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Audience 8.8 - Every now and then a tape surfaces that really gets you excited as a collector. This one is just such a tape, because for one thing not only is the quality very good, but it’s super nice on the ears. What I mean is, the timbre of the recording is very comfortable, so it’s easy to listen to the entire show there is no fatigue on the ears at all. The icing on the cake is having both opening acts in the same kind of quality, in complete form. So, what more could you ask for? The Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand Great Allentown Fair Allentown, PA August 18th 1983 Disc 1 CONEY HATCH THE BAND Carl Dixon guitar lead vocals Andy Curran bass vocals Steve Shelski guitar vocals Barry Connors drums 1 -Intro 2 -Stand Up 3 -Don't Say Make Me 4 -Some Like It Hot 5 -First Time For Everything 6 -Shake It 7 -Devil's Deck 8 -No Sleep Tonight FASTWAY THE BAND Dave King vocals harmonica "Fast" Eddie Clarke- guitar Jerry Shirley drums Richard "Charlie" McCracken bass 9 -Intro 10 -We Become One 11 -You Got Me Runnin' 12 -Give It All You Got 13 -All I Need Is Your Love 14 -Give It Some Action 15 -Feel Me, Touch Me 16 -Far Far From Home 17 -Say What You Will 18 -Telephone 19 -Easy Livin' Disc 2 IRON MAIDEN THE BAND Steve Harris bass backing vocals Dave Murray guitar Adrian Smith guitar backing vocals Bruce Dickinson lead vocals Nicko McBrain drums 1 -Intro 2 -Where Eagles Dare 3 -Sanctuary 4 -Wrathchild 5 -The Trooper 6 -Revelations 7 -Flight Of Icarus 8 -Die With Your Boots On 9 -22 Acacia Avenue Disc 3 10 -The Number Of The Beast 11 -To Tame A Land 12 -Guitar Solo 13 -Drum Solo 14 -Hallowed Be Thy Name 15 -Iron Maiden 16 -Run To The Hills 17 -Drifter -
Radio Broadcast 9.2 A touch of hiss present, but other than that this is a pleasant and airy recording. Electronic music with an atmosphere that would convince you otherwise. Excellent! Isao Tomita Hammersmith Odeon London, England 01 Introduction 0:50 02 Dawn (from Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2) (Ravel) 4:29 > 03 Snowflakes Are Dancing (Debussy) 2:14 > 04 Clair de Lune (Debussy) 5:58 05 Synthesizer Sounds Demonstration (narrated by Bob Walker) 10:54 06 Arabesque No. 1 (Debussy) 4:10 Firebird Suite (w/Michael Reeves on piano) (Stravinsky) 07 Part 1 - Intro and Dance Of The Firebird 5:18 08 Part 2 - Round Of The Princesses (Khorovod) 5:12 09 Part 3 - Internal Dance Of King Kastchei 4:01 10 Part 4 - Berceuse and Finale 7:39 -
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Italy Prog Fest 1972: Volume 1,2,3 Audience 7.5 - The stuff that dreams are made of! How long I have waited for something like this to materialize. I mean, I have been listening to and collecting these bands for ages and now I get to hear a full on multi-artist concert experience by all of the era’s top artists at the zenith of the prog rock movement. How cool is that? What a set this is too! The quality of presentation equals the unquestionable importance of this as a document of an important time for rock music. Thank you to whoever recorded this, and thank you to whoever packaged the recording like this. -
CD reissue of Canadian metal band from the 80's. Released on Aqua Net Records. UK import SEALED. -
Audience 8.8 - Sounds like a pro recording to me. A little remastering would have this officially releasable. -
Audience 7.3 - The sound field just won’t open up no matter how much you hope it will. However, this tape holds some rewards if you hang in there, there’s enough head room to sweeten the sound with Equalizer, so it does need a little boost on the highs – the mids and lows are all there and are not super well defined nor are they too boomy or muddy. There’s some muddiness but it is not a deal breaker. This is a good historic artifact. -
Soundboard 9.7 - This is not just a good board tape – it’s a tape that has loads of atmosphere to go with the upbeat party vibe of the band. It’s simply amazing sounding. J.Geils Band November 3, 1974 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI 01. Southside Shuffle 02. Gettin' Out 03. Musta Got Lost 04. Chimes 05. Looking For A Love 06. Serves You Right To Suffer 07. Whammer Jammer 08. Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty 09. Detroit Breakdown 10. Give It To Me > Back To Get Ya 11. First I Look At The Purse -
Volume 1: BBC 1971-1978 - Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 2: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 1,2,3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 (each Volume is individually housed in its separate gate-fold cover). From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Audience 7.7 - Some muddiness, but historically nothing short of astonishing! -
Audience 8.8-9.2 - All seem to be recorded with the same gear but the Marseille show seems maybe slightly upgraded due to either taper position or just better acoustics. Over all this is a highly rated set of shows for the quality of the recordings. The stage mix does vary just a bit as to who is more present, but you hear all the stuff going on as it was live-mixed for the performance (meaning I don’t think taper error caused any lack of presence of, say, synthesizer or guitar on any given performance). The taper used the first song, and in some cases part of the second song to dial in the levels (an indication of really good gear being used) and as such you may notice a volume change, albeit relatively smooth, and once he’s dialed in it is smooth sailing. The performances are sometimes a little hesitant but do gel during instrumental segments much more. I will say this: Mick Taylor is a fantastic player, but I would not call him “progressive” and this music wants to be more prog but it is constrained and maybe that is why it did not blossom much. Jack Bruce, Carla Bley & Mick Taylor Tour Of Europe 1975 Volume Three Musikhalle Hamburg, WG 1975-05-13 Disc 1 01 -Can You Follow 02 -Morning Story 03 -Keep It Down 04 -Pieces Of Mind 05 -Tickets To Waterfalls 06 -Weird Of Hermiston 07 -Post War 08 -Spirit Disc 2 09 -One 10 -You Burned The Tables On Me 11 -Without A Word 12 -Smiles And Grins 13 -Sunshine Of Your Love