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Audience 8.8 - The Zurich aftershow is decent enough for what had to be a packed club, so yeah it’s somewhat claustrophobic as you feel like you are squeezed between people and you are trying to bootleg the damn show ha ha! It’s good, it’s not great. The rest of the material is excellent quality from various source but all great. PRINCE The War Disc 1 Newpower Soul Tour Aftershow Kaufleuten, Zurich 24th August 1998 1. Soundcheck - Gett Off (Swiss Style) 2. Flash Light 3. Joy And Pain - I Got My Groove On 4. Everyday People 5. Instrumental Jam 6. Alphabet St. 7. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 8. U're Still The One 9. Release Yourself Disc 2 Love 4 One Another Charities Tour Roseland Ballroom New York 11th January 1997 1. Jam Of The Year 2. Face Down VH-1 Honors 11th April 1997 3. The Holy River 4. Take Me With U 5. Raspberry Beret Essence Awards 21st May 1998 6. The Christ Paisley Park 28th December 1996 7. Jam Of The Year 8. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing Paisley Park 1998 9. The War -
Soundboard 9.6 - A New Years Eve gig in New Orleans, I mean, can you imagine the partying that went down? Had to be legendary, and here’s a captured moment from that night with an artist who’s bringing it to the crowd, with a crack band (listen to the guitar leads!). Professor Longhair & The Blues Scholars Tipitina's Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana December 31st, 1978 Soundboard Set 1 - Late December 31st, 1978 1. Instrumental 2. Mess Around 3. Big Chief 4. Ain't Got No Hair 5. Everyday I Have The Blues 6. Go To The Mardi Gras 7. I'm Movin' On 8. Got My Mojo Workin' 9. Hey Little Girl 10. Her Mind Is Gone 11. Stagger Lee 12. Cry To Me 13. Auld Lang Syne Set 2 - Early January 1st, 1979 14. Instrumental 15. Instrumental 16. Rockin' Pneumonia 17. Bright Lights, Big City 18. Rum And Coke 19. Tipitina 20. Jambalaya 21. She Walked Right In 22. Hey Now Honey Child 23. Band Intros 24. Big Chief Runtime - 1 Hour 48 Minutes 30 Seconds Professor Longhair - Piano, Vocals Dave Watson - Bass Alfred Roberts - Congas Earl Gordon - Drums Ronald Johnson - Guitar Stanley John - Steel Drums Tony Dagradi - Saxophone Andy Kaslow - Saxophone -
Audience 8.6 - Small club vibe and really good sound with an emphasis on percussion clarity and presence. Recording leans to the mid and upper end but it’s not too brittle there, so it’s very comfortable but can use some added low end anyway. Aside from that, this is quite good. Psychedelic Furs Punto a Capo, Budria, Italy June 8, 1984 Band line-up Richard Butler – vocals John Ashton – guitar Tim Butler – bass guitar Keith Forsey – drums, percussion Total Time = 83:22 Disc 1 01 Love My Way 02 Pretty In Pink 03 Here Come Cowboys 04 My Time 05 President Gas 06 Sleep Comes Down 07 The Ghost In You 08 Heaven -- tape flip -- 09 Angels Disc 2 10 Sister Europe 11 Alice's House 12 Heartbeat 13 Forever Now 14 Imitation Of Christ 15 Into You Like A Train 16 India The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977. Led by singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass. The Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene. Their debut album was in 1980. But in 1982, the band were reduced to a four-piece. The Furs did find success in the US with their next release, 1981's Talk Talk Talk, which included the original version of "Pretty in Pink", which was later re-recorded for the 1986 movie soundtrack "Pretty in Pink". This movie would help launch Molly Ringwald's acting career. -
Berlin 1971 - Audience 7.6 and Pro 8.7 - Material originates from an average audience tape but two songs come from a pro TV recording (most likely). Stockholm 1970 - Soundboard 8.9 - Material is most definitely from a TV source (thus explains the short interview). The second disc contains BBC tracks from 1970 and some rare color 16MM pro shot film from Berlin 1971. The disc is formatted as a data disc so you can only play it on a computer, opening the audio files and video file with the player of your choice. Quatermass Berlin 1970-1971 Berlin 1971, Stockholm 1970 and BBC 1970 Bonus Video from Berlin 1971 Disc 1 Berlin 1971 1. Monster In Paradise 2. Up On The Ground 3. Monster In Paradise (reprise) 4. One Blind Mice 5. Make Up Your Mind 6. Laughin' Tackle - Keyboard Solo 7. Unknown Track Stockholm 1970 8. Black Sheep Of The Family 9. Interview 10. One Blind Mice Disc 2 John Peel Session 1970-07-28 1. Black Sheep of the Family 2. Laughing Tackle 3. Make up your Mind Now 4. One Blind Mice Rare 16MM color pro shot film from Berlin 1971 (this disc is not formatted as a playable CD. It is a DATA disc and must be opened on your computer in order to play the files). -
Audience 8.7 - I want to rate this higher because of what it represents and what it will do for you, the listener. I want to rate it based on more than just audio fidelity, which in this case is very good for the time, and technically you get everything you need here – excellent separation of instruments, good clarity, good atmosphere…but dynamically it sits in a middle range place and doesn’t offer deep, rich lows or crisp highs and we are spoiled nowadays so we might complain about that but NOT ME! This is KILLER! When was the last time a Queen live recording caused the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up? I can’t adequately express the perfection this performance is, spine-tingling, electric, orgasmic, all of this and more. If listening to this show doesn’t move you, you are dead inside. Queen Sartory Hall Koln, Germany 6th December 1974 Disc 1 1. -Procession 2. -Now I'm Here 3. -Ogre Battle 4. -Father To Son 5. -White Queen 6. -Flick Of The Wrist 7. -In The Lap Of The Gods 8. -Killer Queen 9. -March Of The Black Queen 10. -Bring Back That Leroy Brown 11. -Son And Daughter 12. -Guitar Solo Disc 2 13. -Son And Daughter (Reprise) 14. -Keep Yourself Alive 15. -Seven Seas Of Rhye 16. -Stone Cold Crazy 17. -Liar 18. -In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited 19. -Big Spender 20. -Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll 21. -Jailhouse Rock 22. -God Save The Queen -
Audience 8.8 - What a cool document this is! It’s basically them in a sound studio doing a video shoot for We Are The Champions and then afterwards performing an entire show. It’s awesome! The band sound great, a very heavy, metallic sound in pretty decent quality thanks to this taper. Queen London, UK New London Theatre October 6, 1977 1. Bob Harris' Speech #1 2. Bob Harris' Speech #2 3. We Are The Champions 4. Tie Your Mother Down 5. Keep Yourself Alive 6. Somebody To Love 7. White Man 8. The Prophet's Song 9. Liar 10. Bohemian Rhapsody 11. Now I'm Here 12. Jailhouse Rock 13. We Want Queen 14. We Are The Champions 15. See What A Fool I've Been -
Audience 9.5 - Many of you will be surprised by my rare high rating for an audience tape…but man, I gotta tell you, this is 100% justified. Yes, it’s sonically really nice, but it delivers that magical quality that real fans know about and is kind of hard to explain the uninitiated. Let me try: you feel like you are seated there at the show, you feel the anticipation, you know what is about to happen yet can’t quite believe how actually incredible it truly is. Enough hyperbole, you get it, I love this one. But to be fair, the recording quality is more like a 9.2, still great, but it’s the atmosphere, the spaciousness, the rolling drums that seem to pan across the speakers, the great sound mix, all of it equals pure magic and a legitimate 9.5. Queen Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA December 20, 1977 Disc 2 01 We Will Rock You intro 02 Brighton Rock 03 Somebody To Love 04 Death On Two Legs 05 Killer Queen 06 Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy 07 I'm In Love With My Car 08 Get Down Make Love 09 The Millionaire Waltz 10 You're My Best Friend 11 Liar 12 Love Of My Life 13 '39 Disc 2 14 My Melancholy Blues 15 White Man 16 The Prophet's Song 17 Guitar Solo 18 The Prophet's Song (reprise) 19 Now I'm Here 20 Stone Cold Crazy 21 Bohemian Rhapsody 22 Keep Yourself Alive 23 Tie Your Mother Down 24 We Will Rock You* 25 We Are The Champions 26 Sheer Heart Attack 27 Jailhouse Rock 28 God Save The Queen -
Studio Quality 9.8 - Fantastic insight into the working progress of a masterpiece album. One thing that stood out for me was listening to the drums, they aren't exactly going to be the biggest takeaway when considering the performance as a whole but when they are dissected and highlighted you really understand the craft that goes into it. Let's put it this way - the drums aren't just being banged upon, they are being played. Queen Multitracks Mixes II Disc 1 01.Brighton Rock (Drums) 02.Brighton Rock (Guitar) 03.Brighton Rock (Vocal) 04.Get Down, Make Love (Bass) 05.Get Down, Make Love (Drums) 06.Get Down, Make Love (Guitar) 07.Get Down, Make Love (Piano) 08.Get Down, Make Love (Vocal) 09.I Want It All (Drums) 10.I Want It All (Guitar, Bass) 11.I Want It All (Keyboards) 12.I Want It All (Vocal) 13.Killer Queen (Drums) 14.Killer Queen (Guitar) 15.Killer Queen (Piano) 16.Killer Queen (Vocal) 17.One Vision (Drums, Bass) 18.One Vision (Guitar) 19.One Vision (Vocal, Synthesizer) 20.Tenement Funster (Drums, Vocal) 21.Tenement Funster (Guitar) 22.Tenement Funster (Piano, Bass) Disc 2 01.Bohemian Rhapsody (Bass) 02.Bohemian Rhapsody (Drums) 03.Bohemian Rhapsody (Piano) 04.Bohemian Rhapsody (Piano, Bass) 05.Bohemian Rhapsody (Piano, Drums) 06.Bohemian Rhapsody (Guitar) 07.Bohemian Rhapsody (Background Vocal Mix) 08.Bohemian Rhapsody (Lead Vocal Mix) 09.Bohemian Rhapsody (Complete Vocal Mix) -
New York 1975 Audience 8.3 - Not particularly clear, but recording does have some force behind it that propels the sound into your ears, making it slightly better than your average, or mediocre 70’s audience tape, and that is really good because this is a rare one – only 4 known to circulate recordings from the US Sheer Heart Attack tour. Hear the band just before they exploded! Santa Monica 1975 Audience 8.8 - A very good recording of the rarely captured US Sheer Heart Attack tour. The band had yet to release Bohemian Rhapsody and were supporting a good record, but the greatness was still yet to come. Queen Conquer America 1975 Disc 1 New York, NY, USA Avery Fisher Hall February 16, 1975 (late show) 1. -Procession 2. -Now I'm Here 3. -Ogre Battle 4. -Father To Son 5. -White Queen 6. -Flick Of The Wrist 7. -In The Lap Of The Gods - Killer Queen - The March Of The Black Queen - Bring Back That Leroy Brown 8. -Son And Daughter 9. -Keep Yourself Alive 10. -Stone Cold Crazy 11. -Liar 12. -In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited 13. -Big Spender 14. -Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll 15. -Jailhouse Rock 16. -God Save The Queen Previously uncirculated, this is only the fourth show to emerge from the US Sheer Heart Attack tour - a monumental find. This is the second show of a two show day. Disc 2 Santa Monica, CA, USA Santa Monica Civic Auditorium March 29, 1975 - late show, 11:30pm 1. -Flick Of The Wrist 2. -In The Lap Of The Gods 3. -Killer Queen 4. -The March Of The Black Queen 5. -Bring Back That Leroy Brown 6. -Son And Daughter 7. -Keep Yourself Alive 8. -Stone Cold Crazy 9. -Liar 10. -Big Spender 11. -Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll 12. -Jailhouse Rock -
Audience 8.4 - Unfortunately this is not the best recording. It’s a big stadium, but the flaws are not the typical big stadium flaws of too far away and echoey, rather a preponderance of bass. At times it lets up though, I mean, the rest of the band comes through (vocals being most audible) and you can hear what is going on but you have to round down some of that bass. A mastering job was done, and a lot of the boom was mitigated, and that is nice because this is the one tour that seems to be lacking in decent recordings (Jazz Tour). I’m thinking this one is for Queen completists, but with such nice artwork accompanying this title it’s worth grabbing if there is a discount going on. Queen Coliseum Arena Oakland, California 1978.12.16 Disc 1 101 -Intro 102 -We Will Rock You (Fast) 103 -Let Me Entertain You 104 -Somebody To Love 105 -If You Can't Beat Them 106 -Death On Two Legs 107 -Killer Queen 108 -Bicycle Race 109 -I'm In Love With My Car 110 -Get Down, Make Love 111 -You're My Best Friend 112 -Now I'm Here 113 -Spread Your Wings 114 -Dreamer's Ball 115 -Love Of My Life 116 -'39 Disc 2 201 -It's Late 202 -Brighton Rock 203 -Fat Bottomed Girls 204 -Keep Yourself Alive 205 -Bohemian Rhapsody 206 -Tie Your Mother Down 207 -Sheer Heart Attack 208 -We Will Rock You 209 -We Are The Champions 210 -God Save The Queen -
Audience 9.5 - Hard to really improve upon this one - it's lovely in all regards. Great, clean highs and round lows with a great mid range. It's highlighted by a respectful crowd that rarely intrudes while the band is performing but very enthusiastic between songs. Wish I was there. This recording allows me to be there and hear what I missed. Queen Seattle Center Arena Seattle, WA March 13, 1977 Disc 1 01 Tie Your Mother Down 02 Ogre Battle 03 White Queen (As It Began) 04 Somebody To Love 05 Killer Queen 06 The Millionaire Waltz 07 You're My Best Friend 08 Bring Back That Leroy Brown 09 Brighton Rock 10 '39 11 You Take My Breath Away 12 White Man Disc 2 13 The Prophet's Song 14 Bohemian Rhapsody 15 Stone Cold Crazy 16 Keep Yourself Alive 17 Liar 18 In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited 19 Now I'm Here 20 Big Spender 21 Jailhouse Rock Medley 22 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 23 Stupid Cupid 24 Be-Bog-A-Lula -
Audience 8.8 - Thrown into the middle of the action, surrounded by hyper excited Japanese teenagers, you are REALLY going to experience what this evening felt like on many levels – not least of which was the super-electrified performance of a Queen band riding the crest of a popularity wave that would last many more years. Audio quality is good enough to warrant serious investigation of this offering. Queen Budokan, Tokyo, Japan March 22nd, 1976 Disc 1: 01. Opening 02. Introduction 03. Bohemian Rhapsody 04. Ogre Battle 05. MC 06. Sweet Lady 07. MC 08. White Queen 09. MC 10. Flick Of The Wrist 11. MC 12. Bohemian Rhapsody 13. Killer Queen 14. The March Of The Black Queen 15. Bohemian Rhapsody 16. Bring Back That Leroy Brown 17. MC 18. Brighton Rock 19. Guitar Solo 20. Brighton Rock 21. Son And Daughter Disc 2: 01. Band Introduction 02. The Prophet's Song 03. Stone Cold Crazy 04. MC 05. Doing All Right 06. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 07. Keep Yourself Alive 08. Drum Solo 09. Keep Yourself Alive 10. Liar 11. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited 12. Now I'm Here 13. Big Spender 14. Jailhouse Rock 15. God Save The Queen -
Audience 8.3 - A tape that one must admire for sheer effort, capturing an entire performance of what had to be an enormous venue filled with screaming people…not the best environment to do field recordings! The music, however, is here, in average fidelity but not obscuring the excellent performance given by the band. Band: Queen Title: Vienna Waltz Date:May 2, 1978 Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria Disc 1 1.We Will Rock You (slow/fast) 2.Brighton Rock 3.Somebody To Love 4.Death On Two Legs 5.Killer Queen 6.Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy 7.I'm In Love With My Car 8.Get Down, Make Love 9.The Millionaire Waltz 10.You're My Best Friend 11.Spread Your Wings 12.It's Late 13.Now I'm Here 14.Love Of My Life Disc 2 1.'39 2.My Melancholy Blues 3.White Man 4.The Prophet's Song incl. Guitar Solo 5.Stone Cold Crazy 6.Bohemian Rhapsody 7.Keep Yourself Alive 8.Tie Your Mother Down 9.We Will Rock You 10.We Are The Champions 11.Sheer Heart Attack 12.Jailhouse Rock 13.God Save The Queen -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. -
Soundboard 9.7 - This is the one to get if you want to hear this band at arguably the peak of their powers. Sounding like a flashier, somewhat more progressive version of Iron Maiden to these ears, but whoa nelly there is a whole lot of premium quality musicianship happening and it is happening in fantastic quality. Most recording of busy, progressive metal groups simply have a hard time mixing the different instruments in such a way as to deliver the punch without over-killing it and destroying the integrity of the sound. This recording is brilliant because it doesn’t do that, and I honestly have never heard live early Queensyche in this manner before and it is a thrill, it’s a MUST have if you have even a passing interest. Queensryche Harpos Detroit, MI, USA 8th December 1984 1. Intro 2. Nightrider 3. Prophecy 4. Deliverance 5. NM 156 6. Child Of Fire 7. Before The Storm 8. Guitar Solo 9. Blinded 10. The Lady Wore Black 11. En Force 12. Roads To Madness 13. Warning 14. Queen Of The Reich 15. Take Hold Of The Flame 01 The National Anthem (Verona) 02 Morning Bell (Dublin) 03 I Might Be Wrong (Jersey City #2) 04 Dollars & Cents (Verona) 05 You And Whose Army? (Nijmegen) 06 Optimistic (Dublin) 07 In Limbo (Adenau) 08 Packt Like Sardines (Vaison la Romaine) 09 Knives Out (Hollywood) 10 Pyramid Song (Jersey City #2) 11 Kid A (Berlin) 12 Idioteque (London) 13 Everything In Its Right Place (Atlanta) 14 How To Disappear Completely (Jersey City #1) 15 Motion Picture Soundtrack (Dublin) BONUS TRACKS: 16 The Thief (Warrington) 17 Cinnamon Girl (Paris) SOURCES 2000-07-04 Berlin, DE - Großer Sendesaal des SFB (Pro-Recorded Promo) 2000-09-16 Nijmegen, NL - Goffertpark (Broadcast) 2000-09-24 London, UK - Victoria Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2000-10-02 Warrington, UK - Victoria Park (Broadcast) 2000-10-07 Dublin, IE - Punchestown Race Course (Pro-Recorded Promo) 2001-04-28 Paris, FR - Studio Canal+ (Broadcast) 2001-05-28 Vaison La Romaine, FR - Theatre Antique d'Vaison (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-05-30 Verona, IT - Verona Arena (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-06-01 Adenau, DE - Nürburgring (Broadcast) 2001-07-30 Atlanta, GA - Stone Mountain Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-16 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-17 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) 2001-08-20 Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl (Soundboard/Audience Matrix) -
London Audience 8.7 - A decent recording that remains consistent throughout. Everything comes through, albeit not with a lot of detailed anything, just good overall clarity and decent mix. I would commend the taper because I know he had to have battled with the Hammersmith Odeon acoustics, loud audience, louder band, and consumer grade gear and yet still managed a good capture. Brussels Audience 8.9 - This is a strong recording and finds the band performing at a very high level. Good sound balance, and though you get a sense of the sheer volume, it does not stress the tape. Queensryche Europe 1984 Disc 1 Hammersmith Odeon London, England 10/4/84 01. Nightrider 02. Prophecy 03. Deliverance 04. NM 156 05. En Force 06. Before The Storm 07. Guitar Solo 08. Blinded 09. Warning 10. Take Hold Of The Flame 11. Queen Of The Reich Disc 2 Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium 1984-10-19 01. Nightrider 02. Prophecy 03. Deliverance 04. NM 156 05. En Force 06. Before The Storm 07. Guitar Solo 08. Blinded 09. The Lady Wore Black 10. Warning 11. Take Hold Of The Flame 12. Queen Of The Reich Lineup Geoff Tate - vocals Chris DeGarmo - guitars Michael Wilton - guitars Eddie Jackson - bass Scott Rockenfield - drums