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FM Radio Broadcast 9.2 - Very enjoyable, and tape runs stable and clean so you can blast this at your next gathering of friends (which is soon, hopefully). The bonus material (Kansas City 78) is very good also, an audience recording with nice atmosphere. All of the material in this set is prime era Styx, for me anyway. Styx Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL December 18, 1978 Band line up Dennis DeYoung - vocals, keyboards Tommy Shaw - guitar, vocals James Young - lead guitar, vocals John Panozzo - drums, vocals (passed away July 16, 1996, aged 47) Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals Disc 1 01 -Intro - Great White Hope 02 -I'm O.K. 03 -The Grand Illusion 04 -Fooling Yourself 05 -Queen of Spades 06 -Acoustic Instrumental 07 -Crystal Ball 08 -Intro - Suite Madame Blue 09 -Renegade (incl. drum solo) 10 -Lady 11 -Blue Collar Man Disc 2 12 -Come Sail Away 13 -Intro - Midnight Ride (incl. guitar solo) 14 -Miss America Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO November 21, 1978 15 Lady 16 Fooling Yourself 17 Suite Madame Blue 18 Come Sail Away 19 Midnight Ride 20 Miss America -
Audience 9.3 - Such a good , clear and powerful audience tape of the fledgling CTA that would later become one of the biggest selling bands of all time. I can recommend this one to just about anyone with even the faintest interest in the band, and/or rock music in general. It’s THAT good. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY Cue Club, Gothenburg, Sweden - December 15, 1969 Setlist Disc 1 1. -Intro - Warm Up 2. -Introduction 3. -Listen 4. -Beginnings 5. -South California Purples 6. -Poem For The People 7. -25 Or 6 To 4 Disc 2 8. -Questions 67 & 68 9. -I’m A Man Encore 10. -Liberation 11. -Poem 58 12. -It Better End Soon The Band: Terry Kath Danny Seraphine Robert Lamm Peter Cetera Lee Loughnane James Pankow Walt Parazaider -
Audience 8.0 – 8.5 This is one of those “right in the thick of it” tapes. Immersed into the crowd, you become part of the experience of the concert along with the tapers themselves. Is that good or bad? In this case it starts off a little shaky and gets better, and better, as the show progresses until at the end you realize you had a great time. Rich Stadium Buffalo, NY 1978-07-04 Disc One 1. Let It Rock 2. All Down The Line 3. Honky Tonk Women 4. Starfucker 5. When The Whip Comes Down 6. Lies 7. Miss You 8. Beast Of Burden Disc Two 1. Shattered 2. Just My Imagination 3. Respectable 4. Far Away Eyes 5. Love In Vain 6. Tumbling Dice 7. Happy 8. Sweet Little Sixteen 9. Brown Sugar 10. Jumpin' Jack Flash -
Audience 8.1 - In the pantheon of ’69 Stones audience tapes, this one ranks as one of the more listenable ones. The recorder levels are low, so some tape hiss comes up at volume, but it is relatively clear, no murkiness (which historically is a sound killer), and you actually distinguish very well the two distinct guitars (but still sometimes can’t tell where Taylor ends and Keith begins (which is kind of what they strove for anyway). Rolling Stones Baltimore Civic Centre November 26th 1969 Set List 01.-Jumping Jack Flash 02.-Carol 03.-Sympathy For The Devil - Hey Jude 04.-Under My Thumb - I'm Free 05.-Midnight Rambler 06.-Live With Me 07.-Satisfaction 08.-Honky Tonk Woman -
Audience 9.1 - This is the surprise tape of 2020. A GREAT sounding tape and awesome performance, and it is completely new to my ears. Fantastic find! Thin Lizzy The Forum Inglewood, CA August 16, 1978 01 Warrior 02 Waiting For An Alibi 03 Still In Love With You 04 Cowboy Song 05 The Boys Are Back In Town 06 Don’t Believe A Word 07 Are You Ready? 08 Me And The Boys -
Audience 8.4 - This tape has been recently surfaced and is not bad at all, however it did receive a “refresh” in the form of a re-mastering which boosted the levels a bit after notching out some noisy mids. It sounds pretty decent, maybe midway back in the venue but hearing pretty much everything especially Mick and Keith which is fine by me. County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 8th 1975 DISC 1: 01. Honky Tonk Women 02. All Down The Line 03. If You Can't Rock Me / Get Off Of My Cloud 04. Star Star 05. Gimme Shelter 06. Mick Jagger speaks 07. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 08. You Gotta Move 09. You Can't Always Get What You Want 10. Sure The One You Need 11. Tumbling Dice 12. Luxury DISC 2: 01. Band Introductions 02. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 03. Angie 04. Wild Horses 05. That's Life (Billy Preston) 06. Outa Space (Billy Preston) 07. Midnight Rambler 08. Brown Sugar 09. Rip This Joint 10. Street Fighting Man 11. Jumpin' Jack Flash 12. 1975 Tour announcement 13. 1975 News report -
