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Audience 9.1 - The last of a four night stand in Paris, and probably the best of the recordings made. Strong, clear, and a nice warm mid tone, although not as atmospheric, meaning taper must have been close (and knew how to operate the recording levels!). -
FM Radio 9.5 - All pro recordings from three different cities in Texas. Originally broadcast by KBFH. -
Soundboard 8.8 - The live mix settles in during the first song and sounds pretty good, and manages to capture some of the hall atmosphere too, which is nice. -
Audience 8.5 - There are some shows where the ratings numbers cannot tell the story. This is certainly the best example of that. I overlooked this show in the past, I did not, could not, get past the “wall of sound” factor. Now, thanks to modern mastering techniques, this recording has morphed into a real gem. Is it better? Yes! Is it perfect? No. But, perhaps while some would still find it too much to handle, other will find it to be a ton of fun. The tapers were real close to the mains, but managed to keep levels just low enough to prevent the dreaded distortion, but in so doing got a tape without dynamics, or at least one dynamic which is SUPER loud intense power – which if you are a hard core Rush fan, will REALLY tickle your fancy when you pop this on the stereo. It’s almost like a heavy metal concert! Unbridled fury, simply an intense concert and intense recording, let yourself get into it, and your ears will adjust and you will find that the audio frequency range here is comfortable to the ears even though it’s off the charts in massiveness. -
Audience 8.8 - This is considered to be one of those recordings that every Rush collector should have, possibly because it is a great recording of arguably their peak performance year. I really do think 1979 was them at their best, and this recording shows clearly why that remains my opinion. -
Audience 8.6 - A strong recording that you know was done by people who were careful and prepared because right away you can hear them getting the recording levels set during the opening bars of the first song. They knew what they were doing! A lively gig, the band riding high and looking to prove that the hype was for real. Get this! -
Audience 8.7 - Right in your face, loud and clear, which is appropriate for this hard hitting style of rock and roll. -
Soundboard 9.6 - From the very first notes, you know this one is going to be one helluva ride, and it delivers! -
Audience 8.8 - A strong recording, clear and a good mix allowing you to hear all of the on stage happenings. A small amount of hiss is present, but this is inconsequential especially while the music is playing. A real good one and a real good tour. -
Audience 8.4 - A really good capture all things considered. At moments it gets very immersive. -
Audience 7.4 - Pretty average recording of a rare gig not seldom traded. The good news for collectors is that it has been remastered to reveal more in the tape (more music that is). It’s just really loud, and it distorts, you have to appreciate that it was recorded at all, now that we know just how scarce these early 80’s recordings are. On the plus side, there are moments where it is much clearer - like the guitar solo and mellower parts. I would recommend this to the collector who focuses on classic DLR era Halen, to have the best version wrapped up in eye-popping packaging. This show is complete, every second captured for posterity. -
Audience 8.0 - Rated rather conservatively here, at times it goes a notch or two higher. This recording does capture the excitement of the gig rather well. Frequencies are not squashed, you can play with this. -
Audience 8.2 - This is a very in demand show from this tour. Why? Because it is perhaps the best audience recording from 1984, but it is not perfect, it just has more great qualities than bad. I think the only knock is the absence of bottom end, but that is what an Equalizer is for. Get this and have fun! -
Soundboard 9.8 - Put down whatever you are doing immediately. This SMOKES! This is the one you do not want to pass up! -
Pro Sound 9.1 -
Soundboard?? 9.8 - Hard to tell if it is pro audience or soundboard because, for one thing, it is SUPERB in every respect but the audience is clearly recorded during the end of each song which it would not be if it were a pure sdbrd. That being said, the only other thing it could be is a professional, over the air broadcast, but there is none of the typical radio compression on the tape if that is the case. This is absolutely phenomenal. -
Soundboard 9.2 - The band, and Ted especially, are red hot and the board mix is quite good allowing for equal distribution of bass, drums, guitars, and vocals. -
Audience 9.0 - High quality microphones placed in the right spot yield terrific results like this. Bravo! -
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Soundboard 9.9 - As good as it gets, rather .01 away from being as good as it can get. -
