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

Audience 9.4 - Having listened very critically to this performance, I offer the following conclusion: BRILLIANCE. Simply put, this is a mature John McLaughlin leading an ensemble through a series of confident, muscular, thought-provoking pieces of jazz-rock music that goes into many more places than the old band ever did. Does that mean it's all fire and speed? No, it's really not, although there are places where it is appropriate and the band goes there...with the utmost confidence. Bravo to John McLaughlin for knowing the strengths of his band and really allowing all of them to shine. Very mature and a positive outcome was the result. Great recording too! Mahavishnu Bottom Line New York City, NY August 14, 1985 Early Show Disc 1 01 Tuning 02 Radio - Activity 03 Clarendon Hills 04 Nostalgia 05 East Side West Side 06 Jonas Hellborg Solo - Little Wing Disc 2 07 Living In The Crest Of A Wave 08 Flight Of The Falcon 09 Nem Um Talvez 10 Just Ideas - Jozy 11 Pacific Express - Gottlieb Solo 12 Unknown title - Are You The One? Are You The One?

Soundboard 9.3 - Includes Radio City Music Hall 1993 which is off the hook killer! Multiple Soundboard sources, all great, all Prince in really excellent form.  

Audience 9.4 - I think these recordings accurately translate the exact feel and sound in the venue, which is a great thing because this is the kind of emotional performance that only Prince could elicit...what I mean is, it's just him playing the piano and singing and yet it is mesmerizing, electrifying, and sometimes melancholy in a good way.

Prince Oakland, CA. 2-28-2016 Disc 1 1. Confluence 2. I Would Die 4 U 3. Over The Rainbow 4. Batman Theme 5. Big City 6. I Would Die 4 U (reprise) 7. Stand! 8. Take Me With U 9. Little Red Corvette - Dirty Mind 10. Controversy 11. I Feel For You 12. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 13. Pop Life 14. The Max 15. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker - Four 16. Black Muse 17. Cream Disc 2 18. Diamonds And Pearls 19. The Beautiful Ones 20. Thieves In The Temple 21. Unchain My Heart 22. It 23. The Question Of U (Inst.) 24. Raspberry Beret 25. Starfish And Coffee 26. Paisley Park 27. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 28. Nothing Compares 2 U 29. Purple Rain 30. Kiss 31. Black Sweat 32. Purple Music 33. Venus De Milo Disc 3 Late Show 1. Confluence 2. Joy In Repetition 3. When The Lights Go Down 4. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 5. With U (Inst) 6. Little Red Corvette - Dirty Mind 7. I Wanna Be Your Lover 8. Do Me, Baby 9. Dear Mr. Man 10. Cream 11. I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore 12. Strange Relationship 13. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 14. Love 2 The 9's (Inst.) Disc 4 15. Waiting In Vain - If I Was Your Girlfriend 16. A Case Of You 17. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 18. Take Me With U 19. Raspberry Beret 20. Satisfied 21. The Love We Make - Pink Cashmere 22. Diamonds And Pearls 23. The Beautiful Ones 24. Kiss 25. Sometimes It Snows In April 26. Purple Rain 27. Free Urself - Purple Rain (Outro)