Triumph: 1985-03-08 Los Angeles, CA (FLAC_SB-FM_2 CD)

Today is the 31st anniversary of this excellent Triumph show that was broadcast live via satellite across all 50 states in the USA in 1985.

Triumph was on their Thunder Seven tour when this concert was played and that in itself means there are some great songs in this show.  But rather than have me describe it all, let's get it uploaded so you can listen and decide what you think.

LINEAGE:
Unknown lineage (not given) > FM BX recorded > FLAC > 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: Triumph
Date: March 8th, 1985
Location: Los Angeles, California
Venue: Sports Arena
Title: Live In LA 3/8/85
Label: None
Source: SB/FM BX
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: No
Size: 577 MB
Length: 88:21:33

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Superstars In Concert intro
102. pre show band interview (all members)
103. opening music ~ band intro
104. When The Lights Go Down
105. Magic Power
106. Never Surrender
107. Allied Forces
108. Lay It On The Line
109. Midsummer's Daydream
110. Time Goes By

CD 2:
201. World Of Fantasy
202. Gil Moore (drum solo)
203. Rock And Roll Machine
204. Rik Emmett (guitar solo)
205. Spellbound
206. band talking
207. Fight The Good Fight

LINK:
(1) 1985-03-08, CA (SB/FM)

The waveform look great with no audio clipping.  It looks like someone likely amplified the original audio to the maximum without clipping it possibly.  However, even though this is an excellent sounding show, it lacks a little in the mix at the beginning I think.  But it is not brickwalled either so that is good.  You can hear everyone (all three of the band members) and their instruments.  There is very little tape hiss also.

There are a few dropouts in the show.  There's one at the beginning on CD 1 and then at least two on CD 2.  "World of Fantasy" is incomplete too.  The song just drops out and then the drum solo, already playing, picks up.  I guess the taper wasn't paying close attention and ran out of tape unfortunately?

It's a little ironic that in the band interview before the show the disc jockey ask the band how they handle arguments on the road.  They indicate they really didn't have them other than the short, normal kinds like between a "husband and wide" over small stuff.  Yea, right!  Everyone knows this band came apart due to their constant disagreements and arguments.  When I first saw and met Rik Emmett in 2000 I believe half of his talk between songs was still putting down Gil Moore.  They didn't get along well.  But they did make great music while they lasted.

If you like Triumph, you'll like this show.  It sounds excellent and the performance is just as good.  I would have upload the show in the past but I only had an mp3 copy until today when I went and found a lossless copy.  So here we go.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL!!!

THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THEIR OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL TOO.

KEEP IT FREE, KEEP IT AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF ALL; KEEP IT LEGAL!!!

Triumph: 1978-08-26 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada (FLAC_SB_1 CD)

PREFACE:  Against my better judgement, I'm also including an mp3 version of this show in a separate link.  As much as I am anti-mp3 (or lossy) when it comes to my music (actually everything), I have to admit that this mp3 version that I've decided to add and have had for a long, long time is a better sounding source recording.  I'm not sure if someone took the lossless FLAC source and EQ'ed it to death or if it was always the lesser quality sounding recording?  It sounds great too, but the mp3 version does sound better.  Now, I just need to find a FLAC version of the mp3 source recording so I can trash the mp3 version and remove it for good!

This is a great recording from a 1978 Canada Jam Triumph concert.  The recording starts off with a little tape warble but soon gets better.  The recording has been called an audience and a soundboard recording.  I personally believe it sounds like a soundboard.  The sound is a little flat but it very clean and sounds great still.  I'm not sure if it may have been EQ'ed this way or if it may just have been the way the recording came out?  Regardless, it is very enjoyable listening.

LINEAGE:
CD-R > EAC > WAV > FLAC > me > named tracks > TLH (for new md5 and ffp file creations, testing for lossiness and for SBE's...neither found, and for files verification) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Triumph
Date: August 26th, 1978
Location: Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Venue: Mosport Park
Event: Canada Jam
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes (2 sets of artwork)
Label: None
Title: Triumph - Canada Jam
Size: 303 MB

SETLIST:
01. What's Another Day Of Rock & Roll
02. Street Fighter
03. Little Texas Shaker
04. Blinding Light Show
05. Let Me Get Next To You
06. Rock 'N' Roll Machine
07. Takes Time
08. Rocky Mountain Way
09. 24 Hours A Day

LINK: (FLAC):
(1) 1978-08-26 Bowmanville, Ontario (FLAC SB)

LINK (mp3 @ 192 kbps, "Live At Canada Jam", TLR label):
(1) 1978-08-26 Bowmanville, Ontario (mp3 SB)

I included a second set of low resolution artwork I found because the date on the artwork that came with this show is wrong.  The wrong dated artwork has June 28th, 1978 (06/28/78) instead of August 26th, 1978 (08/26/78) which is correct.  The lower resolution artwork has the right date.  And I did verify that Triumph played on the correct date at the 1978 Canada Jam too.

It sort of cracks me up what Gil Moore says at the ending of the song "The Blinding Light Show".  He's talking about different music styles and he mentions disco and how the band will never play one note of that music because "Disco...(waits for the crowd to answer) sucks"!  I'd forgotten about that old saying from when I was a kid.  The band almost sounds like another Canadian band, Rush, as they play the following song "Let Me Get Next To You".

I like that Rik Emmett's guitar is very "up front" in this show and very clean sounding.  That's one of the giveaways to me that this is a soundboard recording.  Also, the fact you don't hear the crowd between songs other than very, very lightly is another soundboard indicator.  There were over 10,000 people in attendance at this Canada Jam and it was the largest concert ever with the attendance records at that time (1978) in Canada.  The producer for Canada Jam was also responsible for producing California Jam I and California Jam II (referred to as Cal Jam) in this same time period according to some research I did into the dates.  If this is an audience recording, well, then that jumps it up to an excellent/superb recording.  The show gets better and better audio-wise as the show goes on too.

So take a trip back to 1978 up in Canada and I hope you enjoy the ride...

Bootradr

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL!!!

THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THEIR OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL TOO. 

KEEP IT FREE, KEEP IT AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF ALL; KEEP IT LEGAL!!!

Trumph: 1979-08-19 Chicago, IL (FLAC_SB/FM_1 CD)

This is a superb sounding Triumph show from their years before their 1980's hits that produced the songs you hear on the radio today and have for many years.  While I like many of 1980's songs better, I still love to listen to an excellent quality recording of a band I like.  And don';t get me wrong.  There are some excellent songs in this show and some you will remember hearing through the years too.

DETAILS:
Artist: Triumph
Date: August 19th, 1979
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Venue: Aragon Ballroom
Source: SB/FM (Studio Jam broadcast/possible Pre-FM)
Format: FLAC
CD: 1
Artwork: Yes (very small resolution/size front cover)
Label: none
Title: Chicago '79
Size: 360 MB

SETLIST:
01. American Girls
02. Street Fighter
03. Hold On
04. Lay It On The Line
05. Blinding Light Show
06. 24 Hours A Day
07. Takes Time

FileFactory Link:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/385lixuhw01d

My favorites on this CD are "Hold On" and "Lay It On The Line"; songs regularly played on the radio.  I'm familiar with these "non radio friendly" songs because I have a number of 1970's - 1980's bootleg and all officially released Triumph recordings.  But if you know Triumph just from their radio played hits, this is a show worth checking out for sure.  and at this price (free), what do you have to lose?

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr