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Audience 8.3 - This recording has you right in the thick of things. Equally enjoying both the electric excitement of the Kinks and the amazing responses from the audience. Quality is a little above average but the instruments are clear and not muddy. The vocals are very clear, which is important because Ray commands the show. This show has been written about, and not just for the incident involving Ray falling into the amps during Apeman. One to remember! The Kinks Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY March 30, 1971 Band line-up (personnel : May 1970 - November 1976) Ray Davies - lead vocals, rhythm guitar Dave Davies - lead guitar, backup vocals John Dalton - bass guitar, backup vocals Mick Avory - drums, percussion John Gosling - keyboards Total Time = 73:37 Set list 01 Intro 02 Till the End of the Day 03 Brainwashed 04 You're Looking Fine 05 Apeman 06 Waterloo Sunset 07 Sunny Afternoon 08 Give My Love To Rose 09 Get Back In Line 10 A Pub With No Beer 11 Lola 12 Louise -- tape flip -- 13 Big Sky 14 Milk Cow Blues 15 See My Friends 16 Powerman 17 One Night With You 18 You Are My Sunshine 19 You Really Got Me 20 All Day & All of the Night 21 Top of the Pops The Kinks play at Lincoln Center's prestigious Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall). In contrast to the elegance of the hall, Ray Davies' spontaneous, campy, outrageous, sometimes disoriented performance elicits a huge crowd response. When he falls into a bank of amplifiers (brother Dave kindly steps aside when he sees Ray toppling), members of the audience leap on stage to finish the song "Apeman" for Ray. By all accounts it is a night to remember. -
Audience 8.3 - Do not let the low rating dissuade you from obtaining this show, because it is actually pretty clear and for this tour probably one of the better auds. It does lean toward low end, in a good way because it does not crowd everyone else out. Eddie is on fire and you hear him well, vocals and bass are solid (vox are a touch behind it all but still right there) so perhaps drums are the weakness but even then I can hear what he’s doing. Once your ears adjust, man this ain’t that bad. Van Halen Monday, April 14, 1980 MECCA Arena, Milwaukee, WI Disc 1 01 -Radio Promo 02 -Intro 03 -Romeo Delight 04 -Bottoms Up 05 -Runnin' With The Devil 06 -Tora Tora - Loss Of Control 07 -Take Your Whiskey Home 08 -Dance The Night Away 09 -Women In Love 10 -Jamie's Cryin' 11 -banter 12 -Feel Your Love Tonight Disc 2 13 -Bright Lights, Big City 14 -Atomic Punk 15 -And The Cradle Will Rock 16 -Light Up The Sky 17 -Guitar Solo 18 -Ain't Talkin' Bout Love -Encores- 19 -Applause 20 -Ice Cream Man 21 -You Really Got Me -
Soundboard 8.8 - Not too bad for a 48 year old tape. Does have some lack of clarity (minor) being old analog but for the most part I say dive right in because with this band…well the water is rather deep, and colorful. GONG 1972-12-14 Maison des Jeunes Rodez, France CD1 1. Gnome intro 2. Pot Head Pixies 3. Zero the Hero & the Witch's Spell 4. I am your Pussy 5. Why are we Sleeping? 6. Radio Gnome Invisible 7. I Feel so Lazy 8. It's The Time of Your Life CD2 1. Tropical Fish 2. Dreaming it 6:04 3. Flying Teapot 6:55 4. Flying Teapot pt. II 12:54 5. Flying Teapot pt. III 4:46 CD3 1. Lawrence The Alien 2. Blues For Findlay 3. Encore Jams lineup: Daevid Allen - voc, guitar, glissando guitar Shakti Yoni - space whispers & vocals Bloomdido Bad de Grass - sax, voc Hi T Moonweed - synth Francis Moze - bass Laurie Allan - drums -
Audience 8.6 - Very low gen (no noise) recording that is leaning much more towards the bright side, perhaps even a little bit crispy but a recording like this can be tuned to your liking. What prevents a recording from having any chance at all is muddiness, and thankfully there is no muddy quality to this tape. All in all, I have to rate this as a show that one notices first the performance (from the opening notes you know it is going to be a good one), and the ears do adjust to the concert hall sound very soon, notwithstanding the EXTREMELY excited audience…like, throughout the entire show. Can’t blame ‘em I guess, but damn let the band play! Rush Lakeland Civic Center Arena Lakeland, Florida, USA Sunday April 11th, 1982 Track List: Disc 1: 2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx) Freewill Limelight Beneath, Between & Behind Subdivisions (Early Version) The Camera Eye YYZ / drum solo Broon's Bane The Trees The Analog Kid (Early Version) Disc 2: The Spirit of Radio Red Barchetta Closer to the Heart Tom Sawyer Vital Signs Working Man Hemispheres (Armageddon) By-Tor & The Snow Dog In The End In The Mood 2112 (Grand Finale) La Villa Strangiato -
All discs are Audience recordings of VERY GOOD quality. All sound bright, and with the exception of maybe one show (which sounds a little crowded up in the middle frequency), are pretty wide and clear. Having listened to all of it, I have to rate this set as spectacularly fun to listen to, it's just a really good time for the band who are riding high on their successes but not yet ready to relax too much. Having a good time, but meaning business too. Great stuff! Van Halen FAIR WARNING TOUR CANISTER Disc 1 Providence Civic Center Providence, RI May 15, 1981 1. -On Fire 3:43 2. -Sinner's Swing! 3:47 3. -Drum Solo 1:30 4. -Hear About It Later 4:50 5. -Dave Raps 2:22 6. -So This Is Love 4:40 7. -Jamie's Cryin' 3:40 8. -Bass Solo 3:13 9. -Runnin' With The Devil 3:02 10. -Dance The Night Away 3:40 11. -Romeo Delight 7:38 12. -Everybody Wants Some!! 8:18 13. -Mean Street 5:22 Disc 2 Providence Cont'd 1. -Ice Cream Man 10:32 2. -Guitar Solo 7:38 3. -Lucille 2:47 4. -You Really Got Me 10:57 5. -Unchained 4:47 6. -Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 6:26 Disc 3 Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA, USA June 19, 1981 1. -On Fire 3:50 2. -Sinner's Swing! 3:40 3. -Drum Solo 2:24 4. -Hear About It Later 4:51 5. -Dave Raps 2:35 6. -So This Is Love 3:25 7. -Jamie's Cryin' 3:37 8. -Bass Solo 3:43 9. -Runnin' With The Devil 3:17 10. -Dance The Night Away 3:18 11. -Sunday Afternoon In The Park 3:18 12. -Romeo Delight 4:43 13. -Everybody Wants Some!! 9:04 Disc 4 Los Angeles cont'd 1. -Sounds of Summertime 4:02 2. -Ice Cream Man 5:45 3. -Mean Street 5:16 4. -Guitar Solo 6:57 5. -Feel Your Love Tonight 2:56 6. -You Really Got Me 4:37 7. -Unchained 5:27 8. -Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 5:43 Disc 5 The Forum Inglewood, CA June 20, 1981 1. -On Fire 3:51 2. -Sinner's Swing! 3:37 3. -Drum Solo 2:26 4. -Hear About It Later 4:54 5. -Dave Raps 3:08 6. -So This Is Love? 3:09 7. -Jamie's Cryin' 3:45 8. -Bass Solo 3:39 9. -Runnin' With The Devil 3:24 10. -Dance The Night Away 5:09 11. -Sunday Afternoon In The Park 1:55 12. -Romeo Delight 3:14 Disc 6 LA Forum cont'd 13. -Everybody Wants Some!! 9:24 14. -Ice Cream Man 7:56 15. -Mean Street 4:54 16. -Guitar Solo 6:01 17. -Feel Your Love Tonight 2:57 18. -You Really Got Me 4:59 19. -Unchained 6:32 20. -Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Happy Birthday to Michael Anthony 6:30 Disc 7 Great Western Forum Inglewood, CA June 21, 1981 1. -On Fire 3:58 2. -Sinner's Swing! 3:35 3. -Drum Solo 2:36 4. -Hear About It Later 4:48 5. -Dave Raps 2:53 6. -So This Is Love 3:26 7. -Jamie's Cryin' 3:46 8. -Bass Solo 3:23 9. -Runnin' With The Devil 3:24 10. -Dance The Night Away 4:55 11. -Sunday Afternoon In The Park 1:58 12. -Romeo Delight 4:36 13. -Everybody Wants Some!! 6:10 14. -Ice Cream Man 5:35 15. -Mean Street 5:03 Disc 8 the Forum cont'd 1. -Guitar Solo 7:37 2. -Feel Your Love Tonight 3:06 3. -You Really Got Me 4:11 4. -Unchained 4:37 5. -Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 5:02 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, AZ September 28, 1981 6. -On Fire 7. -Sinner's Swing 8. -Alex Van Halen Drum Solo 9. -Hear About It Later 10. -So This Is Love 11. -Jamie's Crying 12. -Michael Anthony Bass Solo 13. -Runnin' With The Devil 14. -Dance The Night Away 15. -Sunday Afternoon In The Park Disc 9 Phoenix cont'd 16. -Romeo Delight 17. -Everybody Wants Some 18. -Lucille 19. -Ice Cream Man 20. -Mean Street 21. -Edward Van Halen Guitar Solo 22. -You Really Got Me 23. -Unchained 24. -Ain't Talkin''Bout Love Disc 10 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina, USA August 25th, 1981 01. -On Fire 02. -Sinner's Swing 03. -Drum solo 04. -Hear About It Later 05. -So This Is Love 06. -Jamie's Crying 07. -Bass solo 08. -Runnin' With The Devil 09. -Dance The Night Away 10. -Sunday Afternoon In The Park 11. -Romeo Delight Disc 11 Greensboro cont'd 12. -Everybody Wants Some!! 13. -Sounds of Summertime 14. -Ice Cream Man 15. -Mean Street 16. -Guitar solo 17. -Feel Your Love Tonight 18. -You Really Got Me 19. -Unchained 20. -Ain't Talkin''Bout Love -
Audience 8.6 - Taped by the same person using the same gear so there is only minor differences between these shows which are related specifically to position, and it sounds like taper was in roughly the same general position for each show. Very consistent throughout, although just to be super detailed I have to prefer the second show which seems to be slightly closer to my ears. The quality is very clear, leans towards the upper end of the sound spectrum but not too harsh, only to the point I think you could add some bass and that would really allow these shows to satisfy. They are all very good, bass would put them into the great category. Rush May 22, 1983 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England DISC 1: 01 - 3 Stooges Intro 0:47 02 - The Spirit of Radio 4:37 03 - Tom Sawyer 5:10 04 - Freewill 5:28 05 - Digital Man 6:40 06 - Subdivisions 5:25 07 - Vital Signs 5:11 08 - The Camera Eye 6:58 09 - Closer To The Heart 3:20 10 - The Analog Kid 4:51 11 - Broon's Bane 1:33 12 - The Trees 4:26 13 - Red Barchetta 6:28 DISC 2: 01 - The Weapon 8:00 02 - New World Man 4:01 03 - Limelight 4:43 04 - Countdown 5:55 05 - 2112 Temples Of Syrinx 6:24 06 - Xanadu 2:28 07 - La Villa Strangiato 3:32 08 - In The Mood 3:59 09 - YYZ / Drum Solo 11:08 -
Audience 8.6 - Taped by the same person using the same gear so there is only minor differences between these shows which are related specifically to position, and it sounds like taper was in roughly the same general position for each show. Very consistent throughout, although just to be super detailed I have to prefer the second show which seems to be slightly closer to my ears. The quality is very clear, leans towards the upper end of the sound spectrum but not too harsh, only to the point I think you could add some bass and that would really allow these shows to satisfy. They are all very good, bass would put them into the great category. Rush May 15, 1983 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England DISC 1: 01 - 3 Stooges Intro 0:43 02 - The Spirit of Radio 4:44 03 - Tom Sawyer 5:12 04 - Freewill 5:28 05 - Digital Man 6:46 06 - Subdivisions 5:29 07 - Vital Signs 5:16 08 - The Camera Eye 7:01 09 - Closer To The Heart 3:18 10 - The Analog Kid 4:50 11 - Broon's Bane 1:33 12 - The Trees 4:24 13 - Red Barchetta 6:19 DISC 2: 01 - The Weapon 8:14 02 - New World Man 4:00 03 - Limelight 4:37 04 - Countdown 6:00 05 - 2112 Temples Of Syrinx 6:22 06 - Xanadu 2:31 07 - La Villa Strangiato 3:28 08 - In The Mood 3:17 09 - YYZ / Drum Solo 10:47 -
Audience 8.6 - Taped by the same person using the same gear so there is only minor differences between these shows which are related specifically to position, and it sounds like taper was in roughly the same general position for each show. Very consistent throughout, although just to be super detailed I have to prefer the second show which seems to be slightly closer to my ears. The quality is very clear, leans towards the upper end of the sound spectrum but not too harsh, only to the point I think you could add some bass and that would really allow these shows to satisfy. They are all very good, bass would put them into the great category. Rush May 14, 1983 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England DISC 1: 01 - 3 Stooges Intro 0:47 02 - The Spirit of Radio 4:37 03 - Tom Sawyer 5:10 04 - Freewill 5:28 05 - Digital Man 6:40 06 - Subdivisions 5:25 07 - Vital Signs 5:11 08 - The Camera Eye 6:58 09 - Closer To The Heart 3:20 10 - The Analog Kid 4:51 11 - Broon's Bane 1:33 12 - The Trees 4:26 13 - Red Barchetta 6:28 DISC 2: 01 - The Weapon 8:00 02 - New World Man 4:01 03 - Limelight 4:43 04 - Countdown 5:55 05 - 2112 Temples Of Syrinx 6:24 06 - Xanadu 2:28 07 - La Villa Strangiato 3:32 08 - In The Mood 3:59 09 - YYZ / Drum Solo 11:08 -
Audience 8.3 - What is happening with this tape is that the bass frequencies are too much for the microphone, and it causes some peaking (not pure distortion, just level peak). On the plus side, it’s relatively open in all the other frequencies, meaning you can actually listen to this show and once your ears sort of adjust to the limitations, it’s not that bad. I would still call this one for hardcore collectors only though, even when there is a shortage of 1979 tapes. On a personal note, I listened to the entire show and liked it, I think it has a place in the collection. Van Halen Northlands Coliseum Edmonton, AB, Canada September 18, 1979 Disc 1 1. Light Up The Sky 6:39 2. Somebody Get Me A Doctor / Drum Solo 4:20 3. Runnin' With The Devil 4:29 4. Dance The Night Away 3:25 5. Beautiful Girls 3:31 6. DLR Talking 5:03 7. On Fire 6:13 8. You're No Good 3:56 9. Jamie's Cryin' 3:21 10. More DLR Talking 3:38 (includes "Eyes of the Night" tease) Disc 2 11. Feel Your Love Tonight 5:14 12. Outta Love Again 6:28 13. Ice Cream Man 7:10 14. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 10:05 15. Eddie's Guitar Solo 8:41 16. You Really Got Me 9:11 -
Audience 8.5 - A thin-ish recording, but it is pretty clear and thus can be appreciated. It’s a really fine performance too. Genesis Ambassador Theatre St. Louis, MO April 23, 1976 01 Dance On A Volcano 02 Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 03 Fly On A Windshield 04 Carpet Crawlers 05 Cinema Show 06 Robbery, Assault And Battery 07 White Mountain 08 Firth Of Fifth 09 Entangled 10 Squonk 11 Supper’s Ready 12 I Know What I Like 13 Los Endos 14 It > Watcher Of The Skies -
Audience 8.6 - A little age shows in this tape, but it’s nicely mid-rangey and kind of phat too, meaning it’s got some balls to it even though it may be a little compressed and aged. I would recommend this one though, because one key quality of this tape is that the two guitars are really nicely separated, almost a wide pan effect if you can believe it. Sounds pretty cool. AEROSMITH Paris, France Pavillon porte de Pantin 1976 november 1st 1. Intro 2. Mama Kin 3. Write Me A Letter 4. S.O.S. (Too Bad) 5. Lick And A Promise 6. Big Ten Inch Record 7. Sweet Emotion 8. Rats In The Cellar 9. Dream On 10. Lord Of The Thighs 11. Last Child 12. Walk This Way 13. Sick As A Dog 14. Same Old Song And Dance 15. Train Kept A Rollin’/ Get The Lead Out/ Batman Theme/ Movin’ Out/ Peter Gunn Theme 16. Crowd 17. Toys In The Attic Steven Tyler - vocals Joe Perry - guitar Tom Hamilton - bass Joey Kramer - drums Brad Whitford - guitar -
Audience 8.8 - Excellent sound with good balance and great live mix where you pretty much get a good blend of the bass and drums without that annoying boominess. Great time period too! Van Halen Theatre Mogador, Paris, France Wednesday May 10th, 1978 01- On Fire 02- I'm The One 03- Runnin' With The Devil 04- Feel Your Love Tonight 05- Atomic Punk 06- Little Dreamer 07- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 08- Voodoo Queen 09- Ice Cream Man 10- Guitar solo 11- You Really Got Me 12- D.O.A [fades in] 13- Summertime Blues 14- Bottoms Up! -
Audience 8.6 - Small club vibe and really good sound with an emphasis on percussion clarity and presence. Recording leans to the mid and upper end but it’s not too brittle there, so it’s very comfortable but can use some added low end anyway. Aside from that, this is quite good. Psychedelic Furs Punto a Capo, Budria, Italy June 8, 1984 Band line-up Richard Butler – vocals John Ashton – guitar Tim Butler – bass guitar Keith Forsey – drums, percussion Total Time = 83:22 Disc 1 01 Love My Way 02 Pretty In Pink 03 Here Come Cowboys 04 My Time 05 President Gas 06 Sleep Comes Down 07 The Ghost In You 08 Heaven -- tape flip -- 09 Angels Disc 2 10 Sister Europe 11 Alice's House 12 Heartbeat 13 Forever Now 14 Imitation Of Christ 15 Into You Like A Train 16 India The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977. Led by singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass. The Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene. Their debut album was in 1980. But in 1982, the band were reduced to a four-piece. The Furs did find success in the US with their next release, 1981's Talk Talk Talk, which included the original version of "Pretty in Pink", which was later re-recorded for the 1986 movie soundtrack "Pretty in Pink". This movie would help launch Molly Ringwald's acting career. -
Soundboard 9.1 - This mix favors Mick Jagger, but I like the very lifelike feel of it overall. It’s not super well separated but everything can be heard well enough and that includes the piano (although horns are pushed back), and Mick Taylor is especially present when he solos (an added bonus!). There is no doubt that this recording must be present in every Rolling Stones fan’s collection. The Rolling Stones Philadelphia Specialties Plus Spectrum Sports Arena Philadelphia,Pennsilvania 20th & 21st July 1972 CD ONE 01 Brown Sugar July 21st early show 02 Bitch July 21st early show 03 Rocks Off July 21st early show 04 Gimme Shelter July 21st early show 05 Happy July 21st early show 06 Tumbling Dice July 21st early show 07 Love In Vain July 21st early show 08 Sweet Virginia July 20th only show 09 You Can't Always Get What You Want July 21st early show 10 All Down The Line July 21st early show CD TWO 01 Midnight Rambler July 21st late show 02 Band introduction 03 Bye Bye Johnny July 21st late show 04 Rip This Joint July 21st late show 05 Jumping Jack Flash July 21st late show 06 Street Fighting Man July 21st late show 07 Uptight - Satisfaction July 20th only show 08 Dead Flowers 09 Don`t Lie To Me 10 Honky Tonk Woman 11 Loving Cup 12 Torn And Frayed 13 Ventilator Blues 14 Sweet Black Angel CD TWO: Tracks 8 (First show), 9 (Second show), 14 (First show - audience recording) Tarrant County Convention Centar, Fort Worth, Texas 24th June 1972 Tracks 10, 11, 12, 13 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 3rd June 1972 (Audience recording) -
Soundboard 9.2 - A warm sounding tape, very punchy where it needs to be, maybe if I can complain about anything it would be in the relative sterility of it but that’s a soundboard’s Achilles heel isn’t it ? I’d recommend this to anyone, it is what we like to call “a keeper” for sure! Disc 1 1-1 Subdivisions 1-2 The Body Electric 1-3 The Enemy Within 1-4 The Weapon 1-5 Witch Hunt 1-6 New World Man 1-7 Between The Wheels 1-8 Red Barchetta Disc 2 2-1 Distant Early Warning 2-2 Red Sector A 2-3 Closer To The Heart 2-4 YYZ 2-5 Drum Solo 2-6 YYZ (Cont.) 2-7 Temples Of Syrinx 2-8 Tom Sawyer 2-9 Red Lenses Notes: Live at Neil Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 25th November 1984 [STEREO SOUNBOARD] (noiseless!) The last show of Grace Under Pressure Tour -
Audience 8.6 - A recording that is very clear but dangerously close to being too crisp on the highs…but thankfully it doesn’t sizzle and ruin anything. It’s still very good – might could use more thickness, but you will probably be able to enjoy this show and certainly are welcome to boost the low end which will help. RUSH Date: April 18, 1994 Location: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, New York, USA DISC 1 Intro 1:10 Dreamline 4:58 The Spirit of Radio 4:56 The Analog Kid 5:47 Cold Fire 4:57 Time Stand Still 5:51 Nobody's Hero 5:21 Roll The Bones 6:09 Animate 7:54 Stick It Out 5:13 Double Agent 4:55 DISC 2 Limelight 4:33 Mystic Rhythms 5:57 Closer to the Heart 5:35 Show Don't Tell 5:25 Leave That Thing Alone 5:54 The Rhythm Method 7:12 The Trees 5:21 Xanadu 6:32 Hemispheres: Prelude 4:16 Tom Sawyer 5:29 Force Ten 4:41 YYZ 3:23