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Audience 8.4 - Not a great one, but certainly indicative of the band and their sound in 1994, a year that I do not have a plethora of recordings from…also it is a Houston show and since I am from there…Good enough! Rush The Summit Houston, TX. January 26, 1994 1. -Roll The Bones 2. -Animate 3. -Stick It Out 4. -Double Agent 5. -Limelight 6. -Mystic Rhythms 7. -Closer To The Heart 8. -The Rhythm Method 9. -The Trees 10. -Xanadu 11. -Hemispheres - Prelude 12. -Tom Sawyer 13. -Force Ten 14. -YYZ -
Audience 8.8 - Quite the find! This is a strong and clear tape, although I sense the taper is quite new at it because for starters he manages only part of the show (although it’s most of the show) and second he says things (he’s clear on the recording, but thankfully not too chatty) that indicate he’s a noob. The audience around him gets into the show but are not overly intrusive in the recording. I found the guitar solo portion of the show to be the most electric as it sounds so close and clear…very cool! I like the I’m So Glad/Somebody Get Me A Doctor combo because it is one of those rare improvisational moments that you don’t know where it will go. Taper loves to stop and start too close to the songs sometimes cutting off endings it’s infuriating (and again indicates he’s a beginner) but thanks go to him for doing this one regardless. Van Halen Riverside Centroplex Baton Rouge, Louisiana November 26, 1982 1. Hang 'Em High 2. Cathedral - Secrets 3. Everybody Wants Some! 4. Dance The Night Away 5. Somebody Get Me a Doctor 6. Ice Cream Man 7. Intruder - Pretty Woman 8. Eruption 9. Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love 10. Bottom's Up 11. You Really Got Me -
Audience 8.6 -A sonic blast not held back by some of the typical limitations such as the actual venue itself which is notorious for sounding more like a gymnasium than a concert hall. Tape cannot be faulted for being muddy, it’s not very clean, but that is due to proximity to PA and unprofessional gear. That being said, the tape scores high in terms of sheer electricity and fun…once your ears adjust, yeah, but what a ride! Band did not know they were being taped by someone so I guess this is a pretty honest performance. They sound very primitive, underground, gritty…and I guess that is why Cooper made changes because perhaps that style and sound was getting outdated on such a large caliber tour. Personally, I much prefer this honest, maybe if a bit more crude, band sound. Alice Cooper Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts March-26-1973 the band alice cooper vocals michael bruce guitar glen buxton guitar dennis dunaway bass neal smith drums 1 -intro - tune up 2 -hello hooray 3 -billion dollar babies 4 -elected 5 -im 18 6 -raped and freezing 7 -no more mr nice guy 8 -my stars 9 -unfinished sweet 10 -I Love The Dead 11 -schools out 12 -under my wheels 13 -god bless america -
Soundboard 9.2 - The Paris is a little better, but the Edinburgh is also a good board tape showing perhaps a few more signs of its age. I find this period of the band perhaps their best musically, with a lot more confidence and drive. CAN Live 1973 Disk 1 Olympia, Paris 1973-05-12 01. Queueing Down 02. One More Night Disk 2 03. Spoon - Stars and Lines 04. Vitamin C Disc 3 Empire Theatre, Edinburgh 25th August 1973 01. Soup 02. Stone Strike 03. Hakucho No Uta (Swan No Song) 04. Hot Day in Koeln 05. I'm Your Doll Damo Suzuki - vocals Holger Czukay - bass Michael Karoli - guitar Jaki Liebezeit - drums Irmin Schmidt - keyboards -
Audience 8.5 - Certainly a mainstay title in the huge catalog of live Metallica boots. Why? Because it is the classic line-up and it sounds reasonably good, even though the twin guitar attack is not clearly defined. The band was making a statement around this time, and that much is certainly evident with these Ride The Lightening tour tapes. Metallica Stockholm, Sweden 12-12-1984 1. Ecstacy Of Gold 2. Fight Fire With Fire 3. Ride The Lightning 4. Phantom Lord 5. The Four Horsemen 6. Bass Solo 7. For Whom The Bell Tolls 8. No Remorse 9. The Call Of Ktulu 10. Seek And Destroy 11. Blitzkrieg -
