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Studio quality 9.4 - There’s some strange audio artifacts on the first song but it also could be one of the vocal mics acting funny…I could not figure it out but it’s intermittent. The rest is spot on. The Rolling Stones Made In The Shade (The Alternate Album) 01 Brown Sugar (March 1971 On TOTP With Live Vocals) 02 Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Mono Promofilm Mix) 03 Dancing With Mr. D (Mono Promofilm Mix) 04 Silver Train (Mono Promofilm Mix) 05 Bitch (Alternate Mix) 06 Shake Your Hips (Basic Track With Early Vocal/No Overdubs) 07 Wild Horses (Basic Mix/No Overdubs) 08 Tumbling Dice (Montreaux 1972 First Rehearsal Take) 09 Hide Your Love (Alternate Mix) 10 It's Only Rock 'N Roll (Mono Promofilm Mix) 11 Brown Sugar (Another Alternate Mix) 12 Shine A Light (1970 Recording Taken Off A Leon Russell-LP) 13 100 Years Ago (Alternate Mix) 14 Sweet Black Angel (Early Instrumental Take Aka Bent Green Needles) 15 Dead Flowers (Alternate Mix) 16 Angie (Mono Promofilm Mix/No Strings) 17 Separately (Unreleased 1972 Instrumental) 18 Till The Next Goodbye (Mono Promofilm Mix) bonus 19 Hide Your Love (Very rare outtake) 20 Chuck Berry Blues (With Harvey Mandel) -
Audience 8,4 - Somewhat distant, but not the kind of distant that means taper is in nose bleed section, it’s still pretty clear. Fidelity is decent, not a real “full” sound but I got everything including piano in this. There’s some hiss, in the background mostly while music is playing it’s not a bother. I think most fans are going to appreciate this tape, it’s good. The Rolling Stones - Mannheim, September 3. 1973 CD 1: 1. Intro 2. Brown Sugar 3. Bitch 4. Gimme Shelter 5. Happy 6. Tumbling Dice 7. 100 Years Ago 8. Star Star 9. Angie 10. Sweet Virginia 11. You Can't Always Get What You Want CD 2: 1. Dancing With Mr.D 2. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 3. Midnight Rambler 4. Band intro 5. Honky Tonk Women 6. All Down The Line 7. Rip This Joint 8. Jumping Jack Flash 9. Street Fighting Man -
Audience 8.4 - This tape takes a song to find its sweet spot (relatively speaking), so I give full credit to the taper for having the sense to make sure he was going to get the best capture he could get. What I like about this is that it’s not a muddy mess, it is bright, it’s present, and I think a very worthwhile addition to the collection especially considering it’s from 1972 which was, arguably, one of the Stones’ best tours. The Rolling Stones Municipal Auditorium Mobile, Alabama June 27th, 1972 01 Brown Sugar 02 Bitch 03 Rocks Off 04 Gimmie Shelter 05 Happy 06 Tumbling Dice 07 Love In Vain 08 Sweet Virginia 09 You Can't Always Get What You Want 10 All Down The Line 11 Midnight Rambler 12 Introductions 13 Bye Bye Johnny 14 Rip This Joint 15 Jumpin' Jack Flash 16 Street Fighting Man -
Myrtle Beach 1978 Audience 8.3 - This recording is not well known among collectors and has fallen through the cracks over time, the fact that it is not a great sounding tape is perhaps one reason why. That being said, I have heard much worse than this. St. Louis 1978 Audience 8.7 - The highlight of this recording is the nice live sound of Charlie Watts, with Mick being next up in the mix. Everything else is there, with decent enough clarity, but what makes the tape worth diving into is the cool “liveness” of it. It has the feel of a smaller venue (relatively speaking). It is easy to see why this was picked up by the Japanese bootleg machine, it is probably one that collectors want due to it being from the ’78 tour and reasonably good quality, and great performance. I say dive in! The Rolling Stones Myrtle Beach South Carolina June 22 1978 Disc 1 01.Don't Look Back 02.Let It Rock 03.All Down The Line 04.Honky Tonk Women 05.Star Star 06.Lies 07.Miss You 08.When The Whip Comes Down 09.Beast of Burden 10.Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) Disc 2 11.Respectable 12.Far Away Eyes 13.Love In Vain 14.Shattered 15.Tumbling Dice 16.Happy 17.Sweet Little Sixteen 18.Brown Sugar 19.Jumping Jack Flash Kiel Opera House St. Louis, Missouri July 11, 1978 20 -Let It Rock 21 -All Down The Line 22 -Honky Tonk Women 23 -Star Star Disc 3 01 -When The Whip Comes Down 02 -Beast Of Burden 03 -Lies 04 -Miss You 05 -Just My Imagination 06 -Shattered 07 -Respectable 08 -Far Away Eyes 09 -Love In Vain 10 -Tumbling Dice -
