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FM Broadcast 8.8 A tape recorded off air sounding its age but surprisingly it’s actually decent enough that fans of this venerable band will rejoice at hearing such an early gig in very good quality. If you compare it to a typical FM broadcast you’ll be less ecstatic, but I tell you this: in the year 1982 there were few bands that could match the intensity and precision of Iron Maiden. This gig highlights that fact, personally I can’t recommend this one highly enough I loved it! IRON MAIDEN The Beast on the Road Tour Pavillon Baltard Nogent-sur-Marne, France March, 24th 1982 01. Wrathchild (03:05) 02. Run to the Hills (04:07) 03. Children of the Damned (04:47) 04. The Number of the Beast (04:43) 05. Phantom of the Opera (06:46) 06. Killers (04:53) 07. Transylvania (06:01) 08. The Prisoner (05:47) 09. 22 Acacia Avenue (06:31) 10. Sanctuary (04:23) 11. Drifter (08:40) 12. Running Free (03:31) 13. Prowler (04:26) -
FM Broadcast 9.8 - A recording that sounds like it was recorded yesterday. Sparkling, dynamic, and soaring high. Anyone can get into this, even if the ARP synthesizer reminds you of disco sounds, you get enough of Boz and his cool little electric guitar fills to make up for it. BOZ SCAGGS Schaefer Music Festival Central Park New York, NY (USA) July 31, 1976 1 -Intro's 2 -Lowdown 3 -You Make It So Hard To Say No 4 -What Can I Say 5 -Slow Dancer 6 -It's Over 7 -Angel Lady 8 -Running Blues 9 -Georgia 10 -Jump Street 11 -Lido Shuffle 12 -Dinah Flo 13 -DJ Talk 14 -Boz Talks 15 -Band Intros 16 -I Got Your Number 17 -Good Night From Delsener Productions 18 -You're Mine 19 -Outro 20 -WBCN Outro -
Audience 9.5 - Outstanding quality recording, close, clean, dynamic, and just enough tape saturation to let you know it’s good o’l analog. Get this one! Rod Stewart The Forum Inglewood, CA December 13, 1977 01 Maggie May 02 The Wild Side Of Life 03 You Keep Me Hangin' On 04 (I Know) I'm Losing You > Drum Solo 05 Stay With Me 06 Twistin' The Night Away 07 You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) -
Audience 9.3 - Killer tape this one is…and it makes you wonder if this taper did any other bands. That may well be your first thought if you are a collector. This is just a damn good tape. R.E.O. Speedwagon Tarrant County Convention Center Fort Worth, TX 1976-05-23 01. -Introduction 02. -Let Me Ride 03. -How The Story Goes 04. -Like You Do 05. -Keep Pushin' 06. -Son Of A Poor Man 07. -Golden Country 08. -Flying Turkey Trot 09. -I Believe My Time Is Gonna Come 10. -Ridin' The Storm Out -
Audience 8.6 - A surprise because the inclination is to assume this tape will suck – and it’s true it is not high-fidelity but it’s clear and decent and being one of those very few pre-1978 tapes I feel it is a must have for Priest fans. Rob sounds so confident it’s scary. Judas Priest The Greyhound Croydon, UK. May 1, 1977 1. Call For The Priest 2. Diamonds And Rust 3. Victim Of Changes 4. Raw Deal 5. Here Come The Tears 6. Dissident Aggressor 7. The Ripper 8. Sinner 9. Genocide 10. Starbreaker -
Audience 8.8 - A very good recording for the time period, and being a hole-in-the-wall venue in the great state of Texas I can imagine what those Texans must have thought about these leather-clad English hellhounds! Judas Priest Crazy Horse Saloon Killeen, TX. March 25th, 1978 1. Exciter 2. White Heat, Red Hot 3. The Ripper 4. Sinner 5. Beyond The Realms Of Death 6. Victim Of Changes 7. Genocide 8. Starbreaker 9. Tyrant -
