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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 -
Studio 9.0-9.4 - Varies as far as the overall sound and mix but does not stray much below a solid 9.0…but man what you are getting here is bona fide Aerosmith and NOT the dressed up, slicked out, packaged presentation of Aerosmith that the record company needed in order to make vast profits. This is down and dirty, raw, primal, and above all – fantastic! To hear unadulterated guitars, guttural, almost fuzz style bass, and howling, tortured Steven, and this is 1987 mind you! How can it be? I don’t know but this set rocks! Aerosmith Permanent Vacation Outtakes 1987 Disc 1 1. Heart's Done Time (early studio rehearsals AKA Right Key, Wrong Key Hole) 2. Magic Touch (early demo version) 3. Magic Touch (final pre-production with different lyrics) 4. Rag Doll (final pre-production with different lyrics and solo) 5. Simoriah (final pre-production) 6. Simoriah early demo version) 7. Dude (looks like a lady) (final pre-production without intro) 8. Dude (looks like a lady) (early demo version with different lyrics) 9. Dude (looks like a lady) (early studio rehearsals) 10. Dude (looks like a lady) (original working demo version) 11. St. John (final pre-production) 12. St. John (early demo version) 13. St. John (early studio rehearsals) Disc 2 1. Hangman Jury (early studio rehearsals) 2. Girl Keeps Coming Apart (final pre-production) 3. Girl keeps coming apart (early studio sessions without vocals) 4. Girl keeps coming apart (early studio rehearsals without vocals) 5. Angel (original working demo version) 6. Permanent vacation (final pre-production) 7. Permanent vacation (early demo version) 8. I'm Down (final pre-production) 9. Got To Find A Way (original working demo version including "The movie") 10. Got To Find A Way (early studio rehearsals) Disc 3 1. Walking On Danger Street (original working demo version) 2. Walking On Danger Street (early studio rehearsals) 3. Feel The Pain (original working demo version AKA Sleeping Sickness and Scream In Pain) 4. Feel The Pain (final complete demo version) 5. Hollywood (early studio rehearsals) 6. Hollywood (original working demo version) 7. Funky Thing (original working demo version) 8. Funky Thing (Joe's Funky early demo version) 9. Once Is Enough (original working demo version) 10. Love Me Like A Bird Dog (original working demo version) 11. Love Me Like A Bird Dog (early studio rehearsals) 12. Take It Easy (early studio rehearsals) 13. Is Anybody Out There? (early studio rehearsals) -
Audience 8.7 - This slightly above average tape sounds like it has been re-mastered and life restored to it, but the mix favors percussion and keys. The rest of the band is a little behind them but thankfully Carlos’ solos rise up above much more in the mix. I did find it an interesting tape with an atmosphere that lets you kind of soak up the Italian vibe – between the chatter and the feel of the venue itself it is kind of strangely…renaissance. Let’s just say the recording captures a little more than just the rock band that evening and it adds a lot to the experience. That is why I can still recommend this to fans, and the fact that it is 1971 which is that interesting period with Neil Schon. Santana Palaido Milano, Italy April 27, 1971 1. -Waiting 2. -Incident At Neshabur 3. -Toussaint L'Overture 4. -Taboo 5. -Batuka 6. -Evil Ways 7. -Soul Sacrifice 8. -Samba Pa Ti 9. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 10. -Oye Como Va 11. -Savor 12. -Jingo -
Audience 9.5 - Outstanding! Yes, it’s just another killer quality audience tape that seems to be the hallmark for the Zappa legacy. Probably because you have devoted fans keen on preserving the experience and doing it with care, and an artist who diligently worked hard to provide a high quality audio experience. ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA Sentrum Scene Oslo, Norway November 24, 2013 Disc 1 01. Intro 02. The gumbo variations 03. Dweezil's intro to "Roxy and elswhere" 04. Penguin in bondage 05. Pygmy twylyte 06. Dummy up 07. Village of the sun 08. Echidna's arf (of you) 09. Don't you ever wash that thing 10. Cheepnis 11. Son of orange county 12. More trouble every day Disc 2 13. Be bop tango 14. Florentine pogen 15. Teenage wind 16. Teenage prostitute 17. The black page # 1 (drum solo) 18. The black page # 2 19. Dweezil talks 20. I come from nowhere 21. Dweezil talks 22. The duke of prunes Disc 3 23. Peaches en regalia - Intro to... 24. The torture never stops - Audience ovations 25. Encore intro 26. Watermelon in easter hay 27. Dweezil talks 28. Zombie woof 29. Muffin man Dweezil Zappa: guitar, vocals Scheila Gonzalez: saxophone, flute, keyboards & vocals Ben Thomas: vocals, trumpet, trombone, percussion Chris Norton: keyboards, vocals Kurt Morgan: bass Ryan Brown: drums -
