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Soundboard 9.7 -
Soundboard 9.5 -
FM Radio Broadcast 7.8 -
Audience 8.4 - Great fun this one is! I know because I was there! -
Audience 9.5 - As good as you can do, clear and bright, great mix and some great feel in a small club. -
Soundboard 9.6 -
Audience 7.4 - Would be much better with just a little bit of remastering because there is plenty of low end to work with, and even though the high end is muffled you can add some brightness to this, remove some tape hiss, and this show could be a real keeper. As it is now, for collectors only. -
Audience 8.8 - I rate this highly for the excellent atmosphere of the sound, where the vocals seem to just soar. It is not as thick in the mids where you want them, but that is why the vocals soar because they occupy a lot of the midrange and highs. Sometimes you also get a nice vibration of sound from the drums and all in all it adds tremendous intensity and excitement to the tape. Listen to Toccata and tell me I am wrong! This tape has a unique feel to it that I find very enjoyable. Another cool thing is that a lot of the problems with tape cuts have been fixed with crossfades making for a smoother listen…that includes the large section in Toccata which was unlistenable (unfortunately). -
Soundboard 7.7 - Tape shows its age, but the music is very listenable. -
Audience 8.6 - A touch on the thin side maybe, and sounds from somewhere in the middle of the venue so you do get more of the atmosphere. There is a lot of crowd excitement and participation. Guitar sound terrific actually, cutting through everything right to the ears in a good way, adding to the excitement. Dweezil sounds great and absolutely shreds this gig. -
Audience 8.9 - Extra special emphasis on the drums here, they sound slamming! -
Soundboard 8.7 - To my ears it’s a soundboard, a little hissy, and somewhat noisy mix but definitely one you can get into. -
Soundboard - All shows ranging from 8.7 to 9.3 in sound quality. All shows have been Remastered! -
Soundboard 9.2 -
Soundboard 9.7 -
CD 1: Oakland, CA - Audience 9.2 - Sounds like a pro recording. CD 2-4: Cotati, CA - Audience 9.4 - The band must have had this recorded themselves, it’s too good! Highly skilled musicians jamming the night away. -
Soundboard 9.2 - A good atmosphere for a board. It’s cool to hear this early performance. -
Audience 8.8 - This is a strange recording because at first it may seem as though it is a board tape because there’s virtually no audience noise at all. Closer examination reveals that it is more likely an open mic placed right up on the stage or close to the mains. It is a little hot, meaning the levels are near max, but thankfully it only comes to the bleeding edge and does not fall off the cliff. A pretty darn exciting tape! -
Audience 8.6 - Open mic recordings of a studio rehearsal session that sound fairly decent if not a bit raucous and rough around the edges. -
Pro Studio Sound -
All Pro Soundboard 9.6 - Stunning quality! -
Audience 6.8 - From what I understand this was once one of the rarest D & the D’s tapes. Unfortunately it is pretty rough, that being said guitar is the clearest thing on here. A fiery show too! -
Soundboard 8.6 - Levels a bit low so turn it up. -
CD 1 & 2 - Audience 8.9 - Very strong presence, taper had great seats and knew how to operate his levels, so, have fun because the band never sounded better! CD 3 & 4 - This show received a nice remastering which helped bring the middle up and cut out a lot of the tape hiss so what you get now is a smoother sound, and good punch in the mids while offering great solid kick drum, vocals, and guitar with keys being placed perfectly in accompaniment. Just get past the first song where taper finds his position and you are good to go. -
Audience 7.8 - The best of the tour and in fact Tommy is very cohesive here. A must for fans of DP and Tommy Bolin. -
Audience 5.7 - Muffled and bass heavy but blistering show wish it was better sound. Vocals kind of clear, can hear guitar and he’s shredding like hell. -
Audience 7.8 - Clear, strong, present with just a hint of mic overload but overall very very good recording of a historic show revealing the pre-stardom Bowie testing some Ziggy tunes. -
Audience 7.8 - Excitement is the order of the day, you can literally feel it. The recording can be praised for effectively capturing a really on performance at a famous venue at the best time of Bowie’s career (some would say). -
Soundboard 9.7 -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Audience 7.8 - Sweet sounding loud guitar, very clear and present, although when they are at full volume it gets a touch muddy. Still very enjoyable!
