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Audience 9.0 - A great sounding tape! Very clear and good mix too. I get a good feel for the venue and the crowd, my kind of audience tape here. -
Audience 7.9 - I keep coming back to this show, mainly because I love the vibe in the hall, the crowd progressively getting more and more into it and excitement keeps building. Great stuff! -
Audience 9.0 - A very “present” recording, meaning the audio captured on this tape sounds remarkably realistic which is ideal for a live recording. Love it! -
Soundboard 9.7 - Super clean with at least a little bit of audience leaking into the stage mics to give a touch of ambience which otherwise leaves more of a one-dimensional sound. So, I like this! -
Audience 8.5-8.7 - So why the dual rating? Because it is the limitation of the recording equipment that prevents this from earning the solid 8,7 which is a great rating for a long forgotten Ziggy show. So my take on this is that during loud sections, the guitar takes a back seat in the mix while Ziggy is very prominent – which is kind of cool – but during mellower songs (of which there are a few) the mix is much better all around. All in all, this is a pretty good old tape and I don’t think it will disappoint you. DAVID BOWIE Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL October 7th 1972 Disc 1 1 -Intro 2 -Hang On To Yourself 3 -Ziggy Stardust 4 -The Supermen 5 -Queen Bitch 6 -Changes 7 -Life On Mars 8 -Five Years 9 -Space Oddity 10 -Andy Warhol(stopped) 11 -Andy Warhol 12 -My Death Disc 2 13 -Width Of A Circle 14 -John, I'm Only Dancing 15 -Moonage Daydream 16 -Starman 17 -Waiting For The Man 18 -White Light, White Heat 19 -Suffragette City 20 -Jean Genie THE BAND David Bowie vocals guitar harmonica Mick Ronson guitar vocals Trevor Bolder bass Mick “Woody” Woodmansey drums Mike Garson keyboards -
Audience 7.8 - Sweet sounding loud guitar, very clear and present, although when they are at full volume it gets a touch muddy. Still very enjoyable! -
Audience 7.4 - Lo-fi but all instruments clearly heard, not that bad, you can get into this one. -
Audience 8.7 - This is a fun recording to listen to, sure it’s a bit ramshackle being as if you’ve been tossed into the mosh pit (in 1973 I guess the entire venue resembled a mosh pit full of people too stoned to mosh!), but it’s actually not bad. I imagine by this time the band must realize that glitter and costumes aren’t enough to carry the show when your competition is Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and other bands of that stature. Even if Bowie had anticipated all that by the time of this performance (undoubtedly he did), still the Ziggy Stardust premise seemed to be working well with the audiences as this tape can attest. David Bowie Masonic Temple Detroit,MI. 1973-03-01 1. Ode to Joy 2. Hang On To Yourself 3. Ziggy Stardust 4. Changes 5. Moonage Daydream 6. Panic In Detroit 7. Five Years 8. Watch That Man 9. Aladdin Sane 10. The Width Of A Circle 11. Space Oddity 12. Time 13. Suffragette City 14. The Jean Genie 15. Rock'n'Roll Suicide -
Audience 8.2 - What was once completely unlistenable has now revealed itself to be a tape that contains music and audible sounds…and sound that can be deciphered easily…although clearly not in any kind of high fidelity. Still what you get from this tape is a VERY obvious indication that Bowie knew where music was headed, and in real time is literally creating a new genre and the audience is in pure ecstasy. Kind of neat to listen to this show, it’s a lot higher on the energy scale than most of the other Ziggy recordings believe it or not. DAVID BOWIE - Empire Theatre Edinburgh, Scotland May 19, 1973 1. Hang On To Yourself 2. Ziggy Stardust 3. Watch That Man 4. Quicksand 5. Life On Mars? 6. Memory Of A Free Festival 7. The Prettiest Star 8. Moonage Daydream 9. Changes 10. Space Oddity 11. The Jean Genie 12. Time 13. The Width Of A Circle 14. band introductions 15. Let's Spend The Night Together 16. Drive In Saturday 17. Panic In Detroit 18. Suffragette City -
Soundboard 9.5 -
Audience 8.2 - There’s a more intimate, immediate sound to this, a little flat but very clear. -
Audience 7.8 - Concert Hall sound capturing his last show of the tour. I can enjoy this, but I do have to season it to taste, mainly in adjusting just a little bit to give it more bass response. It’s not bad, it’s not great, it’s good and there’s something here to work with in my opinion. -
Audience 9.4 - This is what you want in a recording made from the audience. It has to be done on excellent equipment, and it has to be in a good spot. This is that, and more. It’s the kind of recording that makes you realize what you missed out on. Bowie at the Fabulous Forum in 1978, and here it is in 2021! David Bowie The Forum Los Angeles, CA April 4, 1978 Disc 1 01 Warszawa 02 Heroes 03 What In The World 04 Be My Wife 05 Jean Genie 06 Blackout 07 Sense of Doubt 08 Speed of Life 09 Breaking Glass 10 Beauty and the Beast 11 Fame 12 Five Years Disc 2 13 Soul Love 14 Star 15 Hang on to Yourself 16 Ziggy Stardust 17 Suffragette City 18 Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide 19 Art Decade 20 Station to Station 21 Stay 22 TVC15 23 Rebel Rebel -
Studio Quality 9.5 What a great set this is! I love being able to hear this full range of material spanning the musicians career. Very intelligently thought out collection with detailed liner notes included. Excellent! David Bowie - Karma Man 1965-1969 Demos, Outtakes & Radio Sessions Disc 1 1-1 That's A Promise 2:21 1-2 Silly Boy Blue 2:58 1-3 Love You 'Til Tuesday 3:17 1-4 Over The Wall We Go 2:54 1-5 When I Live My Dream (Version 2) 3:46 1-6 Let Me Sleep Beside You 3:21 1-7 Karma Man 3:02 1-8 Everything Is You 2:11 1-9 C'est La Vie 2:36 1-10 C'est La Vie (Backing Track) 2:56 1-11 Love You 'Til Tuesday 3:03 1-12 When I Live My Dream 3:40 1-13 Little Bombardier 3:32 1-14 Silly Boy Blue 3:30 1-15 In The Heat Of The Morning 2:41 1-16 Social Girl 2:43 1-17 In The Heat Of The Morning 3:00 1-18 London Bye Ta-Ta 2:33 1-19 Karma Man 2:59 1-20 When I'm Five 3:08 1-21 Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed 4:02 Disc 2 1960's Songs Performed Live in the 1970's, 80's & 90's 2-1 Sorrow 3:06 2-2 Everything's Alright 2:25 2-3 Space Oddity 5:24 2-4 I Can't Explain 2:10 2-5 I Got You Babe 3:32 2-6 Young Americans Medley 6:33 2-7 No Fun 2:43 2-8 I Wanna Be Your Dog 4:20 2-9 Sorrow 2:43 2-10 White Light/White Heat 4:41 2-11 Space Oddity 5:07 2-12 I Can't Explain 2:38 2-13 Space Oddity 4:01 2-14 White Light/White Heat 4:19 2-15 Go Now 4:32 -
Audience 7.7 - Kind of thin but really pretty clear and that is why they consider this one of the better audience tapes of the British leg of the Spiders tour in 1972.
