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Audience 8.8 - I like these kinds of audience recordings where the taper is kind of close to the speakers yet the sound does not distort. It makes for a very realistic and intense sound, closer to what it would have been like in person, rather than the soundboard feed which is not representative of the sound that came out of the PA system. Also, I like the Jean-Luc Ponty period, the jazzy workouts were sometimes incredibly intense and not necessarily traditionally jazzy, but progressively jazzy. This is one such gig. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention Palasport Bologna, Italy 1973 08 30 Line-up: FZ, George Duke, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ian Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Tom Fowler, Ruth Underwood, Ralph Humphrey Set list: 01 opening 02 Dupree's Paradise 03 band intros 04 Cosmik Debris 05 preamble 06 Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue 07 Kung Fu 08 Penguin In Bondage 09 Dog Meat 10 RDNZL 11 Farther Oblivion 12 encore preamble 13 Brown Shoes Don't Make It -
FM Radio Broadcast 9.2 - Very enjoyable, and tape runs stable and clean so you can blast this at your next gathering of friends (which is soon, hopefully). The bonus material (Kansas City 78) is very good also, an audience recording with nice atmosphere. All of the material in this set is prime era Styx, for me anyway. Styx Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL December 18, 1978 Band line up Dennis DeYoung - vocals, keyboards Tommy Shaw - guitar, vocals James Young - lead guitar, vocals John Panozzo - drums, vocals (passed away July 16, 1996, aged 47) Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals Disc 1 01 -Intro - Great White Hope 02 -I'm O.K. 03 -The Grand Illusion 04 -Fooling Yourself 05 -Queen of Spades 06 -Acoustic Instrumental 07 -Crystal Ball 08 -Intro - Suite Madame Blue 09 -Renegade (incl. drum solo) 10 -Lady 11 -Blue Collar Man Disc 2 12 -Come Sail Away 13 -Intro - Midnight Ride (incl. guitar solo) 14 -Miss America Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO November 21, 1978 15 Lady 16 Fooling Yourself 17 Suite Madame Blue 18 Come Sail Away 19 Midnight Ride 20 Miss America -
Audience 9.3 - Such a good , clear and powerful audience tape of the fledgling CTA that would later become one of the biggest selling bands of all time. I can recommend this one to just about anyone with even the faintest interest in the band, and/or rock music in general. It’s THAT good. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY Cue Club, Gothenburg, Sweden - December 15, 1969 Setlist Disc 1 1. -Intro - Warm Up 2. -Introduction 3. -Listen 4. -Beginnings 5. -South California Purples 6. -Poem For The People 7. -25 Or 6 To 4 Disc 2 8. -Questions 67 & 68 9. -I’m A Man Encore 10. -Liberation 11. -Poem 58 12. -It Better End Soon The Band: Terry Kath Danny Seraphine Robert Lamm Peter Cetera Lee Loughnane James Pankow Walt Parazaider -
Audience 8.0 – 8.5 This is one of those “right in the thick of it” tapes. Immersed into the crowd, you become part of the experience of the concert along with the tapers themselves. Is that good or bad? In this case it starts off a little shaky and gets better, and better, as the show progresses until at the end you realize you had a great time. Rich Stadium Buffalo, NY 1978-07-04 Disc One 1. Let It Rock 2. All Down The Line 3. Honky Tonk Women 4. Starfucker 5. When The Whip Comes Down 6. Lies 7. Miss You 8. Beast Of Burden Disc Two 1. Shattered 2. Just My Imagination 3. Respectable 4. Far Away Eyes 5. Love In Vain 6. Tumbling Dice 7. Happy 8. Sweet Little Sixteen 9. Brown Sugar 10. Jumpin' Jack Flash -
Audience 8.4 - This tape has been recently surfaced and is not bad at all, however it did receive a “refresh” in the form of a re-mastering which boosted the levels a bit after notching out some noisy mids. It sounds pretty decent, maybe midway back in the venue but hearing pretty much everything especially Mick and Keith which is fine by me. County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 8th 1975 DISC 1: 01. Honky Tonk Women 02. All Down The Line 03. If You Can't Rock Me / Get Off Of My Cloud 04. Star Star 05. Gimme Shelter 06. Mick Jagger speaks 07. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 08. You Gotta Move 09. You Can't Always Get What You Want 10. Sure The One You Need 11. Tumbling Dice 12. Luxury DISC 2: 01. Band Introductions 02. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 03. Angie 04. Wild Horses 05. That's Life (Billy Preston) 06. Outa Space (Billy Preston) 07. Midnight Rambler 08. Brown Sugar 09. Rip This Joint 10. Street Fighting Man 11. Jumpin' Jack Flash 12. 1975 Tour announcement 13. 1975 News report -
Audience 8.4 - A barn-burner gig and maybe one of the best of the tour (recorded, anyway) with some unbelievable jamming. The audio is decent, some mid band clutter was equalized to allow less noise and more music to permeate your space. I think that made the difference with this tape. It’s worth getting and will impress you even more than you might already have been with these guys. Always gave their best. URIAH HEEP Portland Expo, Portland, ME August 19th 1973 THE BAND David Byron vocals Mick Box guitar Ken Hensley keyboards Gary Thain bass guitar Lee Kerslake drums SETLIST 1 -Tune up - Intro 2 -Easy Living 3 -Sweet Lorraine 4 -Stealing 5 -July Morning 6 -The Dreamer 7 -If I Had The Time 8 -Gypsy 9 -Keyboard solo - Gypsy reprise 10 -Drum Solo 11 -Seven Stars 12 -Sweet Freedom 13 -Look At Yourself 14 -Love Machine 15 -Roll Over Beethoven 16 -Blue Suede Shoes 17 -Hound Dog I8 -I Got A Woman 19 -At The Hop - Let's Go To The Hop 20 -Thank you, Goodnight -
Audience 9.3 - Expertly recorded with a keen awareness of level, position, and direction. One of the best of the European Tour! Frank Zappa 1988-04-24 Bremen, Germany Stadthalle Disc 1 01. The Black Page 06:53 02. band introductions 01:27 03. Advance Romance 06:26 04. Any Kind Of Pain 05:59 05. Find Her Finer 02:50 06. Who Needs The Peace Corps? 03:17 07. Stick Together 01:58 08. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama 03:32 09. Willie The Pimp 01:52 10. Montana 04:01 11. City Of Tiny Lites 08:40 ^ Disc 2 12. Pound For A Brown 05:40 13. The Dessicated Number 09:09 14. Cosmik Debris 04:32 15. Cruising For Burgers 08:13 16. Keep It Greasey 04:08 17. Sofa 03:17 18. Bolero 06:09 19. Crew Slut 06:05 20. Joe's Garage 04:08 21. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 02:52 22. Peaches En Regalia 02:54 23. Stairway To Heaven 08:48 ________ 01:52:50 -
Audience 9.6 - Been looking for a great sounding 1981 show? Yeah, me too. Now, I am happy to say we have found it. This is as good as you would ever hope for, spacious and warm, with plenty of headroom to increase your volume, tone, whatever you want and it just gets better. Hasn’t left my player in a week. Rush Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA June 12, 1981 Disc 1 01 2112 Overture 02 The Temples of Syrinx 03 Freewill 04 Limelight 05 Hemispheres Prelude 06 Beneath, Between & Behind 07 The Camera Eye 08 YYZ 09 Drum Solo 10 Broon's Bane 11 The Trees 12 Xanadu 13 The Spirit of Radio Disc 2 14 Red Barchetta 15 Closer to the Heart 16 Tom Sawyer 17 Vital Signs 18 Natural Science 19 Working Man 20 Hemispheres Armageddon 21 By-Tor and the Snow Dog 22 In the End 23 In the Mood 24 2112 Grand Finale 25 La Villa Strangiato -
Audience 8.2 - A tape that has only recently surfaced, and had some problems that would have relegated it to the dustbin of history if it were not for some diligent and careful re-mastering. The before and after is a testament to the modern renaissance in the music collecting world. Treasure troves of music is being restored and remastered and a lot of that stuff would have been considered unlistenable once upon a time. This tape suffered from a narrow bandwidth incapable of containing drums, and a lot of the bottom end was a mess. It was excruciating to listen to in that state. This tape has been given a new lease on life, and thankfully so! Emerson, Lake, Palmer Sports Arena, San Diego, CA August 10, 1977 Band line-up Keith Emerson - keyboards Greg Lake - bass, acoustic guitar, vocals Carl Palmer - drums Total Time = 01:56:52 Disc 1 01 Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression Pt.2) 02 Hoedown 03 Tarkus 04 Take A Pebble (w/Piano Solo) 05 C'est La Vie 06 Knife-Edge* 07 Pictures At An Exhibition Disc 2 08 Still...You Turn Me On 09 Lucky Man 10 Tank (w/Drum Solo) 11 Nutrocker 12 Pirates* 13 Fanfare For The Common Man 14 Rondo -
Audience 8.4 - A smooth recording, pretty stable, but does lack some punch therefore it is recommended to “season to taste”, but thankfully the pallet is there to lay on your coloring. Some minor tape hiss pervades but is kind of background, my hunch is that this tape went through some mastering process to add boost and it helps a lot. It’s a good tape and a great show! The playing is top shelf by everyone, backing band is sharp and help to allow all the guitar pyrotechnics. 26th October – 21st December 1981: ALVIN LEE BAND - European & US Tour. Rome, Italy Line-up: MT (gtr; some p)/Alvin Lee (voc, gtr)/Fuzzy Samuels (bass)/Tom Compton (dr) Tracklist: CD1: 01 - One Of These Days 02- Honey Pie (aka Pecan Pie) 03- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 04 - Slow Blues In C 05 - Love Like A Man 06 - Going Through The Door 07 - Slow Down 08 - Can’t Stop CD2: 01 - I’m Writing You A Letter 02 -Scat Thing/Just Another Boogie 03 -Band introduction/Help Me 04 - I'm Going Home 05 - Choo Choo Mama 06 -Sweet Little Sixteen -
Audience 9.0 - An interesting recording, it’s not a board as far as I can tell, but the vocals are panned over to one side (and they sound like they are right next to you, literally!) but the rest of the music is not hard panned. This is an exciting recording, and a great gig! CANNED HEAT Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA June 29, 1970 CD 1:- Intro
- I Found Love
- Catfish Blues
- Bullfrog Blues
- Gonna Find a New Woman
- Killing Floor - with Kaleidoscope
- Bring It On Home
- Kaleideheat Boogie Jam - with Kaleidoscope
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FM Broadcast 9.3 and Audience 7.8 - The FM tape is very good but the Tokyo show is suffering from what seems to be too low recording levels meaning once you turn the volume up the tape hiss comes along with it. When you do turn it up, you at least hear the band playing and pretty much get a good idea of everything but there is some hiss to deal with. Chicago Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - September 7/1973 Show Tracklist : Disc 1 1. -Now That You've Gone 2. -Something In This City Changes People 3. -Hollywood 4. -Just You n' Me 5. -Dialogue 6. -Feelin' Stronger Every Day 7. -Aire 8. -Ballet For A Girl In Buchanon 9. -Radio Outro Chicago April 9, 1973 (1973-04-09) Budokan Hall Tokyo, Japan 10.-Magical Mystery Tour 11.-State of the Union 12.-Just You n Me 13.-Saturday in the Park 14.-Hollywood Disc 2 1.-Devil's Sweet 2.-Darlin' Dear 3.-Beginnings 4.-Now That You've Gone 5.-Rediscovery 6.-Hit By Varese 7.-Free 8.-Dialogue 9.-Ballet For A Girl In Buchanan Terry Kath Danny Seraphine Robert Lamm Peter Cetera Lee Loughnane James Pankow Walt Parazaider -
Soundboard 9.6 - Professionally recorded for broadcast, this is a pre-FM tape source. They say this is one of the best live Kinks show ever. Debatable, but yeah it’s pretty damn good. The Kinks live Winterland, San Francisco 1977.02.19 PRE-FM Recording - KSAN Master Reel (except tracks 1, 21 & 22 from FM broadcast) Disc 1 01 - You Really Got Me (Intro) 02 - One Of The Survivors 03 - Sleepwalker 04 - Rush Hour Blues 05 - You Make It All Worthwhile/Ordinary People/Everybody's A Star 06 – Lola(singalong)/Banana Boat Song 07 - A Well Respected Man 08 - Sunny Afternoon 09 - Waterloo Sunset 10 - Celluloid Heroes 11 - Schooldays 12 - Schooldays(reprise)/The Hard Way 13 – Education Disc 2 14 - Brother 15 - Stormy Sky 16 - Life Goes On 17 - Full Moon 18 - Lola 19 - Alcohol 20 - You Really Got Me/All Day All Of the Night 21 - Life On the Road 22 – Victoria Total Time = 112:45 Ray Davies - guitar, vocals Dave Davies - lead guitar, vocals Andy Pyle - bass John Gosling - piano, keyboards Mick Avory - drums Nick Newell - sax Debbie Doss - background vocals Shirley Roden - background vocals -
Audience 9.6 - Hallelujah! This is just sublime, you get not only a band that sounds completely in lock step with each other (and I mean where even the improvs sound fluid and effortless), but also Frank being on top of his game. His tone, his attack, his feedback, his sound on the tape it’s just a really exceptional capture and performance to elevate this tape to MUST HAVE status. The 88 tour had its share of sleepers, but this is not one of those, by all standards this has to be considered one of the best nights. Frank Zappa 1988-05-08 Wien, Austria Stadthalle Set 1: 01. tuning 00:50 * 02. The Black Page 06:56 03. band introductions 01:15 04. Ain't Got No Heart 01:58 05. Packard Goose medley 07:21 06. Any Kind Of Pain 05:26 07. Cosmik Debris 04:36 08. Inca Roads 08:34 09. Advance Romance 06:39 10. Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue 08:44 11. Bamboozled By Love 05:39 12. Bolero 05:44 ________ 01:03:42 Set 2: 01. Eat That Question 02:08 02. Black Napkins 09:09 03. More Trouble Every Day 05:50 04. Penguin In Bondage 04:56 05. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel 07:37 06. Peaches En Regalia 02:49 07. Stairway To Heaven 09:18 08. Sharleena 08:24 09. Montana 04:05 10. City Of Tiny Lites 08:23 11. Whipping Post 07:32 ________ 01:10:11 ________ 02:13:53 -
Audience 9.3 - This recording has excellent timbre, it’s pleasing to the ears with a great balance of low and high, the highs are very articulate, impressively so. It’s a very very good recording and will be enjoyed immensely. Frank Zappa 6-May 1988, Congress Centrum Hamburg, Hamburg, West Germany Frank Zappa's Band: Paul Carman - alto saxophone Bruce Fowler - trombone Walt Fowler - trumpet Mike Keneally - guitar, keyboards, vocals Ed Mann - percussion Robert Martin - keyboards, vocals Kurt McGettrick - baritone saxophone Scott Thunes - bass Chad Wackerman - drums Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Albert Wing - tenor saxophone Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals Setlist: Disc 1 00 Taper Intro [0:24] 01 Black Page #2 [9:24] 02 Mr. Green Genes [3:46] 03 Florentine Pogen [7:18] 04 Andy [5:53] 05 Inca Roads [9:17] 06 Eat That Question [1:53] 07 Black Napkins [7:50] 08 Sharleena [8:09] 09 Dupree's Paradise [4:14] 10 Let's Move To Cleveland [9:36] 11 Ain't Got No Heart [1:59] 12 Find Her Finer [2:43] Disc 2 13 Big Swifty [14:21] 14 Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up [3:14] 15 Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [10:25] 16 Stairway To Heaven [10:02] 17 The Torture Never Stops Medley [20:01] 18 I Am The Walrus [3:51] 19 The Illinois Enema Bandit [9:40] 20 Bolero [6:21] Total time 150.21 min -
Audience 9.2 - Solid recording with just enough of an atmosphere, I mean, the only thing you might notice is the vocals having a little hall “verb” and thus not having the precision necessary to hear every word clear as a bell…but the overall sound, vibe, the concert recording is excellent and highly recommended. Palace Theatre Albany, NY. August 2nd, 1988 Disc 1- Intro
- The Black Page
- Band Intros
- Packard Goose
- Dickie's Such An Asshole
- When The Lie's So Big
- Planet Of The Baritone Women
- Any Kind Of Pain
- Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
- Sofa
- Why Don't You Like Me
- The Torture Never Stops
- Presidential Popularity Poll
- Who Needs The Peace Corps
- We're Turning Again
- King Kong
- Stairway To Heaven
- Dancin' Fool
- Whipping Post
- I Am The Walrus
- Strictly Genteel