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Audience 8.6 - This is a guitar-fest right here, the sound mix allows Jeff’s sound to cut through the bass which, if you have been collecting much BBA, you know bass is almost always WAY too loud! Well, it is understandable I guess, but this show features a more democratic mix and you will REALLY enjoy it for that reason alone. Besides for that, it’s a good show, the band sounds like they might not be beating the shit out of each other backstage…ahem. -
Disc 1: The Bronx 1971 - Audience 8.3 - A huge upgrade to the old tape we know and love. It has been carefully remastered, speed corrected as well, and now is better than ever. Disc 2: Birmingham 1972 - Audience 7.1 - A rare find, but not the best quality. This too has been remastered and is now listenable and worth the price of admission for the very rare inclusion of the track After Forever. -
Pro Studio Quality -
Soundboard 9.1 - I love this one, great performance and great atmosphere. The band must have recorded a lot of shows on this tour, maybe they were trying to get the penultimate show on tape for the Live Lotus LP release. -
Soundboard 9.4 - Superb document! My only complaint is very minor, I would have mixed keyboards in a little higher, but otherwise this smokes! -
Aud 7.8 - Big hall sound, slight boominess but excellent as far as this kind of recording goes. -
SDBRD 9.6 - Recorded for broadcast, sounds like they are playing in your living room. -
SDBRD 9.1 - All excellent quality taken from a well known and highly collectable old Roxy boot from back in the day. -
Soundboard 9.3 - One of my favorites, Its not too often that Frank does "Chungas Revenge", "Tell Me You Love Me" and "The Blue Light" live. Audio is top notch and band is in great form....great packaging art work. -
Audience 8.0 -
Soundboard 9.1 - A wild one for sure, the recording is able to capture the manic energy perfectly. -
Soundboard 9.2 -
Soundboard 9.0 -
Audience 8.8 - Feb 13, 1988 -
Soundboard 9.0 -
Audience 8.9 -
CD 1 - Audience 8.7 - Good and clear! - (also listed by itself) CD 2 - Also contains other materials from 1971 -
Soundboard 9.5 - A great addition to anyone's collection. It features Steve Vai on guitar, who was part of Franks "Rockin' Teenage Combo" from approx 1980 - 82. -
Audience 8.7 - 9.2 - Compilation of 5 shows, all from 1988 (see back cover) -
Audience 9.3 - This is the second night at the Auditorium in Chicago (3-4-88). -
Audience 8.4 - I’ve heard many tapes from this venue and none of them sounded good, except for this one. It has a very good spectrum, the highs are very intact and it has a solid mid range, is not annoying at all, in fact this recording is satisfying! I think the weakness is maybe it gets a little brittle sometimes but not in any kind of distracting way really. -
Soundboard 9.5 - Super clean sound, this could very easily be officially released and would be awesome if it were. A MUST! -
Audience 9.0 - This is the first of 2 nights at the Auditorium in Chicago (3-3-88). Sting (The Police) does a song with Frank (Murder by Numbers) which makes for an added, rare surprise. -
Audience 8.9 -
Audience 7.7 - Gives you a pretty good idea of what going to a Roxy Music show would have been like in these early days. Not a super duper crystal clear expertly mixed experience, but not a terrible sounding amateur recording and one can only applaud the tapers for making the effort. Does this help? -
Soundboard 9.5 - In the history of eclectic rock bands has there ever been anything else like Roxy Music? So, sit back and enjoy this crisp, expertly mixed concert ‘cause it smokes! -
Pro 9.0 - Everything in this set is very good to excellent, sounds mostly all Soundboard too. What a peculiar band, interesting, intense, angular (see title). -
Pro radio broadcasts 8.8 some age showing but very clear. -
Audience 7.4 - Thin, AM radio like but good AM radio. -
Audience 8.3 - Whenever you come across any 70’s ZZ Top, your instantly going to ask “how does it sound”? because we all know how rough most of them are – but this one reveals layers of the band previously lost in a dense fog of distortion and volume – an articulate bass. Billy’s tone is lovely as ever but only his solos soar above the rhythm section who are LOUD but not distorted. One to pick up! -
Audience 7.8 - What I like about this tape is that the guitar is not only right up front, but the tone is present, you can hear that lush Les Paul phatness! Not a spectacular mix for the bass and drums but if you want Billy you got him. -
Pro Soundboard 9.6