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Soundboard 9.6 - Killer sound for a heavier rock band because they preserve the tone and the dynamics, it’s not just VOLUME up to 10 although I am pretty certain this show was very loud. The engineer needs a gold medal. Love it! Michael Schenker Festival Hall Osaka, Japan 19th August 1981 evening show Disc 1 1. -Armed and Ready 2. -Cry for the Nations 3. -Attack of the Mad Axeman 4. -But I Want More 5. -Victim of Illusion 6. -Into the Arena 7. -On and On 8. -Never Trust a Stranger 9. -Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Disc 2 10. -Tales of Mystery 11. -courvoisier Concerto 12. -Lost Horizons 13. -Doctor Doctor 14. -Ready to Rock -
Soundboard 9.6 - Same exact setup for recording as the Evening show do the review is the same. Killer sound for a heavier rock band because they preserve the tone and the dynamics, it’s not just VOLUME up to 10 although I am pretty certain this show was very loud. The engineer needs a gold medal. Love it! Michael Schenker Festival Hall Osaka, Japan 19th August 1981 afternoon show 1. -Armed and Ready 2. -Cry for the nations 3. -Attack of the Mad Axeman 4. -But I Want More 5. -Victim of Illusion 6. -Into the Arena 7. -On and On 8. -Never Trust a Stranger 9. -Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 10. -Tales of Mystery 11. -Lost Horizons 12. -Doctor Doctor 13. -Ready to Rock -
Soundboard 8.8 - The audio quality is very good, the mix wanders around a bit – because I am pretty sure this wasn’t just the band rehearsing but the entire crew. Sounds to me like they were ready to go – some hot playing! Michael Schenker Return Of The Flying Arrow Disc 1 Studio Rehearsals for 1980 UK and US tour Sidcup, Kent, UK 101 Armed And Ready 102 Cry For The Nations 103 Victim Of Illusion 104 Gary Practices 'Victim Of Illusion' 105 Natural Thing 106 Feels Like A Good Thing 107 Into The Arena 108 Rock Bottom 109 Lost Horizons 110 Doctor Doctor 111 Lights Out Disc 2 Erie, Pennsylvania 1980-11-20 201 The Ride Of The Valkyries 202 Armed And Ready 203 Cry For The Nations 204 Victim Of Illusion 205 Into The Arena 206 Lost Horizons 207 Doctor Doctor 208 Lights Out -
Audience 9.5 - Unbelievably good, clear, crisp, and punchy. -
Audience 9.3 - Wow ... somebody knew what they were doing! Michael Schenker’s Temple of Rock Le Bataclan Paris, France 2015-11-03 Disc 1 01 -Intro 02 -Doctor Doctor 03 -Live and Let Live 04 -Lights Out 05 -Where the Wild Winds Blow 06 -Natural Thing 07 -Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 08 -Victim of illusion 09 -Lovedrive 10 -Coast to coast Disc 2 11 -Vigilante Man 12 -Savior Machine 13 -Too Hot to Handle 14 -Lord of the Lost and Lonely 15 -Rock You Like a Hurricane 16 -Rock Bottom 17 -Attack of the Mad Axeman 18 -Communion everybody 19 -Blackout Michael Schenker - guitar Doogie White - vocals Wayne Findlay - guitar & keyboards Francis Buchholz - bass Herman Rarebell - drums -
1998 - 2012 solo recordings issued on the PROGAOR label. Import from UK, CD is SEALED. -
MICHAEL HILL'S BLUES MOB - NY State of Blues 1998 -
MICHAEL HILL'S BLUES MOB - Have Mercy (1997/Alligator Records) -
Audience 9.1 - A well placed microphone and excellent gear make for a really really nice recording. Revered Italian Rock group of the 1970’s back again and sounding fresh, but some nice old school analog sounds still permeate this performance. -
FM Radio Broadcast 9.1 -
Soundboard 8.8 - Pure thrash at its finest - Brutal. -
In 1995 Lemmy celebrated his 50th with a special Motörhead club gig in LA. The support act: The Lemmys… aka Metallica! The CD includes plenty of bonus tracks - rare tracks mainly Metallica playing Motorhead though the years. Fun and indispensable at your collection! -
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 -
Audience 6.8 - Pretty rough, thin, and one dimensional, but fans will want this one. This is when it all happened, this is historic! -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. -
Soundboard 8.6 - Doesn’t matter how good or bad the mix is, this is the real STUFF! -
Studio Rehearsals 8.8 - Thankfully recorded on something other than a cheap boombox so the quality is there as far as being able to hear everything clear. Vocals are the only thing that does not ring out clearly, but other than that this is gold. This early Metallica is a far cry from what would be in just a few short years. METALLICA 1982.03.XX - Downey, CA Rehearsals in Ron McGovney's Garage 1. Hit the Lights 2. Helpless 3. Jump in the Fire 4. Let It Loose 5. Sucking My Love 6. Am I Evil? 7. The Prince 8. Killing Time Released in '94 via a collaboration between KNAC and Ron McGovney, a number of these demos were debuted during the CLASSIC and ORIGINAL Mandatory Metallica show on 105.5 KNAC. They did a whole week with Ron McGovney in the studio and some of these gems were played on the air. Pat O'Connor, one of the DJ's from the Mandatory show, had his hand in putting out numerous Silver Bootleg CD's and promptly released Sucking My Love between '94 and '95 and then released Things That Should Not Be in late '95. Always an interesting listen... they had a long way to go. Lineup: James Hetfield - Vocals (No Guitar) Dave Mustaine - Guitar Ron McGovney - Bass Lars Ulrich - Drums -
Studio tapes 9.0 - Great to hear this raw, early pre LP stuff because quite frankly it’s fantastic. It’s a different take because there is a real sense of urgency with this recording, like the band know it’s critical to make it happen or they remain bums on the streets of San Francisco. We all know what happened next. Metallica No Life 'Til Leather and Power-Metal Demos "No Life 'Til Leather"-Demos 1 -Hit The Lights 2 -The Mechanix 3 -Motorbreath 4 -Seek And Destroy 5 -Metal Militia 6 -Jump In The Fire 7 -Phantom Lord "Power-Metal"-Demos 8 -Hit The Lights 9 -The Mechanix 10 -Motorbreath - Jump In The Fire -
Montreal - Audience 8.7 - You can tell the tapers gear was of good quality, the capture is actually very clear but in capturing the actual sound at the show you gotta accept whatever is coming out of the PA system, and however the sound guy has mixed it. That being said, I can tolerate this one much more than 90% of all the other Metallica audience tapes which suffer greatly from sheer volume overload most of the time. Missouri - Soundboard 9.1 - Great drums sound believe it or not, and both guitars are distinguishable from one another which makes it very well worth hearing. These two guys can really play, maybe not quite Dave Mustaine level (ok so I am partial to Megadeth) but they can do what they do in very convincing fashion especially when you can actually hear it. Metallica Disc 1 Le Spectrum Montreal, QC. January 15, 1985 01 - The Ecstasy of Gold 02 - Fight Fire with Fire 03 - Ride the Lightning 04 - Phantom Lord 05 - (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth 06 - For Whom the Bell Tolls 07 - No Remorse 08 - The Call of Ktulu 09 - Seek & Destroy 10 - Whiplash 11 - Creeping Death Disc 2 A.C. Brase Arena Building Cape Girardeau Missouri, USA May 24, 1986 01. Battery 02. Master of Puppets 03. For Whom the Bell Tolls 04. Ride the Lightning 05. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 06. Four Horsemen 07. Thing That Should Not Be 08. Cliff Bass Solo 09. Damage Inc 10. Fade To Black 11. Seek And Destroy 12. Creeping Death -
Brand New - Superb radio broadcast Live at Stadion im Brötzinger Tal, Pforzheim, Germany on 30th August 1987 at the Monsters of Rock Festival. One of the shows that introduced Jason Newsted to the Metallica fan base. -
Soundboard 9.0 - I love this mix you can really hear the bass definition. -
Audience 8.3 - Interesting recording, it is actually very clean, master quality source, but just fails to contain the massive Metallica sound by a mere inches, and I mean by how close to the mains this seems to be. Collectors who do not have this will LOVE it though, it really gives you a real sense of the loudness and intensity of the band. -
Soundboard 8.7 - This is the kind of soundboard that was probably meant just for soundman audio reference. It’s fine though, and generally speaking, way better than any audience tape because Metallica, especially in 1986 (I know because I saw them in ’86 and it was the loudest concert I’d ever heard) was so loud there wasn’t any way to get a good capture unless you had excellent gear with mic level adjustment. Metallica - Metal, Inc. Live @ The Coliseum, El Paso TX May 12, 1986 1. Master Of Puppets 2. For Whom The Bell Tolls 3. Ride The Lightning 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 5. Seek And Destroy 6. Creeping Death 7. Am I Evil? 8. Damage, Inc. -
Soundboard 9.1 - This is a strong, powerful sounding board with a pretty decent sound mix, although not super clear, but not a muddy mess…somewhere in between the two but leans toward being mostly clear. Metallica Live in Davenport, IA - DEAD HEROES May 30, 1986 Coliseum Ballroom Damage, Inc. Tour 1. Master Of Puppets 2. For Whom The Bell Tolls 3. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 4. The Thing That Should Not Be 5. Cliff Burton Bass Solo 6. Damage, Inc. 7. Seek & Destroy 8. Creeping Death 9. Am I Evil? 10. Whiplash 11. The Four Horsemen 12. Motorbreath -
Audience 8.9 - Easily one of the best auds of the early Metallica era. This is one that I am sure every Metallica collector already has but if you are just curious, or maybe only recently getting turned on to this stuff, well you gotta get this one.Metallica Stadthalle Mulheim Köln, West-Germany 1984-12-05 Disc 1 01. The Ecstasy of Gold (Intro) 02. Fight Fire With Fire 03. Ride the Lightning 04. Phantom Lord 05. The Four Horsemen 06. (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth 07. For Whom the Bell Tolls 08. No Remorse 09. The Call of Ktulu Disc 2 10. Seek & Destroy 11. Whiplash 12. Creeping Death 13. Guitar Solo 14. Metal Militia 15. Motorbreath -
Soundboard 8.7 - Signs of age on the old tape, it’s not from a master source but you know, it’s early Metallica in soundboard quality! You don’t have to be a metalhead to be able to appreciate what this band did, and listening to a decently mixed board allows you to hear more of the musicality and musicianship. -
Audience 8.8 - A rather good tape, it's kind of rare to find something like this just because of the extreme volume and what not that metal presents to taping gear - but this one shines. Sometimes the rhythm guitar seems to drop out a little in the mix, every now and then but that might be a PA or mix thing. Metallica - The Ecstasy of Aragon Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Il, USA February 9, 1985 1. The Ecstacy of Gold 2. Fight Fire With Fire 3. Ride The Lightning 4. Phantom Lord 5. The Four Horsemen 6. Anesthesia - Pulling Teeth 7. For Whom The Bell Tolls 8. No Remorse 9. Fade To Black 10. Seek And Destroy 11. Whiplash 12. Creeping Death 13. Am I Evil? 14. Motorbreath -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. Live In Holland 1984. -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. Live In Denmark 1981. -
Soundboard 9.4 - Even though I am less of a hardcore metalhead these days compared to, say, when I was in my 20's, I can honestly say I still enjoy listening to Megadeth music. The fact is, when you get a recording this good, when you can hear everything clearly, you better understand the genius that is Dave Mustaine. Let's face it - the guy is just gifted. How you can sing and play those insane, complex chord patterns, I will never know. Megadeth Live at Aardshok Festival Ijsselhal, Zwolle, Holland May 29, 1988 01 The Conjuring 02 Mary Jane 03 In My Darkest Hour 04 Devil's Island 05 Liar 06 Mechanix 07 Anarchy in the U.K. 08 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? 09 These Boots 10 Devil's Island 11 Mechanix 12 Last Rites - Loved to Deth 13 Black Friday -
Studio Quality 8.7/9.0 - Here you have the ultimate rare collection if you are into that early, classic mid 80's Megadeth (which most are). I know this has had repeated plays in my house! Live in London - Soundboard 9.3 Megadeth Ultimate Rare Tracks and Live (last 7 tracks Live in London 1987) 1. Wake Up Dead 2. Chosen Ones 3. These Boots 4. Killing is My Business...And Business Is Good 5. My Last Words 6. Looking Down The Cross 7. Mechanix 8. Last Rites-Loved To Death 9. Skull Beneath The Skin 10. Bad Omen 11. Rattlehead 12. Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good 13. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying 14. These Boots 15. Mechanix 16. Last Rites-Loved To Death