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CD 1 - Reading 1979 – Audience 5.7 - Loud and thundering but lead guitar is heard through the din, and you can kind of hear Lemmy singing, and there’s some drum like noises too. CD 2 Paris 1980 – Aud 6.9 - You can hear the music on this show. There are practically no decent recordings of the early Motorhead, but this one, even though it is bad, is one of the better ones because you can hear the songs, and it is not distorted. The guitar is really pretty clear – and so is Lemmy thank goodness. Oh, they kick ass on this show - Really. -
Soundboard 9.3 -
Audience 8.7 / Audience 8.9 -
A rare find, a good sounding 70's Motorhead live! I'd grab this one quick as I have very few of them and already they are out of print. Import from UK, SEALED. -
Audience 7.3 - Kick drum and vocals sound great though. -
Audience 8.2 and 8.4 - Both recordings, while limited in their own respective ways, are both MUST HAVES for the early Motley Crue collectors because they are pretty listenable, with the nod going to the later show even though it is narrower in its bandwidth (it is, however, much clearer). The ‘81 show is a little cluttered in the center, but has broader range and sounds “hot” so to speak. MOTLEY CRUE 1981-10-02 Country Club Reseda,CA(USA) 1 -Take Me To The Top 2 -Two-Timer 3 -Come On And Dance 4 -Mick Mars Guitar Solo 5 -Piece of Your Action 6 -Merry Go-Round 7 -Too Fast For Love 8 -Toast of the Town 9 -Stick To Your Guns 10 -Starry Eyes 11 -Live Wire Encore: 12 -Helter Skelter 13 -Jailhouse Rock Country Club, Reseda, CA. 8-30-82 14 -Take Me To The Top 15 -Looks That Kill 16 -Public Enemy #1 17 -Red Hot 18 -Starry Eyes 19 -Piece Of Your Action 20 -Shout At The Devil -
Audience 8.3/8.4/8.8 - When listening to the first two discs, it would be easy to dismiss them right away as being inferior, but I encourage the listener to stick with them for a while. The first disc is not bad, the sound is loud and narrow but guitars and vocals are clear and extremely direct! That means you get to actually hear it, and it’s an early period gig in a small venue and these are few and far between. The second disc is a little further from the stage, but I get the music pretty well if somewhat noisily. Here the audio is reasonably balanced too, so drums very much there, as is guitar and vocals. I actually got into it once I adjusted. The third disc is the best of the three, with clarity and balance, and even some dynamic range. You can increase the volume and not damage your ear drums. All three discs are above average performances too, with the third disc being among the very best ever. A worthwhile collection here. MÖTLEY CRÜE Red Hot 1983-1985 Disc 1 1983-12-05 City Coliseum Austin, TX 01 -Shout At The Devil 02 -Bastard 03 -Take Me To The Top 04 -Ten Seconds To Love 05 -Merry-Go-Round 06 -Knock 'Em Dead, Kid 07 -Piece Of Your Action 08 -Too Young To Fall In Love 09 -God Bless The Children Of The Beast - Red Hot - Guitar Solo 10 -Looks That Kill 11 -Live Wire 12 -Helter Skelter 13 -Jailhouse Rock Disc 2 1984-02-05 Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH 01 -Intro - Shout At The Devil 02 -Take Me To The Top 03 -Knock 'Em Dead, Kid 04 -Too Young To Fall In Love 05 -Red Hot 06 -Piece Of Your Action 07 -Looks That Kill 08 -Live Wire 09 -Helter Skelter Disc 3 1984-01-30 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 01. -Shout At The Devil 02. -Take Me To The Top 03. -Knock 'Em Dead, Kid 04. -Too Young To Fall In Love 05. -Red Hot 06. -Guitar Solo 07. -Piece Of Your Action 08. -Looks That Kill 09. -Live Wire 10. -Helter Skelter Show Notes: After their gold album presentation the previous night, MÖTLEY CRÜE are awarded platinum albums onstage during their first ever show at the famous Madison Square Gardens in New York City. This is the band's first platinum award, as they have now sold over a million copies of Shout At The Devil. When Tommy walks into his condo with his gold and platinum awards for the first time after the tour, his girlfriend Candice throws a plate at him smashing the glass frame of his gold award, after she becomes jealous over a photo she found of Tommy with some girl. Nikki takes his awards with him to the island of Nantucket, MA where he plans on meeting some girls, one of them actress Demi Moore who is working on the movie set of One Crazy Summer. Demi also shared a similar childhood to Nikki in many ways, with her father leaving before she was born, then being around drinking, arguing and beatings, and moving home a ridiculous amount of times. She greets Nikki as the prop plane lands, who in a wasted state, falls down the plane's steps onto the tarmac, smashing a bottle of Jack Daniels from his hand while his awards hit him in the head. Having been through Alcoholics Anonymous herself, Demi suggests the program to Nikki, who learns of it for the first time. -
Audience 8.7 - So this is one that fell below the radar but absolutely must be considered by any Crue fan to be one of the best of the best…and technically speaking it should not be. It’s not a board tape, it’s not even the best audience tape out there – but it is one of the best from this tour AND it just friggin’ smokes as far as performance goes. It’s one of the best played shows I have ever heard by them. The atmosphere is electric, the band is feeding off it, and they just deliver one hell of a performance. The tape captures the evening quite well, and you really feel as if you are there. I love that, I want the tape to be clear and I like some dynamics but I also really like a good atmosphere – this just delivers man. Motley Crue Theater of Pain Tour Live in Pittsburgh, at the Civic Arena August 7, 1985 Disc 1 In The Beginning Looks That Kill Use It Or Lose It Shout At The Devil Fight For Your Rights Ten Seconds To Love Piece Of Your Action Home Sweet Home Red Hot Mick Mars Guitar Solo Keep Your Eye on The Money Disc 2 Intro Louder Than Hell Tommy Lee Drum Solo Too Young To Fall In Love Knock ‘em Dead Live Wire Smokin’ In The Boys Room City Boy Blues Helter Skelter Jailhouse Rock -
Audience 8.8 - Hell yeah, live and loud, very clear. -
Audience 7.5 - Not quite as good as Manchester, some kind of compressed, almost muffled but probably only needs a kick in the highs which you can do on whatever you play it with. There's a little bit of headroom to play with. Not going to blow anyone away but if you've heard any of the other 2015 captures you realize that this and Manchester are the better ones. -
Audience 7.8 - Probably as good as you can get for the tour right now unless and until a Soundboard surfaces. The reality is this is a stadium rock band and the sound is exactly that. Large kick drum, vocals in front, indistinct PA loud guitar and bass, but that being said, this is probably exactly as it sounded at this show. It is enjoyable for what it is. -
Audience 8.2/Studio 9.5 - OK, what we have here is both a blessing and a curse. How to begin? It’s not the best sounding tape, but, it’s perhaps one of the most important and illuminating tapes to have surfaced in a long time. I’d been collecting Motley Crue for some time (because they have a special place in my early teenage years) and had always thought 1982 was the earliest known recordings. Should this even be in anyone’s collection? Considering the revelation it was to me, hearing them sound so confident and amazing as early as this, yes I think it belongs in every collection. It sounds pretty rough, but not rough enough to dismiss. A LOT of work went into the re-mastering to deliver something that started off unlistenable and now can be considered a “good” audience tape. Small club, loud AF band, sub-par taping gear. Why were tapers there recording at all? Who was Motley Crue in 1981? By the sound of it, they were already hot stuff on the scene. The demos are excellent; these early demos are also indispensible and belong in every Crue collector’s tape deck. MOTLEY CRUE The Whiskey Los Angeles, CA 12 11 1981 1. Take Me to the Top 2. Runnin' Wild in the Night 3. I Will Survive 4. Toast of the Town 5. Starry Eyes 6. Piece of Your Action 7. Come On and Dance 8. Too Fast for Love 9. Merry-Go-Round 10. Live Wire Bonus Tracks Leathur Demos 1981 11. Public Enemy No.1 12. Take Me To The Top 13. Stick To Your Guns 14. Toast Of The Town -
CD 1 Audience 8.5 - A very good sounding tape here, nothing that annoys the ears, in fact it is clear with a solid impact vocal and smoothly integrated guitar/bass. I did notice some phasing effect but it’s not even a bother at all, in fact in this case it adds some atmospherics. Solid! CD2 Audience 8.7 - Slightly more distant than the previous show but certainly has good clarity, a more even mix as far as the drums being at the same level as guitar, bass, and vocals. It gains points in the overall clarity, sounding like a master was used as there is virtually no tape noise, no mid-band muddiness, really CLEAR! Turn up the volume because it sounds way much better at loud levels. Motley Crue Stadio Baseball Nettuno, Roma, Italy 1984-09-05 (opening for AC/DC) Disc 1 01. -In The Beginning 02. -Bastard 03. -Knock 'em Dead, Kid 04. -Shout at the Devil 05. -Ten Seconds to Love 06. -Piece of Your Action 07. -Red Hot 08. -Looks That Kill 09. -Live Wire 10. -Helter Skelter Disc 2 TEATRE TENDA MILAN , ITALY NOVEMBER 12TH , 1984 1.-N THE BEGINNING - BASTARD 2.-KNOCK 'EM DEAD KID 3.-SHOUT AT THE DEVIL 4.-TEN SECONDS TO LOVE 5.-PIECE OF YOUR ACTION 6.-RED HOT 7.-LOOKS THAT KILL 8.-LIVE WIRE 9.-HELTER SKELTER -
Audience 8.7 - Rockin' good! -
Audience 8.7 - Believe it or not, few excellent recordings exist of Motley Crue from these early days. This one is actually very decent, with a lot of festival atmosphere, and even though the recording is “distant” it is clear and you get a good round bass, clear and loud guitar, and vocals very clear. Virtually no muck in this tape, you can turn it up loud too because there’s good headroom. Motley Crue - 1984-08-18 Castle Donington Park, England 01 Intro - Bastard 02 Knock `Em dead 03 Shout At The devil 04 Ten Seconds To love 05 Piece Of Your Action 06 Red Hot 07 Looks That Kill 08 Live Wire 09 Helster Skelter Running Time: 44 mn. 4 s. note: The Crüe makes their first trip to the U.K. and plays the huge Monsters of Rock Festival in Donington at noon in front of about sixty thousand metalheads. After kicking off the show, Mötley is followed on stage by Y&T, Accept, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen and AC/DC. At the end of their set, Nikki throws his bass into the crowd and it lands on a fan named Stu Taylor, smashing his glasses and cutting his head open. A number of people take the guitar to the side of the stage to smash it up and share out the pieces. -
Audience 8.8 - This recording has been attributed to a soundboard radio broadcast but I highly doubt that. For one thing, listen to the vocals, that should be a dead giveaway. That all being said, the recording is very, very good, a little on the bright side but it is still smokin’ hot and not to be missed. -
Soundboard 9.4 - Rating on average for the three shows represented in this set. All are either broadcasts or board feeds of excellent quality. Morrissey Three Decades In The Making 1997-2023 Disc 1 Los Angeles, CA. 10-12-1997 01. -Operation 02. -Boy Racer 03. -Alma Matters 04. -Billy Budd 05. -Reader Meet Author 06. -Nobody Loves us 07. -Wide To Receive 08. -Roys Keen 09. -Speedway 10. -More You Ignore Me 11. -Ambitious Outsiders 12. -Paint A Vulgar Picture 13. -Now My Heart Is Full 14. -Shoplifters 15. -Maladjusted 16. -Trouble Loves Me 17. -Satan Rejected My Soul Disc 2 House Of Blues Chicago, IL, USA 17th July 2004 01. -Introduction 02. -Shakespeare's Sister 03. -How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel 04. -Jack The Ripper 05. -Rubber Ring 06. -I'm Not Sorry 07. -First Of The Gang To Die 08. -I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday 09. -The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores 10. -I Have Forgiven Jesus 11. -The Headmaster Ritual 12. -Irish Blood, English Heart Disc 3 Paris, Salle Pleyel March 9, 2023 01. -Intro - Our Frank 02. -I Wish You Lonely 03. -Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (The Smiths song) 04. -Jim Jim Falls 05. -Rebels Without Applause 06. -Sure Enough, the Telephone Rings 07. -Girlfriend in a Coma (The Smiths song) 08. -Irish Blood, English Heart 09. -Knockabout World 10. -The Loop 11. -The Bullfighter Dies Disc 4 12. -Without Music the World Dies 13. -Everyday Is Like Sunday 14. -Band Intro - Istanbul 15. -The Night Pop Dropped 16. -Half a Person (The Smiths song) 17. -Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths song) 18. -Trouble Loves Me 19. -Jack the Ripper 20. -Sweet and Tender Hooligan (The Smiths song) -
Audience 9.1 - You have to really try hard if you want to screw up a stealth recording in this day and age – excellent equipment, great PA’s, decent venues…so thankfully taper understands and delivers a pleasant “souvenir” in this live tape. Morrissey – well I was never into him but gotta admit there’s a lot of talent here in the music and his deliver is appropriate. Morrissey Forest Hills Stadium Queens, NY September 7, 2019 Disc 1 01 -stage entrance 02 -You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side 03 -Alma Matters 04 -Hairdresser On Fire 05 -I Wish You Lonely 06 -Satan Rejected My Soul 07 -Morning Starship 08 -Wedding Bell Blues 09 -Lady Willpower 10 -I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 11 -If You Don’t Like Me, Don’t Look At Me 12 -Munich Air Disaster 1958 13 -Seasick Yet Still Docked Disc 2 14 -Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself 15 -That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 16 -Never Again Will I Be A Twin 17 -Back On The Chain Gang 18 -The Bullfighter Dies 19 -Jack The Ripper 20 -Some Say I Got Devil 21 -Irish Blood, English Heart Encore: 22 -stage entrance 23 -piano solo 24 -Everyday Is Like Sunday 25 -How Soon Is Now 26 -exit music Morrissey - vocals Boz Boorer - guitar, keyboard, clarinet, vocals Jesse Tobias - guitar Mando Lopez - bass Matthew Ira Walker - drums Gustavo Manzur - keyboards, trumpet, vocals -
Audience 8.8 - A decent atmospheric tape with emphasis on vocals, and music like a warm backdrop behind him that swirls and echoes above. I would have preferred a more distinct guitar in the mix but this Morrissey not The Smiths! Morrissey United Palace Theater New York 2023-10-25 Disc 1 01 -Stage intro + The Last Night of the Fair 02 -We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful 03 -Suedehead 04 -Alma Matters 05 -Our Frank 06 -Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before 07 -Sure Enough, the Telephone Rings 08 -I Wish You Lonely 09 -How Soon Is Now? 10 -Girlfriend In A Coma 11 -Irish Blood, English Heart 12 -Darling, I Hug A Pillow Disc 2 13 -Let Me Kiss You + band intro 14 -Half A Person 15 -Speedway 16 -The Loop 17 -Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want 18 -piano solo + Everyday Is Like Sunday 19 -Jack The Ripper 20 -Sweet and Tender Hooligan + outro Morrissey - vocals Jesse Tobias - guitar Camila Grey - keyboards Brendan Buckley- drums Juan Galeano Toro - bass Carmen Vendenberg - guitar -
Audience 9.0 - Solid, nothing offensive here at all to the ears. Lots of cool atmosphere…chicks dig this guy…whatever. MORRISSEY September 5, 2021 Caesars Colosseum Las Vegas, NV Disc 1 01 - It's Over 02 - How Soon Is Now? 03 - Alma Matters 04 - First of the Gang to Die 05 - Everyday is Like Sunday 06 - Shoplifters of the World Unite 07 - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 08 - Knockabout World 09 - Morning Starship 10 - Ouija Board, Ouija Board 11 - Seasick, Yet Still Docked 12 - Never Had No One Ever Disc 2 13 - Half a Person 14 - Love Is on Its Way Out 15 - Satan Rejected My Soul 16 - The Lazy Sunbathers 17 - I've Changed My Plea to Guilty 18 - Lady Willpower 19 - Back on the Chain Gang 20 - Irish Blood, English Heart 21 - Jack the Ripper -
This music was released originally in 1969 I believe and is considered a classic psychedelic rock work. CD is new, never played. -
Audience 8.8 - Very crisp and clean sound. Enjoyable show! -
Audience 7.5 - Average dynamics but the strength of this recording lies not in the tonal spectrum but in the music itself. You WILL gain an even greater appreciation for them after listening. The rewards are huge, a promise I can make without hesitation. Simply breathtaking! -
Audience 8.7 - Recorded with reel to reel tape machine, this is actually very good although it begins with some fluctuations as the tapers settle in. They do an admirable job throughout as the tape stabilizes, they comment here and there but keep it to a minimum, as is the crowd noise. So, it’s a relaxing and enjoyable experience, the band sounding like they are not willing to sell out just yet as their set is not necessarily a top 40 showcase which is good actually. Some hits, but a lot of deep and meaningful music. The Moody Blues - LA Forum 1974-01-30 Setlist (runtime 1hr37m) Disc 1 -Intro and Taper's Comments -Higher And Higher -Out And In -The Story In Your Eyes -One More Time To Live -Tuesday Afternoon -Legend Of A Mind -Watching And Waiting -Eternity Road -Japan Disc 2 -Melancholy Man -Are You Sitting Comfortably -The Dream -Have You Heard part 1 -The Voyage -Have You Heard part 2 -Nights In White Satin -I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band -Intro to Question -Question -Applause and Taper's Comments -Ride My Seesaw -
Audience 9.3 - The secret to making a lifelike stealth recording is knowing what kind of microphone to use and how to operate peak level control meters. If you master those two aspects, the rest comes down to location inside the venue and physical handling of the gear. In this case, every element is handled appropriately with excellent results. There's a reason why they call the taper (Mike Millard RIP) Mike The Mic. Moody Blues Pacific Amphitheatre Costa Mesa, CA August 30, 1990 Disc 1 01 Lovely To See You 02 Gemini Dream 03 The Voice 04 Rock 'N' Roll Over You 05 Tuesday Afternoon 06 I Know You're Out There Somewhere 07 The Story In Your Eyes 08 Your Wildest Dreams 09 Isn't Life Strange Disc 2 10 The Other Side Of Life 11 I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) 12 Nights In White Satin 13 Legend Of A Mind 14 Question 15 Ride My See-Saw -
Montrose Boston 1974 Aud 8.6 - A new master tape source used for this one, and the tape is very clear although the hall acoustics are not optimal but it ROCKS! It’s decent and a lot of fun. Spooky Tooth Boston 1974 Audience 8.5 - A master tape source obtained for this presentation and aside from the acoustics of the venue and the sound mix itself, this is a good tape and can be enjoyed. Humble Pie Boston 1974 Audience 8.5 - This recording is from a master source and is clear, but the house mix and the venue make it hard to get that separation of instruments that make for a better experience. That being said this is still well worth getting. MONTROSE Music Hall Boston MA. March 11th 1974 THE BAND Sammy Hagar Lead Vocals Ronnie Montrose Guitar Bill Church Bass Denny Carmassi Drums Disc 1 1 -Tune Up - Intro 2 -Good Rockin' Tonight 3 -Bad Motor Scooter 4 -Drive It On Home 5 -Make It Last 6 -Guitar Solo 7 -Rock The Nation 8 -Drum's and Bass 9 -Space Station #5 10 -Thank You SPOOKY TOOTH THE BAND Mike Patto keyboards vocals Gary Wright organ vocals Mick Jones guitar vocals Val Burke bass vocals Bryson Graham drums 11 -Intro - Tune Up 12 -Waiting For The Wind 13 -Cotton Growing Man 14 -We Busted A Bass String In Boston 15 -Unknown Title 16 -Better By You, Better Than Me Disc 2 17 -I Am The Walrus 18 -Fantasy Satisfier 19 -Evil Woman 20 -Just Enough For The City 21 -Thank You Humble Pie THE BAND Steve Marriott vocals guitar harp keyboards Clem Clempson guitar keyboards vocals Greg Ridley bass vocals Jerry Shirley drums 22 -Tune Up - Intro 23 -Thunderbox 24 -Sweet Peace And Time 25 -Thirty Days In The Hole Disc 3 1 -Four Day Creep 2 -I Just Wanna Make Love To You 3 -Let Me Be Your Lover Man 4 -C'mon Everybody 5 -I Don't Need No Doctor 6 -Bless you Thank you Goodnight -
Audience 7.0 - For the completist only. -
Soundboard 9.0 and Soundboard 9.3 -
FM Radio Broadcast 8.6 -
Audience 7.3 - Sounds very close to the stage, and the tape machine struggles, but there’s something magical about this one…the band sounds more experimental and “free” to just rock it and jam. There is a palpable energy and the recording does capture that. -
CD 1 - FM Broadcast 8.8 / CD 2 - FM Radio Broadcast 9.1 / CD 3 - FM Radio Broadcast 8.9 / CD 4 - Audience 8.7 -
Audience 8.9 - You can turn the volume way up and it gets better and better because the wise taper knew what he was doing. The show is incomplete though but you won’t find me complaining. Thankful for what I have, and you will be too!