Audience 8.8 - A somewhat thin recording that is impressively close and clear. It has a sort of antique kind of sound, maybe like from a very high quality AM radio but don’t let this dissuade you here – this recording may not be a bass blaster but it is tight and nice…kind of intimate almost with vocals and lead guitar being super close and detailed. Interesting for sure! JEFFERSON STARSHIP Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI November 15th 1974 1 -Jam 2 -Ride The Tiger 3 -Devil's Den 4 -Wooden Ships 5 -Come Again Toucan 6 -Milk Train 7 -Sunrise - Hi-Jack 8 -Have You Seen The Stars Tonight - XM - Starship THE BAND Paul Kantner Vocals Guitar Grace Slick Vocals David Freiberg Keyboards Bass Vocals Papa John Creach Violin Vocals Pete Sears Piano Bass Craig Chaquico Guitar John Barbata Drums -
Soundboard 9.8 - This is a close to perfect KBFH broadcast and I say that because I love the sound mix here. For me, it was important to hear the bass so nice, round, present, defined, and pumping! Of course that is not to denigrate anything else but for me I just loved the way that shone through. The band is really at the highest of heights for a band, I remember growing up in the mid 70’s and this music permeated everything. The Doobie Brothers were the house band for the United States in 1976. The Doobie Brothers The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA November 16th, 1976 1 -KBFH Intro 2 -Listen To The Music (acapella) 3 -China Grove 4 -Takin' It To The Streets 5 -It Keeps You Runnin' 6 -Neal’s Fandango 7 -Eyes Of Silver 8 -Black Water 9 -Jesus Is Just Alright 10 -Rockin' Down The Highway 11 -Long Train Runnin' THE BAND Tom Johnston lead vocals guitar harmonica Patrick Simmons lead vocals guitar banjo Jeff Baxter guitar pedal steel guitar Tiran Porter bass backing vocals Michael McDonald keyboards backing vocals John Hartman drums percussion backing vocals Keith Knudsen drums percussion vocals The Memphis Horns -
Audience 9.3 - Technically the sonic quality here is more likely an 8.9 but this tape gets a MAJOR boost because, quite simply, it’s one of the most incredible, insane, unbelievable things Deep Purple I have ever experienced. Throw away Made In Japan because this here, man, this here folks is pure fucking magic. I will leave it at that. Deep Purple Roundhouse Dagenham, UK 19 February 1972 1. Highway Star (9:19) 2. Strange Kind Of Woman (9:01) 3. No No No (9:08) 4. Child In Time (16:58) 5. The Mule (9:10) Royal Albert Hall London, UK 4 October 1971 6. Lazy (14:10) 7. Fireball (9:36) Jon Lord - Keyboards Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar Ian Paice - Drums Roger Glover - Bassguitar Ian Gillan - Vocals, Congas, Harmonica -
Studio Quality 9.8 - As clean and clear as if it was recorded yesterday…so, yeah this is a no-brainer. Buckingham/Nicks "The Beginning" 01 Crying In The Night 02 Stephanie 03 Without A Leg To Stand On 04 Crystal 05 Long Distance Winner 06 Don't Let Me Down Again 07 Django 08 Races Are Run 09 Lola My Love 10 Frozen Love 11 Without You (Demo) 12 Candlebright (Demo) 13 That's Alright (Demo) 14 Garbo (Demo) 15 Sorcerer (Demo) 16 Cathouse Blues (Demo) 17 The Goldfish And The Ladybug (Demo) 18 Lola My Love (Live) 19 Races Are Run (Live) 20 Rhiannon (Live) 21 Crying In The Night (Single Mix) -
Soundboard 9.8 -I really cannot recommend this strongly enough. It’s a monster recording in every aspect – especially how direct and clear Jeff comes through. Just place your face directly in front of his amp and there you have it. Jeff Beck Stravinski Hall Montreux, Switzerland July 21, 2001 01 Brush With The Blues 02 Angel 03 Nadia 04 Psycho Sam 05 The Hell If I Know 06 A Day In The Life 07 Goodbye Porkpie Hat ~ What Mamma Said 08 Where Were You 09 Earthquake 10 The Pump 11 Brush With The Blues tracks 1-7 soundboard tracks 8-11 audience -
Audience 9.5 - Wow what a great capture by a devoted fan. This could have been broadcast this is THAT GOOD! Starcastle Ford Auditorium Detroit, MI 1976-03-10 101 - Stargate 102 - Sunfield 103 - Elliptical Seasons 104 - Forces 105 - Lady Of The Lake 106 - Nova 107 - To The Fire Wind Band Members: Terry Luttrell - Lead vocals Stephen Hagler - Guitar, piano, Electric piano, vocals Matthew Stewart - Guitar, slide guitar, electric sitar, vocals Herb Schildt - Organ, synthesizers, electric piano Gary Strater - Bass guitar, clavinet, vocals Stephen Tassler - Drums, percussion, vocals -
Audience 8.4 - A tape that I am sure has slipped through the cracks and has been forgotten by collectors when I don’t think it ought to be. It’s surely not the greatest recording, and it’s also not nearly the worst – but it’s from a really great period and tour, some of the best moments for Rush seemed to occur on the European leg of the 1979 tour. You can listen to the infamous Offenbach or Pink Pop tapes as proof, but this forgotten old tape, having been dusted off and given a fresh re-mastering, is ready to be added to your collection. Rush May 18, 1979 Poperinge, Belgium 01 - Anthem 4:20 02 - A Passage To Bangkok 4:04 03 - Bytor And The Snowdog 5:43 04 - Xanadu 12:26 05 - The Trees 5:31 06 - Hemispheres 20:20 07 - Closer To The Heart 3:17 -
Both of these sets are Soundboard quality and very cool to listen to. Good British heavy rock and roll, good players, good everything and well worth rediscovering. Saxon Stampei Lochem, The Netherlands 1982-05-20 01. -20000 Feet 02. -And The Bands Played On 03. -Heavy Metal Thunder 04. -Strong Arm Of The Law 05. -747 (Strangers In The Night) 06. -Wheels Of Steel Saxon Norman, Ok. 9-18-1983 7. -Intro 8. -Power And The Glory 9. -Princess Of The Night 10. -Redline 11. -The Eagle Has Landed 12. -This Town Rocks 13. -Strong Arm Of The Law -
Audience 8.8 - Man, why do we have to wait over 35 years for a new Rush tape to surface? Come on guys! Let’s get them out before we’re all dead! Ha ha! So, this is just fantastic! For one thing, it’s early Rush, just prior to the start of 2112, and there’s just not a lot out there that is listenable. This is listenable, and it ain’t perfect but it is perfect at the same time – how to explain that seemingly contradictory statement? Collectors will understand me…it lacks some of the niceties we’ve grown accustomed to nowadays but it also delivers things we do not frequently hear on Rush audience tapes and that is a very defined, well rounded and clearly heard bass sound. Geddy is in fine form, the band means business! Get this if you know what is good for you. Rush Randhurst Arena Mount Prospect, Illinois March 5, 1976 01 -Intro 02 -Bastille Day 03 -Anthem 04 -Lakeside Park 05 -I Think I'm Going Bald 06 -By-Tor & The Snow Dog 07 -Fly by Night 08 -Working Man - Drum Solo 09 -Finding My Way -
Audience 8.6 - Legendary band that sadly ended up being one of those acts that people still talk about when discussing music industry fuck jobs. This recording is good enough for the listener to hear everyone on stage. It’s not going to give you a broad spectrum throughout the frequencies due to the limitations of the cassette recorder but my goodness the energy does come through! It’s a decent recording, it’s well worthy of being in a collection and I for one could not stop listening to it once I pressed “play” because it rocks! Creedence Clearwater Revival KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark April 20, 1970 01 Introduction 02 Born On The Bayou 03 Green River 04 Tombstone Shadow 05 Travelin' Band 06 Fortunate Son 07 Commotion 08 Midnight Special 09 Bad Moon Rising 10 Proud Mary 11 The Night Time Is The Right Time 12 Good Golly Miss Molly 13 Keep On Chooglin' Band memmbers: John Fogerty : lead vocals, lead guitar Tom Fogerty : rhythm guitar Stu Cook : bass guitar Doug Clifford : drums