Audience 8.4 - A barn-burner gig and maybe one of the best of the tour (recorded, anyway) with some unbelievable jamming. The audio is decent, some mid band clutter was equalized to allow less noise and more music to permeate your space. I think that made the difference with this tape. It’s worth getting and will impress you even more than you might already have been with these guys. Always gave their best. URIAH HEEP Portland Expo, Portland, ME August 19th 1973 THE BAND David Byron vocals Mick Box guitar Ken Hensley keyboards Gary Thain bass guitar Lee Kerslake drums SETLIST 1 -Tune up - Intro 2 -Easy Living 3 -Sweet Lorraine 4 -Stealing 5 -July Morning 6 -The Dreamer 7 -If I Had The Time 8 -Gypsy 9 -Keyboard solo - Gypsy reprise 10 -Drum Solo 11 -Seven Stars 12 -Sweet Freedom 13 -Look At Yourself 14 -Love Machine 15 -Roll Over Beethoven 16 -Blue Suede Shoes 17 -Hound Dog I8 -I Got A Woman 19 -At The Hop - Let's Go To The Hop 20 -Thank you, Goodnight -
FM Broadcast 9.1 (Seattle) and Audience 8.3 (Fresno) - Two very cool shows with the first one taking the cake for fidelity but the second one is a stomper. It is pretty clear with guitar being very good and loud (screaming in fact!) but not at the expense of everything else. It’s lacking maybe some lower end definition and separation of instruments during their jamming parts (might lose some of the drums in there, and keyboards are absent sometimes) but these are not going to bother you when you start listening to this gig because it’s a thriller. STYX Paramount Theater Seattle, WA March 26, 1976 Reel to Reel Master @ 3 AND 3/4 ips KZOK Too High Concert Aired March 19th 1979 THE BAND Chuck Panozzo bass backing vocals James Young guitar backing and lead vocals Tommy Shaw guitar lead and backing vocals Dennis DeYoung lead and backing vocals keyboards John Panozzo drums Disc 1 1 -Intro 2 -Born For Adventure 3 -Lorelei 4 -You Need Love 5 -Suite Madame Blue 6 -Midnight Ride 7 -Rock and Roll Feeling with Guitar and Drum Solos 8 -KZOK sTATION ID Disc 2 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA. August 14th 1977 1. -Intro (2:51) 2. -Put Me On (6:08) 3. -Lorelei (6:35) 4. -Mademoiselle (5:21) 5. -Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) (5:38) 6. -Suite Madame Blue (10:21) 7. -Crystal Ball (6:23) Disc 3 1. -Light Up (4:55) (Sourced from Miami 1977) 2. -Come Sail Away (8:42) 3. -Lady (4:27) 4. -Midnight Ride (10:26) 5. -Miss America (6:54) 6. -Born For Adventure (6:20) -
Soundboard 9.1 - Starts off with a channel dropout for a minute then it gets right on track with a good solid sound quality that just lacks maybe a little brightness to it. Little Feat 1973-11-02 Houston, TX Liberty Hall 01. Spanish Moon 08:59 02. A Apolitical Blues 04:03 03. Snakes On Everything 06:43 04. Hamburger Midnight 04:53 05. Sailin' Shoes 05:09 06. Cold, Cold, Cold 04:58 07. Dixie Chicken > 09:47 08. Tripe Face Boogie > 03:01 09. Day At The Dog Races > 04:39 10. Tripe Face Boogie 02:20 11. High Roller 06:30 ________ 01:01:02 -
FM Radio Broadcast 9.6 - Nice to have such a fresh sounding ’73 gig! This is a keeper. Little Feat 19730719 (Late) Denver, CO Ebbetts Field Set 1: 01. intro 02:52 02. Apolitical Blues 03:50 03. Two Trains 03:33 04. Got No Shadow 06:15 05. The Fan 06:06 06. Texas Rose Cafe 04:39 07. Snakes On Everything 06:39 08. Cat Fever 07:06 09. Walkin' All Night 04:15 10. Sailin' Shoes 04:37 11. Dixie Chicken 06:16 12. Tripe Face Boogie 06:30 ________ 01:02:31 -
Audience 8.7 - A huge surprise this was to me, being the first gig with Jan Hammer in 1976 and at the Roundhouse, which was not known as being hospitable for taping (acoustics) but this tape is pretty good! The surprise of the year. Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer Group Roundhouse London, UK May 23th, 1976 *First Gig! *Announced as "Jeff Beck Band" *Supporting Alvin Lee Jeff Beck Guitar Jan Hammer Keyboards Tony Smith Drums, Vocals Fernando Saunders Bass Steven Kindler Violin? T1 -Intro >:40 T2 -Country & Eastern Music 7:27 T3 -You Know What I Mean 3:06 T4 -Freeway Jam 5:22 T5 -Earth [Still Our Only Home] 4:53 T6 -Diamond Dust 7:56 T7 -Full Moon Boogie 8:05 T8 -Led Boots 2:47 -
