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All EXCELLENT quality and brilliant performances, the Japan shows being among the group's longest single performances ever recorded. Mahavishnu Orchestra Cellestial Collection Vol.1 Disc 1 Orpheum Theater Boston, Mass, USA October 27, 1972 1. -Talk - One Word 2. -Resolution 3. -Vital Transformation 4. -A Lotus On Irish Streams Disc 2 5. -You Know, You Know 6. -Sanctuary 7. -The Noonward Race 8. -Celestial Terrestrial Commuters Disc 3 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. November 3, 1972 1. -Birds Of Fire 2. -Miles Beyond 3. -vital transformation 4. -Band Introductions 5. -The Dance Of Maya Disc 4 6. -One Word 7. -Resolution 8. -Hope 9. -The Noonward Race 10. -Celestial Terrestrial Commuters Disc 5 Paramount Theater Seattle, Wash. U.S.A. November 11, 1972 01. -Tuning - Band Intros - Moment Of Silence 02. -Meeting Of The Spirits 03. -You Know, You Know 04. -Band Intros - The Dance Of Maya Disc 6 05. -One Word 06. -A Lotus On Irish Streams 07. -The Noonward Race 08. -Celestial Terrestrial Commuters Disc 7 Shibuya Philharmonic Hall Tokyo, Japan September 19, 1973 1. -Tuning 2. -Meeting Of The Spirits 3. -Miles Beyond - Sister Andrea 4. -Hope - Awakening 5. -Vital Transformation Disc 8 6. -Dream 7. -You Know, You Know 8. -Sanctuary 9. -One Word Disc 9 Budokan Theater Tokyo, Japan September 28, 1973 1. -Birds Of Fire 2. -Trilogy 3. -Sister Andrea 4. -The Dance Of Maya 5. -I Wonder Disc 10 6. -Miles Beyond 7. -Hope - Awakening 8. -Talk - Stepping Stones 9. -One Word -
Studio Quality 9.8 - The single greatest new Black Sabbath artifact brought to light since When I came Down and The Rebel were found. Stunning, insightful, historic. MUST HAVE of the highest order! Black Sabbath Children Of The Grave The 1971 Master Of Reality Recording Sessions Island Studios February 7-15 and April 6-13 1971 1. Tony Coughing Intro 2. Sweet Leaf Take 1 3. Sweet Leaf Take 5 4. FX Loop 1 5. After Forever Take 1 6. Embryo Take 4 7. Children Of The Grave Take 2 8. Children Of The Grave Take 3 9. Orchid (Studio Outtake) 10. Lord Of This World Take 1 11. Solitude Take 2 12. Into The Void Take 1 13. Sweet Leaf Take 4 14. After Forever Instrumental 15. Weevil Woman Take 1 16. Children Of The Grave Take 1 17. In The Graveyard (The Haunting) 18. Spanish Sid Take 1 19. Spanish Sid Take 2 20. Spanish Sid Take 3 21. FX Loop 2 -
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. -
Brand New - Soundboard -Ratt Live at Monsters Of Rock, Pforzheim, Germany, on 30th August '87. A Must for any Ratt fan! This band has no other official live album from their "hey day". -
Brand New - Soundboard - Iron Maiden, a NEVER BEFORE RELEASED soundboard recoding from 1983. You can get any better than this! A must for every serious Iron Maiden collector! -
Audience 8.7 - Loud and brassy, with some distortion on the cymbals at the high end. Taper must have been in the front row on the PA side of the stage. That being said, this is what makes this recording frightening to the ears, a terrifying journey into the unrelenting power and charisma of ELP in their mid 70's prime. There is nothing sedate about this live concert experience, and because it was recorded on very good equipment, even despite the overwhelming loudness of it, it's a rather true representation. Side Note: Jerusalem is a song with more mellow passages and here this recording absolutely shines, jumping quickly to a 9.2 rating and actually remaining better even during the loud segments as it starts to even out - this could be due to taper either moving further back, or making some other minor adjustment. Something certainly is changing with the recording as tape noise increases but the distortion lessens, this could mean he lowered the gain, so the volume had to be boosted during the transfer as his recording levels were much lower. Either way, it had a net positive effect. Unfortunately not the complete show. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA February 3, 1974 01 Introduction 02 Hoedown 03 Jerusalem 04 Toccata 05 Tarkus -
Audience 9.4 - Absolutely fantastic tape! This gives you everything and more, including some intangible aspects that people ought not to disregard, and that is atmosphere. What was it like at the show? I want that immersive experience, and I want a clear sounding tape, and I am willing to forgive the lack of some dynamics in exchange for that - but here you don't have to make that sacrifice because this recording is VERY dynamic! I love the meaty drums, and vocals are soaring above and very clear. Guitar is MONSTEROUS too, and mixed properly. This is almost a must have, actually it is good enough to be a top 5 at least for the Tony Martin era. Black Sabbath 1989-06-14 Agora Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio 01 The Gates Of Hell 02 Headless Cross 03 Neon Knights 04 Children Of The Sea 05 The Mob Rules 06 When Death Calls 07 War Pigs 08 Guitar Solo 09 Die Young 10 Black Sabbath 11 Devil And Daughter 12 Iron Man 13 Children Of The Grave 14 Heaven And Hell 15 Paranoid -
Brand New - Soundboard/Studio Quality -For a band with such a vast output, there is very little material out there of Rush's music in its embryonic stage. In fact, the only glimpse we've been given of their songs as works in progress have been the few times they've debuted compositions live prior to their being recorded. But to hear actual studio demos, well, that's another thing entirely. Here they are the power Windows Album fully “Demoed” along with a unreleased studio track! -
Brand New - Soundboard - Scorpions taking Tokyo by the balls! This performance was only available as a Laser Disc in Japan and a couple of low quality DVDs in South America. Superb Audio Quality, amazing set list and a hell of a performance! A must for any serious Scorpions fan! -
Audience 8.7 - This could also get a few tenths of a point up for the careful re-mastering that recently was applied to the old tape. It definitely needed a refresh, and it got one and it is way the better for it. The highlight for me is that Randy's guitar is the clearest instrument, followed by Ozzy and the others all decently placed in the soundfield with the only knock being the overall clarity and dynamics. That being said, this is a great recording for the time period, knowing how precious few great sounding Blizzard tour tapes there are. I have to rank this in the top 5 I think, because the guitar is so good (you get the tone, and a great sense of the spirit of the room and the band). Ozzy Osbourne Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK 1980-09-23 01. Intro (O Fortuna - Carmina Burana) 02. I Don't Know 03. You Looking At Me, Looking At You 04. Crazy Train 05. Goodbye To Romance 06. No Bones Movies 07. Mr. Crowley 08. Suicide Solution 09. Guitar Solo 10. Suicide Solution (Reprise) 11. Drum Solo 12. Revelation (Mother Earth) 13. Iron Man 14. Children of the Grave 15. Steal Away (The Night) 16. Paranoid Lineup: Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals Randy Rhoads - Guitar Lee Kerslake - Drums Bob Daisley - Bass Lindsay Bridgewater - Keyboards -
Audience 8.8 - I give this recording high marks for being one of the good ones, and you know how important any live recording with Randy Rhoades is so instantly when you hear this, and your ears go "wow, cool", well that means we have something special. Now, it does take a song or so to get balanced, maybe that is the taper and maybe that is the house, either way it is typical of an old audience tape to start a little rough but settle in as it goes. I am not saying this is super-duper, but when you have at least a very listenable tape, where you can clearly hear Randy and Ozzy, maybe a tiny bit of overload here but it doesn't matter - my ears don't lie and I felt this one delivered the goods. Ozzy Osbourne Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY. August 14th, 1981 1. I Don't Know 2. Crazy Train 3. Believer 4. Mr. Crowley 5. Flying High Again 6. Revelation (Mother Earth) 7. Steal Away (The Night) 8. Drum Solo 9. Suicide Solution 10. Guitar Solo - Suicide Solution (reprise) 11. Iron Man 12. Children Of The Grave 13. Paranoid -
Great live performance from Dokken! The Audio came to us from an unknown source and it seems to be a soundboard recording, although the audience noise is loud and clear too, so we have our doubt! It does not sound bad, by any means, but we can’t assure you it is a sound board recording as we usually do. -
The demos from one of the greatest records of all time! Randy’s work can be heard here, different solos melodies simply amazing! A lot has been said though the years about this record, this demos show a different insight about how this fantastic master piece came together. -
Soundboard 9.7 - Electrifying greatness, this is how the legend was born. It is a must, end of story. Johnny Winter Avalon Ballroom San Francisco, CA. 1968 01. My Own Fault 02. Mean Town Blues 03. Rollin' N' Tumblin' 04. Let's Talk It Over 05. Mean Mistreater 06. Easy Rider 07. Be Careful With A Fool 08. Black Cat Bone 09. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 10. Untitled Instrumental 11. Mama Talk To Your Daughter 12. Stones In My Passway 13. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Line Up Johnny Winter: Guitar Vocal Tommy Shannon: Bass Uncle John Turner: Drums -
Brand New - Recorded Live At M3 Rock Festival in 2012. The live album that was missing! Ratt live during “Infestation” era delivering an amazing show full of classic tunes with Warren Dimartini and Carlos Cavazo delivering a great guitar work along with a tight rhythmic section with Crucier and Blotzer together fronted by Stephen Percy still singing great. One of the last opportunity to listen to all this guys together on stage. -
Audience 8.8 - A rather good tape, it's kind of rare to find something like this just because of the extreme volume and what not that metal presents to taping gear - but this one shines. Sometimes the rhythm guitar seems to drop out a little in the mix, every now and then but that might be a PA or mix thing. Metallica - The Ecstasy of Aragon Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Il, USA February 9, 1985 1. The Ecstacy of Gold 2. Fight Fire With Fire 3. Ride The Lightning 4. Phantom Lord 5. The Four Horsemen 6. Anesthesia - Pulling Teeth 7. For Whom The Bell Tolls 8. No Remorse 9. Fade To Black 10. Seek And Destroy 11. Whiplash 12. Creeping Death 13. Am I Evil? 14. Motorbreath