Soundboard 9.3 - There are moments in this recording that you swear it has to be one of Prince’s best ever – what got him so pumped up for this gig? Maybe he was pumped for every gig but slightly more at certain gigs. I don’t know but this one got me pumped as well! Love the energy and fluid playing.
Prince Glam Slam East Miami, FL. June 10th, 1994 Disc 1 1. Endorphinmachine 2. Space 3. Interactive 4. Acknowledge Me 5. Get Wild 6. Billy Jack Bitch 7. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 8. Loose! Disc 2 9. It's Alright 10. I Believe In You 11. Maybe Your Baby 12. Santana Medley:Jungle Strut - Batuka - Soul Sacrifice - Ttoussant L'Overture 13. 319 14. Hide The Bone 15. Ripopgodazippa-
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
Audience 9.3 - One thing you must concede about recordings from this venue – they are almost 100% of the time decent overall but more importantly extremely pleasant atmospherically. Audiences here are generally very attuned to the performer on stage, knowing the music, and there to listen to the music. The Roxy was a venue for music connoisseurs. A brilliant tape here to add to your collection.
Peter Gabriel The Roxy West Hollywood, CA September 30, 1978 Early Show Disc 1 01 Me And My Teddy Bear 02 On Presuming To Be Modern 03 On The Air 04 Moribund The Burgermeister 05 Perspective 06 Indigo 07 White Shadow 08 D.I.Y. 09 Waiting For The Big One 10 Band Introductions 11 Mother Of Violence Disc 2 12 Slowburn 13 Flotsam And Jetsam 14 I Don't Remember 15 Solsbury Hill 16 Modern Love 17 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 18 Animal Magic 19 Here Comes The Flood
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Audience 9.0 -A fine recording that does not have that digital signature to it, although many digital recordings are fine it’s just that an analog capture more faithfully replicates the vibe of the event being captured. Peter Gabriel Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA September 21, 1988 01 Of These, Hope 02 Games Without Frontiers 03 Shock The Monkey 04 No Self Control 05 Don't Give Up (with Tracy Chapman) 06 Sledgehammer 07 In Your Eyes 08 Biko -
Studio 9.0-9.4 - Varies as far as the overall sound and mix but does not stray much below a solid 9.0…but man what you are getting here is bona fide Aerosmith and NOT the dressed up, slicked out, packaged presentation of Aerosmith that the record company needed in order to make vast profits. This is down and dirty, raw, primal, and above all – fantastic! To hear unadulterated guitars, guttural, almost fuzz style bass, and howling, tortured Steven, and this is 1987 mind you! How can it be? I don’t know but this set rocks! Pandora's Leftover Permanent Vacation Sessions Little Mountain Studios Vancouver, Canada March 1, 1987 1 -Joey Kramer Drum Solo 2 -Toys In The Attic 3 -Train Kept A Rollin' (Instrumental) - Girl Keeps Coming Apart (Rehearsal, Instrumental) -
Studio Quality 9.7 - Fantastic all around collection which I would also point to as a good starting point to building up a collection of The Cure music. For me it was particularly interesting as I had no prior familiarity with their studio works. The Cure "The Unreleased Demo Tapes (1977-1986)" 01 Meathook (SAV Demo, London, 10th of October 1977) 02 Listen [early 'Pill Box Tales'] (SAV Demo, London, 10th of October 1977) 03 I Just Need Myself (SAV Demo, London, 10th of October 1977) 04 See The Children, Fear The Children (SAV Demo, London, 10th of October 1977) 05 Play For Today (Rehearsal Demo, 1979) 06 Into The Trees [aka 'A Forest'] (Rehearsal Demo, 1979) 07 Play For Today (Morgan Studios Demo, London, January 1980) 08 A Forest (Morgan Studios, London, January 1980) 09 M (Morgan Studios Demo, London, January 1980) 10 Seventeen Seconds (Morgan Studios Demo, London, January 1980) 11 Birdmad Girl (Early Demo, 1983) 12 Wailing Wall (Early Demo, 1983) 13 The Empty World (Demo, 1984) 14 Bananafishbones (Demo, 1984) 15 The Top (Demo, 1984) 16 Why Can't I Be You? (Miraval Studio Demo, France, 1986) -
