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

Pink Floyd: 1977-07-02 New York, NY (FLAC_Master AUD_2 CD)

This specific source for this show is very rare and it is the raw and unprocessed show from the master cassette tape(s).  This excellent show and recording is reportedly one the best Pink Floyd audience recordings to have surfaced over the years.  You really find yourself saying "is this a soundboard recording" throughout the show.  This is an example of what we all strive for when we record shows.

This upload is a digital transfer of the master tape(s) used to record the show and it is the full, complete show.  There are some earlier versions that have surfaced through the years.  But they are not not sourced directly from this master tape transfer, and it sounds as if they may have some parts (small parts) missing too.

I've noticed there are split second gaps (or silence) in between tracks however.  I'm not sure if this master source being used was transferred using DAO (disc-at-once) settings creating the tiny gaps or if there's another reason for them.  I'll do some more research and see what I can find out about this.

Even if you aren't a huge Pink Floyd fan (I like them a lot, but I'm not the hugest of fans myself), this one is worth downloading just to hear how clean, clear, and excellent it is.  My favorite song (the different parts of course) is "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and David Gilmour's guitar playing in it. This is the definitive copy of this 1977 show!

LINEAGE:
Master cassette(s) > DAT > CD-R (burned to CD-R and tracks renamed using Nero 6) > EAC > shn > Media Monkey (for conversion to FLAC level 6 > my download > TLH [to (1) test FLAC files for SBE's and there were none/no errors and to (2) create ffp and md5 files for verification] > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Pink Floyd
Date: July 2nd, 1977
Location: New York, New York
Venue: Madison Square Garden
Source: AUD Master
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes (by "Wojtek")
Label: unsure
Title: In The Grassland Away
Size: 781 MB
Length: 2 hours, 5 minutes, 14 seconds

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Sheep
102. Pigs On The Wing (Pt. 1)
103. Dogs
104. Pigs On The Wing (Pt. 2)
105. Pigs (Three Different Ones)

CD 2:
201. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt. 1 - 5)
202. Welcome To The Machine
203. Have A Cigar
204. Wish You Were Here
205. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt. 6 - 9)
206. Money
207. Us And Them

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/3fe3cejh44l5/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/5ddtqtstgsg9/
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/40mtbuewq387/
Part 4 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/39gonx2ois2t/

I wish I could talk to the original taper and ask then just what they did to get such an excellent recording.  It has such a perfect, full range of sound (both the high end and low end).

So, enjoy a night from just a little short (less than two months away) of 36 years ago.  And then pass it on to share with your friends too...

Bootradr

Page/Plant: 1996-03-01 Melbourne, Australia (FLAC_SB_2 CD)

This is an excellent sounding show of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's last show on their 1995/95 world tour.  This show, after finishing up the Japan show, was the tour's finale.

Late 1995 through  this show was the better end of the tour where the songs were played much more Zeppelin sounding than they were in the United States.  I was a little disappointed after seeing them together (my first time seeing Page and Plant together) in September of 1995.  I cringed at the way they ruined "No Quarter" especially.  I still had a great time, enjoyed the show, and even got myself a t-shirt from the tour too.  But once Page and Plant hit Japan in February 1996, they'd changed their style of playing and they were playing the songs sounding like Led Zeppelin again.  I guess they figured out as they toured North America that there wasn't as much enthusiasm in the way they'd changed up a number of great songs to sound completely different than the fans were use to and wanted to hear.  Thank God!  When they returned to the United States in 1998, they didn't make the same mistake twice.

DETAILS:
Artist: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Date: March 1st, 1996
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Venue: Flinders Park Tennis Centre
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes
Label: Red Hot
Title: Back To Kindergarten
Size: 914 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
102. Bring It On Home
103. Heartbreaker
104. Ramble On
105. Going To California
106. hurdy gurdy solo
107. Gallows Pole
108. The Song Remains The Same
109. The Rain Song
110. Since I've Been Loving You
111. Whole Lotta Love (medley)
-- Night Flight
-- Light My Fire (The Doors cover)
-- Break On Through (The Doors cover)
-- Dazed And Confused

CD 2:
201. Yallah
202. Four Sticks
203. In The Evening
204. Kashmir
205. Wonderful One
206. Black Dog
207. Rock And Roll
208. The Rain Song (bonus 1996-02-29 Melbourne show track)
209. Thank You (bonus 1996-02-25 Sydney show track)

LINKS:
(1) 1996-03-01 Part 1
(2) 1996-03-01 Part 2

Like I mentioned earlier, even though I didn't like the changes the band did on some great songs in 1995, I did enjoy the show.  But the 1998 world tour was even better and the band sounded much more warmed up and like they were feeling groovy.  I kept waiting to hear Plant say "You feel alright".  And "No Quarter", even without John Paul Jones (sadly), was played the way it should have been played in North America in 1995.

This is a great show here and I got it earlier today from Dime.  If you like the band, band members, or the Zeppelin feel; you should enjoy this show I'm sure...

