Soundboard 9.5 - Wow! Man, this is totally unexpected and will brighten your day (week, or month even!) like nothing else. A brand new discovery and it's a one/two punch with back to back soundboard recordings of Diver Down tour Van Halen, a tour that previously featured a measley two board tapes in existence. Well, it's not a perfect score, but the imperfections are a tiny price to pay for the glorious sounds present here! Each tape in slightly incomplete, but in places that the other show fills in so you end up hearing the music that makes up a complete Diver Down tour setlist. Basically, the sound engineer most likely had to stop rolling in certain spots in order to make tape changes, but all you have to do is look at each nights set list to see how it shakes out, and, thankfully some good editing has smoothed over some of the stops. As I listened, if I hadn't known there were cuts, I probably would not have been the wiser, basically unless you know where the cuts are you won't notice. But, the SOUND man! The sound is great, I really get to hear Michael Anthony's articulate bass playing, and he's all over the place with fills and runs! You kind of lose that detail in most Van Halen recordings. Eddie is just lighting it up as always, but it sounds especially amazing on these two tapes. The interplay is magic, I don't care if the band had their shortcomings personally, with each other, with whoever, it doesn't show on stage. Somebody get me a doctor, I just got double dosed with prime era Van halen soundboards I've never heard before! What an unbelievable find.

Van Halen The Centrum Worcester, Massachusetts 22 October 1982 Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Romeo Delight 03 Unchained 04 Drum Solo 05 The Full Bug 06 Runnin' With The Devil 07 Jamie's Cryin' 08 Little Guitars 09 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 10 Bass Solo 11 Hang 'Em High 12 Cathedral 13 Secrets Disc 2 14 Drum Solo II 15 Everybody Wants Some!! - Dave Talks 16 Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) 17 Dance The Night Away 18 Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 19 Dave Acoustic Solo 20 Pretty Woman 21 Guitar Solo 22 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 23 You Really Got Me Disc 3 The Centrum Worcester, Massachusetts 24 October 1982 Disc 3 01 Intro 02 Romeo Delight 03 Unchained 04 Drum Solo 05 The Full Bug 06 Runnin' With The Devil 07 Jamie's Cryin' 08 Little Guitars 09 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 10 Bass Solo 11 Hang 'Em High 12 Cathedral 13 Secrets Disc 4 14 Drum Solo II 15 Everybody Wants Some!! - Dave Talks - Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) 16 Dance The Night Away 17 Somebody Get Me A Doctor - I'm So Glad 18 Guitar Solo 19 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 20 Bottoms Up! 21 You Really Got Me 22 Happy Trails 23 You Really Got Me (Reprise)

Audience 9.2 - Surprisingly clear and vibrant..and very live sounding with LOADS of that atmosphere, you know, where you can hear people taking a huge toke and hacking immediately after. This was the last show of 1974 for Van Morrison, and he threw out a few rarely played numbers. Van Morrison Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA November 16, 1974 Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Naked In The Jungle 03 Wild Children 04 Bulbs 05 Into The Mystic 06 Help Me 07 Cul De Sac 08 I Believe To My Soul 09 Listen To The Lion Disc 2 10 I've Been Working 11 Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket 12 Twilight Zone 13 Moondance 14 Brown Eyed Girl 15 Gloria Jerome Rimson on bass Peter Van Hooke on drums Peter Wingfield on keyboards

Audience 8.8 - A very good recording here, and the atmospherics are plentiful. There’s a natural reverb going on that adds another dimension to this, and I mean that in a good way. Lovely! Van Morrison featuring the Caledonia Soul Orchestra Sports Arena San Diego, CA December 1, 1973 01 Instrumental 02 Instrumental 03 Moondance prelude (instrumental) - Van Intro 04 Come Running 05 Ain’t Nothin’ You Can Do 06 Warm Love 07 Into The Mystic 08 I’ve Been Working 09 I Just Want To Make Love To You 10 Here Comes The Night 11 Hard Times 12 I Believe To My Soul 13 Help Me 14 Boogie Chillen’ 15 Domino 16 Caravan 17 Gloria 18 Brown Eyed Girl Sid Page - violin Jack Schroer - saxophone Bill Atwood - trumpet Bill Bridges - guitar David Hayes - bass David Shaw - drums James Trumbo - piano, organ

Audience 8.8 - What this tape shows is that Vanilla Fudge were loud as hell on stage. That Hammond organ, it filled every square molecule of space with massive sound. No other bands at the time were using an organ quite like this!  But, it’s fun to hear, if a little dated perhaps. A loud tape that barely stays together at full volume but miraculously manages to capture the event in good form. Vanilla Fudge .... September 9, 1968 (Monday) Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Chris Stein - organ Vince Martell - guitar Tim Bogert - bass Carmine Appice - drums Set List: 1 - People Get Ready (8:24) 2 - You Keep Me Hangin' On (6:27) 3 - Jam (25:10)

Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 - All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol.3 1. Sweet Sister Ray (La Cave, Cleveland, OH. 4-30-68) 2. Sister Ray (Boston Tea Party 3-15-69) 3. Hey Mr. Rain (Wembley Arena, London 6-6-93) 4. Heroin (La Cave, Cleveland, OH. 4-30-68)

Studio and Live Various Sources 9.0 - All sources used appear to be from low gen tapes and broadcasts, I did not hear anything that sounded worse than what I remember…but some of this stuff I’d not heard before so I have to go on assumptions. I like this set very much though, and so will you. The Velvet Underground "Caught Between The Twisted Stars" 4 Volumes Vol. 4 1. Searchin' ("Swan Mix" 09-67 Mayfair Recording Studio, NYC) 2. Lady Godiva's Operation (Mono Mix, 09-67 Mayfair NYC) 3. The Gift (Wembley 6-06-93) 4. Run Run Run (Hilltop Rock Festival, Ringe, NH. 8-02-69) 5. What Goes On (Live 1968) 6. Guess I'm Falling In Love (NYC 04-67) 7. A Short Lived Torture Of Cacophony (NYC 1965) 8. Black Angels Death Song (Bataclan Club, Paris 1-29-72) 9. The Biggest, Loudest, Hairiest Group Of All (Bataclan 72) 10. A Distant Mirror

Studio Recording - This is actually a recent album (digital download only) of a band that first formed in Germany in 1969, and I knew absolutely nothing about them. Turns out they are really good! Their stock in trade is playing familiar progressive 70’s rock arrangements with the same vintage equipment used in their 70’s prime, but recording with modern facilities to get a full, powerful sound. I would say mission accomplished because this is quite good, and not only good but the fact that some of their older material is here in a reworked fashion that does it justice...which is kinda rare to find these days. Out Of Space - Out Of Time Germany 2022 (studio album released in digital download form only)

1. Warning Walls
2. I've Come From A World
3. You've Really Got It Fixed
4. Wish I Were Happy
5. Dreams Out In The Rain
6. Dreamland
7. A Dream Within A Dream
8. Alone
9. Valley Of Unrest
10. If I Could Tell You
11. Nature's Clear Wall
12. Yessertronics

 

Seattle 1977 Audience 9.3 - Captured in a smaller venue you get a great sense of the proximity, and the space surrounding taper as bits of chatter and background noises lend ambience. A great recording!

Upper Darby 1980 FM Broadcast 9.5 - This is from a KBFH reel so yeah, it’s fantastic.

Seattle 2000 Soundboard 9.6 - A board tape that manages to allow some of the room to seep into the mix so it’s a bit livelier and manages to convince the ear it is not Memorex…or is it?

Warren Zevon The Ultimate Live 1977-2000 Disc 1 Pacific Alliance "We Don't Need Nuclear Power" Benefit Concert Paramount Theater Seattle, WA February 5, 1977 01 -Introduction 02 -Frank And Jesse James 03 -Hasten Down The Wind 04 -Backs Turned Looking Down The Path 05 -Carmelita 06 -Mohammed's Radio 07 -Excitable Boy 08 -I'll Sleep When I'm Dead The Tower Theatre Upper Darby, PA April 22nd 1980 09 -Intro 10 -Play It All Night Long 11 -Johnny Strikes Up The Band 12 -Excitable Boy 13 -Gorilla You're A Desperado 14 -Werewolves Of London 15 -Jeannie Needs A Shooter 16 -Wild Age 17 -Certain Girl 18 -Unknown Title 19 -K.B.F.H. Outro Disc 2 Moore Theater Seattle, WA. April 22nd, 2000 1 -Werewolves Of London 2 -Excitable Boy 3 -Seminole Bingo 4 -For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer 5 -Don't Let Us Get Sick 6 -Poor Poor Pitiful Me 7 -My Shit's Fucked Up 8 -Porcelain Monkey 9 -Detox Mansion 10 -Lawyers, Guns & Money