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Audience 8.7 to 9.0 (range) - All pretty darn good. Classic early Kiss, and very interesting at times especially when they do the groove rock numbers. Wish they did that more. -
Soundboard 8.6 - Very clear, with occasional wow and flutter but the atmosphere is intact and the history is undeniable. A certain must for any Kiss fan! -
A mix of various sources but I find overall quality to be very good to excellent. In fact, it's strange but there are better sounding tapes from '75 than there are for the following year. You'd think audio quality would get better each subsequent year...alas one only need to listen to most of the 1980's audience tapes to know that is simply not the case. KISS 1975 Tour Canister Disc 1: Location: Beacon Theater, New York City, New York, U.S.A. Date: March 21, 1975 1-01 Deuce 1-02 Strutter 1-03 Got To Choose 1-04 Hotter Than Hell 1-05 Firehouse 1-06 She - Guitar Solo 1-07 Nothin' To Lose 1-08 Parasite - Bass Solo 1-09 100,000 Years - Drum Solo 1-10 Black Diamond 1-11 C'mon And Love Me 1-12 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll Disc 2 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA May 11th 1975 1 -Tune Up - Intro 2 -Deuce 3 -Strutter 4 -Hotter Than Hell 5 -Firehouse 6 -She 7 -Guitar Solo 8 -C'Mon And Love Me 9 -Bass Fart 10 -100,000 Years 11 -Drum Solo 12 -100,000 Years (reprise) 13 -Black Diamond 14 -Rock And Roll All Nite 15 -Goodnight Boston Disc 3 Tulsa, Oklahoma Assembly Center 1975-06-13 1. -Deuce 2. -Strutter 3. -Got To Choose 4. -Hotter Than Hell 5. -Firehouse 6. -She 7. -Ace Solo 8. -C'mon And Love Me 9. -100.000 Years 10. -Peter Solo 11. -Black Diamond 12. -Cold Gin 13. -Rock & Roll All Nite Disc 4 1975-07-23 Wildwood, NJ Tracks 11-14 Larrabee Studios January 1975 1. -Deuce 2. -Strutter 3. -Got to Choose 4. -She 5. -Nothin' to Lose 6. -C'mon and Love Me 7. -100,000 Years - Drum Solo 8. -Parasite 9. -Cold Gin 10. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 11. -Burning Up With Fever 12. -Anything For My Baby 13. -Rock And Roll All Nite 14. -Mistake Disc 5 Civic Center Providence, RI. USA August 8 1975 1 -Deuce 2 -Strutter 3 -Hotter Than Hell 4 -Firehouse 5 -She 6 -C'mon And Love Me 7 -Solo Gene Simmons - 100,000 Years 8 -Solo Peter Criss - 100,000 Years 9 -Black Diamond 10 -Cold Gin 11 -Rock And Roll All Nite Disc 6 Calderone Concert Hall Hempstead, NY 8-23-1975 1 -Deuce 2 -Strutter 3 -Got To Choose 4 -Hotter Than Hell 5 -Firehouse 6 -She - Ace Solo 7 -Nothin' To Lose 8 -C'mon And Love Me 9 -100,000 Years - Peter Solo 10 -Black Diamond 11 -Cold Gin Disc 7 Hempstead Cont'd Tracks 3-17 Magna Graphics Studio August 1975 1 -Rock And Roll All Nite 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 3. Doncha Hesitate 4. God Of Thunder [Paul on the vocals] 5. It Ain't The Smoke That Burns Ya 6. Detroit Rock City 7. Love Is Alright 8. Bad, Bad Lovin' 9. Man of 1,000 Faces 10. Don't Want Your Romance 11. Burning Up With Fever 12. Rock And Rolls Royce 13. Mad Dog 14. Night Fly 15. I'm A Star 16. Howling For Your Love 17. True Confessions Disc 8 Tower Theater Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA Friday October 3rd, 1975 01 -Deuce 02 -Strutter 03 -Got To Choose 04 -Hotter Than Hell 05 -Firehouse 06 -She - Ace solo 07 -Nothin' To Lose 08 -C'mon And Love Me 09 -Gene solo - 100,000 Years - Peter solo 10 -Black Diamond 11 -Cold Gin Disc 9 Upper Darby Cont'd Tracks 3-12 The Roxy Theatre, Northampton, Pennsylvania March 19th, 1975 1 -Rock And Roll All Nite 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 3 -Deuce 4 -Strutter 5 -Got To Choose 6 -Hotter Than Hell 7 -Firehouse 8 -She 9 -Nothin' To Lose 10 -Parasite 11 -100,000 Years 12 -Black Diamond Disc 10 Northampton cont'd Tracks 4-12 National Guard Armory, Rockford, Illinois November 15th, 1975 1 -C'mon And Love Me 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 3 -Cold Gin 4 -Deuce 5 -Strutter 6 -Got To Choose 7 -Hotter Than Hell 8 -Firehouse 9 -She 10 -Ladies In Waiting - Nothin To Lose 11 -100,000 Years 12 -Black Diamond Disc 11 Rockford cont'd Tracks 3-5 Capitol Centre , Largo, Maryland November 30th, 1975 Tracks 6-10 Produced and engineered by Dave Wittman and Eddie Kramer. Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, March 13, 1973 1. -Cold Gin 2. -Rock And Roll All Nite 3 -Cold Gin 4 -Rock And Roll All Nite 5 -Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll 6 -Deuce 7 -Cold Gin 8 -Strutter 9 -Watchin You 10 -Black Diamond -
Soundboard 8.9 - Hard to find anything to complain about when it comes to listening to vintage Kiss board tapes, that is, if you are like me and grew up with Kiss. Believe it or not, Kiss displayed very competent musicianship back in these days. -
KISS - "New York Academy Of Music - First Demo Tape 1973" Academy Of Music, New York Ciy, NY December 31st, 1973 KISS - 1st demo tape Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY March 13th, 1973 Produced and engineered by Dave Wittman supervised by Eddie Kramer 01 Deuce 02 Strutter 03 Cold Gin 04 Watchin' You 05 Black Diamond Academy Of Music, New York Ciy, NY December 31st, 1973 06 Deuce 07 Cold Gin 08 Nothin' To Lose 09 Firehouse 10 Let Me Know 11 100,000 Years (rare live version) 12 Black Diamond 13 Goin' Blind (Howard Stern show) 14 Love Theme From KISS (1995 NYC KISS Konvention tour) 15 Mr. Speed (1995 NYC KISS Konvention tour) 16 Dirty Livin' (extended version 1979) Notes: On March 13, 1973, KISS recorded a low-budget five-song demo tape with producer Eddie Kramer. In October of 1973, Bill Aucoin, who had witnessed several KISS concerts during the summer months, approached the group to become their personal manager. KISS hired Aucoin, and subsequently inked a recording contract with Casablanca Records on November 1, 1973. KISS was the first act signed to Neil Bogart's new label. KISS began recording tracks for their debut LP at Bell Sound Studios in New York City during Autumn of '73. On December 31st, KISS performed at the Academy of Music in New York City, opening for Blue Öyster Cult and Iggy Pop, with the hyped New Years Eve gig billed as the band's official industry premiere. This has gone down in KISStory as the first time Gene would accidentally ignite his hair while breathing fire at the end of "Firehouse!" "Dirty Livin'" extended version wasn't very widely known at the time of release, possibly because it was only released in countries like Italy, Germany, France and Mexico. Soundboard 8.6 The board mix favors only one half of the band to the near exclusion of the others but does level out some as it progresses. In this presentation it certainly allows you to understand the contributions of Ace! The bonus material is all outstanding. This is worth picking up despite the strange board tape because it is extremely early Kiss and these kinds of tapes are very scarce. -
