-
Pro 9.7 - One has to wonder with all the various BBC recordings in the Bowie catalog, what do I get from having one more? My take on that is usually there is always something overlooked or that could have been better – and with this collection all I hear is sparkling perfection. Someone did their homework here. David Bowie - A Crash Couse for the Ravers Various dates and outtakes (info on the insert) 01. -Queen Bitch 02. -Bombers 03. -The Supermen 04. -Looking For A Friend 05. -Almost Grown 06. -Kooks 07. -Song For Bob Dylan 08. -Andy Warhol 09. -It Ain't Easy 10. -Changes 11. -Andy Warhol 12. -The Supermen 13. -Ziggy Stardust 14. -Five Years 15. -Waiting For The Man (Lou Reed) 16. -White Light White Heat (Lou Reed) 17. -Rock'n'roll Suicide 18. -Starman 19. -Drive In Saturday 20. -Janine -
Audience 8.9 - The capture here is as good as you could do, what you are hearing then is what the sound was like in a very literal sense. If you were sitting in tapers seats, your ears are now hearing what his ears heard at the time. That is all you can hope for and that is what this tape is. David Bowie Convention Center Anaheim, CA September 16, 1974 Disc 1 01 Intro - 1984 02 Rebel Rebel 03 Moonage Daydream 04 Sweet Thing 05 Candidate 06 Sweet Thing (Reprise) 07 Changes 08 Suffragette City 09 Aladdin Sane 10 All The Young Dudes 11 Cracked Actor 12 Rock ’N’ ’Roll With Me 13 Knock On Wood Disc 2 14 It's Gonna Be Me 15 Space Oddity 16 Future Legend 17 Diamond Dogs 18 Big Brother 19 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family 20 Time 21 The Jean Genie 22 Rock ’N’ ’Roll Suicide 23 Somebody Up There Likes Me -
Audience 7.8 - Clear, strong, present with just a hint of mic overload but overall very very good recording of a historic show revealing the pre-stardom Bowie testing some Ziggy tunes. -
Audience 9.0 - A great sounding tape! Very clear and good mix too. I get a good feel for the venue and the crowd, my kind of audience tape here. -
Audience 7.9 - I keep coming back to this show, mainly because I love the vibe in the hall, the crowd progressively getting more and more into it and excitement keeps building. Great stuff! -
Audience 9.0 - A very “present” recording, meaning the audio captured on this tape sounds remarkably realistic which is ideal for a live recording. Love it! -
Soundboard 9.7 - Super clean with at least a little bit of audience leaking into the stage mics to give a touch of ambience which otherwise leaves more of a one-dimensional sound. So, I like this! -
Audience 8.5-8.7 - So why the dual rating? Because it is the limitation of the recording equipment that prevents this from earning the solid 8,7 which is a great rating for a long forgotten Ziggy show. So my take on this is that during loud sections, the guitar takes a back seat in the mix while Ziggy is very prominent – which is kind of cool – but during mellower songs (of which there are a few) the mix is much better all around. All in all, this is a pretty good old tape and I don’t think it will disappoint you. DAVID BOWIE Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL October 7th 1972 Disc 1 1 -Intro 2 -Hang On To Yourself 3 -Ziggy Stardust 4 -The Supermen 5 -Queen Bitch 6 -Changes 7 -Life On Mars 8 -Five Years 9 -Space Oddity 10 -Andy Warhol(stopped) 11 -Andy Warhol 12 -My Death Disc 2 13 -Width Of A Circle 14 -John, I'm Only Dancing 15 -Moonage Daydream 16 -Starman 17 -Waiting For The Man 18 -White Light, White Heat 19 -Suffragette City 20 -Jean Genie THE BAND David Bowie vocals guitar harmonica Mick Ronson guitar vocals Trevor Bolder bass Mick “Woody” Woodmansey drums Mike Garson keyboards -
Audience 7.8 - Sweet sounding loud guitar, very clear and present, although when they are at full volume it gets a touch muddy. Still very enjoyable! -
Audience 7.4 - Lo-fi but all instruments clearly heard, not that bad, you can get into this one. -
Audience 8.7 - This is a fun recording to listen to, sure it’s a bit ramshackle being as if you’ve been tossed into the mosh pit (in 1973 I guess the entire venue resembled a mosh pit full of people too stoned to mosh!), but it’s actually not bad. I imagine by this time the band must realize that glitter and costumes aren’t enough to carry the show when your competition is Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and other bands of that stature. Even if Bowie had anticipated all that by the time of this performance (undoubtedly he did), still the Ziggy Stardust premise seemed to be working well with the audiences as this tape can attest. David Bowie Masonic Temple Detroit,MI. 1973-03-01 1. Ode to Joy 2. Hang On To Yourself 3. Ziggy Stardust 4. Changes 5. Moonage Daydream 6. Panic In Detroit 7. Five Years 8. Watch That Man 9. Aladdin Sane 10. The Width Of A Circle 11. Space Oddity 12. Time 13. Suffragette City 14. The Jean Genie 15. Rock'n'Roll Suicide -
Audience 8.2 - What was once completely unlistenable has now revealed itself to be a tape that contains music and audible sounds…and sound that can be deciphered easily…although clearly not in any kind of high fidelity. Still what you get from this tape is a VERY obvious indication that Bowie knew where music was headed, and in real time is literally creating a new genre and the audience is in pure ecstasy. Kind of neat to listen to this show, it’s a lot higher on the energy scale than most of the other Ziggy recordings believe it or not. DAVID BOWIE - Empire Theatre Edinburgh, Scotland May 19, 1973 1. Hang On To Yourself 2. Ziggy Stardust 3. Watch That Man 4. Quicksand 5. Life On Mars? 6. Memory Of A Free Festival 7. The Prettiest Star 8. Moonage Daydream 9. Changes 10. Space Oddity 11. The Jean Genie 12. Time 13. The Width Of A Circle 14. band introductions 15. Let's Spend The Night Together 16. Drive In Saturday 17. Panic In Detroit 18. Suffragette City -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Audience 8.2 - There’s a more intimate, immediate sound to this, a little flat but very clear. -
Audience 7.8 - Concert Hall sound capturing his last show of the tour. I can enjoy this, but I do have to season it to taste, mainly in adjusting just a little bit to give it more bass response. It’s not bad, it’s not great, it’s good and there’s something here to work with in my opinion.
