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Audience 9.0 - High quality microphones placed in the right spot yield terrific results like this. Bravo! -
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Audience 9.0 -
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 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! -
Audience 9.0 -
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! -
Soundboard 8.9 -
Audience 9.3 - Superb recording of a band firing on all cylinders. -
Audience 8.8 - Really crisp and vibrant -
Soundboard 9.0 -
Audience 8.4 - A marathon concert! -
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 -
This set comprises all of the various volumes that initially sold as individual single discs. The set was known as the "Birth of..." series and that includes the "Birth of Unborn Songs" volume. Vol. 1 "Birth of Drowning Witch" Vol. 2 "Birth of Easy Meat" Vol. 3 "Birth of I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" Vol. 4 "Birth of I'm A Beautiful Guy" Vol. 5 "Birth of Let's Move To Cleveland" Vol. 6 "Birth of Mudd Club" Vol. 7 "Birth of Pick Me I'm Clean" Vol. 8 "Birth of Sinister Footwear" Vol. 9 "Birth of What's New In Baltimore" Vol. 10 "Birth of Unborn Songs" -
Soundboard 9.4 - Brilliant! -
Prolific San Antonio progressive hard rock band responsible for carrying the torch for over 45 years. This is the only known complete live recording of them, you'll hear a mix of originals and prog rock covers played to perfection. -
All Soundboard - All Excellent (4 Shows) -
We got this tape years ago when it was submitted by a customer of ours who thought we would be interested in it. He was from Ohio, and told me he was friendly with the guys in this band. He managed to get their demo recording and sent it on behalf of the band. That was around 1986, and the recordings dated around 1983. That was the last I heard about it. Decades later, I rediscovered the tape and decided it was time. Heavy and complex, the first track of their demo tape was 45 minutes long! As you can imagine, there were no labels that took them on...except me of course! -
Soundboard 9.3 - Crisp, wonderful recording and mix. -
Soundboard 9.2 - Very direct and forceful sounding, but a touch harsh I would say. Still I am being picky, it’s a damn good one!Alice Cooper The Forum Inglewood, CA, USA May 11, 197301 Hello Hooray (2:37) 02 Billion Dollar Babies (4:25) 03 Elected (2:30) 04 I'm Eighteen (4:31) 05 Raped And Freezin' (3:30) 06 No More Mr Nice Guy (3:19) 07 My Stars (8:09) 08 Unfinished Sweet (5:50) 09 Night On Bald Mountain I (Interlude) (2:17) 10 Sick Things (3:24) 11 Dead Babies (3:05) 12 I Love The Dead (6:57) 13 Night On Bald Mountain II (Interlude) (1:22) 14 School's Out (12:46) 15 Under My Wheels (5:28) 16 God Bless America Outro (2:51)Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) - Lead Vocals Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals Dennis Dunaway - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Neal Smith - Drums, Backing Vocals Mick Mashbir - Lead Guitar Bob Dolin - Keyboards -
Audience 7.3 - A rip-roaring, over the top onslaught of greasy rock and roll captured painfully close to the PA. Sounds like this may be lifted from vinyl, and there’s tape noise artifacts present. But, all that taken into account, this is still a very good time and not painful on the ears despite the volume (I think someone attempted to remaster this but it can use one more time). -
Pro 9.0 - Both are excellent, bright, snappy recordings. Goes without saying if you don’t have this you should get it! -
FM Broadcast 9.3 - Crisp and airy, with hardly any complaints but if I were to do so, I would have toned down the guitars actually as I found sometimes they were actually too up front…some people would prefer that though. A great one no matter. -
Hard blues rock band formed in 1975 in Houston, TX. Featured vocalist BB. Watson who left Houston to pursue a career in Nashville as a C&W singer. He had some fleeting success, eventually came back to Houston and worked with Michael Knust (Fever Tree) and Keith York (Albatross, Rare Breed) for a stint and also attempted to reunite the Rare Breed (those sessions contained on this CD). Rare Breed also featured the guitar of Robert Hampton before he joined Hooker. These are all the known recordings. -
Disc 1 & 2 - Audience 8.6 Disc 3 - Audience 8.9 Great sound mix here and frequency range ... you can crank this one! -
Aud 8.5 and PRO RADIO 9.6 - The Brisbane is a raucous, loud, crashing kind of show/recording that gives one a sense of sitting on the side of the stage and watching them. The BBC material is awesome! -
FM Broadcast 8.8 - Once you get past the first song which has some channel dropouts, it’s all systems go full tilt boogie for reals. This is just flat out awesome! -
Audience 8.8 - This is better than I give it credit for, mainly because it has all the elements needed to be very enjoyable - namely: clarity, separation of instruments, and atmosphere. Where it lacks the necessary qualifications to enter into 9.0 and above rating status is more in the dynamics range (is low end low, is high end high, are mids clear and punchy?) which here are expressed mostly with the lovely, brassy and defined bass sound. This is good! But perhaps we are spoiled now with all the audio riches we have at our disposal. This is a very good old tape, with a re-mastering I assume it would rise to the 9.0 level, but the bones are here. E.L.P Odeon Theatre Birmingham, UK 1972-11-24 Disc 1 01. ABADDONS BOLERO 02. HOEDOWN 03. TARKUS 04. ALAN FREEMANS THEME 05. THE SHERIFF 06. TAKE A PEBBLE Disc 2 07. LUCKY MAN 08. PIANO IMPROVISATIONS - TAKE A PEBBLE 09. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 10. NUTROCKER 11. RONDO -
Audience 9.7 - Incredible sound! Massive drums, tight and solid bass, spacious keys...damn this could come out officially. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA August 14, 1977 Disc 1 01 Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2 02 Hoedown 03 Tarkus 04 Take a Pebble 05 Piano Concerto No 1 1st Movement 06 Take A Pebble 07 C'est La Vie 08 Lucky Man 09 Knife-Edge Disc 2 10 Pictures At An Exhibition 11 Still…You Turn Me On 12 Tank 13 Nutrocker 14 Pirates 15 Fanfare For The Common Man - Rondo -
Audience 8.7 - Loud and brassy, with some distortion on the cymbals at the high end. Taper must have been in the front row on the PA side of the stage. That being said, this is what makes this recording frightening to the ears, a terrifying journey into the unrelenting power and charisma of ELP in their mid 70's prime. There is nothing sedate about this live concert experience, and because it was recorded on very good equipment, even despite the overwhelming loudness of it, it's a rather true representation. Side Note: Jerusalem is a song with more mellow passages and here this recording absolutely shines, jumping quickly to a 9.2 rating and actually remaining better even during the loud segments as it starts to even out - this could be due to taper either moving further back, or making some other minor adjustment. Something certainly is changing with the recording as tape noise increases but the distortion lessens, this could mean he lowered the gain, so the volume had to be boosted during the transfer as his recording levels were much lower. Either way, it had a net positive effect. Unfortunately not the complete show. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA February 3, 1974 01 Introduction 02 Hoedown 03 Jerusalem 04 Toccata 05 Tarkus -
Audience 9.6 - Fantastic, spacious and fully enveloping sound with good, solid dynamics. Also I found the audio mix to be above average. Not boomy, all instruments present and clear, and Geddy placed in the middle as another instrument. Great stuff. Rush - "In The Fullness of Columbus" Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio September 20, 2012 Clockwork Angels Tour 2012 Disc 1 101. Gearing Up [2:07] 102. Subdivisions [5:37] 103. The Big Money [6:03] 104. Force Ten [5:50] 105. Grand Designs [5:19] 106. The Body Electric [4:52] 107. Territories [6:47] 108. The Analog Kid [5:36] 109. Bravado [5:46] 110. Where's My Thing - Drum Solo [7:09] 111. Far Cry [5:54] Disc 2 201. The Appointment [7:52] 202. Caravan [5:44] 203. Clockwork Angels [8:01] 204. The Anarchist [7:22] 205. Carnies [4:59] 206. The Wreckers [5:43] 207. Headlong Flight [8:13] 208. Halo Effect [4:44] Disc 3 209. Seven Cities of Gold [6:54] 210. The Garden [7:31] 211. Manhattan Project [5:14] 212. Drum Solo - The Percussor [2:46] 213. Red Sector A [5:29] 214. YYZed [5:04] 215. The Spirit Of Radio [5:09] Encore [21:15] 216. Encore Break Lerxst Says No [1:27] 217. Tom Sawyer [5:04] 218. 2112 Part I Overture [4:27] 219. 2112 Part II The Temples of Syrinx [2:05] 220. 2112 Part VII Grand Finale [2:07] 221. Office of the Watchmaker - Polka TS [6:05]