Bootradr

AC/DC: 1978-08-21 Boston, MA (FLAC_SB/FM_1 CD)

This is an excellent recording of Boston's WBCN FM live broadcast of a 1978 AC/DC concert.  The sound is incredible with a clean, heavy bass in it.  There a reportedly other versions out there of this show.  Most likely, they come from people who recorded this show off the FM airwaves when it was broadcast live.  But this recording I'm uploading is suppose to be the best source and copy available.  It's a great recording and a great 1978 live show.

There is an interview too with AC/DC's late singer Bon Scott.  He died, as so many other rock 'n' roll fools do, from a drug or alcohol overdose in 1980.  Needless to say, he probably couldn't have imagined he only had two years left to live when this show and interview were played and aired live for others to listen too.

LINEAGE:
dbPowerAmp (using compression level 8) > PC > my download > Easy Media Creator 2010 Pro (for track naming) > TLH (for new ffp and md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: AC/DC
Date: August 21st, 1978
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Venue: Paradise Theater
Source: SB/FM (WBCN Boston live broadcast)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: no
Label: XeRock (unconfirmed label name)
Title: Boston Tea Party Vol. 1
Size: 503 MB
Length: 1 hour, 2 minutes, 39 seconds

SETLIST:
01. WBCN FM intro
02. Live Wire
03. Problem Child
04. Sin City
05. Gone Shootin'
06. Bad Boy Boogie
07. The Jack
08. High Voltage
09. Rocker
10. Bon Scott interview
11. Dog Eat Dog
12. WBCN FM outtro

LINKS:
(1) 1978-08-21 Boston, MA (SB/FM)
(2) 1978-08-21 Boston, MA (SB/FM)
(3) 1978-08-21 Boston, MA (SB/FM)

I was never a big AC/DC fan growing up.  But somewhere in the late 1990's, I did some CD-R trading of shows with a guy in West Texas that had a lot of AC/DC material.  I decided to try out a few of his AC/DC shows in our trade and was really surprised at what I'd been missing out on.  Hearing the same songs on the radio day after day had convinced me AC/DC wasn't bad, but they got old quick.  We can thank the corporate music world for that since they only played the songs they thought we should like!  But after hearing some really good studio outtakes, live shows, etc I got in my end of the trade, I knew this band was better than what the radio stations had shared through the years.

So kick back, crank it up, and enjoy a night from 1978 when rock 'n' roll was still played over the airwaves...

Bootradr

Pink Floyd: 1977-04-30 Houston, TX (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

This is a very good audience recording of Pink Floyd at a venue I'd never heard of (until recent years) in Houston.  I was just a kid, but I had been living in Houston for about 8 months when this concert took place.  I vaguely remember commercials on the radio for this show too.  I recall Pink Floyd and Queen radio commercials seemed to be on every 5 minutes for concerts they had in 1977.

This show is one of those good recordings where, even though you can hear the occasional conversations going on (by the friends taping it I think), they still got a good recording.  There are some shows where this type of chatter can ruin the recording.  But in this case, it adds to the ambiance of the show and makes you feel like you were there.  The recording has its flaws, but overall, it is a great snapshot in time of what it was like being there in 1977.  The music has a good, full range of sound to it and no distortion to interfere from what I've listened to.  I got this show within the last two years, but for some reason, and until I finish this post, I've never burned it to CD yet.  I can fix that mistake as soon as I'm done here!

I wish I'd remembered to upload this show as planned  on Tuesday.  That would've made it 36 years ago that day.  So instead, it was 36 years, 5 days ago today :-)

DETAILS:
Artist: Pink Floyd
Date: April 30th, 1977
Location: Houston, Texas
Venue: Jeppesen Stadium (University of Houston)
Source: AUD
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes (lots of artwork but there doesn't seem to be any back art)
Label: unsure
Title: Pink Floyd - Animals
Size: 683 MB
Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes, 48 seconds

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Sheep
102. Pigs On The Wing (Pt. 1)
103. Dogs
104. Pigs On The Wing (Pt. 2)
105. Pigs (Three Different Ones)

CD 2:
201. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt. 1 - 5)
202. Welcome To The Machine
203. Have A Cigar
204. Wish You Were Here
205. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt. 6 - 9)
206. Money
207. Us And Them

LINKS:
(1) 1977-04-30 Houston, TX (AUD)
(2) 1977-04-30 Houston, TX (AUD)
(3) 1977-04-30 Houston, TX (AUD)
(4) 1977-04-30 Houston, TX (AUD)

I saw Pink Floyd for the first time a decade later (1987) in Houston.  It was a great, extravagant show but was also after Roger Waters had split from the band.  My personal favorite era of Pink Floyd was their 1975 and 1977 touring years.  And some superb recordings have surfaced through the years of many of these shows.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this show from an era of music that would be lost if it weren't for recordings like this one documenting it and keeping it alive today...

Bootradr

Feist: 2007-10-01 Copenhagen, Denmark (FLAC_AUD Master_1 CD)

This is one of the best sounding Feist audience recorded shows out there.  Her shows almost always promote excellent recording conditions.  The crowd becomes so involved with (or "in to") her music that they keep quiet and listen rather than talk through the shows.  The crowds express their enjoyment of Feist's concerts by cheering, but they do it in between songs and not during them in most of the recordings I've heard.  This show is no exception!

Feist, to me, is the best female singer out there.  Everything from her voice to her and the band's presentation and music styles is nothing short of superb.  Her music (not the song always) can change from show to show.  She doesn't play the monotonous, same sounding, and repetitious thing every night.  The setlist may stay the same for a few shows, but Feist and her band keep the songs from stagnating and they introduce new parts, different ways of singing and playing old parts, and a variety of changes that always make each show like its own new, fresh experience.  And I love that!

DETAILS:
Artist: Feist
Date: October 1st, 2007
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Venue: Vega
Source: AUD Master
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: No
Label: none
Title: none
Size: 368 MB
Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes, 49 seconds

SETLIST:
01. When I was A Young Girl
02. I Feel It All
03. The Limit To Your Love
04. My Moon My Man
05. The Park
06. Secret Heart
07. So Sorry
08. The Water
09. Brandy Alexander
10. Mushaboom
11. Gatekeeper
12. 1234
13. Intuition
14. Sealion
15. Let It Die
16. Past In Present

LINKS:
(1) 2007-10-01 Copenhagen, Denmark (AUD Master)
(2) 2007-10-01 Copenhagen, Denmark (AUD Master)

This is an superb show as well as an superb recording.  If you haven't heard of Feist or are not familiar with her music, I highly recommend downloading this show and listening to it.

Ha!  I just realized that the photo (randomly picked) of Feist on her guitar below is reversed.  She's not left handed and this picture has obviously been flipped since it looks like she's playing left handed.

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Led Zeppelin: 1979-07-23 & 24 Copenhagen, Denmark (FLAC_AUD_4 CD)

This is an excellent TDOLZ audience recording of the two Copenhagen shows Led Zeppelin performed in 1979.  This was right before the 1979-08-04 and 1979-08-11 Knebworth shows and it was Zeppelin's live warm-ups for these shows.  Hence the CD's title "Copenhagen Warm-ups".

The taper(s) of these two nights in Copenhagen did an excellent job and got excellent results.  My favorite show of the two nights is the first night.  But both nights are excellent.

I recall getting the Silver Rarities silver 2 CD set titled "Melancholy Danish Pageboys" back in the 1990's.  It was of the 1979-07-23 concert.  I still crack up to this day when, during this first night's show, you hear a sneeze (by the taper?) right as "No Quarter" (or No Quater as the Silver Rarities artwork incorrectly spells it) is starting.

This TDOLZ version blows my old Silver Rarities version's sound out of the water.  The TDOLZ version is the best sounding versions of either show that I've ever heard.  You won't be disappointed!

DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: July 23rd & 24th, 1979
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Venue: Falkoner Theatre
Source: AUD
Format: FLAC
CD's: 4
Artwork:Yes
Label: TDOLZ
Title: Copenhagen Warm-ups - The Complete Two Nights
Size: 1.67 GB

SETLIST:
CD 1 (Night 1):
101. opening talk
102. The Song Remains The Same
103. Celebration Day
104. Black Dog
105. Nobody's Fault But Mine
106. Over The Hills And Far Away
107. Misty Mountain Hop
108. Since I've Been Loving you
109. No Quarter
110. Hot Dog
111. The Rain Song

CD 2 (Night 1):
201. White Summer
202. Kashmir
203. Trampled Underfoot
204. Achilles Last Stand
205. Jimmy Page (violin bow solo)
206. In The Evening
207. Stairway To Heaven
208. Rock And Roll

CD 3 (Night 2):
301. The Song Remains The Same
302. Celebration Day
303. Black Dog
304. Nobody's Fault But Mine
305. Over The Hills And Far Ways
306. Misty Mountain Hop
307. Since I've Been Loving You
308. No Quarter
309. Ten Years Gone
310. Hot Dog
311. The Rain Song

CD 4 (Night 2):
401. White Summer
402. Kashmir
403. Trampled Underfoot
404. Sick Again
405. Achilles Last Stand
406. Jimmy Page (violin bow solo)
407. In The Evening
408. Stairway To Heaven
409. Whole Lotta Love

LINKS:
(1) 1979-07-23 Copenhagen Night 1 & 2
(2) 1979-07-23 Copenhagen Night 1 & 2
(3) 1979-07-24 Copenhagen Night 1 & 2
(4) 1979-07-24 Copenhagen Night 1 & 2

I haven't uploaded too many 1977 through 1980 Led Zeppelin shows yet.  I like the 1968 to 1975 shows the best (but I like it all too) and I guess I've been concentrating more on those.  I'll try to get a few more 1977 and some 1980 concerts up here soon.

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr