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Soundboard 9.4 & Audience 8.6 - the first few discs are excellent soundboard which is cool because they are very early performances and there’s a lot to dive into there. The next couple of discs are good audience tapes, the first being a bit towards the back of a medium sized club, but it’s not bad. Overall it’s an interesting collection, really allows you to contemplate the artists changes over time, with band members, and compositions. Good stuff! JEAN LUC PONTY Touring History 1969-1978 Disc 1 Studio 2 WDR Cologne, Germany February 17th, 1969 LINEUP: Jean-Luc Ponty: violin Wolfgang Dauner: piano Eberhard Weber: bass Bernard Lubat: drums 1. -Eighty-one 2. -Starlight, Starbright 3. -Introduction 4. -California 5. -Pamukkale 6. -Introduction JLP in German 7. -Golden Green Disc 2 Die Glocke, Bremen, Germany November 9, 1972 1. -Circles - Open Strings 2. -How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That - JLP talks 3. -unknown Title 4. -Flipping LINEUP: Jean-Luc Ponty: electric violin Jasper van't Hof: keyboards Henry Texier: bass Aldo Romano: drums Disc 3 Evanston, Illinois April 11, 1975 1. -Waving Memories 2. -Band Intros 3. -Question With No Answer 4. -Bowing Bowing 5. -Fight For Life 6. -Announcer Outro Jean Luc Ponty: violin Daryl Stuermer: guitar Mike Wolf: keyboards Tom Fowler: bass, violin Norm Fearrington: drums McAlister Auditorium Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana, USA October 23, 1977 7. -Tarantula 8. -The Gardens Of Babylon Disc 4 1. -Overture of the Trans Love Express 2. -The Struggle of the Turtle To The Sea 3. -band introductions 4. -Nostalgic Lady 5. -Wandering On The Milky Way 6. -Mirage Jean-Luc Ponty: violin Allan Zavod: keyboards Daryl Stuermer: guitar Ralphe Armstrong: bass Steve Smith: drums Disc 5 New Orleans Cont'd 1. -Enigmatic Ocean 2. -New Country 3. -Polyfolk Dance Paramount Theater Austin, TX November 15, 1978 4. -Introduction 5. -The Art Of Happiness 6. -Don't Let The World Pass You By - I Only Feel Good With You 7. -Ethereal Mood - No Strings Attached 8. -Egocentric Molecules - Outro -
Metropolitan Opera House NY 1970 Audience 8.4 - A decent tape considering we have very few US 1970 tour audience tapes that sound great. A little sweetening with EQ and you’ve just raised the sound rating another half a point…technology has changed the way collectors think about these old audience source tapes. Newcastle 1971 Audience 8.7 - A surprising new find! Buried for decades and now dusted off, restored and presented for your approval. It’s not bad! I can hear it all, with some cool atmosphere. I rather like it! San Francisco 1971 Audience 8.8 - This tape has some depth to it, where you get definition in the bass and not just “low end” which I appreciate. Roger rises above in the sound mix but on this tape nobody is drowned out, it’s evenly mixed and that makes it enjoyable. Some background noise which sounds like it is coming from the house PA but not during the band performing…all in all this is a real good one. The Who "Time Machine 1970-71" Disc 1 Tommy At The Metropolitan Opera House Metropolitan Opera House New York City, NY June 7th, 1970 (Late Show) 01 -Heaven And Hell 02 -I Can't Explain 03 -Overture 04 -1921 05 -Amazing Journey 06 -Sparks 07 -The Hawker 08 -Christmas 09 -The Acid Queen 10 -Pinball Wizard 11 -Do You Think It's Alright 12 -Fiddle About 13 -Tommy Can You Hear Me 14 -There's A Doctor 15 -Go To The Mirror 16 -Smash The Mirror 17 -Miracle Cure 18. -Sally Simpson Disc 2 19. -I'm Free 20. -We're Not Gonna Take It 21. -See Me Feel Me 22. -Summetime Blues 23. -Shakin' All Over - Spoonful 24. -My Generation Hofheinz Pavilion University of Houston Houston, TX 1970-06-20 25 - Heaven and Hell 26 - I Can't Explain 27 - Young Man Blues 28 - I Don't Even Know Myself 29 - Overture 30 - It's A Boy 31 - 1921 Disc 3 Live at The Odeon Cinema Northumberland Street Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Saturday 30th October 1971 01. I Can't Explain 02. Substitute 03. Summertime Blues 04. My Wife 05. Baba O' Riley 06. Bargain 07. Behind Blue Eyes 08. Won't Get Fooled Again Disc 4 09. Baby Don't You Do It 10. Magic Bus 11. Overture - Amazing Journey - Sparks 12. Pinball Wizard 13. See Me Feel Me Disc 5 Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA 1971-12-13 01 - Substitute 02 - Summertime Blues 03 - My Wife 04 - Baba O'Riley 05 - Behind Blue Eyes 06 - Bargain 07 - Won't Get Fooled Again 08 - Pinball Wizard 09 - See Me, Feel Me 10 - My Generation 11 - Jam - Naked Eye - I'm Going Down 12 - Magic Bus -
FM Broadcast 9.6 - Crystal clear, immaculate and precise, a joy to listen to!
SNACK Benefit Students Need Athletics, Culture & Kicks Grateful Dead, Tower of Power, Santana Doobie Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Joan Baez, Neil Young and Bob Dylan with Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, Ben Keith, Tim Drummond Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA. March 25, 1975 DISC I: Interviews w/Garcia & Paul Kantner (03-23 by James Cameron) * GRATEFUL DEAD - Intro by Bill Graham Blues For Allah Milkin' The Turkey Drums Milkin' The Turkey Blues For Allah ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode DISC II: TOWER OF POWER: Intro. Tis Is It Down To The Nightclub Walking In The Sand You're The Most You're Still A Young Man SANTANA: Intro.> Jam> Black Magic Woman> Gypsy Queen> Let The Children Play> Oye Como Va> Los Breos Soul Sacrifice DISC III: DOOBIE BROTHERS Jesus Is Just Alright' Neil's Fandango Take Me In Your Arms Black Water Workin' On You Without Love JEFFERSON STARSHIP Ride The Tiger Fast Buck Freddy Git Fiddler Play On Love Around The World Sweeter Than Honey DISC IV JEFFERSON STARSHIP (cont.) Somebody To Love Volunteers JOAN BAEZ I Shall Be Released Make It Through The Night Bridging The Gap Joe Hill All My Trials the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall Amazing Grace DISC V: NEIL YOUNG, BOB DYLAN, BEN KEITH, GARTH HUDSON, LEVON HELM, RICK DANKO, TIM DRUMMOND Are You ready For The Country? Ain't That A Lotta Love Lookin For A Love Loving You I Want You The Weight Helplesss Knockin' On The Dragon's Door
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CD 1 - Soundboard 8.3 / CD 2 - Soundboard 8.8 / CD 3 - Soundboard 8.8 What a difference from 1966 to 1975! I rather like the 70’s Guess Who more, but fascinating to hear their formative sound and style. -
Volume 2: CD 1 - Soundboard 9.5 CD 2 - Soundboard 9.5 CD 3 - Soundboard 9.2 CD 4 - Audience 9.2 CD 5 - Audience 9.2 -
This entire set is meant to fill in a collector’s gaps. CD 1 - Audience 8.0 - Thin and distant but you do get to hear everything happening, not muddy, and not echoey, so this has bright spots CD 2 - Audience 7.6 / CD 3 -Soundboard 9.5 / CD 4 - Audience 7.5 / CD 5 - Soundboard 8.8 -
CD 1 – Aud 8.5 / CD 2- Aud 8.8 / CD 3 – Aud 8.9 / CD 4 – Aud 8.7 / CD 5 – Aud 8.5 -
All Pro Studio 9.7 - All tracks were professionally recorded by Pete Townshend in his home studio in Old Church Street, Chelsea, and Twickenham. -
This set collects not so widely available shows of varying quality but certainly ones that fill in missing parts to a collection. CD 1 - Audience 7.4 - Actually not that bad at all, and probably one of the better ones of this set. CD 2 - Audience 7.7 - Fine recording that kind of stays in a rather crisp mode, but if I were to remaster it or want to add bass this recording is a PERFECT one because highs are so good on this, and accurate to a fault really. A decent recording that needs low end but VERY enjoyable! CD 3 - Audience 7.0 - Might be the worst of this set, but Randy is clear here on this tape, followed by Ozzy, so the priorities are at least straight! CD 4 - Audience 7.5 - Right down the middle, as far as sound-field, but it is not that hard to go ahead and appreciate this for what it is. Mediocre and at times gets really good and clear especially during softer sections of songs. CD 5 - Audience 7.3 - I would rate this higher for the fact that levels are good, and everything can be heard, but the fault is that everything is mid to upper band and gets too harsh for me. I think a good EQ would do wonders, because at least the mids and highs are there in which to round out more and even reduce in favor of low mid and low frequencies. -
A superbly put together set! Looks positively spectacular. The recordings are all generally pretty decent. CD 1 Audience 7.7 - CD 2 Audience 8.7 - CD 3 Soundboard 9.0 - CD 4 Audience 8.4 - CD 5 Audience 8.4 (these last two discs you MUST turn the volume up loud because the levels are low but the fidelity is decent. The louder the better, and it does NOT distort because there is a ton of headroom here to play with). -
Audience - all shows Berlin Aud 7.2 A reasonably clear tape, Jimi vocals come through and guitar is right up front too. Drums a little buried but you get enough to know what’s going on. Enjoyable! Cologne Aud 7.0 Mono recording without much separation of instruments, guitar being the clearest here. Hamburg Aud 6.6 Very loud and distorted recording. Nuremberg Aud 6.7 Thin, with tape noise present, no dynamics, only Jimi's guitar is heard but it is heard clearly ringing out like he was the only one mic’d up! -
CD 1 - Pro 8.8 (and the best disc of this set) CD 2 - Audience 6.4 (possibly the worst of this set, but if you turn it up louder it sounds better actually. Levels are low!) CD 3 - Audience 7.2 (a big step up from previous disc, levels a little low but not so much, kind of thin, gets crowded when the band is loud.) CD 4/5 - Audience 7.7 (good stereo separation, everything is clear, a decent recording!) Bachman-Turner Overdrive The BTO Box Disc 1 Agora Cleveland, OH 1974 01 -Don't Get Yourself In Trouble - Little Gandy Dancer 02 -Give It Time 03 -Welcome Home 04 -Hold Back The Water 05 -Blue Collar 06 -Give Me Your Money Please 07 -Let It Ride 08 -American Woman 09 -Honky Tonk Woman Disc 2 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Ludwigshafen, West Germany 1975-05-11 1. -Introduction 2. -ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY 3. -GIVE IT TIME 4. -SLEDGEHAMMER 5. -LET IT RIDE 6. -ROCK IS MY LIFE AND THIS IS MY SONG 7. -BLUE MOANIN' 8. -FREE WHEELIN' 9. -WELCOME HOME 10. -Guitar Solo - Bass Solo 11. -NOT FRAGILE 12. -YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET 13. -TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS 14. -SLOW DOWN BOOGIE Disc 3 CNE Grandstand Toronto, Canada August 24, 1976 1. -Take It Like A Man 2. -Give It Time 3. -Hold Back The Water - Welcome Home 4. -Don't Get Yourself in Trouble 5. -Find Out About Love 6. -Blue Collar 7. -Rock Is My Life & This Is My Song 8. -Not Fragile 9. -Let It Ride 10. -Hey You 11. -Four Wheel Drive 12. -You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Disc 4 Shimm Hall Nagoya, Japan October 2, 1976 1. -Give Me Your Money, Please 2. -Give It Time 3. -Hold Back The Water 4. -Welcome Home 5. -Don't Get Yourself In Trouble 6. -Find Out About Love 7. -Blue Collar 8. -Sledgehammer 9. -Rock Is My Life & This Is My Song 10. -Not Fragile 11. -Let It Ride 12. -Hey You 13. -You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 14. -Roll On Down The Highway Disc 5 Nagoya cont'd 1. -Four Wheel Drive 2. -Takin' Care Of Business 3. -Slow Down Boogie - Thank You - Domo -
Volume 1,2,3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 (each Volume is individually housed in its separate gate-fold cover). From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Audience 9.0/8.5/8.7 - All four discs are very good source tapes with the first two discs being the strongest with a sound quality that sits nicely on the ears, very comfortable, albeit slightly further back in the hall than the other two discs. I think the other shows maybe feature a louder, more up front guitar sound, but at the same time are also a bit more crowded in that frequency although at no time is there distortion present. Disc 3 suffers from a little bit of the typical big sound onto little cassette recorder where it’s just not as clear as you wish but at least you can hear what is going on, and it is not what I would call muddy sounding. Disc 4 is decent in the fact that you have a clear guitar, tone is audible which is crucial when you are listening to Leslie West. All instruments audible and distinct but not rising much above a middle to upper 8 rating. All in all, I am pleased at the overall sound quality in this set seeing as how there are not many really high quality audios of this band. West, Bruce & Laing European Conquest Disc 1 Falkoner Center Copenhagen, Denmark March 28, 1973 01. -Don't Look Around 02. -Pleasure 03. -Why Dontcha 04. -Third Degree 05. -Mississippi Queen - West Solo Disc 2 06. -Roll Over Beethoven 07. -Love Is Worth the Blues 08. -Powerhouse Sod 09. -The Doctor 10. -Sunshine of Your Love Disc 3 Circus Krone Munich, Germany April 13, 1973 1. Don't Look Around 2. Pleasure 3. Why Dontcha 4. Third Degree 5. Missippi Queen 6. Roll Over Beethoven 7. Powerhouse Sod 8. Politician 9. Sunshine Of Your Love 10. Audience 11. The Doctor Landwirtschaftshalle Kaiserslautern, West Germany 1973-04-14 1. -DON'T LOOK AROUND 2. -PLEASURE 3. -WHY DON'TCHA 4. -THIRD DEGREE 5. -MISSISSIPPI QUEEN 6. -ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN 7. -LOVE IS WORTH THE BLUES 8. -POLITICIAN 9. -SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE Musicians LESLIE WEST- Guitar/Vocals(Ex-Mountain) JACK BRUCE- Bass/Vocals(Ex-Cream) CORKY LAING- Drums(Ex-Mountain)
