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Audience 9.0 - Great definition and a solid spectral range if just the slightest touch of crowding in the mids once the band is full blast, but it totally rocks and you will love it! -
Audience 8.4 - Very clear recording that sits just a little further back in the spectrum that I would prefer but that helps provide more atmosphere so that is the trade off. It’s a decent recording you can enjoy. -
Audience 8.0 - Very forceful and loud capture, some taper conversations present, but a very immediate live feeling as if this could have been taped a couple of years ago. Some high frequencies have a squelchiness to them, but when the band is all playing together the audio retains a more comfortable timbre. Overall this is pretty good stuff, and very heady music. I’ve heard people compare them to Pink Floyd, and to be honest I do hear that in some of their compositions, but that is not entirely accurate in describing them. Maybe if you said they were stylistically similar to PF but with a Deep Purplish ensemble approach to the sound, you would be closer. -
Audience 8.2 - A good sounding recording if you want to just know what is happening on stage and don’t mind a perfectly balanced mix, or crispness in the highs. Some breaking up at volume, where the intensity of this band is just too much for the tapers equipment. Still, I have to tell you, there is reward in this tape if you stick it out. Not saying it gets that much better, but I am saying this is one GREAT rock band! Just overwhelming intensity, and interesting compositions, it keeps you interested to hear what happens next. -
Audience 8.8 - Great stereo sound field, wide, clear, and lots of atmosphere. Good show! -
Audience 8.8 - Very clear but a touch on the compressed side. One thing is, you can totally CRANK this and it performs flawlessly – no break up, and you’ll get that punch and richness. It needs volume , the louder the better. -
Audience 8.9 - Super dynamic range! When the crowd kicks in after a song ends it is magical. Great! -
Audience 7.8 - What I really like about this show is the sound of the bass, a round, brassy sound and of course played with great power and finesse. The sound field gets a touch crowded at times, but this is really a totally exciting tape with that power of the band really palpable! -
Audience 8.3 -
Audience 9.1 - Warm, full sound and good stereo too! -
Audience 8.4 - Pretty darn clean with a good, solid bass sound, and drums sound very real and loud. -
Audience 7.9 - A very clear recording, it can stand a little fattening up but for 1972 it’s quite decent. -
Audience 7.8 - A touch on the thin side and not especially dynamic, however it is nice and clear to the ears meaning you can hear everything they are doing on stage with good separation of instruments. Very decent just not super dynamic. -
Audience 8.1 - Kind of occupies the very middle as far as dynamics go with maybe an emphasis on low end which means this recording at least has balls. It’s clear enough that you hear everything, and I think it successfully captured a marvelous evening. -
Audience 8.7 - Probably have to consider this a must have for fans. It’s a very fine recording for the era, and the band is playing their asses off to win fans with their brand of intense symphonic progressive rock (still a new thing in 1970). -
Audience 8.8 - I rate this highly for the excellent atmosphere of the sound, where the vocals seem to just soar. It is not as thick in the mids where you want them, but that is why the vocals soar because they occupy a lot of the midrange and highs. Sometimes you also get a nice vibration of sound from the drums and all in all it adds tremendous intensity and excitement to the tape. Listen to Toccata and tell me I am wrong! This tape has a unique feel to it that I find very enjoyable. Another cool thing is that a lot of the problems with tape cuts have been fixed with crossfades making for a smoother listen…that includes the large section in Toccata which was unlistenable (unfortunately). -
Audience 7.4 - Would be much better with just a little bit of remastering because there is plenty of low end to work with, and even though the high end is muffled you can add some brightness to this, remove some tape hiss, and this show could be a real keeper. As it is now, for collectors only. -
Audience 8.5 - A pretty clear and somewhat vibrant with the sound almost kind of travelling around over your head. Keys are the stars of this show as they are front and center in the mix and sound really good. The low end is not very present, it is an upper midrange recording of very good quality. -
Audience 7.4 - History has shown that most recordings originating from the UK’s Brighton Dome are pretty bad, this one seems to be on the better side of bad. It’s quite listenable if not somewhat muddy and not the clearest ever, but once your ears adjust, and if you add some treble to it, it’s fine. -
Audience 9.5 - As good as you can do, clear and bright, great mix and some great feel in a small club. -
Audience 7.7 - Lots of cool hysteria in the crowd, sound is clear enough to enjoy but still does have that stadium sound with a bit of boom and echo but not too much. It’s good! -
Audience 8.0 -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Soundboard 9.7 -
Audience 7.3 -
Audience 8.5 - A little lack of depth and overall dynamics but pretty clear, well mixed capture here. Stevie sounds good! -
Audience 7.5 - This is direct from the open reel master tape. There is some limitation to the capture (slight oversaturation) but I would say this is a pretty fascinating document. -
Audience 7.8 -
Soundboard 9.2 -
Audience 8.8 -
Audience 8.7 - A very low generation tape (very clean) used here, and it is very decent sounding, You will get some big hall atmosphere but it’s manageable. -
Audience 8.8 - A very atmospheric recording that gives you an amazing sense of space and proximity to the action. The music has room to move around, so it’s a natural sounding recording and the listening experience benefits greatly. Sometimes at full volume when the band is really cooking, the music gets a little bunched up but the tapers were good with levels so it does not offend and I appreciate that. This is a real gem!