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Soundboard 8.7 - The mix here tends to lean on a darker side (meaning more low end but not boomy) with guitar being clear enough but not the prominent instrument which is fine as this is totally all about ensemble and vastly different than anything he was doing with Deep Purple. That in itself makes this kind of odd, if he’s touring with Deep Purple yet managed to play some gigs with other people and sound so totally different musically, it’s really a zig zag routine here as the music is so all over the place in a good way. Tommy Bolin La Paloma Theater Encinitas, California April 28, 1976 01. -Teaser 02. -People People 03. -The Grind 04. -Wild Dogs 05. -Delightful 06. -Homeward Strut 07. -I Fell In Love 08. -Marching Powder 09. -Lotus Tommy Bolin: guitar, vocals Mark Stein: keyboards, vocals Norma Jean Bell: sax, vocals Reggie McBride: bass Narada Michael Walden: drums, vocals -
Audience 8.8 - I am SO relieved that the sound quality here is good, because for me I do not really collect Tom Petty recordings, I mean I like him fine but I just had way to much other stuff I needed to listen to...BUT if you pointed me to something different, I suppose I would take you up on it and so that is what this is. I must say, it's really interesting! Quality-wise it's really fine, and very immersive (yes, you know you are rubbing shoulders with a boatload of people) but I find it wasn't off-putting at all. Now for the great news! The parts with Stevie Nicks are as great as you would have hoped them to be. Yes!!! Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (with Stevie Nicks) Compton Terrace Phoenix, AZ 1985-07-30 Disc 1 01. American Girl 02. Listen To Her Heart 03. Dogs On The Run 04. You Got Lucky 05. It Ain't Nothin' To Me 06. Don't Do Me Like That 07. The Waiting 08. The Best Of Everything 09. Change Of Heart Disc 2 10. Don't Come Around Here No More 11. I Need To Know * 12. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around * 13. Not Fade Away * 14. Spike 15. Refugee 16. Little Bit O'Soul 17. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star * with Stevie Nicks Band lineup: Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Howie Epstein, Stan Lynch; special guest: Stevie Nicks on tracks 11-13 -
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Various Lineages Mix of SBD's and AUD's Disc 1 1-01 Fooled Again (Live At Paul's Mall, Boston 12/12/76) 1-02 Dog On The Run (Live At Paul's Mall, Boston 12/12/76) 1-03 Luna (Live At Paul's Mall, Boston 12/12/76) 1-04 Jaguar And Thunderbird (Live At Paul's Mall, Boston 12/12/76) 1-05 Surrender (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-06 Jaguar & Thunderbird (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-07 Band Intros (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-08 American Girl (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-09 Al Kooper Intro (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-10 Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) [Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77] 1-11 Luna (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-12 Listen To Her Heart (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-13 I Need To Know (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-14 Strangered In The Night (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-15 Dogs On The Run (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) 1-16 Route 66 (Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 4/23/77) Disc 2 1-01 Surrender (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-02 Jaguar & Thunderbird (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-03 American Girl (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-04 Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) [Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77] 2-05 Breakdown (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-06 Listen To Her Heart (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-07 Strangered In The Night (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-08 I Need To Know (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-09 Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-10 Can't Get Close To You (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-11 Route 66 (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) 2-12 Shout (Live At Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany 6/14/77) Disc 3 3-01 I Need To Know (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-02 American Girl (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-03 Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) [Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77] 3-04 Breakdown (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-05 Listen To Her Heart (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-06 Band Intros (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-07 Strangered In The Night (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-08 Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-09 Dog On The Run (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-10 Shout (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) 3-11 Route 66 (Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY 11/27/77) Disc 4 4-01 Anything That's Rock N' Roll (Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78) 4-02 Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) [Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78] 4-03 I Need To Know (Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78) 4-04 Breakdown (Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78) 4-05 Listen To Her Heart (Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78) 4-06 You're Gonna Get It! (Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78) 4-07 American Girl (Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78) 4-08 Strangered In The Night (Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78) 4-09 Shout! (Live At Studio B Television Centre, London England 6_20_78) Disc 5 5-01 I Need To Know (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-02 Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-03 Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) [Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78] 5-04 American Girl (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-05 Don't Bring Me Down (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-06 You're Gonna Get It! (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-07 Listen To Her Heart (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-08 Breakdown (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-09 Strangered In The Night (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-10 Too Much Ain't Enough (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-11 Shout (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-12 I Fought The Law (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) 5-13 Route 66 (Live At Warehouse, New Orleans, LA 8/3/78) Disc 6 6-01 Surrender (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) 6-02 Casa Dega (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) 6-03 Cry To Me (Live At Madison Square Garden 1979) 6-04 Take A Bow Phil (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) 6-05 Shout (Live At Paradise, Boston, MA 7/16/78) 6-06 Making Love (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) 6-07 You're Gonna Get It (Live At Paradise, Boston, MA 7/16/78) 6-08 I Fought The Law (Live At Paradise, Boston, MA 7/16/78) 6-09 Mystery Man (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) 6-10 Route 66 (Live At Paradise, Boston, MA 7/16/78) 6-11 I'm A King Bee (Live At Paradise, Boston, MA 7_16_78) 6-12 Shout (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) [Crowd Pulls Tom Off Stage) 6-13 Any Way You Want It (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) 6-14 Outro (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) Disc 7 7-01 I Need To Know (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-02 Surrender (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-03 Fooled Again (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-04 Casa Dega (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-05 Refugee (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-06 You're Gonna Get It (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-07 Mystery Man (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-08 American Girl (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12_31_78) 7-09 Breakdown (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-10 Too Much Ain't Enough (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) 7-11 Shout (Live At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA 12/31/78) Disc 8 8-01 Don't Do Me Like That (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 8-02 Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll (Live At Madison Square Garden 1979) 8-03 Cry To Me (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 8-04 Refugee (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 8-05 Fooled Again (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 8-06 Listen To Her Heart (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 8-07 Even The Losers (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 8-08 Breakdown (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/23/79) 8-09 Any Way You Want It (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 8-10 Shout (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/23/79) 8-11 American Girl (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/23/79) 8-12 Here Comes My Girl (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 8-13 I Fought The Law (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/7/80) Disc 9 9-01 Don't Do Me Like That (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 9-02 The Best Of Everything (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7_9_80) 9-03 Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) [Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80] 9-04 Fooled Again (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 9-05 Girls Were Made To Love (Live At Hammersmith Odeon London, England 3/6/80) 9-06 Even The Losers (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 9-07 Refugee (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 9-08 Too Much Ain't Enough (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 9-09 Cry To Me (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 9-10 Luna (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 9-11 Breakdown (Live At Hammersmith Odeon London, England 3/6/80) 9-12 Listen To Her Heart (Live At Hammersmith Odeon London, England 3/6/80) 9-13 Shout (Live At Hammersmith Odeon London, England 3/6/80) Disc 10 10-01 Too Much Ain't Enough (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/23/79) 10-02 I Need To Know (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/23/79) 10-03 I Fought The Law (Live At Winterland, San Francisco, CA 12/30/78) 10-04 Here Come's My Girl (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/7/80) 10-05 The Wild One, Forever (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/7/80) 10-06 Breakdown (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houstom, TX 12/6/79) 10-07 Cry To Me (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80) 10-08 Refugee (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/23/79) 10-09 Strangered In The Night (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/23/79) 10-10 Somethin' Else (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 10-11 Stories We Could Tell (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 10-12 Centruy City (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 10-13 Dog On The Run (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) Disc 11 11-01 Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) [Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80] 11-02 Here Comes My Girl (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/7/80) 11-03 Even The Losers (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80) 11-04 The Wild One, Forever (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80) 11-05 I Need To Know (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80) 11-06 I Fought The Law (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80) 11-07 Cry To Me (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/7/80) 11-08 Route 66 (Live At Huston Music Hall, Houston, TX 12/6/79) 11-09 Stories We Could Tell (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80) 11-10 Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) [Live At Huston Music Hall 1979] 11-11 Strangered In The Night (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 7/9/80) 11-12 When The Time Comes (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80) 11-13 Don't Bring Me Down (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 3/6/80) -
Audience 9.4 - Someone really knew what they were doing on this one. Such a great effort, it’s really lifelike sound and tons of atmosphere. You can sink into this show, literally. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Alpine Valley Music Theater East Troy, Wisconsin June 23, 1985 Disc 1 01 American Girl 02 Listen To Her Heart 03 Dogs On The Run 04 You Got Lucky 05 It Ain’t Nothin’ To Me 06 Don’t Do Me Like That 07 The Waiting 08 I Need To Know 09 The Best Of Everything Disc 2 10 A Change Of Heart 11 Don’t Come Around Here No More 12 Spike 13 Southern Accents 14 Rebels 15 Breakdown 16 Refugee -
Audience 9.7 - Spacious yet warm, a rich and full bodied sound that immediately pulls you in. You don’t even have to like Tom Petty to be able to appreciate this recording. The pinnacle of what you can get out of using high quality taping gear the proper way. Wowsers! Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Pacific Amphitheatre Costa Mesa, CA March 3, 1990 Disc 1 01 Love Is A Long Road 02 A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own 03 Breakdown 04 I Won’t Back Down 05 Free Fallin’ 06 Down The Road Apiece (Will Bradley Trio cover, sung by Stan Lynch) 07 Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich cover) 08 Ben’s Boogie 09 Don’t Come Around Here No More 10 A Face In The Crowd 11 Listen To Her Heart 12 Something In The Air (Thunderclap Newman cover) Disc 2 13 Alright For Now 14 Yer So Bad 15 Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan cover with Roger McGuinn) 16 Turn! Turn! Turn! (Pete Seeger/The Byrds cover with Roger McGuinn) 17 Eight Miles High (The Byrds cover with Roger McGuinn) 18 You Got Lucky 19 Rebels 20 What Are You Doin’ In My Life? 21 Refugee 22 Runnin’ Down A Dream 23 The Waiting 24 Straight Into Darkness 25 How Many More Days 26 Don’t Do Me Like That 27 Even The Losers -
Audience 7.2 - Kind of flat but surprisingly clear (Portchester auds tend to be notoriously distorted). -
Soundboard 9.4 - Excellent FM broadcast recording with a nice and tight sound, great right in the pocket mix. I mean, you know any music with Todd Rundgren playing on it just isn’t going to be poorly mixed or recorded, knowing what kind of producer/engineer he is. Todd Rundgren & Utopia Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, Michigan October 26, 1978 (early) Todd Rundgren Roger Powell Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox Disc One 37:29 01 Real Man (cuts in) 03:31 02 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference 04:57 03 Love of The Common Man 03:32 04 Trapped 03:10 05 Abandon City 04:12 06 The Verb To Love 08:13 07 The Seven Rays 09:27 08 Radio Station ID 00:04 09 Can We Still Be Friends? 04:41 Disc Two 10 The Death of Rock And Roll 05:34 11 You Cried Wolf 03:03 12 Gangrene 04:00 13 A Dream Goes On Forever 03:25 14 Black Maria 07:30 15 Eastern Intrigue 05:12 16 Initiation 06:36 17 Couldn't I Just Tell You? 03:29 18 Hello It’s Me 04:13 -
Toronto 1978 FM Broadcast 9.7 - Ok, now we are just being spoiled! A fantastic, vibrant, near perfect recording of a superb performance! In fact, it’s actually several performances, where they just took the best of each show and broadcast it. I am fine with it! It’s great man. Seattle 1978 FM Broadcast 9.1 - This is solid all the way, it’s not quite as lively sounding as the Toronto but it’s professional and satisfying and pairs well on the set. Todd Rundgren & Utopia CHUM-FM Broadcast El Mocambo Toronto, Canada October 31 & November 1, 1978 Source: FM Lineage: FM > CASSETTE > SONY DTC 790 DAT > Philips CDR 870 > EAC > WAV > FLAC Transfered by: jfb File Size: 595 MB Performers: Todd Rundgren Kasim Sulton Roger Powell Willie Wilcox Setlist: Disc 1 1. -Radio Intro 2. -Real Man 3. -It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference 4. -Love of The Common Man 5. -Trapped 6. -Abandon City 7. -The Seven Rays 8. -Can We Still Be Friends 9. -Death of Rock And Roll 10. -You Cried Wolf 11. -Gangrene Disc 2 1. -A Dream Goes On Forever 2. -The Last Ride 3. -Black Maria 4. -Eastern Intrigue - Initiation 5. -Couldn’t I Just Tell You 6. -Hello Its Me 7. -Just One Victory Notes: This is an amazing performance with excellent sound. There were 6 concerts over 3 nights at the El Mocambo (a small club in Toronto) and this broadcast made a complete concert of the best bits of the October 31 and November 1 shows. Disc 3 The Place Seattle WA. August 12, 1978 KZOK FM Broadcast 1 -KZOK Intro - Tune up 2 -Real Man 3 -It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference 4 -Love Of The Common Man 5 -Trapped 6 -Abandon City 7 -The Verb To Love 8 -The Seven Rays Disc 4 9 -Can We Still Be Friends 10 -The Death Of Rock 'N Roll 11 -You Cried Wolf 12 -Gangrene 13 -A Dream Goes On Forever 14 -Black Maria 15 -Eastern Intrigue 16 -Initiation 17 -Couldn't I Just Tell You 18 -Hello It's Me THE BAND Todd Rundgren guitar drums vocals Roger Powell keyboards vocals Kasim Sulton bass vocals guitar John "Willie" Wilcox drums vocals bass -
Soundboard 9.0 - This recording pushes the max on the needles without going to far overboard, kind of gives it a darker tonal quality to it which is cool. Interesting collaboration here with Ian Hunter, I think it works well. Todd Rundgren & Ian Hunter The Agora, Akron October 19, 1980 1.1 Do Ya? 3:58 1.2 Black And White 4:30 1.3 Love Of The Common Man 3:29 1.4 Once Bitten Twice Shy 5:22 1.5 All The Way From Memphis 4:51 1.6 Needles And Pins 2:41 1.7 Cathy's Clown 3:16 1.8 Eight Days A Week 6:24 1.9 Black Maria 5:27 1.10 One World 3:15 1.11 Bastard 10:30 1.12 The Last Ride 6:19 1.13 All The Young Dudes 3:34 2.1 Just Another Night 5:49 2.2 Couldn't I Just Tell You 3:36 2.3 Let's Get On With It 4:06 2.4 Just One Victory 5:48 2.5 Cleveland Rocks 7:11 extras 2.6 The Last Ride (Atlanta w/Ian Hunter 10/11/80) 5:21 2.7 Eight Days A Week (Pier 84 7/30/82) 5:49 2.8 There Goes My Inspiration (Pier 84 7/30/82) 4:24 2.9 Love Of The Common Man (Chapel Hill 4/23/83) 3:17 2.10 If I Didn't Try (Pier 84 8/24/84) 4:04 2.11 Tiny Demons (West Hartford 12/27/84) 3:17 2.12 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference (The Ritz NY 1/2/85) 3:54 2.13 Style (RCMH, NY 5/10/85) 4:13 2.14 Blue Orpheus (Charlotte 11/29/85) 4:40 Todd Rundgren and Ian Hunter playing a benefit gig for Presidential candidate John Anderson on 20th October 1980. -
Audience 9.0 - A really good recording seemingly done on good Japanese gear so you get a sense of placement, good sonic clarity and guitar tone is dialed in. A recording like this kind of adds that realism factor…I like that! Utopia Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo December 12 1976 Disc One 01 -Overture - Communion With The Sun 02 -When The Shit Hits the Fan (Sunset Blvd.) - le Feel Internacionale 03 -Love of the Common Man 04 -The Seven Rays 05 -Windows 06 -Emergency Splashdown 07 -Freedom Fighters Disc Two 01 -The Verb To Love 02 -Initiation 03 -The Wheel 04 -Landmark 05 -Mister Triscuits 06 -Something's Coming 07 -Jealousy 08 -Boogies (Hamburger Hell) -
Audience 9.2 - After the first two songs things really smooth out and it's just a wonderful sounding tape that delivers the essential elements - dynamics, clarity, and atmosphere. Well done!
Todd Rundgren The Roxy West Hollywood, CA May 20, 1978 Disc 1 01 Real Man 02 Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel 03 Love of the Common Man 04 The Range War 05 Love in Action 06 Never Never Land 07 You Cried Wolf 08 Unchained Melody 09 Book of Love 10 Can We Still Be Friends 11 Bread 12 Don't You Ever Learn? 13 Dust in the Wind Disc 2 14 The Verb To Love 15 A Dream Goes on Forever 16 All The Children Sing 17 I'm So Proud 18 Ooo Baby Baby 19 La-La Means I Love You 20 I Saw the Light 21 Eastern Intrigue 22 Initiation 23 Couldn't I Just Tell You 24 Hello It's Me 25 Just One Victory -
FM Radio Broadcast 8.8 - Typical radio compression present, and some minor breakup during intense segments due to over-saturation but these issues are only minor ones....this is a good recording! -
Soundboard 8.8 - A little tape hiss present but a good board with my only issue being a lack of purity in the mix, somewhat muddy for a soundboard but it has a high rating due to the overall enjoyability. -
Soundboard 9.7 -
Soundboard 9.8 -
Audience 9.0 - Clear and bright, pristine in the highs with the detail, remarkable. -
Audience 8.5 - A rather intimate sounding capture, maybe a touch thin, but clear and lively. -
Audience 8.8 - Someone snuck in some good gear for this capture. You can just tell the mics are quality, there’s a great stereo pan, a good atmospheric capture. -
Audience 8.6 - A very “live” sounding tape! Excitement, yes indeed (despite modest hiss). -
Audience 8.3 - A little thin and some tape hiss present. Tape starts off, maybe the first 45 minutes or so, is very good but later there is a sound glitch on stage, with the guitar amp, and the band is thrown off. The sound is similar maybe during the second half but the band is not quite the same imho. Still, a good one for collectors – very decent, can enjoy! -
Pro Radio Broadcast 9.8 -
Audience 6.9 - Well, here's the rub: Great band, great time (1971), great place (Bern, Switzerland), but not great recording. I mean, what you really need anyway is the guitar here, and at least you get some of that! The problem is mainly a lo-fi experience but to be fair to this capture you do hear it all on stage. I am too harsh really, I think if you just give it a chance it gets better to your ears. I mean, it's TOAD man! How many live recordings are there? Two? Whatever it is this is still essential. -
Audience 8.7 - This tape has one thing really going for it, and that is it is surprisingly clear, maybe not super close to the stage but that means there’s no distortion…there’s also no boominess, and there’s some good live atmosphere. The mix is decent, and overall this tape can be really enjoyed by anyone but let me tell you why I love it – because they play my fave Thin Lizzy song “Opium Trail” so there ya go. Thin Lizzy Warner Theater Washington, D.C., U.S.A. October 17, 1977 Disc One 1. -Intro - Soldier Of Fortune 2. -Jailbreak 3. -Johnny 4. -Warriors 5. -Dancing In The Moonlight 6. -Massacre 7. -Still In Love With You 8. -Cowboy Song 9. -The Boys Are Back In Town Disc Two 1. -Opium Trail 2. -Don't Believe A Word 3. -Emerald 4. -Bad Reputation - drum solo 6. -Me And The Boys 7. -The Rocker Phil Lynott - bass & lead vocals Scott Gorham - guitar & vocals Brian Robertson - guitar, keyboard & vocals Brian Downey -drums John Earle - saxophone on "Dancing In The Moonlight" -
Audience 7.7 - A tape that barely holds itself together due to the volume, must have been taped very close to the main PA’s. It actually is not distorted though, but it’s a balls out blaster of a tape and kind of cool in that respect. Vocals come through nicely – guitars and bass are pretty front and center here. -
Soundboard 8.4 -
Studio Quality 9.0-9.3 - The rating is generally accurate throughout although to be picky you could slightly vary some of the sessions by fractions. Nice to have all of this material gathered together like this. Excellent set! Thin Lizzy Complete Studio Collection 67-83 Disc 1 Trend Studios Demos '67-69 01. -Mama & Papa 02. -Ageing 03. -It's Really Worthwhile 04. -Dublin 05. -The Friendly Ranger (John Cann guitar) Sessions 71-73 Philip Lynott (vocal/bass) Brian Downey (drums) Andy Gee (guitar) 01. -Look what The Wind Blew In 02. -Return of the Farmer's Son 03. -Dublin 04. -Going Down 05. -Whiskey In The Jar 06. -Black Boys On The Corner 07. -Gonna Creep Up On You 08. -Whiskey In The Jar 09. -Whiskey In The Jar 10. -Gonna Creep Up On You 11. -Little Girl In Bloom 12. -Vagabonds of the Western World 13. -Randolph's Tango 14. -Slow Blues 15. -Little Girl In Bloom Disc 2 Studio Sessions 1974 1. -Things Ain't Working Out At The Farm 2. -Ghetto Woman 3. -Little Darling 4. -Little Girl In Bloom 5. -Little Darling 6. -Showdown 7. -Slow Blues (instrumental) 8. -Sitamoia 9. -Little Darling 10. -Black Boys On The Corner 11. -It's Only Money 12. -Still In Love With You 13. -Sitamoia 14. -She Knows 15. -It's Only Money 16. -Sha La La 17. -Philomena 18. -Banshee 19. -Philomena Disc 3 1974 Frankfurt, Germany with Andy Gee and John Cann 01. -It's Only Money 02. -Little Darlin' 03. -Slow Blues 04. -Little Girl In Bloom 05. -Gonna Creep Up On You 06. -Rock 'N' Roll With You 07. -Whiskey In The Jar 08. -The Rocker 09. -Sitamoia 10. -Drum Solo 11. -Hard Driving Man 12. -Little Darlin' 13. -Talk To Your Daughter Disc 4 1975-1978 Sessions 01. -Wild One ITV-75 02. -Rosalie 5/29-75 03. -Suicide 5/29-75 04. -Halfcaste 5/29-75 05. -Warriors 2/12-76 06. -Jailbreak 2/12-76 07. -Emerald 2/12-76 08. -Cowboy Song 2/12-76 09. -Johnny 9/23-76 10. -Fools Gold 9/23-76 11. -Don't Believe A Word 9/23-76 12. -Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed 9/23-76 13. -Don't Believe A Word 2/1-77 14. -Bad Reputation 8/1-77 15. -Killer Without A Cause 8/1-77 16. -Dancing In The Moonlight 8/1-77 17. -That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart 8/1-77 18. -Downtown Sundown 8/1-77 19. -Dancing in The Moonlight 8/11-77 20. -Rosalie 5/11-77 Disc 5 1978 Black Rose Sessions January 21st, 1978 Rampart Studios 01 -Rock Your Love (unreleased, written by Jimmy Bain) 02 -A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer (long version) January 22nd, 1978 Rampart Studios 03 -Cold Black Night (unreleased) 04 -Hate (unreleased) 05 -With Love (Huey Lewis on harmonica) 06 -Parisienne Walkways (Huey Lewis on harmonica) 07 -Black Rose (Huey Lewis on harmonica) 08 -Got To Give It Up (slow, different lyrics) 09 -Toughest Street In Town 10 -Don't Believe A Word (Lynott-Moore vocals) February 1st, 1978 Good Earth Studios 11 -Ode To A Black Man (original version) 12 -Spanish Guitar (different lyrics) 13 -Parisienne Walkways (demo) 14 -Are You Ready (unreleased studio version) 15 -Blackmail (unreleased, covered by Wild Horses) 16 -Waiting For An Alibi (slower, different lyrics) 17 -Fanatical Fascists (Lynott vocals) 18 -Leaving Town (unreleased) -
Audience 9.3 - Super close to the action but no distortion in the recording makes for a mighty fun listening experience. It’s quite literally like being there…just close your eyes. Thin Lizzy Reading Rock Festival Reading, UK 1977-08-27 01 -Soldier Of Fortune 02 -Jailbreak 03 -Warriors 04 -Dancing In The Moonlight 05 -Massacre 06 -Still In Love With You 07 -Cowboy Song 08 -The Boys Are Back In Town 09 -Don't Believe A Word 10 -Emerald 11 -Bad Reputation 12 -Drums 13 -Baby Drives Me Crazy Band: Phil Lynott - Vocals, Bass Brian Downey - Drums Scott Gorham - Guitars, Vocals Brian Robertson - Guitar, Vocals John Earl - Sax -
Soundboard 9.3 -
Audience 9.1 - This is the surprise tape of 2020. A GREAT sounding tape and awesome performance, and it is completely new to my ears. Fantastic find! Thin Lizzy The Forum Inglewood, CA August 16, 1978 01 Warrior 02 Waiting For An Alibi 03 Still In Love With You 04 Cowboy Song 05 The Boys Are Back In Town 06 Don’t Believe A Word 07 Are You Ready? 08 Me And The Boys -
Soundboard 9.8 - What makes this so great is not only the excellent live mix but also the performance itself. So few Thin Lizzy recordings out there to begin with, so when we get one this good, you know, it’s something to treasure. -
Audience 8.6 - The tape starts off kind of funky, and the band, or I should say, Phil Lynott, is having difficulty with the sound of his bass. Things get progressively better, until what you have is a pretty darn good show and recording. -
Frankfurt 1972 - Audience 7.1 - Vocals buried but this is so cool, such an early show – guitar is smokin’ hot! Berlin 1973 - Audience 8.4 -
Soundboard 9.0 and Audience 8.6 -
Audience 8.4 - An uneven mix is the fault, other than that it’s fine. Sounds like taper was on one side of the P.A. and got a lot of one guitar, and it sounds great, very menacing tone, but we lose some other elements that sort of appear and then disappear. The recording is not hard to enjoy even with that issue, for me it was because of the good live tone and having that guitar so close it made me feel like I was seated with the taper hearing what he was hearing. Also, I look forward to certain songs live, with Opium Trail being one and it is present here on this tape. THIN LIZZY Orpheum Theater Boston MA. October 23rd 1977 THE BAND Phil Lynott bass vocals Scott Gorham guitar Brian Robertson guitar Brian Downey drums John Earle saxophone SET LIST 1 -Intro 2 -Soldier of Fortune 3 -Jailbreak 4 -Emerald 5 -Still In Love With You 6 -Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed 7 -Warriors 8 -Dancing In the Moonlight 9 -Opium Trail 10 -Southbound 11 -Cowboy Song 12 -The Boys Are Back In Town 13 -Johnny 14 -Bad Reputation 15 -Are You Ready 16 -Me and the Boys 17 -Baby Drives Me Crazy -
Soundboard 9.3/Studio 9.4 - Excellent quality all around, and of course it’s Thin Lizzy so you know the jams are top shelf. Thin Lizzy Golders Green Hippodrome London, UK. July 26, 1973 1. The Rocker 2. Things Ain't Working Out Down At The Farm 3. Slow Blues 4. Gonna Creep Up On You 5. Suicide Track 6-9 - Thunder & Lightning sessions 6. -Bad Habits 7. -Baby Please Don`t Go 8. -Mama Don`t Like It 9. -Chosen One -
Soundboard 9.0 - Fierce! -
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The Who 1975 Tour Canister The Who October 6th 1975 Manchester Belle Vue Manchester, England Disc 1 01 - Substitute 02 - I Can't Explain 03 - Squeeze Box 04 - Heaven And Hell 05 - Tattoo 06 - Baba O'Riley 07 - Behind Blue Eyes 08 - Amazing Journey - Sparks 09 - Eyesight To The Blind 10 - Acid Queen 11 - Fiddle About Disc 2 01 - Pinball Wizard 02 - I'm Free 03 - Tommy's Holiday Camp 04 - We're Not Gonna Take It (See Me Feel Me) 05 - Summertime Blues 06 - Drowned 07 - 5.15 08 - My Generation - Drum Solo - Naked Eye 09 - Won't Get Fooled Again Ludwigshafen, Germany Friday November 7th, 1975 Disc 3 01. -I Can't Explain 02. -Substitute 03. -Squeeze Box 04. -Baba O' Riley 05. -Boris The Spider 06. -Drowned 07. -However Much I Booze 08. -Dreaming From The Waist 09. -Behind Blue Eyes 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It Disc 4 01. -Summertime Blues 02. -My Generation 03. -Join Together Blues 04. -Roadrunner 05. -My Generation Blues 06. -Naked Eye 07. -Won't Get Fooled Again 08. -Magic Bus Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee November 23rd, 1975 Disc 5 1. -I Can't Explain 2. -Substitute 3. -Squeeze Box 4. -Baba O'Riley 5. -Boris The Spider 6. -Drowned 7. -However Much I Booze 8. -Dreaming From The Waist 9. -Behind Blue Eyes 10. -Jaws Soundtrack 11. -Amazing Journey 12. -Sparks Disc 6 13. -Acid Queen 14. -Fiddle About 15. -Pinball Wizard 16. -I'm Free 17. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 18. -We're Not Gonna Take It 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Join Together 22. -Roadrunner 23. -Won't Get Fooled Again The Omni Atlanta, GA. 24 November 1975 Disc 7 1. -I Can't Explain 2. -Substitute 3. -Squeeze Box 4. -Baba O'Riley 5. -Tattoo 6. -Boris The Spider 7. -Drowned 8. -Dreaming From The Waist 9. -Behind Blue Eyes 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About Disc 8 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -Summertime Blues 19. -My Generation 20. -Join Together 21. -My Generation Blues 22. -Roadrunner 23. -Won't Get Fooled Again 24. -Magic Bus Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Canada 11 December 1975 Disc 9 1. -Can't Explain 2. -Substitute 3. -My Wife 4. -Baba O'Riley 5. -Squeeze Box 6. -Behind Blue Eyes 7. -Dreaming From The Waist 8. -Boris The Spider 9. -Magic Bus Disc 10 10. -Amazing Journey 11. -Sparks 12. -The Acid Queen 13. -Fiddle About 14. -Pinball Wizard 15. -I'm Free 16. -Tommy's Holiday Camp 17. -We're Not Gonna Take It 18. -See Me, Feel Me 19. -Summertime Blues 20. -My Generation 21. -Join Together 22. -Road Runner -
Soundboard - Most collectors will know of this, and this set does include the partial live performance segment as well. A nice snippet of a good year, 1971. -
Audience 9.2 - Excellent! Strong if just a tad subdued as far as guitar loudness. -
Landover 1973 Soundboard 9.3 - A solid recording that was broadcast over the air and features a nice wide stereo mix showing detail in the bass and crisp, crunchy guitar not to mention having another well recorded Keith Moon experience…and of course Roger is in fine form (when is he not?). Wembley 1975 Audience 8.5 - Not horrible, the music is all here in pretty clear form (I get a good picture of drums thankfully), but the highlight is the stage banter where you get a lot of stuff that will entertain for sure. I am happy say that the recording does also get better, so that once you are firmly ensconced in your listening chair you will start to get into this one more and more. THE WHO CAPITOL CENTER LANDOVER, MD 1973.12.06 Disc 1 01. I CAN'T EXPLAIN 02. SUMMERTIME BLUES 03. MY GENERATION 04. I AM THE SEA > THE REAL ME 05. I'M ONE 06. TOWNSEND SPEAKS - SEA AND SAND 07. DROWNED 08. BELL BOY 09. TOWNSEND SPEAKS - DOCTOR JIMMY 10. WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN 11. PINBALL WIZARD 12. SEE ME FEEL ME Disc 2 Wembley Arena (Moon's Manor) London, England 1975-10-21 01 - I Can't Explain 02 - Substitute 03 - Squeeze Box 04 - Boris The Spider 05 - Baba O'Riley 06 - Behind Blue Eyes 07 - However Much I Booze 08 - Dreaming From The Waist 09 - Moon's Tommy Intro 10 - Amazing Journey 11 - Sparks 12 - The Acid Queen Disc 3 13 - Fiddle About 14 - Pinball Wizard 15 - I'm Free 16 - Tommy's Holiday Camp 17 - We're Not Gonna Take It 18 - See Me, Feel Me 19 - Summertime Blues 20 - Bargain 21 - My Generation 22 - My Generation Blues 23 - Won't Get Fooled Again -
Soundboard 8.7 -
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 -
All Soundboard and all about 9.2 to 9.4 -
Audience 8.8 - Aside from a rough beginning, this tape comes pretty darn close to the excellence of the Toronto ’75 show. It’s got good presence and clarity, with an ample amount of kick where it needs it. I also find the performance very strong, Keith is firing on all eight and the band is really in sync with each other. A keeper! ARTIST: The Who DATE: November 3rd, 1975 VENUE: Messehalle Sindelfingen LOCATION: Stuttgart, Germany TRACKLISTING: DISC 1 01. -Substitute 02. -I Can´t Explain 03. -Squeeze Box 04. -Baba O´Riley 05. -Behind Blue Eyes 06. -Dreaming From The Waist 07. -Boris The Spider 08. -Amazing Journey - Sparks 09. -Acid Queen 10. -Fiddle About 11. -Pinball Wizard - I´m Free 12. -Tommy´s Holiday Camp TIME: 47:10 DISC 2 01. -We´re Not Gonna Take It 02. -Summertime Blues 03. -Bargain 04. -My Generation - Naked Eye - Join Together 05. -Won´t Get Fooled Again 06. -5:15 TIME: 46:09 TOTAL RUNTIME: 1:33.20 -
Audience 9.3 - Another excellent, clear, bright 75 show with all the dynamics you could want, good punchy drums and bass, clear vocals, crunchy guitars. Lovely! -
Audience 7.4 - A one dimensional recording that actually is clear enough to catch everything happening but the sound resides somewhere in the upper mids to highs, not screechy, just one dimensional. -
Audience 7.2 - A low rating but at least .5 points higher than the original version. Someone did a Remaster which it desperately needed because it was flawed. Mainly, it’s surface noise from the vinyl source (original tape source never located). It wasn’t great to begin with either. If you needed to upgrade this for your collection – get this one .... Bonus is the great artwork and packaging. -
Audience 7.1 - Definitely not a hi-fi recording but I can say this, you actually hear not only Roger fine above the din, but also Pete’s backing vocals! Next up is bass and guitars, with drums in the back kind of buried. Still, I just love these 68 shows, before Tommy, and the band is just so jazzed and audiences are too. Historical document well worth hearing.