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CD 1 - Soundboard 8.9 - Very strong for this period, the sound, the playing, all great. CD 2 - Soundboard 9.2 - Fantastic stuff, a great airy recording with a good mix that has drums stereo panned even! -
Soundboard 8.7 -
Studio Quality 9.6 -
Audience 6.9 Get ready for mass volume, shocking that the tape does not distort! You want guitar?... good because that is what you get the most of from this show – then Ginger and then vocals. -
Audience 7.2 - 7.6 During the quite (or less loud I should say) portions, this tape shines. At full throttle, there’s a bandwidth issue with this tape, meaning the music is too much for the narrow bandwidth of the cassette to contain. That being said, there’s no distortion, miraculously – and despite the massive volume you still get a reasonable clearness of the music. If it was just a little more distinct, this could be one of those “feels like your there” tapes. -
Audience 8.9 Wow, this is what it's all about. This is too much, if you know the history, the scene, the time and place, it’s almost depressing because you know this just could not and will not ever happen again. How could it? So thankful this was taped, and it’s VERY good! -
Audience 8.5 A tape that has been much celebrated over the years, which has also been through the hands of many a fine engineer, bringing out the best of the old tape (and fixing a lot of errors along the way too). Now, here we are decades after the event and it sounds fresh and exciting…still. -
VOL 1 ... Soundboard 9.0 - Excellent! -
VOL 2 ... Soundboard 9.0 - Excellent! -
Audience 7.4 - Lo-fi but all instruments clearly heard, not that bad, you can get into this one. -
Audience 7.8 - Concert Hall sound capturing his last show of the tour. I can enjoy this, but I do have to season it to taste, mainly in adjusting just a little bit to give it more bass response. It’s not bad, it’s not great, it’s good and there’s something here to work with in my opinion. -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Audience 9.0 - A great sounding tape! Very clear and good mix too. I get a good feel for the venue and the crowd, my kind of audience tape here. -
Soundboard 9.7 -
Soundboard 8.7 -
Audience 7.8 - Excitement is the order of the day, you can literally feel it. The recording can be praised for effectively capturing a really on performance at a famous venue at the best time of Bowie’s career (some would say). -
Soundboard 9.2 -
Audience 7.9 - I keep coming back to this show, mainly because I love the vibe in the hall, the crowd progressively getting more and more into it and excitement keeps building. Great stuff! -
Audience 7.3 - Suffers from being in a bad spot on the floor but the perspective is interesting nonetheless. It lacks depth and clarity for sure, but hearing this show gives one a real sense of being right there with the tapers. -
Soundboard 9.0 - Sounds kind of thin and compressed to me but it is perfectly clear being a modern sdbrd. Features songs with Nine Inch Nails, and a lot of good bonus material. All in all a very good CD! -
Audience 9.6 - Marvelous recording captures every nuance in pristine, clear, full quality. -
CD 1 - Heidelberg 1970 - Audience 6.5 / CD 2 - Amsterdam 1970 - Audience 7.3 -
Audience 7.7 - The rating does nothing to express the magnitude of intensity that this show has. It gives you a very real sense of how completely bombastic and insanely loud Deep Purple were at this time. Incredible on many levels, so use this to show your kids how we rocked back in the day. Amazing! -
Audience 8.4 - Keyboards shine, all other instruments a little behind keys but clearly heard. -
Audience 6.8 - Very thin, but a low gen tape used here so it is pretty clear and guitar is the most present along with Ian and a pretty prominent kick drum too. The show is marvelous wish it sounded better. -
Oldenburg, Germany 1971 - Audience 8.3 - The star of this 2CD (guitar smoking hot!) / Rome, Italy 1971 - Audience 6.7 - Very noisy and brassy. -
Audience 7.3 - 8.0 - Gets better as the show progresses. Let me just say this – I think this show is hotter than the officially released Live album! Maybe because when a band knows they are being recorded, they are less “free” in their playing. I don’t know but this show is off the hook jamming, wish it sounded a little better but even so I am happy to get to hear it. -
Audience 7.8 - The best of the tour and in fact Tommy is very cohesive here. A must for fans of DP and Tommy Bolin. -
Audience 6.8 - Audio is Not very good but man, what a bummer because this is one of the absolute best performances I think I have ever heard. Totally intense and really good improv jams that do not bore you to tears. Wish it was better – but on the plus side you get a rather clear Richie on guitar. Quieter passages are rather decent. The main problem here is that everything is squeezed into a narrow bandwidth. Must have for hardcore fans for the ferociousness of the performance. -
Audience 7.7 - Hard to find many really good quality shows from this period, but as it goes this one is not terrible just boost some bass and it is much better. -
Audience 8.4 - Simply has to be one of the best audience tapes of the time. So, it isn’t perfect but I consider this to be a must have due to how clear, and really nice fat bottom end without boominess. Lovely! -
Audience 7.7 - A great period for Deep Purple, this is probably their peak in a lot ways. The recording here is decent, vocals a little back, some overload at times, but you don’t miss anything really all the music is there and you can pick up just about everything on stage. I like it, I think you will too.