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Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. Rare 1983/84 Demos. -
Soundboard 9.2 - In this mix, vocals are front and center, followed next by drums (cool) and guitars which sound just evil AF. This is surely one all fans will slay for (see what I did there?). Slayer Elkerlyck Luttenburg, The Netherlands 2nd June 1985 01 - Hell Awaits 02 - Aggressive Perfector 03 - Captor Of Sin 04 - Fight 'Til Death 05 - Kill Again 06 - Haunting The Chapel 07 - Necrophiliac 08 - Black Magic 09 - Die By The Sword 10 - Praise Of Death 11 - The Final Command 12 - Hardening Of The Arteries 13 - At Dawn They Sleep 14 - Show No Mercy 15 - Evil Has No Boundaries 16 - Chemical Warfare 17 - The Antichrist -
Soundboard 8.7 - What we have here with these two shows are a couple of primitive soundboards, and by that I mean they may have run the sound through the board but what ended up on the tape is NOT what you would expect. It's not a manicured, expert mix and pristine sound, it's a very raw, brutal, loud, obnoxious, hellish, and violent turbulence of sound that somehow fits the vibe to a tee. This is Slayer, in 1985, and it sounds like it. Wonderful in its rawness, brutal in its aggressive sonic assault, and 100% vintage Slayer.
Slayer The Dawn Of Slayer Disc 1 Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands May 31, 1985 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor of Sin 4. The Final Command 5. Haunting the Chapel 6. Praise of Death 7. Fight Till Death 8. Necrophiliac 9. Black Magic 10. Die by the Sword 11. Crypts of Eternity 12. Hardening of the Arteries 13. The Antichrist 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Drum solo 16. Show No Mercy 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare Disc 2 Luttenberg, Netherlands June 2, 1985 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor Of Sin 4. Fight 'Til Death 5. Kill Again 6. Haunting The Chapel 7. Necrophiliac 8. Black Magic 9. Die By The Sword Disc 3 10. Praise Of Death 11. The Final Command 12. Crypts Of Eternity 13. Hardening Of The Arteries 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Drum Solo 16. Show No Mercy 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare 19. Encore Break 20. The Antichrist -
Soundboard 8.8 - This is the one the fans have all been waiting for. There are a lot of recordings out there from this period but NONE sound like this! Ferocious! The drums are frightening, vocals up front and scary AF. Midrange is a little busy, but it all sounds so much better than what I am used to listening to, and you know the reality is that unless you are listening to a board tape, this band is damn hard to listen to just because of the cacophony they generate on stage. So, the consensus here is that this has to be considered as a MUST have. SLAYER Blue Moon Oberhausen, Germany 20th June 1985 1. Introduction 2. Hell Awaits 3. Aggressive Perfector 4. Captor of Sin 5. The Final Command 6. Kill Again 7. Crypts of Eternity 8. Fight Till Death 9. Haunting the Chapel 10. Hardening of the Arteries 11. Black Magic 12. Die by the Sword 13. The Antichrist 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Show No Mercy 16. Chemical Warfare Tom Araya - bass, vocals Kerry King - guitar Jeff Hanneman - guitar Dave Lombardo - drums -
Soundboard 8.9 - Man, this is just amazing. It sounds a little dated, maybe a little faded, but definitely NOT jaded! The live sound mix isn't perfect here, I think guitars should be louder (but at least in this board I can hear every note of the bass) but in defense of the guitars I can hear both of them somewhat distinctly. Vocals do suffer, they are pushed well back of the mix, at times they get closer to the right spot, but it's all good they are there but just not at the center of the mix. I think this is classic stuff. Slayer Country Club Reseda, LA, CA. September 7th 1985 Hell Awaits Tour 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor Of Sin 4. The Final Command 5. Haunting The Chapel 6. Praise Of Death 7. Fight Till Death 8. Necrophiliac 9. Black Magic 10. Die By The Sword 11. Crypts Of Eternity 12. Hardening Of The Arteries 13. The Antichrist 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Show No Mercy 16. Crowd 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare Tom Araya – bass, lead vocals Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P.) - lead and rhythm guitar Kerry King – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals Dave Lombardo – drums -
Soundboard 8.8 - A strong and clear tape with a mix that heavily favors drums and bass. That gives it a massive, sledgehammer to the skull sound - which can't be bad.
Slayer "Diabolus In The East" Nakano SunPlaza Hall Tokyo, Japan October 08, 1998 ** Bonus DVD Tokyo, Japan Akasaka Blitz July 15, 1998 Disc 1 01. BGM 02. S.E. 03. Bitter Peace 04. Death´s Head 05. Evil Has No Boundaries 06. Hell Awaits 07. War Ensemble 08. Stain Of Mind 09. South Of Heaven 10. Raining Blood 11. Dittohead 12. Gemini 13. Die By The Sword 14. Black Magic 15. Captor Of Sin 16. In The Name Of God Disc 2 01. Scrum 02. Dead Skin Mask 03. Seasons In The Abyss 04. Chemical Warfare 05. Mandatory Suicide 06. Angel Of Death * Bonus Tracks: Tokyo, Japan Akasaka Blitz July 15, 1998 07. South Of Heaven 08. War Ensemble 09. Death´s Head 10. Dead Skin Mask 11. Dittohead 12. Stain Of Mind 13. Chemical Warfare Bonus DVD: 01. South Of Heaven 02. War Ensemble 03. Death´s Head 04. Dead Skin Mask 05. Dittohead 06. Stain Of Mind 07. Chemical Warfare -
Four Discs of music that will melt your brain. All are either Very Good or Excellent quality, so it’s not a jarring experience to sit through all four discs, they have a certain continuity to them. I think this is a great time period of music and these guys were just on another level. It’s a fun thing to ponder, whether there are any bands that can do this sort of thing today – and the answer is “I really don’t think so”. SOFT MACHINE TIME TRIPS 1969-1972 Disc 1 Live at the Lyceum, London, October 5, 1969 Lineup Mike Ratledge – Lowery Organ, Piano Hugh Hopper – Bass (Fuzz Bass) Robert Wyatt – Drums, Vocals 1. Moon In June (17:45) 2. Facelift (4:43) 3. Eamonn Andrews (5:57) 4. Mousetrap-Noisette-Backwards-Mousetrap reprise (7:16) 5. Esther's Nosejob (11:27) Disc 2 6. improv - Facelift middle section reprise (3:50) 7. Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening (0:21) 8. We Did It Again (3:38) 9. Noisette reprise (0:56) 1970-10-10 Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club London England Lineup Elton Dean - alto sax Hugh Hopper - bass Mike Ratledge - organ Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals 10. -Facelift 11. -Kings and Queens 12. -Virtually (pts.2 & 3) 13. -Slightly All The Time 14. -Eamonn Andrews 15. -Esther's Nose Job 16. -Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging - Pig - Orange Skin Food - A Door Opens and Closes - 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom (pt. 1) - Pigling Bland - Esther's Nose Job (reprise) - 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom (pt. 2) Disc 3 Casino Lido, Venice, Italy September 24, 1971 1. - Drop - MC - Out-Bloody-Rageous (20:57) 2. - All White Slightly All The Time - Plain Tiffs (21:22) Lineup Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, fender rhodes electric piano Mike Ratledge - organ, fender rhodes electric piano Hugh Hopper - bass Phil Howard - drums Disc 4 Piper Club, Rome, Italy 24 April 1972 01 -All White - 7:47 02 -Slightly All The Time 1 - 8:39 03 -Slightly All The Time 2 - 3:36 04 -Drop - 5:56 05 -MC - 5:24 06 -Out-Bloody-Rageous - 14:00 07 -As If 1 - 1:01 08 -As If 2 - 0:50 09 -As If 3 - 3:33 10 -As If 4 - 5:19 11 -As If 5 - 0:26 12 -LBO - 9:04 13 -Pigling Bland - 5:04 Line Up: Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano Hugh Hopper - bass Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, electric piano John Marshall - drums -
CD issued of post US ASIA recordings from 1986 and 1991. Music here is impeccably played and of epic quality both composition and fidelity. Magnificent music, well worth your consideration! Import from UK, CD is SEALED -
Soundboard 9.8 - Professionally recorded for release, the quality is as defined as you could hope for. Probably had to be somewhat challenging to mix, a band with three back-up singers and a lead singer, violinist, guitar/bass/drums, and keyboards. A lot to manage but an impeccable job for this show.Solstice 2Days Prog + 1 Festival Campo Sportivo Revislate, Novara, Italy September 4th, 2022
1. Shout 2. Guardian 3. Mount Ephraim 4. Light Up 5. Bulbug Tarang 6. Cheyenne 7. A New Day 8. Sacred Run -
Audience 8.8 - A rare treat! Two sets in a small venue in really good quality by a band that had tremendous potential. This is such a cool find, more like this please! Sopwith Camel 1973-07-14 Berkeley, California New Orleans House Set One 01. -Oriental Fantasy 02. -Sleazy Street 03. -Orange Peel 04. -Coke, Suede, & Waterbeds 05. -Hello, Hello 06. -Fazon 07. -Dancin' Wizard 08. -Astronaut Food 09. -...Brief Synthophonia 10. -Monkeys On The Moon Set Two 11. -Brief Synthophonia 12. ---band introductions-- 13. -Sneaky Smith 14. -Wham Bam, I'm A Smoky Ham 15. -Fazon 16. -Sleazy Street 17. -Hello, Hello 18. -Orange Peel 19. -Astronaut Food Total Time ::: 2:07:00 -
Audience 9.2 - Here we have a real treat for those who now realize what we had in our youths with the "Seattle Sound" as epitomized by Soundgarden, a sound that fit the times very appropriately. Now for the kicker: This show not only sounds great but has plenty of fun moments with Chris Cornell and the audience (I think he's a bit toasty on the potent German suds). What I liked most is the live sound here is mixed well for the guitars especially, only Chris gets a bit drowned out during the extreme volume heavier parts but overall it's hitting the sweet spot, at least for me.SOUNDGARDEN April 1, 1994 Musikhalle Frankfurt, Germany Disc 1 01. Night Surf (intro) 02. Jesus Christ Pose 03. Spoonman 04. Let Me Drown 05. Mailman 06. The Day I Tried To Live 07. My Wave 08. Room A Thousand Years Wide 09. Black Hole Sun 10. Searching With My Good Eye Closed - It's A Beautiful Day 11. Superunknown Disc 2 15 12. Rusty Cage 13. Half 14. Mind Riot 15. Fell On Black Days 16. Hands All Over 17. Kickstand 18. Like Suicide 19. Face Pollution 20. encore break 21. Somewhere 22. Head Down 23. Limo Wreck -
Studio Quality 9.3 - A nice assortment here, I really like the cover songs they played. I saw them a few times back in the day and I always thought they were one of the best representatives of grunge rock. Soundgarden Fresh Deadly Rarities 01. Toy Box - 5:42 02. Heretic - 3:48 03. Come Together (The Beatles cover) - 5:51 04. Fresh Deadly Roses - 4:53 05. Into The Void (Black Sabbath cover) - 6:37 06. Girl You Want (Devo cover) - 3:29 07. Stray Cat Blues (The Rolling Stones cover) - 4:46 08. She's A Politician (Devo cover) - 1:46 09. Cold Bitch - 5:01 10. Show Me - 2:49 11. Touch Me - 2:51 12. I Don't Care About You (Fear cover) - 1:54 13. Can You See Me (Jimi Hendrix cover) - 2:41 14. I Can't Give You Anything (The Ramones cover) - 2:15 15. Homicidal Suicidal (The Buzzcocks cover) - 4:21 16. She Likes Surprises - 3:17 17. Like Suicide (Acoustic) - 6:11 -
Audience 8.9 - Both of these nights feature decent sound quality that also allows you to hear all of the instruments in a reasonably clear mix. This is hard to come by! The massive 30 song sets, the very good sound, the fact these are among the bands final shows…what more could you ask for? Soundgarden The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA. February 15, 2013 01 -Searching With My Good Eye Closed 02 -Attrition 03 -Let Me Drown 04 -Jesus Christ Pose 05 -Spoonman 06 -By Crooked Steps 07 -Rhinosaur 08 -Taree 09 -My Wave 10 -Been Away Too Long 11 -Worse Dreams 12 -Pretty Noose 13 -Burden in My Hand 14 -A Thousand Days Before 15 -Black Saturday 16 -Blow Up the Outside World 17 -Fell on Black Days 18 -Chris brings 11 year old kid onstage 19 -Fresh Tendrils 20 -New Damage 21 -Superunknown 22 -Live to Rise 23 -Non-State Actor 24 -Mailman 25 -Like Suicide 26 -encore break 27 -Outshined 28 -Rusty Cage 29 -Dusty 30 -Slaves & Bulldozers- (In My Time of Dying) The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA February 17, 2013 01 -Intro 02 -Incessant Mace 03 -My Wave 04 -Been Away Too Long 05 -Worse Dreams 06 -Jesus Christ Pose 07 -Flower 08 -Taree 09 -Spoonman 10 -By Crooked Steps 11 -Blind Dogs 12 -Rowing 13 -Non-State Actor 14 -Drawing Flies 15 -Hunted Down 16 -Black Saturday 17 -Bones of Birds 18 -Blow Up The Outside World 19 -Fell On Black Days 20 -Burden In My Hand 21 -A Thousand Days Before 22 -Blood On The Valley Floor 23 -Rusty Cage 24 -New Damage 25 -4th Of July 26 -encore break- 27 -Outshined 28 -Black Hole Sun 29 -Ty Cobb 30 -Slaves & Bulldozers-(In My Time of Dying) -
Audience 8.8 - This is a good capture that definitely helps you decipher what both guitars are doing, and that’s most welcome. Bass is sort of undefined but is holding down a good enough bottom end to help move this sound through your speakers. Soundgarden Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC July 29, 2011 Disc 1 01 -Crowd - Intro 02 -Searching With My Good Eye Closed 03 -Spoonman 04 -Gun 05 -Jesus Christ Pose 06 -Blow Up The Outside World 07 -The Day I Tried To Live 08 -My Wave 09 -Burden In My Hand 10 -Ugly Truth 11 -Fell On Black Days Disc 2 12 -Loud Love 13 -Drawing Flies 14 -Black Hole Sun 15 -Outshined 16 -Rusty Cage 17 -Superunknown 18 -4th Of July 19 -Band Intros 20 -Beyond The Wheel 21 -Mailman 22 -Slaves & Bulldozers Chris Cornell – lead vocals & rhythm guitar Kim Thayil – lead guitar Ben Shepherd – bass & backing vocals Matt Cameron – drums & backing vocals -
Unsure of year this was originally released but it came out in 2016 on Bad Omen Records. Import from UK, CD is SEALED -
Audience 8.6 - A resurrected gem of a show, not killer sound as one might expect but it’s definitely not garbage. I started playing it and could not stop. It’s just one of those things that if you understand you are listening to something that should not exist in the first place, that sounds reasonably good given the time and circumstances, and delivers in every way for performance and historical accuracy (live performance being about the most realistic snapshot of a particular performer at that time) well then you will appreciate what this is. I know I do. SPIRIT Baltimore Civic Center, Maryland October 3, 1969 1. All The Same 2. Fresh Garbage 3. I'm Jealous 4. I’m Truckin’ 5. Mechanical World 6. I Got A Line On You Randy California - guitar, vocals Ed Cassidy - drums John Locke - keyboards Mark Andes - bass Jay Ferguson - vocals