Journey: 1980-04-12 Houston, TX (FLAC_Pre-FM SB_2 CD)

Here's a great, pitch corrected copy of the whole 1980-04-12 Journey show filmed and recorded at the Houston Summit.  While it was filmed with camera's also, very little video (4 - 5 songs) has ever surfaced from the film of the show.  The recorded audio has also been aired over the radio a few times since 1980 (I've yet to hear it, but in the day good concerts were done this way many times).  But most times, it is not the complete show aired and it has been formatted to fit into the time-frame of the FM broadcast slot too

This is an excellent sounding show and performance from Journey just one year before they hit "super-stardom" with their "Escape" album in 1981.  While us traders have shared everything from VHS tapes with horizontal lines across the screen to early DVD-/+R copies of the 1981 Houston Summit video through the years, the need for those bootleg copies of the 1981-11-06 (1 1/2 years after the show being uploaded here) audio/video have disappeared since Journey officially released that show on DVD in 2005 (finally).  If you're interested in buying the Dolby 5.1 surround sound 1 DVD and 1 CD official release of the show from 1981, it is titled "Journey - Live in Houston 1981 Escape Tour" and can be purchased from a number of locations selling officially released items.  It's super easy to locate and is on the Sony label.  I strongly recommend buying a copy (and it has bonus promos, features, etc from Journey too) and supporting your favorite artists of all types (whoever they may be) at the same time!

Through the years, ALL of the bootlegs of this 1980 show being uploaded today have run slightly slow.  The pitch needed adjusting for the show to run just like it would've live.  And thankfully, we now have a lossless quality (FLAC) version of the show running just at the right speed (this 2 CD upload) thanks to fellow traders/collectors who took the time to correct the show's audio.

If you like Journey, well, you will want to get this show!

DETAILS:
Band: Journey
Location: Houston, Texas
Venue: Houston Summit
Date: April 14th, 1980
Label: Rubicon (just the artwork, no label for the original source CDs)
Title: Departing The Firey Summit (yea, it should be "Fiery" but the artwork has "Firey")
CD's: 2
Type: SB/Pre-FM
Artwork: Yes (doesn't match track names exactly, but all songs are there)
Size: 709 MB
Quality: A++

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Departure
102. Majestic
103. Where Were You
104. Just The Same Way
105. Lovin' You Is Easy
106. La Do Da + Steve Smith (drum solo)
107. Steve Smith (drum solo finale)
108. Too Late
109. Kohoutek
110. People And Places
111. Dixie Highway
112. Walks Like A Lady

CD 2:
201. Winds Of March
202. Feeling That Way
203. Anytime
204. Line Of Fire
205. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
206. Wheel In The Sky
207. Anyway You Want It
208. Patiently
209. Opened The Door
210. Precious Time

LINKS:
(1) 1980-04-12 Houston Summit Pre-FM
(2) 1980-04-12 Houston Summit Pre-FM

Dime Torrent - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=415855
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always!  Now, back to the original blog post.

I do have another (a few actually) recording of this show that is straight from the silver CDs.  It is titled "Superstars In Concert" (from the "Superstars In Concert Series" radio broadcasts back in the day).  It is an A++ Pre-FM soundboard recording too and it has extra tracks not on this CD set from the interviews with Steve Perry and other Journey members from the night of this 1980 concert.  It is incredible sounding.  But, as with other non pitch corrected versions of this show, it is running just a little bit slow.  You might not notice it if you didn't have an ear for music (or even if you did...I missed it for years) or ever been told.  And if I can ever get it pitch corrected, I guarantee you I will be uploading it.  While it is superior in sound and has the extra interviews included, don't let yourself be discouraged by this recording because it is excellent too!

By the way, the background image I'm currently using here on my site is from the Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center show from 1980-04-10.  That's just two days before the show I'm uploading.  I hope one day a bootleg of the Fort Worth show will surface!!!

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Led Zeppelin: 1969-01-26 Boston, MA (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

Here is an incredible show from Led Zeppelin from a very early Boston show.  This recording is excellent considering it was audience recorded in 1969.

