REO Speedwagon: 1987-07-XX Oklahoma City, OK (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

I've had this recording for at least five to eight years but still have never been able to confirm a date for the show.  The only information I was given is this was a 1987 show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and at The Zoo Amphitheatre (probably the venue).  I looked up The Zoo Amphitheatre online and they say they've had live concerts there since 1936 on their homepage.

There are not many REO Speedwagon past tour date resources it seems.  Even the band's main website only seems to show tour dates between 1995 and 2002 other than their current touring schedule.

I did find a resource that shows the band played Fort Worth, Texas on 1987-07-11, Fort Smith, Arkansas on 1987-07-12, and Kansas City, Missouri one 1987-07-19.  If you know your geography or know how to read a map (in these GPS map-less days), you can see it'd have been likely this Oklahoma City, Oklahoma concert was in this period between the Fort Worth and Kansas City shows or in a close proximity to it most likely.

Just as I was getting ready to post this show, "bobobo" got back to me and said he found the date of 1987-07-15 for this show in his resources.  So I am now using this date as it applies, makes perfect sense, and fits.  But just now, I was listening to the end of "One Too Many Girlfriends" and you can  hear Cronin ask "...what day is this...it feels like a Saturday..." (or something similar).  But from the crowd, it sounds like at least three people say "Thursday".  If it was Wednesday it would have been the 15th and if it was Thursday it would have been the 16th.  So the mystery continues for now.

This recording is actually a very good sounding audience recording that seems to end just a little before the show does.  It is stereo and the vocals, guitars, keyboard, drums, and taper (when they talk) all can be heard fine.  I believe the taper was up front for this show.

The waveform showed some light clipping of the audio but it was not anything major or worth messing with or worrying about at all.  The audio sounds a little processed to me but maybe someone else can take a look and tell?  There are times where the sound is heavier in one channel than in the other and there are sound issues that just have to be heard to be explained at various places in the show.  But overall, it is a great-to-excellent sounding show.  The recording sounds like a low generation copy to me too.

LINEAGE:
None given > 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: REO Speedwagon
Date: July 1987 (probably 15th or 16th)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Venue: The Zoo Amphitheatre
Title: None
Label: None
Source: AUD
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: No
Size: 612 MB
Length: 90:31:08

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. That Ain't Love
102. I Do' Wanna Know
103. Tough Guys
104. One Too Many Girlfriends
105. Variety Tonight
106. Keep Pushin'
107. Take It On The Run
108. New Way To Love

CD 2:
201. Golden Country
202. Can't Fight This Feeling
203. Screams And Whispers
204. Back On The Road Again
205. Keep On Loving You
206. Roll With The Changes
207. Ridin' The Storm Out
208. Don't Let Him Go (cut)

LIN K:
(1) 1987-07-15 Oklahoma City, OK (AUD)

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This show was at a crucial point in REO Speedwagon's musical career back in 1987.  They were starting to miserably fall from grace and their sales were going nowhere.  Alan Gratzer, a founding band member, left the band the following year (1988) and even before Gary Richrath was fired from REO Speedwagon in 1989.  And with Gary Richrath being let go in early 1989, the band was in trouble not only musically but financially too.

This 1987 concert was when the band was touring on their Life As We Know It LP release and the sales were suffering badly on this release (as well as earlier releases were not doing as well either) and the sales  on future releases only got worse on the next few albums to top the bad sales off.

I've been listening to this show since I started preparing it yesterday and doing this has made a few things clear to me.  The band was in trouble, still able to pull off shows and even please the crowds, but the turmoil was taking over.  Listen to some of Kevin Cronin's talk (and we all know he loves to do this in the shows) in this concert.  He seems tired, says a few things that are really a little prophetic in parts, and he even mentions or implies something about the new songs and sales I think.  The band's music was not sounding bad, however, it was not sounding as energetic either as earlier years and even later or recent years of playing the songs.  Who's idea was it to put a rap intro into "Tough Guys"?  "Golden Country", political ideology and all other connotations put aside, has always been an excellent song musically.  But there is a lot missing (like Richrath playing in the beginning) in this version as the song starts out.  Even though the band was "back on the road again" physically, it sounds like emotionally they were not all there.

It is rather ironic that the main thing Gary Richrath disliked and was worried about in this era of REO Speedwagon's music, which in large was the band taking this "pop over rock" path, was what was musically killing them off and causing their sales to drop off of the charts when this show was played.

It's also ironic that when the late 1990's to early 2000's resurgent and resurrection in the 1970's and 1980's rock bands occurred as they were reuniting; this was also when REO Speedwagon really made their comeback both musically and financially.  But their comeback wasn't made (even though slightly attempted) by playing these songs Richrath hated (the pop and ballad songs taking over when he left) either.  It was  from the band playing the old songs that we all liked and the ones Richrath fought for but lost out on.

We all know it was a lot more than the music that caused Gary Richrath to get fired.  But the battle over the music and then other issues was in large what I feel kept Richrath on his addiction, depression, and downward path for so long.  He felt like an outcast in a band he almost was with from the beginning and he never was willing to break free from the chains that kept him from being able to stay in the band in the late 1980's and early 1990's era of REO Speedwagon sadly enough too.  It was a music a direction, a Kevin Cronin versus Gary Richrath musical taste and control, and the drug addiction member (Gary) versus a cleaned up band the other members had decided they wanted to be or become that was the real end of the best era of REO Speedwagon. 

The band almost faded away and then they made their comeback, rebuilding themselves on their best music and cleaned up lifestyle, and then touring non-stop ever since that kept the band a great and powerful force in rock and roll even today.  And I enjoy seeing them live even today because they sound great and play the songs fans want to hear.

This show being uploaded now is really a rare glimpse into the era of REO Speedwagon's history where they were on the brink of extinction and implosion and were losing some key members.  The band members were fighting and not happy for the most part.  And then this show was at the end of an era that the band would never truly see again and the precursor to the era that brought them back to playing what the fans wanted to hear and knew.  I guess REO Speedwagon stayed strong however.  The band is officially 48 years old now and they have survived.  And as all REO Speedwagon fans know, 'only the strong survive'!

I hope you enjoy the show...
 
Bootradr

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REO Speedwagon: 1983-05-03 Milwaukee, WI (FLAC_SB/Pre-FM/LP_Bootradr Remaster_1 CD)

This is an excellent/superb REO Speedwagon recording from a show on their 1983 tour while in Milwaukee.  I want to try and get a few Gary Richrath shows up over the next few weeks  in memory of his passing away.  He led REO Speedwagon on a rock 'n' roll ride for many years up through 1989 when he was let go.  And on September 13th, 2015 he passed away at the age of 65.

LINEAGE:
Ion ITTUSB Turntable > Audacity > Magic Audio Cleaning Lab > FLAC 8 > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness & align sector boundaries) > Audacity (to view waveform, fix audio clipping, balance channels, & normalize audio and then to embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 8 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify ffp & md5 files) > you

NOTES:
(1) "Bobobo" removed all commercials that were on the LP's and left the Supergroups intro/outtro tracks at the beginning and end of the LP's.

(2) I did not EQ the audio in this project.  The left channel was clipped very badly and the right channel had some light clipping.  So I only made repairs and fixed the audio clipping and balanced the audio channels before normalizing.

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: May 3rd, 1983
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Venue: Milwaukee Convention Center
Title: Supergroups In Concert
Label: DR Radio Network
Source: SB/Pre-FM (LP)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: No
Size: 451 MB
Length: 64:41:20

SETLIST:
01. Supergroups opening
02. Supergroups intro
03. Good Trouble
04. Don't Let Him Go
05. Keep Pushin'
06. Kevin Cronin talking
07. Let's BeBop
08. Tough Guys
09. The Key
10. Kevin Cronin talking
11. Take It On The Run
12. Time For Me To Fly
13. Keep On Loving You
14. Kevin Cronin talking
15. Keep The Fire Burnin'
16. Stillness Of The Night
17. Back On The Road Again
18. Ridin' The Storm Out
19. Johnny B. Goode
20. Supergroups outtro
21. Supergroups closing

LIN K:
(1) 1983-05-03 Milwaukee, WI (SB/Pre-FM)

As I mentioned the other day in a post, Gary Richrath was not happy with the way REO Speedwagon's music was changing after their album Hi Infidelity (which was the band's catapult from a known band to a superstar status band).  And this 1983 show being shared now is a good example of what Richrath was not happy with.  Even though the classics are still in the show, the new songs many people today still don't know like "Let's BeBop" were being brought in by Kevin Cronin in an attempt to take the band towards the newer 1980's pop and ballads sound.  And Gary did not like this at all.

I really side with Gary Richrath on his dislike of many of the songs REO started putting out after they became a household name.  I liked a lot of them, but some I could not stand and I wondered "what are they trying to do...kill their momentum" back in the days.

Today, I have more appreciation for the songs Kevin was trying to bring into the band in their mid through late 1980's era.  But they still do not compare in most cases to the earlier rock songs the band had been playing and performing live for over a decade in my opinion either.  And the band's album sales also supported Richrath's dislike of the new "trendy" sounding songs too.

REO Speedwagon soon found a balance of both the classic rock tunes as well as the new ones they were bringing into the band.  But Gary was too far gone by this point and he left REO Speedwagon never to return as a member again.  Ironically; the songs that get the most play today by REO Speedwagon in their r live shows and on the radio too are the songs Gary Richrath played on (and many he wrote) and helped cement the sound of when he was with the band for two decades.

This is an excellent-to-superb transfer of the pre-FM LP's via a USB turntable (all digital) and there are very, very few indications of "snap, crackle, or pop" in the recording.  When pops or crackling is seldom heard it's between songs in the quiet parts of the LP.  This LP has been taken care of very well it sounds like.

A special thanks goes to "bobobo" for sharing this excellent LP rip and work.  He's done some superb digital transfers from the original Pre-FM LP's of many REO Speedwagon shows and he has shared each one too.  I really appreciate his help and the work he has done.  Thanks for the help you've been to me specifically "bobobo" in not only information on REO Speedwagon recordings but in other details too in their shows over the last couple of years!

I hope you enjoy the show...
 
Bootradr

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REO Speedwagon: 1971-XX-XX Carbondale, IL (DVD_Pro Shot_LPCM_1 DVD)

If anyone hasn't heard yet, REO Speedwagon's founding member Gary Richrath passed away on 2015-09-13 (Sunday).  I just learned of it this morning and I'm not sure what the details are on his death.  But he was one of the best rock 'n' roll guitarists of his time and a key reason REO Speedwagon made it so big in their later years.

I'm uploading a better copy (audio wise) of this 1971 PBS TV appearance on a program called The Sessions today.  I've built my own DVD with menus and cool junk.  But it was not an LPCM audio copy and this one being shared is.  This copy has automatic 10 minute chapters and looks like it was transferred via a standalone DVD burner too.

I am not sure where I got this copy and it possibly even came from Dime?  The text file I just noticed mentions it had been on Dime so that makes it even more likely.  I'll include the original text file too.  I've tried to determine who shared it but have not had any luck.  But to whoever shared this to begin with, thanks definitely goes to that person!

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SHOW DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: Fall 1971
Location: Carbondale, Illinois
Venue: WSIU Studios (PBS)
Program: The Sessions
Label: None
Title: The Sessions

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Menu: No
Chapters: Yes (10 minute auto chapters)
Artwork: Yes (not in download/obtained later)
DVD's: 1
DVD Size: 1.98 GB
DVD Length: 29:44

VIDEO ATTRIBUTES:
Format: NTSC
Color/B&W: Color
Type: Pro Shot
Resolution: 720 x 480
Aspect: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: 8032 kbps
Codec: MPEG-2

AUDIO ATTRIBUTES:
Sample Rate: 48 kHz
Bitrate: 1536 kbps
Codec: LPCM
Channels: 2
Streams: 1

SONGS/CHAPTERS:
01. Gypsy Woman's Passion
02. London Branch (program's host)
03. 157 Riverside Avenue
04. Lay Me Down
05. Be A Big Man Someday
06. Anti-Establishment Man

LINKS:
(1) 1971-XX-XX Carbondale, IL (Pro Shot)
(2) 1971-XX-XX Carbondale, IL (Pro Shot)
(3) 1971-XX-XX Carbondale, IL (Pro Shot)

SAMPLE:
YouTube - Gypsy Woman's Passion

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REO Speedwagon, formed in 1967, stayed pretty much the same as far as members of the group went throughout the years with a few exceptions.  This video was shot before members Kevin Cronin (vocals) or Bruce Hall (bass) were in the band.  And years later, as they were transitioning from a more classic rock with a lot of guitar type of band to a more ballads type of band, Gary Richrath did not like this.  I personally like both eras of the band's music but I really like the 1981 and earlier REO Speedwagon the best where Richrath played awesome solos in the songs.

In 1989, after the band decided to stop the partying and clean up their act, Gary Richrath did not want to go the direction the rest of the band was going.  He was upset by the music and he had been getting more and more heavily into drug use which the rest of the band had reportedly stopped doing at this point.  So the band fired him and replaced him with Dave Amoto.

Richrath made an attempt at playing his own solo music and tours briefly, but that was short lived.  He just sort of disappeared from the public eye and not much was heard of him or from him after that.  He did appear on stage and plat with REO Speedwagon once more in 2013 at a benefit show to the surprise of the crowd.  But two years later, he's now gone for good sadly.

This is a superb capture of the band when the lineup had Terry Luttrell on vocals and Gregg Philbin on bass.  The other members were future and even present members that stuck with the band for a long time through the years and they include Neal Doughty on keyboards, Alan Gratzer on drums, and of course the now late Gary Richrath.

I'm not 100% sure who is with REO Speedwagon today, but I do know a few of the early and possibly original lineup is still with them.  And most members have been there from the 1970's I believe.  Either Doughty or Gratzer recently retired I believe but I know Kevin Cronin, Bruce Hall, and Dave Amato (joined in 1990 I believe) are definitely with REO Speedwagon today and they are constantly touring and rocking.  I've seen them so many times and recorded so many shows of them over the years I cannot even remember how many times it has been.

I added a few screen shots from the video at the bottom of this post.  So as a tribute to Gary Richrath, here is an early look into REO Speedwagon.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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REO Speedwagon: 1979-12-28 Chicago, IL (FLAC_SB/FM_2 CD)

Once again, thanks goes to "bobobo" for helping me replace my lost 2 CD copy of this show.  I have two 1 CD copies and had the 2 CD copy.  But the 2 CD copy cannot be found anywhere (where it should be and even where it would bot be expected to be too).

This REO Speedwagon show was a year after the previous Chicago show I just shared and it was in the same venue too.  However, this recording is a lot better sounding and it is much cleaner too.  The sound is superb really and this is the best Chicago 1970's era REO Speedwagon show I've heard. 

LINEAGE:
Unknown lineage > FLAC files sent by "bobobo" > 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 ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: December 28th, 1979
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Venue: International Amphitheater
Title: Chicago '79
Label: None
Source: SB/FM BX
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: No
Size: 622 MB
Length: 98:46:11

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. house announcer
102. intro
103. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight
104. Like You Do
105. Heavy On Your Love
106. Drop It (An Old Disguise)
107. Only The Strong Survive
108. Easy Money
109. Roll With The Changes
110. Time For Me To Fly
111. Back On The Road Again

CD 2:
201. The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot
202. 157 Riverside Avenue
203. Keep Pushin'
204. Ridin' The Storm Out
205. crowd & DJ chatter
206. Rock And Roll Music (Chuck Berry cover)
207. Golden Country
208. Little Queenie
209. closing talk & band intros
210. DJ outtro comments

LINK:
(1) 1979-12-28 Chicago, IL (SB/FM - 2 CD Version)

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The previous upload, or the 1978-12-17 Chicago upload I made earlier this morning, is missing some songs and is not the complete concert.  But this recording of the band's 1979 Chicago performance is complete.  Radio broadcasts of concerts many times have a few different versions to be broadcast.  Some are missing a song or two, some may be missing more, and then some are the whole concert.  And fortunately this one is the full concert.

I'm burning this show to disc now so I can listen to it once again on the home theater system.  I believe this copy from "bobobo" is even cleaner and better sounding than the previous 2 disc copy I had and cannot find.  The stereo separation is great on this one too and so is the setlist.  This is another REO Speedwagon show as they were in their prime and it is one you will enjoy and want to crank up loud!

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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REO Speedwagon: 1978-12-17 Chicago, IL (FLAC_SB/FM_2 CD)

This is an REO Speedwagon in their prime show!  And when you hear the interview before the show, you can make an educated guess as to what they were primed up on too.  Kevin Cronin has always been a talker during shows.  It can get a little irritating when you want him to shut up so the band can start playing again.  But this interview before the show has him talking 100 mph and kind of makes you think "what is he on?"  The band is superb in their playing and the recording has good stereo separation too with Gary Richrath's guitar in the right channel.  This really is a spectacular show.

I was going to upload this show yesterday and I did and EAC rip of my Kodak Gold CD-R copy of it from a 2000 trade I did with a great Zeppelin trader back in the day.  But then I realized something.  There was a 2 CD copy out there and I didn't have it.  I could only find a lossy mp3 copy of it and that just wouldn't work!  I thought about an REO Speedwagon collector/sharing friend I met on Dime, "bobobo", and I messaged him and asked if he had the 2 CD copy.  And when I checked back a little later, he had sent it to me.  So all thanks goes to "bobobo" for this more complete copy of the concert.  It was definitely worth waiting just a short time on the uploading of the concert to get it.

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Unknown lineage > FLAC files sent by "bobobo" > 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 ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: December 17th, 1978
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Venue: International Amphitheater
Title: Chicago '78
Label: None
Source: SB/FM BX
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes (1 CD version artwork)
Size: 602 MB
Length: 91:17:41

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. interview
102. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight
103. Like You Do
104. Lucky For You
105. Son Of A Poor Man
106. Drop It (An Old Disguise)
107. Roll With The Changes
108. Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)

CD 2:
201. Keep Pushin'
202. The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot
203. Gary Richrath (guitar solo)
204. 157 Riverside Avenue
205. Ridin' The Storm Out
206. Golden Country
207. Little Queenie

LINK:
(1) 1978-12-17 Chicago, IL (SB/FM - 2 CD Version)

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This copy sounds excellent and the only real issue is the last minute or so of the final track.  "Little Queenie" has some kind of audible clicking error at the very end of the show and disc. But so what?  At least it's in the last minute or so of the show.

My 1 CD trade copy from 2000 may be a little cleaner and better sounding.  But it is nothing major enough to worry about.  The 1 CD version is 78 minutes long and this 2 CD copy is 91 minutes long.  The 2 CD copy includes the interview before the show, "Keep Pushin", the complete "Golden Country", and "Little Queenie".  "Golden Country" cuts out on my 1 CD copy and the other tracks just mentioned are not on it either. 

I'm including the artwork created by B. Ingham, the original trader I got it from, even though it is for the 1 CD copy.  It's better than nothing and I cannot seem to find any artwork ever created for the 2 CD copy out there on the internet.  The scans I made are in 100, 200, and 300 dpi resolution because I was trying to make some changes and keep unwanted pixel issues from appearing.  I don't know why the pixel issues occur when scanning the artwork?  The artwork looks fine printed on the high quality glossy paper I printed it on in 2000.  But I messed around with the artwork some, primarily changing brightens and contrast as well as the resolution, and decided to just leave the 9 MB of artwork in there so you can choose which you like if you use it.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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REO Speedwagon: 1982-10-08 Inglewood, CA (FLAC_SB/Pre-FM_1 CD)

This is another excellent REO Speedwagon show shared by "bobobo" earlier this year.  This recording was sourced from a pre FM Westwood One LP set of the show.  The sounds is excellent, and as always, so was the band's performance too.

LINEAGE:
Ion ITTUSB Turntable > Audacity > Magic Audio Cleaning Lab > FLAC (TLH Level 8) > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness and pad one 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 ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: October 8th, 1982
Location: Inglewood, California
Venue: The Forum
Title: In Concert
Label: Westwood One
Source: SB/Pre-FM
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: No
Size: 515 MB
Length: 76:46:67

SETLIST:
01. Westwood One intro
02. Good Trouble
03. Don't Let Him Go
04. Kevin talking
05. Keep Pushin'
06. Let's BeBop
07. Tough Guys
08. Time For Me To Fly
09. Kevin introduces song
10. Take It On The Run
11. Keep The Fire Burnin'
12. I'll Follow You
13. Keep On Loving You
14. Kevin introduces song
15. Stillness Of The Night
16. Back On The Road Again
17. Ridin' The Storm Out
18. Roll With The Changes
19. Shakin' It Loose
20. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight
21. Johnny B. Goode
22. band introductions
23. Westwood One outro
24. Westwood One In Concert radio promo

LINK:
(1) 1982-10-08 Inglewood, CA (SB/Pre-FM)

I love how great the Westwood One LP's "bobobo" has shared sound.  He has helped REO fans out a lot by his generous sharing of his collection he has built over the years, and not only of REO Speedwagon but of other artists too.  He has obviously taken excellent care of his LP's and his transfers of the LP's to digital formats like this one via a USB turntable are superb.  There is no clipping of the audio and everything looks and sounds perfect.

One thing I also love about these Westwood One broadcasts, or in this case a pre-FM recording, is how Gary Richrath's guitar always seems to stand out and he jams with his unique sound.  After Richrath's departure from the band in 1989, I really had thought the band would not survive without the Richrath guitar playing.  And I still felt this way early on when Dave Amato replaced Gary Richrath.  But thankfully, and pretty quickly too, Dave Amato took the music of REO Speedwagon and he learned it and fit right in on tours.  He is still REO's lead guitarist 25 years later and he has kept the band alive musically.  To me, the guitar playing in REO Speedwagon is one of the primary factors in why they're so good.  Of course the songs and every band member's playing are just as important to the band's success.  But to me the guitar was an irreplaceable part of the 1970's through 1980's REO.  But they found the one guitarist, Dave Amato, who was in it for the long haul and has been spectacular at making the songs from before he was even in the band sound right.

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.

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REO Speedwagon: 1980-07-27 East Troy, WI (FLAC_SB/FM_2 CD)

This is a great-to-excellent recording captured by "eve1976" and shared of REO Speedwagon's concert broadcast over FM radio of their 1980-07-27 East Troy, Wisconsin performance.  Thanks goes to "eve1976" for this excellent show!

Even though you likely won't notice it unless you look at each channel, the right channel has some audio clipping that the left channel doesn't have.  I'm not sure if the balance was just a little off or what may have caused it.  But most of the recording still sounds excellent.

I think there is a slight "dead spot" (for lack of the correct term) on the beginning of the tape or the tape tape head that also can be noticed at times.  At the very beginning of the show, when the only thing you hear is the audience cheering, you can easily hear what I'm talking about.   It is also heard easily near the end of the recording/show.  I haven't fooled with cassette tapes in so long I cannot recall what problems may cause this in a recording.  Maybe it's a tape head needing demagnetizing, the tape heads needing adjusting, I really just don't know.  But once the music is playing, it is really not a problem and becomes noticeable for the most part until nearer to the end of the show.

One last sound issue to note, and this is being added after I've already uploaded the show and noticed it, is the recording quality after "Flying Turkey Trot".  It is not as good.  I don't know if it is a different source or maybe a tape flip on a recorder causing some of the previously mentioned issues.  The sound gets better the more it progresses past "Flying Turkey Trot".  But it still ia not as good as it had been and there is noticeably more right channel audio coming through, creating heavier clipping and making me think the record heads on the recording or transferring gear may have been the issue for any sound problems if it isn't the tape itself.  It's too bad the audio degrades because this is an excellent show.

LINEAGE:
Maxell cassette tape > Technics RS-T20 > Audacity > CD Wave Editor (to split tracks) > FLAC > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness) > Audacity (to view waveform, embed metadata/track titles & info, and then to re-encode) > FLAC 6 > TLH (to check for SBE's and create and verify ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: July 27th, 1980
Location: East Troy, Wisconsin
Venue: Alpine Valley Amphitheatre
Title: Westwood One
Label: None
Source: SB/FM
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: No
Size: 592 MB
Length: 91:08:33

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight
102. Like You Do
103. Keep Pushin'
104. Tough Guys
105. Only The Strong Survive
106. Time For Me To Fly
107. Don't Let Him Go
108. Keep On Loving You

CD 2:
201. Roll With The Changes
202. Flying Turkey Trot
203. Back On The Road Again
204. Ridin' The Storm Out
205. 157 Riverside Avenue
206. Golden Country
207. Rock And Roll Music (Chuck Berry cover)

LINK:
(1) 1980-07-27 East Troy, WI (SB/FM)

This recording was four months before the release of the bands most infamous and largest selling LP Hi Infidelity.  REO had been doing great prior to the November 21, 1980 Hi Infidelity release, but they were shot into superstar status when the LP became the 1981 best selling LP.  It's when I first heard of REO Speedwagon myself.  But that's a completely different story and there are reasons I didn't know of them earlier.

Gary Richrath's guitar playing is superb in this this show and it is up front in the recording mix too!  The whole Westwood One mix on this show is an excellent one.

This transition between REO's 1970's era and the new 1980's era is magical here.  They were so full of energy and talent at this point.  And the fact they're playing a number of still unreleased Hi Infidelity songs in this show tells me they were worked up about the upcoming LP release.  Many bands might play a song from their upcoming release, but they don't usually play three in the first half of the show.

I tried to work on the right channel audio clipping and repair it.  But I still have a lot to learn about doing that correctly and I was not able to do anything to correct it.  And since other audio issues mentioned above became evident too as I was listening to the show, it really wasn't as big of a deal trying to fix something most people would not ever even notice likely.  Hopefully, we might find another great transfer of this same show without the audio issues in the future.

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!!!

REO Speedwagon: 1981-04-25 Denver, CO (FLAC_SB/FM_1 CD)

This is an excellent FM aired recording of an REO Speedwagon show from Denver in their heyday of 1981.  REO Speedwagon was riding high on the LP Hi Infidelity at this point and a laser disc was even made of this show (most of it).  The laser disc video, a copy I found and bought at a record store locally late last year but have no way to play or transfer it today, was titled Live Infidelity.  I do have an excellent PAL version of it on DVD but have been undecided as to whether to upload and share it or not?

Live Infidelity was released but pulled very soon afterwards.  Most people who were able to buy a copy got it on VHS.  I never have determined why the band and/or record company released and then pulled it because it is a superb video and audio capture of their show.  This FM broadcast, however; is more complete than the video that had a short-lived official release.

Whatever the reason is for the laser disc and VHS becoming out of print (OOP), I'm not sure of the legality yet of sharing it.  I have a feeling it is not a problem or illegal at all.  But until I am sure, I'll hold off on uploading that one.

LINEAGE:
(1) KILO-FM broadcast > unknown tape deck > TDK SAX-90
(2) Transfer & Editing:  Sony TC-WE475 > Sony DTC-ZE700 > E-MU E-DSP soundcard > 48 kHz/16 bit WAV > Wavelab (tracking and tweaking) > FLAC 8 > me > TLH (for checking ffp & md5 file, SBE's, and decoding) > WAV > Audacity (for embedding metadata/track titles & down sampling to 44.1 kHz/16 bit FLAC) > FLAC 6 > TLH (for creation of new md5 & ffp files and checking for SBE's again) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: April 25th, 1981
Location: Denver, Colorado
Venue: McNichol's Arena
Source: SB/FM
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: No
Label: None
Title: None
Size: 517 MB

SETLIST:
01. Don't Let Him Go
02. Like You Do
03. Kevin Cronin banter I
04. Keep Pushin'
05. Kevin Cronin banter II
06. Only The Strong Survive
07. Kevin Cronin banter III
08. In Your Letter
09. Time For Me To Fly
10. Kevin Cronin banter IV
11. Take It On The Run
12. Kevin Cronin banter V
13. Keep On Loving You
14. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight
15. Back On The Road Again
16. Ridin' The Storm Out
17. 157 Riverside Avenue
18. Golden Country
19. Shakin' It Loose

LINKS:
Part 1 - 1981-04-25 Denver (SB/FM)
Part 2 - 1981-04-25 Denver (SB/FM)

Thanks goes to "bobobo" once again for making this show available on Dime recently!  He recorded the show off of KILO FM in Colorado Springs back in 1981.

As anyone who has seen an REO Speedwagon show knows, Kevin Cronin, the band's singer, loves to talk between songs.  Sometimes his banter goes on longer than the length of a normal song too.  And one thing I like about this upload/download is the missing parts (songs and banter) that were cut from Live Infidelity are in this recording.  But at the same time, this FM broadcast is also incomplete and is missing some music that is on Live Infidelity too!  I believe that if both sources were combined it would make the complete 1981 Denver show.  Hmmm, sounds like a perfect project doesn't it :-)

If you're an REO fan, this will be a show you should really enjoy.  And if you're not familiar with the band but would like to hear a cross section of their 1970's songs mixed with their 1981 songs that really put them on the charts and made them a household name, then this is the perfect show to check out!

I hope you enjoy this show.  Until next time...
 
Bootradr

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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!!!

REO Speedwagon: 1978-XX-XX Los Angeles, CA (FLAC_SB/Studio_1 CD)

This was a very cool find earlier today.  It is a small studio show put on by REO Speedwagon in 1978 and a promo for radio stations LP of the small concert was made.  This is excellent-to-superb sounding too.  I didn't even realize it was from an LP (or album) until I read all of the sharer's notes.

LINEAGE:
Ion ITTUSB Turntable > Audacity > Magic Audio Cleaning Lab > TLH (FLAC 8)  > me > TLH (for checking for SBE's and lossiness...neither found and for creation & verification of md5 & ffp files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: 1978
Location: Los Angeles, California
Venue: K-West's Los Angeles Sound City Studio
Source: SB/Studio (radio station promo)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes (front only)
Label: EPIC
Title: Live Again
Size: 205 MB

SETLIST:
01. Son Of A Poor Man
02. (I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come
03. Flying Turkey Trot
04. Keep Pushin'
05. Ridin' The Storm Out
06. 157 Riverside Avenue (piano interlude)
07. 157 Riverside Avenue

LINK:
1978-XX-XX Los Angeles, CA (SB/FM)

Thanks goes to "bobobo" for bringing out this gem!  He saw it at a California record convention.  He told how he had seen it many years ago at the convention and passed on it until he got out to the car and he and his friend(s) were leaving.  He told them to stop, he ran back inside, and he bought it.  I've been there myself before :-)

I never had heard of this rare recording until today.  This isn't some watered down "in the radio station acoustic set" type of deal either.  This is a full blown, all instruments, rock 'n' roll show (at least a 30 minute one).

I wouldn't have known this, but "bobobo" reported this was REO Speedwagon's bass player, Bruce Hall, first recording with the band.  And he's still jamming with them today.

This is an excellent, short show and one I recommend all REO Speedwagon fans grab.  You won't regret it...
 
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.

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REO Speedwagon: 1981-07-15 Boston, MA (FLAC_SB/FM_Bootradr Remaster_2 CD)

PREFACE NOTE:  I have been trying for a week to fix aome errors on this show.  I really do not know what is causing them and it doesn't keep you from being able to listen to the show.  The primary problem I'm having is there are small, split second audio dropouts between tracks.  The audio can still be heard but the audio's volume level drops at the beginning of the next track for a fraction of a second.  This is NOT a track-at once (TAO) vs. disc-at-once (DAO) issue.  I do not have my software set up to allow 2 second gaps between tracks and these errors are just split second errors too.  They would probably go unnoticed by most people if I hadn't mentioned them.  It bugs me because I like to create perfect projects. But this one is going to have to wait until I can determine what the cause is.  Since this remastered version sounds so much better than the original, unedited version; I'm going ahead and uploading it anyways.  In the future, once I figure the issue out or get new software (which may be the issue), I'll re-upload it here.

Here is a show I recently found of an off-air FM recording of REO Speedwagon's Boston 1981 show.  The person that recorded it must have had issues with receiving the radio station as clearly as one would want to record a show being broadcast.  The sound was good, but it needed cleaning up and remastering of it to remove hiss, the static and pops from the actual transmission over the FM airwaves, and the high's needed to be brought up.  And at the same time, the noise that comes with increasing the high end of the audio in a recording needed to be cleaned and removed.  I spent the morning doing this work and am very happy with the finished project.  It sounds so much better and most of the flaws are not even noticeable anymore.  It's a great recording and the project came out even better than I thought I could make it!

LINEAGE:
104.1 WBCN FM broadcast > Teac tape deck > TDK SA-C90 cassette > Audacity (to convert to WAV) > TLH (to convert to FLAC) > uploaded to Dime > my download > Media Creator 2010 Pro (EQ work, cleaning filters, Excite +22) > TLH (fixed SBE's & created ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: July 15th, 1981
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Venue: Boston Garden
Source: SB/FM
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes (artwork is from a 1 CD version of the show and doesn't list or contain all of the 2 CD tracks)
Label: none
Title: none
Size: 689 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Don't Let Him Go
102. Like You Do
103. Kevin Speaks
104. Keep Pushin'
105. Kevin Speaks
106. Only The Strong Survive
107. Tough Guys
108. Time For Me To Fly
109. Kevin Speaks
110. Take It On The Run
111. Kevin Speaks
112. Keep On Loving You
113. Roll With The Changes
114. Kevin Speaks
115. Flying Turkey Trot
116. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight

CD 2:
201. Back On The Road Again
202. Ridin' The Storm Out
203. DJ Talks
204. 157 Riverside Ave
205. DJ Talks
206. Golden Country
207. Shakin' It Loose

LINKS:
Part 1 - 1981-07-15 Boston, MA (SB/FM)
Part 2 - 1981-07-15 Boston, MA (SB/FM)

Dime Torrent - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=458614
NOTE: I created a torrent and posted it on Dime.  If your a Dime member, you'll know what to do.  If not, sign up for a free account and READ THE RULES.  Go to http://www.dimeadozen.org for their home page.  And remember to keep your sharing ratio at 0.25% or higher so as to not get banned.  It's a much faster download almost always!  Now, back to the original blog post.

I really enjoyed listening to this excellent era show of REO's.  I like REO's music even today.  But my favorite era of REO Speedwagon music is between 1978 and 1982/83.  They always put on great shows and I've seen (and recorded) them myself many times through the years.

Thanks to "bobobo" for the original upload too!

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

REO Speedwagon: 1980-05-06 Lansing, MI (FLAC_SB/FM_1 CD)

It was 33 years ago today when REO Speedwagon performed this excellent concert in Michigan.  This was a turning point for the band due to the fact they were getting ready to, but still had not, released their famous 1981 LP "Hi Infidelity" yet.  But they obviously had a few of the still unreleased songs ready to play.

LINEAGE:
FM broadcast > unknown source > CD-R > EAC > WAV > FLAC > TLC > you

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: May 6th, 1980
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Venue: Lansing Civic Center
Source:SB/FM
Format: FLAC
CD's:1
Artwork: No
Label: none
Title: none
Size: 496 MB

SETLIST:
01. Sophisticated Lady
02. Like You Do
03. Only The Strong Survive
04. Music Man
05. Time For Me To Fly
06. Don't Let Him Go
07. Keep On Loving You
08. Roll With The Changes
09. (I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come
10. Keep Pushin'
11. Flying Turkey Trot
12. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight
13. Back On The Road Again
14. Ridin' The Storm Out

LINKS:
Part 1 - 1980-05-06 Lansisng, MI (SB/FM)
Part 2 - 1980-05-06 Lansisng, MI (SB/FM)
Part 3 - 1980-05-06 Lansisng, MI (SB/FM)

One thing unique about this show is REO playing some of their new songs off of their upcoming, soon to be released LP "Hi Infidelity".  This album is what catapulted the band into stardom in 1981.  REO had been doing great in certain areas of the country in previous years.  But 1981's "Hi Infidelity" put them on the charts and made the band famous.  And in this concert, they play a mix of their 1970's songs and a couple of their soon to be chart breaking new songs not even released yet.  You got to love it!

I hope you enjoy this moment, captured by time and audio cassettes, from 33 years ago today...

Bootradr

REO Speedwagon: 1974-11-11 Long Beach, CA (FLAC_SB_1 CD)

Here is a real rarity!  This is a four song, 38 years ago today, pre Kevin Cronin REO Speedwagon show.  The show was being recorded for a TV program that use to be aired called Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.  I've never seen any video of this specific REO Speedwagon show, so I have no idea whether it was broadcast or not.  The show was "first aired" according to the uploader's (where I got it from) text file on 1974-12-04.  I'm not sure if the audio was aired or the video was aired too on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.

DETAILS:
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Date: November 11th, 1974
Location: Long Beach, California
Venue: Long Beach Auditorium
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD: 1
Artwork: Yes (front art only)
Label: none
Title: Long Beach Arena November 11, 1974
Size: 108 MB

SETLIST:
01. Down By The Dam
02. Son Of A Poor Man
03. Lost In A Dream
04. Do Your Best

LINK:
1974-11-11 Long Beach, CA (SB)

Other than the bass player and singer, the band had the same lineup as they did up through the 1980's when they had reached stardom.  Kevin Cronin and Bruce Hall had not joined REO Speedwagon yet.  In 1974, the singer was Mike Murphy and the bass player was Gregg Philbin.

I've left the files in 100% untouched order.  I didn't go through the process of renaming tracks (embedding titles) or doing anything.  I didn't create a text file but I did leave the original uploader's text file unaltered.  It has any information needed or desired on the show and file details.  I did check the ffp and md5 files and the integrity of the show is 100% intact.  So, I did not create any new file fingerprint or checksum files since they weren't needed.

So, all you have to do is download the show and enjoy it now...

Bootradr

REO Speedwagon: 1978-05-11 St. Louis, MO (FLAC_SB/FM_1 CD)

Here's a great REO Speedwagon concert from REO's “You Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish” LP tour that was played across American airwaves back in the day when radio stations aired live concerts. This show, almost 34 years to the day from this posting, was before REO's chart breaking LP “Hi Infidelity” (1981). In 1978; REO was still making a name for themselves even before they became a household name. And in areas, like St. Louis and Chicago, they were even bigger and much more well-known.

What's interesting about this show is the music being played. “There are no “Take It On The Run”, “Keep On Loving You”, “Can't Fight This Feeling”, etc songs that became hits over the next few years because those songs hadn't been made yet. What you get in this concert is a lot of songs you've most likely heard, but you also get songs that were seldom/never played on the radio too. And example of this is REO's “Being Kind (And Hurt Someone Sometimes)”.

LINEAGE:

Master 'off air' FM Reel [Maxell UD35-180 10 1/2" reel (Revox) 7 1/2ips 1/4 track] > Tascam CD-RW2000 > EAC > CDWAV > FLAC 8 (nothing has been edited out or EQ'ed)

DETAILS:

Artist: REO Speedwagon

Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Venue: The Checkerdome

Date: May 11th, 1978

Source: SB/FM

Station broadcasting this recording: WCOZ FM Boston, MA

CD: 1

Approximate Length: 77 minutes, 30 seconds

File Size: 502 MB

SETLIST:

01 pre-show announcers for FM radio network
02 Son Of A Poor Man
03 Like You Do
04 Lucky For You
05 Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight
06 Roll With The Changes
07 Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometime)
08 Keep Pushin'
09 The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot
10 157 Riverside Avenue
11 Ridin' The Storm Out
12. Golden Country

BAND MEMBERS (circa 1978):

1. Kevin Cronin (lead vocals and rhythm guitar)
2. Gary Richrath (lead guitar)
3. Bruce Hall (bass guitar) (note: Bruce Hall's first tour playing with REO and he's still with the today)
4. Neal Doughty (keyboards)
5. Alan Gratzer (drums)

LINK:
1978-05-11 St. Louis, MO (SB/FM)

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr