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Audience 8.6 - Not a bad tape at all, and seeing how there’s now all of what, one known live tape of this band I would say that is kind of cool. The band? Well they are in their final incarnation here, and playing is very loose and experimental…but honestly they needed to ditch the flautist as he contributes not only nothing, but he’s in the way. Let the guitarist do his thing ‘cause he seems to be able to turn on the switch and lay down bursts of awesome psychedelic insanity. Dzyan Esslingen, Germany 1974-07-14 01 The Road Not Taken 02 For Earthly Thinking 03 Unknown Title 04 Unknown Title -
Soundboard 9.3 - An interesting tape because it’s from soon after losing Duane, and I don’t think there’s many tapes from that period immediately after his death. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Price Hall, Jackson, Alabama March 23, 1972 CD 1 1. Statesboro Blues 2. Done Somebody Wrong 3. Ain't Wastin' Time No More 4. One Way Out 5. Trouble No More 6. Stormy Monday 7. You Don't Love Me 8. Les Brers in A-Minor CD 2 1. Whipping Post Gregg Allman - keyboards, vocals Dickey Betts - guitar Berry Oakley - bass Butch Trucks - drums Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson - drums, percussion -
Soundboard 9.2 - Again we find Lou and company blazing his way across Europe and leaning on some old, and some new…but mostly older tunes which always work well because there is so much room for the band to stretch out. Good stuff here. Lou Reed Saint-Etienne, France April 16, 1977 Disc 1 01 -Sweet Jane 02 -I'm Waiting For The Man 03 -Rock 'n Roll Heart 04 -Heroin 05 -Rock n Roll 06 -Walk On The Wild Side 07 -How do You Think It Feels 08 -Lisa Says 09 -Vicious Disc 2 10 -Coney Island Baby 11 -Berlin 12 -White Light White Heat 13 -Lady Day 14 -Oh Jim 15 -Satellite Of Love 16 -Kicks Disc 3 Vienna, AUSTRIA April 20, 1977 01 - Sweet Jane 02 - I'm Waiting For My Man 03 - Rock'n'Roll Heart 04 - Heroin 05 - Rock'n'Roll 06 - Walk On The Wild Side 07 - How Do You Think It Feels DISC Four 01 - Banging On My Drum 02 - Lisa Says 03 - Vicious 04 - Coney Island Baby 05 - Berlin 06 - White Light/White Heat 07 - Sister Ray THE BAND: LOU REED, vocals & guitar JEFFREY ROSS, guitar MICHAEL FONFARA, keyboards BRUCE YAW, bass MARTY FOGEL, sax MICHAEL SUCHORSKY, drums -
Truly somewhat of an oddball release, this album stems from a long lost rehearsal session by a bunch of stoned South African teenagers in the late 60's. Not much was even known about them, not even at the time as the band never gigged or recorded a legitimate album. Still, the music reverberates with manic acid rock intensity. You've been warned! -
Audience 8.7 - This recording is better than it has a right to be, after all it is in a big stadium, early 70’s so the gear, if it doesn’t weigh 80 pounds, has to be cheap crap…but, dang it this sounds cool! Granted, instrument separation isn’t great (it is good enough), and it isn’t super close up, but all that still does not detract from how stompin’ this is. Great fun! Humble Pie Orlando Sports Stadium Orlando, FL. 12-16-1972 1. -Tuning Up - Intro 2. -Up Your Sleeve 3. -C'mon Everybody 4. -Honky Tonk Women 5. -I Wonder 6. -Hallelujah I Love Her So 7. -I Don't Need No Doctor 8. -Hot 'N Nasty 9. -Roadrunner -
Studio Quality 9.5 - I am thankful for this because it has further taught me to appreciate and respect Clapton’s musicality, and his desire to remain true to himself first and foremost. If you listen to this music without preconditions you realize it’s pretty good and if the man’s name was not Eric Clapton, you’d be thinking this guy should be much bigger. Eric Clapton No Reason To Cry Sessions Shangri-la Studios Malibu, CA, March 1976 Disc 1 01. Sign Language 02. All Our Past Time 03. Country Jail 04. Carnival 05. Tried To Make The Devil Mad 06. Won’t Somebody Tell Me 07. Big River 08. Right Now 09. Right Now 10. It’s Eric’s Birthday 11. Adios Mi Corazon 12. The Water Is Wide 13. Idiot Wind 14. Carnival To Rio Disc 2 01. Who Do You Love? 02. Stormy Monday 03. What Would I Do #1 04. What Would I Do #2 05. What Would I Do #3 06. Hard Times 07. Tenho Sede 08. Steppin’ Out 09. Jam #1 10. Jam #2 -
Audience 9.4 - Before you write off the late 80’s Eric Clapton, you REALLY need to look deeper for a minute. This performance, and this recording, clearly demonstrates the reason why one should examine the totality of an artist’s career, particularly if said artist was as prolific and talented as Mr. Clapton. The edgy, electrified sound of Clapton’s Cream days is gone and that is ok so long as you still get the TALENT, and many of Clapton’s performances (at least on tape) sometimes lacked the elements that you would have hoped for, despite his undeniable songwriting prowess…it was the PLAYING of the guitar, and the sound of said guitar, that we craved. Here, along with his pal Mark Knopfler, all of that is delivered and the audio quality does the whole thing justice because it is excellent. I think playing with Mark elevated Eric’s game. Hearing them do “Money For Nothing” together was cool, and Mark decided to sing in his own “bluesy” way in deference to Eric. Sweet! Eric Clapton feat. Mark Knopfler Irvine Meadows Laguna Hills, CA September 23, 1988 Disc 1 01 Crossroads 02 White Room 03 I Shot The Sheriff 04 Lay Down Sally 05 Wonderful Tonight 06 Tearing Us Apart 07 After Midnight 08 Can’t Find My Way Home Disc 2 09 Badge 10 Same Old Blues 11 Band Introductions 12 Cocaine 13 Layla 14 Money For Nothing 15 Sunshine Of Your Love Eric Clapton – guitar Mark Knopfler – guitar Alan Clark – keyboards Nathan East – bass Steve Ferrone – drums Jody Linscott – percussion Katie Kissoon – backing vocals Tessa Niles – backing vocals -
Stuttgart 1970 Audience 9.1 - A sometimes startling tape in that in certain sections of the performance you could swear the effects are swirling right over your head. A clear (with a little hiss but not a bother) and highly enjoyable tape! Saarbrucken 1970 Audience 9.3 - A tape that has tremendous depth, really if you play it loud you can imagine you are there. There is nothing about this tape, and show, that I do not love. Pink Floyd Two Dates In Germany Disc 1 Killesberghalle, Stuttgart November 26th 1970 01. -FAT OLD SUN 02. -GREEN IS THE COLOUR 03. -CYMBALINE Disc 2 04. -ATOM HEART MOTHER 05. -THE EMBRYO Disc 3 Saarlandhalle, Saarbrucken, West Germany november 28th, 1970 01. -The Libest Spacement Monitor 02. -Fat Old Sun 03. -Second Cud 04. -Atom Heart Mother Disc 4 05. -Green Is The Colour 06. -A Saucerful Of Secrets 07. -Atom Heart Mother (reprise) -
George Harrison All Things Must Pass Sessions Studio Quality 9.6 - All volumes are excellent. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Sessions Volume 3 01. Nowhere To Go - Thanksgiving Session, November 1968, with Bob Dylan 02. Nowhere To Go - demo 03. Pete Drake's Talking Steel Guitar - outtake, Early Mono Remix 04. Pete Drake's Talking Steel Guitar - outtake, 1982 stereo remix 05. Plug Me In - RS1 06. Plug Me In - RS2 07. Run Of The Mill - Acoustic demo, 1970 08. Run Of The Mill - Basic tracks with scratch vocal 09. Run Of The Mill - Vocal and keyboard overdubs onto basic tracks 10. Run Of The Mill - Horn overdubs onto basic tracks 11. Run Of The Mill - RS1, False Start 12. Run Of The Mill - RS2 13. Tell Me What Has Happened To You - Acoustic demo 14. Wah Wah - (demo) 15. Wah Wah - Take 3, Backing tracks, Early stereo remix 16. Wah Wah - Take 3, Backing tracks, RS1) 17. What Is Life - Backing tracks with guide vocal 18. What Is Life - Guitar and piano overdubs onto backing tracks 19. What Is Life - Horn overdub onto backing tracks 20. What Is Life - Backing tracks, Take 25, RS1 21. What Is Life - Early stereo remix 22. Window, Window - Acoustic demo, 1970 -
George Harrison All Things Must Pass Sessions Studio Quality 9.6 - All volumes are excellent. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Sessions Volume 2 Disc 1 01. Cosmic Empire - Acoustic demo, 1970 02. Dehra Dun - outtake, 1982 stereo remix 03. Down To The River - mono outtake, RS1 04. Get Back - outtake, 1982 stereo remix 05. Going Down To Golders Green - outtake, 1982 stereo remix 06. Gopala Krishna - outtake, 1982 stereo remix 07. Hear Me Lord - demo, 1970 08. Hear Me Lord - Basic tracks 09. Hear Me Lord - Basic tracks, Piano overdub 10. Hear Me Lord - Early stereo remix 11. I Dig Love - Take 20, RS1 - breakdown 12. I Dig Love - Alternate vocal take, Take 20, RS2 13. I Don't Want To Do It - Acoustic demo, 1970 14. I Live For You - outtake, RS1 15. I Live For You - 1982 stereo remix 16. I'd Have You Anytime - Thanksgiving Session, November 1968, with Bob Dylan 17. I'd Have You Anytime - intro, RS1 18. If Not For You - Acoustic demo, 1970 19. If Not For You - RS1 20. If Not For You - Early stereo remix Disc 2 01. I'll Still Love You - outtake rehearsal 02. I'll Still Love You - Excerpt 03. I'll Still Love You - Early stereo remix 04. Isn't It A Pity - Early stereo remix 05. Isn't It A Pity - Version 2, Take 30 - RS1 06. It's Johnny's Birthday - Birthday tape stereo remix 07. Let It Down - Acoustic demo 08. Let It Down - Alternate Vocal Take 09. Let It Down - Take 8, backing tracks with faint scratch vocal 10. Let It Down - Vocal overdub onto Take 8 11. Let It Down - Keyboard overdub onto Take 8 12. Let It Down - Guitar and horn overdubs onto Take 8 13. Let It Down - Take 8, Early stereo remix, with overdubs 14. Mother Divine - Acoustic demo, 1970 15. My Sweet Lord - Early stereo remix 16. My Sweet Lord - RS1 17. My Sweet Lord - Single Version -
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Sessions Volume 1 Disc 1 01. All Things Must Pass - Alternate vocal take 02. All Things Must Pass - False Start, Early stereo remix with false start (mono) 03. All Things Must Pass - Early stereo remix 04. Apple Scruffs - Take 1, breakdown 05. Apple Scruffs - Take 2 06. Apple Scruffs - Take 3, breakdown 07. Apple Scruffs - Take 4, breakdown 08. Apple Scruffs - Take 5, breakdown 09. Apple Scruffs - Take 6, breakdown 10. Apple Scruffs - Take 7 11. Apple Scruffs - Take 8, breakdown 12. Apple Scruffs - Take 9, breakdown 13. Apple Scruffs - Take 10, breakdown 14. Apple Scruffs - Take 11, breakdown 15. Apple Scruffs - Take 12, breakdown 16. Apple Scruffs - Take 13 17. Apple Scruffs - Take 14 / Mama, You've Been On My Mind 18. Apple Scruffs - Take 15 19. Apple Scruffs - Take 16 20. Apple Scruffs - Take 17 21. Apple Scruffs - Take 18, Double-Tracked Vocal 22. Apple Scruffs - Take 18, Backing vocals and guitar overdubs onto Take 18 23. Apple Scruffs - Take 18, Backing vocal overdubs onto Take 18 24. Apple Scruffs - Take 18, Vocal, harmonica & guitar overdubs onto Take 18 Disc 2 01. Art Of Dying - Studio demo 02. Art Of Dying - Take 9, Early stereo remix 03. Art Of Dying - Take 26, Backing tracks with faint scratch vocal 04. Art Of Dying - Take 26, Keyboard overdub onto Take 26 05. Art Of Dying - Take 26, Horn overdubs onto Take 26 06. Art Of Dying - Take 26, Take 26, RS9, With overdubs 07. Awaiting On You All - Backing tracks with faint scratch vocal 08. Awaiting On You All - Guitar and keyboard overdubs onto backing tracks 09. Awaiting On You All - Horn overdubs onto backing tracks 10. Awaiting On You All - Backing tracks, RS1 11. Everybody, Nobody - Acoustic Studio demo for future Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) 12. The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - Backing tracks with faint scratch vocal, stereo remix RS1 13. Beautiful Girl - Acoustic demo, later emerge in 1976 on 33 & 1/3 album 14. Behind That Locked Door - Alternate vocal take, stereo remix RS1 15. Behind That Locked Door - Early stereo remix 16. Beware Of Darkness - Acoustic demo, 1970 17. Beware Of Darkness - Alternate vocal take, stereo remix RS1 18. Beware Of Darkness - Basic tracks 19. Beware Of Darkness - Guitar overdub onto basic tracks 20. Beware Of Darkness - Guitar overdub onto basic tracks 21. Beware Of Darkness - Strings overdub onto basic tracks -
Soundboard 8.8 - A very old sounding tape that received a recent “facelift” giving it some more punch while reducing tape noise (without compromising any high end). What you end up with is another very good early performance (whilst the band was still doing some Pretties For You numbers) in very good quality. I never get tired of the early Alice Cooper stuff, even if I still don’t understand “Sun Arise” ha ha! Alice Cooper Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA, USA July 10, 1971 01 Intro (1:37) 02 Sun Arise (5:07) 03 Caught In A Dream (2:49) 04 I'm Eighteen (5:32) 05 Is It My Body (8:14) 06 Second Coming (2:40) 07 Ballad Of Dwight Fry (7:33) 08 Black Juju (9:50) Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) - Lead Vocals, Harmonica Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals Dennis Dunaway - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Neal Smith - Drums, Backing Vocals -
Audience 8.4 - They should call this tape “Noise In The Attic” ha ha! Actually, I am being very tough here, it’s a bright tape, it favors high end but is not too screechy…I just need more low end personally. That being said – vocals are in the front here, followed by Joe Perry, so that is crucial to this being a worthwhile listen. Taper has to hide his gear once or twice, so you occasionally hear the inside of his coat. Not too many 1975 period tapes out there, I am thankful for this one…you will be too, especially when the coast is clear and taper brings the mic back out (makes for a really refreshing audio moment!). Aerosmith Hara Arena Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. May 24, 1975 1. -toys in the attic 2. -S.O.S. (too bad) 3. -somebody 4. -sweet emotion 5. -lord of the thighs 6. -dream on 7. -walk this way 8. -no more, no more 9. -write me 10. -same old song and dance 11. -train kept a rollin' (with drum solo) -
Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 - All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol. 4 1. Searchin' ("Swan Mix" 09-67 Mayfair Recording Studio, NYC) 2. Lady Godiva's Operation (Mono Mix, 09-67 Mayfair NYC) 3. The Gift (Wembley 6-06-93) 4. Run Run Run (Hilltop Rock Festival, Ringe, NH. 8-02-69) 5. What Goes On (Live 1968) 6. Guess I'm Falling In Love (NYC 04-67) 7. A Short Lived Torture Of Cacophony (NYC 1965) 8. Black Angels Death Song (Bataclan Club, Paris 1-29-72) 9. The Biggest, Loudest, Hairiest Group Of All (Bataclan 72) 10. A Distant Mirror -
Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 - All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol.3 1. Sweet Sister Ray (La Cave, Cleveland, OH. 4-30-68) 2. Sister Ray (Boston Tea Party 3-15-69) 3. Hey Mr. Rain (Wembley Arena, London 6-6-93) 4. Heroin (La Cave, Cleveland, OH. 4-30-68) -
Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol.2 1. Nothing Song (Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus 66) 2. Venus Heroin (NYC December 1965) 3. Chic Mystique (Delmonico's Hotel, NYC 1-08-66) 4. Train 'Round The Bend - Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Decond Fret, Philly, PA. May 1970)