• Audience 8.7 - Actually not bad but it’s very close to the main PA and thus loud and noisy. There’s an annoying frequency somewhere between the mid and high that needs to be compressed. At first I thought this was a soundboard, it might be mistaken for one. It’s so close to the speakers, I mean this recording puts you in the front row. I do like it despite my concerns.
  • CD issue of recordings originally released in 1978 and 1981.  Import from Mexico, CD is new and never played housed in a slipcase.
  • Shotgun were a 1970s rock band from Dallas. The band consisted of Guy Houston on drums, Hugh Coleman on bass, John Michael Soria on lead guitar, Russ Skarsten on keyboards, and Billy Metcalf on lead vocals.  The band's 1976 album, recorded but never released, Dallasian Rock was remastered and reissued by ShroomAngel Records, in 2014. Reviewing the album for seaoftranquility.org, Pete Pardo awarded the album five stars and said: "This is incredible material that should have been huge back in the day, and the amazing thing is it still sounds fresh and exciting here in 2014. The ShroomAngel team have done a wonderful job on the remastering, so be prepared for a killer listening experience."
  • Audience 9.0 - A great recording that certainly gives you a good idea of what the ambience of the LA Forum was during that time period for an opening act!  So, to be clear, it’s a somewhat sedate audience that allows you to hear pretty much every nuance. Shawn Phillips The Forum Inglewood, CA January 30, 1974 01 -Announcements, Millard Chatter and Tuning 02 -Song For Sagittarians 03 -Lookin' Up Lookin' Down 04 -Whaz' Zat 05 -Spaceman 06 -January First 07 -Bright White 08 -Moonshine 09 -She Was Waitin' for Her Mother... 10 -Keep On - Drum Solo 11 -Song For Mr. C
  • Audience 8.4 - Not too bad, but not the perfect live mix. Still, seems like a somewhat professional recording or attempt was made here, as if the tapers set up a reel to reel with decent mics and perhaps their placement just wasn’t the best.
  • SDBRD/AUD Disc 1 SDBRD 9.2 excellent material that features some later (’78) performances but seems mostly to be 1974. Unfortunately the tapes were not adequately annotated. Disc 2 Audience 8.8 A very decent tape that has a great live energy to it. I almost prefer this over the board tape, it just captures more of the mania happening on stage at a SAHB concert.  Disc 3 Audience 8.5 The recording seems to emanate from a more distant point from the stage and as such lacks the power and punch your ears crave, but it is not a muddy recording, you can hear the band well enough, just not much in the way of dynamics or power. SAHB Compilation Disc 1 This is Radio Sahb 1974-1978 1. Vambo 2. Sgt. Fury 3. Framed 4. Dance To The Music 5. Faith Healer 6. Next 7. Sgt. Fury 8. Zal Tuning 9. The Hot City Symphony Pt.1 - Vambo 10. The Hot City Symphony Pt.2 - The Man In The Jar 11. Gang Bang 12. Anthem 13. Faith Healer 14. Action Strasse 15. Midnight Moses 16. Rock And Rool 17. Tribute Disc 2 Stockholm, Sweden 1974 1. Faith Healer 2. Midnight Moses 3. Sgt. Fury 4. Framed 5. Long Hair Music 6. Giddy Up A Ding Dong 7. Dance To The Music Ragnarok Festival, Norway 1974 8. Midnight Moses 9. Framed Disc 3 Manchester, UK. October 16, 1974 1. Fanfare 2. Faith Healer 3. Midnight Moses 4. Next 5. Sgt. Fury 6. Vambo 7. The Man In The Jar 8. River Of Love 9. School's Out 10. The Impossible Dream 11. Framed 12. Anthem 13. Gang Bang Disc 4 Bonus Rare Video! Ragnarok Festival, Norway 1974 1. Midnight Moses 2. Framed
  • Audience 8.7 - A little noisy but man what a great gig! Everything is clear and well mixed.
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    SCORPIONS – Reading 1979 (1CD)

    Original price was: $16.49.Current price is: $5.00.
    Audience 9.0
  • CD 1 - Soundboard 8.6 - Sounds very low gen but the tape seems somewhat compressed, but very clean, and thankfully can be turned up loud without breaking up. CD 2 - Soundboard 8.6 - A lot like disc one, occasional phasing on one or two tracks, but again it is pretty clean and a mix that reveals how good each player is in this band. CD 3 - Soundboard 8.4 - A step down from the first couple of discs but it has a little more brightness to it, and a little more noise and a strange sort of echo on the guitar which does not bother me, it is just different than the other discs. All in all, collectors will find much to like here.
  • Soundboard 9.9 - As good as it gets, rather .01 away from being as good as it can get.
  • Minden 1973 Audience 8.8 - One of the earliest concert recordings ever sourced! It sounds very good, decent equipment used, and maybe placed a little back in the club but otherwise it’s a lot better than it has a right to be. The band certainly evolved quite a bit from these early club days, but the character of the band never did. Fascinating document! Minden 1974 Audience 9.4 - What a difference a year makes, as the band return to the same club a year later and wreck the place!  Extremely tasty, the recording does the band justice as it literally just leaps out of the speakers with maximum ferocity while retaining enough detail and depth to let you sit and listen in total awe. Fucking hell this is good! SCORPIONS In The Early Days 73-74 Disc 1 Grille, Minden West Germany 1973-04-19 1. -Intro - HEY LITTLE WOMAN 2. -FAR AWAY - Drum Solo 3. -Improv Jam 4. -LONESOME CROW 5. -JOURNEY FOREVER 6. -IT ALL DEPENDS - Bass & Drum Solo KLAUS MEINE - Vocals MICHAEL SCHENKER - lead Guitar (18 YEARS OLD) RUDOLF SCHENKER - Guitar LOTHAR HEIMBERG - Bass JOE WYMAN - Drums 1. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the SCORPIONS 2. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of MICHAEL SCHENKER (18 YEARS OLD) 3. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the song "Hey Little Woman" later played Live in 1974 - 1975 with Ulich Roth on Guitar. 4. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the song "Far Away" latter released on "Fly To The Rainbow" in 1974 with Ulich Roth on Guitar. 5. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of all the other songs Disc 2 Grille Minden, West Germany 1974-05-03 1. -Hey Little Woman 2. -Far Away 3. -This Is My Song 4. -They Need A Million 5. -Drifting Son 6. -Fly To The Rainbow 7. -Hey Hey Hey 8. -Far Across The Ocean 9. -Speedy's Coming 10. -Long Tall Sally 11. -Johnny B. Goode 12. -Voodoo Child incl. 3rd Stone From The Sun KLAUS MEINE - lead & Backing Vocals ULRICH ROTH - lead Guitar-lead Vocals (19 YEARS OLD) RUDOLF SCHENKER - Guitar-lead & Backing Vocals FRANCIS BUCHOLZ - Bass JURGEN "Doobie" FECHTER - Drums 1. 2nd Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the SCORPIONS With ULRICH ROTH 2. Earliest "known" Live AUDIENCE Recording Of ULRICH ROTH (19 YEARS OLD) 3. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the songs, "Hey Little Woman" & "Far Away" played with ULRICH ROTH on Guitar. 4. Earliest "known" Live Recordings Of "THEY NEED A MILLION", "DRIFTING SUN" & "FLY TO THE RAINBOW" (w/Different Lyrics) 5. 2nd Earliest "known" Live Recordings Of "THIS IS MY SONG" & "SPEEDY'S COMING" 6. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of all the other songs played with ULRICH ROTH on Guitar!! 7. The only known Live Recording to feature JURGEN "Doobie" FECHTER - Drums

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