Audience 8.7 - So it’s kind of in the middle of the venue and so you sacrifice a little clarity in the low mid but man, somebody did know what they were doing here. It’s very clear in the upper end, there’s no real boominess or echo either. It’s the best middle of the floor aud tape I think I have ever heard, and the best part is the band is really cooking. I think you will be happy with this. -
Soundboard 9.3 - Long admired by fans for being both a fantastic performance and excellent soundboard with a good mix. A staple in every self-respecting Rush fan’s collection. -
Audience 9.1 - Coming from the original master tape, this show circulated online claiming 1st generation source and let me tell you, just toss that one out because ladies and gentlemen prepare to ENTER THE PALLADIUM and be blown away! After adjusting position during first song, the rest of the show (with just one or two minor dropouts) really soars to great heights both sonically and performance-wise. A crisp, airy but tight sound very close up front and no distortion, tape noise, or artifacts. Simply put, if you are a Rush fan, you need this. -
Soundboard 9.3 - Very nice mix right in the sweet spot. -
Soundboard 8.7 - Some age in the tape present, but you’ll be able to live with it as this just smokes! -
Soundboard 9.4 - Killer! -
Audience 7.8 - Everyone knows of this one, it’s one of the MUST HAVE’S for Rush fans but that doesn’t mean it is perfect audio – there’s a bit of distortion (not too much) and some phasing here and there, and other little flaws but man oh man, just do yourself a favor and get it because it is one of the painfully few times the band performed The Necromancer and here it is in reasonably good quality and it does KILL in every sense of the word. Again, a MUST have! -
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Soundboard 9.7 - If you can't get into this, you are dead from the neck up. Totally badassery here! Get it. -
Audience 9.1 - Excellent, though not quite as spectacular as the April 26 show, still you get loads of beautiful atmosphere (or as I like to call it, immersion) and detailed (if a touch loud) sonics. Get it! (April 27, 1975) -
Audience 9.4 - An excellent recording featuring one unusual distinction in that guitars are hard panned to one side making for a unique listening experience. It kind of adds to the atmosphere actually. A great one! -
Soundboard 9.1 - Legendary, everyone should have this. Classic Randy shredding lights out and Ozzy in fine voice. -
Soundboard 8.8 (both shows) -
Soundboard 9.0 and Soundboard 9.3 -
Soundboard 9.3 - I love this lively mix, sure it’s a close mic’d slightly compressed board but it’s very kinetic (a lot of that is probably the band). Oh, the band…yeah, they are on fire! Get this. -
Soundboard 8.8 - Deep and rich lows, and nicely detailed highs are the hallmarks of what I consider to be one of the better 1980 shows the band performed. -
Soundboard 9.0 - Crunchy and clear, with super duper guitar tone right up in your face. Spectacular but sometimes so much power all occupying the middle frequency makes you want more low end, so add it with Equalizer and you are good to go mate. -
Audience 9.2 - This one deserves a high rating for not only having great sound quality (with some minor taper adjustment in the beginning) but also because, quite simply, this gig is off the charts cool. Plant makes reference to "the vibes" during the show and it's just obvious that the crowd knows they are witnessing something magic, and the best part is - so does the band. When they realize they are all four "in the zone", the show takes off to levels unprecedented heretofore. A stellar No Quarter and perhaps the best Dazed and Confused of the whole tour...you get that and more. One tiny blemish, during the end of The Rain Song, an equipment malfunction destroys what would have been the penultimate version, and Plant himself recognized the disaster. To me, it's not a deal breaker at all, it lasts a couple seconds, but I understand Plant's frustration completely. Get this now! -
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Audience 9.3 - Superb recording of a band firing on all cylinders. -
Audience 8.8 - Really crisp and vibrant -
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Studio Quality 9.7 Kind of a classic amongst the collectors due to its great song flow and high level playing and jamming. -
Volume 1 - Audience 8.6 - Oxford (March 9, 1982) (All three shows are some of the best of the early 80’s recordings). -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact discs housed in 2 pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact discs housed in 2 pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
Pro Made non factory pressed compact disc housed in single pocket gate fold jacket with full laser printed graphics front, back, inside, discs, and spine. -
