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Audience 9.6 - Combining three different sources would be superfluous unless each independent source had things that one of the others did not. In this case, it is exactly what happened, and the result is spectacular. Simply put, this is a must have! -
Audience 9.2 - A very clean and clear tape, with a solid and intense mid range giving it an immediate thump that I find makes for a close approximation to having been there. -
Soundboard 9.3 - Incredible recording with emphasis on vocals. -
Audience 8.7 - This band, while not a household name by any stretch, actually did gain quite a following throughout Europe and even to a much lesser degree in the USA. They played a style of progressive rock that was accessible but did not convert to singing in English completely and that probably won over more fans in their home country. The recording here is clear, it provides just enough dynamics and detail to let you sink yourself into their sound, although the recording suffers some level problems towards the end, but recovers enough to end on a high note. The material is great, I am reminded of Pink Floyd, Eloy, and perhaps maybe a bit of ELP. Novalis Festival Nordestedt, Germany 1977-09-10 Disc 1 01 -Irgendwo, Irgendwann 02 -Wunderschätze 03 -Astralis 04 -Sommerabend Disc 2 05 -Track 05 06 -Wer Schmetterlinge Lachen Hört 07 -Track 07 08 -Track 08 09 -Es Färbte Sich Die Wiese Grün Brandung Feuer bricht in die Zeit Sonnenfinsternis Dämmerung -
Soundboard 9.2 - Both excellent, crisp and clear and brilliantly performed. -
Audience 8.8 - Solid right in the middle, with perhaps a little bit of “darkness” in the mix towards the low end that causes a fractional amount of over saturation but this is a fine recording. Let me put it this way, something like this seems to have been “authorized” or at least recorded with the knowledge of the artists. It’s placed too well in the venue, and no audience interference you have to think they knew it was being recorded. -
Audience 8.6 - Both recordings seem to sound quite similar and garner the middle 8 rating but don’t let that dissuade you – these are not bad at all. Considering the scarcity of live Omega recordings I would say these deserve some time in the player, and the ears will adjust and you’ll find them of redeeming value. The material is progressive and at times ventures into more risky territory for a prog band but the band can be forgiven for that as overall I appreciate the adventure. Omega Germany 77-78 Disc 1 Saarbrucken, Germany 1977-10-03 01. -Nyitány (Overture) 02. -A Névtelen Utazó (The Anonymous Traveler) 03. -Éjféli Koncert (Midnight Concert) 04. -Nem Tudom A Neved (I Do Not Know Your Name) 05. -Napot Hoztam, Csillagot (I Brought A Sun, A Star) 06. -Idorabló (Time-Consuming) 07. -A Buvész (The Dude) 08. -A Könyvelo álma (The Accountant's Dream) 09. -Finálé (Finale) 10. -Metamorfózis I (Metamorphosis I) Disc 2 Nijmegen, Netherlands 1978-11-18 01. -Névtelen utazó (Invitation) 02. -Metamorfózis I (Metamorphosis) 03. -Léna (Russian Winter) 04. -Start (Start) 05. -Napot hoztam, csillagot (House Of Cards part I)-Idorabló (Time Robber)-Ablakok (House Of Cards part II)-Éjféli Koncert (Late Night Show) 06. -Nem Tudom A Neved (Help To Find Me) 07. -Metamorfózis II (The Hope, The Bread And The Wine) 08. -Finálé (Finale) -
Audience 9.0 - This is a heroic taping accomplishment, to be able to get virtually all of the performers in really nice quality, it’s an effort to be admired. While lacking super-definition, it does have good dynamics and clarity overall, it’s not thin, and it is not muddy. It’s pretty darn good! Operation Rock N' Roll Deer Creek Music Center Noblesville, IN. August 6, 1991 Dangerous Toys - Metal Church - Motorhead - Alice Cooper - Judas Priest Disc 1 Dangerous Toys 01. -Sport'n A Woody 02. -Sticks And Stones 03. -Sugar Leather & The Nail 04. -Line 'Em Up 05. -Gimme No Lip 06. -Scared 07. -Teas'n Pleas'n Metal Church 01. -The Human Factor 02. -Start The Fire 03. -In Mourning 04. -Fake Healer 05. -Badlands 06. -Date With Poverty Disc 2 Motorhead 01. -I'll Be Your Sister 02. -Traitor 03. -I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care) 04. -The One To Sing The Blues 05. -Going To Brazil 06. -Love Me Forever 07. -Angel City 08. -Killed By Death 09. -Ace Of Spades Disc 3 Alice Cooper 01. -Under My Wheels 02. -Trash 03. -No More Mr. Nice Guy 04. -Billion Dollar Babies 05. -Love's A Loaded Gun 06. -Bed Of Nails 07. -Eighteen 08. -Instrumental Jam 09. -Sick Things 10. -Feed My Frankenstein 11. -Cold Ethyl 12. -Only Women Bleed 13. -Poison 14. -Go To Hell 15. -School's Out 16. -Hey Stoopid 17. -Outro Disc 4 Judas Priest 01. Hell Bent For Leather 02. Heading Out To The Highway 03. The Hellion-Electric Eye 04. All Guns Blazing 05. Metal Gods 06. Some Heads Are Going To Roll 07. The Ripper 08. Night Prowler 09. Touch Of Evil 10. Painkiller 11. The Green Manalishi 12. Breaking The Law 13. Living After Midnight 14. You Got Another Thing Comin' -
Heavy, rural psyche that features pretty acid influenced guitar (putting it mildly) stoned, psychedelic lyrics with an Eastern mysticism pervading. Effects include conch shell through echoplex (yup), flutes, walls of feedback, sort of what you might get if you mixed Ya-Ho-Wa 13 with Tangerine Dream, Loch Ness, Hendrix, and Amon Duul. Out There! -
Silver Pressed and almost brand new only that it is not sealed anymore. Opening up for Stryper on several occasions, this is the same band that brought us "Orphan Found" and "Spooning Out The Sea". -
Audience 9.5 - Outstanding! Great atmosphere, and being in Europe, an older audience, a classic symphonic hard rock/prog rock band, well you inevitably will end up with a very desirable recording and performance. Osanna with orchestra 2011-11-07 Kawasaki Japan, Italian Progressive Rock Festival DISC 1 01.Intro 02.Fuje 'a chistu paese 03.Mirror Train / Taka Boom 04.Il Castello Dell'es 05.Ce vulesse 06.'A zingara 07.Oro caldo /Fiume / L'amore Vincera' di nuovo 08.In Un Vecchio Cieco / vado verso una meta / Solo uniti 09.L'uomo/Purple Haze/L'uomo 10.Fuje'a Chistu Paese (reprise) DISC 2 Milano Calibro 9 (entire with orchestra) 01.Preludio 02.Tema / Variazione V 03.Variazione VI / Variazione I 04.Variatione II 05.Variatione IV / Variatione VII 06.Canzona (There Will Be Time) 07.Prelude (reprise)/ Outro Line Up Lino Vairetti - voce e chitarra Gennaro Barba - batteria Nello D’Anna - basso Sasà Priore - pianoforte e tastiere, Pako Capobianco - chitarra elettrica Irvin Luca Vairetti - voce e synth -
Audience 7.5 - Pretty clear, some natural reverb from the hall present but surprising clarity in the highs so I gather this is a very low generation tape source. -
Begun in Houston in 1969, brothers Duane and Bill Massey created an eclectic hard rocking progressive rock band that survived numerous line-up changes over the years and still exists to this day. An album, "Ruff Mix", was released in 1975 and features excellent arrangements augmented with blazing electric guitar by Richard Heath who went on to join Lic. This CD captures them in the early 80's where more emphasis was placed on hard guitar sounds, not necessarily metal but good Texas hard rock. -
This is the follow up album to the recent reissue of Ruff Mix, the band's official studio offering released in 1975. Culled from the band's personal archives, the music was saved from destruction (literally the master tapes burned in a fire and barely survived) and remixed to present a picture of the band just prior to recording Ruff Mix, and then a few years after its release. The CD features late guitarist Richard Heath (Oz Knozz, Lady Killer, Lic) on side 1 and Rick Wheeler on side 2. -
Replicated from the masters used to make the LP reissue, this CD release includes a bonus track from a live concert performance in 1976 which was taken from multi-track master tapes. -
Soundboard 9.7 - I saw this band around the same time and I can tell you it’s great that there are board tapes around because even though they were spectacular live, the sound was very dense and there’s a lot going on. With this tape you can hear it all in glorious quality, it’s prime stuff, psychedelic rock taken to the next level. Ozric Tentacles April 26, 1994 Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado, USA Disc 1 01. -Og-Ha-Be 02. -Erpland 03. -White Rhino Tea 04. -Vita Voom - Jurassic Shift 05. -Snakepit 06. -Dissolution Disc 2 07. -O-I 08. -Sunscapes 09. -The Throbbe - Pteranodon 10. -Space Between Your Ears 11. -Kick Muck 12. -encore - Poem 13. -Sniffing Dog Ed Wynne: guitar Joie Hinton: keyboards John Egan: flutes and babble Zia Geelani: bass Merv Pepler: drums