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Audience 8.3 - This recording is clear, but does have low recording levels so turn the volume up on this one. -
Barcelona 1973 - Audience 7.8 - Bright, reasonably clear, enjoyable (nice bass!) Berkeley 1973 - Audience 8.4 -
Audience 8.9 - By ’73 audiences had realized King Crimson was not a typical “rock” band and this recording captures the experience of a group of people seeing and hearing something entirely unlike your basic rock concert. The taper was well positioned and used very good gear, and this source sounds very much like either 1st gen or master it is quiet (although just the faintest bit of tape noise) and has captured the ambience and mood of the gig which is nice. Both shows are represented, what a fine document this is! King Crimson Majestic Theater Dallas TX 1973-06-09 1st and 2nd shows Disc 1 1. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 2. -Greeting 3. -Easy Money 4. -Improvisation 5. -Exiles 6. -The Talking Drum 7. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 8. -21st Century Schizoid Man 9. -Crowd 2nd show 1. -Dr. D 2. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 3. -Greeting 4. -Easy Money 5. -Improvisation 6. -Exiles 7. -The Talking Drum 8. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 9. -Applause 10. -21st Century Schizoid Man -
Audience 8.4 - This is a recording that is hard to figure out because on the one hand it could also be taped in a television studio which is my hunch. The tapers and those around them can be heard between songs but settle down once the music starts, it kind of adds a lot to the atmosphere. That being said, this is still pretty good, and what a gig, really, I mean amazing! -
Audience 8.6 – 8.8 - All of the recordings here are good to very good audience recordings made on obviously portable tape recorders with limited capacity to hold the bandwidth needed for a loud, intense rock group. That being said, the tapes have gone through processing that allows more music information to come through, less tape hiss and background gunk, so you get to actually hear and decipher well what can only be described as groundbreaking experimental rock/jazz/prog by the band that wrote the book on it. Amazing power and finesse on display, and to reiterate my point on sound quality – this collection of live KC is still fundamentally indispensable to any self-proclaimed prog rock aficionado. King Crimson UK 1971 Disc 1 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK. 1971 Sept. 10 1. Good Evening - Mellotron Tuning 2. Pictures Of a City 3. Cirkus 4. Formentera Lady - The Sailor's Tale 5. The Letters 6. Cadence And Cascade 7. Ladies of the Road 8. Groon Disc 2 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK. 1971 Sept. 10 3. 21st Century Schizoid Man 4. Mars Weeley Festival Clacton, UK. 1971 AUG. 28 5. Pictures Of A City 6. The Letters 7. The Devil's Triangle Preston Public Hall 1971 Oct. 9 8. Pictures Of A City Disc 3 Preston Public Hall 1971 Oct. 9 1. Cirkus 2. Formentera Lady - The Sailor's Tale 3. The Letters 4. Cadence And Cascade 5. Ladies of the Road 6. Groon 7. 21st Century Schizoid Man 8. The Devil's Triangle Disc 4 Town Hall Watford, UK. 15 July 1971 01 -RF Announcement 02 -Pictures of a City 03 -Formentera Lady 04 -The Sailor's Tale 05 -Tune Up & Announcement 06 -Cirkus 07 -The Letters 08 -Cadence and Cascade Disc 5 09 -Improv A Peacemaking Stint Unrolls 10 -RF Announcement 11 -Lady of the Dancing Water 12 -RF Announcement 13 -Ladies of the Road 14 -RF Announcement 15 -21st Century Schizoid Man 16 -The Devil's Triangle BONUS 17. -LARKS TONGUE IN ASPIC II Robert Fripp - Guitar Boz Burrell - Bass, Vocals Ian Wallace - Drums, Backing Vocals Mel Collins - Saxes, Flute Peter Sinfield - Word, Illumintaions -
Audience 8.2 - What does this tape offer? Unequaled tension, suspense, musicianship, mood, and satisfaction. Is it the best quality? No, but you can clearly hear every instrument, and I will take an 8.2 Crimson over 98% of anyone else in a heartbeat. This music is just brilliant and intense. -
Audience 8.9 - The great thing about this band is that most times a relatively normal tape machine can capture them cleanly and a really good machine captures them gloriously. This is a very good tape, almost approaching a dirty glory. King Crimson Arts Centre Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA September 28, 1973 Disc 1 01. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One 02. Bob’s MC 03. Book Of Saturday 04. Lament 05. Improvisation 06. Exiles 07. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two 08. 21st Century Schizoid Man Disc 2 01. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One 02. Bob’s MC 03. Book Of Saturday 04. Lament 05. Improvisation 06. Exiles 07. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two 08. 21st Century Schizoid Man Bill Bruford-Drums, Percussion David Cross-Violin, Viola, Mellotron, Electric Piano Robert Fripp-Guitar, Mellotron John Wetton-Bass Guitar & Lead Vocal -
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Audience 9.3 - Super tight, clean recording from real close. Obviously a taper who knew what to do, and did it. Excellent! King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Weekend 1 Outdoor Theatre Indio, CA 2022-04-15 01. -Intro 02. -Rattlesnake 03. -Honey 04. -Self Immolate 05. -Venusian 2 06. -Mars For The Rich 07. -Gaia 08. -Gamma Knife -
Audience 7.0 - Decent Audience, a little thin maybe but I rate it 7.0 as it is clear and not distorted and there's some headroom for EQ and boost. It sounds un-mastered to me, but low generation or master tape sourced. -
Audience 8.8 - A solid recording, with just a hint of bass-rattle in the lower extremities but it is not problematic. King's X Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA March 12, 1994 Band lineup Doug Pinnick - bass, co-lead vocals Ty Tabor - lead guitar, co-lead vocals Jerry Gaskill - drums Total Time = 42:18 Set list 01 Complain (fades in) 02 Black Flag 03 We Were Born To Be Loved 04 Pretend 05 Over My Head 06 Cigarettes 07 Dogman 08 It's Love -
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Kiss 1976 Can Disc 1 3-24-1976 Philadelphia, PA 01. -Intro 02. -Deuce 03. -Strutter 04. -C'mon And Luv Me 05. -Firehouse 06. -Hotter Than Hell 07. -She 08. -Ace Solo 09. -Parasite 10. -Nothing To Lose 11. -Shout It Out Loud 12. -100,000 Years 13. -Black Diamond 14. -Cold Gin 15. -Rock And Roll All Night 16. -Let Me Go Rock And Roll Disc 2 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom May 13, 1976 01. -Deuce 02. -Strutter 03. -Flaming Youth 04. -Hotter Than Hell 05. -Firehouse 06. -She - Guitar Solo 07. -Nothin' To Lose 08. -Shout It Out Loud 09. -Bass Solo - 100,000 Years - Drum Solo 10. -Black Diamond 11. -Detroit Rock City 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite Disc 3 Hammersmith Odeon London, England May 16, 1976 1. -Strutter 2. -Flaming Youth 3. -Hotter Than Hell 4. -Firehouse 5. -Shout It Out Loud 6. -She - Ace Frehley Guitar Solo 7. -Nothin' To Lose 8. -Black Diamond 9. -Detroit Rock City Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden May 26, 1976 10. -Strutter 11. -Flaming Youth 12. -Hotter Than Hell 13. -Firehouse 14. -She 15. -Guitar Solo 16. -Nothin' To Lose 17. -Shout It Out Loud 18. -Bass solo 19. -100,000 Years 20. -Drum Solo Disc 4 Olympen, Lund, Sweden May 30, 1976 Disc 1: 01. -Deuce 02. -Strutter 03. -Flaming Youth 04. -Hotter Than Hell 05. -Firehouse 06. -She - Guitar Solo 07. -Nothin' To Lose 08. -Shout It Out Loud 09. -100,000 Years - Drum Solo 10. -Black Diamond 11. -Detroit Rock City 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll Disc 5 Ridgefield Stadium, Cleveland, OH. 03-09-76 1. -Intro 2. -Detroit Rock City 3. -King Of The Nighttime World 4. -Let Me Fo Rock'N'Roll 5. -Strutter 6. -Hotter Than Hell 7. -Nothin' To Lose 8. -Cold Gin 9. -Shout It Out Loud 10. -Do You Love Me 11. -God Of Thunder 12. -Rock And Roll All Night 13. -Duece 14. -Firehouse 15. -Black Diamond Disc 6 Varsity Stadium, Toronto, CAN. 09-06-76 1. -Detroit Rock City 2. -King Of The Night Time World 3. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 4. -Strutter 5. -Hotter Than Hell 6. -Nothin' To Lose 7. -Cold Gin 8. -Shout It Out Loud 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -God Of Thunder - Bass Solo - Drum Solo 11. -Rock And Roll All Nite - Duece 12. -Firehouse 13. -Black Diamond Disc 7 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. December 2, 1976 01. -Intro 02. -Detroit Rock City 03. -Take Me 04. -Intro 05. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 06. -Strutter 07. -Ladies Room 08. -Firehouse 09. -Intro 10. -I Want You 11. -Hard Luck Woman 12. -Do You Love Me 13. -Cold Gin 14. -Guitar Solo 15. -Bass Solo - God Of Thunder 16. -Drum Solo 17. -God Of Thunder 18. -Rock And Roll All Nite 19. -Intro 20. -Beth 21. -Makin' Love 22. -Black Diamond Disc 8 Springfield Civic Center Springfield,MA 09-12-76 1. -Detroit Rock City 2. -King of the Night Time World 3. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 4. -Strutter 5. -Hotter Than Hell 6. -Nothin' to Lose 7. -Cold Gin - Ace guitar solo 8. -Shout It Out Loud 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -Bass Solo 11. -God of Thunder - Drum Solo 12. -Rock and Roll All Nite 13. -Deuce 14. -Firehouse 15. -Black Diamond Disc 9 The Summit, Houston, Texas, USA Friday August 13th, 1976 01. -Intro 02. -Detroit Rock City 03. -King Of The Night Time World 04. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 05. -Strutter 06. -Hotter Than Hell 07. -Shout It Out Loud 08. -Cold Gin 09. -Solo Ace Frehley 10. -Nothing To Lose 11. -Do You Love Me 12. -Solo Gene Simmons 13. -God Of Thunder 14. -Solo Peter Criss 15. -Rock And Roll All Nite 16. -Deuce 17. -Firehouse 18. -Black Diamond Disc 10 Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California, USA August 20th, 1976 01. -Detroit Rock City 02. -King Of The Night Time World 03. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 04. -Strutter 05. -Hotter Than Hell 06. -Nothin' To Lose 07. -Cold Gin 08. -Guitar Solo Ace 09. -Shout It Out Loud 10. -Do You Love Me 11. -Bass Solo Gene 12. -God Of Thunder 13. -Drum Solo Peter 14. -God Of Thunder 15. -Rock And Roll All Nite 16. -Deuce 17. -Firehouse 18. -Black Diamond Disc 11 Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA January 26th, 1976 01. -Deuce 02. -Strutter 03. -C’mon And Love Me 04. -Hotter Than Hell 05. -Firehouse 06. -She 07. -Parasite 08. -Nothin’ To Lose 09. -100,000 Years 10. -Black Diamond 11. -Cold Gin 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll -
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Kiss Love Gun Tour Can Disc 1 Providence Civic Center Providence, RI Jan 01 1977 1. -Detroit Rock City 2. -Take Me 3. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 4. -Ladies Room 5. -Firehouse 6. -Makin' Love 7. -I Want You 8. -Cold Gin 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -Nothin' to Lose 11. -God of Thunder 12. -Rock and Roll All Nite 13. -Shout It Out Loud 14. -Beth 15. -Black Diamond Disc 2 Civic Center, Hartford Connecticut, U.S.A. February 16, 1977 1. -Radio Ad 2. -Detroit Rock City 3. -Take Me 4. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 5. -Ladies Room 6. -Makin' Love 7. -I Want You 8. -Cold Gin - Ace Frehley Guitar Solo 9. -Bass Solo - God Of Thunder - Drum Solo - God Of Thunder 10. -Rock And Roll All Nite 11. -Black Diamond Disc 3 Johnson City, TN February 26, 1977 1. -Detroit Rock City 2.-Take Me 3. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 4. -Ladies Room 5. -Firehouse 6. -Makin' Love 7. -I Want You 8. -Cold Gin - Ace Frehley Guitar Solo 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -Nothin' To Lose 11. -God Of Thunder - Peter Criss Drum Solo 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Shout It Out Loud 14. -Black Diamond Disc 4 Kosei Nenkin Hall Osaka, Japan March 25, 1977 1. -Detroit Rock City 2. -Take Me 3. -Let Me Go Rock And Roll 4. -Ladies Room 5. -Firehouse 6. -Makin' Love 7. -I Want You 8. -Cold Gin - Ace Solo 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -Nothin' To Lose 11. -Gene Solo - God Of Thunder - Peter Solo 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Shout It Out Loud 14. -Beth 15. -Black Diamond Disc 5 Kyoto Kaikan Dai Ichi Hall Kyoto, Japan March 26, 1977 1. -Monitor Check 2. -Intro 3. -Detroit Rock City 4. -Take Me 5. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 6. -Ladies Room 7. -Firehouse 8. -I Want You 9. -Makin' Love 10. -Cold Gin 11. -Ace Solo 12. -Do You Love Me 13. -Nothin' To Lose 14. -Gene Solo 15. -God Of Thunder 16. -Peter Solo 17. -God Of Thunder (Reprise) 18. -Rock And Roll All Nite 19. -Shout It Out Loud 20. -Beth 21. -Black Diamond Disc 6 Aichiken Taiiku Hall Nagoya, Japan March 28, 1977 01. -Opening 02. -Monitor Check 03. -Introduction 04. -Detroit Rock City 05. -Take Me 06. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 07. -Ladies Room 08. -Firehouse 09. -Makin' Love 10. -I Want You 11. -Cold Gin 12. -Guitar Solo 13. -Do You Love Me 14. -Nothin' To Lose 15. -Bass Solo 16. -God Of Thunder 17. -Drum Solo 18. -God Of Thunder (Reprise) 19. -Rock And Roll All Nite 20. -Shout It Out Loud (encore) 21. -Beth (encore) 22. -Black Diamond (encore) Disc 7 Budokan Hall Tokyo, Japan April 4, 1977 1. -Opening 2. -Monitor Check 3. -Introduction 4. -Detroit Rock City 5. -Take Me 6. -Let Me Go, Rock & Roll 7. -Ladies Room 8. -Firehouse 9. -Makin' Love 10. -I Want You 11. -Cold Gin 12. -Ace Frehley Solo 13. -Do You Love Me 14. -Nothin' To Lose 15. -Gene Simmons Solo 16. -God Of Thunder 17. -Peter Criss Solo 18. -God Of Thunder (Reprise) 19. -Rock & Roll All Nite 20. -Shout It Out Loud Disc 8 Tokyo Cont'd 1. -Beth 2. -Black Diamond 3. -Announcement Selland Arena, Fresno, CA. August 17, 1977 4. -I Stole Your Love 5. -Take Me 6. -Ladies Room 7. -Firehouse 8. -Love Gun 9. -Hooligan 10. -Christine Sixteen 11. -Makin' Love 12. -Shock Me - Guitar Solo 13. -Detroit Rock City 14. -Beth 15. -Black Diamond Disc 9 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA. August 16, 1977 01. -I Stole Your Love 02. -Take Me 03. -Ladies Room 04. -Firehouse 05. -Love Gun 06. -Hooligan 07. -Christine Sixteen 08. -Makin' Love 09. -Shock Me - Guitar Solo 10. -I Want You 11. -Calling Dr. Love 12. -Shout It Out Loud 13. -God Of Thunder - Drum Solo 14. -Rock And Roll All Nite 15. -Detroit Rock City 16. -Black Diamond Disc 10 The Forum, Inglewood, CA. August 27, 1977 01. -I Stole Your Love 02. -Take Me 03. -Ladies Room 04. -Firehouse 05. -Love Gun 06. -Hooligan 07. -Makin' Love 08. -Christine Sixteen 09. -Shock Me 10. -Ace Solo 11. -I Want You 12. -Calling Dr. Love 13. -Shout It Out Loud 14. -Gene Solo 15. -God of Thunder 16. -Peter Solo 17. -Rock and Roll All Nite 18. -Detroit Rock City 19. -Beth 20. -Black Diamond Disc 11 Tarrant County Convention Center Fort Worth, TX. September 5th 01. -I Stole Your Love 02. -Take Me 03. -Ladies Room 04. -Firehouse 05. -Love Gun 06. -Hooligan 07. -Makin' Love 08. -Christine Sixteen 09. -Shock Me - Ace Frehley Solo 10. -I Want You 11. -Calling Dr. Love 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Detroit Rock City 14. -Beth 15. -Black Diamond (September 4th, 1977) 16. -Peter Criss Solo - God Of Thunder 17. -Rock And Roll All Nite 18. -Detroit Rock City 19. -Beth 20. -Black Diamond -
KISS - "New York Academy Of Music - First Demo Tape 1973" Academy Of Music, New York Ciy, NY December 31st, 1973 KISS - 1st demo tape Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY March 13th, 1973 Produced and engineered by Dave Wittman supervised by Eddie Kramer 01 Deuce 02 Strutter 03 Cold Gin 04 Watchin' You 05 Black Diamond Academy Of Music, New York Ciy, NY December 31st, 1973 06 Deuce 07 Cold Gin 08 Nothin' To Lose 09 Firehouse 10 Let Me Know 11 100,000 Years (rare live version) 12 Black Diamond 13 Goin' Blind (Howard Stern show) 14 Love Theme From KISS (1995 NYC KISS Konvention tour) 15 Mr. Speed (1995 NYC KISS Konvention tour) 16 Dirty Livin' (extended version 1979) Notes: On March 13, 1973, KISS recorded a low-budget five-song demo tape with producer Eddie Kramer. In October of 1973, Bill Aucoin, who had witnessed several KISS concerts during the summer months, approached the group to become their personal manager. KISS hired Aucoin, and subsequently inked a recording contract with Casablanca Records on November 1, 1973. KISS was the first act signed to Neil Bogart's new label. KISS began recording tracks for their debut LP at Bell Sound Studios in New York City during Autumn of '73. On December 31st, KISS performed at the Academy of Music in New York City, opening for Blue Öyster Cult and Iggy Pop, with the hyped New Years Eve gig billed as the band's official industry premiere. This has gone down in KISStory as the first time Gene would accidentally ignite his hair while breathing fire at the end of "Firehouse!" "Dirty Livin'" extended version wasn't very widely known at the time of release, possibly because it was only released in countries like Italy, Germany, France and Mexico. Soundboard 8.6 The board mix favors only one half of the band to the near exclusion of the others but does level out some as it progresses. In this presentation it certainly allows you to understand the contributions of Ace! The bonus material is all outstanding. This is worth picking up despite the strange board tape because it is extremely early Kiss and these kinds of tapes are very scarce. -
