-
Soundboard 9.4 - What I find most appealing about this show is the mix, and how they do not bury the guitar which is what you might normally assume given the type of “top 40” music Annie wrote at the time. You will be pleasantly surprised to hear the guitar front and center, and actually pretty grungy sounding. -
Brand New - Sealed -
Soundboard 9.6 - Amazing! -
American Progressive Rock Band 1973-1980 from Pittsburgh, PA. Complex and long tracks featuring a wide assortment of instruments. File under Camel, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, or perhaps any Canterbury Progressive rock groups of the 70's. -
Radio Broadcast 9.3 - Everything on this disc (includes some bonus material) is fantastic and well worth exploring. Arc Angels Paradise Theater Boston, MA December 16, 1992 Disc 1 01. -Paradise Cafe 02. -Dimples 03. -Carry Me On 04. -The Famous Jane 05. -Good Time 06. -Spanish Moon 07. -Sent By Angels 08. -Always Believed In You 09. -Sweet Nadine 10. -Angel 11. -Shape I'm In Disc 2 12. -Living In A Dream 13. -encore break 14. -band introductions 15. -Looking Back 16. -Too Many Ways To Fall 17. -Too Many Ways To Fall (David Letterman Show - 1993-01-06) Pittsburgh, PA. December 8, 1992 18. -Paradise Cafe 19. -Dimples 20. -Always Believed In You 21. -Angel 22. -Living In A Dream 23. -Too Many Ways To Fall Doyle Bramhall II: guitar, vocals Charlie Sexton: guitar, vocals Tommy Shannon: bass Chris Layton: drums -
Audience 8.7 - A strong and intense recording with a percussive tilt to it, so you get a very present and crisp drums and percussion. Everything else is also pretty clear but I would have liked guitars more up front but they are fine. This period of the band is exciting and intense, so if you love your progressive jazz hard rock played with fire and intensity that sometimes is off the charts this band is for you. -
Audience 8.3 - This recording captures a medium to large hall atmosphere from maybe middle rows and is quite good under those circumstances. It actually lends a cool vibe to the show, despite that naturally huge reverb going on. Oh, if you are unfamiliar with them, here’s the deal: GREAT hard and heavy jazz rock leaning towards rock with a very quirky singer. Once you get used to him, you are LOVING this band. -
Audience 8.8 - A very direct and punchy recording that delivers the music straight into your ears without passing through any air. As if you are sitting in front of the speaker as they play, nobody in front of you. It makes for a cool experience to hear this super intense band so intimately. -
Audience 8.3 - Some tinny highs but a good defined bass, so a complete sound spectrum present although I might roll off the highs and boost my mids for better listening. -
Audience 8.6 - A little bit thin as far as this recording goes in that it could use a little more bottom end but that is not a deal breaker because it is not a “shrill” thin, just could use more lows. That being said, there’s a lot to chew on with this show. Great performance, good quality, so just be aware the singer requires some getting used to! Have fun. -
Audience 8.9 - Very strong, clear, and dynamic recording. -
Pro recordings 9.4 - Totally excellent. -
Soundboard 9.1 - Recorded and broadcast this is as expected a very good recording. The music is also… let’s face it these guys were top shelf and had a classy approach to heavy metal. Armored Saint 11/9/84 Harpo's Detroit, MI WLLZ - FM broadcast - A 1. March of the Saint 2. Mutiny on the World 3. Stricken by Fate 4.Seducer 5. Take a Turn 6. Envy 7. Glory Hunter 8. False Alarm 9. Can U Deliver 10. Lesson Well Learned 11.Madhouse 12.outro and interview -
Audience 8.8 - This show finally comes to light after decades and it’s surprisingly good. It’s extremely insistent and powerful sounding with guitars really up front and vocals thankfully pretty nicely mixed in as well. In fact, even drums here sound nicely integrated into the live sound mix in this small sounding venue. I rather like this one and you will too. Armored Saint Sherwood's Indianapolis, IN. January 30th, 1985 1. March Of The Saint 2. Mutiny On The World 3. False Alarm 4. Take A Turn 5. Stricken By Fate 6. Seducer 7. Madhouse 8. Can U Deliver -