Soundboard 8.8 - This is more than likely exactly what you would have heard had you bought this comp back in the 80’s. It has remained true to the original 1972 US Tour boot, which as you know gathers the soundboards from the tour and compiles them in such a way so as to present a dream set list (no song duplication). Sourced from a variety of shows, this is basically a road tape for lack of a better description. The Rolling Stones North American Tour Summer 1972 Tracks recorded at Vancouver, Houston, Ft. Worth, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Charlotte, and Honolulu 1. -Brown Sugar 2. -Bitch 3. -Rocks Off 4. -Gimme Shelter 5. -Dead Flowers 6. -Happy 7. -Tumbling Dice 8. -Love In Vain 9. -Sweet Virginia 10. -ventilator Blues 11. -Torn And Frayed 12. -Loving Cup 13. -All Down The Line 14. -Bye Bye Johnny 15. -Rip This Joint 16. -Jumping Jack Flash 17. -Street Fighting Man 18. -Uptight-Satisfaction -
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 -
FM Broadcast 9.5 - This is kind of like the Red Bull of rock in the mid 80’s. In hindsight, you could say it was cool that even when these guys had some very anthemic rock numbers (and some with cheesy lyrics), they at least had a heavier approach to the music. The sound quality is excellent here and it seems to me if you have any interest in mid 80’s hard rock/aor/metal, this band would be and should be on your radar and then by extension you would seek out something like this FM broadcast. Keel Harpo's WLLZ Live Broadcast - FM Detroit, MI March 8, 1985 1. Back to the City 2. Electric Love 3. Speed Demon 4. Lay Down the Law 5. Easier Said than Done 6. Princess of Illusion 7. So Many Girls So Little Time 8. Til Hell Freezes Over 9. Rock and Roll Animal 10. Cold Day in Hell 11. The Right to Rock/Band Intros 12. Lets Spend the Night Together 13. You're the Victim (I'm the Crime) 14. Backstage interview with Ron Keel and Doug Podell -
Audience 9.3 - A solid recording in a small venue that is very intimate, in fact it sounds like the drums aren’t even going through the mains they sound so natural. I could swear taper is seated right in front of the band…really surprised they aren’t discovered by Lou and arrested on the spot! Lou Reed The Bottom Line New York 5-11-77 Disc 1 1. Sweet Jane 2. I'm Waiting For The Man 3. Rock And Roll Heart 4. Heroin 5. Rock And Roll 6. Walk On The Wild Side 7. Shooting Star 8. You Better Dance, Dance, Dance Disc 2 1. Lisa Says 2. Satellite Of Love 3. Leave Me Alone 4. Coney Island Baby 5. Vicious 6. Berlin 7. Banging On My Drums -
Audience 8.6 - OK, so this is one you might not be too familiar with, but it’s from ’79 so you know you gotta have it…so what’s the catch? Does it suck? Naw man, this recording actually captures THE EVENT in a way that sounds so realistic you’d think you were there. Now, here’s the catch – poor taper’s gear just was not quite up to the challenge of the volume and so there’s the little tiniest bit of distortion that affects one very narrow piece of the middle bandwidth that thankfully is not the annoying kind of distortion, it’s not a deal breaker. It does mean you may not wish to crank this up too loud as the louder it gets the more that frequency announces its presence to your ears. That being said, if you want complete immersion this tape provides it and then some. For that reason I think you have to dive in, I did and I really do appreciate this kind of tape. Rush Date: May 27, 1979 Location: Stadhalle, Erlangen, Germany DISC 1: 01 - Anthem 4:27 02 - A Passage To Bangkok 4:01 03 - Bytor And The Snowdog 5:27 04 - Xanadu 12:32 05 - The Trees 5:00 06 - Hemispheres 11:34 07 - Closer To The Heart 3:26 DISC 2: 01 - A Farewell To Kings 5:43 02 - La Villa Strangiato 10:09 03 - 2112 17:53 04 - Working Man 3:59 -
Soundboard 9.5 - I know what you are thinking – “is this just another awesome Dio board tape”? Yep, sorry to disappoint! DIO Breaking Sound Festival Paris,France August 30,1984 01. One Night In The City 02. We Rock 03. Holy Diver > 04. Stargazer > 05. Heaven & Hell 06. Rainbow In The Dark 07. Band intros > Man On The Silver Mountain > Starstruck > MOTSM 08. Don't Talk To Strangers Band Line-up Ronnie James DIO - Vocals Vinny Appice - Drums Jimmy Bain - Bass Vivian Campbell - Guitar Claude Schnell - Keyboards -
MOR 1985 Audience 8.6 - A strong recording that gets off to a funky start (at one point a mic jack unplugs and one channel drops but it lasts only a minute). I prefer this to a dry soundboard to be honest. It’s not a perfect audience recording but it sure does deliver on energy and atmosphere! I like it. Tokyo 1987 Audience 8.7 - Nice atmosphere on this tape, and the audio comes through especially vocals and bass actually has a nice round sound to it. Guitars are not super distinct, but thankfully the solos are really soaring above and captured pretty well. I like the snare drum here, whoever was mixing this show really must have had a hard-on for the drummer ha ha! Ratt Monsters of Rock 1985 Donington Park Castle Donington Derbyshire, England August 17, 1985 1. -U Got It 2. -Wanted Man 3. -You Think You're Tough 4. -You're In Love 5. -Lay It Down 6. -The Morning After - Never Use Love 7. -Round And Round 8. -Sweet Cheater Nippon Budokan Tokyo, Japan 1987-05-14 9. -Intro 10. -Looking For Love 11. -One Good Lover 12. -Wanted Man 13. -Back For More 14. -The morning After 15. -Dangerous but Worth the Risk 16. -Lack of Communication Disc 2 1. -7th Avenue 2. -Lay It Down 3. -You Should Know by Now 4. -Guitar Solo 5. -You're In Love 6. -You Think You're Tough 7. -Drive Me Crazy 8. -Slip Of The Lip 9. -Walkin' The Dog 10. -Round & Round 11. -Body Talk 12. -Dance -
Myrtle Beach 1978 Audience 8.3 - This recording is not well known among collectors and has fallen through the cracks over time, the fact that it is not a great sounding tape is perhaps one reason why. That being said, I have heard much worse than this. St. Louis 1978 Audience 8.7 - The highlight of this recording is the nice live sound of Charlie Watts, with Mick being next up in the mix. Everything else is there, with decent enough clarity, but what makes the tape worth diving into is the cool “liveness” of it. It has the feel of a smaller venue (relatively speaking). It is easy to see why this was picked up by the Japanese bootleg machine, it is probably one that collectors want due to it being from the ’78 tour and reasonably good quality, and great performance. I say dive in! The Rolling Stones Myrtle Beach South Carolina June 22 1978 Disc 1 01.Don't Look Back 02.Let It Rock 03.All Down The Line 04.Honky Tonk Women 05.Star Star 06.Lies 07.Miss You 08.When The Whip Comes Down 09.Beast of Burden 10.Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) Disc 2 11.Respectable 12.Far Away Eyes 13.Love In Vain 14.Shattered 15.Tumbling Dice 16.Happy 17.Sweet Little Sixteen 18.Brown Sugar 19.Jumping Jack Flash Kiel Opera House St. Louis, Missouri July 11, 1978 20 -Let It Rock 21 -All Down The Line 22 -Honky Tonk Women 23 -Star Star Disc 3 01 -When The Whip Comes Down 02 -Beast Of Burden 03 -Lies 04 -Miss You 05 -Just My Imagination 06 -Shattered 07 -Respectable 08 -Far Away Eyes 09 -Love In Vain 10 -Tumbling Dice -
Soundboard 9.3 - A solid tape that features wide stereo sound field with the kind of mix that you expect a soundman sitting at the board in the dead center of the hall to make for maximum listening pleasure. It is that kind of mix so your pleasure is guaranteed. The Rolling Stones Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, TX. July 19, 1978 Disc 1 1. -Let It Rock 2. -All Down The Line 3. -Honky Tonk Women 4. -Star Star 5. -When The Whip Comes Down 6. -Beast Of Burden 7. -Lies 8. -Miss You 9. -Just My Imagination Disc 2 1. -Shattered 2. -Respectable 3. -Far Away Eyes 4. -Love In Vain 5. -Introductions 6. -Tumbling Dice 7. -Happy 8. -Sweet Little Sixteen 9. -Brown Sugar 10. -Jumping Jack Flash -
Soundboard 9.5 - Forceful and direct, everything is at full blast and never sounded better. The Rolling Stones Cricket Ground Perth, Australia February 24, 1973 01 Brown Sugar 02 Bitch 03 Rocks Off 04 Gimmie Shelter 05 Happy 06 Tumbling Dice 07 Love In Vain 08 Sweet Virginia 09 You Can't Always Get What You Want 10 Honky Tonk Women 11 All Down The Line 12 Midnight Rambler 13 Band Introductions / Happy Birthday Nicky 14 Little Queenie 15 Rip This Joint -
Audience 8.4 - A little lo-fi here but guitar is up front followed by drums which you can hear well. Some tape hiss present, bass is in a good place not too boomy and complements the guitar sound well. Leslie is playing more fluid here, probably because RCMH is known for good acoustics so he must have had good feedback. Crowd is on his side, he owned New York without a doubt. I feel like this recording would benefit greatly from a good re-mastering, hiss reduction, etc. because it has a decent enough sonic foundation. MOUNTAIN RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA OCTOBER 3, 1974 Lineup: "From Bronx, Queens and Canada" (= quote from stage announcement): Leslie West (+) - guitar & vocals Felix Pappalardi (+) - bass & vocals Corky Laing - drums & percussion 01. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 5:41 02. Theme For An Imaginary Western 5:45 03. Thumbsucker 5:17 04. You Better Believe It 10:09 05. Crossroader 7:38 06. Nantucket Sleighride 20:20 07. Leslie West Guitar Solo 7:27 08. Satisfaction > 7:27 09. Corky Laing Drum Solo 2:51 10. Mississippi Queen 5:28