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Audience 8.7 - This is a very bright and clear recording from close to the stage. Loads of electrifying atmosphere – you literally are planted right in between the tapers close to the stage and you really sense that. -
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Audience 8.7 - This could also get a few tenths of a point up for the careful re-mastering that recently was applied to the old tape. It definitely needed a refresh, and it got one and it is way the better for it. The highlight for me is that Randy's guitar is the clearest instrument, followed by Ozzy and the others all decently placed in the soundfield with the only knock being the overall clarity and dynamics. That being said, this is a great recording for the time period, knowing how precious few great sounding Blizzard tour tapes there are. I have to rank this in the top 5 I think, because the guitar is so good (you get the tone, and a great sense of the spirit of the room and the band). Ozzy Osbourne Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK 1980-09-23 01. Intro (O Fortuna - Carmina Burana) 02. I Don't Know 03. You Looking At Me, Looking At You 04. Crazy Train 05. Goodbye To Romance 06. No Bones Movies 07. Mr. Crowley 08. Suicide Solution 09. Guitar Solo 10. Suicide Solution (Reprise) 11. Drum Solo 12. Revelation (Mother Earth) 13. Iron Man 14. Children of the Grave 15. Steal Away (The Night) 16. Paranoid Lineup: Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals Randy Rhoads - Guitar Lee Kerslake - Drums Bob Daisley - Bass Lindsay Bridgewater - Keyboards -
Audience 8.8 - I give this recording high marks for being one of the good ones, and you know how important any live recording with Randy Rhoades is so instantly when you hear this, and your ears go "wow, cool", well that means we have something special. Now, it does take a song or so to get balanced, maybe that is the taper and maybe that is the house, either way it is typical of an old audience tape to start a little rough but settle in as it goes. I am not saying this is super-duper, but when you have at least a very listenable tape, where you can clearly hear Randy and Ozzy, maybe a tiny bit of overload here but it doesn't matter - my ears don't lie and I felt this one delivered the goods. Ozzy Osbourne Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY. August 14th, 1981 1. I Don't Know 2. Crazy Train 3. Believer 4. Mr. Crowley 5. Flying High Again 6. Revelation (Mother Earth) 7. Steal Away (The Night) 8. Drum Solo 9. Suicide Solution 10. Guitar Solo - Suicide Solution (reprise) 11. Iron Man 12. Children Of The Grave 13. Paranoid -
Great live performance from Dokken! The Audio came to us from an unknown source and it seems to be a soundboard recording, although the audience noise is loud and clear too, so we have our doubt! It does not sound bad, by any means, but we can’t assure you it is a sound board recording as we usually do. -
The demos from one of the greatest records of all time! Randy’s work can be heard here, different solos melodies simply amazing! A lot has been said though the years about this record, this demos show a different insight about how this fantastic master piece came together. -
All Soundboard, all amazing, all never before circulated. This is what Van Halen dreams are made of. Van Halen 1982 TOUR CAN Disc 1 Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, MS. July 24, 1982 01. Romeo Delight 02. Unchained 03. Drum Solo 04. Dance The Night Away 05. Runnin' With The Devil 06. Dave Talks 07. Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 08. Hang 'Em High 09. Little Guitars 10. Bass Solo 11. Jamie's Cryin' 12. Dave Acoustic Solo 13. Ice Cream Man 14. Somebody Get Me A Doctor Disc 2 15. Cathedral 16. Secrets 17. Drum Solo II 18. Everybody Wants Some!! 19. Intruder 20. Pretty Woman 21. Guitar Solo 22. Keep Playin' That Rock N Roll 23. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 24. Bottoms Up! 25. You Really Got Me 26. Happy Trails 27. You Really Got Me (Reprise) Disc 3 Freedom Hall Louisville, KY. July 30, 1982 01. Dave Talks 02. Jamie's Cryin' 03. Little Guitars 04. Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 05. Bass Solo 06. Hang 'Em High 07. Cathedral 08. Secrets 09. Drum Solo II 10. Everybody Wants Some!! 11. Dance The Night Away 12. Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 13. Dave Acoustic Solo 14. Ice Cream Man 15. Intruder 16. Pretty Woman 17. Guitar Solo 18. D.O.A. Disc 4 Fort Wayne Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana July 31, 1982 01. Intro 02. Romeo Delight 03. Unchained 04. Drum Solo 05. The Full Bug 06. Runnin' With The Devil 07. Dave Talks 08. Jamie's Cryin' 09. Little Guitars 10. Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 11. Bass Solo 12. Hang 'Em High 13. Cathedral 14. Secrets 15. Drum Solo II 16. Everybody Wants Some!! Disc 5 17. Dance The Night Away 18. Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 19. Dave Acoustic Solo 20. Ice Cream Man 21. Intruder 22. Pretty Woman 23. Guitar Solo 24. D.O.A. 25. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 26. Bottoms Up! 27. You Really Got Me 28. Happy Trails 29. You Really Got Me (Reprise) Disc 6 Rockford Metro Centre Rockford, Illinois 3 August 1982 01. Intro 02. Romeo Delight 03. Unchained 04. Drum Solo 05. The Full Bug 06. Runnin' With The Devil 07. Dave Talks 08. Jamie's Cryin' 09. Little Guitars 10. Where Have All The Good Times Gone 11. Bass Solo 12. Hang 'Em High 13. Cathedral 14. Secrets 15. Drum Solo II 16. Everybody Wants Some!! 17. Dave Talks Disc 7 18. Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) 19. Dance The Night Away 20. Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 21. Dave Acoustic Solo 22. Ice Cream Man 23. Intruder 24. Pretty Woman 25. Guitar Solo 26. D.O.A. 27. Bottoms Up! 28. You Really Got Me 29. Happy Trails 30. You Really Got Me (Reprise) 31. Outro Music Disc 8 The Checkerdome St. Louis, Missouri 6 August 1982 01. Intro 02. Romeo Delight 03. Unchained 04. Drum Solo 05. The Full Bug 06. Runnin' With The Devil 07. Dave Talks 08. Jamie's Cryin' 09. Little Guitars 10. Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 11. Bass Solo 12. Hang 'Em High 13. Cathedral 14. Secrets Disc 9 15. Drum Solo II 16. Everybody Wants Some!! 17. Dave Talks 18. Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) 19. Dance The Night Away 20. Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 21. Dave Acoustic Solo 22. Ice Cream Man 23. Intruder 24. Pretty Woman 25. Guitar Solo 26. D.O.A. Disc 10 Omaha Civic Auditorium Arena Omaha, Nebraska 8 August 1982 01. Intro 02. Romeo Delight 03. Unchained 04. Drum Solo 05. The Full Bug 06. Runnin' With The Devil 07. Jamie's Cryin' 08. Little Guitars 09. Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 10. Bass Solo 11. Hang 'Em High 12. Cathedral Disc 11 13. Secrets 14. Drum Solo II 15. Everybody Wants Some!! 16. Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 17. Guitar Solo 18. D.O.A. 19. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 20. Bottoms Up! 21. You Really Got Me 22. Happy Trails 23. You Really Got Me (Reprise) 24. Outro Music -
Soundboard 9.7 - Electrifying greatness, this is how the legend was born. It is a must, end of story. Johnny Winter Avalon Ballroom San Francisco, CA. 1968 01. My Own Fault 02. Mean Town Blues 03. Rollin' N' Tumblin' 04. Let's Talk It Over 05. Mean Mistreater 06. Easy Rider 07. Be Careful With A Fool 08. Black Cat Bone 09. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 10. Untitled Instrumental 11. Mama Talk To Your Daughter 12. Stones In My Passway 13. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Line Up Johnny Winter: Guitar Vocal Tommy Shannon: Bass Uncle John Turner: Drums -
Audience 8.9 - A pretty good tape, the mix is very good, with good clear guitar and bass sitting just right, alongside the drums complimenting each other and not fighting for bandwidth at all. Vocals sit about all of it where they should be - all in all I like this one a lot. Ghost Göransson Arena Sandviken, Sweden 2025-05-23 Disc 1 01. Peacefield 02. Lachryma 03. Spirit 04. From the Pinnacle to the Pit 05. Majesty 06. Papa Speech 07. The Future Is a Foreign Land 08. Devil Church 09. Cirice 10. Darkness at the Heart of My Love 11. Satanized 12. Ritual Disc 2 13. Umbra 14. Year Zero 15. He Is 16. Rats 17. Kiss the Go-Goat 18. Mummy Dust 19. Papa Speech 20. Monstrance Clock 21. Mary on a Cross 22. Dance Macabre 23. Square Hammer 24. Outro - Sorrow in the Wind -
Soundboard 9.7 - The board tapes you usually get from Rory Gallagher are just so clear and punchy because that is his tone, and if you have great sound going in, you will get that coming out as well. Here is another pristine sdbrd from the blues rock master. Rory Gallagher Budapest Sportcsarnok Budapest, Hungary 1985-01-22 Disc 1 01. Double Vision 02. Mississippi Sheiks 03. Bad Penny 04. I Wonder Who 05. Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 06. Nadine 07. Bought And Sold 08. Off The Handle Disc 2 01. Tattoo'd Lady 02. Out On The Western Plain 03. Walkin' Blues 04. Bankar's Blues 05. Bourbon 06. Secret Agent 07. All Around Man 08. Bullfrog Blues 09. Dizzy Miss Lizzy 10. Messin' With The Kid 11. If You Ever Change Your Mind - Bring It On Home Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals Gerry McAvoy - bass Brendan O'Neill - drums Mark Feltham - harmonica -
Audience 8.7 - This is a decent tape that delivers some sense of the venue and the power of the band in a live setting, it's not "relaxed" sounding but definitely hard rock music at volume...but that being said there is some slight harmonic distortion somewhere in the upper mid band range, and if you had to choose where your live recording suffered, it would be here because it doesn't do as much damage to the sound taken as a whole as you might suppose. It's still a really good recording...with limitations. Kinks Golden Hall San Diego, CA February 11, 1976 Disc 1 01 Everybody's A Star (Starmaker) 02 Rush Hour Blues 03 Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) 04 You Really Got Me 05 All Day And All Of The Night 06 Lola 07 Alcohol 08 Celluloid Heroes 09 Schooldays 10 Schooldays Overture 11 Announcement 12 Jack The Idiot Dunce Disc 2 13 Education 14 The First Time We Fall in Love 15 I'm in Disgrace 16 Headmaster 17 The First Time We Fall in Love (Reprise) 18 The Hard Way 19 The Last Assembly 20 No More Looking Back 21 Finale -
Brand New - Recorded Live At M3 Rock Festival in 2012. The live album that was missing! Ratt live during “Infestation” era delivering an amazing show full of classic tunes with Warren Dimartini and Carlos Cavazo delivering a great guitar work along with a tight rhythmic section with Crucier and Blotzer together fronted by Stephen Percy still singing great. One of the last opportunity to listen to all this guys together on stage. -
Audience 8.8 - A rather good tape, it's kind of rare to find something like this just because of the extreme volume and what not that metal presents to taping gear - but this one shines. Sometimes the rhythm guitar seems to drop out a little in the mix, every now and then but that might be a PA or mix thing. Metallica - The Ecstasy of Aragon Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Il, USA February 9, 1985 1. The Ecstacy of Gold 2. Fight Fire With Fire 3. Ride The Lightning 4. Phantom Lord 5. The Four Horsemen 6. Anesthesia - Pulling Teeth 7. For Whom The Bell Tolls 8. No Remorse 9. Fade To Black 10. Seek And Destroy 11. Whiplash 12. Creeping Death 13. Am I Evil? 14. Motorbreath -
Portland - Audience 9.1 - Excellent, clear, and a nice atmosphere to it. Denver - Soundboard 9.6 - This board tape is expressive, bright (listen to Bob's vocals), and very well mixed (sounds like vocals panned to one side, back up vocals to the other side...interesting!). BOB DYLAN SEEKING SALVATION Paramount Theater Portland, Oregon January 16, 1980 Disc One 1. Gotta Serve Somebody 2. I Believe In You 3. When You Gonna Wake Up? 4. When He Returns 5. Man Gave Names To All The Animals 6. Precious Angel 7. Slow Train 8. Covenant Woman 9. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking 10. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) 11. Solid Rock 12. Saving grace 13. Saved Disc Two 14. What Can I Do For You? 15. In The Garden 16. band introductions 17. Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord 18. Pressing On Rainbow Music Hall, Denver January 22, 1980 19. When He Returns 20. Man Gave Names To All The Animals 21. Precious Angel 22. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking 23. Do Right To Me Baby (do unto others) 24. Solid Rock -
Audience 9.6 - Very well done, with loads of beautifully full drums and bass that do not boom and do not drown out any other instrument. Keys are nicely placed in the mix and at times seem to surround you. Excellent and highly recommended! ELP Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA. August 11, 1977 Disc 1 1. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2 2. Hoedown 3. Tarkus 4. Take A Pebble 5. Piano Concerto No.1 - 1st Movement 6. Take A Pebble 7. C'est La Vie 8. Knife Edge 9. Pictures At An Exhibition Disc 2 10. Still...You Turn Me On 11. Lucky Man 12. Tank 13. Nutrocker 14. Pirates 15. Fanfare For The Common Man - Rondo -
Audience 8.4 - This is not hi-fi by any stretch, but what it represents is a rollicking good time as only this band was capable of doing. In the mix is mostly Ron Wood and Rod Stewart, with a overdriving bass backbone that forces the intensity of the sound volume. It's a full bodied tape, no bones about it. With modern mastering tools, it has been brought under control...somewhat. Hey, I have heard MUCH worse than this, and once the ears settle in to it, what you have is a recording that delivers the fun and electricity of The Faces. The Faces Duke University Raleigh, NC September 19, 1973 Disc 1 01. Miss Judy´s Farm 02. Silicone Grown 03. The Stealer 04. Angel 05. True Blue 06. Stay With Me 07. I´m Losing You 08. I Wish It Would Rain 09. You Wear It Well - Maggie May Disc 10. I´d Rather Go Blind 11. My Fault 12. Too Bad - Every Picture Tells A Story 13. Borstal Boys 14. Twisting The Night Away 15. We´ll Meet Again