FM Broadcast 9.2 - Great guitar tone, deep, warm and beautiful with bass in 100% complimentary position. ROBIN TROWER Atlanta, Richard‘s Niteclub - August 30, 1973 Lineup: Robin Trower (guitar) James Dewar (bass & vocals) Reg Isidore (drums) TRACK LIST: 1. RADIO INTRO 2. THE FOOL AND ME 3. TWICE REMOVED FROM YESTERDAY 4. LADY LOVE 5. DAYDREAM 6. DAY OF THE EAGLE 7. I CAN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER 8. MAN OF THE WORLD 9. SINNER'S SONG 10. A LITTLE BIT OF SYMPATHY 11. AUDIENCE 12. ROCK ME BABY 13. PA AND RADIO OUTRO TOTAL TIME: 51:30 MIN. -
Audience 9.3 - Expertly recorded with a keen awareness of level, position, and direction. One of the best of the European Tour! Frank Zappa 1988-04-24 Bremen, Germany Stadthalle Disc 1 01. The Black Page 06:53 02. band introductions 01:27 03. Advance Romance 06:26 04. Any Kind Of Pain 05:59 05. Find Her Finer 02:50 06. Who Needs The Peace Corps? 03:17 07. Stick Together 01:58 08. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama 03:32 09. Willie The Pimp 01:52 10. Montana 04:01 11. City Of Tiny Lites 08:40 ^ Disc 2 12. Pound For A Brown 05:40 13. The Dessicated Number 09:09 14. Cosmik Debris 04:32 15. Cruising For Burgers 08:13 16. Keep It Greasey 04:08 17. Sofa 03:17 18. Bolero 06:09 19. Crew Slut 06:05 20. Joe's Garage 04:08 21. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 02:52 22. Peaches En Regalia 02:54 23. Stairway To Heaven 08:48 ________ 01:52:50 -
Audience 9.6 - Been looking for a great sounding 1981 show? Yeah, me too. Now, I am happy to say we have found it. This is as good as you would ever hope for, spacious and warm, with plenty of headroom to increase your volume, tone, whatever you want and it just gets better. Hasn’t left my player in a week. Rush Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA June 12, 1981 Disc 1 01 2112 Overture 02 The Temples of Syrinx 03 Freewill 04 Limelight 05 Hemispheres Prelude 06 Beneath, Between & Behind 07 The Camera Eye 08 YYZ 09 Drum Solo 10 Broon's Bane 11 The Trees 12 Xanadu 13 The Spirit of Radio Disc 2 14 Red Barchetta 15 Closer to the Heart 16 Tom Sawyer 17 Vital Signs 18 Natural Science 19 Working Man 20 Hemispheres Armageddon 21 By-Tor and the Snow Dog 22 In the End 23 In the Mood 24 2112 Grand Finale 25 La Villa Strangiato -
Audience 8.2 - A tape that has only recently surfaced, and had some problems that would have relegated it to the dustbin of history if it were not for some diligent and careful re-mastering. The before and after is a testament to the modern renaissance in the music collecting world. Treasure troves of music is being restored and remastered and a lot of that stuff would have been considered unlistenable once upon a time. This tape suffered from a narrow bandwidth incapable of containing drums, and a lot of the bottom end was a mess. It was excruciating to listen to in that state. This tape has been given a new lease on life, and thankfully so! Emerson, Lake, Palmer Sports Arena, San Diego, CA August 10, 1977 Band line-up Keith Emerson - keyboards Greg Lake - bass, acoustic guitar, vocals Carl Palmer - drums Total Time = 01:56:52 Disc 1 01 Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression Pt.2) 02 Hoedown 03 Tarkus 04 Take A Pebble (w/Piano Solo) 05 C'est La Vie 06 Knife-Edge* 07 Pictures At An Exhibition Disc 2 08 Still...You Turn Me On 09 Lucky Man 10 Tank (w/Drum Solo) 11 Nutrocker 12 Pirates* 13 Fanfare For The Common Man 14 Rondo -
Audience 8.4 - A smooth recording, pretty stable, but does lack some punch therefore it is recommended to “season to taste”, but thankfully the pallet is there to lay on your coloring. Some minor tape hiss pervades but is kind of background, my hunch is that this tape went through some mastering process to add boost and it helps a lot. It’s a good tape and a great show! The playing is top shelf by everyone, backing band is sharp and help to allow all the guitar pyrotechnics. 26th October – 21st December 1981: ALVIN LEE BAND - European & US Tour. Rome, Italy Line-up: MT (gtr; some p)/Alvin Lee (voc, gtr)/Fuzzy Samuels (bass)/Tom Compton (dr) Tracklist: CD1: 01 - One Of These Days 02- Honey Pie (aka Pecan Pie) 03- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 04 - Slow Blues In C 05 - Love Like A Man 06 - Going Through The Door 07 - Slow Down 08 - Can’t Stop CD2: 01 - I’m Writing You A Letter 02 -Scat Thing/Just Another Boogie 03 -Band introduction/Help Me 04 - I'm Going Home 05 - Choo Choo Mama 06 -Sweet Little Sixteen