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Brand New - Soundboard - Here we have a totally unheard, uncirculated soundboard recording of Van Halen during their "Diver Down "tour ("Hide Your Sheep tour") on October 24th, 1982. This is the last of three consecutive nights Van Halen played at The Worcester Centrum in 1982. It appears that not even an audience recording of these Worcester shows have circulated previously. -
Audience 8.7 - A little subdued maybe, but all the instrumentation is clearly heard, and dynamically it resides in the middle band frequencies and has a decent bass response but at the expense of maybe guitars which seem to sit just behind the bass. Considering the gig (inside a prison) I have to say it's a very good job, and worthy of a spin. ULI JON ROTH Klingelpuetz Prison Cologne, Germany 1979-10-03 2nd Show 01. Sundown 02. Earthquake 03. Japanese Dream 04. Children Of The Sea 05. I've Got To Be Free 06. Polar Nights 07. On That Night 08. Beethoven's Ninth 09. Hell-Cat The ELECTRIC SUN Band Uli John Roth (Guitars, Vocals) Ule Ritgen (Bass) Sidhatta Gautama (Drums, Percussion) -
Audience 9.5 - Rich, clear, dynamic...if you don't have these elements in a heavy metal (especially Doom metal) recording, you aren't going to be very satisfied. But this, this is EVERYTHING you want and more. MUST HAVE! The Skull Mississippi Studios Portland, OR. 2013-10-13 1. The Tempter 2. Thinking Of The Past 3. Wickedness Of Man 4. Plastic Green Head 5. The Eye 6. Pray For The Dead - Psalm 9 7. Assassin 8. The Last Judgement 9. Another Day 10. Revelation (Life Or Death) 11. Bastards Will Pay 12. Hello Strawberry Skies 13. At The End Of My Daze Eric Wagner - Vocals Ron Holzner - Bass Jeff Olson - Drums Lothar Keller - Guitar Michael Carpenter - Guitar -
Soundboard 9.0 - A VERY animated and live sounding recording. There is nothing sterile about this! It bristles with electric mayhem and tension, sometimes it goes a little over the edge (takes a minute for the mix to even out a little bit - and it seems to lean slightly onto upper mid/high end leaves some of the balls of the bass out, but there's enough meat here to add some bass and I think once you do that you'll have a real banger with this one. It's already great, but I'd certainly season it to taste. The Damned Oxford College Of Further Education Oxford, UK. 3-1-1984 01. there ain't no sanity claus 02. disco man 03. ignite 04. stranger on the town 05. wait for the blackout 06. do the blitz 07. melody lee 08. born to kill 09. love song 10. neat neat neat 11. looking at you 12. smash it up pt1 13. smash it up pt 1 1_2 14. smash it up pt 2 15. new rose 16. hippy hippy shake 17. i feel alright 18. we love you 19. i just can be happy today 20. love song -
Soundboard 8.9 - Man, this is just amazing. It sounds a little dated, maybe a little faded, but definitely NOT jaded! The live sound mix isn't perfect here, I think guitars should be louder (but at least in this board I can hear every note of the bass) but in defense of the guitars I can hear both of them somewhat distinctly. Vocals do suffer, they are pushed well back of the mix, at times they get closer to the right spot, but it's all good they are there but just not at the center of the mix. I think this is classic stuff. Slayer Country Club Reseda, LA, CA. September 7th 1985 Hell Awaits Tour 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor Of Sin 4. The Final Command 5. Haunting The Chapel 6. Praise Of Death 7. Fight Till Death 8. Necrophiliac 9. Black Magic 10. Die By The Sword 11. Crypts Of Eternity 12. Hardening Of The Arteries 13. The Antichrist 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Show No Mercy 16. Crowd 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare Tom Araya – bass, lead vocals Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P.) - lead and rhythm guitar Kerry King – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals Dave Lombardo – drums