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Volume Two: Audience 7.6 - Just a touch better than Volume one, suffers from the same limitations but has a slightly more open sound. -
Volume Three: Audience 8.4 - This is best of the tour by far. A great early audience recording it’s clear and open sounding. Yes! -
Iron Maiden - Tour of Japan 1982: (complete set) Volume One: Audience 7.4 - Thankful for these Japanese tapers who had the best gear at the time. Reasonably clear if a little squashed, it nevertheless is way better than 85% of the early Maiden audience recordings. Volume Two: Audience 7.6 - Just a touch better than Volume one, suffers from the same limitations but has a slightly more open sound. Volume Three: Audience 8.4 - This is best of the tour by far. A great early audience recording...it’s clear and open sounding. Yes! -
Audience 5.0 - Low fi, but so few good recordings from the early days. The lead work is the clearest sound on this, vocals non-existent. Can appreciate the dual guitars on this even though it is low-fi. -
Audience 8.8 - Every now and then a tape surfaces that really gets you excited as a collector. This one is just such a tape, because for one thing not only is the quality very good, but it’s super nice on the ears. What I mean is, the timbre of the recording is very comfortable, so it’s easy to listen to the entire show there is no fatigue on the ears at all. The icing on the cake is having both opening acts in the same kind of quality, in complete form. So, what more could you ask for? The Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand Great Allentown Fair Allentown, PA August 18th 1983 Disc 1 CONEY HATCH THE BAND Carl Dixon guitar lead vocals Andy Curran bass vocals Steve Shelski guitar vocals Barry Connors drums 1 -Intro 2 -Stand Up 3 -Don't Say Make Me 4 -Some Like It Hot 5 -First Time For Everything 6 -Shake It 7 -Devil's Deck 8 -No Sleep Tonight FASTWAY THE BAND Dave King vocals harmonica "Fast" Eddie Clarke- guitar Jerry Shirley drums Richard "Charlie" McCracken bass 9 -Intro 10 -We Become One 11 -You Got Me Runnin' 12 -Give It All You Got 13 -All I Need Is Your Love 14 -Give It Some Action 15 -Feel Me, Touch Me 16 -Far Far From Home 17 -Say What You Will 18 -Telephone 19 -Easy Livin' Disc 2 IRON MAIDEN THE BAND Steve Harris bass backing vocals Dave Murray guitar Adrian Smith guitar backing vocals Bruce Dickinson lead vocals Nicko McBrain drums 1 -Intro 2 -Where Eagles Dare 3 -Sanctuary 4 -Wrathchild 5 -The Trooper 6 -Revelations 7 -Flight Of Icarus 8 -Die With Your Boots On 9 -22 Acacia Avenue Disc 3 10 -The Number Of The Beast 11 -To Tame A Land 12 -Guitar Solo 13 -Drum Solo 14 -Hallowed Be Thy Name 15 -Iron Maiden 16 -Run To The Hills 17 -Drifter -
Radio Broadcast 9.2 A touch of hiss present, but other than that this is a pleasant and airy recording. Electronic music with an atmosphere that would convince you otherwise. Excellent! Isao Tomita Hammersmith Odeon London, England 01 Introduction 0:50 02 Dawn (from Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2) (Ravel) 4:29 > 03 Snowflakes Are Dancing (Debussy) 2:14 > 04 Clair de Lune (Debussy) 5:58 05 Synthesizer Sounds Demonstration (narrated by Bob Walker) 10:54 06 Arabesque No. 1 (Debussy) 4:10 Firebird Suite (w/Michael Reeves on piano) (Stravinsky) 07 Part 1 - Intro and Dance Of The Firebird 5:18 08 Part 2 - Round Of The Princesses (Khorovod) 5:12 09 Part 3 - Internal Dance Of King Kastchei 4:01 10 Part 4 - Berceuse and Finale 7:39 -