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Kiss Love Gun Tour Can Disc 1 Providence Civic Center Providence, RI Jan 01 1977 1. -Detroit Rock City 2. -Take Me 3. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 4. -Ladies Room 5. -Firehouse 6. -Makin' Love 7. -I Want You 8. -Cold Gin 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -Nothin' to Lose 11. -God of Thunder 12. -Rock and Roll All Nite 13. -Shout It Out Loud 14. -Beth 15. -Black Diamond Disc 2 Civic Center, Hartford Connecticut, U.S.A. February 16, 1977 1. -Radio Ad 2. -Detroit Rock City 3. -Take Me 4. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 5. -Ladies Room 6. -Makin' Love 7. -I Want You 8. -Cold Gin - Ace Frehley Guitar Solo 9. -Bass Solo - God Of Thunder - Drum Solo - God Of Thunder 10. -Rock And Roll All Nite 11. -Black Diamond Disc 3 Johnson City, TN February 26, 1977 1. -Detroit Rock City 2.-Take Me 3. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 4. -Ladies Room 5. -Firehouse 6. -Makin' Love 7. -I Want You 8. -Cold Gin - Ace Frehley Guitar Solo 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -Nothin' To Lose 11. -God Of Thunder - Peter Criss Drum Solo 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Shout It Out Loud 14. -Black Diamond Disc 4 Kosei Nenkin Hall Osaka, Japan March 25, 1977 1. -Detroit Rock City 2. -Take Me 3. -Let Me Go Rock And Roll 4. -Ladies Room 5. -Firehouse 6. -Makin' Love 7. -I Want You 8. -Cold Gin - Ace Solo 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -Nothin' To Lose 11. -Gene Solo - God Of Thunder - Peter Solo 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Shout It Out Loud 14. -Beth 15. -Black Diamond Disc 5 Kyoto Kaikan Dai Ichi Hall Kyoto, Japan March 26, 1977 1. -Monitor Check 2. -Intro 3. -Detroit Rock City 4. -Take Me 5. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 6. -Ladies Room 7. -Firehouse 8. -I Want You 9. -Makin' Love 10. -Cold Gin 11. -Ace Solo 12. -Do You Love Me 13. -Nothin' To Lose 14. -Gene Solo 15. -God Of Thunder 16. -Peter Solo 17. -God Of Thunder (Reprise) 18. -Rock And Roll All Nite 19. -Shout It Out Loud 20. -Beth 21. -Black Diamond Disc 6 Aichiken Taiiku Hall Nagoya, Japan March 28, 1977 01. -Opening 02. -Monitor Check 03. -Introduction 04. -Detroit Rock City 05. -Take Me 06. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 07. -Ladies Room 08. -Firehouse 09. -Makin' Love 10. -I Want You 11. -Cold Gin 12. -Guitar Solo 13. -Do You Love Me 14. -Nothin' To Lose 15. -Bass Solo 16. -God Of Thunder 17. -Drum Solo 18. -God Of Thunder (Reprise) 19. -Rock And Roll All Nite 20. -Shout It Out Loud (encore) 21. -Beth (encore) 22. -Black Diamond (encore) Disc 7 Budokan Hall Tokyo, Japan April 4, 1977 1. -Opening 2. -Monitor Check 3. -Introduction 4. -Detroit Rock City 5. -Take Me 6. -Let Me Go, Rock & Roll 7. -Ladies Room 8. -Firehouse 9. -Makin' Love 10. -I Want You 11. -Cold Gin 12. -Ace Frehley Solo 13. -Do You Love Me 14. -Nothin' To Lose 15. -Gene Simmons Solo 16. -God Of Thunder 17. -Peter Criss Solo 18. -God Of Thunder (Reprise) 19. -Rock & Roll All Nite 20. -Shout It Out Loud Disc 8 Tokyo Cont'd 1. -Beth 2. -Black Diamond 3. -Announcement Selland Arena, Fresno, CA. August 17, 1977 4. -I Stole Your Love 5. -Take Me 6. -Ladies Room 7. -Firehouse 8. -Love Gun 9. -Hooligan 10. -Christine Sixteen 11. -Makin' Love 12. -Shock Me - Guitar Solo 13. -Detroit Rock City 14. -Beth 15. -Black Diamond Disc 9 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA. August 16, 1977 01. -I Stole Your Love 02. -Take Me 03. -Ladies Room 04. -Firehouse 05. -Love Gun 06. -Hooligan 