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Soundboard 9.5 - This is a brilliant recording, razor sharp and electric at a time when most music was becoming rather lame. Not saying Pat Benatar did not have her share of radio friendly numbers, but even those featured good, solid rock guitar that did not resemble anything else offered by mainstream top 40 at that time (aside for maybe The Cars and Foreigner…and Cheap Trick). Pat Benatar 1980-08-15, San Francisco, CA [FM] The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA August 15, 1980 FM Broadcast Total Time = 57:30 Set list 01 Intro 02 I Need A Lover (John Mellencamp cover) 03 Treat Me Right 04 We Live For Love 05 I'm Gonna Follow You (Billy Thermal cover) 06 Out of Touch 07 You Better Run (The Young Rascals cover) 08 Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Eddie Schwartz cover) 09 In The Heat Of The Night (Smokie cover) 10 Little Paradise 11 Heartbreaker (Jenny Darren cover) 12 Band Introductions 13 No You Don't (The Sweet cover) 14 Hell Is For Children Band line-up Pat Benatar - lead vocals Neil "Spyder" Giraldo - guitar Scott St. Clair Sheets - guitar & keyboards Roger Capps - bass Myron Grombacker - drums
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Audience 9.7 - Here’s one of those timeless artists who always sounds relevant no matter the time period. A 1985 concert is a 1975 concert is a 2005 concert – consistently excellent and never selling out integrity for anything approaching chart success. This recording puts you so close, so intimate it’s really like being there in the front row. Drums are in your living room, the piano is next to you, and Pat is your best friend. Wonderful! Pat Metheny Group Boston Common Boston, MA July 10, 1985 Disc 1 01 Forward March 02 Phase Dance 03 Naked Moon 04 Tell It All 05 Daulton Lee 06 James 07 The First Circle 08 Band Introduction 09 Scrap Metal 10 Farmer's Trust - Goodbye Disc 2 11 Straight On Red 12 Are You Going With Me? 13 The Fields, The Sky 14 Chet's Call 15 Chris 16 Airstream Two with Perri 17 Perri Introduction 18 Jaco Two with Perri 19 Letter From Home - Yolanda, You Learn 20 Praise 21 Song For Bilbao
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Soundboard 9.8 - A beautifully mixed audio, with a touch of “verb” that allows for some air around the music. Crisp, but not crispy, warm, punch when warranted, and clean but not sterile. Pat Metheny Group Michigan State University, McDonel Hall Kiva East Lansing, MI, USA October 31, 1979 01. Phase Dance (Metheny/Mays) 7:47 02. Airstream (Metheny/Mays) 7:33 03. Pat's remarks 1:31 04. April Joy (Metheny) 4:48 05. Unity Village (Metheny) > solo guitar > The Windup (Keith Jarrett) 12:51 06. The Epic (Metheny/Mays) 15:55 07. Old Folks (Willard Robison/Dedette Lee Hill) 7:36 08. Jaco (Metheny) 4:03
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Gainesville 1978 Soundboard 9.5 - A professional straight board feed recording that is as clean and balanced as you’d ever want – but very occasionally there may be a slight tape drop out (rarely), and the sound is almost too good…meaning it could use some ambience and atmosphere but if you only want to hear this as a musical performance rather than event, this is damn near perfect.
Cincinnati 1989 Audience 9.7 - A soaring, elegant recording that captures this event in spectacular quality. Guitars seem to float over your head and wrap around your ears as they seem to pan across the room, drums filling the spaces and adding immediacy. When the audience claps and responds it’s as if it is a part of the show how it blends in and seems so respectful. Overall man this is a frighteningly good recording and performance and is pretty much in the “must have” range IMHO.
Pat Metheny Group 79/89 Disc 1 Spring Jazz Festival Lake Alice Field, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 1979-03-30 01-Phase Dance (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 7:35 02-Circus Music (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 6:10 03-PM speaks 1:01 04-Unity Village (Pat Metheny) > The Windup (Keith Jarrett) 13:08 05-The Epic (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 14:35 06-Jaco (Pat Metheny) 4:21 07-PM speaks and tuning 0:54 08-San Lorenzo (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 11:08 09-Re-tuning and PM speaks again 1:39 10-Wrong Is Right (Larry Coryell) 7:53 11-American Garage (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 4:43 Pat Metheny, guitars Lyle Mays, piano, synthesizer, electric organ, autoharp Mark Egan, bass guitar Danny Gottlieb, drums Disc 2 Taft Theatre Cincinnati, Ohio September 22, 1989 1. –Phase Dance 2. -Have You Heard? 3. -Every Summer Night 4. -Hermitage 5. -Better Days Ahead 6. -Farmer’s Trust 7. -Spring Ain’t Here 8. -Straight On Red 9. -Are You Going With Me? Disc 3 10. -The Fields, The Sky 11. -Are We There Yet? 12. -Vidala 13. -Slip Away 14. -Letter From Home 15. -Beat 70 16. -Band Introductions 17. -Minuano (six-eight) Pat Metheny - Guitars Lyle Mays - Keyboards Steve Rodby - Bass Paul Wertico - Drums Pedro Aznar - Voice, Guitar, percussion Armando Marcal - Percussion
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Soundboard 9.7 - Crisp and elegant, this describes both the music and the audio fidelity here. The band is in really fine form, actually a good time period. Pat Metheny Group 1981-03-27 University Of Houston, Cullen Auditorium, Ezekiel W. Cullen Building, Houston, Texas, USA, 1981-03-27 Disc 1 01 Phase Dance (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 02 Better Days Ahead (Pat Metheny) 03 The Windup (Keith Jarrett) 04 James (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 05 Offramp (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 06 'It's For You' (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 07 The Bat Part II (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 08 Ozark (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 09 Turnaround (Ornette Coleman) Disc 2 10 Goin' Ahead (Pat Metheny)/As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 11 Jaco (Pat Metheny) 12 Untitled / Au Lait (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 13 San Lorenzo (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 14 (Cross The) Heartland (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) 15 American Garage (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) Line-Up: Pat Metheny, guitars, guitar synthesizer Lyle Mays, piano, synthesizers, organ, autoharp Steve Rodby, acoustic bass, electric bass Dan Gottlieb, drums, autoharp Naná Vasconcelos, vocals, percussion, berimbau
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FM Broadcast 9.7 - A stellar sound with this over the air broadcast, no signal degradation, no interference, no compression, just smooth jazz sailing all the way.
Pat Metheny Group Festival International de Jazz De Montréal McGill College Ave. Montréal, Quebec, Canada July 4, 1989 CHOM-FM Broadcast Disc 1 01 Phase Dance 8:06 02 Have You Heard 6:08 03 Every Summer Night 6:57 04 Change Of Heart 7:20 05 Better Days Ahead 5:02 06 Last Train Home 5:11 07 First Circle 8:42 08 Scrap Metal 7:04 09 Slip Away 4:53 10 If I Could 6:19 Disc 2 01 Spring Ain't Here 6:44 02 Straight On Red 8:46 03 Are You Going With Me 8:53 04 The Fields, The Sky 4:17 05 Are We There Yet 9:33 06 (It's Just) Talk 8:15 07 Letter From Home 2:18 08 Beat 70 4:47 09 Minuano (Six-Eight) 9:08 10 Third Wind 9:04 Pat Metheny - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Electric Sitar, Guitar Synth Lyle Mays - Piano, Keyboards Steve Rodby - Acoustic & Electric Basses Paul Wertico - Drums, Percussion Armando Marçal - Percussion Pedro Aznar - Voice, Miscellaneous Instruments
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NY 1978 SDBRD 9.3 - Really nice sounding, warm, well mixed. A couple of songs fade in, and a couple fade out, so that is unusual in my opinion for a board tape but it’s most of the songs, it isn’t drastic…and all the songs are instrumental anyway. A great one for the collector! Nuremberg 1980 SDBRD 9.5 - Another really good tape and excellent show, with minor complaint being a couple of fade ins and a couple of fade outs which only really may have an effect on those people who are intimately familiar with the band’s material. Pat Metheny Group Lineup: Pat Metheny - guitars Lyle Mays - piano, Oberheim FVS and Prophet 5 synthesizers, organ, autoharp Mark Egan - electric bass Dan Gottlieb - drums the Bottom Line N.Y.C. New York September 26, 1978 (2nd show) Disc 1 1. -radio intro - phase dance 2. -April joy 3. -unity village 4. -the windup 5. -American garage 6. -radio announcer -the epic - hermitage 7. -lakes 8. -midwestern night's dream 9. -Jaco 10. -San Lorenzo - radio announcer Disc 2 Meistersingerhalle Jazz Ost-West Nuremberg, Germany 1980-06-21 1. -(Cross The) Heartland 2. -April Joy 3. -Unity Village - The Windup 4. -The Epic Disc 3 1. -Phase Dance 2. -Down Here On The Ground 3. -Hermitage 4. -San Lorenzo
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Telluride 1978 FM Broadcast 9.2 - A little hit and miss on the live mix, where sometimes I don’t get some of the background instruments associated with the synth or whatever is happening back there…but I could be wrong about that, I mean it is rather subjective whether I am hearing the mix as the band intended or if I need something personally – no matter, because this is lovely and warm, with just enough audience sound to give you a better representation of the liveness of the recorded gig. I need that, personally, otherwise you might as well just listen to the albums!
Boston 1978 FM Broadcast 9.7 - A very well preserved recording that features soaring instrumentation in crystal clear quality – highs are sweet and distinct and bass is warm and round. The mid tones are sublime, and your high-end system will love reproducing this recording!
Pat Metheny Group Telluride & Boston 78 Disc 1 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, Colorado August 28, 1978 01. -radio announcer introduction 02. -interview with Pat Metheny 03. -stage introduction - Phase Dance 04. -Unity Village (solo guitar improvisation) - The Windup 05. -The Epic 06. -San Lorenzo 07. -band introductions - Jaco 08. -American Garage 09. -radio announcer closing comments Bottom Line New York City NY September 26th 1978 10. -Lone Jack Disc 2 Paradise Boston, MA October 2nd & 3rd 1978 1 -WCOZ Intro 2 -Phase Dance 3 -April Joy 4 -Unity Village 5 -Solo 6 -The Windup 7 -Wrong Is Right 8 -Jaco 9 -Lakes 10 San Lorenzo 11 -Lone Jack 12 -Thank You Goodnight Pat Metheny: 6 and 12 string guitars Lyle Mays: piano, synthesizers, autoharp Mark Egan: bass Dan Gottlieb: drums
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Audience 9.7 - both of these shows were recorded onto a 4-track machine which is clearly obvious when you hear just how crystal this stuff sounds, as well as the separation of instruments. Some minor stuff does occur with the old tape in a couple spots but that passes without much fuss, it’s hard to knock these recordings but I do have to let you know what I hear. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Pat Metheny Trio Boston 1974 Disc 1 Pooh's Pub Boston, MA, USA June 1974 01) Bright Size Life 5:09 02) There Is No Greater Love 8:42 03) Exercise No.6 (Early version of "Unity Village") 4:21 04) Guitar+Bass Duo 6:01 05) Continuum 7:35 06) Guitar Solo 5:07 07) Unquity Road 4:20 08) Wrong Is Right 6:05 09) Ida Lupino 10:47 10) All The Things You Are 11:05 Disc 2 Zircon Boston, MA, USA June 1974 01) Exercise No. 3 (early version of "Missouri Uncompromised") 4:08 02) Waltz (early version of "Sirabhorn") 7:35 03) All Sus 4's 14:54 04) April Joy 4:05 05) Stella By Starlight 11:12 06) Omaha Celebration 8:11 07) Methuselah Blues 8:41 Pat Metheny - Guitar Jaco Pastorius - Bass Bob Moses - Drums
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FM Broadcast 9.3 - Great recording here, obviously being that it was broadcast it had to be done professionally but I really like how this was mixed to allow such an impactful guitar sound. PAT TRAVERS 1982-12-09 Civic Center Baltimore, Maryland U.S.A. Opening for BLUE OYSTER CULT w/Special Guest; BUCK DHARMA (B.O.C.) 1. -Introduction - THE FIFTH 2. -WHO'LL TAKE THE FALL 3. -LIFE IN LONDON 4. -I'D RATHER SEE YOU DEAD 5. -I LA LA LA LOVE YOU 6. -STEVIE 7. -AMGWANNA KICK BOOTY 8. -CAN'T STOP THE HEARTACHES 9. -STATESBORO BLUES 10. -SNORTIN' WHISKEY AND DRINKIN' COCAINE 11. -ROCKIN' 12. -BOOM BOOM (Out Go The Lights) 13. -SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE (Buck Dharma) Musicians PAT TRAVERS- Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals PAT THRALL- Guitars/Synthesizer/Backing Vocals PETER "Mars" COWLING- Bass SANDY GENNARO or DAVE LEVINE- Drums * BUCK DHARMA (B.O.C.)- Introduction & Guitar
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Audience 8.8 - Solid and in the pocket sound that does not have any offending frequencies so you can feel free to turn up the volume or put on the headphones. PAT TRAVERS BAND Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA. November 7th 1982 1 -Intro 2 -The Fifth 3 -Who'll Take The Fall 4 -Life In London 5 -I'd Rather See You Dead 6 -I La La La Love You 7 -Crash And Burn 8 -Can't Stop The Heartaches 9 -Rockin' 10 -Snortin Whiskey 11 -Boom Boom Out Go The Lights
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Pro Broadcast 9.3 - It’s always a treat to hear the dual guitar period in nice, clear quality because there’s a lot to dive into. Now, I know Pat Travers Band as a dual guitar configuration did not last but while it did it was fire. This is proof. Pat Travers Detroit, Michigan April 30, 1980 01 Rock & Roll Susie 02 Hooked On Music 03 Gettin' Better 04 Your Love Can't Be Right 05 Life In London 06 Stevie 07 Born Under A Bad Sign 08 Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) 09 band intros~ Crash & Burn 10 The Big Event 11 Snortin' Whiskey 12 Hammerhead (with drum solo) Pat Travers - guitar, vocals Peter "Mars" Cowling - bass Tommy Aldridge - drums Pat Thrall - guitar
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Audience 8.5 - The thing with this tape is that it’s great on both ends…but in the middle it is kind of undefined. The sound begins to gell and battle itself for presence right in the middle frequency, but at the same time, when the frenzied battles end, like during quieter passages for instance, the sound is right in the pocket. It’s like the equipment wasn’t ready for the volume, but it still captures the sound in a pleasing to the ear frequency so you aren’t put off by the mix, you just strain a little to make out the details. And, the details are important in this line up because the twin guitar work at times is spectacular. I am critical of the mix for that reason, I want to hear every lick – but overall the consensus here is that this is a tape not to be missed. Pat Travers Band Warnors Theatre, Fresno, CA November 15, 1978 Band: Pat Travers - vocals, guitar Pat Thrall - guitar Peter "Mars" Cowling - bass Tommy Aldridge - drums Total Time = 39:37 01 Rock 'n' Roll Susie 02 Hooked On Music 03 Need Love 04 Gettin' Better 05 Heat In The Street 06 Hammerhead (incl. Drum Solo)
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Radio Broadcast 9.4 - Slightly dated sounding it’s still very strong, clear (sounds like someone did some work on it) and pretty much everything you want. Patti Smith Group "Joan Of Arc At The Burning River" Rock Around The World broadcast Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH April 18, 1978 01 -Interview - Redondo Beach 02 -Interview - Ain't It Strange 03 -Interview - Privilege (Set Me Free) 04 -Interview - Easter 05 -Radio Ethiopia 06 -Gloria 07 -Interview
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Soundboard 9.0 - Nothing particularly wrong with this one, but a did feel as though the mix was a little bit overcrowded at time (especially when the band was cooking), but at the same time I loved how the organ sounded and the sheer power of this band came across very convincingly.
Patti Smith Group The Place Eugene, Oregon, USA May 4, 1978 Disc One 01 -Land 02 -Rock And Roll Nigger 03 -Privilege 04 -Free Money 05 -Pissing In A River 06 -Pumping 07 -You Really Got Me 08 -Time Is on My Side 09 -Ghost Dance 10 -Because the Night Disc Two 01 -Easter 02 -Radio Ethiopia 03 -Gloria 04 -Jailhouse Rock 05 -My Generation Civic Center Santa Monica, California May 12, 1978 06 -Land 07 -Rock And Roll Nigger 08 -Privilege 09 -Kimberly 10 -Till Victory 11 -Redondo Beach
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Audience 8.5 - This is one very loud recording, and while it does not distort, it’s in need of an EQ job to tamper down some of the mid and upper mid to high band just to give it more listenability. As it is, it sounds very much like an early Iron Maiden tape…it just has that quality to it. There are very few live tapes of this outfit, so I take this with a lot of curiosity to hear what these guys were about and can forgive the fact that, while this tape falls below my own threshold of what I can tolerate more than once, it does live up to satisfying my curiosity. I find the band full of promise and potential, and I want to hear more, better quality live tapes but will start with listening to their LP release which I recently obtained.
Paul Di Anno - Battlezone Shepherd's Bush Empire London, England 1986-04-02 01. FIGHTING BACK 02. BATTLEZONE 03. WARCHILD 04. IN THE DARKNESS 05. LAND GOD GAVE TO CAIN 06. TOO MUCH TO HEART 07. RUNNING BLIND 08. RISING STAR 09. GUITAR SOLO 10. VOICE ON THE RADIO 11. FEEL THE ROCK 12. WELFARE WARRIOR Musicians Paul Di'Anno - Vocals John Hurley- Guitar John Wiggins- Guitar Pete West- Bass Bob Falck- Drums
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Audience 9.2 - A really nicely done tape, which of course anyone with a modern digital recorder and good mics “should” be able to accomplish in 2023. This taper did just that, a complete show in very good sound. Peter Gabriel TD Garden Boston MA. September 14th 2023 Disc 1 1 -Peter Gabriel Intro 2 -Washing Of The Water 3 -Growing Up 4 -Panopticom 5 -Four Kinds Of Horses 6 -I O 7 -Digging In The Dirt 8 -Playing For Time Disc 2 9 -Olive Tree 10 -This Is Home 11 -Sledgehammer SET 2 12 -Darkness 13 -Love Can Heal 14 -Road To Joy 15 -Don’t Give Up 16 -The Court Disc 3 17 -Red Rain 18 -And Still 19 -Big Time 20 -Live And Let Live 21 -Solsbury Hill 22 -In Your Eyes 23 -Biko THE BAND Peter Gabriel vocals piano Tony Levin bass chapman stick David Rhodes guitar Manu Katche drums Don-E keyboards Richard Evans flute guitar Ayanna Witter-Johnson cello vocals Josh Shpak trumpet keyboards vocals Marina Moore violin viola vocals
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Audience 9.0 - This is a really bold and vibrant recording, where you get this palpable “thwap” of the drums that feels like you are there. In very quiet passages there is the slightest of tape hiss but it’s actually kind of hard to find things to be critical of with this one. It’s really good! Peter Gabriel Tivolis Conzertsal, Copenhagen 09-Oct-1977 Disc 1 01 Here Comes The Flood 02 Slowburn 03 Moribund The Burgermeister 04 Modern Love 05 Indigo 06 Humdrum 07 White Shadow 08 I Heard It Through The Grapevine 09 Excuse Me Disc 2 10 Waiting For The Big One 11 Band Introductions 12 Solsbury Hill 13 Down The Dolce Vita 14 On The Air 15 All Day And All Of The Night 16 Here Comes The Flood 17 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 18 Soundcheck Peter Gabriel – Piano, Flute, Tambourine, Vocals Sid McGinnis – Guitars Tony Levin – Bass, Stick, Tuba, Backing Vocals Jerry Marotta – Drums Bayette – Keyboards
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Audience 8.7 - This recording is very hard to distinguish between audience or soundboard. I guess the later, but who knows? Either way, it’s pretty good. Peter Gabriel Parco Delle Cascine Firenze, Italy Sept. 28, 1980 Disc 1 1 -Intruder 2 -The Start 3 -I Don't Remember 4 -Solsbury Hill 5 -Family Snapshot 6 -Milgram's 37 7 -Modern Love 8 -Not One Of Us 9 -Lead A Normal Life Disc 2 10 -Moribund The Burgermeister 11 -Mother Of Violence 12 -Humdrum 13 -Games Without Frontiers 14 -And Through The Wire 15 -I Go Swimming 16 -Biko 17 -On The Air 18 -Here Comes The Flood
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Audience 9.0 -A fine recording that does not have that digital signature to it, although many digital recordings are fine it’s just that an analog capture more faithfully replicates the vibe of the event being captured. Peter Gabriel Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA September 21, 1988 01 Of These, Hope 02 Games Without Frontiers 03 Shock The Monkey 04 No Self Control 05 Don't Give Up (with Tracy Chapman) 06 Sledgehammer 07 In Your Eyes 08 Biko
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Pro SDBRD 9.5 - Recorded for broadcast this uses two different sources of the broadcast but you don’t really notice the transition. What you will notice is how amazing this is, and what makes it really cool is how much Peter addresses the audience. It’s an intimate feeling gig, everyone is so dialed in to what is happening in the room with Peter…imagine, no cell phones, no distracted idiots, just genuine love and appreciation for the performer and his craft. I miss that. Peter Gabriel The Roxy Los Angeles, California April 10, 1977 Early show Disc 1 1 -Here Comes The Flood 2 -On The Air 3 -Moribund The Burgermeister 4 -DJ Comments 5 -Waiting For The Big One 6 -Good Evening Roxy 7 -A Song Without Words 8 -DJ comments 9 -Excuse Me 10 -Solsbury Hill 11 -PG banter 12 -Ain't That Peculiar 13 -PG banter 14 -Humdrum Disc 2 1 -Story of Prunes and Prisms Mating Time 2 -Slowburn 3 -All Day and All Of The Night 4 -Here Comes The Flood 5 -Modern Love 6 -Band introductions 7 -Down The Dolce Vita 8 -Encore break - DJ comments 9 -Back in NYC 10 -Applause 11 -DJ outro
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Audience 9.3 - This is the result of tapers who CARE about what they are doing to the point of using the best gear, for starters, seating in the best location, and using the utmost care to successfully capture the event…then having the prescience to preserve the result for future generations to enjoy. This is AWESOME in every way. Fuck man, if you can’t appreciate this recording, and this artist, just do us all a favor and find some other thing because music ain’t it for you. Yes that is harsh, but you’ll understand once you’ve listened to this. Peter Gabriel The Roxy West Hollywood, CA April 10, 1977 Late Show Disc 1 01 -Here Comes The Flood 02 -On The Air 03 -Moribund The Burgermeister 04 -Waiting For The Big One 05 -A Song Without Words 06 -Excuse Me 07 -Solsbury Hill 08 -Ain't That Peculiar 09 -Band Introductions 10 -Humdrum Disc 2 11 -Slowburn 12 -All Day And All Of The Night 13 -Here Comes The Flood 14 -Modern Love 15 -Down The Dolce Vita 16 -Back in NYC 17 -Modern Love (reprise) 18 -Solsbury Hill (reprise)