CONTROCANZONISSIMA Roma, Piper Club, January 28th, 1972 Latte e Miele, Delirium, Francesco Guccini, The Trip, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Tito Schipa Jr., Claudio Rocchi, Osanna, New Trolls Disc 1 EDDY PONTI 01. Introduzione LATTE E MIELE 02. Unknwon Title I 03. Unknown Title II 04. Unknown Title III ARMANDO GALLO 05. News Internazionali DELIRIUM 06. Sequenza I e II (Ipocrisia-Verità) 07. Movimento I (Egoismo) 08. Unknown Title(pt.1) 09. Assolo di batteria 10. Unknown Title (pt.2) 11. Assolo di flauto & finale 12. Unknown title 13. Canto di Osanna Disc 2 FRANCESCO GUCCINI 01. Armando Gallo presenta Guccini 02. Canzone per un’amica (In morte di S.F.) 03. Il vecchio e il bambino 04. Un altro giorno è andato 05. Auschwitz 06. Canzone della bambina portoghese 07. Gli Ubriachi THE TRIP 08. Eddy Ponti presenta The Trip 09. Caronte (pt.1) 10. Two brothers 11. L’Ultima Ora e Ode a J. Hendrix 12. Fortuna -
CONTROCANZONISSIMA Roma, Piper Club, January 28th, 1972 Latte e Miele, Delirium, Francesco Guccini, The Trip, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Tito Schipa Jr., Claudio Rocchi, Osanna, New Trolls Disc 3 LE ORME 01. Armando Gallo presenta Le Orme 02. Collage 03. Sguardo Verso Il Cielo 04. Evasione Totale 05. Cemento Armato 06. Rondò Disc 4 PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI 01.Carlo Silvestro presenta la PFM 02. È festa 03. Dove e Quando (inclusi assoli & improvvisazioni) 04. La Carrozza Di Hans TITO SCHIPA JR. 05. Combat -
CONTROCANZONISSIMA Roma, Piper Club, January 28th, 1972 Latte e Miele, Delirium, Francesco Guccini, The Trip, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Tito Schipa Jr., Claudio Rocchi, Osanna, New Trolls Disc 5 CLAUDIO ROCCHI 01. Autopresentazione e accordatura 02. La tua prima luna 03. Cattive vibrazioni... OSANNA 04. Autopresentazione 05. Unknown Title (incompleto) 06. In un vecchio cieco 07. Unknown Title 08. Oro caldo Disc 6 NEW TROLLS 1. Eddy Ponti presenta i New Trolls 2. Bright Lights 3. Muddy Madalein (incompleto) 4. To Edith 5. Adagio (Shadows) 6. A Land To Live A Land To Die 7. Lying here (pt.1) 8. Assolo di chitarra 9. Lying Here (pt.2) 10. Assolo di batteria & finale -
Italy Prog Fest 1972: Volume 1,2,3 Audience 7.5 - The stuff that dreams are made of! How long I have waited for something like this to materialize. I mean, I have been listening to and collecting these bands for ages and now I get to hear a full on multi-artist concert experience by all of the era’s top artists at the zenith of the prog rock movement. How cool is that? What a set this is too! The quality of presentation equals the unquestionable importance of this as a document of an important time for rock music. Thank you to whoever recorded this, and thank you to whoever packaged the recording like this. CONTROCANZONISSIMA Roma, Piper Club, January 28th, 1972 Latte e Miele, Delirium, Francesco Guccini, The Trip, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Tito Schipa Jr., Claudio Rocchi, Osanna, New Trolls Disc 1 EDDY PONTI 01. Introduzione LATTE E MIELE 02. Unknwon Title I 03. Unknown Title II 04. Unknown Title III ARMANDO GALLO 05. News Internazionali DELIRIUM 06. Sequenza I e II (Ipocrisia-Verità) 07. Movimento I (Egoismo) 08. Unknown Title(pt.1) 09. Assolo di batteria 10. Unknown Title (pt.2) 11. Assolo di flauto & finale 12. Unknown title 13. Canto di Osanna Disc 2 FRANCESCO GUCCINI 01. Armando Gallo presenta Guccini 02. Canzone per un’amica (In morte di S.F.) 03. Il vecchio e il bambino 04. Un altro giorno è andato 05. Auschwitz 06. Canzone della bambina portoghese 07. Gli Ubriachi THE TRIP 08. Eddy Ponti presenta The Trip 09. Caronte (pt.1) 10. Two brothers 11. L’Ultima Ora e Ode a J. Hendrix 12. Fortuna Disc 3 LE ORME 01. Armando Gallo presenta Le Orme 02. Collage 03. Sguardo Verso Il Cielo 04. Evasione Totale 05. Cemento Armato 06. Rondò Disc 4 PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI 01.Carlo Silvestro presenta la PFM 02. È festa 03. Dove e Quando (inclusi assoli & improvvisazioni) 04. La Carrozza Di Hans TITO SCHIPA JR. 05. Combat Disc 5 CLAUDIO ROCCHI 01. Autopresentazione e accordatura 02. La tua prima luna 03. Cattive vibrazioni... OSANNA 04. Autopresentazione 05. Unknown Title (incompleto) 06. In un vecchio cieco 07. Unknown Title 08. Oro caldo Disc 6 NEW TROLLS 1. Eddy Ponti presenta i New Trolls 2. Bright Lights 3. Muddy Madalein (incompleto) 4. To Edith 5. Adagio (Shadows) 6. A Land To Live A Land To Die 7. Lying here (pt.1) 8. Assolo di chitarra 9. Lying Here (pt.2) 10. Assolo di batteria & finale -