1980 Volume 1 Disc One Tracks 1-19 26-Mar 1980, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 1. -Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 2. -intros- Nanook Rubs It vamp 3. -Teenage Wind 4. -Harder Than Your Husband 5. -Bamboozled by Love 6. -Pick Me I'm Clean 7. -Society Pages 8. -I'm A Beautiful Guy 9. -Beauty Knows No Pain 10. -Charlie's Enormous Mouth 11. -Any Downers? 12. -Conehead 13. -Easy Meat 14. -Mudd Club 15. -The Meek 16. -Heavenly Bank Account 17. -Suicide Chump 18. -Jumbo Go Away 19. -If Only She Woulda Disc Two (Tracks 1-3 Vancouver cont'd) Tracks 4-16 Fieldhouse Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 04-22-1980 01. -I Don't Want To Get Drafted 02. -Joe's Garage 03. -Why Does It Hurt When I Pee 04. -Crowd noise 05. -Chunga's Revenge 06. -Keep it Greasey 07. -Outside Now 08. -City of Tiny Lights 09. -A Pound for a Brown 10. -encore break 11. -Dancin' Fool 12. -Bobby Brown 13. -Black Napkins 14. -encore break 15. -Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 16. -The Illinois Enema Bandit Disc Three Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany 06 08 1980 01. -Chunga's Revenge 02. -Keep It Greasey 03. -Outside Now 04. -City Of Tiny Lites 05. -A Pound For A Brown 06. -Cosmik Debris 07. -You Didn't Try To Call Me 08. -I Ain't Got No Heart 09. -Love Of My Life 10. -You Are What You Is 11. -Easy Meat 12. -Mudd Club 13. -The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 14. -Heavenly Bank Account Disc Four Tracks 1-13 Dortmund cont'd, Tracks 14-16 Nantes 01. -Suicide Chump 02. -Jumbo Go Away 03. -If Only She Woulda 04. -I Don't Wanna Get Drafted 05. -Joe's Garage 06. -Why Does It Hurt When I Pee 07. -encore break (Zugabe !!...) 08. -Dancin' Fool 09. -Bobby Brown 10. -Ms. Pinky 11. -encore break #2 (Zugabe !!...) 12. -Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 13. -The Illinois Enema Bandit (incl. Return Of The Son of Zugabe !!...) 14. -Chunga's Revenge 15. -Keep It Greasey 16. -Outside Now Disc Five Tracks 1-12 06 14 1980 - Palais de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France Tracks 13-14 Geneva 01. -City Of Tiny Lights 02. -Pound For A Brown 03. -Cosmik Debris 04. -You Didn't Try To Call Me 05. -Ain't Got No Heart 06. -Love of My Life 07. -You Are What You Is 08. -Easy Meat 09. -Mudd Club 10. -The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 11. -Joe's Garage 12. -Why Does It Hurt When I Pee 13. -Chunga's Revenge 14. -Keep It Greasey Disc Six 06 21 1980, Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva, Switzerland 01 -Outside Now 02 -City Of Tiny Lights 03 -A Pound For A Brown 04. -Cosmik Debris 05. -You Didn't Try To Call Me 06. -Ain't Got No Heart 07. -Love Of My Life 08. -You Are What You Is 09. -fade-out 10. -fade-in 11. -Easy Meat 12. -Mudd Club 13. -The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 14. -Joe's Garage 15. -Why Does It Hurt When I Pee Disc Seven Tracks 1-11 Geneva Cont'd Tracks 12-23 Johnson Gymasium, UNM Albuquerque, NM 1980 10 12 01. -Applause 02. -1st Encore 03. -Dancin' Fool 04. -Bobby Brown 05. -Miss Pinky 06. -2nd Encore 07. -Stick It Out 08. -Applause 09. -3rd Encore 10. -I Don't Wanna Get Drafted 11. -The Illinois Enema Bandit 12. -Crowd Noise 13. -Chunga's Revenge 14. -Tell Me You Love Me 15. -Cosmik Debris 16. -Keep It Greasey 17. -Tinseltown Rebellion 18 -Tune Up Meltdown 19. -Drowning Witch 20. -Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me 21. -Pick Me I'm Clean 22. -Dead Girls Of London 23. -Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously Disc Eight Tracks 1-20 Albuquerque cont'd 01. -City Of Tiny Lights 02. -The Dangerous Kitchen 03. -You Didn't Try To Call Me 04. -I Ain't Got No Heart 05. -The Torture Never Stops 06. -Flakes 07. -Magic Fingers 08. -Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 09. -I'm So Cute 10. -The Blue Light 11. -Encore Break ~ JCB Introduction 12. -Harder Than Your Husband 13. -Bamboozled By Love 14. -Encore Break #2 15. -Joe's Garage 16. -Dancin' Fool 17. -Encore Break #3 18. -Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 19. -Stick It Out Disc Nine Track 1 Albuquerque cont'd Tracks 2-12, 11 10 1980 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 01. -The Illinois Enema Bandit 02. -Flakes 03. -Magic Fingers 04. -Stick It Out 05. -Cosmik Debris 06. -Keep It Greasey 07. -Tinseltown Rebellion 08. -Dead Girls Of London 09. -Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously 10. -City Of Tiny Lights 11. -I Ain't Got No Heart 12. -The Torture Never Stops (w/Heavy Duty Judy) 13. -Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14. -I'm So Cute Disc 10 Tracks 1-7 06 11 1980 Palais des Sports, Paris, France Tracks 8-11, RPI Fieldhouse, Troy, NY 04 26 1980 Tracks 12-15 06 26 1980 Hemmerleinhalle, Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany 01. -Cosmik Debris 02. -You Didn't Try To Call Me 03. -I Ain't Got No Heart 04. -Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 05. -The Illinois Enema Bandit 06. -Stick It Out 07. -Nite Owl 08. -Fountain Of Love -Rite Of Spring 09. -Love Of My Life 10. -Filthy Habits 11. -Chatter 12. -Ms Pinky 13. -Stick It Out 14. -I Don't Wanna Get Drafted 15. -The Illinois Enema Bandit