LA 1977 Soundboard 9.4 - THIS is what PUNK should sound like live…loud, brash, and totally in your face – that is exactly what this board tape delivers and I LOVE IT! Get it and you’ll see why. CBGB’s 1977 Audience 9.2 - A pretty clean recording, which is surprising to me as this is a punk band in a small club at full volume (presumably). So, either taper is affiliated with the club and set up somewhere with some good equipment or it’s a fan who just knew what he was doing and nailed it. I am going with the former. Ramones LIVE 1977 Disc 1 Whisky a Go Go Los Angeles, California October 21, 1977 01 -intro 02 -Loudmouth 03 -Beat On The Brat 04 -Blitzkrieg Bop 05 -I Remember You 06 -Glad To See You Go 07 -Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 08 -You're Gonna Kill That Girl 09 -I Don't Care 10 -Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 11 -Rockaway Beach 12 -Commando 13 -Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 14 -Surfin' Bird 15 -Cretin Hop 16 -Listen To My Heart 17 -California Sun 18 -I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 19 -Pinhead 20 -break before encore 21 -Suzy Is A Headbanger 22 -Chain Saw 23 -Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World 24 -break before second encore 25 -Now I Want To Be A Good Boy 26 -Let's Dance Disc 2 CBGB's New York, NY 10-27-77 1. -Loudmouth 2. -Beat on the brat 3. -Blitzkrieg Bop 4. -I Remember You 5. -Glad To See You Go 6. -Teenage Lobotomy 7. -You're Gonna Kill That Girl 8. -53rd And 3rd 9. -Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 10. -Rockaway Beach 11. -Commando 12. -Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 13. -Surfin' Bird 14. -Cretin Hop 15. -Listen To My Heart 16. -California Sun 17. -I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 18. -Pinhead 19. -Let's Dance 20. -Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World -
Soundboard 9.3 - This is a rough and tumble sort of board tape. Obviously never meant to be used in any official release, but it does certainly get the job done regardless. Very definitive instrument separation so you can concentrate on any instrument you want and you will get maximum information out of it – until you choose another one and then you will get stuck on that one. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Fillmore West, San Francisco January 29, 1971 1. Statesboro Blues 2. Trouble No More 3. Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 4. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 5. Midnight Rider 6. Dreams 7. You Don't Love Me 8. Whipping Post Greg Allman - organ, vocals; Duane Allman - guitar; Dicky Betts - guitar; Berry Oakley - bass; Butch Trucks - drums; Jai Johanny Johanson - percussion -
Stereo Soundboard 9.0 - While this show is also featured on another set here, we found an alternate version that seems to have a wider stereo separation, it does make it sound a tad brighter, but there are some trade-offs too, like a touch more hiss but it doesn’t bother so TURN IT UP! Black Sabbath Espace Balard Paris, France 30th September 1983 1. Children Of The Grave 2. Hot Line 3. War Pigs 4. Supernaut 5. Drum Solo 6. Rock ‘N’ Roll Doctor 7. Disturbing The Priest 8. Iron Man 9. Guitar Solo 10. Digital Bitch 11. Smoke On The Water 12. Paranoid/Heaven And Hell(reprise) Bonus Tracks Sporthalle, Boblingen, Germany 28th September 1983 13. Black Sabbath 14. Smoke On The Water 15. Paranoid/Heaven And Hell(reprise) Ian Gillan – Vocals Tony Iommi – Guitar Geezer Butler – Bass Bev Bevan – Drums Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards -
Pro Audience 9.2 - This rating may seem confusing and that is because I just don’t believe this to be a board feed recording, nor do I believe it to be a straight audience tape. I believe this may have been recorded for broadcast locally and the station probably hung mics or placed them somewhere in the hall because there’s too much ambience for a straight board tape. It’s very good, it’s got a critical element missing in every board tape and that’s some sense of the room, the audience, etc.
Black Sabbath Civic Center Hartford, CT 1980-08-10 Disc 1 101 Supertzar 102 War Pigs 103 Neon Knights 104 N.I.B. 105 Children Of The Sea 106 Sweet Leaf 107 Drum Solo 108 Sweet Leaf (Reprise) 109 Black Sabbath Disc 2 201 MC 202 Heaven And Hell 203 Iron Man 204 Guitar Solo 205 Die Young 206 Paranoid 207 children Of The Grave Bonus track Hammersmith Odeon London, UK 1980-05-08 208 Children Of The Sea -
Soundboard 9.2 - What I like most about this board tape is that it emphasizes Bill Wyman, and I mean where you can hear individual notes that he is playing, while also laying down a strong, sonically speaking, low end (so it’s not just bass notes being plucked out). This is a new, and good way to listen to another ’81 Tour board tape without being bored…’cause we all know the set list didn’t change at all.
Rolling Stones Rosemont Horizon Des Plaines, IL. 11-23-1981 Disc 1 1. -Take The A Train - Under My Thumb 2. -When The Whip Comes Down 3. -Let's Spend The Night Together 4. -Shattered 5. -Neighbours 6. -Black Limousine 7. -Just My Imagination 8. -Twenty Flight Rock 9. -Going To A Go Go 10. -Let Me Go 11. -Time Is On My Side 12. -Beast Of Burden 13. -Waiting On A Friend 14. -Let It Bleed Disc 2 1. -You Can't Always Get What You Want 2. -Band Intros 3. -Little T&A 4. -Tumbling Dice 5. -She's So Cold 6. -Hang Fire 7. -Miss You 8. -Honky Tonk Women 9. -Brown Sugar 10. -Start Me Up 11. -Jumping Jack Flash 12. -Satisfaction 13. -Star Spangled Banner - School Day -
A nice sounding collection (all audience source) of concerts all from 1976. None of this material falls below a solid 8.7 and rises to 9.1 in the sonic ratings, but taken as a whole this deserves a place in any collection even if no board tapes are included. The Who The Adventures of the Who 1976 Disc 1 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1976-03-25 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -My Wife 04. -Baba O'Riley 05. -Squeeze Box 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Dreaming From The Waist 08. -Magic Bus Disc 2 09. -Amazing Journey 10. -Sparks 11. -Acid Queen 12. -Fiddle About 13. -Pinball Wizard 14. -I'm Free 15. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 16. -We're Not Gonna Take It 17. -My Generation 18. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 3 The Capital Centre Largo, MD 1976-08-03 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus Disc 4 10. -Audience 11. -Amazing Journey 12. -Sparks 13. -Acid Queen 14. -Fiddle About 15. -Pinball Wizard 16. -I'm Free 17. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 18. -We're Not Gonna Take It 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 5 The Capital Centre Largo, MD 1976-08-04 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus 10. -Audience Disc 6 11. -Amazing Journey 12. -Sparks 13. -Acid Queen 14. -Fiddle About 15. -Pinball Wizard 16. -I'm Free 17. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 18. -We're Not Gonna Take It 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 7 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA 1976-10-14 01. -Intro 02. -I Can't Explain 03. -Substitute 04. -My Wife 05. -Baba O'Riley 06. -Squeeze Box 07. -Behind Blue Eyes 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Magic Bus Disc 8 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -Summertime Blues 19. -My Generation 20. -Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 9 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario October 21st, 1976 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -My Wife 04. -Baba O' Riley 05. -Squeeze Box 06. -Behind Blue Eyes 07. -Dreaming From The Waist 08. -Magic Bus Disc 10 09. -Amazing Journey 10. -Sparks 11. -Underture 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -See Me, Feel Me 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Join Together 22. -My Generation Talking Blues 23. -Who Are You 24. -Won't Get Fooled Again -
The follow up release to the much lauded Decades Vol.1, this second volume contains all soundboard or superb audience (mostly SDBRD) recordings spanning the ten years between 1968 and 1978. Santana - Decades II 1968-1978 Disc 1 The Matrix, San Francisco CA November 13, 1968 1. -Fried Neckbones 2. -As The Years Go Passing By 3. -Soul Sacrifice 4. -Waiting Berkeley Community Center Berkeley, CA February 6, 1970 5. -Treat 6. -Hope You're Feeling Better 7. -Soul Sacrifice 8. -Incident At Neshabur 9. -Savor 10. -Jingo Disc 2 Fillmore East New York City, N.Y. U.S.A. April 12, 1970 1. -tuning 2. -Se A Cabo 3. -Black Magic Woman 4. -Gypsy Queen 5. -Savor 6. -Jingo 7. -Oye Como Va 8. -Hope You're Feeling Better 9. -Toussaint L'Overture 10. -Evil Ways 11. -Persuasion 12. -Soul Sacrifice 13. -Treat Disc 3 MEMORIAL COLISEUM COLUMBUS, GA 1973-03-30 1. -Going Home - A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way 2. -Samba Pa Ti 3. -Look Up (To See What’s Coming Down) 4. -Just In Time To See The Sun 5. -Incident At Neshabur 6. -Bambele 7. -Stone Flower 8. -Batucada 9. -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 10. -Waiting - Castillos De Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle) 11. -Free Angela 12. -Castillos De Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle) 13. -Earth 14. -Se A Cabo Disc 4 Garden State Summer Music Fair Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey August 12, 1973 1. -Opening Words 2. -Going Home 3. -A-1 Funk 4. -Every Step Of The Way 5. -Black Magic Woman 6. -Gypsy Queen 7. -Oye Como Va 8. -Japan - Bambele - Um Um Um - Yours Is The Light 9. -Batucada 10. -Xibiba (she-ba-ba) 11. -Stone Flower Disc 5 12. -Waiting 13. -Castillos De Arena (Sand Castle) 14. -Free Angela 15. -Samba De Sausalito 16. -Light Of Life 17. -Se A Cabo 18. -Mr Udo 19. -The Creator Has A Master Plan 20. -Savor 21. -Toussant L'Overture 22. -Europa 23. -Incident At Neshabur - My Favorite Things Disc 6 Winterland San Francisco, CA. December 31, 1973 1. -Going Home 2. -A-1 Funk 3. -Every Step Of The Way 4. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 5. -Oye Como Va 6. -Just In Time To See The Sun 7. -Um-um-um Disc 7 7. -Batucada 8. -Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 9. -Stone Flower 10. -Castillos De Arena (Sand Castle) 11. -Watch Your Step Jam 12. -Incident At Neshabur 13. -When I Look Into Your Eyes 14. -Se A Cabo Disc 8 Playhouse Edinburgh November 14, 1976 01. -Carnaval - Let The Children Play - Jugando 02. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 03. -Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) 04. -Let The Music Set You Free 05. -Samba Pa Ti 06. -Savor - Toussaint L’Overture 07. -Let Me 08. -Just In Time To See The Sun 09. -Song Of The Wind 10. -Taboo Disc 9 11. -Soul Sacrifice 12. -Europa 13. -Maria Caracoles Bottom Line New York City, NY October 16th, 1978 2nd show 14. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 15. -Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) 16. -Europa 17. -Open Invitation Disc 10 Capitol Center Landover, Maryland March 19, 1977 1. -Carnaval - Let The Children Play - Jugando 2. -Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen 3. -Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) 4. -Europa 5. -Oye Como Va 6. -Let Me 7. -Give Me Love 8. -Savor 9. -Toussaint L'overture 10. -Soul Sacrifice (with Roy Ayers) 11. -Transcendance with band intros -
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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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 -
Soundboard 9.0 - This is most definitely off the radio, it has all the tell-tale signs of a radio broadcast including the FM compression (not horrible) but I also think, if not radio, it may have come from a TV broadcast. Michael Schenker Group 1981-06-08 Pinkpop Festival Burgemeester Damen Sportpark Geleen, Holland FM broadcast recording 01 Cry For The Nations 02 Victim Of Illusion 03 Natural Thing 04 Feels Like A Good Thing 05 Rock Bottom 06 Lost Horizons 07 Doctor Doctor -
Audience 8.3/8.5 - Despite the low approval ratings of these audio tapes, I have to say I still think they are important to the Megadeth collector for several reasons. There’s just not a lot of recordings from these early periods for some unknown reason, and these shows, having been cleaned up and re-mastered as well as could be done, represent listenable time capsules of perhaps one of the all-time greatest metal band. Megadeth do not get the same accolades as some of the other big metal bands (do I have to mention them?) but I always loved their complexity and sarcasm. I did listen to both of these shows and once my ears adjusted I stuck with it and wrote this review without bias. Average tapes that deserve a place in any collection because of the significance of this band.
Megadeth The Windy City Gigs Disc 1 Metro, Chicago, IL (USA) June 30, 1985 01. -Last Rites - Loved To Death 02. -Killing Is My Business 03. -Skull Beneath The Skin 04. -These Boots 05. -My Last Words 06. -Looking Down The Cross 07. -Chosen Ones 08. -Mechanix 09. -Bad Omen 10. -Encore break 11. -Good Mourning - Black Friday 12. -Rattlehead Disc 2 (U.I.C) Pavilion University of Illinois Chicago, IL 1987-02-12 1. -Intro 2. -Wake Up Dead 3. -The Conjuring 4. -My Last Words 5. -Bad Omen 6. -Rattlehead - Dave's talking about Chicago 7. -Peace Sells 8. -Devil's Island 9. -The Mechanix
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Audience 9.1 - A very well done audience tape is the source, and the atmospherics are nice and immersive. Sound quality is right in the pocket! Show was unfortunately cut short due to severe weather, but there’s enough music here to satisfy regardless. Santana Estadio Universitario Caracas, Venezuela October 7, 1973 01 Introduction 02 Going Home - A-1 Funk - Every Step Of The Way (including Boogie Woogie Waltz) 03 Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen (including Third Stone From The Sun) 04 Oye Como Va 05 Bambele 06 Um-Um-Um 07 Yours Is The Light 08 Batucada 09 Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 10 Stone Flower - Waiting -
Audience 8.7 - This is definitely the best sounding version of this show. Not bad either – typical of the time period but tapers managed to capture the entire show in pretty good quality. You can easily forgive some of the minor flaws because that is what they are…minor. A keeper!
The Rolling Stones Soldier Field Chicago, IL 1978-07-08 Disc 1 1. -Let It Rock [03:25] 2. -All Down The Line [04:46] 3. -Honky Tonk Women [05:10] 4. -Star Star [04:28] 5. -When The Whip Comes Down [06:49] 6. -Lies [05:55] 7. -Miss You [10:42] 8. -Beast of Burden [06:09] 9. -Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) [08:34] Disc 2 1. -Shattered [05:50] 2. -Respectable [04:01] 3. -Far Away Eyes [05:53] 4. -Love In Vain [06:08] 5. -Tumbling Dice [06:07] 6. -Happy [03:40] 7. -Sweet Little Sixteen [03:49] 8. -Brown Sugar [04:41] 9. -Jumping Jack Flash [09:43] 10. -(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [05:47] -
Norfolk 1972 Audience 8.6 - A rough and tumble tape that surprisingly delivers the sounds you need to be able to hear the band play. The most important thing is this: Mick Taylor is the clearest! You wouldn’t expect that in a million years I know but here it is.
Indianapolis 1972 Audience 8.3 - Low end of the totem pole recording that is represented here because it is perhaps the best source for it. Is there anything salvageable at all? Yes. It’s distant and not distinct but for completists they will be happy to have the good source and complete their 1972 tour collections.
The Rolling Stones Going Back To The Roots Disc 1 The Scope Norfolk, Virginia July 5, 1972 01. Brown Sugar 02. Bitch 03. Rocks Off 04. Gimme Shelter 05. Happy 06. Tumbling Dice 07. Love In Vain 08. Sweet Virginia 09. You Cant Always Get What You Want 10. All Down The Line 11. Midnight Rambler 12. Band Introductions 13. Bye Bye Johnny 14. Rip This Joint 15. Jumping Jack Flash 16. Street Fighting Man Disc 2 Convention Center Indianapolis, Indiana July 12, 1972 01. Brown Sugar 02. Bitch 03. Rocks Off 04. Gimme Shelter 05. Happy 06. Tumbling Dice 07. Love In Vain 08. Sweet Virginia 09. You Cant Always Get What You Want 10. All Down The Line 11. Midnight Rambler 12. Introductions 13. Bye Bye Johnny 14. Rip This Joint 15. Jumping Jack Flash 16. Street Fighting Man -
Audience 9.5 - A lot of audience periphery (shouting and bustling) but nonetheless it’s a crystal clean and very dynamic recording. The energy is palpable and comes right out pretty much all the way through as the audience is very responsive and Prince most definitely fed off it. Guitar tone is perfection – vocals very nicely placed in the mix as is everything really. Great, great stuff!
Audience 9.3 - The ’92 Aftershow is equally excellent with just slight differences in tone and distance to come second place to the Bataclan show.
Pro 9.3 – The radio broadcasts here are great and as you would expect, since they are professionally recorded, but honestly I still prefer the Bataclan audience tape which says an awful lot about what a good job taper did on that.
Audience 8.8 - The final disc contains London ’99 audience tape which is the weakest of this set but still decent enough to enjoy. Sounds somewhat distant (not in the stadium sense but small venue distant).
Prince Purple House Disc 1 Le Bataclan Paris 17th November 1999 1. Drum Solo 2. Let's Go Crazy 3. Doing It To Death 4. (I Feel Like) Bustin' Loose 5. The Jam 6. Everyday People 7. Eye'mageddin 8. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) 9. Speech 10. Red House 11. Rock Guitar Jam Disc 2 1. Kiss 2. Gett Off 3. Gett Off (Houstyle) 4. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing - It's Alright - Push It Up 5. Release Yourself Diamonds And Pearls Tour Aftershow Les Baines Douches Paris 12th July 1992 6. Gett Off 7. Sex Machine 8. Villanova Junction 9. Jughead 10. Step 2 The Mic - Gold Nigga - Black MF In The House Nulle Part Ailleurs 5th May 1994 (Broadcast) 11. Endorphinmachine Nulle Part Ailleurs 17th November 1999 (Broadcast) 12. Baby Knows 13. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (intro) 14. Alphabet St. 15. Everyday People 16. Finale Jam Disc 3 Mermaid Theatre, London 15th November 1999 1. Let's Go Crazy 2. She's Always In My Hair 3. U Got The Look 4. Kiss (Groove) 5. Kiss 6. Gett Off 7. Gett Off (Houstyle) 8. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing - Sex Machine - It's Alright 9. Purple House 10. The Jam 11. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold 12. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Loose Jam) 13. Baby Knows 14. Groove On 15. Release Yourself -
Denver 1983 Soundboard 9.3 - Typical of the sharp and detailed board tapes from this tour.
Detroit 1983 Video source 8.6 - Possibly grabbed off a VHS or some other video source. I cannot confirm this 100% but my ears tell me that is the case here. It is a professional recording with a lot of issues concerning compression and noise – I say it is pro because of the location this is being recorded from which seems definite it is not from the audience.
Prince Double D 1983 Live Disc 1 Denver, Co. April 5th, 1983 "The 1999 Tour" 1. Controversy 2. Let's Work 3. Do Me, Baby 4. D.M.S.R. 5. Keyboard 6. With You 7. Still Waiting 8. How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore 9. Lady Cab Driver 10. Little Red Corvette 11. Dirty Mind 12. International Lover 13. 1999 Disc 2 Detroit, MI. April 8th, 1983 "The 1999 Tour" 1. Controversy 2. Let's Work 3. Do me, Baby 4. Sexuality 5. Let's Pretend We Are Married 6. With You 7. Free 8. Still Waiting 9. How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore 10. Lady Cab Driver 11. Little Red Corvette 12. Dirty Mind 13. International Lover -
Audience 8.8 - This recording features tons of atmosphere and sometimes struggles over a loud audience. It is, however, very clear, with the majority of the sound mix favoring drums and bass but most prominently, Geddy’s vocals – which is fine – but Alex needs to be LOUDER man! He’s there, he’s just not up as front here as I would prefer. In my quest to obtain every 2015 recording, I do not decide a preference for which ones I offer as most of them are very good to excellent and this here is no exception. Rush US Airways Center Phoenix, AZ July 27, 2015 Disc 1 01 -Video - The World Is...The World Is 02 -The Anarchist 03 -The Wreckers 04 -Headlong Flight (with “Drumbastica” mini drum solo) 05 -Far Cry 06 -The Main Monkey Business 07 -How It Is 08 -Animate 09 -Roll The Bones 10 -Between The Wheels 11 -Subdivisions Disc 2 12 -Video - No Country For Old Hens 13 -Tom Sawyer 14 -The Camera Eye 15 -The Spirit of Radio 16 -Jacob's Ladder 17 -Hemispheres- Prelude 18 -Cygnus X-1 (with drum solo #2) 19 -Closer To The Heart Disc 3 20 -Xanadu 21 -2112 (Overture - Temples of Syrinx - Presentation - Grand Finale) 22 -Video - Mel’s Rock Pile 23 -Lakeside Park 24 -Anthem 25 -What You're Doing 26 -Working Man (with Garden Road teaser) 27 -Video - Exit Stage Left 28 -Outro music - Closer To The Heart (polka version) -
Audience 8.8 - This is the sound of the 80’s, it wasn’t exactly what you remembered! I completely missed these guys. I instantly assumed any 80’s band was shite…I was so stuck in my own world of Pink Floyd, Steppenwolf, Hendrix, Van Halen, Sabbath, Zeppelin….but I should have been more open minded. These guys were cool AF! Good quality, very realistic capture. Bauhaus Architectual Association Carnival Bedford Square, London, UK 22 May 1981 01. Bela Lugosi's Dead (9:06) 02. In The Flat Field (4:11) 03. Boys (2:30) 04. Muscle In Plastic (3:22) 05. Dancing (3:14) 06. Of Lilies And Remains (2:55) 07. Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores (6:00) 08. Hair Of The Dog (3:26) 09. Hollow Hills (5:10) 10. Kick In The Eye (3:35) 11. The Passion Of Lovers (4:00) 12. Stigmata Martyr (3:45) 13. Dark Entries (3:52) -
Audience 9.5 - Excellent capture with full, lush sound quality that accurately captures what happened that evening on stage. If you want a representation of Peter Gabriel’s current tour you can do no wrong by listening to this show. Peter Gabriel Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA September 16, 2023 Disc 1 Set One 01 -Peter Gabriel Intro 02 -Washing Of The Water 03 -Growing Up 04 -Panopticom 05 -Four Kinds Of Horses 06 -IO 07 -Digging In The Dirt 08 -Playing For Time Disc 2 09 -Olive Tree 10 -This Is Home 11 -Sledgehammer Set Two 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 -
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 -
Soundboard 8.8 - A dated sounding board tape, yes it is good but I can see how there are limitations with board tapes just as there are with audience tapes. If I was a fan I would still love this show, I mean, it’s clear and clean and it’s finely performed so there’s no real downside here. The Smiths Versailles, Paris 12-01-1984 01 - Intro 02 - William, It Was Really Nothing 03 - What She Said 04 - Nowhere Fast 05 - Reel Around The Fountain 06 - Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now 07 - How Soon Is Now? 08 - Still Ill 09 - Rusholme Ruffians 10 - This Charming Man 11 - Barbarism Begins At Home 12 - I Want The One I Can't Have 13 - Hand In Glove 14 - What Difference Does It Make? 15 - Handsome Devil 16 - Miserable Lie -
Audience 9.2 - A nice and bright tape with a good solid bass holding it all down. The Smiths Royal Court Theatre Liverpool, UK. Feb. 8th, 1986 1. Montagues And Capulets 2. Shakespeare's Sister 3. I Want The One I Can't Have 4. Vicar In A Tutu 5. Frankly, Mr. Shankly 6. Marie's The Name - Rusholme Ruffians 7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 8. Cemetary Gates 9. Nowhere Fast 10. What She Said 11. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 12. Bigmouth Strikes Again 13. William, It Was Really Nothing 14. Meat Is Murder 15. Stretch Out And Wait -
Soundboard 9.7 - An amazing sounding tape, the bass sounds wonderful and all instruments mixed perfectly. A great one! The Smiths May 4th, 1984 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany 01. Hand In Glove 3:02 02. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 3:26 03. Girl Afraid 2:57 04. This Charming Man 2:59 05. Pretty Girls Make Graves 3:40 06. Still Ill 3:46 07. Barbarism Begins At Home 6:20 08. This Night Has Opened My Eyes 3:27 09. Miserable Lie 4:54 10. You've Got Everything Now 4:20 11. Handsome Devil 2:53 12. What Difference Does It Make? 3:44 13. These Things Take Time 2:50 14. This Charming Man 3:10 15. Hand In Glove 3:33 16. Barbarism Begins At Home 7:17 -
Pro Studio 9.6 - Crystal clear and in fact does not even sound like it was recorded off air, these are certainly pre-broadcast. The Smiths BBC 1983-1986 01. Reel Around The Fountain (May 31, 1983) (5:58) 02. What Difference Does It Make? (May 31, 1983) (3:20) 03. Handsome Devil (May 31, 1983) (2:48) 04. Miserable Lie (May 31, 1983) (4:42) 05. This Charming Man (Sep 21, 1983) (2:48) 06. Still Ill (Sep 21, 1983) (3:36) 07. Back To The Old House (Sep 21, 1983) (3:06) 08. This Night Has Opened My Eyes (Sep 21, 1983) (3:43) 09. Rusholme Ruffians (Aug 09, 1984) (4:11) 10. Nowhere Fast (Aug 09, 1984) (2:45) 11. William, It Was Really Nothing (Aug 09, 1984) (2:08) 12. Is It Really So Strange (Dec 17, 1986) (3:08) 13. Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Dec 17, 1986) (3:39) 14. London (Dec 17, 1986) (2:10) 15. Half A Person (Dec 17, 1986) (3:28) -
Audience 9.4 - If the house itself sounds great, and your taping with high quality equipment (most likely a small digital unit with a good, dynamic mic and level control), then your result will be something like this. A lot of detail comes through, as does, from time to time, a rowdy audience – that adds to the atmosphere and thankfully never wrecks the audio recording. Prince Kaufleuten '93 Revisited Act II Tour Aftershow Kaufleuten, Zurich 30th August 1993 1. The Sacrifice Of Victor (intro) 2. Deuce And A Quarter 3. Black MF In The House 4. Race 5. The Undertaker 6. Six 7. Intermission 8. Delirious 9. Blue Light 10. Come 11. Endorphinmachine 12. Peach 13. What Is Hip? 14. House In Order -
Audience 9.5 - The recording level is a little low, but the quality is excellent so turn this one up and allow the clearness and dynamics to take you there. Prince Love 4 One Another Charities Tour Atlanta Live, Atlanta 19th January 1997 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. Jam Of The Year 3. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing 4. Rock N' Roll Is Alive (outro) [listed as Instrumental Jam on packaging] 5. Purple Rain 6. 17 Days 7. Get Yo Groove On (including Six) 8. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 9. Face Down (including 777-9311 - Hair) 10. Interlude 11. The Cross 12. One Of Us 13. Do Me, Baby (including Adore - Insatiable - Scandalous - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore) 14. Sexy MF 15. If I Was Your Girlfriend 16. The Ride (intro) Disc 2 1. The Ride 2. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 3. Take Me With U 4. Raspberry Beret 5. Mr. Happy 6. 18 & Over 7. Johnny 8. Sleep Around 9. Take The A-Train 10. Freedom Jam 11. Rhonda's Solo 12. I Feel Alright 13. Partyman Jam Love 4 One Another Charities Tour Soundcheck - Tower Theater, Philadelphia : 7th January 1997 14. Jam Of The Year Love 4 One Another Charities Tour - State Theater, Detroit : 13th January 1997 15. Somebody's Somebody Love 4 One Another Charities Tour - Roseland Ballroom, New York : 11th January 1997 (Soundboard Recording) 16. Jam Of The Year 17. Face Down Rosie O'Donnell Show : 7th January 1997 (Broadcast EX) 18. Somebody's Somebody 19. The Holy River -
Audience 9.3 - A very good tape, with less of the perfect instrumental separation but more of the live power that can be delivered through good house P.A.’s, and as long as taper is not a complete moron and/or using radio shack circa 1985 gear, chances are you’ll end up with a nice recording…as this one is. Prince Neil S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI. 16th February 1997 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. Jam Of The Year 3. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing 4. Instrumental Jam 5. Purple Rain 6. 17 Days 7. Get Yo Groove On (including Six) 8. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 9. Face Down 10. The Cross 11. One Of Us Disc 2 1. Do Me, Bay (including Adore - Scandalous - Insatiable - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore) 2. Sexy MF 3. If I Was Your Girlfriend 4. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 5. Take Me With U 6. Raspberry Beret 7. Mr. Happy - Flash Light 8. Santana Medley 9. Sleep Around 10. I Feel Alright 11. Outro -
Audience 8.8 - The Zurich aftershow is decent enough for what had to be a packed club, so yeah it’s somewhat claustrophobic as you feel like you are squeezed between people and you are trying to bootleg the damn show ha ha! It’s good, it’s not great. The rest of the material is excellent quality from various source but all great. PRINCE The War Disc 1 Newpower Soul Tour Aftershow Kaufleuten, Zurich 24th August 1998 1. Soundcheck - Gett Off (Swiss Style) 2. Flash Light 3. Joy And Pain - I Got My Groove On 4. Everyday People 5. Instrumental Jam 6. Alphabet St. 7. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 8. U're Still The One 9. Release Yourself Disc 2 Love 4 One Another Charities Tour Roseland Ballroom New York 11th January 1997 1. Jam Of The Year 2. Face Down VH-1 Honors 11th April 1997 3. The Holy River 4. Take Me With U 5. Raspberry Beret Essence Awards 21st May 1998 6. The Christ Paisley Park 28th December 1996 7. Jam Of The Year 8. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing Paisley Park 1998 9. The War