Page's guitar stands out loudly from the beginning and carries on through the show.  And there is great JPJ bass and Bonham drums to the show too.  Plant sounds incredible vocally also.  However, the person recording had to have been more on the "Jimmy Page side" of the venue.  This is one of those shows that you can hear Page above all else, and man, does he play perfectly this night.  He adds a lot of extra guitar to the beginning, middle, and end of most songs.  Plant can be heard quiet well, but when you have a "Communication Breakdown" or heavier song, he gets lost (hearing him) by being covered by the instruments jamming.  I love this show!

LINEAGE:
(1. 1999) CD-R trade >  me
(2. 2012) My CD-R copies > Creator 2010 Pro (to put to PC, name tracks, & convert to FLAC) > Trader's Little Helper > you

Band: Led Zeppelin
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Venue: Boston Tea Party
Date: January 23rd, 1969
Label: Cobra/TMOQ
Title: Killing Floor
CDs: 2
Type: AUD
Artwork: Yes 
Size: 564 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Train Kept A Rollin'
102. I Can't Quit You Baby
103. Killing Floor (including The Lemon Song)
104. Dazed And Confused
105. You Shook Me
106. Communication Breakdown

CD 2:
201. White Summer/Black Mountain Side
202. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
203. Pat's Delight
204. How Many More Times (medley)

LINK:
1969-01-26 Boston (Cobra/TMOQ)

I downloaded the Ramble On Zep site's artwork for the front and folded center (back side of front) artwork rather than scan mine.  Then, I scanned to image the back artwork I got in my 1999 trade for the show.  The back, even done very well on glossy photo paper, is colored in a way that even people with excellent vision may have a hard time reading parts of it.

Ratings are very subjective, but due to factors besides sound (i.e. a very clean soundboard), considering the time it was recorded and the overall quality and performance, this really should be rated an A++ show altogether (in my opinion).  The A++ rating I'd like to give it is based on how much I love this recording :-)

I don't see that any version of this show exists/did exist by searching Dime.  But if I did miss any other uploads of this date, please let me know and I'll add a contrast clause on Dime.

Anyways, crank this one up and let it play loud.  I promise, you won't regret it.

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Garbage: 2012-04-22 Frisco, TX (Bootradr Master AUD Shot DVD)

While Edgefest 22 (22nd year) in the D/FW metroplex had a terrible line up of bands this year, two bands stood out and I considered enjoyable.  All others were a total waste of time.  Evanescence and Garbage put on good shows, and as would be expected, their performances came at the end of the day/night.

There were a few issues with recording both bands.  The wind was blowing pretty good and I did not remember to bring my foam microphone guard to place over the Zoom H4n microphones.  So, on both shows, the Zoom H4n did not get a good recording.  I was also recording with a Zoom H2 and it didn't do any better of a job because it was in standby mode (I messed up).

This event was held in the FC Dallas Stadium/Pizza Hut Park Stadium venue.  Picture an outdoor American football stadium and you know what the venue looked like.  The sound on the north stage, the one Garbage played on, was the better sounding stage (or the main stage).  However, with the Zoom H4n's audio not being good enough to overdub on this video, and with the Sony camera's microphone not being good for recording concerts, there is some crackling throughout a lot of the show that I can't do anything about.  It's not the record popping, loud type, but it annoys me that it's there.

So here's a rundown on the Garbage show details, DVD details, and lineage details.

SHOW DETAILS:
Location: Frisco, Texas
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium/Pizza Hut Park Stadium
Event: Edgefest 22 (2012)
Date: April 22nd, 2012
Label: Bootradr Master
Title: Garbage - In The Can

SETLIST:
01. The Edge FM opening and Mayor of Frisco's proclamation
02. Push It
03. I think I'm Paranoid
03. Stupid Girl
04. Special (false start/out of tune)
05. Special
06. I Would Die For You
07. Blood For Poppies
08. Vow
09. Only Happy When It Rains
10. Why Do You Love Me

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Format: NTSC
Frames: 29.97 fps
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (Widescreen)
Video Bitrate: 9100 kbps average
Audio Streams: 1
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 256 kbps
Menus: No
Chapters: Yes (each song)
Length: 44 minutes, 54 seconds
DVD Size: 2.53 GB

EQUIPMENT USED RECORDING SHOWS:
(1) Sony DCR-SR85 Handycam with Carl Zeiss lens
(2) Zoom H4n Digital Recorder (recorded @ 96 kHz 24 bit audio)
(3) Zoom H2 Digital Recorder (recorded @ 48 kHz 24 bit audio)

