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Audience 8.3 - This is your standard “decent” sounding 70’s audience tape. It does not offer a wide dynamic range, although it is pretty clear and you hear every instrument and vocals above all of it in good clarity (important when it comes to Free where vocals are a huge component). Nothing about this tape offends the ears sonically speaking. It could be argued by this time Free was sounding maybe a little tired, but that is subjective. FREE New York May 6, 1972 Live In New York '72 1. Be My Friend 2. Travellin' Man 3. Hold On 4. Little Bit Of Love 5. Heavy Load 6. Mr. Big - false start 7. Mr. Big 8. All Right Now 9. Crossroads 10. The Hunter 11. Fire And Water Paul Rodgers - vocals Paul Kossoff - guitar Andy Fraser - bass Simon Kirke - drums -
Audience 8.4 - This is a great remaster here, this is a full point and a half better than you’ve heard before. -
Audience 9.1 - I am always surprised when I hear such good recordings from this time period and then I remember that mics and P.A.’s and acoustics were all relative to the capture in that if the combinations were good, the result would also be good. This recording presents excellent separation of instruments with great live sound mix of the instruments, so much so that Free convinces you they could have soldiered on as a stadium act rather than dismantle and reform as Bad Company. Either way, I’ll enjoy what we have left of this venerable band in the form of live tapes like this. FREE Santa Monica Civic Center Santa Monica January 22nd 1971 Disc 1 1 -Intro - Tune up 2 -Be My Friend 3 -The Stealer 4 -Woman 5 -Ride On Pony 6 -Don't Say You Love Me 7 -All Right Now 8 -Fire And Water Disc 2 9 -Heavy Load 10 -The Highway Song 11 -KUSC DJ Elliot Mass - My Brother Jake 12 -Soon I'll Be Gone 13 -I'm A Mover 14 -Mr. Big with bass solo 15 -The Hunter 16 -Rock Me Baby THE BAND Paul Rodgers lead vocals keyboards Paul Kossoff guitar Andy Fraser bass Simon Kirke drums -
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CD 1 - FM Radio Broadcast 8.8 - A bit of tape hiss is present but this is a great great show! Lovely performance and decent sound. CD 2 - Audience 7.9 - A tape that went from a dismal 7.2 rating to a very decent 7.9 thanks to some painstaking mastering and restoration work. It was unbelievably hissy but that was mostly removed without sacrificing anything. Comparison was made and the results speak for themselves. -
Bracknell - Audience 8.8 - A touch of tape saturation but it’s so clear and loud and energetic you won’t hardly notice. Excellent! ~ Coatham - Audience 8.7 ~ Tampa - Soundboard 8.9 -
Audience 8.6 - A great job by taper to get center mic placement and not too distant from the stage. Good presence, good atmosphere, good tight show. -
Audience 7.8 and Audience 6.9 - The second gig is for historical reference as the sound is not great. -
FM Radio Broadcast 9.2 -
Soundboard 9.7 - A deft touch is what it took to make such a pleasant mix. Everything is where it should be, and the overall sound is something you might find on officially released records. Top shelf. -
Soundboard 8.8 - This is a soundboard that is not without flaws, not serious flaws, but indeed somewhat noticeable ones. So, it’s one of those mixes where guitar sounds at times amazing, up front, and gloriously loud…and at others it seems like it was ran through an on-board processor of some kind and ends up more compressed and lower in the mix. Rock The Nation is cut at the tail end of Ronnie’s solo, and the drum intro for I Got The Fire begins, so that was a little bit of a jarring edit that could have been smoother. Overall this is a tape, and show, that will sit nicely in the collection seeing as how there are so few Gamma sdbrds, or live tapes at all.Gamma Phoenix Theater Petaluma,CA 30-Nov-1980 01 Ready For Action 6:08 02 Thunder and Lightning 5:39 03 Razor King 11:59 04 Rock the Nation 3:47 05 I Got the Fire 3:56 06 Four Horsemen 7:11 07 No Tears 12:32 Davey Pattison: Vocals Ronnie Montrose: Guitars Jim Alcivar: Keyboards Glenn Letsch: Bass Denny Carmassi: Drums
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Pro recording 9.5 - Sizzling hot everything is expertly mixed! -
Pro Radio Broadcast 9.5 -
Audience 8.9 - Fantastic! -
Audience 9.4 - Superb capture! There’s nothing I would change about this tape, it’s got a wonderful electric vibe and strong depth that leaves you wanting more. A great testament to the song craft of Gary Wright. Gary Wright Boston Music Hall Boston, MA USA 11 October 1975 01 -Love Is Alive 02 -Blind Feeling 03 -Dream Weaver 04 -Can't Find The Judge 05 -Kyle 06 -I Know A Place 07 -keyboard solo 08 -drum solo 09 -instrumental 10 -Are You Weepin' -
Audience 8.7 - This is a very strong, clear tape that captures almost too much atmosphere (crowd) and leans towards the upper-mid band frequencies a little much. That being said, I still recommend this one because the sound is good enough to be very responsive to EQ, so if you season it to taste you will end up with a very nice experience. Gary Wright The Palladium New York, NY, USA April 1, 1977 01 Love Is Alive (5:07) 02 Water Sign (5:40) 03 Better By You, Better Than Me (5:46) 04 The Light Of Smiles > (3:32) 05 Silent Fury (5:27) 06 Time Machine (7:46) 07 Phantom Writer (5:26) 08 Blind Feeling > (5:17) 09 Dream Weaver (4:16) 10 Are You Weepin' > Band Intros (7:11) 11 Can't Find The Judge (8:46) 12 I'm Alright (6:52) Gary Wright - lead vocals, keyboards Richard Baker - vocals, keyboards Hiroshi Upshur - clavinet, piano Art Wood - drums Betty Sweet, Lorna Wright - backing vocals