Soundboard 9.7 -
Pro Studio - Rehearsals -
Audience 9.3 - Taken from master tape, this is super clean, vibrant, and detailed – as an Italian prog recording ought to be. These guys cover a wide range of sound and style all keeping within that certain ethos of grandiose, elegant Italian rock (can get frenetic at times, complex, gentle, ethnic, it's all that and more). Arti E Mestieri 2011-11-05 Kawasaki Japan Italian Progressive Rock Festival ARTI & MESTIERI Line up : Beppe Crovella, Keyboard/Hammond Furio Chirico, drums Marco Roagna, guitars Roberto Puggioni, bass Iano Nicolo', vocals TRACKLIST : 1 - OPENING 2 - GRAVITA’ 9.81 3 - STRIPS 4 - POSITIVO-NEGATIVO 5 - SI FA LUNA 6 - VALZER PER DOMANI 7 - MIRAFIORI 8 - IL FIGLIO DEL BARBIERE 9 - ARC EN CIEL 10 - ALBA MEDITERRANEA 11 - KEYBOARDS SOLO 12 - DRUMS SOLO – JAM 13 - 2000 14 - TREMA 15 - MESSAGE FROM FURIO CHIRICO 16 - IN CAMMINO 17 - ENDING -
Audience 7.8 - Similar to the Bruxelles show but the sound field opens up more on this and the highs, while maybe slightly crispy, are a plus as they give some definition to the music. -
Aud 7.6 - decent all around without a lot of dynamics but strong -
Brand New - Sealed -
All Soundboard - All Excellent (4 Shows) -
Audience 7.0 -
Audience 8.3-8.7 - What starts out sounding kind of boomy, slowly starts to turn into a very good and powerful recording as if the taper started on one side (bass) and moved to the middle…either that or the sound man finally got it right. Either way this will surely please! -
Audience 7.8 - Both shows roughly the same with enough differences to say one has qualities the other doesn’t have and vice versa. So whereas in one show you might get more definition on guitar, the other will have more vocal presence and a slightly better rhythm section. Take your pick, two vintage Atomic Rooster gigs hardly a losing proposition. -
Dallas, TX. based hard rock/jazz fusion group heavily influenced by Jean Luc Ponty and Mahavishnu Orchestra. Enjoyed a brief but fruitful life span between the years 1975 and 1977, and having at least two significant line-up changes. Bassist Roy Vogt would later go on to find much success touring with legendary singer Englebert Humperdinck and teaching and recording many compositions in Nashville, most notably with guitarist extraordinaire Stan Lassiter. -
Soundboard 8.6 - This sounds VERY 80’s, I mean, it sounds pretty dated…but good quality. I guess they were not too bad, kind of simplistic maybe in a Twisted Sister kind of way, but the guitarist pulls out some tasty solos. Autograph Live Cameo Theater, San Antonio 1/11/1985 1 Send Her To Me 2 Thrill Of Love 3 Cloud 10 4 Friday 5 Deep End 6 my Girlfriend's Boyfriend Isn't Me 7 Turn Up The Radio 8 Take No Prisoners 9 Crazy World -
Professional recording, top shelf! CD 1 - Audience 9.4 CD 2 - Soundboard 9.2 CD 3 - Soundboard 9.3 CD 4 - Soundboard 9.1 -
CD 1 - Pro 8.8 (and the best disc of this set) CD 2 - Audience 6.4 (possibly the worst of this set, but if you turn it up louder it sounds better actually. Levels are low!) CD 3 - Audience 7.2 (a big step up from previous disc, levels a little low but not so much, kind of thin, gets crowded when the band is loud.) CD 4/5 - Audience 7.7 (good stereo separation, everything is clear, a decent recording!) Bachman-Turner Overdrive The BTO Box Disc 1 Agora Cleveland, OH 1974 01 -Don't Get Yourself In Trouble - Little Gandy Dancer 02 -Give It Time 03 -Welcome Home 04 -Hold Back The Water 05 -Blue Collar 06 -Give Me Your Money Please 07 -Let It Ride 08 -American Woman 09 -Honky Tonk Woman Disc 2 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Ludwigshafen, West Germany 1975-05-11 1. -Introduction 2. -ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY 3. -GIVE IT TIME 4. -SLEDGEHAMMER 5. -LET IT RIDE 6. -ROCK IS MY LIFE AND THIS IS MY SONG 7. -BLUE MOANIN' 8. -FREE WHEELIN' 9. -WELCOME HOME 10. -Guitar Solo - Bass Solo 11. -NOT FRAGILE 12. -YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET 13. -TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS 14. -SLOW DOWN BOOGIE Disc 3 CNE Grandstand Toronto, Canada August 24, 1976 1. -Take It Like A Man 2. -Give It Time 3. -Hold Back The Water - Welcome Home 4. -Don't Get Yourself in Trouble 5. -Find Out About Love 6. -Blue Collar 7. -Rock Is My Life & This Is My Song 8. -Not Fragile 9. -Let It Ride 10. -Hey You 11. -Four Wheel Drive 12. -You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Disc 4 Shimm Hall Nagoya, Japan October 2, 1976 1. -Give Me Your Money, Please 2. -Give It Time 3. -Hold Back The Water 4. -Welcome Home 5. -Don't Get Yourself In Trouble 6. -Find Out About Love 7. -Blue Collar 8. -Sledgehammer 9. -Rock Is My Life & This Is My Song 10. -Not Fragile 11. -Let It Ride 12. -Hey You 13. -You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 14. -Roll On Down The Highway Disc 5 Nagoya cont'd 1. -Four Wheel Drive 2. -Takin' Care Of Business 3. -Slow Down Boogie - Thank You - Domo -
Recorded live at Max's Kansas City in NYC 1979. This is an import CD. Jewel Case new never played. -
Soundboard 9.5 - Mixed for official release, but sadly it was withdrawn from the market and is now hopelessly out of print. -
Audience 8.5 - Nothing much to complain about here. A good and very “live” sounding tape. Gives you the atmosphere which, if done properly, adds much to the tape. -
CD 1 - Brisbane - Audience 7.8 (a little bit flat maybe but it is clear enough you hear the whole band, still enjoyable nonetheless) CD 2 - Lancaster - Audience 8.6 (a great recording here) -
Audience 7.6 - I wish this sounded better because it’s one of the few recordings capturing that rare moment when they are joined by the Zeppers. So, yeah, a little rough with the loudness and all, but important in a historical sense. -
Soundboard 9.4 - Brilliant! -
Audience 9.2 - KANSAS opened up for BAD COMPANY on this exciting night in 1976. We have that show listed as well. -
Stoke 1974 Audience 8.4 - A loud tape with a touch of stadium boom, but not anything that approaches irritation. It sounds like it’s in stereo, I hear guitar in one channel and bass in the other which is kinda cool. The instruments are all clearly discernible here making for a tape that sits on the upper side of very good. Tulsa 1975 Audience 8.7 - A tape that has a good, snappy live sound and a pretty good mix for the ears. The music is delivered to you through a tight mid-range and a snare drum that hovers over everything making it instantly delightful. I rather do like this one! Orange, France 1975 Audience 8.8 - A fine tape, one that really has good separation of instruments, and very decent dynamics. When the guitar solos, the sound seems to glide above you, so that kind of effect and atmosphere puts this show into a category I call “Repeat Listening” because you will go to it again. Amsterdam 1976 Audience 8.8 - Brassy, but enough mid and bottom to smooth that out nicely. A touch of cymbal sizzle but again there’s enough of all other frequencies here that not any one stands out in an annoying fashion. This is a well-balanced tape with some real life in it. Bad Company "Tour Diary 1974-1976" Band line-up Paul Rodgers - vocals Simon Kirke - drums Mick Ralphs - guitar Boz Burrell - bass Disc 1 Victoria Hall Hanley, England Dec. 17, 1974 01 Deal With The Preacher 02 Rock Steady 03 Little Miss Fortune 04 Ready For Love 05 Feel Like Makin' Love 06 Shooting Star 07 Seagull 08 Bad Company 09 Easy On My Soul 10 Good Lovin' Gone Bad 11 Movin On 12 Can't Get Enough 13 Can I Get A Witness Disc 2 Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK June 8, 1975 01 Deal With the Preacher 02 Rock Steady 03 Little Miss Fortune 04 Ready for Love 05 Wild Fire Woman 06 Feel Like Makin' Love 07 Shooting Star 08 Easy On My Soul 09 Movin' On 10 Good Lovin' Gone Bad 11 Bad Company Disc 3 Theatre Antique, Orange, France August 15, 1975 01 -Intro - Deal With the Preacher 02 -Rock Steady 03 -Little Miss Fortune 04 -Ready For Love 05 -Wild Fire Woman 06 -Feel Like Makin' Love 07 -Shooting Star 08 -Easy On My Soul 09 -Movin' On 10 -Good Lovin' Gone Bad 11 -Bad Company Disc 4 Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, Netherlands February 11, 1976 01 Live For The Music 02 Deal With The Preacher 03 Ready For Love 04 Wild Fire Woman 05 Sweet Little Sister 06 Youngblood 07 Simple Man 08 Good Lovin' Gone Bad 09 Rock Steady 10 Feel Like Makin' Love 11 Honey Child 12 Can't Get Enough -
