Today in Music History: July 12th, XXXX

Today in Music History: From some of the boot vaults: (1) Deborah Harry (Blondie solo) played at Wembley Arena in London, England (1991), (2) Journey played at Chastain Park in Atlanta, GA (2006), (3) Led Zeppelin played their second night at Cobo Hall in Detroit, MI (1973), (4) Led Zeppelin reunited to play at Live Aid (aired live on TV) at Wembley Stadium in London, England (1985), (5) Lynyrd Skynyrd played their last known recorded show at Convention Center in Ashbury Park, NJ before their fatal crash (1977), (6) REO Speedwagon played their Live Aid broadcast from JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, PA (1985), and (7) Robert Plant and the Band of Joy played the Orpheum Theatre in Nashville, TN (2010). 

 

07/13/XXXX was a busy day...

Led Zeppelin: 1973-07-12 Detroit, MI (FLAC_Master AUD_3 CD)

Here's a Led Zeppelin show recorded 39 years ago today using an 8-track stereo recorder (high tech in those days).

The "info" text file included in the zipped files is from the original source I got the show from.  It'll pretty much parallel what I'm typing below.  I'm just adding a few extra details and making a few small edits (like writing the date out, spelling abbreviated words, etc).

Thanks to weedwacker67 for making this show available. 

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: July 12th, 1973
Location: Detroit, MI
Venue: Cobo Hall
Source: Audience
Lineage: Master 8-track Cartridges > WAV (96 kHz/24 bit) > WAV (44.1 kHz/16 bit) > FLAC 
Taping Gear: Lloyd's 8 track cassette recorder > 2 external Lloyd microphones
Taped and Transferred By: JEMS
Artwork: No

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Rock And Roll (cuts in)
102. Celebration Day
103. Rock And Roll
104. Over The Hills And Far Away
105. Misty Mountain Hop
106. Since I've Been Loving You
107. No Quarter
108. The Song Remains The Same
109. The Rain Song

CD 2:
201. Dazed And Confused
202. Stairway To Heaven
203. Moby Dick (purposely cut in middle)

CD 3:
301. Heartbreaker
302. Whole Lotta Love
303. Communication Breakdown
304. The Ocean

NOTES:
JEMS master recording. This one has circulated for years with bad info and from an older transfer that was only half the recording. The recording is not a mono recording and is not sourced from a reel as has been reported for years now. This is the first(and probably the last) time the masters have been directly digitized as high resolution audio, June 2011. It is a very good recording for what it is and an upgrade to any and all particular variations on this recording that circulate. The recording has been mastered for general circulation since the tape had a lot issues to be dealt with to get it into a listenable and presentable form. This was one of the first recordings 'J' would ever make. The actual model of the recorder and mics has been forgotten with time but the key feature and reason for 'J' starting out with this particular recorder was the fact you could adjust the record volume levels without using VU meters.

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/3sgjpw031tuf (361 MB)
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/1m2de2prd0r (362 MB)

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Rush: 1994-04-29 Philadelphia, PA (FLAC_SB_2 CD)

Here's an excellent Rush concert (sound and performance) from Philadelphia in 1994.  It appears they must have been recording a lot of there shows around this time.  I say this due to the number of boots available from this time period that are excellent soundboard recordings.

Band: Rush
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue: The Spectrum
Date: April 29th, 1994
Title: A Night At The Spectrum
CD: 2
Format: FLAC
Artwork: Yes
Size:787 MB (Part 1 394 MB, Part 2 393 MB WinRAR zipped)

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. opening
102. Dreamline
103. The Spirit Of Radio
104. The Analog Kid
105. Cold Fire
106. Time Stands Still
107. Nobody's Hero
108. Roll The Bones
109. Animate
110. Stick It Out
111. Double Agent
112. Stick It Out

CD 2:
201. Bravado
202. Mystic Rhythms
203. Closer To The Heart
204. Show Don't Tell
205. Leave That Thing Alone
206. Neil Pert (drum solo)
207. The Trees
208. Xanadu
209. Prelude To Nowhere
210. Tom Sawyer

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/th6frxh2bnv
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2mo2mqp5ci5n

Emjoy the show...

Bootradr

Journey: 2001-12-07 Hiroshima, Japan (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

Here is a superb 2 CD audience recording of the newly reformed (since 1998) Journey with many new songs that seldom got/get played on the radio (much less live).  This lossless recording has to be the best quality show I've heard from the 2001 "Arrival Tour".  All band members are in top shape and can be evenly heard in this superb, clean recording.

Band: Journey
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Venue: Astale Hall
Date:February 7th, 2001
Title: Light My Heart Way
Label: Anaconda
CD's: 2
Format: FLAC
Artwork: Yes
Size: 857 MB
Quality: Superb+

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Message Of Love
102. To Be Alive Again
103. Ask The Lonely
104. Neal Schon (guitar solo
105. Stone In Love
106. All The Way
107. Signs Of Life
108. Light
109. Jonathan Cain (piano solo)
110. When You Love A Woman
111. Who's Crying Now
112. Just The Same Way
113. Don't Stop Believin'
114. La Raza Del Sol
115. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

CD2:
201. Kiss Me Softly
202. Escape
203. Higher Place
204. Live & Breathe intro
205. Wheel In The Sky
206. Be Good To Yourself
207. Anyway You Want It
208. Separate Ways (World's Apart)
209. The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)
210. Faithfully
211. I Got A Reason
212. We Will Meet Again

FileFactory Mirror Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/739zcxqle1fp
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/3vrshslgrqjn

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Journey: 1983-07-21 Norman, OK (FLAC_SB/FM_2 CD)

Here is an excellent 1983 Journey show from an Oklahoma concert that has been aired over FM radio through the years.  This copy is superb in sound quality.  I've had a number of copies, most incomplete, of this show through the years.  But this copy is by far the best and it is complete.

This is probably a pre-FM version of this show from the master source.  It does not appear to be an FM "off-air" recording from someone recording the FM transmission/broadcast of the show.  Most, if not all, earlier version of this show were "home recorded", incomplete (many times only parts of a show are broadcast) copies from radio stations broadcasting the concert throughout the years and people at home recording them.  That is not likely the case here (as you will hear).

DETAILS:
Band: Journey
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
Venue: Lloyd Noble Center
Date: July 21st, 1983
CD: 2
Format: FLAC
Artwork: Yes
Title: Shades of Passion
Size: 597 MB
Quality: A++

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. J.J. Jackson's intro
102. Chain Reaction
103. Wheel In The Sky
104. Line Of Fire
105. Send Her My Love
106. Still They Ride
107. Open Arms
108. No More Lies
109. Back Talk
110. Edge Of The Blade
111. Jonathan Cain (piano solo)
112. Rubicon
113. Steve Smith (drum solo)

CD 2:
201. Escape
202. Faithfully
203. Who's Crying Now
204. Don't Stop Believin'
205. Stone In Love
206. Keep On Runnin'
207. Lights
208. Anyway You Want It
209. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

LINK:
1983-07-21 Norman, OK

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Survivor: 1985 Tokyo, Japan (Pro Shot DVD)

Here's another Japan show from Survivor in Tokyo in 1985.  This one is an out of print show no longer available (was only available in 1992 for very short period of time).  It's a great quality show, both video-wise and audio-wise, and a great performance.  At the end of the 1985 concert there are a number of Survivor videos too.

Details of this DVD will be updated later when I'm not busy...

FileFactory Mirror Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2gv3yzfrxion
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/124g5q8ljbrv
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/6h51ncgj467z
Part 4 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2f7q0p22g6cd
Part 5 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/660p1qvmccrd
Part 6 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/7dv4375b7ce7
Part 7 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2ju7v2vdrk3l
Part 8 -  http://www.filefactory.com/file/5j7j8wpkyenz

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Survivor: 1986-08-15 Nagoya, Japan (Pro Shot DVD)

Here's a Japanese TV broadcast of a 1986 Survivor concert.  It's not the full concert.

DVD ATTRIBUTES:

Pro Shot

Size: 1.4GB

Length: 43 minutes

Menu: No

Chapters: Yes

Artwork: No

SETLIST:

01 Caught In The Game

02 Burning Heart

03 When Seconds Count

04 High On You

05 Is This Love

06 Broken Promises

07 I Can't Hold Back

08 Eye Of The Tiger

VIDEO ATTRIBUTES:

Video Compression: MPEG-2

TV System: 525/60 (NTSC)

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Resolution: 704x480 (525/60)

Frame Rate: 30 fps

Source Picture Letterboxed: Not letterboxed

Video Bitrate: 3.89Mbps

AUDIO ATTRIBUTES:

Audio Codec: AC3/Dolby Digital

Sampling Rate: 48 kHz

Audio Channels: 2

Bitrate: 256 kbps

Audio Streams: 1

FileFactory Mirror Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/c5a3850

Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/c5a385f
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/c5a385e

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr