-
Audience 8.5 - A pretty clear but somewhat distant tape, with Ozzy being front and center followed by Randy and then some tin can drums and little to no real bottom end – but you do hear the notes played which makes this one to investigate as it is not very well known about. As I listen, I think the selling point is indeed how relatively clean and clear it is, a good capture all in all. Drums get a little better… the bottom end remains thin though. Ozzy Osbourne Port Vale Stadium, Stokes, UK 1981/08/01 1. Intro by Lemmy Kilmister 2. I Don't Know 3. Crazy Train 4. Believer 5. Mr. Crowley 6. Flying High Again 7. Revelation (Mother Earth) 8. Steal Away (The Night) 9. Drum Solo 10. Suicide Solution 11.Iron Man 12. Children Of The Grave 13. Paranoid -
Soundboard 8.8 - This is perhaps one of the most famous and well travelled live recordings of the legendary Ozzy/Randy team. It is indeed a board tape, not exactly pristine, but certainly something everyone remotely interested in this band should have in their collection. Ozzy Osbourne 1982-02-09 Wings Stadium Kalamazoo, MI 01 Diary Of A Madman 02 Over The Mountain 03 Mr. Crowley 04 Crazy Train 05 Revelation (Mother Earth) 06 Steal Away (The Night) 07 Suicide Solution 08 Guitar Solo 09 Drum Solo 10 Goodbye To Romance 11 I Don't Know 12 No Bones Movies 13 Believer 14 Flying High Again 15 Iron Man 16 Children Of The Grave 17 Paranoid -
Soundboard 9.7 - Amazing set featuring the nitro-fueled blues rock of Rory Gallagher on full glorious display. A decidedly heavy approach this time, but it seems odd that the audience embraced this yet boo’d Stevie Ray Vaughan mercilessly only a few short years later. Either way, this is the good stuff right here. Rory Gallagher Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland 07-22-1977 Setlist: (74:30) 01.I Take What I Want- 6:06 02.Calling Card- 6:54 03.Secret Agent- 6:00 04.Tattoo'd Lady- 4:40 05.Out On The Western Plain- 5:44 06.Barley & Grape Rag/Pistol Slapper Blues- 5:24 07.Too Much Alcohol- 5:13 08.Garbage Man- 8:12 09.Bought And Sold- 5:59 10.A Million Miles Away- 7:48 11.Shin Kicker- 6:43 12.Last Of The Independents- 5:47 Performers: Rory Gallagher- Electric, Electric Slide, Acoustic and National Steel Guitar, Vocals Gerry McAvoy- Bass Lou Martin- Keyboards Ron de'Ath- Drums -
Audience 9.8 - This is so good, so smooth, so spacious, so warm, so amazing that not only could it be officially release…it SHOULD be officially released. HIGHLY recommended for any fan of music, period. U.K. Civic Auditorium Santa Monica, CA July 28, 1978 Recording Gear: AKG 451E Microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Nakamichi 550 Cassette Recorder 01 Alaska 02 Time To Kill 03 The Only Thing She Needs 04 Forever Until Sunday 05 Thirty Years 06 By The Light Of Day Part 2 07 Presto Vivace/In The Dead Of Night Part 1 08 Caesar's Palace Blues -
Audience 8.4 - What saves the recording is the fact that it is clear, like virtually no muddiness, although the sound mix itself lacks definition except for Steven and Joe who are like rays of light peering through your window. The drums are good too, all in all it is hard to say this is not a necessity, it may not be but it’s very interesting and certainly of good enough quality to keep you engaged. Aerosmith Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. November 25, 1977 Steve Tyler - vocals Joe Perry - guitars Joey Kramer - drums Tom Hamilton - bass Brad Whitford - guitars Set list: 01. -Back in The Saddle 02. -Big Ten Inch Record 03. -I Wanna Know Why 04. -Get It Up 05. -Walk This Way 06. -Sweet Emotion 07. -Dream On 08. -Walkin' The Dog 09. -Draw The Line 10. -Same Old Song And Dance 11. -Train Kept A Rollin' -
Soundboard 8.6 - This sounds VERY 80’s, I mean, it sounds pretty dated…but good quality. I guess they were not too bad, kind of simplistic maybe in a Twisted Sister kind of way, but the guitarist pulls out some tasty solos. Autograph Live Cameo Theater, San Antonio 1/11/1985 1 Send Her To Me 2 Thrill Of Love 3 Cloud 10 4 Friday 5 Deep End 6 my Girlfriend's Boyfriend Isn't Me 7 Turn Up The Radio 8 Take No Prisoners 9 Crazy World -
Audience 8.7 - This tape, when it first surfaced, was to many Kinks collectors the Holy Grail of live tapes. It marked the band’s triumphant return to the States, and the band was determined to make up for lost time. A fiery performance and a great capture. A tiny bit of tape chatter in the first track but it smooths out from there and is a real rocket ride! The Kinks Fillmore West, San Francisco, 11-29-1969 01 - Till The End Of Day 02 - Mindless Child Of Motherhood 03 - Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 04 - You're Looking Fine 05 - Mr. Churchill Says 06 - Big Sky 07 - You Really Got Me 08 - All Day And All Of The Night 09 - Love Me Till The Sun Shines 10 - Brainwashed 11 - Medley 12 - Louie Louie 13 - Victoria 14 - Medley -
Audience 8.5 - Here is perhaps one of the best captures from the tour (not quite as good as Oakland or LA but this tape has some real power). This recording seems to be rather close to the PA, but there’s no distortion. Tape is not overly wide ranging from high to low but there’s plenty of meat and a good amount of dynamics nonetheless. Certainly this is one to get. The Rolling Stones 1969.11.11 Phoenix Coliseum Phoenix, Arizona 01. -Jumping Jack Flash 02. -Carol 03. -Sympathy For The Devil 04. -Stray Cat Blues 05. -Prodigal Son 06. -You Gotta Move 07. -Love In Vain 08. -Under My Thumb 09. -Midnight Rambler 10. -Live With Me 11. -Gimme Shelter 12. -Little Queenie 13. -Brown Sugar (*) (*) Live At Altamont Speedway 1969.12.06 -
Audience 7.9-8.3 - A tape that starts rough and ends rough but in the middle it is actually not bad. This is a taper that made this an event, the evening was captured with a genuine excitement which is epitomized by the introduction to the show by taper. I love that stuff. I like this tape because I understand now – it transcends the necessity for perfection because it happened in real time for the people who made this tape and there’s a twinkle of magic because you suddenly, for a split second, become them during the show. I can’t really explain it, but something happened while listening that made me understand what I was listening to beyond a rating. Make sense? THE ROLLING STONES Boston Garden Boston MA. November 29th 1969 1st Show THE BAND Ian Stewart keyboards Mick Jagger lead vocals harmonica Keith Richards guitar lead and backing vocals Charlie Watts drums Mick Taylor guitar Bill Wyman bass guitar 1 -Dianne Intro 2 -Terry Ried 3 -Stones Intro 4 -Jumpin' Jack Flash 5 -Oh Carol 6 -Sympathy For The Devil 7 -Stray Cat Blues 8 -Love In Vain 9 -Prodigal Son 10 -Under My Thumb 11 -Midnight Rambler 12 -Live With Me 13 -Little Queenie 14 -(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 15 -Honky Tonk Woman 16 -Street Fighting Man -
Studio Quality 9.5 - A fine collection of alternate mixes with a few I’d never heard. You have to be pretty well versed to know what is different on some of these, but yeah, there’s different layers to explore. The Rolling Stones TRACK LIST: 1. Brown Sugar - 4:05 2. Brown Sugar - 3:43 3. Brown Sugar - 3:44 4. Sway - 3:23 5. Wild Horses - 5:21 6. Wild Horses - 5:39 7. Can't You Hear Me Knocking (Mick Taylor live) - 14:16 8. You Gotta Move - 2:29 9. Bitch - 3:28 10. Sister Morphine - 5:27 11. Dead Flowers (live, Leeds 1971) - 4:08 12. Bitch - 4:09 13. Brown Sugar - 3:46 14. Let it Rock (from the Spanish Sticky Fingers) - 2:44 (Playtime: 67:04 ) Studio alternate & early versions from the Sticky Fingers period. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is a Mick Taylor live version with Keith Richards recorded in New York '86. -
Soundboard 9.5 - What is this and why had I never heard it before? Damn! Look, stop whatever you are doing and just get this now. Terry Kath. Terry Kath. Terry Kath. This is his resume on tape. Not only is it a good board tape, but it specifically showcases Terry’s playing in a way you don’t often get on other tapes of a band with this range of equipment. I swear I can hear the pick on his strings. Damn this is a great show and damn did we lose one hell of a player in Terry Kath. Chicago Milwaukee Harbor Lakefront Milwaukee, WI. 1970-07-19 01 Introduction 02 South California Purples 03 25 or 6 to 4 04 Beginnings 05 Ballet For a Girl in Buchannon 06 I'm a Man Terry Kath: Guitar, vocals Peter Cetera: Bass, vocals Robert Lamm: Keyboards, vocals Lee Loughnane: Trumpet James Pankow: Trombone Walt Parazaider: Woodwinds Danny Seraphine: Drums -
Audience 8.4 - I think the draw is, when you are dealing with these old audience tapes that don’t have very wide dynamic range, is that as long as you get a solid guitar, and reasonable vocals, it’s going to appeal to collectors because what they want is the performance mainly – and I tend to agree because this is after all the peak period for the band. You can hear guitar, vocals, and keys in pretty decent clarity and forceful too – I see the value in this recording, a little rough around the edges when band is at full flight due to limitations with the recorder, but let me tell you I hung around, listened to the whole thing, and came away satisfied. It’s not too bad! Palasport, Genova, Italy March 11, 1973- Intro
- Highway Star
- Smoke On The Water
- Strange Kind Of Woman
- Mary Long
- Keyboard Solo - Lazy
- Drum Solo - The Mule
- Space Truckin'
- Black Night
-
Soundboard 9.0 - Interesting hearing this line up in such clarity, it certainly allows you to make a better judgment on the music, which by the way is pretty damn good. It’s different, in some ways, but it is still very good. My advice is not to go into it thinking you are getting Black Sabbath – rather consider it a Tony Iommi side project, then it makes more sense and will grab you in a better way. Black Sabbath Monsters Of Rock Festival Arena Del Chionso Reggio Emilia, Italy 1992-09-12 1. Computer God 2. Children of the Sea 3. Time Machine 4. War Pigs 5. Master of Insanity/After All (The Dead) 6. Iron Man 7. Heaven and Hell -
Audience 8.4 - The same taping crew that did the Ozzy Osbourne, and it sounds very similar but maybe a touch clearer. It’s a pretty good effort, especially when you consider the year, and what I mean is that the tape recording equipment used during most of the 80’s did not usually produce anything to write home about. So, overall, this is a really decent early period Def Leppard recording. DEF LEPPARD Music Mountain South Fallsburg, NY. August 8th 1981 THE BAND Joe Elliott lead vocals backing vocals Steve Clark guitar backing vocals Pete Willis guitar backing vocals Rick Savage bass backing vocals Rick Allen drums backing vocals SETLIST 1 -Intro 2 -On Through the Night 3 -It Could Be You 4 -It Don't Matter 5 -Another Hit and Run 6 -Lady Strange 7 -Rock Brigade 8 -High 'N Dry (Saturday Night) 9 -Let It Go 10 -Wasted -
Audience 8.3 - One of those tapes that captures the power of the band, but does not deliver crisp definition…that being said, you must listen to this all the way through. It’s been cleaned up as best as could be and it delivers MUCH more audio than it ever did before prior to modern mastering techniques. A worthy addition to collections. When you arrive to the drum solo section, you will hear what this tape had the potential to present, it sounds great. Rush Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA November 26, 1976 Band line-up Geddy Lee - bass, keyboards, vocals Alex Lifeson - guitar Neil Peart - drums Total Time = 40:07 01 Anthem 02 2112 03 Working Man 04 Finding My Way 05 Working Man 06 Drum Solo > Working Man 07 Fly By Night 08 In The Mood -
Soundboard 1982 9.6 - As clean as a whistle, like, this has to be from the master it’s damn good! Prince Detroit '82 1982-11-30 1. Controversy 2. Let's Work 3. Little Red Corvette 4. Do Me, Baby 5. Head 6. Uptown 7. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 8. Lady Cab Driver 9. International Lover 10. 1999 11. D.M.S.R.