Audience 7.9 - Foot- stomping and LOUD recording! Bristles with energy, the tape can barely contain it but it does. Fun show! -
Audience 8.4 - This is not the nice and clean Badfinger of FM radio, this is a jamming rock and roll band. Great raw live sound! -
Audience 6.4 - Very lo-fi and not super clear but it’s a very cool early show. -
Soundboard 9.1 - The source used for this CD is a DAT tape made from a direct transfer of Joey Molland’s tapes of the show. Whether that means it is the same as what else is out there, I do not know, but it is possible that the radio station did their own recording for broadcast and other releases use the FM broadcast. This is not that! The sound quality is uneven at times while the levels are adjusted but after that it’s smooth sailing. -
FM Broadcast 9.2 - A great recording that captures the atmosphere and the thrilling musicianship brightly, if maybe a touch too boldly on the meters…no worries, there’s nothing to interfere with your listening pleasure. The band…did not know much about them but they sure have the chops. I get a little bit of a sort of Whitesnake influence, but not any of the trademark cheesiness. Jake E. Lee is very acrobatic without unnecessary shredding, I would not call his playing shred at all in fact. It’s actually quite tasteful and great use of effects…thrilling at times, and very few dive bombs and when he does it’s in and out, they don’t overstay their welcome. I could say that for the songs too, they all have good balance and set up all the solos nicely. They even cover Purple Haze…umm…maybe they should have left that one alone. But everything else is tops. Badlands The Channel radio broadcast Boston,MA 1989-10-18 Hard Driver Ball And Chain Devil's Stomp Dancing On The Edge Rumblin' Train Dreams In The Dark Winter's Call Purple Haze High Wire -
All Soundboard 9.3 - This entirely depends on how much you want to hear blazing, inventive lead guitar and don’t mind if the bass sounds more like a rhythm guitar, That is what the bass sounds like to my ears, it’s there, but it’s not “low end” it’s more like a heavy rhythm guitar. It works for this style of rock though – and it’s all good stuff, if maybe a tad generic with the singing. BADLANDS Lost In The Shadows Disc 1 Richfield Coliseum Cleveland, Ohio 1989-09-23 1. -HARD DRIVER 2. -BALL & CHAIN 3. -DEVIL'S STOMP 4. -DREAMS IN THE DARK 5. -WINTER'S CALL 6. -Guitar Solo 7. -HIGHWIRE Palace Of Auburn Hills Detroit, Michigan 1989-09-22 8. -HARD DRIVER 9. -BALL & CHAIN 10. -DEVIL'S STOMP 11. -DREAMS IN THE DARK 12. -WINTER'S CALL 13. -Guitar Solo 14. -HIGHWIRE Disc 2 Hara Arena Dayton, Ohio 1989-08-30 1. -HARD DRIVER 2. -BALL & CHAIN 3. -WINTER'S CALL 4. -DANCING ON THE EDGE 5. -STREETS CRY FREEDOM 6. -JADE'S SONG - DREAMS IN THE DARK 7. -DEVIL'S STOMP 8. -Guitar Solo State Fairgrounds Du Quion, Illinois 1989-09-01 9. -HARD DRIVER 10. -BALL & CHAIN 11. -WINTER'S CALL 12. -DREAMS IN THE DARK 13. -DEVIL'S STOMP 14. -Guitar Solo 15. -HIGHWIRE -
PRO Radio Broadcast 9.4 - Excellent tight, warm, sweet spot all the way through here! To sound engineers – this is how you record and mix a bass guitar and drums. -
Soundboard 9.2 -
Audience 9.0 - Both Shows are 9.0 ... Simply gorgeous, lush, well balanced recordings made by people who obviously knew what they were doing. The only knock is maybe a little squishing in the middle during peak volume moments. I wish I could get my hands on any other tapes these guys made! Get this you won’t regret it. -
Audience 8.8 - Sparkling! There’s a really wonderful, intimate atmosphere permeating this recording, and I don’t mean “hall reverb” either. The warmth of the recording captures the warmth of the artist/audience experience. There’s a bit of chatter present but it’s all part of the deal. Get this one! -
7" vinyl (Earth Records USA '76) Ex/Ex -
Earth Records 1981 7" 4 song EP Ex/Ex