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Soundboard 9.3 - Wonderful guitar tone is the highlight here, the magical guitar interplay throughout. Seriously, it’s as if Lou’s delivery is just a setup for the band to do their thing. One of the best I have heard, right here. -
Soundboard 8.9 - Gritty tone, I like this grungy guitar sound. Pretty good stuff. -
Audience 8.1 - I would call this a fine recording, it captures every performer on stage as it happened, although not in the clearest fidelity, but you can really still enjoy this because it is not the kind of problem that distracts. It’s a good, not great, recording. -
Soundboard 9.2 - The band was really up for this show, it’s pretty hot. -
Soundboard 9.6 - A tight, expertly mixed board tape. I think how they mic’d this up to include audience was a great idea, it adds so much to this recording. Lou feeds off their excitement. Lou Reed - "Live At The Roxy" December 1,1976 Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles KMET FM Radio Broadcast Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Sweet Jane 03 I Believe In Love 04 Lisa Says 05 Kicks 06 She's My Best Friend 07 I'm Waiting For The Man Disc 2 01 A Sheltered Life 02 You Wear It So Well 03 Claim To Fame 04 Vicious Circle 05 Heroin 06 Walk On The Wild Side 07 Coney Island Baby Lou Reed - vocals, guitar Michael Fonfara - keyboards Bruce Yaw - bass Marty Fogel - sax Michael Suchorsky - drums -
Audience 8.2 - A somewhat average tape that is brand new to circulation and captures a good time for Lou when he had some great songs and great players with him. Plus side of the recording is that it is low gen and clear enough to hear the band although keyboards are quite behind in the stage mix. Lou is more prominent, with bass and guitar next. A good tape for a lo-fi cassette recorder snuck into the venue in the mid 70’s. Lou Reed Milwaukee Auditorium Milwaukee, WI. 10-31-1974 1. -Tuning 2. -Intro Jam 3. -Sweet Jane 4. -Vicious 5. -Ride Sally Ride 6. -Heroin 7. -Kill Your Sons 8. -N.Y. Stars 9. -Animal Language 10. -Sally Can't Dance 11. -Walk On The Wild Side 12. -White Light White Heat 13. -Goodnight Ladies -
Studio Quality 8.8 - Not quite ready for prime time, but very very good and nice to have in the collection. Some really good playing, and if you are a fan of Lou Reed, good singing…but that’s all pretty subjective isn’t it? Berlin Acetate Morgan Studios London, England 1973-06-22 - 07-17 01.Caroline Says I 02.How Do You Think It Feels 03.Looking Thru The Eyes Of Hate 04.Oh Jim 05.Birthday 06.Berlin 07.Berlin outro 08.The Kids 09.The Kids II 10.Caroline Says II 11.Caroline Says III 12.Sad Song -
Soundboard 9.7 - Just about as good as you’d ever want. -
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Audience 8.7 - Recoded on professional equipment and it shows. Crisp highs, and a good, lively atmosphere. You get a little bit of that big hall cavernous ambiance here that keeps vocals just behind the stage sound. -
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Soundboard 8.8 - This tape does not feature the greatest mix ever, but it’s functional and is a good full show. Question: Was Lou Reed really well known in Australia? A guy from the barrio of New York City, but well known in Australia somehow?!?! I think that is strange, haha! -
Audience 9.3 - A solid recording in a small venue that is very intimate, in fact it sounds like the drums aren’t even going through the mains they sound so natural. I could swear taper is seated right in front of the band…really surprised they aren’t discovered by Lou and arrested on the spot! Lou Reed The Bottom Line New York 5-11-77 Disc 1 1. Sweet Jane 2. I'm Waiting For The Man 3. Rock And Roll Heart 4. Heroin 5. Rock And Roll 6. Walk On The Wild Side 7. Shooting Star 8. You Better Dance, Dance, Dance Disc 2 1. Lisa Says 2. Satellite Of Love 3. Leave Me Alone 4. Coney Island Baby 5. Vicious 6. Berlin 7. Banging On My Drums -
Audience 8.7 - A New York venue hosts a venerable New York artist and the result is a wild evening by all accounts. Recording captures the event admirably although taper is fighting between small club packed with rowdy folk and loud rock and roll band – thankfully band wins! Lou Reed The Bottom Line NYC, NY. June 3, 1979 1. -Sweet Jane 2. -Medley -Waiting For The Man -Work With Me Annie -Sexy Ways -I Wanna Be Black 3. -I'll Be Your Mirror 4. -Perfect Day 5. -Men Of Good Fortune -
Audience 8.6 - A middle of the road tape that is missing a good chunk of the middle of the show…but he captures the last half somehow and we end up with a pretty full disc. Effort was made to re-master this tape which ran too fast, so that is now fixed as well. This sounds much better than how it began I can tell you that! Lou Reed Palasport, Torino, Italy February 12, 1975 01 -Sweet Jane 02 -Coney Island Baby 03 -Pale Blue Eyes 04 -I'm Waiting For The Man 05 -Heroin 06 -Berlin 07 -Lady Day 08 -Kill Your Sons 09 -Vicious 10 -encore cheer 11 -Rock & Roll 12 -crowd walkout Band line-up Lou Reed - Vocals, Guitar Doug Yule - Guitar, Organ Bruce Yaw - Bass Marty Fogel - Saxophones Michael Suchorsky - Drums Larry Packer - Violin -
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Soundboard 9.4 - As can be expected this is professionally done and the source is low gen as it sounds fresh and crisp with minimal tape noise. -
2 Shows: CD 1 - Audience 8.3 - A very good, reasonably clear tape that does not showcase a wide dynamic range but doesn’t really need to, I mean to say, it’s an historic artifact that most fans and collectors of Love/Arthur Lee will be very happy to hear. CD 2 - Audience 8.1 - This tape starts off kind of rough but gradually gets better until it gets to a consistency that you can appreciate for what it is. It does not take much of the show before it gets better which is a relief because it is a good, strong show. Disc 3 is a video CD (MP4 file) of 6 minutes, very Rare, never before seen b/w video footage of Love a few days before the show on disc one. -
CD 1 - London 1975 - Audience 7.2 - Sound is a little muffled but vocals and guitar cut through the murkiness, taper seems to also be moving to find a better spot and sometimes he catches a sweet spot and the sound clears a little. Overall I think fans will appreciate this recording for what it is, a good solid performance. CD 2 - Salisbury 1975 - Audience 8.0 (solid) - Sounds a lot cleaner and brighter than disc 1, so enjoy! -
Audience 8.0 - Sounds a little subdued, but it’s clear for the most part. Needs a kick in the highs. -
Pro Studio 9.4 - This supposedly comes from an acetate but it sounds very good, too good to be an acetate but who knows? Short but sweet, and worth the price to get to hear this collaboration. What could have become of it had it been pursued more at the time. I think it is pretty good stuff, let’s face it, Arthur Lee does sound better vocally than Jimi. Jimi Hendrix with Love & Arthur Lee 'The Blue Thumb Acetate' Olympic Sound Studios, London, England Tuesday March 17th, 1970 01 - The Everlasting First (Take 16) 02 - Easy Rider - Take 1 03 - Easy Rider - Take 2 04 - Loon [An Instrumental Jam] -
Described as "First Wave Of California Metal" this band was one of the earliest progenitors of the genre. There had to be a first and sometimes that means you end up forgotten while others swoop in behind you. Thankfully this UK label, PROGAOR, has been reissuing a lot of this cool underground stuff. CD is new, never played. -
Audience 8.8 - Spectacular live presence and good clear vibrant recording. -
Audience 7.4 - Suffers from large stadium boominess, lack of distinction and separation of instruments. As the show goes on, the ear gets tuned in and you begin to actually kind of get into it. The thing is, it does have a certain “realness” to it. -
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). -
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Can Civic Center, Santa Monica, California, USA Monday May 20th, 1974 Disc 1 01. -Intro - Dixie 02. -Workin' For MCA 03. -I Ain't The One 04. -Saturday Night Special 05. -Gimme Three Steps 06. -Don't Ask Me No Questions 07. -Call Me The Breeze 08. -Free Bird 09. -Crossroads SPORTHALLE FRANKFURT, GERMANY OCTOBER 22, 1975 10. -DOUBLE TROUBLE 11. -I AIN'T THE ONE 12. -NEEDLE AND THE SPOON 13. -SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 14. -GIMME THREE STEPS Disc 2 Frankfurt 1975 Cont'd 1. -Same O'l Blues 2. -Simple Man 3. -Whiskey Rock And Roller 4. -Call Me The Breeze 5. -Sweet Home Alabama 6. -T For Texas Disc 3 Hammersmith Odeon London, England February 15th, 1976 01. -Saturday Night Special 02. -Gimme Three Steps 03. -Whiskey Rock A Roller 04. -Call Me The Breeze 05. -Sweet Home Alabama 06. -Freebird Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA., USA Wednesday April 7th, 1976 07. -Intro 08. -Double Trouble 09. -Saturday Night Special 10. -Gimme Back My Bullets 11. -The Needle And The Spoon 12. -Cry For The Bad Man 13. -I Got The Same Old Blues Disc 4 Boston 1976 Cont'd 01. -Tuesday’s Gone 02. -Searching 03. -Gimme Three Steps 04. -Call Me The Breeze 05. -Talk & Tuning 06. -T For Texas 07. -Sweet Home Alabama 08. -Talk & Tuning 09. -Free Bird Demos and Rehearsals recorded in Leon Wilkeson's Living-Room, Jacksonville, FL. June 1976 10. -WORKIN FOR MCA 11. -SWEET HOME ALABAMA 12. -T FOR TEXAS 13. -SIMPLE MAN 14. -SWEET HOME ALABAMA 15. -WORKIN FOR MCA 16. -SEARCHING 17. -COTTONMOUTH COUNTRY Disc 5 Nakano Sun Plaza Hall Tokyo, Japan 14th Jan. 1977 01. The Magnificent Seven 02. Working For MCA 03. I Ain't The One 04. Saturday Night Special 05. Whiskey Rock-A-Roller 06. That Smell 07. Travellin' Man 08. Ain't Good Luck 09. Gimme Three Steps 10. Call Me The Breeze 11. T For Texas 12. Sweet Home Alabama Disc 6 Tokyo 1977 Cont'd 01. -Free Bird Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan Tuesday January 18th, 1977 02 Workin' For MCA 03 I Ain't The One 04 Saturday Night Special 05 Whiskey Rock-A-Roller 06 That Smell 07 Travelin' Man 08 Ain't No Good Life 09 Gimme Three Steps 10 Call Me The Breeze 11 T For Texas 12 Sweet Home Alabama 13 Free Bird Disc 7 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, California, USA July 2nd, 1977 01 Workin' For The MCA 02 I Ain't The One 03 Saturday Night Special 04 Whiskey Rock-A-Roller 05 Travelin' Man 06 What's Your Name 07 That Smell 08 Gimme Three Steps 09 Call Me The Breeze 10 T For Texas 11 Sweet Home Alabama 12 Free Bird Disc 8 Convention Hall Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA July 13th, 1977 01. Workin' For MCA 02. I Ain't The One 03. You Got That Right 04. Saturday Night Special 05. That Smell 06. What's Your Name 07. Gimme Three Steps 08. Call Me The Breeze 09. T For Texas 10. Sweet Home Alabama 11. Free Bird Disc 9 Studio One, Doraville, Georgia, USA Wednesday August 30th, 1978 01- Jitter Bug 02- Cocaine 03- Reflections 04- Southbound 05- I Don't Want To Go Down There 06- Gospel Song 07- Rhine Stone 08- Call Me The Breeze Shoreline Amphitheatre Mt. View, Ca September 27, 1992 09 Saturday Night Special 10 I Know A Little 11 Keeping the Faith 12 Smokestack Lightning 13 What's Your Name Disc 10 Shoreline Cont'd 01 Good Lovin's Hard To Find 02 That Smell 03 T for Texas 04 The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe 05 Simple Man 06 Custer's Rollo 07 Three Steps 08 Sweet Home Alabama 09 Free Bird -
Audience 9.3 - Excellent, clean, and good concert hall vibe on this one. It’s Japan, and the crowd has a penchant to clap during some songs but the recording mitigates it to the point you barely even notice. My guess is that the mics were raised over the crowd in order to achieve that.Lynyrd Skynyrd Festival Hall Osaka, JP January 18, 1977 01- Workin' For MCA 02- I Ain't The One 03- Saturday Night Special 04- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller 05- That Smell 06- Travelin' Man 07- Ain't No Good Life 08- Gimme Three Steps 09- Call Me The Breeze 10- T For Texas 11- Sweet Home Alabama 12- Free Bird Lineup: Ronnie Van Zant - Lead Vocals Gary Rossington - Guitar Allen Collins - Guitar Steve Gaines - Guitar Leon Wilkeson - Bass Billy Powell - Piano Artimus Pyle - Drums Cassie Gaines - Backing Vocals Leslie Hawkins - Backing Vocals Jojo Billingsley - Backing Vocals
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Paris 1974 - Audience 7.6 - Slightly better than average but you gotta wonder what those Europeans thought of Southern Rock. Paris 1975 - Radio Broadcast 8.5 -
CD issue of recordings originally made in 1989 or a New York based melodic metal band. Import from UK, SEALED. -
Audience 8.8 - One of the best from this period. Very clear, and close and wow, what a show! Pretty intense is all I can say. -
Audience 9.1 - For the people in the know, you can’t really top this. It’s rare, it’s great, and now it exists. Frighteningly precise “mechanical jazz” for lack of actual descriptions, I mean, they had to make up a new word in order to categorize this band’s music! For those who don’t know, dive in man, the water is freezing cold! MAGMA Théâtre du Taur, Toulouse November 9, 1972 TT 2:10:10 hrs CD 1: 01 -Instrumental (2:58) 07 -Dotz Hundin (14:33) 06 -Ündïa (6:15) 04 -Ki Ïahl O Lïahk (9:19) 05 -Piano Solo (8:04) 06 -Sowiloï (Soï Soï) (11:21) 07 -Korusz (14:56) [seamless transition] (67:27) CD 2: 08 -Korusz (Suite) (9:15) 09 -Korusz (Fin) Et Présentation Des Musiciens (1:25) 10 -Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (38:16) 11 -Klaus Kombalad (4:45) (53:42) -
Soundboard 9.6 - I was unfamiliar with this band, so listening to this stuff was a real eye (and ear) opener for me. They are quite good! The sound quality is excellent as is the mix. Everything was in the best place for maximum enjoyment. Highly recommended. Magnum Birmingham NEC 12-April-88 1.Back to Earth 2.Vigilante 3.Start Talking Love 4.On a Storyteller's Night 5.Wild Swan 6.Lonely Night 7.Days of No Trust 8.Midnight 9.Just Like an Arrow 10.Kingdom of Madness 11.The Spirit 12.Sacred Hour Time: 56.19 -
Soundboard 9.5 - Incredible! Sounds like it was recorded yesterday. Wow! Mahavishnu Orchestra 11/9/72 Community Theater Berkeley, CA Disc 1: 1. -Birds of Fire 2. -Miles Beyond 3. -You Know, You Know 4. -Dream Disc 2: 1. -One Word 2. -The Dance of Maya 3. -Sanctuary 4. -A Lotus On Irish Streams 5. -Vital Transformation -
Soundboard 9.3 - The entirety of the early and late shows is here in soundboard quality. Amazing, what else can you say? Mahavishnu Orchestra Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA 1973-03-11 early Disc 1 01. Meeting of the Spirits 02. Open Country Joy 03. Noonward Race Disc 2 04. One Word 05. Hope 06. Awakening Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA 1973-03-11 late Disc 3 01. Birds of Fire 02. Miles Beyond 03. Dream (Part 1) Disc 4 04. Dream (Part 2) 05. One Word 06. Sanctuary 07. The Dance of Maya 08. Vital Transformation Billy Cobham - drums Jerry Goodman - violin Jan Hammer - keyboards Rick Laird - bass John McLaughlin - guitar