Audience 8.5 - Pretty middle of the road, not annoying or bad, but not crystal clear. Hard to hear any detail in the guitars, it’s on the bassy side, so it’s bass and Jagger, and some locomotive sound which could be Keith and Ronnie. I mean, it is clear enough, it’s not a “bad” tape at all – in fact listening closely I am tempted to say this was pulled from a video source. THE ROLLING STONES SUPERDOME NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA JULY 13, 1978 Let It Rock All Down The Line Honky Tonk Woman Star Star When The Whip Comes Down Beast Of Burden Lies Miss You Just My Imagination Shattered Respectable Far Away Eyes Love In Vain Tumbling Dice Happy Sweet Little Sixteen Brown Sugar Jumping Jack Flash Street Fighting Man -
Audience/Soundboard 9.0/9.4 - A combination of the two sources was used to make a complete show, and both sources are excellent, even the audience source. So dive right in! The Rolling Stones Madison Square Garden, New York, July 26, 1972 And July 25, 1972 01. -Intro - Brown Sugar 02. -Bitch 03. -Rocks Off 04. -Gimme Shelter 05. -Happy 06. -Tumbling Dice 07. -All Down The Line 08. -You Can't Always Get What You Want 09. -Midnight Rambler 10. -Band intro - Bye Bye Johnny 11. -Rip This Joint 12. -Love In Vain 13. -Sweet Virginia 14. -Jumpin' Jack Flash 15. -Street Fighting Man -
Audience 8.4 - This is a tape that fits the Stones image, it’s rough, raw, and loaded with chaotic energy. It has flaws, but it recovers and gets back onto your good side. You will get used to the screaming chick, thankfully her howls are spread out. Try not to get too wrapped up into the occasional drop out or glitch because you can really get sucked into this concert if you let yourself. Madison Square Garden New York, June 24th, 1975 Disc 1- Fanfare For The Common Man
- Honky Tonk Women
- All Down The Line
- If You Can't Rock Me - Get Off Of My Cloud
- Star Star
- Gimmie Shelter
- Ain't Too Proud To Beg
- You Gotta Move
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
- Band Intros
- Tumbling Dice
- It's Only Rock And Roll
- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
- Fingerprint File
- Angie
- Wild Horses
- That's Life
- Outta Space
- Brown Sugar
- Midnight Rambler
- Rip This Joint
- Street Fighting Man
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- Sympathy For The Devil
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Audience/Soundboard matrix 9.1- Nicely blended to sound pretty natural to the ears – good presence and excellent atmosphere. In Stones history, this was an historic run of shows. The Rolling Stones Madison Square Garden 1969 First Night 27th November 1969 01 Jumpin` Jack Flash 02 Carol 03 Sympathy For The Devil 04 Stray Cat Blues 05 Love In Vain 06 Prodigal Son 07 You Gotta Move 08 Under My Thumb / I`m Free 09 Midnight Rambler 10 Live With Me 11 Little Queenie 12 (I Can`t Get No) Satisfaction 13 Honky Tonk Women 14 Street Fighting Man -
Audience 8.4 Sourced from three different tape recordings, all audience, to make a complete show. Not that bad, but you aren’t listening to this for the high fidelity anyway. This was a celebration, a monumental event, as were pretty much all Stones shows from 1972 on. So, yeah, rowdy crowd, noise, all that and more. But, you know, I listen to these and I still enjoy them a lot. It’s the event that I hear, I really don’t care if I don’t get every detailed note I mean it’s the sloppy Stones isn’t it? The Rolling Stones Madison Square Garden New York, NY (USA) June 26, 1975 Disc 1 101 -Honky Tonk Women 102 -All Down the Line 103 -If You Can't Rock Me - Get Off of My Cloud 104 -Star Star 105 -Gimme Shelter 106 -Ain't Too Proud to Beg 107 -You Gotta Move 108 -You Can't Always Get What You Want 109 -Band Introduction 110 -Happy 111 -Tumbling Dice Disc 2 201 -It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) 202 -Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 203 -Fingerprint File 204 -Angie 205 -That's Life 206 -Outta Space 207 -Brown Sugar 208 -Midnight Rambler 209 -Rip This Joint 210 -Street Fighting Man 211 -Jumpin' Jack Flash -
Norfolk 1972 Audience 8.6 - A rough and tumble tape that surprisingly delivers the sounds you need to be able to hear the band play. The most important thing is this: Mick Taylor is the clearest! You wouldn’t expect that in a million years I know but here it is.
Indianapolis 1972 Audience 8.3 - Low end of the totem pole recording that is represented here because it is perhaps the best source for it. Is there anything salvageable at all? Yes. It’s distant and not distinct but for completists they will be happy to have the good source and complete their 1972 tour collections.
