Bootradr's Blind Boot Blog

This is the place for free live concerts and rare audio/video recordings. All posts are NOT officially released material. Nothing is for sale and everything is for free downloading & sharing only. My favorites are Led Zeppelin, Journey, and Feist. But you will find so much more too as this blog progresses because I love music! This site will primarily be a FLAC audio and DVD sharing site with a few rare exceptions. Thank you, and enjoy the show... Bootradr

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Page & Plant: 1996-02-06 Tokyo, Japan (DVD_AUD Shot Master Remaster_1 DVD)

This is a show that has been requested for close to two months now. It is the remaster of the Page and Plant 1996-02-06 Tokyo, Japan audience shot show filmed by Third Eye.

This is an excellent sounding show but unfortunately Jimmy Page's guitar is not heard as well as it should be. I think it was a sound issue with the venue or soundman on this night because when he picks up other guitars, like his double neck Gibson, he can be heard better. It's when he plays his primary Gibson Les Paul that the sound is not right or loud enough in my opinion. But the video shot was done very nicely and the audio does sound excellent for the most part.

LINEAGE:
Third Eye original DVD-R > PC > me > you

SHOW DETAILS:
Artist: Page & Plant
Date: February 6th, 1996
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Budokan Hall
Label: Third Eye Remaster (2006)
Title: Tokyo, Japan 2/6/96

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Menu: Yes
Chapters: Yes
Artwork: Yes
DVD's: 1
Source: AUD (Master)
DVD Size: 4.31 GB
DVD Length: 01:55:55

VIDEO ATTRIBUTES:
Format: NTSC
Color/B&W: Color
Type: AUD Shot
Resolution: 720 x 480
Aspect: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: 8000 kbps
Codec: MPEG-2

AUDIO ATTRIBUTES:
Sample Rate: 48 kHz
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Codec: AC3
Channels: 2
Streams: 1

SONGS/CHAPTERS:
01. intro
02. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
03. Bring It On Home
04. Heartbreaker
05. Thank You
06. Gallows Pole
07. hurdy gurdy solo
08. Nobody's Fault But Mine
09. Going To California
10. Since I've Been Loving You
11. Dancing Days
12. Yallah
13. Four Sticks
14. In The Evening
15. Kashmir
16. Tangerine
17. Whole Lotta Love
18. Rock And Roll

LINKS:
(1) 1996-02-06 Tokyo (AUD shot Master/Third Eye Remaster)
(2) 1996-02-06 Tokyo (AUD shot Master/Third Eye Remaster)
(3) 1996-02-06 Tokyo (AUD shot Master/Third Eye Remaster)
(4) 1996-02-06 Tokyo (AUD shot Master/Third Eye Remaster)
(5) 1996-02-06 Tokyo (AUD shot Master/Third Eye Remaster)

One other thing I wish was not the case in this DVD is the lackluster sounding performance on this night. It just doesn't seem like the band was really into the music as much on this night as they were on the other Japanese 1996 shows.

Robert Plant does sound great vocally on this night and Michael Lee is awesome on the drums. I'm sure Jimmy Page was doing a great job as well but it just isn't as easy to hear his guitar in this one show. But I'm not trying to discourage anyone from checking it out. You may not agree with my review anyhow?

There are a few tiny errors in the show or more specifically the recording. It is nothing major and just small things like a few split second dropouts in the audio and video. A few times the sound lessens some also from the microphone being covered or pointed away it sounds like. But again, it is not for any long periods of times and these are just small issues that are few and far in between each other.

I have this 2006 Third Eye 1 DVD copy I am uploading today. There is a 2 DVD copy of this same, exact recording but it is not really any better quality wise. The picture is slightly sharper and the audio used is 256 kbps audio. But it is not anything noticeable and it was done on a standalone DVD burner with the automatic 5 minute chapters and no menus to pick and choose individual songs if you want to do that. The chapters are not at the beginning of the songs and navigating through the show and it is not as easy as it is with this 1 DVD copy built much better.

I am including the artwork for the 2 DVD copy and it makes me wonder if a more professionally built 2 DVD copy may exist. I can always upload the 2 DVD copy I have and spoke about in the future if anyone wants it bad enough.

A special thanks goes out to "Amduscia" for sharing this copy over on R-O!

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Jopurney: 1980-08-29 Atlanta, GA (FLAC_AUD Master Remaster_2 CD)

This is another show I have never uploaded but have had for decades now. The reason I am uploading it this morning is because this copy sounds so much better than the two trading days copies I got in the 1990's. This is the "techtuts" remaster of the Atlanta, Georgia 1980 master audience tape(s) of the Journey concert and it sounds great (excellent to me)!

LINEAGE:
Master > unknown details > techtuts remaster > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness and align sector boundaries) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Journey
Date: August 29th, 1980
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Venue: The Omni
Title: Atlanta 1980-08-29 Master (Remastered)
Label: techtuts Remaster
Source: AUD (Master)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes
Size: 547 MB
Length: 92:43:54

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Departure ~ Majestic (intro music)
102. Where Were You
103. Just The Same Way
104. Lovin' You Is Easy
105. Too Late
106. Kohoutek
107. People And Places
108. Precious Time
109. Lights
110. Stay Awhile
111. Dixie Highway
112. Anytime

CD 2:
201. Walks Like A Lady
202. Neal Schon (guitar solo)
203. La Do Da
204. Ross Valory (bass solo)
205. Steve Smith (drum solo)
206. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
207. Moon Theme
208. Wheel In The Sky
209. Any Way You Want It
210. Line Of Fire (intro)
211. Line Of Fire

LINK:
(1) 1980-08-29 Atlanta, GA (AUD Master Remaster)

MIRROR:
(1) 1980-08-29 Atlanta, GA (AUD Master Remaster) (Mirror)

This is a huge upgrade, not only in lineage but in sound, to the copies of this show that have been circulating over the decades. This is the same taper who taped the 1979 and 1981 Atlanta shows too and you can tell he was a huge Journey fan. His excitement is a little contagious. But "techtuts" did a wonderful job of not having the tapers comments dominate the recording.

The waveform is of course flawless with no audio clipping or other issues. There is actually a lot of space to spare in the waveform before it comes anywhere near clipping any audio!

The mix is really excellent in this recording and the low end bass frequencies, mid range frequencies, and high frequencies are mixed perfectly to make this the best copy of this show that exists. I have put off uploading my older CD trade days copies because they just were not very good sounding. But in this master source you can hear everything. Ross Valory on bass, Steve Smith on drums, Neal Shone on guitar, Gregg Rolie on keyboards and backup vocals, and of course Steve Perry on vocals...they are all easy to hear and enjoy!

There are a few small cuts in the show where tape flips occurred. Actually, the more I think about it; there may just be one short cut? In the opening intro to "Wheel in The Sky", which is titled "Moon Theme", there is a very short cut and almost no music was missed. It is only the first second or so of the "Moon Theme" intro that is missing before taping resumes. There may be another small cut but I don't recall where it was if there even was one.

The old copies of this show were plagued by poor sound and audience noise. There were too many bad EQ jobs in earlier copies I have heard of this show. But "techtuts" got a perfect mix and sound and he made the audience noise where it is not even a factor it sounds like.

As I listen to the show with headphones on and a few of my own effects and EQ'ing via the PC, it blows me away how much this show's sound has improved in this copy. Even without any effects or EQ as I listen it is so much better sounding. Just simple things like Steve Smith's cymbals being so clean as he hits on them can be heard and appreciated in this remastered master recording.

I could go on reviewing and telling you how much I love this show. But rather than do that, I'm going to get it uploading so when I get back home it will be ready to post. I know any Journey fan, and especially those who have heard this show in the lesser sounding copies, will love this show and its sound.

I'm including the old Around The Places artwork created by an unknown label that has the wrong date of 1980-08-19 for the show. In fact, I had to change a lot of things on their artwork since the date was listed in multiple places. I should have renamed it Around The Places & Back To The Master but I didn't. Anyhow, the date is correct now and I just named it Atlanta 1980-08-29 Master (Remastered) for those who like making discs and printing artwork. However, the setlist for the no label copy is not a perfect match since they had joined a couple tracks together as one. This recording being shared has not done not and has tracked the songs individually as you can see above in the setlist. But I think you can figure out what song is what if you're a Journey fan, and if you aren't, it'll still be easy to decide what you're listening to :-)

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Journey: 1979-06-01 Buffalo, NY (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

This is a first time upload here of an incredible Journey show from Buffalo, New York in 1979. This is one of the best performances by the band that I have heard in a long time too. They were really on fire this night and Steve Perry was doing some vocal renditions I've never heard before. He was not holding back on this night and neither was the rest of the band.

LINEAGE:
Unknown > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Journey
Date: June 1st, 1979
Location: Buffalo, New York
Venue: Shea's Theater
Title: None
Label: None
Source: AUD
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: No
Size: 440 MB
Length: 82:36:55

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Majestic (intro music)
102. La Do Da
103. Next
104. Feeling That Way
105. Anytime
106. Lights
107. Too late
108. Kohoutek
109. Winds Of March
110. On A Saturday Night
111. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
112. Do You Recall

CD 2:
201. Just The Same Way
202. Lovin' You Is Easy
203. Moon Theme
204. Wheel In The Sky
205. She Makes Me (Feel Alright)
206. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
207. Patiently
208. Opened The Door

LINK:
(1) 1979-06-01 New York, NY (AUD)

MIRROR:
(1) 1979-06-01 New York, NY (AUD) (Mirror)

The sound in this show I rate as good-to-great but be sure you've read how I rate shows (under the "0-Sticky Notes..." or first label on the right side of the screen) before getting too excited. You may love it as much as I do or hate it maybe?

I have been listening to it tonight with headphones on as I prepare this post. I have EQ'ed it and used some effects via my Realtek HD Audio Manager program to make it sound better to me. I am thoroughly enjoying the show myself.

The waveform look great and audio clipping and other related audio issues are not a problem at all. I do believe the audio has possibly been processed slightly (EQ'ed) at some point but I'm not sure. This is not going to be a Hi-Fi, knock your socks off sounding recording like some other audience recordings have been. But I can hear everything from the drums, guitar, and bass, to Perry's vocals just fine as I listen.

I don't know much about this show or recording at all. In fact, until recently I never had a lossless copy of it at all.

One great thing about the recording is the audience noise is not bad at all. The taper doesn't sound like he was close to the stage but you do not have a lot of audience interference. You can hear a very excited crowd in between songs as they cheer but the chatter between people and annoying kinds of interfering audience noises are not in this recording. The taper is quiet throughout the show and really does a great job of recording the concert as well. And that is a huge advantage in this recording.

The sound does change when the tape has a break in it (tape flip, recorder stopped, who knows) during "Do You Recall" a little after the middle. The sound is more "tin can" (without the bass) sounding as it picks back up again and the song finishes. With this being the last song on disc 1, I tend to think the taper had to change tapes or flip his tape. And as "Just The Same Way" begins on CD 2 the sound is back to a more full range of frequencies sound with a few small issues as the taper presumably checked his gear and made sure things were set and taping right.

From the beginning, of the recording and as the show progresses, the sound does improve. It becomes cleaner sounding I believe. Whether this is in my head, I've gotten use to the sound, or whatever the reason is; I believe it gets better sounding. And what really blows me away more than anything about this show is Perry's singing and the band's tight playing. There is really something magical about the 1979 shows and this specific one especially.

Hopefully, and in the not too distant future, we'll have a remaster of this show which will only improve the sound more.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Journey: 1982-04-12 Osaka, Japan (FLAC_AUD_Remaster/Upgrade_2 CD)

This is an upgrade to the previously uploaded copy of this same show that I only amplified two years ago. It may be the same source, one that came from my good Journey friend "Tales", as the Rubicon Reproductions copy. I just cannot recall right now if they are two separate sources or not. If I find out there is anything wrong with the above information (or any information) I will update this post with a notation and corrections.

This upload is the copy I sent "techtuts" of the unamplified copy I got from "Tales" I am fairly confident and then "techtuts" remastered the show. It sounds excellent and I just wanted to share the upgrade with other Journey fans this morning. It's always nice to hear upgrades of your favorite bands!

LINEAGE:
Tales > me > techtuts remaster & speed correction > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness and pad last track) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Journey
Date: April 12th, 1982
Location: Osaka Japan
Venue: Festival Hall
Source: AUD (Remaster)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes
Label: techtuts Remaster
Title: A Festival In Japan (Remastered)
Size: 530 MB
Length: 88:59:32

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. opening music
102. Escape
103. Line Of Fire
104. Lights
105. Stay Awhile
106. The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)
107. Lovin' You Is Easy
108. Open Arms
109. Mother, Father
110. Jonathan Cain (piano solo)
111. Who's Crying Now
112. Where Were you
113. Steve Smith (drum solo)
114. Dead Or Alive

CD 2:
201. Don't Stop Believin'
202. Stone In Love
203. Keep On Runnin'
204. Wheel In The Sky (Neal Schon guitar intro)
205. Wheel In The Sky
206. Neal Schon (guitar solo)
207. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
208. Any Way You Want It ~ outtro music

LINKS:
(1) 1982-04-12 Osaka, Japan (AUD Remaster)

MIRROR:
(1) 1982-04-12 Osaka, Japan (AUD Remaster) (Mirror)

The waveform in the show looks perfect with no audio clipping or other issues. There is some tape hiss but it is not bad. The high frequencies and the low frequencies both sound very well mixed and it comes together as a really great listening experience.

The audience recording is excellent and the crowd is not an annoyance or issue in the recording either. You can hear the Japanese clapping on some songs as they like to do as they follow songs many times. But it isn't a loud sounding clapping and the music is not disturbed and of course is louder too. It kind of gives you the feeling of being in a seat right there with the crowd up close to the stage.

The artwork I am including is from the Rubicon copy and all I did is add "Remastered" to the front and back artwork.

This recording is not lossy but it may be a 32 kHz sourced recording. I cannot tell myself without doing a frequency analysis. But "techtuts" has already done this and confirms it is not lossy. Don't worry about the strange Trader's Little Helper (TLH) readings. TLH is an unreliable way of testing audio for lossiness sometimes. So if some tracks appear lossy and others state "track cannot be qualified" in the TLH CDDA test in the download, it is nothing to worry about.

This is a very enjoyable show, excellent performance, and it sounds excellent too! I think this show has one of the better Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain guitar solos in the live rendition of "Wheel in The Sky" that the band ever did. I still like the Houston 1981-11-06 version the best (probably because I heard it first) but this one is another great one.

The show is definitely an upgrade to what was previously uploaded here two years ago and has a better mix as well thanks to "techtuts'" work on it and his always superb remastering skills.

I hope you enjoy this show...

Bootradr

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Led Zeppelin: 1980-07-07 Berlin, Germany (FLAC_SB, AUD, + Bonus FM BX_5 CD)

And now we are to the last Led Zeppelin show I have not ever uploaded from the 1980 European tour as well as the last show of the band before John Bonham died less than two months later. EVSD did a decent job on this one too.

This is an excellent sounding 5 disc set of both the soundboard recording (discs 1 & 2), audience recording (discs 3 & 4), and the final disc 5 which has news reports of John Bonham's death and the possible end of Led Zeppelin from 1980 radio broadcasts. The final disc can be easily added to disc 2 (soundboard) or disc 4 (audience) since it is under 4 minutes. In fact, it could be added to both discs if you wanted it at the end of each source's recording. The different news reports are just one track and it is 3:52 in total running time.

LINEAGE:
EVSD silver CD's > Nero Burning Rome > FLAC Frontend > FLAC 7 > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: July 7th, 1980
Location: Berlin, Germany
Venue: Eissporthalle
Title: Eternal Magic
Label: EVSD
Source: SB/AUD/FM BX (not a mix of these sources...read post for info)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 5
Artwork: Yes (full artwork in download)
Size:1.45 GB
Length 1: 135:28:02 (Discs 1 & 2 SB)
Length 2: 142:23:02 (Discs 3 & 4 AUD)
Length 3: 03:52:12 (Disc 5 Bonham's Death News Reports)
Length 4: 281:43:16 (All 5 Discs TRT)

SETLIST:
CD 1 (Soundboard CD 1):
101. Train Kept A Rollin'
102. Nobody's Fault But Mine
103. Black Dog
104. In The Evening
105. The Rain Song
106. Hot Dog
107. All My Love
108. Trampled Underfoot
109. Since I've Been Loving You

CD 2 (Soundboard CD 2):
201. White Summer ~ Black Mountain Side
202. Kashmir
203. Stairway To Heaven
204. Rock And Roll
205. Whole Lotta Love

CD 3 (AUD CD 1):
101. Train Kept A Rollin'
102. Nobody's Fault But Mine
103. Black Dog
104. In The Evening
105. The Rain Song
106. Hot Dog
107. All My Love
108. Trampled Underfoot
109. Since I've Been Loving You

CD 4 (AUD CD 2):
201. White Summer ~ Black Mountain Side
202. Kashmir
203. Stairway To Heaven
204. Rock And Roll
205. Whole Lotta Love

CD 5:
501. The Radio Reports

LINKS:
(1) 1980-07-07 Berkin, Germany (SB, AUD, & FM BX/EVSD
(2) 1980-07-07 Berkin, Germany (SB, AUD, & FM BX/EVSD)

MIRROR:
(1) 1980-07-07 Berkin, Germany (SB, AUD, & FM BX/EVSD) (Mirror)
(2) 1980-07-07 Berkin, Germany (SB, AUD, & FM BX/EVSD) (Mirror)

NOTE:
I'm using a free Mega account as a mirror in this upload. Those of you downloading please leave me a message here or on the Facebook (Community Group or Secret Group) letting me know what works best as far as the links go. I eventually plan on adding a secondary mirror site to my posts as I've always had until the last year or so. Your opinion will help me help you.

The waveform does have clipping in the audio which surely came from EVSD over amplifying the audio or when they EQ'ed it. It isn't horrible clipping but it has more than I like. But what do you expect? Many labels can press a professional disc but do not really know how to properly edit and work with the audio too many times unfortunately. But the show and recordings sounds excellent-to-superb to my ears.

This final Led Zeppelin show may very well be the best sounding show out of the 14 concerts they performed in Europe in 1980. This was their comeback after three years of not touring and the United States tour was to begin in November 1980. And after the previous 1980 shows leading to this last one, they were warmed up and in a groove and ready to continue on after a short break (which wound up being 27 years before they played a full show again).

This paragraph a little off topic and not related to the show. But it all has to do with this same 1980 time frame and what I talk about in this post. I have a real, true, and never used Led Zeppelin ticket from their November 13, 1980 Chicago, Illinois show that never happened. How you ask? It is thanks to Led Zeppelin Tickets! The day John Bonham died, the tickets arrived in the United States for the bands first shows so they could be sold. But they were not distributed since the tour was obviously cancelled due to John Bonham's passing away on September 25, 1980. Led Zeppelin Tickets helped me in getting my ticket and if you ever have any interest in owning one there are likely some left. This is the FACEBOOK PAGE and their main website is HERE (or just go to LedZeppelinTickets.com for more information).

Getting back to the show at hand here now, this is a really awesome performance by the group and as I stated it may be their best performance on the tour since it was their last night. I like Jimmy Page's (different again) intro to "Since I've Been Loving You" and his different ending to "Trampled Underfoot" as well. I'm not saying this is the definitive copy of the show being shared or even those tracks when compared to other shows because it likely isn't. But it is a really excellent and even superb sounding recording in both the soundboard and audience discs for the show.

I noticed on the soundboard disc 1 that there was an audience patch when I was starting to work on this upload yesterday. I'm listening to disc 2 of the soundboard now and have not heard any more patches yet and I am up to "Kashmir". Ha! What a great time to make that statement because there is another audience patch for about 20 seconds in the middle of "Kashmir" I heard right after I typed what I did.

I am listening to the audience source(s) used now (after finishing the soundboard discs) as I finish preparing this upload. The audio sounds excellent but I know an unaltered copy of a low generation audience source is what I want. I don't know if one exists or if I even may have one on the drive not plugged in now? I looked briefly online yesterday for anything I might not have had (audience or soundboard for 1980-07-07) and I could not find anything. But I am fairly sure I do not have a low generation copy of this same source audience recording and if I do it is not one that is unaltered. But it is obvious the audience recording this was sourced from was an excellent sounding recording so there is likely an unaltered copy out there somewhere (hopefully besides in EVSD's hands).

Both the audience and soundboard recordings make for very enjoyable listening though so you should not be disappointed because the instruments and vocals are all easily heard, mixed decently, and the sound is excellent at least. The high and low frequency ranges are present as well in the audience recording and it has a more "full range" of sound.. It has its flaws in some areas but is generally a nice, clean sounding recording. "Hot Dog" sounds like two audience sources, possibly running at different speeds, were used and that is very noticeable.

Using the Trader's Little Helper (TLH) program to check for lossiness in the audience recording, it left some question marks in my mind as to whether or not lossy audio was used. But after a frequency analysis (FA) it looked lossless and was just altered by the EVSD EQ work causing it to look possibly lossy to TLH. This happens sometimes when EQ'ing is done, frequencies are cut or altered, etc. But it is a lossless and NOT a lossy sourced audience source.

I'm not going to run on and do much more talking here this early morning. I'm wanting to get this 5 CD set uploading. I will say the full artwork scans are in the upload but they are low resolution scans and not large files. They are 150 dpi scans so it isn't too bad and they can surely be resized if need be.

I'm glad EVSD did a decent job on this one as well. I'll surely be uploading other copies of this show as time goes by. I forget what all I have for this date but I do know I have an unaltered first generation copy of the soundboard as well as so a number of various label copies and some remasters too. I saw something that made me think there may be a Winston Remasters copy of the show but I do not have nor have I seen that one before. It may be a future project or something like that but I really do not know. Hopefully, if a Winston Remasters copy doesn't already exist, one will someday soon. I have a feeling that one will be the definitive copy since he does such incredible work and he also works with the best sources (lowest generation) recordings in his projects. He really gets things sounding the best in most cases I feel.

This is a sad show to listen to knowing it was the final, all original members Led Zeppelin show ever. And Jimmy Page does do a "Stairway To Heaven" solo that is totally different than any other version of the song I have heard him doing. As I stated a few posts back, it was like he was saying "goodbye" without even realizing it in this song on their 1980 final tour. And what better way to say goodbye than through a never played before variation in "Stairway To Heaven".

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Led Zeppelin: 1980-07-05 Munich, Germany (FLAC_AUD Source 1 & 2 Mix_2 CD)

This is the second from last show Led Zeppelin played with John Bonham. It is also the second from last show in the requests I've had for the 1980 concerts.

This is a great-to-excellent sounding two sources mix of the show. I wish I knew who did the work but I do not have that information. The way it is put together, I imagine somebody over on R-O did the work and created the project. This is a very enjoyable listen!

The band had a special guest join them on the final song, "Whole Lotta Love", in this show. Band Company member Simon Kirke sat in with Led Zeppelin and played on the final song closing out the show on this Saturday night in 1980.

There was no artwork for this specific two source mix but I did find some for another two source mix. The only difference is the Source 1 material used and mentioned on it was second generation material and not first generation material like this mix being shared used. I'll include it but just keep this in mind.

LINEAGE:
(1) AUD Source 1 1st Gen cassette > CD-R (6) > EAC > WAV > FLAC
(2) AUD Source 2 3rd Gen cassette > ?? > CD-R > EAC > WAV > FLAC
(3) me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: July 5th, 1980
Location: Munich, Germany
Venue: Olympiahalle
Title: None
Label: None
Source: AUD (Source 1 1st Gen & Source 2 3rd Gen Mix)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes (not an exact Source 1 information match)
Size: 690 MB
Length: 124:53:74

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Train Kept A Rollin'
102. Nobody's Fault But Mine
103. Black Dog
104. In The Evening
105. The Rain Song
106. Hot Dog
107. All My Love
108. Trampled Underfoot
109. Since I've Been Loving You
110. Achilles Last Stand

CD 2:
201. White Summer ~ Black Mountain Side
202. Kashmir
203. Stairway To Heaven
204. Rock And Roll
205. Whole Lotta Love

LINK:
(1) 1980-07-05 Munich, Germany (AUD 2 Source Mix)

MIRROR:
(1) 1980-07-05 Munich, Germany (AUD 2 Source Mix) (Mirror)

NOTE:
I'm using a free Mega account as a mirror in this upload. Those of you downloading please leave me a message here or on the Facebook (Community Group or Secret Group) letting me know what works best as far as the links go. I eventually plan on adding a secondary mirror site to my posts as I've always had until the last year or so. Your opinion will help me help you.

The waveform looks nice with no audio clipping or brickwalling. The sound is great most of the time but it has its excellent moments too like in "All My Love". Source 1 in this two source mix is from a first generation transfer and Source 2 is from a third generation transfer.

The crowd can be heard clapping and talking sometimes and it isn't as clean of a recording as some other audience recordings are. But it still is very nice.

I'm listening to Page's guitar solo now in "Trampled Underfoot" and it seems clean and up front. The mix is a good one and you can hear the whole band in their individual singing and instrument playing throughout the whole concert. But it could use a good Winston Remasters working to make it into a much better sounding show also.

As with many shows, the sound starts off not sounding as good as it gets a few songs into the show. The sound does improve after "Train Kept A Rollin'" and even a little more again just a little bit further into the show.

There is not a lot of hiss in the recording and yet you can hear there is some there. I'm wondering if the audio was worked on to make it less hissy? I cannot say for sure but the high frequencies do sound like they may be tampered with a small amount and this would be a likely result of trying to remove some of the tape hiss. Once again, this is speculation on my part and I may be way off in thinking this? It just sounds like a possibility to my ears. Sometimes the high frequencies seem to be more prevalent than others and it could simply be from something such as the person taping the show trying to keep a microphone hidden and not pointing it with a clean and clear line of sight towards the stage? Who knows, but it sounds great still.

The crowd seems very manageable and they don't interfere much in the audio. You can hear close by people clapping in between and during some songs as I already mentioned and you also hear a few comments every so often. They can be heard and yet they aren't the annoying show ruining kind of audience interference thankfully.

Source 1 is the primary audio source and Source 2 is used for patching any missing moments. So this really is most all Source 1 that you hear. The recording was shared as a matrix over on Dime but this does not appear to be a matrix recording and it sounds like it is just a mix with the two audience sources used. The text file has no information calling it a matrix at all either.

I like the start of "Since I've Been Loving You" in this show. It is a little different and a little slower and sadder sounding as it starts out. This song, "Stairway To Heaven", and "Whole Lotta Love" are my favorite songs from this final 1980 tour in Europe. These are all old classics from the band but they all have something new in the way they were being played at the time.

At the end of "Since I've Been Loving You" Robert Plant says something a little prophetic regarding the tour. He says, "...it's getting a little bit towards the end, we got one more show after this and then who knows, you know? Perhaps we'll have to do another one after that one". But as all Led Zeppelin fans know, they never got a chance to do another one after the 1980-05-07 show Plant mentions. As the band was preparing to come to the Unites states for the tour they planned John Bonham died. So the "who knows" part of what he said really rings true sadly enough.

Nobody knew John Bonham was about to die and there would be no more Led Zeppelin as of his death. The various reunions, most just two to five songs and with other artists sometimes joining in and of course filling in (for John Bonham) were many years later and the final Led Zeppelin reunion and first real concert performance was not until 2007-12-10 or some 27 years later. They ended the Led Zeppelin legacy right with John Bonham's son, Jason Bonham, replacing his dad on the drums. Nobody knows what tomorrow has in store for them and Led Zeppelin surely did not know they were playing their second from last show on this night in Munich, Germany.

The band sounds like they were doing an excellent job in their performance in this show. Robert Plant's voice sounds really good and so does Jimmy Page's playing. It sounds like it was a really tight show and one that everything just flowed along very smoothly in. And they were only one show away from wrapping up their 1980 European tour now. So the next upload (of course) will be of that last show Led Zeppelin ever played with John Henry Bonham. It was in Berlin, Germany on 1980-07-07.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Led Zeppelin: 1980-07-02 Mannheim, Germany (FLAC_SB_2 CD)

This is the fourth from last 1980 show before Led Zeppelin was no more. This one has been requested as have two more 1980 shows in order for me to have at least one copy of each 1980 shows here on the site. The band was wrapping up their Tour Over Europe 1980 dates and after this show there were only three more before Led Zeppelin was suppose to come to North America in November and start their tour dates here. As we all know, the North American tour never happened due to the death of John Henry Bonham on September 25, 1980.

I decided to upload the Flagge label copy because it sounds really nice. Most all copies sounds excellent from what I've got and heard but this one, and it may not even be the best sounding copy either, is the one being shared today.

LINEAGE:
SB > ?? > ?? > FLAC 8 > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: July 2nd, 1980
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Venue: Eisstadion
Title: Mannheim 1980
Label: Flagge
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes
Size: 783 MB
Length: 129:25:61

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Train Kept A Rollin'
102. Nobody's Fault But Mine
103. Black Dog
104. In The Evening
105. The Rain Song
106. Hot Dog
107. All My Love
108. Trampled Underfoot
109. Since I've Been Loving You

CD 2:
201. Achilles Last Stand
202. White Summer ~ Black Mountain Side
203. Kashmir
204. Stairway To Heaven
205. Rock And Roll
206. Whole Lotta Love

NOTE:I somehow left "Achilles Last Stand" out of the text file when I uploaded it.

LINK:
(1) 1980-07-02 Mannheim, Germany (SB/Flagge)

MIRROR:
(1) 1980-07-02 Mannheim, Germany (SB/Flagge) (Mirror)

NOTE:
I'm using a free Mega account as a mirror in this upload. Those of you downloading please leave me a message here or on the Facebook (Community Group or Secret Group) letting me know what works best as far as the links go. I eventually plan on adding a secondary mirror site to my posts as I've always had until the last year or so. Your opinion will help me help you.

This was the bands first of two nights in a row at Mannheim's Eisstadion (the venue). They put on a great show and the sound is nicely mixed with all members being heard well and evenly. There is a good low frequency range too where John Paul Jones can easily be heard on both bass and his keyboards.

There is some audio clipping but it isn't horrible. Each song, with the exception of "White Summer" and "Black Mountain Side", looks to have a few peaks where audio is clipped. It looks like Flagge likely amplified the audio causing the clipping. But it is not a brickwalled recording and the clipping is not too bad. There is more tape hiss in this recording too. It isn't horrible but it is noticeable. As I listen to "The Rain Song" now, with headphones on, it is a lot more obvious due to the song being a quieter one. But this is better than having the high frequencies cut when a label tries to remove tape hiss incorrectly.

I had started to upload the first generation soundboard recording but I missed bringing it over to the local drive on my PC when moving a few copies of each show being uploaded to the Requests folder from their external hard drive. From what I remember, the first generation copy is a cleaner sounding and likely not EQ'ed copy of the show. I'm sure Flagge did some processing of the audio with an equalizer.

I don't want to give the impression this is not a good sounding show because that is far from true. It sounds excellent. The mix is fine like I mentioned already but I think a better EQ job could have made it even better. You have no problems hearing anyone playing or singing at all. But I'd have enjoyed hearing Page's guitar a little more up front as well as Plant's vocals.

The band does seem to be in synchronization with their timing very well this night and not messing up with wrong lyrics, musically coming in at the wrong time, and having other issues like that heard in some of the other shows. I'm only up to "All My Love" right now but I expect the rest of the show to be tight like it has been in this show so far.

Ironically, I did notice a slight difference in sound just as "Trampled Underfoot" started up. It has less tape hiss and may have been processed or EQ'ed slightly different. The high frequencies sounds great but may have been cut slightly. It actually does sound cleaner and the mix sounds better with Page's guitar especially. I'm not sure if this is a different source being used here, the soundboard having been adjusted a little in the sound, or just different audio tweaking? I'll have to see if it continues with this sound or not as the show progresses from this song on. "Since I've Been Loving You" is sounding like the best song to me so far and Page's guitar is right where I was wishing to hear it at still too.

One thing I am noticing as I come back and insert this paragraph is that the very end of "Since I've Been Loving You" has some very light clicking in the audio. It isn't for long and the song is really at the very end when it is heard. It's not show stopping or ruining the audio but I thought I'd mention it anyhow. I do not hear it as "Achilles" Last Stand" starts up. That would be the first song on the second disc and this makes me think it was an error Flagge caused or the person ripping the audio introduced into the audio without knowing. It's hard to tell since the lineage is not really anything we can tell anything from (like if EAC was used to rip the audio, etc). It's no big deal and it is short (30 - 45 seconds maybe) and at the end of disc 1.

The "songs remained the same" again on this night with "Whole Lotta Love" being the final track again like it was in the end of some shows the previous month. There really isn't a whole lot of change in each night's setlist or the way each song was played. To me, this is one reason I like the earlier years of Led Zeppelin live because the song never remained the same and the songs were played differently each night. "Whole Lotta Love" was the exception to the songs remaining the same in 1979 - 1980 though. And I really like how Page and the rest of the band changed up the song, once again extending it to a longer than 1 - 3 minute intro into another song as in some previous years, and they really were trying some new and awesome sounding music out in this one. This song was always meant to be a long one in my book and on this night Plant even adds in some "Boogie mama" too going back to the 1973 era doing that.

Almost every night in the European 1980 tour Robert Plant has to ask the crowd to quit pushing, quit moving around like snakes, etc. The crowds were really excited seeing Led Zeppelin again after their three years of not touring. And many of these European countries had not had a Led Zeppelin tour in seven years or more too. The two Copenhagen 1979 and two Knebworth Festival 1979 shows were not a tour in that year and most people were not able to see those shows. But here, Led Zeppelin was back and touring again even though nobody realized just how close to the end they were for this happening and how lucky they were too to be able to see these last shows in June and July of 1980.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Monday, April 11, 2016

Led Zeppelin: 1980-06-27 Nuremberg, Germany (FLAC_SB 1st Gen_1 CD)

This requested show is either the shortest Led Zeppelin show ever or one of them. It was stopped after three songs because John Bonham was ill. They played through "Black Dog" and were about to start "In The Evening" when the song never got started.

After a few moments of silence, Robert Plant asks the crowd to "hang on a tick" and says they have a slight technical problem. After telling them not to push each other and hang on some more he then says "we just have a minute problem so if you could just wait patiently we'd be very grateful". Nothing else (recorded anyhow) get said and the show then ends.

LINEAGE:
1st Gen cassette > DAT (3) > CD-R (1) > EAC > WAV > FLAC > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: June 27th, 1980
Location: Nuremberg, Germany
Venue: Messezentrum Halle
Title: Nuremberg, Germany June 27, 1980
Label: None
Source: SB (1st Gen)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes
Size: 92.2 MB
Length: 16:07:00

SETLIST:
01. Train Kept A Rollin'
02. Nobody's Fault But Mine
03. Black Dog

LINK:
(1) 1980-06-27 Nuremberg, Germany (SB 1st Gen)

The waveform looks fine with no audio clipping, brickwalling, or anything bad in it. And the audio sounds great-to-excellent too. This first generation copy sounds better than the TDOLZ Flying Over Nuremberg released copy.

It's too bad a Led Zeppelin soundboard show (or any show) had to be cut short. I can't help but wonder in John Bonham may have been really hung over or whether or not it was a real sickness like the flu or something? I'm not sure the flu would be going around in Nuremberg during June though?

This show I had almost forgotten about until the request for it came in. It got me to thinking of each tour since 1973 Led Zeppelin had done. Starting in a Vancouver 1973 show (as far as I recall) where Robert Plant got sick after a few songs and was taken to the hospital, the band had at least one show stopping illness each tour after that. So the 1973, 1975, 1977 (we just had the 39th anniversary of that 1977-04-09 Chicago, Illinois show too), and this 1980 show meant each tour had a show stopping illness. I cannot recall any shows prior to 1973 right now where an illness stopped it. But that doesn't mean there may not have been some shows on the earlier tours too that were either cancelled or stopped early.

John Bonham does say he is feeling bad before the band starts "Black Dog". He says the song reflects how he feels and possibly the other band members. Again, it really makes you wonder...sure does.

John Bonham only had two days short of two months to live after this night before he died. What a shame! But thankfully we do have all of the 1980 concerts and video from a few too to remember the ending days of the great Led Zeppelin live.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Mazzy Star: 2000-06-04 Copenhagen, Denmark (FLAC_AUD Master_1 CD)

It's been a while since I have uploaded a Mazzy Star show so here is one requested a while back. Hope Sandoval, the singer, has a really nice voice and this show sounds a little different than most I've heard of the band so far. It seem it is more acoustic than electric in the music.

I only became aware of this band, a band that has been around since the early 1990's, after a friend introduced me to a them by requesting a show a year or so ago. It was a 2012 show I first found and as I was playing it I realized I liked it a lot too. I liked the diversity in the music, the songs, and just the overall unique sound the band has. They have an earlier 1960's - 1970's California kind of sound with a mix of other eras of music after that time-frame too. But they did not sound like a band mimicking previous bands in history and they had their own sound.

So after being introduced to something I liked, I did what I do and found more of their music and liked it too. This show does sound a little different than what they usually sound like but since it was in my Requests folder I'm uploading it.

LINEAGE:
Core Cardiod microphones > Sharp MD recorder (stationary) transfer > optical cable > hard drive > Cool Edit Pro > CD WAV Editor > FLAC > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

NOTES (copy & paste):
"New transfer (2005) -> added a bit of bass and normalized in CEP."

DETAILS:
Artist: Mazzy Star
Date: June 4th, 2000
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Venue: Loppen
Title: None
Label: None
Source: AUD (Master)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: No
Size: 368 MB
Length: 71:59:34

SETLIST:
01. Leaving On A Train
02. Blues
03. Bake My Biscuit
04. Ride It On
05. I've Been Let Down
06. Bells Ring
07. Rhymes Of An Hour
08. Unreflected
09. Sparrow
10. That Way Again
11. Look On Down From The Bridge
12. Plain Gold Ring
13. Now That You're Gone
14. Among My Swan

LINK:
(1) 2011-09-09 Santa Monica, CA (SB/FM BX)

The waveform has no audio clipping, brickwalling, or any other bad traits. The sound is excellent and the mix is too. The first five tracks are acoustical songs and then the band seems to join in and start playing in many tracks after that. But overall, the recording is very well done with no audience interference or noise either.

I was not very familiar with most of these songs and as I looked online to be sure I was naming the tracks right I saw this was a tour that was new for the band. I believe they had been away for a few short years and this was their return (not specifically this show) with new songs they had written.

This is a mellow (sort of country and sort of San Francisco 1969) kind of music they played this night. I don't know if I like it as much as some of the other shows I have uploaded or not? I haven't made up my mind. But I do like it regardless and I like Hope's voice in the show too. It is a very clean sounding recording and I found no audible errors (e.g. breaks in the recording, deviation from the steady mix and sound, etc) in the recording when I listened to the show either.

I was unable to locate any information on who the taper was to give them credit. But to whoever recorded the shows, thank you for an excellent job and for sharing it!

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Led Zeppelin: 1970-09-04 Inglewood, CA (FLAC_AUD Master Multi Sources Mix_2 CD)

This is one of my all time favorite Led Zeppelin shows. Not just because it sounds so excellent but because the band's performance is so incredible as well. This copy had been requested back about six months ago and I had accidentally moved it over into the "Need To Burn" folder instead of the "Requests" folder I noticed the other day. So today I am listening to and uploading it all at the same time.

There are I believe seven audience sources for this show in circulation now. Every label in the world has at some point put out a copy of Live On Blueberry Hill it feels like. Some are just one of the source recordings, some are mixed sources, and some I really don't know the details on. But needless to say there are a lot of copies and versions of this concert out there. I've already uploaded at least three or four with one being the Genuine Masters DVD-A copy here in past years. This is an excellent-to-superb (superb to me) sounding show!

LINEAGE:
None given but we know > SHN > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify new ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: September 4th, 1970
Location: Inglewood, California
Venue: The Forum
Title: Live On Blueberry Hill
Label: Sanctuary
Source: AUD (Multiple Master Sources Mix)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes
Size: 736 MB
Length: 132:22:70

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. band introduction
102. Immigrant Song
103. Heartbreaker
104. Dazed And Confused
105. Bring It On Home
106. That's The Way
107. Bron-Yr-Aur
108. Since I've Been Loving You
109. John Paul Jones (intro organ solo)
110. Thank You

CD 2:
201. What Is An What Should Never Be
202. Moby Dick
203. Whole Lotta Love
204. Communication Breakdown
205. Out On The Tiles
206. Blueberry Hill

LINK:
(1) 1970-09-04 Inglewood, CA (AUD Multi Source/Sanctuary)

MIRROR:
(1) 1970-09-04 Inglewood, CA (AUD Multi Source/Sanctuary) (Mirror)

NOTE:
I'm using a free Mega account as a mirror in this upload. Those of you downloading please leave me a message here or on the Facebook (Community Group or Secret Group) letting me know what works best as far as the links go. I eventually plan on adding a secondary mirror site to my posts as I've always had until the last year or so. Your opinion will help me help you.

There really is not a lot more I can say about the show itself other than what I have said in the past. In this specific Sanctuary 2 CD set, the mix sounds excellent and there is no audio clipping to worry about. There are a very few tiny spikes on a few tracks but nothing that will cause any problems or anything anyone would even notice without looking at the waveform. There is no brickwalling done in the recording either.

I lost track of how many sources I heard used before making it to "Whole Lotta Love" which is where I am now. The source transitions are smooth and the patches are used to fill in gaps other sources didn't get recorded in order to form a more complete show. For all practical purposes, the whole show is here. You don't miss any songs and there is even the introduction of the band as the first track which some copies do not have.

I still think my favorite copy is the Winston Remasters A Sweeter Blueberry copy because he did such a wonderful job on the sources he worked on. I do not know if his copy is any less complete or more complete than this one right at the time. And as you've already read, this Sanctuary copy is reportedly sourced from masters of the various sources used.

Here are some copy & pasted reviews from Underground Uprising:
(1) "Live On Blueberry Hill (Sanctuary) Per **** SQ ****1/2 Appeal G
Another re-issue of the famous show from The Forum, Inglewood, California on September 4, 1970? But possibly the best version yet! A competent assembly of the best of the various audience sources results in a bright, very clean 2 disc set - lacking in bottom end on occasions and with a slight drop out in the right channel during Dazed. Page's guitar is always prominent in the mix. The playing is of a high standard throughout, check out the guitar/harmonica duet in Bring It On Home. The surprises come at the end of the show, the extended Communication Breakdown medley containing Good Times, Bad Times and a rare version of Out On The Tiles, followed by Blueberry Hill itself. The Japanese label is another of the expensive post-Tarantura efforts which means excellent packaging and more quotes from Luis Rey and Dave Lewis/Simon Pallett's Zeppelin reference books. (Tony Gassett Aug 99)"

(2) "Live On Blueberry Hill (Sanctuary) 2CD 9/4/70 Limited edition and numbered
Sound Quality 7-9/10; Appeal 4.5/5
Well, what can you say? This label appears to have set itself a goal to make their releases as complete as possible irrespective on the number of source tapes required to achieve this. This is all great news for the collector! Again, this release utilizes the original mono TMQ tape (or Blimp if you prefer) as much as possible with help from the alternate mono source used recently by Tarantura and what sounds like at least two stereo sources. This means that we get the complete band intro courtesy of the alt. mono tape and where possible in between song patter filled out with one of the two stereo tapes or the alt. mono tape. Pure trainspotting stuff! As with Bonzos-73, the splicing is quite good without a compromise in sound quality. Packaging is in the same format as for Bonzos, again using appropriate pics from the era and commentary from Rey and Lewis/Pallet. Ditto the concluding comments for Bonzo's above. This as complete as you are ever likely to hear this show and this release probably deserves definitive status. (Lord Byron Apr 99"

(3) "Live On Blueberry Hill (Sanctuary)
2 CDs, The Forum, Inglewood, 4 September 1970. Total time 133 mins. Collectors may be forgiven for thinking that there is no need for yet another release of this classic title, however they are wrong. Whoever compiled the master for this release went to a great deal of care, trouble and hard work. Using both the mono sources, and the stereo source, a definitive version of the concert has been put together, ensuring that every available minute of the concert is present. Full marks to Sanctuary for this valiant effort. It is however most unfortunate that on the covers they have again ripped off the entry in Lewis & Pallett's CONCERT FILE, and also Luis Rey's CONCERT TAPES, word for uncredited word. This has been released as an expensive limited and individually numbered edition, with the classic TMOQ cover (in full colour)on the card slipcase (Jules McTrainspotter Mar 99)"

I did want to thank "pernod" for sharing this over on R-O and I did take the high quality scans that were in the original 2005 download and crop them to get rid of non artwork borders that were around the edges and then I resized the artwork correctly.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr