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Newcastle Audience 8.7 - A fairly bombastic recording that insists you pay attention to it. Thundering, massive, and thankfully listenable. It's not winning any awards for clarity, but it makes up for a lot of that with a representative recording of what you probably heard from the front row at this show. That leads me to say that while you would think there should be distortion, you can't really tell, but yes there just a bit of saturation deep in the bowels somewhere but I don't find it disturbing because it's low enough that you don't focus too much there. London Audience 8.6 - Dropping down one notch here, but there actually might be more mid-upper mid clarity with this recording. I think overall, this recording is a little less forceful, and there is no distortion at all on this. My ears rate this slightly below the Newcastle not because it is inferior quality, but because it is not quite as ballsy, and the trade-off is you have to give up a but of the balls in order to achieve more clarity, but sometimes ballsy is not a bad thing if it isn't too muddy. Black Sabbath Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, UK 1982-01-06 Disc 1 101 Introduction - E5150 102 Neon Knights 103 N.I.B. 104 Children Of The Sea 105 Country Girl 106 Black Sabbath 107 War Pigs 108 Slipping Away 109 Vinnie Appice Drum Solo 110 Iron Man Disc 2 201 The Mob Rules 202 Heaven And Hell 203 Paranoid - Heaven And Hell (Reprise) 204 Children Of The Grave Hammersmith Odeon London, UK 1982-01-03 205 Introduction - E5150 206 Neon Knights 207 Country Girl 208 Slipping Away 209 The Mob Rules -
Audience 9.3 - Excellent quality, in fact I think this is a professional recording done on or very close to the stage. It has certain tell-tale qualities, like there being minimal audience noise and very clear, well-balanced band. Good mix here, even without Duane present I think most listeners will find this most welcome especially considering two songs are played featuring Johnny Winter. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA August 6, 1972 1. Statesboro Blues 2. Done Somebody Wrong 3. One Way Out 4. Stormy Monday 5. You Don't Love me 6. Trouble No More 7. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 8. Whipping Post 9. Johnny B. Goode 10. Dust My Broom Tracks 9-10 with Johnny Winter Gregg Allman Dickey Betts Berry Oakley Butch Trucks Jai Johanny Johanson -
Studio Quality 9.6 - Fantastic set! The entire thing has been delicately re-mastered to best anything and everything already out there. David Bowie - Plastic Soul (Young Americans Sessions) Disc 1 01 Young Americans (Dick Cavett) 02 Can You Hear Me (The Gouster) 03 Young Americans (early take ending) 04 After Today (version 2) 05 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (early take) 06 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) 07 Right (vocal rehearsal) 08 I Am A Lazer (with Ava Cherry) 09 I'm Divine 10 Fascination (stripped-down mix) 11 Young Americans (The Gouster) 12 Across The Universe (alternate extended mix) 13 Fame (instrumental) 14 Funky Music (Is A Part Of Me) (with Luther Vandross) 15 Young Americans (extended remix) 16 Fame (extended remix) 17 Can You Hear Me (Live, Mono) Disc 2 01 I Am A Laser - Scream Like A Baby (Ava Cherry Working Master) 02 Fame (Original Version) 03 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (Live Soul Tour `74) 04 1984 (Live Soul Tour `74) 05 Young Americans (Live Soul Tour `74) 06 Can You Hear Me (Live Soul Tour `74) 07 It's Gonna Be Me (Live Soul Tour `74) 08 Somebody Up There Likes Me (Live Soul Tour `74) 09 Knock On Wood (Live Soul Tour `74) 10 Foot Stompin'-I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate-Foot Stompin' (Live Soul Tour 74) 11 Young Americans (2007 Tony Visconti Mix, Edit) 12 Young Americans (Monitor Mix Fragments & Chat, Mono) 13 Young Americans (US tv promo ad) 14 Young Americans (US radio promo ad) 15 Dick Cavett Interview -
Studio Quality 9.6 - Fantastic set! The entire thing has been delicately re-mastered to best anything and everything already out there. David Bowie - Plastic Soul (Young Americans Sessions) Disc 1 01 Young Americans (stripped down mix) 02 Somebody Up There Likes Me (unfinished mix) 03 Can You Hear Me (demo) 04 Can You Hear Me (stripped down mix) 05 Young Americans (Alternate Ending Version) 06 Across The Universe (stripped down mix) 07 Fame (stripped down mix) 08 Fame (vocal only track) 09 Young Americans (Take One) 10 Young Americans (Take Two) 11 Young Americans (Take Three) 12 Shilling The Rubes (Take One) 13 Lazer (The Gouster) 14 After Today (Take One) 15 Sweet Thing (Sigma Acetate) 16 It's Gonna Be Me (With Strings, 1975) Disc 2 01 Right (Sessions) 02 Somebody Up There Likes Me (Sessions) 03 I Am A Laser (Ava Cherry Rough Mix - Stereo) 04 Fame (Cher Show, 09-18-75, Mono) 05 Can You Hear Me (Cher TV Show, 11-23-75) 06 Young Americans + Medley (Cher TV Show, 11-23-75) 07 Win (alternate ryko mix) 08 Fame (Right A-Side, Original Single Edit) 09 Fascination (alternate ryko mix) 10 Right (alternate ryko mix) 11 Who Can I Be Now (Bonus) 12 It's Gonna Be Me (Bonus) 13 After Today (Outtake) 14 It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City (Outtake) 15 Young Americans (Single Edit) 16 John I'm Dancing Again (Edit) 17 Fame (alternate flute version) -
1970 - Audience 9.1 - Excellent! Very clear, pretty close, respectful audience, good acoustics, great instrument separation...it's all here for your ears to feast upon. 1972 - Pro SDBRD 9.7 - Amazing of course, it's a professional recording that was released on video but I think this is not taken from a video source as it is totally uncompressed. 1973 - Audience 9.0 - A choice recording as it has a really driving energy. This is not one of those Traffic shows that gets bogged down, it's high energy, loud, and thankfully captured very nicely.
Traffic The Santa Monica Tapes 1970-1973 Disc 1 Civic Center Santa Monica, California July 5, 1970 (late show) 01. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring 02. Every Mother's Son 03. Medicated Goo 04. John Barleycorn Must Die 05. Pearly Queen 06. Stranger To himself 07. Empty Pages 08. 40,000 Headmen 09. Glad - Freedom Rider 10. Feeling Good Steve Winwood - Guitar, Piano, Vocals Chris Wood - Flute, Saxophone Jim Capaldi - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals Disc 2 Santa Monica Civic Center Santa Monica, CA February 21, 1972 01. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 02. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone 03. John Barlycorn 04. Rainmaker 05. Percussion Solo 06. Glad 07. Freedom Rider 08. Forty Thousand Headmen 09. Dear Mr. Fantasy Steve Winwood – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass (1967–1974, 1994) Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, vocals (1967–1974, 1994) Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, keyboards (1967–1974) Rebop Kwaku Baah – percussion (1971–1974) Roger Hawkins – drums (1972–1973) David Hood – bass (1972–1973) Disc 3 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica, CA. 1973 1. Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys 2. Light Up or Leave Me Alone 3. John Barleycorn 4. Rainmaker 5. Glad - Freedom Rider 6. 40,000 Headmen 7. Dear Mr. Fantasy Midsummer Rock Festival Cincinnati, OH. June 17, 1970 8. Pearly Queen 9. Stranger To Himself Stevie Winwood - keyboard, guitar, vocals; Jim Capaldi - drums, vocals; Chris Wood - sax; David Hood - bass; Roger Hawkins - keyboards; Reebop Kwaku Baah - percussion -
Audience 8.7 - A somewhat crude tape that manages to still present some meat you can savor. The slightly overloaded tape can still allow everything to be heard although drums are not very distinct (cymbal washes do clear the mix because they sit in the high band range) and neither are the vocals - but here's the saving grace: The guitar is present and accounted for and you really NEED that with this band because this guy is phenomenal. PFM Teatro Nuovo, Torino, Italy March 13, 1974 1. L'isolo Di Niente (The Mountain) 2. Is My Face On Straight 3. Mr. 9 Till 5 4. Violin Solo 5. Have Your Cake And Beat It 6. River Of Life 7. Dolcissima Maria (Guitar Solo) 8. Just Look Away 9. La Luna Nuovo (Four Holes In The Ground) 10. Celebration 11. La Carrozza Di Hans - Drum Solo 12. Impressioni Di Settembre (The World Became The World) -
New York - Audience 8.8 - This is a good tape for the vintage, even if the tapers are sometimes talkative they are at least not shouters and nor are those around them. San Bernadino - Audience 9.2 - A surprisingly clear tape, you can tell right away it is a master tape source. The quality of this capture is appreciated very much, it really gives one a sense of what was beginning to happen in the States for Yes. I sometimes just can't believe there was a time when this kind of adventurous, demanding music was so well received and consumed by the American public. Yes Fragile Tour 1971-72 Disc 1 Academy Of Music New York City, NY. November 24, 1971 1.01 Firebird Suite (1.04) 1.02 Roundabout (8.08) 1.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.54) 1.04 The Clap (3.26) 1.05 Wakeman Improv (0.53) 1.06 Long Distance Runaround (3.52) 1.07 The Fish (9.46) 1.08 Perpetual Change (15.37) 1.09 Yours Is No Disgrace (12.27) Disc 2 Swing Auditorium San Bernadino, CA. March 17, 1972 1.01 Firebird Suite (1.58) 1.02 Roundabout (8.01) 1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.24) 1.04 The Clap (4.28) 1.05 Perpetual Change (14.51) 1.06 I've Seen All Good People (7.30) -
Audience 8.8 - This is a very good audience tape. It is very clear, with great separation of instruments. It is not terribly dynamic though, but it's also not sluggish there either - it sort of sits in the midrange of things but in a way that is not too bad on the ears. I enjoyed this performance, I liked the atmosphere of the gig, and the respectful audience. Yes Freedom Hall Coliseum Louisville, KY 1979-04-13 Disc 1 1. -Future Times - Rejoice 2. -Circus Of Heaven 3. -Time And A Word - Long Distance Runaround - Survival - The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - Perpetual Change - Soon 4. -Don't Kill The Whale 5. -Clap 6. -Starship Trooper Disc 2 7. -On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 8. -Wakeman Solo 9. -Awaken 10. -Tour Song 11. -I've Seen All Good People 12. -WLRS Award Ceremony 13. -Roundabout -
Soundboard 9.0 - A VERY animated and live sounding recording. There is nothing sterile about this! It bristles with electric mayhem and tension, sometimes it goes a little over the edge (takes a minute for the mix to even out a little bit - and it seems to lean slightly onto upper mid/high end leaves some of the balls of the bass out, but there's enough meat here to add some bass and I think once you do that you'll have a real banger with this one. It's already great, but I'd certainly season it to taste. The Damned Oxford College Of Further Education Oxford, UK. 3-1-1984 01. there ain't no sanity claus 02. disco man 03. ignite 04. stranger on the town 05. wait for the blackout 06. do the blitz 07. melody lee 08. born to kill 09. love song 10. neat neat neat 11. looking at you 12. smash it up pt1 13. smash it up pt 1 1_2 14. smash it up pt 2 15. new rose 16. hippy hippy shake 17. i feel alright 18. we love you 19. i just can be happy today 20. love song -
Soundboard 9.4 - Intense! Great mix here, full frontal assault and Dio shines! Dio Coliseum Spokane, WA 1984-07-24 01. -We Rock 02. -Mystery 03. -Shame On The Night 04. -Children Of The Sea 05. -Heaven & Hell 06. -Guitar Solo 07. -The Last in Line 08. -Heaven And Hell 09. -Stand Up & Shout 10. -Holy Diver 11. -Drum Solo 12. -Mob Rules 13. -Rainbow In The Dark 14. -Man On The Silver Mountain 15. -Starstruck - Long Live Rock 'N Roll 16. -Man On The Silver Mountain (reprise) -
Audience 8.7 - A large sound, complete with the bassy, big stadium boominess that telegraphs the volume and power of live Dio. Does that mean it is a muddy mess? No, it's not bad...it's just that your ears will hear this recording probably exactly how they would have heard it at the show. It's a well known fact that the sound at these big shows is one thing to your ear while there in the audience and another thing if you are listening to it over a radio broadcast. This is the sound coming from the P.A. - big, ballsy, LOUD, metal, and atmospheric, immersive, live. It's worth getting this, it has something to offer the listener. DIO Worcester Centrum Worcester MA. October 31st 1985 Disc 1 1. INTRO 2. KING OF ROCK AND ROLL 3. LIKE THE BEAT OF A HEART 4. DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS 5. HUNGRY FOR HEAVEN 6. LAST IN LINE - HOLY DIVER - DRUM SOLO 7. HEAVEN AND HELL 8. GUITAR AND KEYBOARD SOLO Disc 2 1. SACRED HEART -LAST IN LINE (REPRISE) 2. ROCK AND ROLL CHILDREN 3. LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL 4. MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN -ROCK AND ROLL CHILDREN (REPRISE) 5. STAND UP AND SHOUT 6. RAINBOW IN THE DARK 7. WE ROCK THE BAND Ronnie James Dio Vocals Vivian Campbell Guitar Jimmy Bain Bass Vocals Vinny Appice Drums Claude Schnell Keyboards -
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Audience 8.8 - This is better than I give it credit for, mainly because it has all the elements needed to be very enjoyable - namely: clarity, separation of instruments, and atmosphere. Where it lacks the necessary qualifications to enter into 9.0 and above rating status is more in the dynamics range (is low end low, is high end high, are mids clear and punchy?) which here are expressed mostly with the lovely, brassy and defined bass sound. This is good! But perhaps we are spoiled now with all the audio riches we have at our disposal. This is a very good old tape, with a re-mastering I assume it would rise to the 9.0 level, but the bones are here. E.L.P Odeon Theatre Birmingham, UK 1972-11-24 Disc 1 01. ABADDONS BOLERO 02. HOEDOWN 03. TARKUS 04. ALAN FREEMANS THEME 05. THE SHERIFF 06. TAKE A PEBBLE Disc 2 07. LUCKY MAN 08. PIANO IMPROVISATIONS - TAKE A PEBBLE 09. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 10. NUTROCKER 11. RONDO -
Audience 9.5 - Rich, clear, dynamic...if you don't have these elements in a heavy metal (especially Doom metal) recording, you aren't going to be very satisfied. But this, this is EVERYTHING you want and more. MUST HAVE! The Skull Mississippi Studios Portland, OR. 2013-10-13 1. The Tempter 2. Thinking Of The Past 3. Wickedness Of Man 4. Plastic Green Head 5. The Eye 6. Pray For The Dead - Psalm 9 7. Assassin 8. The Last Judgement 9. Another Day 10. Revelation (Life Or Death) 11. Bastards Will Pay 12. Hello Strawberry Skies 13. At The End Of My Daze Eric Wagner - Vocals Ron Holzner - Bass Jeff Olson - Drums Lothar Keller - Guitar Michael Carpenter - Guitar -
Radio Broadcast 9.4 - Perhaps one of the best live documents in existence, even if there are marginally better sounding shows out there (although this one is killer), this tops it for exuberance and swagger. New York Dolls Radio Luxembourg 22 rue Bayard, Paris December 1, 1973 1. Introduction 2. Personality Crisis 3. Bad Girl 4. Looking For A Kiss 5. (Give Her A) Great Big Kiss 6. Stranded In The Jungle 7. Pills 8. Vietnamese Baby 9. Trash 10. Chatterbox 11. Puss 'n Boots 12. Hoochie Coochie Man 13. Jet Boy David Johansen: Vocals Johnny Thunders: Guitar Sylvain Sylvain: Guitar Arthur "Killer" Kane: Bass Jerry Nolan: Drums