LINEAGE:
Master Sony DCR-SR85 video camera hard drive > transferred to PC via USB cable > Adobe Premiere Pro CE5 > Trader's Little Helper

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/9pngndryinf/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/1vpz6z7xso6p/
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/74xy4gvmegel/
Part 4 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/42p6q2oda9up/

Dime Torrent - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=415558
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 tried to build a regular DVD with Adobe Premiere Pro CE5.  I wanted one with menus and other features.  But being new to this program, I ran into issues that I still haven't resolved.  So in the long run, I just created the DVD without menus but I did add chapters between each song.  Even though a cheaper program I have, AVS, would allow me to do all the things I wanted to do, I didn't want to use it this time because I'd have to output the audio as mp2 (instead of the original AC3) and the resolution/picture quality is better with Adobe's program.

I never use digital zoom because it messes up video.  And I didn't use it here either.  But the picture does get more blurry, due to distance from the stage in the stadium seats, as the day turns to night in the show.  I didn't have issue with people in front of me or talking around me.  That's a plus!

It was a great show that Garbage put on.  And for fans, you should easily be able to enjoy this show.  But it does have it's imperfections and isn't the production I'd hoped to be able to make.

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Led Zeppelin: 1971-09-27 Hiroshima, Japan (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

Here's a show Led Zeppelin played in Hiroshima, Japan during their 1971 Japanese tour.

LINEAGE:
(1. 2000) Lemon Song label Silver CDs > Kodak Gold CD-Rs (trader and I only used the best media in our trades) > me
(2. 2012) Kodak Gold CD-R copies > Creator 2010 Pro (to put to PC, name tracks, & convert to FLAC) > Trader's Little Helper > you

Band: Led Zeppelin
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Venue: Municipal Gymnasium
Date: 1971-09-27
Label: Lemon Song
Title: Message of Love - The Complete Hiroshima 1971
CD's: 2
Type: AUD
Artwork: Yes 
Size: 835 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Immigrant Song
102. Heartbreaker
103. Since I've Been Loving You
104. Black Dog
105. Dazed And Confused
106. Stairway To Heaven
107. Celebration Day

CD 2:
201. That's The Way
202. Going To California
203. Tangerine
204. What Is And What Should Never Be
205. Moby Dick
206. Whole Lotta Love
207. Communication Breakdown

Hotfile Links:
Part 1 - https://hotfile.com/dl/200308749/853196b/
Part 2 - https://hotfile.com/dl/200309353/2d7fb9f/

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/64twe5vyuq4v/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/7eaiwhrlnich/

Dime Torrent - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=415488

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As far as which version (or label) is or isn't better sounding when it comes to this show, I really don't know. I've had this one since about 2000 when I got it in a CD-R trade and have loved it. I really have no other version (yet) to compare it too. But at the time, it was supposedly the best version available (according to older 2000 and previous Zeppelin forums, newsgroups, boot books, etc).

I hope you enjoy it if you grab it...

Bootradr

Rush: 2004-06-23 Dallas, TX (FLAC_Bootradr Master AUD_3 CD)

This is an excellent Rush show all of the way around.  I hadn't seen them since about 1996/97.  And this "30th Anniversary Tour" was a superb show.

This show is uncirculated too.  I made one copy for the friend I went with and he was/is not a trader at all.

Before I ramble on about the night, let me post the information first :-)

DETAILS:
Artist: Rush
Date: June 23rd, 2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
Venue: Smirnoff Music Centre
Source: AUD Master
Format: FLAC
CD: 3 

Artwork: No (I never created any artwork but I did include a copy & paste of the Fort Worth Star-Telegrams review and a ticket scan for this show)
Label: Bootradr Master
Title: What A Rush!
Size: 1.11 GB
Quality: A/A+

LINEAGE:
(1. 2004) Master Sony MD70 recorder @ 44.1 kHz, 16 bit WAV audio with Sony ECM-917 microphone > transferred to PC via analog cables (no digital output on recorder) > tracked with fade in/outs and named using Adaptec Easy CD Creator 5 > burned to master CD-Rs >
(2. 2012) Master CD-Rs > Roxio Creator Pro 2010 for converting to FLAC and renaming (didn't like my original naming scheme) > Trader's Little Helper for creating and verifying the md5 and torrent files > you

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. opening (Rush medley)
102. Spirit Of Radio
103. Force Ten
104. Animate
105. Subdivisions
106. Earthshine
107. Red Barchetta
108. Roll The Bones
109. Bravado
110. YYZ
111. The Trees

112. The Seeker

113. One Little Victory

<intermission>

CD 2:
201. opening 2nd half on show with video
202. Tom Sawyer
203. Dreamline
204. Secret Touch
205. Between The Wheels
206. Mystic Rhythms
207. Red Sector A
208. Neil Peart (drum solo)

CD 3:

301. Resist
302. Heart Full Of Soul
303. 2112_Overture
304. Temple Of Syrinx
305. 2112_VII Grand Finale
306. La Villa Strangiato
307. By-Tor And The Snow Dog
308. Xanadu
309. Working Man
310. Summertime Blues
311. Crossroads
312. Limelight

313. ending video

LINKS:
(1) 2004-06-23 Dallas, TX (Bootradr Master AUD)
(2) 2004-06-23 Dallas, TX (Bootradr Master AUD)

(3) 2004-06-23 Dallas, TX (Bootradr Master AUD)

Dime torrent -  http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=480235

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.

At the end of " Between The Wheels", on CD 2 track 5, I got one of the security people that came up to me yelling "are you recording the show" a few times.  I tried ignoring him, but finally had to converse with him a little.  He walked away, but was standing there watching me.  So for about 20 seconds, the audio is real muted as I put the microphone down.  After that, it was back to recording again with no problems (other than a question from somebody beside me in between songs...thankfully they waited).  I've had this same thing happen at a few other shows.  But once they mess with you, they usually fade away for the rest of the show :-)  Usually...

I am really blown away by how great this show sounds, not only through the PC speakers but on my home theater system (I'm listening now) too.  All of the instruments can be heard easily and clearly as well as Geddy Lee's voice.

My favorite song of this whole concert is "La Villa Strangiato"!  When Alex Lifesome goes into his wailing guitar solo portion of the song, it sounds perfect!  The crowd is silent too.  In fact, the crowd, as noisy as it seemed being there, was great at not creating the (sorry girls, no offense) "drunk chick" effect :-)  There are some comments, and even a possibly drunk chick part (along with a sober one too).  I say "possibly" because the girl that screams a few times on CD 3 might have just been enjoying the show :-)  But most of that (and there isn't a lot) is on CD 3.

The fact that this was Rush's "30th Anniversary Tour" made this like the recently uploaded Journey 2005-09-27 "30th Anniversary Tour" concert.  What I mean is, there was a large number of songs that covered the older, middle era, and current Rush catalog.  I really love the 1970's Rush too.  And they play quiet a bit of the songs from that era.

Even though, due to my vision, I was unable to see a lot of what was actually happening onstage other than thru the large video screen (and even that was difficult for me in 2004), I could picture the show in my mind.  But just getting this great recording, well, I feel like I can relive the show and picture it in my mind for (hopefully) many years to come.

I really need to see Rush again soon.  And they're coming this month.  I just cannot afford the costs involved right now  You go when you can, you don't when you can't!  You never know???

Enjoy the show, and feel free to create some artwork if you'd like to.  I always welcome it...

Bootradr

Heart: 2008-07-27 Dallas, TX (FLAC_AUD Bootradr Master Source # 1_1 CD)

This is a master recording from the Cheap Trick, Heart, & Journey show in Dallas in 2008.  I'm pretty sure it is uncirculated (I cannot remember ever posting it and I know I never traded it).  But either way, it was a super performance by the band and a great night captured live.  This is source 1 of the 2 recordings I made this night of Heart's and Journey's shows.

LINEAGE:
(1. 2008) Zoom H2 digital recorder @ 44.1 kHz, 16 bit WAV audio > 2 GB SD car to PC > Easy Media Creator 9 Pro for creating tracks, track naming, fade in/outs, and +12 db gain > master CD-R
(2. 2012) Master CD-R > Creator 10 Pro for converting to FLAC > Trader's Little Helper for md5 file and torrent creations/verifications > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Heart
Date: July 27th, 2008
Location: Dallas, Texas
Venue: Superpages.com Amphitheatre
Source: AUD Master
Format: FLAC
CD: 1 Artwork: No
Label: Bootradr Master
Title: Have A Heart Dallas
Size: 349 MB

SETLIST:
01. opening music
02. Wild Child
03. Never
04. Straight On For You
05. Magic Man
06. These Dreams
07. Alone
08. Love Reign O'er Me (The Who song) (accidentally named Rain On Me...by me...on CD)
09. Barracuda
10. crowd/encore
11. band intro & talk
12. Going To California (Led Zeppelin song)
13. Crazy On You

FileFactory Link:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/4hspkxq1vvir/ - new link 2013-02-06

Dime torrent -  http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=415231

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.  Keep your sharing ratio at 0.25% or higher so as to not get banned.  It's a much faster download almost always!  Here's the link...and back to the original blog post now.

This was (I believe) the second time using the Zoom H2 digital recorder, and if I'd left the settings the same as I had them for our late arrival during Cheap Trick's last 5 songs, I think this would have easily been an A+ recording.  The recording is very good, but I think amplifying it by 12 db created a little (how do I describe this?) variation in the recording.  It doesn't ruin it at all, and it still sounds very good.  But sometimes the audio sounds more crisp and clear and others it sounds less crisp and clear. This could also possibly be from me having the Zoom H2 hanging around my neck, on my chest, while holding the microphone from source 2?  I really don't know.  But it's not a drastic, concert ruining type of thing at all.  If I hadn't mentioned it here, you might not have noticed :-)

I was also recording with Sony MD70 recorder with an external Sony ECM-917 microphone, so there is a second source I've yet to edit.  It's on a PC and a backup 2 TB drive, and sooner or later (as with many other shows I've recorded), I'll get around to putting it to CD.

Heart was spectacular and I loved the way the songs sounded right.  It wasn't like their 1985/1986 era shows that had totally different sounding guitar solos, etc.  They were "straight on" (so to speak) in this Dallas show (and the other shows we saw them at too).

I'd include the ticket scan, but it doesn't say "Heart" anywhere on it.  It just has "Journey".  I'll throw it in the torrent upload anyhow.  I also added some internet found, non copyrighted images taken by I don't know who from the show.  If anyone has the time to create any artwork, please do!

I hope those who check it out enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Fleetwood Mac: 1975-09-23 Wallingford, CT (FLAC_SB/Studio Master_1 CD)

This is a great, recently reformed show from Fleetwood Mac in 1975.  Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were pretty new to the band and they were making it big-time at this early stage.  This recording was made with a small audience (I've heard 200 - 300 people, but it sounds like  less to me) in a studio.

DETAILS:
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Date: September 23rd, 1975
Location: Wallingford, Connecticut
Venue: Trod Nossel Studios
Source: SB Master from reel-to-reel
Format: FLAC
CD: 1
Artwork: No
Label: none
Title: no title
Size: 480 MB
Quality: A

SETLIST:
01. Get Like You Used To Be
02. Station Man
03. Spare Me A Little Of Your Love
04. Rhiannon
05. Why
06. Landslide
07. Over My Head
08. I'm So Afraid
09. Oh Well
10. The Green Manalishi
11. World Turning
12. Blue Letter
13. Hypnotized

LINK:
1975-09-23 Wallingford, CT

LINEAGE:
Here are the original uploader's notes:

**************************start copy & paste**************************

Source: Soundboard Analog Reel To Reel

Lineage: Reel To Reel Master>CDR>CDR>CDR>WAV(16 bit/44.1kHz)>
FLAC(16 bit/44.1kHz)

Mastering Information: CDR ripped to WAV with Exact Audio Copy. Wave files converted to FLAC level 8 using FLAC Frontend...

...Original transfer from analog master reel to CDR was done circa 1998. This conversion to FLAC was done in August 2009.

No equalization or sound manipulation has been done to this recording.

Running Time: 65:47
**************************end copy & paste*******************

This show is one of the best Fleetwood Mac 1975 recordings I've heard.  In between songs, when it's quieter, some tape hiss can be heard.  But it just adds to the quality in a nostalgic kind of way and doesn't interfere with the songs.  And there's good left and right channel stereo separation too.  You don't always get that just because a recording was from a soundboard.

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr