaint L’Overture 07. -Let Me 08. -Just In Time To See The Sun 09. -Song Of The Wind 10. -Taboo Disc 9 11. -Soul Sacrifice 12. -Europa 13. -Maria Caracoles Bottom Line New York City, NY October 16th, 1978 2nd show 14. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 15. -Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) 16. -Europa 17. -Open Invitation Disc 10 Capitol Center Landover, Maryland March 19, 1977 1. -Carnaval - Let The Children Play - Jugando 2. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 3. -Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) 4. -Europa 5. -Oye Como Va 6. -Let Me 7. -Give Me Love 8. -Savor 9. -Toussaint L'overture 10. -Soul Sacrifice (with Roy Ayers) 11. -Transcendance with band intros -
Soundboard 9.0 - Nothing particularly wrong with this one, but a did feel as though the mix was a little bit overcrowded at time (especially when the band was cooking), but at the same time I loved how the organ sounded and the sheer power of this band came across very convincingly.
Patti Smith Group The Place Eugene, Oregon, USA May 4, 1978 Disc One 01 -Land 02 -Rock And Roll Nigger 03 -Privilege 04 -Free Money 05 -Pissing In A River 06 -Pumping 07 -You Really Got Me 08 -Time Is on My Side 09 -Ghost Dance 10 -Because the Night Disc Two 01 -Easter 02 -Radio Ethiopia 03 -Gloria 04 -Jailhouse Rock 05 -My Generation Civic Center Santa Monica, California May 12, 1978 06 -Land 07 -Rock And Roll Nigger 08 -Privilege 09 -Kimberly 10 -Till Victory 11 -Redondo Beach
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Radio Broadcast 9.4 - Slightly dated sounding it’s still very strong, clear (sounds like someone did some work on it) and pretty much everything you want. Patti Smith Group "Joan Of Arc At The Burning River" Rock Around The World broadcast Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH April 18, 1978 01 -Interview - Redondo Beach 02 -Interview - Ain't It Strange 03 -Interview - Privilege (Set Me Free) 04 -Interview - Easter 05 -Radio Ethiopia 06 -Gloria 07 -Interview -
Audience 9.0 -A fine recording that does not have that digital signature to it, although many digital recordings are fine it’s just that an analog capture more faithfully replicates the vibe of the event being captured. Peter Gabriel Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA September 21, 1988 01 Of These, Hope 02 Games Without Frontiers 03 Shock The Monkey 04 No Self Control 05 Don't Give Up (with Tracy Chapman) 06 Sledgehammer 07 In Your Eyes 08 Biko -
Audience 9.3 - One thing you must concede about recordings from this venue – they are almost 100% of the time decent overall but more importantly extremely pleasant atmospherically. Audiences here are generally very attuned to the performer on stage, knowing the music, and there to listen to the music. The Roxy was a venue for music connoisseurs. A brilliant tape here to add to your collection.
Peter Gabriel The Roxy West Hollywood, CA September 30, 1978 Early Show Disc 1 01 Me And My Teddy Bear 02 On Presuming To Be Modern 03 On The Air 04 Moribund The Burgermeister 05 Perspective 06 Indigo 07 White Shadow 08 D.I.Y. 09 Waiting For The Big One 10 Band Introductions 11 Mother Of Violence Disc 2 12 Slowburn 13 Flotsam And Jetsam 14 I Don't Remember 15 Solsbury Hill 16 Modern Love 17 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 18 Animal Magic 19 Here Comes The Flood
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Soundboard 9.0 - This is most definitely off the radio, it has all the tell-tale signs of a radio broadcast including the FM compression (not horrible) but I also think, if not radio, it may have come from a TV broadcast. Michael Schenker Group 1981-06-08 Pinkpop Festival Burgemeester Damen Sportpark Geleen, Holland FM broadcast recording 01 Cry For The Nations 02 Victim Of Illusion 03 Natural Thing 04 Feels Like A Good Thing 05 Rock Bottom 06 Lost Horizons 07 Doctor Doctor -
Audience 8.3/8.5 - Despite the low approval ratings of these audio tapes, I have to say I still think they are important to the Megadeth collector for several reasons. There’s just not a lot of recordings from these early periods for some unknown reason, and these shows, having been cleaned up and re-mastered as well as could be done, represent listenable time capsules of perhaps one of the all-time greatest metal band. Megadeth do not get the same accolades as some of the other big metal bands (do I have to mention them?) but I always loved their complexity and sarcasm. I did listen to both of these shows and once my ears adjusted I stuck with it and wrote this review without bias. Average tapes that deserve a place in any collection because of the significance of this band.
Megadeth The Windy City Gigs Disc 1 Metro, Chicago, IL (USA) June 30, 1985 01. -Last Rites - Loved To Death 02. -Killing Is My Business 03. -Skull Beneath The Skin 04. -These Boots 05. -My Last Words 06. -Looking Down The Cross 07. -Chosen Ones 08. -Mechanix 09. -Bad Omen 10. -Encore break 11. -Good Mourning - Black Friday 12. -Rattlehead Disc 2 (U.I.C) Pavilion University of Illinois Chicago, IL 1987-02-12 1. -Intro 2. -Wake Up Dead 3. -The Conjuring 4. -My Last Words 5. -Bad Omen 6. -Rattlehead - Dave's talking about Chicago 7. -Peace Sells 8. -Devil's Island 9. -The Mechanix
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Birmingham 1976 Pro Radio 9.5 - Obviously this should be excellent quality seeing as how it was recorded for British Biscuit radio broadcast. Well, yeah, it’s really good!
Dallas 1981 Pro Radio 8.9 - Sounds maybe a gen or two down (but no tape hiss) or perhaps just the age of the tape this was recorded on as it was presumably tapes off the air. Still, it’s very good and I am sure with some EQ touches could really bring more of the highs out.
Marshall Tucker Band Disc 1 The Odeon, Birmingham, England November 29th, 1976 1 -British Biscuit Intro 2 -Long Hard Ride 3 -Searching For A Rainbow 4 -Can't You See 5 -This Old Cowboy 6 -Fire On The Mountain 7 -Take The Highway THE BAND Doug Gray lead vocals percussion Toy Caldwell lead electric and acoustic guitar steel guitar Tommy Caldwell bass guitar backing vocals George McCorkle electric and acoustic guitar banjo Jerry Eubanks flute alto baritone and tenor saxophone backing vocals Paul Riddle drums Disc 2 Wintergarden Theater Dallas, TX March 15th 1981 1 -K.B.F.H. Intro 2 -It Takes Time 3 -See You One More Time 4 -Tell The Blues To Take Off Tonight 5 -This Time I Believe 6 -Take The Highway 7 -Fire On The Mountain 8 -In My Own Way 9 -Ramblin' 10 -This Ol' Cowboy 11 -KZAM THE BAND Toy Caldwell Guitars Steel Guitar Background Vocals Doug Gray Vocals Jerry Eubanks Flute Saxophone Keyboards Background Vocals Paul Riddle Drums Background Vocals George McCorkle Guitar Franklin Wilkie Bass Background Vocals -
Studio 9.2/9.6 - Not a lot to complain about here except maybe just the little bit of tape hiss (unremarkable). I found it interesting to hear the early takes because on some of the tracks it really shows less of the Southern influence and more of the psychedelic influence (listen to their cover of Evil Ways). Marshall Tucker Band "The Lost Demos" (1968-1971) Studios-Greenville, SC 1971 01. -Can’t You See (demo) 02. -See You Later I’m Gone (demo) 03. Southern Woman (demo) Muscle Shoals Sound Studio-Sheffield, AL 1971 04. -Cookin' (demo) 05. -Ramblin' (demo) 06. -Take The Highway (demo) 07. -Hillbilly Band (demo) Southeastern Music Corporation 1968 08. -It’s A Rainy Night In Georgia 09. -In A Moment (I Can Tell If You Love Me) 10. -Evil Ways (Santana) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
Soundboard 9.0 - Sounds like a 70’s board tape alright – a little dated but man, it sure does kick ass! Really PHAT with perfect guitar tone and bashing drums, and vocals in your eardrums! Dang, this is what you play for your kid if he starts to listen to modern garbage. Ted Nugent Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan June 15, 1978. 1. -Just What the Doctor Ordered 4:40 2. -Yank Me, Crank Me 4:54 3. -Dog Eat Dog 5:03 4. -Free For All 5:22 5. -Snakeskin Cowboys 6:00 6. -Cat Scratch Fever 4:24 7. -Where Have You Been All my Life? 6:08 8. -Name Your Poison 5:32 9. -Need You Bad 4:56 10. -Guitar Solo - Stormtroopin' 10:07 11. -Stranglehold 11:21 Ted Nugent: Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Lead & Backing Vocals. Charlie Huhn: Rhythm Guitar, Lead & Backing Vocals. Dave Kiswiney: Bass. Clifford Davies: Drums & Backing Vocals. -
Audience 9.6 - Exciting and full bodied, this is what I want from any recording from the modern era…there’s no excuse for a sub-par bootleg post 1980 in my opinion. PA’s were better, recording gear better (that may be subjective), but the point is it SHOULD sound great from 1991 and this does – and not only that but the band JAMS!
Steve Winwood Pacific Amphitheatre Costa Mesa, CA May 10, 1991 Disc 1 01 I’m A Man 02 While You See A Chance 03 Hearts On Fire 04 Another Deal Goes Down 05 One And Only Man 06 In The Light Of Day 07 Valerie 08 The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Disc 2 09 Glad 10 Feelin’ Alright? 11 Medicated Goo 12 Split Decision 13 The Finer Things 14 Roll With It 15 Higher Love 16 Back In The High Life Again 17 Gimme Some Lovin’ Russ Kunkel - Drums Larry Byron - Guitar, Keyboards Randall Bramlett - Saxophone Michael Rhodes - Bass Luis Conte - Percussion -
Audience 9.1 -A great show and a great capture here. Highly recommend this one!
Steve Hackett Civic Centre, Guildford 1983-01-28 (With P. Gabriel - M Rutherford) Disc 1 01. -THE STEPPS 02. -FUNNY FEELING 03. -JACUZZI 04. -HACKETT TO PIECES 05. -EVERYDAY 06. -A TOWER STUCK DOWN 07. -SPECTRAL MORNINGS 08. -HORIZONS 09. -KIM Disc 2 10. -OVERNIGHT SLEEPER 11. -SLOGANS 12. -THE SHOW 13. -CLOCKS-THE ANGEL OF MONS 14. -HERE COMES THE FLOOD 15. -SOLISBURY HILL 16. -REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE 17. -I KNOW WHAT I LIKE -
Audience 9.6 - This venue has always been very acoustically prime for capturing from the audience. There is great atmosphere, the kind that not only adds feeling to the recording but also the kind that inspires the artist. This tape showcases everything one looks for in a sound recording.
Steve Morse Band Bottom Line New York City, NY August 22, 1984 Disc 1 01 On The Pipe 02 The Introduction 03 Pride O’ The Farm 04 What If 05 Ice Cakes 06 Steve Talks - Band Introduction 07 Mountain Waltz 08 Northern Lights 09 Picture This 10 The Whistle 11 Steve Talks - Jazz Vamp 12 Donna Lee Disc 2 13 Out On The Tiles 14 Dregs Medley -Take If Off The Top -I”m Freaking Out -Road Expense -Bloodsucking Leeches -Assembly Line -Night Meets Light 15 Huron River Blues 16 Cruise Missile 17 Freeway Jam 18 Cruise Control