Soundboard 8.9 - Hard to find anything to complain about when it comes to listening to vintage Kiss board tapes, that is, if you are like me and grew up with Kiss. Believe it or not, Kiss displayed very competent musicianship back in these days. -
A mix of various sources but I find overall quality to be very good to excellent. In fact, it's strange but there are better sounding tapes from '75 than there are for the following year. You'd think audio quality would get better each subsequent year...alas one only need to listen to most of the 1980's audience tapes to know that is simply not the case. KISS 1975 Tour Canister Disc 1: Location: Beacon Theater, New York City, New York, U.S.A. Date: March 21, 1975 1-01 Deuce 1-02 Strutter 1-03 Got To Choose 1-04 Hotter Than Hell 1-05 Firehouse 1-06 She - Guitar Solo 1-07 Nothin' To Lose 1-08 Parasite - Bass Solo 1-09 100,000 Years - Drum Solo 1-10 Black Diamond 1-11 C'mon And Love Me 1-12 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll Disc 2 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA May 11th 1975 1 -Tune Up - Intro 2 -Deuce 3 -Strutter 4 -Hotter Than Hell 5 -Firehouse 6 -She 7 -Guitar Solo 8 -C'Mon And Love Me 9 -Bass Fart 10 -100,000 Years 11 -Drum Solo 12 -100,000 Years (reprise) 13 -Black Diamond 14 -Rock And Roll All Nite 15 -Goodnight Boston Disc 3 Tulsa, Oklahoma Assembly Center 1975-06-13 1. -Deuce 2. -Strutter 3. -Got To Choose 4. -Hotter Than Hell 5. -Firehouse 6. -She 7. -Ace Solo 8. -C'mon And Love Me 9. -100.000 Years 10. -Peter Solo 11. -Black Diamond 12. -Cold Gin 13. -Rock & Roll All Nite Disc 4 1975-07-23 Wildwood, NJ Tracks 11-14 Larrabee Studios January 1975 1. -Deuce 2. -Strutter 3. -Got to Choose 4. -She 5. -Nothin' to Lose 6. -C'mon and Love Me 7. -100,000 Years - Drum Solo 8. -Parasite 9. -Cold Gin 10. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 11. -Burning Up With Fever 12. -Anything For My Baby 13. -Rock And Roll All Nite 14. -Mistake Disc 5 Civic Center Providence, RI. USA August 8 1975 1 -Deuce 2 -Strutter 3 -Hotter Than Hell 4 -Firehouse 5 -She 6 -C'mon And Love Me 7 -Solo Gene Simmons - 100,000 Years 8 -Solo Peter Criss - 100,000 Years 9 -Black Diamond 10 -Cold Gin 11 -Rock And Roll All Nite Disc 6 Calderone Concert Hall Hempstead, NY 8-23-1975 1 -Deuce 2 -Strutter 3 -Got To Choose 4 -Hotter Than Hell 5 -Firehouse 6 -She - Ace Solo 7 -Nothin' To Lose 8 -C'mon And Love Me 9 -100,000 Years - Peter Solo 10 -Black Diamond 11 -Cold Gin Disc 7 Hempstead Cont'd Tracks 3-17 Magna Graphics Studio August 1975 1 -Rock And Roll All Nite 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 3. Doncha Hesitate 4. God Of Thunder [Paul on the vocals] 5. It Ain't The Smoke That Burns Ya 6. Detroit Rock City 7. Love Is Alright 8. Bad, Bad Lovin' 9. Man of 1,000 Faces 10. Don't Want Your Romance 11. Burning Up With Fever 12. Rock And Rolls Royce 13. Mad Dog 14. Night Fly 15. I'm A Star 16. Howling For Your Love 17. True Confessions Disc 8 Tower Theater Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA Friday October 3rd, 1975 01 -Deuce 02 -Strutter 03 -Got To Choose 04 -Hotter Than Hell 05 -Firehouse 06 -She - Ace solo 07 -Nothin' To Lose 08 -C'mon And Love Me 09 -Gene solo - 100,000 Years - Peter solo 10 -Black Diamond 11 -Cold Gin Disc 9 Upper Darby Cont'd Tracks 3-12 The Roxy Theatre, Northampton, Pennsylvania March 19th, 1975 1 -Rock And Roll All Nite 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 3 -Deuce 4 -Strutter 5 -Got To Choose 6 -Hotter Than Hell 7 -Firehouse 8 -She 9 -Nothin' To Lose 10 -Parasite 11 -100,000 Years 12 -Black Diamond Disc 10 Northampton cont'd Tracks 4-12 National Guard Armory, Rockford, Illinois November 15th, 1975 1 -C'mon And Love Me 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 3 -Cold Gin 4 -Deuce 5 -Strutter 6 -Got To Choose 7 -Hotter Than Hell 8 -Firehouse 9 -She 10 -Ladies In Waiting - Nothin To Lose 11 -100,000 Years 12 -Black Diamond Disc 11 Rockford cont'd Tracks 3-5 Capitol Centre , Largo, Maryland November 30th, 1975 Tracks 6-10 Produced and engineered by Dave Wittman and Eddie Kramer. Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, March 13, 1973 1. -Cold Gin 2. -Rock And Roll All Nite 3 -Cold Gin 4 -Rock And Roll All Nite 5 -Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll 6 -Deuce 7 -Cold Gin 8 -Strutter 9 -Watchin You 10 -Black Diamond -
