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Philadelphia 1983 Audience 8.8 - This tape is very “live” sounding, especially the drums which seem to cascade around your head with Tyler being just slightly above the fray although the enunciation is not that great. Guitars are somewhat in back of things, so really on this tape it’s Tyler and Kramer leading the way in the mix. The good thing about this tape is that it is sharp and clear, the separation of instruments is not so much but at least it’s not muddy. I think Tyler is performing as well as he was capable…take it for what it’s worth but he’s good on this night. Ventura 1983 Audience 9.0 - A really good tape that captures quite the disaster of a gig…poor o’l Steven Tyler – lost his stage mate and now has to carry the weight on his own and man…slow motion train wreck on this night. I think this show is the musical equivalent of rubbernecking ‘cause you just can’t turn away you are drawn like a moth to the flame to hear Tyler royally butcher a rock and roll show. AEROSMITH The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA February 14th 1983 Disc 1 1 -Intro 2 -Back In The Saddle 3 -Mama Kin 4 -Big Ten Inch Record 5 -Three Mile Smile 6 -Reefer Head Woman 7 -Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat) 8 -Lord Of The Thighs 9 -Lick And A Promise 10 -Sweet Emotion 11 -Dream On 12 -Lightning Strikes 13 -Walk This Way 14 -Milk Cow Blues 15 -Drum Solo Disc 2 16 -Toys In The Attic 17 -Train Kept A Rollin' Ventura County Fairgrounds Ventura, CA August 3, 1983 3. -Psycho - Tyler Introduction 4. -Back in the Saddle Again 5. -Big Ten Inch Record 6. -Mama Kin 7. -Three Mile Smile 8. -Reefer Head Woman 9. -Lord of the Thighs 10. -No More No More 11. -Minister Tyler Preaches 12. -Sweet Emotion 13. -Walk this Way 14. -Toys in the Attic THE BAND Steven Tyler vocals harmonica percussion Tom Hamilton bass backing vocals Joey Kramer drums Jimmy Crespo guitar backing vocals Rick Dufay guitar Bob Mayo keyboards -
Audience 8.2 - A scrappy document, immersed in the audience, band playing a large hall…but thankfully I can hear everything. Not much clarity when they are at full swing but I would say this tape still has its charms and collectors, if they don’t have it, may want to add it to the collection. Incidentally the band returned again to play Philly later the same year, and that show exists and is pretty decent sounding. Aerosmith The Spectrum Philadelphia PA October 9, 1977 -Back In The Saddle -S.O.S. (Too Bad) -Big Ten Inch Record -I Wanna Know Why -Lord Of The Thighs -Lick And A Promise -Get It Up -Walk This Way -Sweet Emotion -Dream On -Dream on cont'd -Walkin' The Dog -Sick As A Dog -Draw The Line -Same Old Song And Dance -Train Kept A Rollin' -Get The Lead Out Notes: The band out on their "Draw The Line" tour playing new tunes before the record was out! Ah the old days! Band debuts "Get It Up" here, a whip-cracker of a tune...In fact that whole Draw The Line album rocks. People slag on it, but that "first side" is pure rock and roll genius, just has a flow and the rest is good too. If that LP came out today, people would shit their pants in joy. But I digress...this show is from the taper and solid quality. This is the show where Tyler and Perry got hit with an M-80 as they returned for the encore, so alas, there is no encore. But we also do not hear any fireworks blast as the tape simply shuts off after the Train Kept A Rollin'/Get The Lead Out jam. The band would return to the same venue just weeks later. -
Audience 8.5 - A fun recording to listen to, the quality is decent enough to where you can really dive in and not get fatigued at all…because let me tell you these guys really rocked out at this gig. If they were coked to the gills or drunk or whatever, I mean, I just don’t hear that. I hear a good hard rockin’ band! Band: Aerosmith Title: Reading Festival Date: August 27, 1977 Venue: Reading Festival, Reading, England 1 -Mama Kin 2 -S.O.S. (Too Bad) 3 -Big Ten Inch Record 4 -Lord Of The Thighs 5 -Lick And A Promise 6 -Dream On 7 -Walk This Way 8 -Draw The Line 9 -Same Old Song And Dance -
Soundboard 9.8 - A professionally made recording that saw a digital only release. This takes that stellar download and presents it in uncompressed, lossless form for you to enjoy. Nothing quite like this mesmerizing blend of Eastern trance psychedelic and Krautrock, the band never lost a step and sound like they traveled through a worm hole in time/space to leap from 1974 to 2013.Agitation Free Kesselhaus Berlin, Germany April 3, 2013 Disc 1 1. -You Play For Us Today 06:37 2. -Sahara City 03:47 3. -In The silence Of The Morning Sunrise 06:36 4. -Shibuya Nights 08:13 5. -First Communication 06:03 6. -Dialogue & Random 02:23 7. -Ala Tul 06:46 8. -Laila 08:38 Disc 2 9. -Nomads 08:02 10. -A Quiet Walk 07:41 11. -Das kleine Uhrwerk 05:15 12. -Malesch 05:27 13. -Drifting 03:34 14. -Rücksturz 05:56 15. -InDaJungl 08:39 16. -Interstellar Overdrive 07:34
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Audience 9.8 - Your ears will be telling you this HAS to be a soundboard, then the song ends and you hear the audience right next to you and you say to yourself “thank goodness I picked this one up” yes even though it’s an audience tape it will BLOW YOUR MIND it’s so good. Al Di Meola Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA May 26, 1978 01 Egyptian Danza 02 Chasin’ The Voodoo 03 Dark Eye Tango 04 Short Tales Of The Black Forest 05 Fantasia Suite For Two Guitars 06 Señor Mouse 07 Midnight Tango 08 Band Introduction 09 The Wizard -
FM Broadcast 9.6 - Beautifully preserved, this recording sparkles! A Must Have if you are into high level jazz fusion. Al Di Meola Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA May 21st 1978 KZAM FM Broadcast THE BAND Al DiMeola electric and acoustic guitars Phillippe Saisse keyboards and marimba Vlodek Gulgowski keyboards Tim Landers bass Eddie Colon timbales and percussion Robbie Gonzalez drums SETLIST 1 -KZAM Phone in Interview with AL 2 -KZAM Intro 3 -Egyptian Danza 4 -Chasin' the Voodoo 5 -Dark Eye Tango 6 -Short Tales of the Black Forest 7 -Fantasia Suite 8 -Señor Mouse 9 -Midnight Tango 10 -The Wizard 11 -Thank you Goodnight -
Soundboard 9.5 - Crisp, intimate, warm, inviting sound. It’s like, I don’t know, being there or something (cliché but true). Al DiMeola El Mocambo Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 17, 1977 1. -Mediterreanean sundance 3:58 (3:49) 2. -flight over Rio 7:28 (7:11) 3. -midnight tango 7:57 (7:39) 4. -percussion and drum solos 6:58 (6:42) 5. -elegant gypsy 12:29 (12:01) 6. -band introductions 2:10 (2:05) 7. -the wizard 11:45 (11:18) 8. -race with the devil on the Spanish highway 10:23 (9:57) Al DiMeola- guitar Stu Goldberg- keyboards Eddie Colon- timbales and percussion Lee Pastora- congas Eric McCann- bass Chuck Burgi- drums -
Audience 9.1 - Small club vibe permeates this very intimate recording as Al sings his songs with a crack band behind him…often chatting it up with the audience who responds in kind. As I listened, I could not help but think this music really reminds me of Lou Reed, with less bratty New York attitude and more gay San Francisco. Al Stewart Band Wolfgangs San Francisco, Ca. 1983-08-11 01. -Unknown Title 02. -Unknown Title 03. -Time Passages 04. -Cafe Society 05. -Almost Lucy 06. -Rumours of War 07. -Intros - On The Border 08. -Accident On 3rd Street 09. -Valentino Way 10. -Intros - Year Of The Cat 11. -End of the Day 12. -If It Doesn't Come Haturally Leave It 13. -Paint By Number Al Stewart: vocals, guitars Peter White: guitars, keyboards, bass Adam Yurman: bass, guitars Kaz: Alto sax, keyboards Steve Chapman: drums -
FM Broadcast 9.8 - Frighteningly great, as in near prefect sound mix, beautiful tonal qualities, excellent performance, and plenty of raw power and sheer brilliance on display. Quite frankly, Yngwie era Alcatrazz blows away the Vai period by miles, and I am not an Yngwie geek either. It’s just he’s that good here.Alcatrazz Country Club Reseda CA March 29TH 1984 1 -Jim Ladd Intro 2 -Too Young To Die 3 -General Hospital 4 -Kree Nakoorie 5 -Island In The Sun 6 -Evil Eye 7 -Jim Ladd 8 -Since You've Been Gone 9 -Hiroshima Mon Amour 10 -Jim Ladd 11 -Suffer Me 12 -Desert Song 13 -Jet To Jet 14 -Jim Ladd THE BAND Graham Bonnet lead vocals Yngwie Malmsteen guitar Jimmy Waldo keyboards backing vocals Gary Shea bass backing vocals Jan Uvena drums backing vocals
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Audience 8.6 -A sonic blast not held back by some of the typical limitations such as the actual venue itself which is notorious for sounding more like a gymnasium than a concert hall. Tape cannot be faulted for being muddy, it’s not very clean, but that is due to proximity to PA and unprofessional gear. That being said, the tape scores high in terms of sheer electricity and fun…once your ears adjust, yeah, but what a ride! Band did not know they were being taped by someone so I guess this is a pretty honest performance. They sound very primitive, underground, gritty…and I guess that is why Cooper made changes because perhaps that style and sound was getting outdated on such a large caliber tour. Personally, I much prefer this honest, maybe if a bit more crude, band sound. Alice Cooper Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts March-26-1973 the band alice cooper vocals michael bruce guitar glen buxton guitar dennis dunaway bass neal smith drums 1 -intro - tune up 2 -hello hooray 3 -billion dollar babies 4 -elected 5 -im 18 6 -raped and freezing 7 -no more mr nice guy 8 -my stars 9 -unfinished sweet 10 -I Love The Dead 11 -schools out 12 -under my wheels 13 -god bless america -
Studio Quality 8.9 - The quality is great but you have to get past the first song and a half as there is some static present. Once you move past those tracks you get some very interesting studio rehearsals and outtakes. I love the rawness here, it’s very visceral and powerful. ALICE COOPER Studio Outtakes Killer and Muscle Of Love album 01. Desperado 02. Be My Lover 03. Killer 04. Halo Of Flies 05. You Drive Me Nervous 06. You Drive Me Nervous Part 2 07. Man With The Golden Gun 08. Teenage Lament 09. Woman Machine 10. Never Been Sold Before 11. Muscle Of Love 12. Muscle Of Love Part 2 13. Workin Up A Sweat 14. Babe Please Don't Stop 15. Hard Hearted Alice -
Audience 8.8 - This rates highly as a new audio tape discovery from decades ago you might have low expectations but it’s a good, clear (but for Alice being a little low in the mix) and I would say powerful show in sound and performance. Alice Cooper Circus Krone Munich, Germany November 15 1972 01 Public Animal #9 7:52 02 Caught In A Dream 1:39 03 Under My Wheels 1:47 04 Be My Lover 2:36 05 I'm Eighteen 7:34 06 Is It My Body/My Very Own 8:37 07 Halo of Flies 11:26 08 Gutter Cat vs the Jets 5:55 09 Street Fight 6:13 10 Killer 10:18 11 Elected 6:54 12 School's Out 12:20 -
FM Broadcast 8.8 - A tape that sounds…1978. That doesn’t mean it’s bad at all, it’s just a rather dated sounding broadcast to my ears. That means it kind of captures the time period rather well, and the quality itself is pretty good, but not exhibiting the usual dynamic of an FM broadcast. Not enough 1978 era tapes of excellent quality though, so grab this one. ALICE COOPER Wendler Arena Saginaw, Michigan May 10th 1978 K.B.F.H. / WBCN FM Broadcast Aired July 9th 1978 1 -Ad For The Show 2 -WBCN Promo 3 -K.B.F.H.Intro 4 -Under My Wheels 5 -Billion Dollar Babies 6 -I'm Eighteen 7 -Is It My Body 8 -Devil's Food 9 -The Black Widow 10 -You and Me 11 -Only Women Bleed 12 -Escape 13 -I Never Cry 14 -It's Hot Tonight 15 -Lace & Whiskey 16 -School's Out 17 -Band Intro's and Solos - School's Out (reprise) 18 -K.B.F.H. THE BAND Alice Cooper vocals "The Cornhuskers" Jefferson Kewley guitar Davey Johnstone guitar Dee Murray bass Dennis Conway drums Fred Mandel keyboards -
Soundboard 8.8 - A very old sounding tape that received a recent “facelift” giving it some more punch while reducing tape noise (without compromising any high end). What you end up with is another very good early performance (whilst the band was still doing some Pretties For You numbers) in very good quality. I never get tired of the early Alice Cooper stuff, even if I still don’t understand “Sun Arise” ha ha! Alice Cooper Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA, USA July 10, 1971 01 Intro (1:37) 02 Sun Arise (5:07) 03 Caught In A Dream (2:49) 04 I'm Eighteen (5:32) 05 Is It My Body (8:14) 06 Second Coming (2:40) 07 Ballad Of Dwight Fry (7:33) 08 Black Juju (9:50) Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) - Lead Vocals, Harmonica Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals Dennis Dunaway - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Neal Smith - Drums, Backing Vocals -
Soundboard 9.2 - A lot of free form jamming here, what they call Mountain Jam is really made up of some improvisation before the band goes off into this more structured jam, and the show is a little condensed but sounds like it is much longer than it actually is. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Columbia HS Auditorium Decatur, GA May 23, 1970 1. Mountain Jam Intro 2. Drums 3. Berry Bass Solo 4. Mountain Jam 5. Will The Circle Be Unbroken 6. Bo Diddely / Spacy Jam 7. Mountain Jam 8. Rock & ROll Jam 9. Mountain Jam Finale 10. Encore Intro 11. Don't Want You No More 12. Not My Cross To Bear Duane Allman - guitar Gregg Allman - organ, vocals Dicky Betts - guitar Berry Oakley - bass Butch Trucks - drums Jai Johanny Johanson - percussion
