Audience 8.8 - A very decent, wide field recording. What that means is there’s a lot of headroom so you can turn it up and it will sound even better. The BBC bonus tracks are excellent as well and from very early on. Def Leppard Dallas, Texas September 3rd, 2012 Disc 1 101. -Undefeated 102. -Rocket 103. -Let It Go 104. -Foolin' 105. -Make Love Like A Man 106. -Animal 107. -Love Bites 108. -Let's Get Rocked 109. -Gods Of War 110. -Acoustic Medley 111. -Women Disc 2 201. -Bringin' On The Heartbreak 202. -Switch 625 203. -Hysteria 204. -Armageddon It 205. -Photograph 206. -Pour Some Sugar On Me 207. -crowd - encore 208. -Remembering the years talk 209. -Rock Of Ages Bonus BBC October 26, 1979 210. -Rock Brigade 211. -Wasted 212. -Satellite 213. -Good Morning Freedom  

Audience 8.7 - There are more recordings of this band pre-1983 that post, which I find rather odd. I found this recordings to be adequate to hear what they were like in 1983, and they were good, but the recording does not highlight the vocals, rather on guitar and drums which is fine but I love this band’s vocal acrobatics and want them front and center. The B-52s Tennis Stadium Forest Hills, NY August 5th, 1983 01. Song For A Future Generation                 04:20 02. Strobe Light                                 04:32 03. Planet Claire                                04:20 04. Mesopotamia                                  04:33 05. Butter Bean                                  04:29 06. Queen Of Las Vegas                           05:46 07. Give Me Back My Man                          06:07 08. Whammy Kiss                                  05:30 09. Legal Tender                                 05:02 10. Dance This Mess Around                       04:30 11. Private Idaho                                04:00 12. Rock Lobster                                 05:30 13. Party Out Of Bounds                          05:28 14. There's A Moon In The Sky                    06:00  

Studio 9.4 - Whenever I hear the word "acetate" I instantly think of poor quality, scratchy, noisy antique sound recordings but not these! Great stuff. George Harrison All Things Must Pass - The Apple Acetates Disc 1 01 Hear Me Lord (Outtake) 02 Let It Down (RS1) 03 Awaiting On You All (RS1) 04 Run Of The Mill (RS1 False Start, RS2) 05 Art Of Dying (RS9 Take 26) 06 What Is Life (RS1 Take 25) 07 Isn't It A Pity 08 Isn't It A Pity (Version 2 RS1) 09 Behing That Locked Door (RS1) 10 All Things Must Pass 11 I Live For You (RS1) 12 Beware Of Darkness (RS1) 13 Down To The River (RS1) 14 I'll Still Love You Disc 2 01 Plug Me In (RS1) 02 Plug Me In (RS2) 03 Wah Wah (RS1, Take 3) 04 My Sweet Lord (RS1) 05 I Dig Love (Take 10 RS1/RS2) 06 If Not For You (RS1) 07 The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) (RS1) 08 Out Of The Blue 09 It's Johnny's Birthday 10 Plug Me In 11 I Remember Jeep 12 Thanks For The Pepperoni  

Radio Broadcast 9.1 - A rare find, this is a band that can be best defined as an eclectic, world music progressive band that features some ethnic style music that occasionally fuses in some nice, tasty jazzy electric guitar rock stylings. Piirpauke Stockholm, Sweden 1976 Radio Broadcast 1. -Konevitsan Kirkonkellot (Churchbells Of Konevitsan)        (5:30) 2. -Unknown Title                                    (6:43) 3. -Sirtos                                            (3:04) 4. -Fyssouni                                            (4:14) 5. -Unknown Title                                    (3:07) 6. -Unknown Title                                    (7:09) 7. -Penang (Osat 1 & 2)                                    (5:20) 8. -Imala Maika                                            (9:50) 9. -Pra Dizer Adeus (Sanon Hyvasti)                    (4:16)  

Audience 8.7 - OK, so I totally understand why someone might pass this up- but I think you would be missing something special. It’s an audience recording, very very deep into the crowd, it’s noisy, it’s not fantastic but it is great – now here’s the rub: If you are reading this review, this can be considered a spoiler alert. It took me a complete song before I realized the audience was not a part of the show. The people near the mic sound like they are a part of the stage show, or at least they did to me. I felt like I was in New Orleans but its New York City. I liked this performance, and I tolerate the recording, I came away after listening to this feeling I understood Prince just a little better. After this review I think it’s only fair to warn you – on a few songs the drummer’s high hat sounds like a missile shooting through your speakers – it’s unnerving and I don’t think there’s much you can do but wait for the next song. It’s an uh-oh I ain’t gonna lie. Prince Gotta Lotta Butter To Go Butter Restaurant New York City, NY. 06-17-2006 Disc 1 1. It Ain't Over - Peach 2. Te Amo Corazon 3. Forever In My Life - Everyday People 4. The Ride 5. I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) 6. Love Changes 7. The Chain - Come Together 8. When A Man Loves A Woman 9. Redhead Stepchild 10. Thank You (Faletinme Be Mice Elf Again)-Play That Funky Music Disc 2 1. Partyman 2. 3121 3. Lolita 4. Satisfied 5. Black Sweat 6. Kiss 7. All Eye Want Is You - Joy In Repetition 8. Anotherloverholeinmyhead - Rock Lobster 9. If I Was Your Girlfriend 10. Be Happy - Ecstacy - The Bird  

Audience 8.7 - This is a marvel! I mean, who would of thought to bother recording the completely underground opening acts for Genesis!  Come to think of it, maybe even Genesis were still considered to be "underground" around this time! The point being that because someone went to the trouble to bring gear and set up to record you don't immediately expect that person to get ready in time to record each act in its entirety.They had to have planned it, to make sure they had enough blank tape, got situated in a good spot, got it rolling and balanced and then made sure to get the whole performance...MUCH respect to taper!  The sound quality is very good, it is clear the machine used is good gear but I am inclined to think either the house mix was not ideal or his position was not ideal but the recording itself you can tell is solid. The flaw?  I would call it mid-band crunch, or too much information crowding the middle band but not to the extent of distortion or overload, more that it ended up not having the clarity you want. The low end is round and tight, it's a comfortable sound but the overall mix is average. The Charisma Promo Concert 1973 Disc 1 Capability Brown Heidelberg, Stadthalle January 15th 1973 01 -Introduction 02 -Beautiful Scarlet 03 -No Range 04 -Liar 05 -Redman 06 -I will Be There 07 -The Garden 08 -Keep Death Off The Road (Drive On The Pavement) Disc 2 Lindisfarne Heidelberg, Stadthalle January 15th 1973 01 -Introduction 02 -No Time To Lose 03 -Together Forever 04 -All Fall Down 05 -Unknown Title 06 -Turn A Deaf Ear 07 -Lady Eleanore 08 -Scotch Mist 09 -The Clear White Light 10 -Meet Me On The Corner 11 -Oh No, Not Again 12 -We Can Swing Together Disc 3 Genesis Heidelberg, Stadthalle January 15th 1973 01 -Introduction 02 -Watcher Of The Skies 03 -Twilight Alehouse 04 -Get 'em Out By Friday 05 -The Musical Box 06 -The Return Of The Giant Hogweed  

Audience 9.4 - A fantastic, close, precise recording that really drives that funk right through the speakers. A crackling, red hot energy that taper captures admirably, I mean, it sounds like he is sitting right directly in front of the band with microphones up and the band is only too happy to oblige. Tower Of Power Circle Star Theatre San Carlos, CA September 24, 1976 01 Squib Cakes 02 Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now 03 So Very Hard To Go 04 Oakland Stroke 05 You Ought To Be Havin’ Fun 06 What Is Hip? 07 Doin’ Alright 08 Down To The Nightclub (Bump City) 09 This Time It’s Real 10 Knock Yourself Out 11 You’re Still A Young Man  

Audience 8.7 -  There is something very special in these amateur audio documents. While you could be overly critical of them for failing to live up to modern sonic standards, the truth is that not only is the audio acceptable as it is, but as a moment captured forever on tape that not only manages to document the entire evening (opening act included) but does so with few blemishes. It's decent quality too, although does not offer extremely dynamic low end or crisp high end, it's a recording that stays mainly in the middle with better definition on guitars which is fine. The Boston Chronicles Vol. I BOSTON GARDEN MARCH 24,1970 Disc 1 Steve Miller Band 1. -Kow Kow 2. -Baby's House 3. -Seasons 4. -Tore Down 5. -Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat 6. -Unknown Title 7. -Gangster Of Love 8. -Steppin' Stone 9. -Industrial-Military Complex Hex 10. -Livin' In The USA 11. -Space Cowboy 12. -Crowd - Announcements 13. -Getting It On 14. -Turn On Your Love Light Disc 2 John Mayall & Duster Bennet 1. -The Laws Must Change 2. -Talk 3. -The Laws Must Change 4. -California 5. -Band Intros 6. -I Chose To Sing The Blues (DUSTER BENNETT Solo) Moody Blues 7. -Intro - Tuning 8. -Gypsy 9. -Sunset 10. -DR.Livingston I Presume 11. -Never Comes The Day 12. -Peak Hour 13. -Tuesday Afternoon 14. -Question 15. -Are You Sitting Comfortably - The Dream - Have You Heard