The Rolling Stones Going Back To The Roots Disc 1 The Scope Norfolk, Virginia July 5, 1972 01. Brown Sugar 02. Bitch 03. Rocks Off 04. Gimme Shelter 05. Happy 06. Tumbling Dice 07. Love In Vain 08. Sweet Virginia 09. You Cant Always Get What You Want 10. All Down The Line 11. Midnight Rambler 12. Band Introductions 13. Bye Bye Johnny 14. Rip This Joint 15. Jumping Jack Flash 16. Street Fighting Man Disc 2 Convention Center Indianapolis, Indiana July 12, 1972 01. Brown Sugar 02. Bitch 03. Rocks Off 04. Gimme Shelter 05. Happy 06. Tumbling Dice 07. Love In Vain 08. Sweet Virginia 09. You Cant Always Get What You Want 10. All Down The Line 11. Midnight Rambler 12. Introductions 13. Bye Bye Johnny 14. Rip This Joint 15. Jumping Jack Flash 16. Street Fighting Man -
French Radio Broadcast 8.4 - The recording does not sound what you would expect a broadcast to be, it sounds like an audience recording honestly. Then, you have to listen past the announcer comments (in French) between songs, and sometimes chiming in at the end, and beginning of the next song. Annoying, but I guess a small price to pay for having the priceless recordings of classic live Rolling Stones of this early vintage. I did notice the quality to be much better than the way I remember it being when these this first surfaced. The Rolling Stones Paris, France 9/22/1970 01 Backstage Report 02 JUMPING JACK FLASH 03 ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN 04 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL 05 STRAY CAT BLUES 06 LOVE IN VAIN 07 DEAD FLOWERS 08 MIDNIGHT RAMBLER 09 LIVE WITH ME 10 LITTLE QUEENIE 11 LET IT ROCK 12 BROWN SUGAR 13 HONKY TONK WOMEN 14 STREET FIGHTING MAN -
Soundboard 9.5 - Forceful and direct, everything is at full blast and never sounded better. The Rolling Stones Cricket Ground Perth, Australia February 24, 1973 01 Brown Sugar 02 Bitch 03 Rocks Off 04 Gimmie Shelter 05 Happy 06 Tumbling Dice 07 Love In Vain 08 Sweet Virginia 09 You Can't Always Get What You Want 10 Honky Tonk Women 11 All Down The Line 12 Midnight Rambler 13 Band Introductions / Happy Birthday Nicky 14 Little Queenie 15 Rip This Joint -
Audience 8.5 - Here is perhaps one of the best captures from the tour (not quite as good as Oakland or LA but this tape has some real power). This recording seems to be rather close to the PA, but there’s no distortion. Tape is not overly wide ranging from high to low but there’s plenty of meat and a good amount of dynamics nonetheless. Certainly this is one to get. The Rolling Stones 1969.11.11 Phoenix Coliseum Phoenix, Arizona 01. -Jumping Jack Flash 02. -Carol 03. -Sympathy For The Devil 04. -Stray Cat Blues 05. -Prodigal Son 06. -You Gotta Move 07. -Love In Vain 08. -Under My Thumb 09. -Midnight Rambler 10. -Live With Me 11. -Gimme Shelter 12. -Little Queenie 13. -Brown Sugar (*) (*) Live At Altamont Speedway 1969.12.06 -
Soundboard 8.6 - This is a tape of contraries – on the one hand it is very forceful, with a wall of intense guitar/vocal energy with a driving bass pushing the sound through your brain – but it comes at a cost…which is dynamic range. The music is all there, you will even hear piano in the mix, and it’s just kind of lacking overall clarity and dynamics. All that being taken into consideration, what you have here is still a very good piece of history, a fun listen and one that does slightly improve (after the beginning where the sound is still finding its level/mix. The Rolling Stones 'Plane Sex On The Way To Pittsburgh' Civic Arena Arena Pittsburgh, PA, USA Saturday July 22nd, 1972 01 Brown Sugar 02 Bitch 03 Rocks Off 04 Gimme Shelter 05 Happy 06 Tumbling Dice 07 Love In Vain 08 Sweet Virginia 09 You Can’t Always Get What You Want 10 All Down The Line 11 Midnight Rambler 12 Bye Bye Johnny 13 Rip This Joint 14 Jumping Jack Flash 15 Street Fighting Man -
Soundboard 9.4 - This is a commercial grade soundboard recording. It is clean, professional, highly enjoyable – but I don’t know I kind of miss the atmospherics, the rush of the crowd, the occasional scream…call me an old fashioned kind of guy but sometimes the Stones are more appreciated when they are a bit…disheveled. The Rolling Stones Silver Dome Pontiac, MI. 30.11.1981 Disc 1 1. -Intro - Take The A Train 2. -Under My Thumb 3. -When The Whip Comes Down 4. -Let's Spend The Night Together 5. -Shattered 6. -Neighbours 7. -Black Limousine 8. -Just My Imagination 9. -Twenty Flight Rock 10. -Going To a Go-Go 11. -Let Me Go 12. -Time Is On My Side 13. -Beast Of Burden 14. -Waiting On A Friend 15. -Let It Bleed Disc 2 1. -You Can't Always Get What You Want 2. -Band Introduction 3. -Little T & A 4. -Tumbling Dice 5. -She's So Cold 6. -Hang Fire 7. -Miss You 8. -Honky Tonk Women 9. -Brown Sugar 10. -Start Me Up 11. -Jumping Jack Flash 12. -Satisfaction 13. -Star Spangled Banner -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!)