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FM Broadcast 9.0 - Great tone on this one, meaty bass! Seattle West Studios aka Sea West Studios Seattle WA. August 13th 1973 KOL FM Broadcast Broadcast date August 19th 1973 THE BAND Robin Trower Guitar James Dewar Bass Vocals Reg Isadore Drums SETLIST 1 -Intro 2 -The Fool And Me 3 -Twice Removed from Yesterday 4 -Lady Love 5 -Daydream 6 -Another Day Another Night (Day of The Eagle) 7 -I Can't Wait Much Longer 8 -Man Of The World 9 -Sinner's Song 10 -Little Bit Of Sympathy 11 -Still On The Air 12 -Kol DJ Jimmy Pitkin -
Recorded at Sunset Sound Studios 1980. Outtakes from Women and Children First. Professional studio quality sound. -
Audience 8.4 Audience 9.6 Audience 8.6 - I found the ’68 show to be surprisingly strong for the early vintage, a definite surprise even with some hiss present which could theoretically be mitigated with a re-master but you don’t want to sacrifice any highs as they are just hanging on at the upper end. The ’69 is the famous Texas Pop Festival and of course is the best sounding one, and finally the ’70 show which really surprised me, a tad distant from the stage but clear, and I rather enjoyed the live atmosphere. A great trifecta of early vintage Spirit! Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA November 1968 ONE 1. It's All The Same 2. Fresh Garbage 3. New Dope In Town 4. Apple Orchad 5. Water Woman 6. Mechanical World TWO Texas Pop Festival Sept. 1, 1969 1. Fresh Garbage 2. Elijah 3. Improvisation 4. Ground Hog 5. Grammaphone Man 6. Dream Within A Dream 7. I Got A Line On You 8. Aren't You Glad THREE Mammoth Gardens, Denver, CO June 5-6, 1970 Setlist: 1. Sweet Stella Baby 2. 1984 3. It's All The Same 4. Fresh Garbage 5. Unknown Instrumental 6. Jealous 7. It Shall Be 8. Poor Richard 9. Groundhog -
Soundboard 9.0, Soundboard 9.5, Audience 7.6 - In this collection you have two excellent board tapes and one mediocre audience tape that you probably will not listen to as much as the first two discs. That is not to say the tape was not worth inclusion, but more that it was included for the sake of context since you can hear the band progressing through the years with the material. THE BYRDS Lee Jeans Living Rock Concert 1969 Disc 1 1. -Turn Turn Turn 2. -Ballad Of Easy Rider 3. -It Won't Be Wrong 4. -The Water Is Wide 5. -Mr. Tambourine Man 6. -Nashville West 7. -Lover Of The Bayou 8. -Jesus Is Just Alright 9. -Jesus Is Just Alright 10. -This Wheel's On Fire 11. -Jesus Is Just Alright 12. -Eight Miles High 13. -Break Song Tracks 1-8: Lee Jeans Living Rock Concert FM Radio show 1969 Track 9: KSAN FM broadcast, Fillmore West, June 15, 1969 Tracks 10-13: Bridges Auditorium 1969 (uncomfirmed) Roger McGuinn - guitar, Clarence White - guitar, John York - bass, Gene Parsons - drums. Disc 2 LOYOLA COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, APRIL 15, 1970 1. -Lover Of The Bayou (fade in) 2:54 2. -You Ain't Going Nowhere 3:07 3. -Well Come Back Home 7:55 4. -My Back Pages 2:22 5. -B.J. Blues - Baby What You Want Me To Do 5:03 6. -Truck Stop Girl 4:38 7. -Instrumental 1:26 8. -Mr. Tambourine Man 2:43 9. -Take A Whiff 3:33 10. -This Wheel's On Fire 6:10 11. -It's Alright Ma 2:40 12. -Ballad Of Easy Rider 2:26 13. -Jesus Is Just Alright 2:59 14. -Eight Miles High 16:42 15. -So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star 2:47 16. -Mr. Spaceman 2:54 17. -Outro 1:19 Disc 3 Franklin, Masachusettts November 29. 1972 1. -Lover Of The Bayou 2. -Buglar 3. -Americas Greatest Past-time 4. -Chimes OF Freedom 5. -I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician 6. -My Back Pages (Medley) 7. -Black Mountain Rag 8. -Mister Tambourine Man 9. -Take A Whiff 10. -So You Want To Be a Rock N Roll Star 11. -Mister Spaceman 12. -Chestnut Mare 13. -Jesus Is Just Allright 14. -Eight Miles High 15. -Hold It 16. -Roll Over Beethoven -
Soundboard 8.9 - The band is in really fine form here, the sound is good with maybe a small amount of compression which rounds the highs down a little but a nice mix and that performance wins the day. FLEETWOOD MAC - Le Zenith - Paris, France April 14, 1977 01 -Station Man 02 -The Chain 03 -Dreams 04 -Rhiannon 05 -Oh Daddy 06 -Never Going Back Again 07 -Landslide 08 -Over My Head 09 -Gold Dust Woman 10 -You Make Loving Fun 11 -Go Your Own Way 12 -Oh Well 13 -I'm So Afraid 14 -World Turning 15 -Blue Letter -
RORY GALLAGHER Long Beach Arena Long Beach CA. April 15th 1973 1 -Tune up 2 -Messin' With The Kid 3 -Hand's Off 4 -Shoud've Learnt My Lesson 5 -Laundromat 6 -Bullfrog Blues 7 -Bass Solo 8 -Drum Solo 9 -Bullfrog Blues (reprise) THE BAND Rory Gallagher guitar vocals Gerry McAvoy bass Lou Martin keyboards Rod de'Ath drumsAudience 8.4 - A recent discovery, and man what a good one. A very strong recording for the time, minimal errors although maybe a touch hot on the upper end of the bandwidth but not enough to harm. The sound is pretty direct and forceful, if even a touch of rawness that harkens back to his really early days with Taste. -
Led Zeppelin, Birmingham Odeon December 16, 1972, Birmingham, England Disc 1 1. -Rock And Roll 2. -Over The Hills And Far Away 3. -Black Dog 4. -Misty Mountain Hop 5. -Since I've Been Loving You 6. -Dancing Days 7. -Bron-Y-Aur Stomp 8. -The Song Remains The Same 9. -The Rain Song Disc 2 1. -Dazed and Confused 2. -Stairway To Heaven 3. -Whole Lotta Love (Medley) 4. -HeartbreakerAudience 8.0 - One of those “back to the clubs” gigs where you assume, because Zep were so loud, that any recording of them in a small club would sound like crap. This one is not crap, you can clearly enjoy each member as the separation of instruments is actually very good, in fact the bass notes are distinct here. The mix is good, the sound is decent, the performance is very good. I see no reason why not to have this. -
Gong Collection Bonus on Disc 2 (track 6) Amougles Pop And Jazz Festival - Actuel Pop And Jazz Festival- Mont de I'Enclus, Amougies, Belgium-1969 Disc 1 Lyon January 19th, 1973 1. -Gnome intro 2. -Pot Head Pixies 3. -Zero the Hero & the Witch's Spell 4. -I am your Pussy 5. -Why are we Sleeping? 6. -Radio Gnome Invisible 7. -I Feel so Lazy 8. -It's The Time of Your Life 9. -Tropical Fish 10. -Dreaming it Disc two Lyon January 19th, 1973 1. -Flying Teapot - Improvisation 2. -More Teapot 3. -Lawrence The Alien 4. -Blues For Findlay 5. -Teapot Jam 6. -Rational Anthem (Amougies 1969) Disc 3 Sheffield City Hall 10-08-73 1. -Crystal Gnome 2. -Radio Gnome I & II 3. -Mister Pyxie 4. -Deep In The Sky 5. -Flying Tea Pot 6. -Wet Drum Solo 7. -Mange Ton Calepin 8. -You Can't Kill Me 9. -TiticacaDiscs 1 & 2 Soundboard 9.3 - Sounds to be professionally recorded possibly for a radio broadcast, but aside from very minor tape noise (I am nitpicking here), this tape is brilliant and has survived the passing of time in grand shape. Disc 3 Soundboard 9.6 - Superb, in almost every way! -
Audience 9.1 - Excellent fidelity, good and punchy with tight bass and airy vocals. -
Audience 9.5 - This is what a professional audience recording sounds like. Why oh why would anyone bypass a recording of this fidelity simply because it isn’t a board? Ridiculous! This is killer. -
Audience 9.6 - This one is crystal clear, a great mix full of vibe and energy on both parts. Guitar work/Well done. -
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SDBRD 9.2 Excellent of course with some early pegging of the meters that gets worked out pretty quickly. I like where the bass is in this mix. -
SDBRD 9.6 - yeah this is the stuff! Gong may not be mentioned in the same breath with all the other notable Euro 70’s icons but they should be. -
Audience 9.1 - Crisp and clear, rowdy audience that thankfully do not intrude into the music that much. It is strange to hear it put this way, but the nature of these funky songs lends itself well to having a sort of background of people whooping it up. It works in this case to great effect. A really fine one to enjoy whenever you need your fix of his Royal Purpleness. -
Soundboard 9.4 - This is what Prince collectors come to expect, a crystal clear board of an amazing performance. Funny thing when listening to live Prince, he’s never put on a bad show…ever. -
Soundboard 8.8 - A solid early 80’s show, tape does show some slight signs of age in that it does not have a crystal clear sharpness as many have come to expect from Prince soundboards. Do not let that stop you though, like the rating indicates it is still a great board tape. -
FM Broadcast 9.2 - This was a real revelation for me because I had not known much about this band other than “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”. I find them to be similar in a lot of ways to maybe Marshall Tucker Band and Allman Brothers, where perhaps if Allmans were Southern Comfort then CDB would be Jack Daniels. This period of the band features Billy Cox (Hendrix/Band of Gypsys) on bass too, which I never knew about either (I would have lost on Jeopardy). -
Audience 8.6 - The recording here leans toward the bright and trebly side but that lends an excellent opportunity to hear specifically what the guitar is doing, and the bass now has articulation so it’s not just a loud, dull rumble like most recordings tend to be with these blasting grunge bands. Chris sounds brilliant, and he’s maybe the clearest instrument on the stage too. Once you get used to the general timbre of the sound, it’s a fun, wild ride. -
Audience 9.4 - For the uninitiated, well all I can say is be careful because you are diving into the deep end of the pool with this one! Bristling with improvisational madness at times magnificent and other times lost in the woods but always right on the ragged edge. Very daring music, which if played today would be met with blank staring faces but here the audience is in total rapture. -
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CD 1 - Audience 7.7 - A very rare tape that only recently surfaced. Hard to complain when presented with something as rare, so just be aware that the tape was recorded in the middle of the venue and features a boomy, echoey sound. CD 2 - A very good recording, clear and immersive, you can really get into this one. CD 3 Surprisingly clear, a welcome addition to the not so well documented 1977 period where the band starts to really fray around the edges (and in the middle!) but that is not evident here – this is the band in fine form. -
Soundboard and Audience 8.7 – 8.6 – 8.4 - The first two discs are soundboard but show signs of age and lack brightness although both are clear. Disc 1 sounds like it was broadcast over the air, and is slightly better than disc 2. Disc 3 is an audience recording that sometimes peaks in volume causing some high end distortion (mainly present in the cymbal crashes) but is not bad overall.
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Audience 8.5 - This recording has a lot working in its favor by mainly allowing the listener to hear each instrument clearly. The tape does have sonic limitations in that it sounds like the taper wisely dialed down the levels so as not to overload the signal, especially as JP was probably quite loud. This means that you will want to turn the volume up a little even though it may mean that you also bring up some background noise, which is present but not invasive. It’s a very good tape, I believe that this has been re-mastered too, so I consider it an upgrade to other versions that may be out there, although I was unfamiliar with this show until recently. -
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Soundboard 9.6 (March 19th) - This is, of course, a must have. In my opinion, John Paul Jones emerges as the star of the show. Robert’s voice takes a little bit before it smooths out, he was having some problems around this time. Overall, this is as enjoyable as it gets. -
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ALL Soundboard 9.7 - Dive right into this amazing collection of sonically superb live offerings and get a totally new appreciation for Eddie Money and his super-tight band. -
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Audience 8.7 - This is from the Royal Albert Hall, so be prepared for a lot of atmospherics as the sound dances around almost right above your head. The music is very present though, so there’s no harm in having some ‘verb which is probably exactly how you would have received the sound at the venue anyway. -
Audience 8.5 - A recording that leans towards brassy but presents the concert in a way that you get a pretty clear representation of the evening, in a slightly better than average way. The band, at times, seems to be feeling the songs out rather than be fully committed to them but that gives the show an edginess that some might find more interesting. For instance, Stairway to Heaven, the band must have played this a thousand times yet here Jimmy can’t figure out the solo! -
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Audience 8.8 - This recording was made with obviously good gear, the sound on occasion will lead you to believe it is a pro-job but it really isn’t. What may give it away is the slightly buried guitars, and I mean slightly. The vocals are soaring and direct at the same time – just lovely. Good band, good recording, the magical 1970’s. -
Audience 8.9 - A very bright and lively recording with plenty of electric atmosphere. The band is “tight but loose” and quite frankly I don’t hear the weariness in Steven Tyler at all, in fact the whole band seems very comfortable here. A really really good one! -
Audience 8.1 - A tape new to circulation and it is decent sounding. It has some force behind it, although lacks some definition but with only a very few ’73 era Barnstorm tapes out there, this is a most welcome find.