Soundboard 9.8 - A soundboard that captures lightning in a bottle! So it’s near perfect in balance, and nicely widen open in dynamics while at the same time leaving intact some of the open stadium atmospherics (most notable in between songs or during announcements). Either way you slice it this is a truly great recording and performance that every collector would want in the collection. Genesis Ibirapuera Stadium Sao Paulo, Brazil May 21, 1977 Disc 1 101 Squonk 7:13 102 One For The Vine 11:17 103 Robbery, Assault & Battery 6:46 104 Inside And Out 7:51 105 Firth Of Fifth 9:19 106 Carpet Crawlers 6:33 107 ... In That Quiet Earth > 4:41 108 Afterglow 4:25 109 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 8:28 Disc 2 201 Eleventh Earl Of Mar 9:39 202 Supper's Ready 25:09 203 Dance On A Volcano > Drum Duet > 5:07 204 Los Endos 6:21 205 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway > The Musical Box (closing section) 7:55 -
Los Angeles 1984 Soundboard 9.7 - A great one here! Crisp sounding and a beautiful mix especially how the drums sound and all the vocals even backing vocals are clearly audible. Worcester 1984 Audience 8.8 - This is not a bad tape, but it is not recorded close to the mains so it does sound somewhat distant. The music is clear and not muddy but lacks that depth your ears crave. What it does highlight is the vocals which really project, keyboards sound comparatively good too, and the recording does improve somewhat throughout the performance sounding a little fuller as it goes along. Again, not a bad one and worthy of your time but on this 2 show set (From One End To The Other) the LA show is the better by far. Frank Zappa From One End To The Other Disc 1 The Palace Theater Los Angeles, CA July 21st, 1984 1. -Treacherous Cretins 2. -Montana 3. -Easy Meat 4. -Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy 5. -Advance Romance 6. -He's So Gay 7. -Bobby Brown 8. -Keep It Greasey 9. -Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me 10. -Carol You Fool Disc 2 11. -Chana In De Bushwop 12. -Let's Move To Cleveland 13. -Tinseltown Rebellion 14. -Oh No 15. -Son Of Orange County 16. -More Trouble Every Day 17. -Penguin In Bondage 18. -Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel 19. -Jungle Boogie 20. -The Closer You Are - Johnny Darling 21. -No No Cherry Disc 3 E.M. Loew's Theatre Worcester, MA October 25, 1984 Early Show 01 Zoot Allures 02 Tinsel Town Rebellion 03 More Trouble Every Day 04 Penguin In Bondage 05 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel 06 Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up 07 Bamboozled By Love 08 Cocaine Decisions 09 Nig Biz 10 Outside Now Disc 4 11 Be In My Video 12 I’m The Slime 13 Montana 14 Easy Meat 15 Joe’s Garage 16 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 17 Little Girl Of Mine 18 The Closer You Are 19 No No Cherry 20 Cosmik Debris 21 The Illinois Enema Bandit Lineup: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Alan Zavod, Bobby Martin, Napoleon Murphy Brock -
Audience 8.7/8.8 - A little fluctuation but not much, mainly due to at times where the recording sounds a little further away probably due to taper hiding his gear. A very lively show, you can tell this is at a time when Prince mania was at a real high level (especially considering this was New Year's Eve!). Fun to reminisce… Prince Reunion Arena Dallas, TX December 31, 1984 Disc 1 01. LET'S GO CRAZY 02. DELIRIOUS 03. 1999 04. LITTLE RED CORVETTE 05. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 06. FREE 07. TAKE ME WITH U 08. SOMETHING IN THE WATER (DOES NOT COMPUTE) 09. HOW COME U DON'T CALL ME ANYMORE 10. DIRTY MIND 11. I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER 12. DO ME, BABY 13. TEMPTATION 14. LET'S PRETEND WE'RE MARRIED 15. INTERNATIONAL LOVER 16. FATHER'S SONG 17. GOD 18. COMPUTER BLUE 19. DARLING NIKKI 20. THE BEAUTIFUL ONES 21. WHEN DOVES CRY 22. I WOULD DIE 4 U Disc 2 23. BABY I'M A STAR 24. AULD LANG SYNE 25. PURPLE RAIN -
Soundboard 9.2 - This was a highlight year in a career full of many highlights. A new album (which although recorded in 2010 did not see official release until recently) that Prince obviously felt good about and his playing and professionalism here on full display is just amazing. PRINCE The '20Ten' Tour La Citadelle Arras, France 9th July 2010 Disc 1 1. Intro (incl. Venus De Milo) (4:31) 2. Let's Go Crazy (3:46) 3. Delirious (4:56) 4. Let's Go Crazy (reprise) (1:52) 5. 1999 (4:13) 6. Little Red Corvette (6:13) 7. Take Me With U (2:49) 8. Guitar (incl. Hot Summer) (6:46) 9. Controversy (incl. Love Rollercoaster) (5:29) 10. Sexy Dancer - Le Freak (2:04) 11. Controversy (reprise) (1:04) 12. Angel (7:55) 13. Nothing Compares 2 U (6:01) Disc 2 1. Mountains (2:36) 2. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (1:10) 3. Everyday People (2:18) 4. I Want To Take You Higher (6:09) 5. Alphabet St. (9:09) 6. Kiss (5:30) 7. Purple Rain (12:30) 8. Dance (Disco Heat) (incl. Everybody Loves Me intro) (9:57) 9. Peach (7:19) 10. Ol' Skool Company - Also Sprach Zarthustra (6:23) 11. Forever In My Life (6:18) 12. 7 (1:21) 13. 'Let Go, Let God' (outro) (5:18) -
Studio Recording - This is actually a recent album (digital download only) of a band that first formed in Germany in 1969, and I knew absolutely nothing about them. Turns out they are really good! Their stock in trade is playing familiar progressive 70’s rock arrangements with the same vintage equipment used in their 70’s prime, but recording with modern facilities to get a full, powerful sound. I would say mission accomplished because this is quite good, and not only good but the fact that some of their older material is here in a reworked fashion that does it justice...which is kinda rare to find these days. Out Of Space - Out Of Time Germany 2022 (studio album released in digital download form only)- Warning Walls
- I've Come From A World
- You've Really Got It Fixed
- Wish I Were Happy
- Dreams Out In The Rain
- Dreamland
- A Dream Within A Dream
- Alone
- Valley Of Unrest
- If I Could Tell You
- Nature's Clear Wall
- Yessertronics
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Audience 9.5 - Brilliant! A great small venue atmosphere and it sounds fresh and exciting like it’s actually happening…live!Marshall Crenshaw Bottom Line New York City, NY February 18, 1986 Early Show 01 Yvonne 02 There She Goes Again 03 Worryin’ Kind 04 My Favorite Waste Of Time 05 Our Town 06 Monday Morning Rock 07 One More Reason 08 Mary Anne 09 Right Now 10 The Distance Between 11 Little Wild One (No. 5) 12 Rockin’ Around In N.Y.C. 13 Gimme Some Truth 14 Reet Petite 15 Cynical Girl 16 Someday, Someway 17 Whenever You’re On My Mind
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Soundboard 9.8 - Professionally recorded for release, the quality is as defined as you could hope for. Probably had to be somewhat challenging to mix, a band with three back-up singers and a lead singer, violinist, guitar/bass/drums, and keyboards. A lot to manage but an impeccable job for this show.Solstice 2Days Prog + 1 Festival Campo Sportivo Revislate, Novara, Italy September 4th, 2022
1. Shout 2. Guardian 3. Mount Ephraim 4. Light Up 5. Bulbug Tarang 6. Cheyenne 7. A New Day 8. Sacred Run -
Audience 8.5 - I guess if you want to know what this band was about in their heyday, and if you didn’t mind the fact that one of the few tapes in existence sounded like what your parents thought of your heavy metal noise…this is for you. It’s punkish, it’s brash, it’s snotty, it’s ramshackle, it’s amateur, it’s possibly a glorious mess…and they do Vegetable Man so they get high marks for recognizing what is great and what should be covered (that’s because they don’t have enough profound original music to offer at this stage). So, yeah, I suppose this is worth getting in case you A. want to discover this band and B. want to hear what they were like at the beginning. OK, last thoughts – want to know what it sounds like when a freight train begins to crash? In slow motion? Very nearby? Side Note: I liked their song "Taste The Floor" as it reminded me of early Kinks. Plus I could decipher what they were doing...yeah, it was alright.Jesus And Mary Chain Pavilion Theatre Brighton, England 2 February 1985 01. intro 02. In A Hole 03. Vegetable Man 04. You Trip Me Up 05. Ambition 06. Taste The Floor 07. outro