07. -Christine Sixteen 08. -Makin' Love 09. -Shock Me - Guitar Solo 10. -I Want You 11. -Calling Dr. Love 12. -Shout It Out Loud 13. -God Of Thunder - Drum Solo 14. -Rock And Roll All Nite 15. -Detroit Rock City 16. -Black Diamond Disc 10 The Forum, Inglewood, CA. August 27, 1977 01. -I Stole Your Love 02. -Take Me 03. -Ladies Room 04. -Firehouse 05. -Love Gun 06. -Hooligan 07. -Makin' Love 08. -Christine Sixteen 09. -Shock Me 10. -Ace Solo 11. -I Want You 12. -Calling Dr. Love 13. -Shout It Out Loud 14. -Gene Solo 15. -God of Thunder 16. -Peter Solo 17. -Rock and Roll All Nite 18. -Detroit Rock City 19. -Beth 20. -Black Diamond Disc 11 Tarrant County Convention Center Fort Worth, TX. September 5th 01. -I Stole Your Love 02. -Take Me 03. -Ladies Room 04. -Firehouse 05. -Love Gun 06. -Hooligan 07. -Makin' Love 08. -Christine Sixteen 09. -Shock Me - Ace Frehley Solo 10. -I Want You 11. -Calling Dr. Love 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Detroit Rock City 14. -Beth 15. -Black Diamond (September 4th, 1977) 16. -Peter Criss Solo - God Of Thunder 17. -Rock And Roll All Nite 18. -Detroit Rock City 19. -Beth 20. -Black Diamond -
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Kiss 1976 Can Disc 1 3-24-1976 Philadelphia, PA 01. -Intro 02. -Deuce 03. -Strutter 04. -C'mon And Luv Me 05. -Firehouse 06. -Hotter Than Hell 07. -She 08. -Ace Solo 09. -Parasite 10. -Nothing To Lose 11. -Shout It Out Loud 12. -100,000 Years 13. -Black Diamond 14. -Cold Gin 15. -Rock And Roll All Night 16. -Let Me Go Rock And Roll Disc 2 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom May 13, 1976 01. -Deuce 02. -Strutter 03. -Flaming Youth 04. -Hotter Than Hell 05. -Firehouse 06. -She - Guitar Solo 07. -Nothin' To Lose 08. -Shout It Out Loud 09. -Bass Solo - 100,000 Years - Drum Solo 10. -Black Diamond 11. -Detroit Rock City 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite Disc 3 Hammersmith Odeon London, England May 16, 1976 1. -Strutter 2. -Flaming Youth 3. -Hotter Than Hell 4. -Firehouse 5. -Shout It Out Loud 6. -She - Ace Frehley Guitar Solo 7. -Nothin' To Lose 8. -Black Diamond 9. -Detroit Rock City Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden May 26, 1976 10. -Strutter 11. -Flaming Youth 12. -Hotter Than Hell 13. -Firehouse 14. -She 15. -Guitar Solo 16. -Nothin' To Lose 17. -Shout It Out Loud 18. -Bass solo 19. -100,000 Years 20. -Drum Solo Disc 4 Olympen, Lund, Sweden May 30, 1976 Disc 1: 01. -Deuce 02. -Strutter 03. -Flaming Youth 04. -Hotter Than Hell 05. -Firehouse 06. -She - Guitar Solo 07. -Nothin' To Lose 08. -Shout It Out Loud 09. -100,000 Years - Drum Solo 10. -Black Diamond 11. -Detroit Rock City 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll Disc 5 Ridgefield Stadium, Cleveland, OH. 03-09-76 1. -Intro 2. -Detroit Rock City 3. -King Of The Nighttime World 4. -Let Me Fo Rock'N'Roll 5. -Strutter 6. -Hotter Than Hell 7. -Nothin' To Lose 8. -Cold Gin 9. -Shout It Out Loud 10. -Do You Love Me 11. -God Of Thunder 12. -Rock And Roll All Night 13. -Duece 14. -Firehouse 15. -Black Diamond Disc 6 Varsity Stadium, Toronto, CAN. 09-06-76 1. -Detroit Rock City 2. -King Of The Night Time World 3. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 4. -Strutter 5. -Hotter Than Hell 6. -Nothin' To Lose 7. -Cold Gin 8. -Shout It Out Loud 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -God Of Thunder - Bass Solo - Drum Solo 11. -Rock And Roll All Nite - Duece 12. -Firehouse 13. -Black Diamond Disc 7 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. December 2, 1976 01. -Intro 02. -Detroit Rock City 03. -Take Me 04. -Intro 05. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 06. -Strutter 07. -Ladies Room 08. -Firehouse 09. -Intro 10. -I Want You 11. -Hard Luck Woman 12. -Do You Love Me 13. -Cold Gin 14. -Guitar Solo 15. -Bass Solo - God Of Thunder 16. -Drum Solo 17. -God Of Thunder 18. -Rock And Roll All Nite 19. -Intro 20. -Beth 21. -Makin' Love 22. -Black Diamond Disc 8 Springfield Civic Center Springfield,MA 09-12-76 1. -Detroit Rock City 2. -King of the Night Time World 3. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 4. -Strutter 5. -Hotter Than Hell 6. -Nothin' to Lose 7. -Cold Gin - Ace guitar solo 8. -Shout It Out Loud 9. -Do You Love Me 10. -Bass Solo 11. -God of Thunder - Drum Solo 12. -Rock and Roll All Nite 13. -Deuce 14. -Firehouse 15. -Black Diamond Disc 9 The Summit, Houston, Texas, USA Friday August 13th, 1976 01. -Intro 02. -Detroit Rock City 03. -King Of The Night Time World 04. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 05. -Strutter 06. -Hotter Than Hell 07. -Shout It Out Loud 08. -Cold Gin 09. -Solo Ace Frehley 10. -Nothing To Lose 11. -Do You Love Me 12. -Solo Gene Simmons 13. -God Of Thunder 14. -Solo Peter Criss 15. -Rock And Roll All Nite 16. -Deuce 17. -Firehouse 18. -Black Diamond Disc 10 Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California, USA August 20th, 1976 01. -Detroit Rock City 02. -King Of The Night Time World 03. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 04. -Strutter 05. -Hotter Than Hell 06. -Nothin' To Lose 07. -Cold Gin 08. -Guitar Solo Ace 09. -Shout It Out Loud 10. -Do You Love Me 11. -Bass Solo Gene 12. -God Of Thunder 13. -Drum Solo Peter 14. -God Of Thunder 15. -Rock And Roll All Nite 16. -Deuce 17. -Firehouse 18. -Black Diamond Disc 11 Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA January 26th, 1976 01. -Deuce 02. -Strutter 03. -C’mon And Love Me 04. -Hotter Than Hell 05. -Firehouse 06. -She 07. -Parasite 08. -Nothin’ To Lose 09. -100,000 Years 10. -Black Diamond 11. -Cold Gin 12. -Rock And Roll All Nite 13. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll -
Audience 8.8 - A solid recording, with just a hint of bass-rattle in the lower extremities but it is not problematic. King's X Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA March 12, 1994 Band lineup Doug Pinnick - bass, co-lead vocals Ty Tabor - lead guitar, co-lead vocals Jerry Gaskill - drums Total Time = 42:18 Set list 01 Complain (fades in) 02 Black Flag 03 We Were Born To Be Loved 04 Pretend 05 Over My Head 06 Cigarettes 07 Dogman 08 It's Love -
Audience 7.0 - Decent Audience, a little thin maybe but I rate it 7.0 as it is clear and not distorted and there's some headroom for EQ and boost. It sounds un-mastered to me, but low generation or master tape sourced. -
Audience 9.3 - Super tight, clean recording from real close. Obviously a taper who knew what to do, and did it. Excellent! King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Weekend 1 Outdoor Theatre Indio, CA 2022-04-15 01. -Intro 02. -Rattlesnake 03. -Honey 04. -Self Immolate 05. -Venusian 2 06. -Mars For The Rich 07. -Gaia 08. -Gamma Knife -
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Audience 8.9 - The great thing about this band is that most times a relatively normal tape machine can capture them cleanly and a really good machine captures them gloriously. This is a very good tape, almost approaching a dirty glory. King Crimson Arts Centre Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA September 28, 1973 Disc 1 01. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One 02. Bob’s MC 03. Book Of Saturday 04. Lament 05. Improvisation 06. Exiles 07. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two 08. 21st Century Schizoid Man Disc 2 01. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One 02. Bob’s MC 03. Book Of Saturday 04. Lament 05. Improvisation 06. Exiles 07. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two 08. 21st Century Schizoid Man Bill Bruford-Drums, Percussion David Cross-Violin, Viola, Mellotron, Electric Piano Robert Fripp-Guitar, Mellotron John Wetton-Bass Guitar & Lead Vocal -
Audience 8.2 - What does this tape offer? Unequaled tension, suspense, musicianship, mood, and satisfaction. Is it the best quality? No, but you can clearly hear every instrument, and I will take an 8.2 Crimson over 98% of anyone else in a heartbeat. This music is just brilliant and intense. -
Audience 8.6 – 8.8 - All of the recordings here are good to very good audience recordings made on obviously portable tape recorders with limited capacity to hold the bandwidth needed for a loud, intense rock group. That being said, the tapes have gone through processing that allows more music information to come through, less tape hiss and background gunk, so you get to actually hear and decipher well what can only be described as groundbreaking experimental rock/jazz/prog by the band that wrote the book on it. Amazing power and finesse on display, and to reiterate my point on sound quality – this collection of live KC is still fundamentally indispensable to any self-proclaimed prog rock aficionado. King Crimson UK 1971 Disc 1 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK. 1971 Sept. 10 1. Good Evening - Mellotron Tuning 2. Pictures Of a City 3. Cirkus 4. Formentera Lady - The Sailor's Tale 5. The Letters 6. Cadence And Cascade 7. Ladies of the Road 8. Groon Disc 2 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK. 1971 Sept. 10 3. 21st Century Schizoid Man 4. Mars Weeley Festival Clacton, UK. 1971 AUG. 28 5. Pictures Of A City 6. The Letters 7. The Devil's Triangle Preston Public Hall 1971 Oct. 9 8. Pictures Of A City Disc 3 Preston Public Hall 1971 Oct. 9 1. Cirkus 2. Formentera Lady - The Sailor's Tale 3. The Letters 4. Cadence And Cascade 5. Ladies of the Road 6. Groon 7. 21st Century Schizoid Man 8. The Devil's Triangle Disc 4 Town Hall Watford, UK. 15 July 1971 01 -RF Announcement 02 -Pictures of a City 03 -Formentera Lady 04 -The Sailor's Tale 05 -Tune Up & Announcement 06 -Cirkus 07 -The Letters 08 -Cadence and Cascade Disc 5 09 -Improv A Peacemaking Stint Unrolls 10 -RF Announcement 11 -Lady of the Dancing Water 12 -RF Announcement 13 -Ladies of the Road 14 -RF Announcement 15 -21st Century Schizoid Man 16 -The Devil's Triangle BONUS 17. -LARKS TONGUE IN ASPIC II Robert Fripp - Guitar Boz Burrell - Bass, Vocals Ian Wallace - Drums, Backing Vocals Mel Collins - Saxes, Flute Peter Sinfield - Word, Illumintaions -
Audience 8.4 - This is a recording that is hard to figure out because on the one hand it could also be taped in a television studio which is my hunch. The tapers and those around them can be heard between songs but settle down once the music starts, it kind of adds a lot to the atmosphere. That being said, this is still pretty good, and what a gig, really, I mean amazing! -
Audience 8.9 - By ’73 audiences had realized King Crimson was not a typical “rock” band and this recording captures the experience of a group of people seeing and hearing something entirely unlike your basic rock concert. The taper was well positioned and used very good gear, and this source sounds very much like either 1st gen or master it is quiet (although just the faintest bit of tape noise) and has captured the ambience and mood of the gig which is nice. Both shows are represented, what a fine document this is! King Crimson Majestic Theater Dallas TX 1973-06-09 1st and 2nd shows Disc 1 1. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 2. -Greeting 3. -Easy Money 4. -Improvisation 5. -Exiles 6. -The Talking Drum 7. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 8. -21st Century Schizoid Man 9. -Crowd 2nd show 1. -Dr. D 2. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 3. -Greeting 4. -Easy Money 5. -Improvisation 6. -Exiles 7. -The Talking Drum 8. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 9. -Applause 10. -21st Century Schizoid Man -
Barcelona 1973 - Audience 7.8 - Bright, reasonably clear, enjoyable (nice bass!) Berkeley 1973 - Audience 8.4 -
Audience 8.3 - This recording is clear, but does have low recording levels so turn the volume up on this one. -
Audience 8.7 - Very clear! -
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Soundboard 9.3 - An expertly recorded and mixed show. It’s hard to find anywhere to improve it, but maybe, and I am nitpicking here, but boosting the guitars in the mix a bit (disclaimer: I am a guitarist, I have bias!). Kick Axe Country Club Los Angeles CA 1984-09-17 01 – Alive & Kickin’ (4:10) 02 – On The Road To Rock (4:43) 03 - Vices (4:13) 04 – Just Passin’ Thru (4:56) 05 - Maneater (3:24) 06 – Runnin’ Wild In The Night (3:30) 07 – The Dark Crusade (7:12) 08 – Dreamin’ About You (5:16) 09 – Stay On Top - Drum Solo (6:09) 10 – Heavy Metal Shuffle (3:14) Band: George Criston - vocals Larry Gillstrom- guitar Raymond Arthur Harvey - guitar Victor Langen - bass Brian Gillstrom - drums -
Soundboard 9.6 - Superb recording as far as mix and clarity. I would guess it was recorded with releasing it as an LP, but it just did not happen as far as I know. -
FM Broadcast 9.5 - This is kind of like the Red Bull of rock in the mid 80’s. In hindsight, you could say it was cool that even when these guys had some very anthemic rock numbers (and some with cheesy lyrics), they at least had a heavier approach to the music. The sound quality is excellent here and it seems to me if you have any interest in mid 80’s hard rock/aor/metal, this band would be and should be on your radar and then by extension you would seek out something like this FM broadcast. Keel Harpo's WLLZ Live Broadcast - FM Detroit, MI March 8, 1985 1. Back to the City 2. Electric Love 3. Speed Demon 4. Lay Down the Law 5. Easier Said than Done 6. Princess of Illusion 7. So Many Girls So Little Time 8. Til Hell Freezes Over 9. Rock and Roll Animal 10. Cold Day in Hell 11. The Right to Rock/Band Intros 12. Lets Spend the Night Together 13. You're the Victim (I'm the Crime) 14. Backstage interview with Ron Keel and Doug Podell -