CD reissue of Canadian metal band from the 80's. Released on Aqua Net Records. UK import SEALED. -
Audience 8.8 - Sounds like a pro recording to me. A little remastering would have this officially releasable. -
Audience 7.3 - The sound field just won’t open up no matter how much you hope it will. However, this tape holds some rewards if you hang in there, there’s enough head room to sweeten the sound with Equalizer, so it does need a little boost on the highs – the mids and lows are all there and are not super well defined nor are they too boomy or muddy. There’s some muddiness but it is not a deal breaker. This is a good historic artifact. -
Soundboard 9.7 - This is not just a good board tape – it’s a tape that has loads of atmosphere to go with the upbeat party vibe of the band. It’s simply amazing sounding. J.Geils Band November 3, 1974 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI 01. Southside Shuffle 02. Gettin' Out 03. Musta Got Lost 04. Chimes 05. Looking For A Love 06. Serves You Right To Suffer 07. Whammer Jammer 08. Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty 09. Detroit Breakdown 10. Give It To Me > Back To Get Ya 11. First I Look At The Purse -
Audience 8.7 - This is a solid effort, it captures a typically rowdy J. Geils party atmosphere without sacrificing the music at all. Taper has good seats, and he manages not to get too bumped around because it sounds like a lot of stuff was being consumed this evening in 1972. A good one to have! J. Geils Band February 13, 1972 University Of Maine, Gorham, Maine SET LIST: 1: SNOW CONE 2: WAIT 3: Find Me A New Love 4: It Ain't What You Do 5: Looking For A Love 6: Homework 7: Pack Fair And Square 8: Cry Me One More Time 9: Whammer Jammer 10: Cruisin' For A Love 11: Serves You Right To Suffer 12: First I Look At The Purse 13: I Don't Need Women -
Volume 1: BBC 1971-1978 - Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 2: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 1,2,3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 (each Volume is individually housed in its separate gate-fold cover). From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Audience 7.7 - Some muddiness, but historically nothing short of astonishing! -
Audience 8.8-9.2 - All seem to be recorded with the same gear but the Marseille show seems maybe slightly upgraded due to either taper position or just better acoustics. Over all this is a highly rated set of shows for the quality of the recordings. The stage mix does vary just a bit as to who is more present, but you hear all the stuff going on as it was live-mixed for the performance (meaning I don’t think taper error caused any lack of presence of, say, synthesizer or guitar on any given performance). The taper used the first song, and in some cases part of the second song to dial in the levels (an indication of really good gear being used) and as such you may notice a volume change, albeit relatively smooth, and once he’s dialed in it is smooth sailing. The performances are sometimes a little hesitant but do gel during instrumental segments much more. I will say this: Mick Taylor is a fantastic player, but I would not call him “progressive” and this music wants to be more prog but it is constrained and maybe that is why it did not blossom much. Jack Bruce, Carla Bley & Mick Taylor Tour Of Europe 1975 Volume Three Musikhalle Hamburg, WG 1975-05-13 Disc 1 01 -Can You Follow 02 -Morning Story 03 -Keep It Down 04 -Pieces Of Mind 05 -Tickets To Waterfalls 06 -Weird Of Hermiston 07 -Post War 08 -Spirit Disc 2 09 -One 10 -You Burned The Tables On Me 11 -Without A Word 12 -Smiles And Grins 13 -Sunshine Of Your Love -
