BAD COMPANY – Tour Diary 1974-1976 (4CD)

Stoke 1974 Audience 8.4 – A loud tape with a touch of stadium boom, but not anything that approaches irritation. It sounds like it’s in stereo, I hear guitar in one channel and bass in the other which is kinda cool. The instruments are all clearly discernible here making for a tape that sits on the upper side of very good.

Tulsa 1975 Audience 8.7 – A tape that has a good, snappy live sound and a pretty good mix for the ears.  The music is delivered to you through a tight mid-range and a snare drum that hovers over everything making it instantly delightful. I rather do like this one!

Orange, France 1975 Audience 8.8 – A fine tape, one that really has good separation of instruments, and very decent dynamics. When the guitar solos, the sound seems to glide above you, so that kind of effect and atmosphere puts this show into a category I call “Repeat Listening” because you will go to it again.

Amsterdam 1976 Audience 8.8 – Brassy, but enough mid and bottom to smooth that out nicely. A touch of cymbal sizzle but again there’s enough of all other frequencies here that not any one stands out in an annoying fashion. This is a well-balanced tape with some real life in it.

Bad Company “Tour Diary 1974-1976”

Band line-up
Paul Rodgers – vocals
Simon Kirke – drums
Mick Ralphs – guitar
Boz Burrell – bass

Disc 1

Victoria Hall
Hanley, England
Dec. 17, 1974

01 Deal With The Preacher
02 Rock Steady
03 Little Miss Fortune
04 Ready For Love
05 Feel Like Makin’ Love
06 Shooting Star
07 Seagull
08 Bad Company
09 Easy On My Soul
10 Good Lovin’ Gone Bad
11 Movin On
12 Can’t Get Enough
13 Can I Get A Witness

Disc 2

Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK
June 8, 1975

01 Deal With the Preacher
02 Rock Steady
03 Little Miss Fortune
04 Ready for Love
05 Wild Fire Woman
06 Feel Like Makin’ Love
07 Shooting Star
08 Easy On My Soul
09 Movin’ On
10 Good Lovin’ Gone Bad
11 Bad Company

Disc 3

Theatre Antique, Orange, France
August 15, 1975

01 -Intro – Deal With the Preacher
02 -Rock Steady
03 -Little Miss Fortune
04 -Ready For Love
05 -Wild Fire Woman
06 -Feel Like Makin’ Love
07 -Shooting Star
08 -Easy On My Soul
09 -Movin’ On
10 -Good Lovin’ Gone Bad
11 -Bad Company

Disc 4

Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
February 11, 1976

01 Live For The Music
02 Deal With The Preacher
03 Ready For Love
04 Wild Fire Woman
05 Sweet Little Sister
06 Youngblood
07 Simple Man
08 Good Lovin’ Gone Bad
09 Rock Steady
10 Feel Like Makin’ Love
11 Honey Child
12 Can’t Get Enough