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Audience - 9.5, 8.5, 8.8 We start with a real cracker of a tape, recorded close up with excellent gear…hard to put this down it is extremely captivating. Then we have a first – the first gig in Europe by the band, and it is a very good tape but we are going to feel the difference between this and the first disc. It’s not got the dynamics of the ’77, but it is considered a very good tape nonetheless. The final disc contains a very good recording with plenty of atmosphere and some dynamics, maybe a touch of clutter in a very specific mid band frequency but it is minor to my ears. It’s a real enjoyable tape! Kansas "The Live Collection 1977-1979" Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA December 31, 1977 Disc 1 01 Magnum Opus Intro > Hopelessly Human 02 Point Of Know Return 03 Paradox 04 Icarus (Borne On Wings Of Steel) 05 Child Of Innocence 06 Closest Chronicles 07 Dust In The Wind > 08 Acoustic Guitar Solo 09 Piano Solo > 10 Lonely Wind 11 Cheyenne Anthem 12 Miracles Out Of Nowhere 13 Drum Solo > 14 The Spider Disc 2 Long Beach 77 cont'd 01 Portrait (He Knew) 02 Sparks Of The Tempest 03 Carry On Wayward Son 04 Down The Road 05 Violin Solo 06 Magnum Opus Congresgebouw Den Haag, Netherlands 3-7-78 07 Carry on Wayward Son 08 Down the Road 09 Point of Know Return 10 Paradox 11 Closet Chronicles 12 Mysteries & Mayhem 13 Lamplight Symphony 14 The Wall 15 Dust in the Wind 16 Cheyenne Anthem Disc 3 Convention Center Tucson, Az 12-7-79 01 On the Other Side 02 People of the South Wind 03 Point of Know Return 04 Closet Chronicles 05 The Wall 06 Dust in the Wind 07 Sparks of the Tempest 08 Child of Innocence 09 Down the Road 10 Stay Out of Trouble 11 Portrait (He Knew) 12 Band Introductions 13 A Glimpse of Home 14 How My Soul Cries Out For You 15 Carry on Wayward Son -
Soundboard 9.2 - A “reference” board mix, clearly…but it’s great. It isn’t going to win any awards for sparkling and atmospheric sound, but it’s a punchy, in-the-pocket sound that marries well with Kansas’ heavy progressive style.
Kansas Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA. 2nd September 1979 Disc 1 1. Intro 2. On the Other Side 3. People of the Southwind 4. Away From You 5. Point of Know Return 6. Closet Chronicles 7. The Wall 8. Reason To Be 9. Dust in the Wind 10. Angels Have Fallen Disc 2 1. Opus Insert 2. Stay Out of Trouble 3. The Spider 4. Portrait (He Knew) 5. Band Introductions 6. Glimpse of Home 7. How My Soul Cries Out For You 8. Carry On Wayward Son Steve Walsh – keyboards, lead and backing vocals Kerry Livgren – guitars, keyboards Rich Williams – guitars Robby Steinhardt – violin, vocals Dave Hope – bass Phil Ehart – drums
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Soundboard 9.2 - Another fine recording from the board is here to enjoy. A great setlist, and I mean it is super strong all the way through. Hard to beat this period. Great stuff! Kansas Rochester Auditorium Theatre Rochester, NY March 17th, 1977 Disc 1 1. Carry On Wayward Son 2. Icarus: Borne On Wings Of Steel 3. Down The Road 4. Mysteries And Mayhem 5. Lamplight Symphony 6. The Wall 7. Lonely Wind Disc 2 1. Miracles Out Of Nowhere 2. Guitar Solo - Jam 3. Magnum Opus 4. Belexes 5. Song For America 6. Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Cheyenne Anthem -
Audience 8.8 - Tremendous wide open sound field that not only captures a great band at a great time but also some dynamics of the hall. Immersive experience. -
Audience 8.8 - Strong and clear with good atmosphere. Be sure to check out BAD COMPANY also at the Providence Civic Center on April 13, 1976 if you want the complete nights performance, as KANSAS opened up for BAD COMPANY .... and what an exciting night it was! -
Soundboard 9.7 - Killer!