Audience 8.8-9.2 - All seem to be recorded with the same gear but the Marseille show seems maybe slightly upgraded due to either taper position or just better acoustics. Over all this is a highly rated set of shows for the quality of the recordings. The stage mix does vary just a bit as to who is more present, but you hear all the stuff going on as it was live-mixed for the performance (meaning I don’t think taper error caused any lack of presence of, say, synthesizer or guitar on any given performance). The taper used the first song, and in some cases part of the second song to dial in the levels (an indication of really good gear being used) and as such you may notice a volume change, albeit relatively smooth, and once he’s dialed in it is smooth sailing. The performances are sometimes a little hesitant but do gel during instrumental segments much more. I will say this: Mick Taylor is a fantastic player, but I would not call him “progressive” and this music wants to be more prog but it is constrained and maybe that is why it did not blossom much. Jack Bruce, Carla Bley & Mick Taylor Tour Of Europe 1975 Volume Two Mozartsaaal im Rosengarten Mannheim, WG 1975-05-05 Disc 1 01 -Can You Follow 02 -Morning Story 03 -Keep It Down 04 -Pieces Of Mind 05 -Tickets To Waterfalls 06 -Weird Of Hermiston 07 -Post War 08 -Spirit Disc 2 09 -One 10 -Out Into The Fields 11 -You Burned All My Tables 12 -Without A Word 13 -Smiles And Grins -
Audience 8.8-9.2 - All seem to be recorded with the same gear but the Marseille show seems maybe slightly upgraded due to either taper position or just better acoustics. Over all this is a highly rated set of shows for the quality of the recordings. The stage mix does vary just a bit as to who is more present, but you hear all the stuff going on as it was live-mixed for the performance (meaning I don’t think taper error caused any lack of presence of, say, synthesizer or guitar on any given performance). The taper used the first song, and in some cases part of the second song to dial in the levels (an indication of really good gear being used) and as such you may notice a volume change, albeit relatively smooth, and once he’s dialed in it is smooth sailing. The performances are sometimes a little hesitant but do gel during instrumental segments much more. I will say this: Mick Taylor is a fantastic player, but I would not call him “progressive” and this music wants to be more prog but it is constrained and maybe that is why it did not blossom much. Jack Bruce Band Tour Of Europe 1975 Volume One Salle Vallier Marseille, FR 1975-04-29 Disc 1 01 -You Burned The Tables On Me 02 -Morning Story 03 -Pieces of Mind 04 -Keep It Down 05 -One 06 -Spirit Disc 2 07 -Without A Word 08 -Tickets To Waterfalls 09 -Weird Of Hermiston 10 -Post War Band: Jack Bruce - Vocals, Bass, Piano Mick Taylor - Guitar Carla Bley - Organ, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Mellotron, Electric Piano Ronnie Leahy - Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer Bruce Gary - Drums Jack Bruce, Carla Bley & Mick Taylor -
Audience 8.7 - A fascinating live document that showcases some amazing talents paired with Jack’s keen sense of songcraft on a night where all cylinders are firing. A great way to begin exploring the post Cream Jack Bruce if you have not done so already. The bonus material on disc 2 is equally fascinating, offering a sneak peak into the inner workings of Jack’s mind. Everyone can get into this power-packed set! -
Soundboard 9.1 - I am not sure if this was recorded for broadcast or not, it sure sounds like it may have been, I mean may have been broadcast as I hear some of the “FM compression” characteristics here…but it is a fine board tape nonetheless. Jackson Browne Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN February 22, 1978 Disc 1 01 Take it Easy 02 The Fuse 03 Fountain of Sorrow 04 Here Comes Those Tears Again 05 Before the Deluge 06 Your Bright Baby Blues 07 Rock Me on the Water 08 Cocaine 09 Rosie 10 For a Dancer Disc 2 11 Doctor My Eyes 12 These Days 13 For Everyman 14 Walking Slow 15 Running On Empty 16 Love Needs a Heart 17 The Pretender 18 The Load Out 19 Stay 20 The Road and the Sky This show is soon after the release of Running on Empty, Jackson Browne's most popular album. Great performance of "Fountain of Sorrow". -
Soundboard 8.9 - An intimate performance for the university students. A warm recording, kind of sounds like it could be coming from your own living room, in the mix, his band is slightly muted in order to highlight Jackson’s acoustic guitar/vocals and I think it is by design. Jackson Browne Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Mar. 27, 1971 Disc 1 01 Under The Falling Sky 02 World To Gain 03 Together Again 04 Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood 05 Last Time I Was Home 06 Jesus in 3/4 Time 07 My Opening Farewell 08 From Silverlake 09 Rock Me On The Water 10 Jamaica Say You Will Disc 2 11 Together Again 12 Take It Underground 13 When You Lose Your Money 14 Our Lady Of The Well 15 These Days 16 Someday Morning 17 Shadow Dream Song 18 Song For Adam 19 Looking Into You Often considered to be the first recorded live performance of JB. -
Audience 9.6 - Both shows in this set are phenomenal. I love the close, very intimate feel of the venues and the capture being so good for both shows…a joy to listen to this! Jaco Pastorius 55 Grand New York City, NY June 19, 1983 Disc 1 01 Intro - Amerika 02 Dania 03 Soul Intro - The Chicken 04 Bass Solo 05 New Reggae - I Shot The Sheriff 06 Drum Solo 07 Beaver Patrol Disc 2 08 Promised Land 09 Dania (Reprise) 10 Continuum 11 Funky Broadway Jam 12 Donna Lee 13 Bass Solo 14 Teen Town 15 Fannie Mae Jaco Pastorius: bs Kenwood Dennard: dr Don Alias: perc Delmar Brown: kbd, voc Ron Tooley: tp Alex Foster: as, ss, ts Mike Stern: gtr Disc 3 Pier 84 New York City, NY July 29, 1983 01 Dania (False Start) 02 Dania 03 Bass Improv 04 Soul Intro - The Chicken 06 New Reggae 07 Teen Town 08 Sophisticated Lady 09 Fannie Mae Delmar Brown: keyboards, vcls Mike Stern: guitar Jaco Pastorius: bass Don Alias: percussion Kenwood Dennard: drums Ron Tooley: trumpet Alex Foster: tenor sax, soprano clarinet Toots Thielemans: harmonica featured on tracks 8 and 9 -
Audience 8.5 - A little dark tone here, and some lack of clarity but not the kind you normally associate with an audience tape (especially one recorded in this notoriously cavernous sounding hall). This tape is actually one of the better audience tapes I’ve heard from Carnegie Hall. James Gang Carnegie Hall NYC 5/15/71 Disc One - 46:37 1. Funk #49 2. Ashtonpark 3. Stop 4. You're Gonna Need Me 5. Take A Look Around 6. Tend My Garden 7. White Man, Black Man 8. Thanks 9. Garden Gate 10. Again Disc Two - 46:30 1. The Ashes, The Rain, And I 2. Walk Away 3. Woman 4. Lost Woman 5. Johnny B. Goode 6. The Bomber -
SDBRD 9.9 - The only thing that gets this to a 10 is a better kick drum sound (extreme nitpicking here). -
Audience 7.2 - A reasonable rating and better at times. -
Audience 8.8 - A huge upgrade to the Fillmore West ’70 tape! Is it worth getting even if I have the old one? Oh, yes, it is. It’s so much better that it needed a completely new presentation. Give your old copy to your neighbor, you shall not be needing it anymore. James Gang November 21, 1970 Fillmore West San Francisco, CA 01 - Opening Jam 02 - Funk 49 03 - Stop 04 - You're Gonna Need Me 05 - The Bomber 06 - Thanks 07 - Ashes The Rain & I 08 - Bluebird 09 - Lost Woman Joe Walsh - Guitar, Vocals Dale Peters - Bass Jim Fox - Drums -
First Show: Audience 7.3 / Second Show: Audience 7.9 - This one is much clearer, but both shows are going to be good for those who appreciate the pre-Deep Purple Tommy Bolin.