Soundboard 8.6 - Very clear, with occasional wow and flutter but the atmosphere is intact and the history is undeniable. A certain must for any Kiss fan! -
Audience 8.7 to 9.0 (range) - All pretty darn good. Classic early Kiss, and very interesting at times especially when they do the groove rock numbers. Wish they did that more. -
Studio 9.5 - A really detailed, complete set which contains just about everything you ever wanted to hear regarding the pre-Kiss band Wicked Lester. Is it necessary? I mean, there’s a lot of repetition here, but I have to say it is kind of necessary when you call something complete, you should provide that to the collector and this set does. Quality is great.
Kiss - Complete Wicked Lester Sessions 1971/1972 Disc 1 Electric Lady Studios 18th November 1971 01. Too Many Mondays [0:03:40.20] 02. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.44] 03. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:06.03] 04. Molly [0:02:32.12] 05. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:22.04] 06. She [0:03:06.41] 07. What Happened In The Darkness [0:03:10.26] 08. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:46.01] 09. When The Bell Rings [0:03:24.04] 10. Simple Type [0:02:40.24] 11. She (Take 2) [0:03:05.20] 12. Molly (Take 2) [0:02:33.30] 13. We Want To Shout It Out Loud (Take 2) [0:02:43.42] 14. Too Many Mondays (Take 2) [0:03:41.08] Electric Lady Studios August 1972 Sessions 1 15. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:28.12] 16. Love Her All I Can [0:02:40.72] 17. Molly [0:02:28.52] 18. She [0:03:07.43] 19. Simple Type [0:02:37.73] 20. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:09.74] 21. Too Many Mondays [0:04:04.34] 22. When The Bell Rings [0:03:10.62] 23. Molly (Take 2) [0:02:25.12] 24. Too Many Mondays (Take 2) [0:03:59.13] Disc 2 Electric Lady Studios August 1972 Sessions 2 01. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:43.14] 02. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:10.30] 03. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.30] 04. Molly [0:02:29.52] 05. She [0:03:03.47] 06. Simple Type [0:02:42.23] 07. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:01.64] 08. Too Many Mondays [0:03:38.14] 09. What Happens In The Darkness [0:03:07.52] Final Album Reel 1972 10. When The Bell Rings [0:03:17.70] 11. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:23.47] 12. Molly [0:02:33.26] 13. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:06.24] 14. Simple Type [0:02:43.25] 15. Too Many Mondays [0:03:44.10] 16. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.54] 17. When The Bell Rings [0:03:25.10] 18. She [0:03:07.56] 19. What Happens In The Darkness [0:03:10.60] 20. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:49.33] 21. Long, Long Road [0:04:18.67] Disc 3 Electric Lady Studios Spring 1972 Sessions 01. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:25.42] 02. Long, Long Road [0:04:20.25] 03. Love Her All I Can [0:02:54.69] 04. She [0:03:09.45] 05. Simple Type [0:02:48.22] 06. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:16.64] 07. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:03:10.00] 08. What Happened In The Darkness [0:03:14.67] 09. When The Bell Rings [0:03:11.09] 10. Simple Type (Take 2) [0:02:49.44]
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PRO STUDIO 9.3 - One of the best I have come across, a great selection of tracks and some I’d never heard before. Excellent! -
Soundboard 8.6 - Very loud and right in your face board tape. -
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Audience 8.7 - This recording makes the band sound like they are in a smaller venue, when I know they aren’t. -
Soundboard - about a 7.4 rating. Vocals very prominent in the mix. -
Soundboard 8.8 - A little bit of dust and grease over the old tape but the music comes through relatively unscathed and makes for a great blast from the past. Kiss Long Beach, CA Long Beach Auditorium May 31, 1974 Other act(s): Savoy Brown (HL), Manfred Mann's Earth Band 1. Deuce 2. Nothin' To Lose 3. She 4. Firehouse 5. Strutter 6. 100,000 Years 7. Black Diamond -
Audience 8.7 - Do not be put off by the rating! This is a very strong 8.7 verging closer to 8.8. Why do I stress that? Because it has a lot going for it, the only black mark I hold against it is due to the lack of distinction between guitars and Paul being pushed back in the sound mix. That being said, it’s more the “mix” of the guitars that leads me to say that, not that you can’t pick each one up. I think I am just being picky though. Kiss Jai-Alai Fronton Miami, FL. 3-21-1976 01 Intro 02 Deuce 03 Strutter 04 C´mon And Love Me 05 Hotter Than Hell 06 Firehouse 07 She 08 Ace Solo 09 Parasite 10 Nothin´ To Lose 11 Shout It Out Loud 12 Gene Solo 13 100.000 Years 14 Peter Solo - 100.000 Years 15 Black Diamond 16 Cold Gin 17 Rock And Roll All Nite 18 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll -
Audience 7.2 - A little rough and some hiss but it’s alright, it’s all pretty tight, it’s outtasight! -
Audience 9.3 - I am hesitant to call this a radio broadcast but this obviously was professionally recorded, but the recording might not necessarily be through the board hence “audience” tape. Great sound! Kiss L'Olympia Theatre Paris, France May 22, 1978 1. -Intro 2. -Duece 3. -Strutter 4. -Flaming Youth 5. -Hotter Than Hell 6. -Firehouse 7. -She 8. -Ace Solo 9. -Nothing To Lose 10. -Shout It Out Loud 11. -Gene Solo 12. -100,000 Years 13. -Peter Solo 14. -Black Diamond 15. -Detroit Rock City 16. -Rock 'N Roll All Nite 17. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 18. -Detroit Rock City -
Audience 8.6 - Fantastic audience recording, feels like you are right there! My favorite kind of live tape, a solid 8.6 in sound, atmosphere, energy. More like this please! -
Audience 8.0 - You are probably wondering why I am including low rated recordings here, especially Kiss…well you may have a point but here’s the thing: This site is for ALL collectors, and the reason this show is listed here is because it circulated for years in unlistenable quality (below 7.0), but thanks to modern technology it is now listenable. It’s from perhaps one of their best tours, musically speaking, and needed an upgrade so bad! So, for the casual fan I would say pass, but for the Kiss collector who knows how bad this show sounded and wants to throw away that old CD, I would recommend this 2020 re-master. Still kind of rough but there is now music here instead of an insufferable wall of distortion. I am not 100% sure but I think the big thing about this show among collectors was the inclusion of the song “Move On” to the set list, perhaps only performed this one time. KISS 1979-08-01 Providence RI 01 Let Me Go, Rock & Roll 02 Move On 03 Calling Dr. Love 04 Firehouse 05 New York Groove 06 I Was Made For Loving You 07 Christeen Sixteen 08 2000 Man 09 God Of Thunder 10 Shout It Out Loud 11 Detroit Rock City 12 Beth 13 Rock & Roll All Nite (7/31/79) 14 Robert Klein Show (4.12.79 Part 1) 15 Robert Klein Show (4.12.79 Part 2) -
Audience 7.8 - A recent remastering job has brought out much more of the music in this tape. It once circulated for a while in unlistenable quality, which is why you are probably unfamiliar with it. Now, it was rescued from the original reel to reel it was recorded on and spruced up a bit. I can honestly say it is MUCH better! That is all relative of course to the actual sound of this tape – which is average even though it’s clearer than before by far. What is happening is the music is all blended together with only vocals riding over it, to where you get distinct definition on them but everything else is hard to decipher…I mean unless you aren’t counting stadium bass/drum sound. To be completely fair, I listened to most of this show and my ears did adjust, and I started to get more out of it. KISS: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA 11/29/79 November 29, 1979 01 King Of The Nighttime World 02 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 03 Move On 04 Calling Dr. Love 05 Firehouse 06 New York Groove 07 I Was Made For Lovin' You 08 Christine Sixteen 09 2,000 Man - 10 Guitar Solo 11 Love Gun 12 Bass Solo - 13 God Of Thunder - Drum Solo (mixed) 14 Shout It Out Loud 15 Black Diamond 16 Detroit Rock City 17 Beth 18 Rock And Roll All Nite Bonus Tracks: 19 Anahiem, CA Soundcheck 11/6/79 20 Billy Crystal Interview 11/7/79 21 Making Of A KISS Show report -
Audience 7.8 - Sounds like every bands cassette rehearsals. Clear enough to enjoy. -
Audience 9.1 - Exciting and wonderfully clear! -
Audience 8.7 - Very clear, and good atmosphere which really helps this music a lot. It seems the music is more dynamic with the sense of excitement the crowd gives. They had a huge following, the audience knows the band’s music very well. The Palalido, Milano, Italy, May 27th 1981. Track List: Numbers Computer World Computer Love Home Computer The Model Neon Lights Geiger Counter Radioactivity The Voice of Energy Trans Europe Express The Hall of Mirrors Les Mannequins Pocket Calculator The Robots Line-up: Ralf Hutter : Florian Schneider : Karl Bartos : Wolfgang Flur -
Soundboard 9.8 - There would be no reason why a professionally recorded Kraftwerk show should sound anything less than near perfect because let’s face it, unless you are a complete moron, it would be hard to screw up their mix. It’s pretty basic, and because of that what you have here is pretty darn good. Kraftwerk l'Olympia Paris, France February 28th, 1976 Personnel: Ralf Hütter: Minimoog Model D, Vako Orchestron, mixer Karl Bartos: Electronic Percussion Wolfgang Flür: Electronic Percussion, photo-electric light-activated drum cage Florian Schneider-Esleben: ARP Odyssey, Votrax VS-6 "talking typewriter", electronic flute-synth device, mixer Disc 1 1. Tuning & Radioactivity 2. Airwaves 3. The Voice of Energy & Die Sonne, Der Mond, Die Sterne 4. Kometenmelodie 5. Tongebirge & Tanzmusik Disc 2 6. Autobahn 7. Mitternacht Notes on the show: Yet another AMAZING find that's now just come to light. This is a master tape from the France Inter archive of the FULL l'Olympia show! We only had 21 mins from the 'Somewhere in Europe' LP and then 38 mins from a rebroadcast in 2015. This is the complete show from a radio programme called "We're Going Out Tonight" with no radio DJ talking over the music or tuning. Very likely recorded before being broadcast on the radio. Of special note is Florian's use of the Votrax VS-6 "Talking Typewriter" as Karl put it in his memoir for "Die Sonne, Der Mond, Die Sterne." -
Audience 7.0 -
Sale!
Audience 9.1 - Truly an immersive listening experience, literally you are in the crowd close to the stage but the sound is probably better than what your ears were hearing at the show simply because massive volume tends to ruin your ability to decipher anything remotely close to “music”. This tape allows you to hear the actual music, and mayhem too! Sounds like it was a real blast to have been there. -
Audience 8.8 - Good and clear recording here! -
Audience 9.3 - Vocals are spot in to the point you would swear the gal is in your living room. -
UK experimental prog, world, jazz, funk, rock, all rolled into a very cohesive jelly roll of talented players. Eclectic yet accessible...worth exploring! Imported from UK CD is new, never played. -
UK experimental prog, world, jazz, funk, rock, all rolled into a very cohesive jelly roll of talented players. Eclectic yet accessible...worth exploring! Imported from UK CD is new, never played. -
Audience 8.7/8.9 - Both recordings are really well done with the clear edge going to the 1975 stuff because it is a little bit more clear, although the synths and moogs and other keys are pushed way out front in the mix which is great because those sounds are otherworldly and mega heavy! A spot of mic dropout can be heard and it could easily have been edited out but it’s kept on the there but thankfully lasts only 2 seconds…otherwise what a show this is! Fantastic and mind blowing! Lard Free Paris, France 1974-09-08 and Paris, France 1975-10-02 Disc 1 01 -Improvisation 1 02 -Improvisation 2 03 -Improvisation 3 04 -Improvisation 4 Disc 2 1. -Improvisation 1 2. -Improvisation 2 -
Boston 1975 - Soundboard 8.7 & Village Gate, NYC 1975 - Soundboard 9.3 -
Audience 8.4 - Some tape hiss present, and recorded from maybe midway back in the hall but if you turn up the volume a bit, this actually is very decent quality. Having relatively low recording levels means, essentially, they were conscience of overloading and distortion so they protected against that. You can turn the volume up as loud as you can stand, and it sounds better and better! -
CD 1: New Paltz: Soundboard 9.2 CD 2: Stockholm Soundboard 8.9 -
CD 1: Soundboard 9.3 CD 2: Audience 8.8 -
Audience 8.5 - Recorded by French radio, so you would think maybe soundboard or at least multiple stage mics right? Naw, this sounds almost like a bootleg, a REALLY good bootleg recording, but the old reel to reel tape shows signs of degredation…still this is quite good with some flaws here and there.