Journey: 1978-07-01 Dallas, TX (FLAC_SB_1 CD)

SPECIAL NOTE (2013-09-15): Gypsy Eye, a boot label I use to respect for lossless quality audio, has taken this show I've worked on and they're selling it on Japanese websites and elsewhere.  This has been confirmed as a copy with an mpeg audio stream (aka mp3).  I could care less about any credit for the work, but I do despise it being passed along by Gypsy Eye as a lossless version they're selling now.  Don't buy this exact same show and version you're getting for free here because it is still not known to be available in a lossless format!  The lossless source is in Bill Graham's vault.

This Journey concert I'm uploading, one I just recently mentioned in my Aerosmith Texxas Jam 1978 upload saying "I hope it surfaces someday soon", has surfaced!  This show is still not circulating anywhere and never has as far as I know.  I think it probably just recently surfaced but I'm not sure?  This is an excellent soundboard of Journey's Texxas Jam 1978 concert in Dallas.  Now, I just need to wish that the June 12th, 1982 Houston Astrodome Journey Texxas Jam show will surface!  And I do!

This is a great recording that I made even better.  Unfortunately, the sound mix (presumably from the soundboard) was off during all of the first song and it gets corrected (or better) during the second song.  But it gets even better when the third song starts.  Whoever was mixing the sound at the show did a good job, but they also change the sound a few times during the show.  It still sounds great, but if it already sounded great, then leave it alone.  I did very little in EQ'ing the show.  But I did a slight EQ'ing and I used some cleaning filters/settings to sharpen the sound as well as remove most of the tape hiss.

The source for this audio is an unaltered Wolfgang's Vault (aka the late Bill Graham's masters) recording.  As quoted on Wolfgang's Vault regarding this recording, "(they want to be) providing you with a pure and uncut representation of what was captured during the performance".  My clean up is an improvement and that's why I'm uploading it.  But if anyone want's the raw, 100% unaltered version, just leave a comment and let me know.  Personally, I prefer to get it unaltered because I can then do what I want to do with the recording.  But I also like a better sounding recording, and I know that many people who may download this show mmight not have the software and/or knowledge to clean the recording up.  So, I'm uploading my cleaned version.  Like I said already, I can post the unaltered version too.

LINEAGE:
Wolfgang's Vault > captured via PC soundcard and saved as 44.1 kHz/16 bit WAV file > Media Creator 2010 Pro (for hiss removal, EQ'ing, track splitting & naming, and converting to FLAC) > TLH (for fixing SBE's,  creating ffp & md5 files, and then verifying) > you

NOTE: I do not know the source's audio specifications, or Wolfgang's Vault bandwidth (i.e. bitrate, sample rate, etc).  But since I do not know, I took the 44.1 kHz/16 bit (CD quality standard) file I captured in my digital copy of the streaming show and left it in that format when I converted it over to FLAC.  I've been told Wolfgang's Vault shows are the highest bitrate (320 kbps) mp3's and no longer FLAC, but I don't know for sure.  Even if this is a glorified mp3 (and I don't know if it is or isn't) that was streaming, it sounds great.  This is just a heads up for those like me that want to maintain a source files' integrity.  I just wish I knew the source file's original specifications.

DETAILS:
Artist: Journey
Date: July 1st, 1978
Location: Dallas, Texas
Venue: Cotton Bowl
Event: Texxas Jam 1978/Texas World Music Festival
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: No (I put the various web art below in a folder)
Label: Bootradr Remaster
Title: Hot Texxas Jam 1978
Size: 295 MB

SETLIST:
01. La Do Da
02. Next
03. Feeling That Way
04. Anytime
05. On A Saturday Night
06. Winds Of March
07. She Makes Me (Feel Alright)
08. Wheel In The Sky
09. Lights (fades out/incomplete)

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/5be36doipa5r/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/1w1rjv8b54bv/n/

A super big THANK YOU goes to "tupchurch", a great friend and Journey fan too, who alerted me to this newly found Journey 1978 Texxas Jam recording.  I have never seen this show anywhere but I knew it had to exist.

If you lived in Texas during the late 1970's - late 1980's (1978 - 1988 actually), then chances are you remember hearing commercials for the "Texxas Jam" concert event each year.  Each year was up to a three day event with multiple, "hot on the charts" bands of the time performing their concerts.

And speaking of "hot", this was a burning hot Texas July day in 1978 when Journey played.  And the Cotton Bowl is an outdoor football stadium.  From the beginning of the recording, you can hear how (miserably) hot it must have been from the comments about the heat throughout the whole show.  The Cotton Bowl had the huge, firefighter hoses that they used to spray water out across the crowds just like they did when I saw the last Texxas Jam (being called Monsters of Rock too) in 1988 at Rice Stadium.  It was a way to help keep people in the crowd from overheating too much.  Texas summers are not nice days to be outdoors.  And packed together with 80,000 other people like at this 1978 Texxas Jam, you don't want to be outside at all  (unless you're watching Journey of course).

Wow, I just found something online that (1) backs up what I just said above and (2) excites me a lot.  A documentary of the 1978 Texxas Jam is reportedly coming out in Summer 2013!!!  See the video trailer I just added below :-)  Oh boy, there are a lot of cool Texxas Jam 1978 - 1988 items I'm finding.  I'm only adding  a few to this upload and they are the same images as I'll add below (no video added).

I hope you enjoy this historic rock and roll show from the very first Texxas Jam (and they did spell it "Texxas" too)...

Bootradr

And here's a local news station's, WFAA TV, news report

And a few images!

Led Zeppelin: 1972-05-28 Brussels, Belgium (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

This is a very good recording of Ledc Zeppelin's show in Brussels in 1972.  I was going to upload the master cassette version yesterday (the show was 41 years ago yesterday), but after checking out this Empress Valley Supreme Disc version, I decided to upload it instead.  I think this is a better sounding (and I'm sure EQ'ed/remastered) version.

Band: Led Zeppelin
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Venue: Voorst Forest National
Date: May 28th, 1972
Label: EVSD
Title: The Belgian Triple
CD's: 2
Type: AUD
Artwork: Yes 
Size: 712 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Immigrant Song
102. Heartbreaker
103. Black Dog
104. Since I've Been Loving You
105. Stairway To Heaven
106. Going To California
107. That's The Way
108. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp

CD 2:
201. Dazed And Confused
202. What Is And What Should Never Be
203. Whole Lotta Love

LINK:
Part 1 - 1972-05-28 Brussels, Belgium (AUD/EVSD)

This recording is very good and you do not hear the audience very much.  However, Robert Plant spends more time telling the crowd to "shut up" and "sit down" than you normally hear in other rowdy Zeppelin shows.  In between a lot of the songs on CD 1, he spends time trying to get people quite.  This is especially true during the quieter songs.  But the rowdy, loud crowd is not heard in this recording.  In fact, I have been wondering where the actual taper must have been in order to not get the loud crowd Plant keeps complaining about.

I listened to this show yesterday (actually the same show but the master cassette version) not realizing it was the 41st anniversary of the show and I really loved it.  It'd been quite a few years since I'd listened to my older "Burning Ticket" (Baby Face label) copy I'd gotten in a 1990's CD trade.  The master cassette version was a huge upgrade in my opinion and I believe this EVSD version is even cleaner.  The EVSD version doesn't have as much hiss from the tape in it as the master copy does.  But the highs are still there and the bass is too.  It is a great sounding show, both performance-wise and sound-wise.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr
 

Journey: 2013-05-22 Newcastle, United Kingdom (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

Here's Journey's show from four nights ago on their European leg of their current tour.  The setlist seems to be the same as their Australian leg of the same tour back in March in that they play the same era of Journey's songs. However, this may be the first show I've noticed without "Anyway You Want It"?

Journey does add "Chain Reaction" and "Be Good To Yourself" to this show's setlist.  But they drop "Anyway You Want It", "Who's Crying Now", and "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" it looks like.  And they have Dean Castronovo, the drummer, singing a few songs too.  They had Dean sing a few songs in recent years.  And Dean has done an excellent job  as far back as 2002 on the songs Journey no longer plays from the earlier "Steve Perry era" Journey songs.  But still, there is nothing like "Patiently" or "Winds of March" in this show.  I'm thinking they may never do these old, great classics again.  But I'm hoping I'm wrong too.

Thanks to "Soreballs" for recording and uploading this show.

LINEAGE:
SP-CMC-2 > SP-SPSB-11(16Hz) > Sony PCM-M10 > Adobe Audition 3/GoldWave > TLH FLAC level 8

DETAILS:
Artist: Journey
Date: May 22nd, 2013
Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom
Venue: MetroRadio Arena
Source: AUD
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: no (I included a concert poster and another Journey image)
Label: none
Title: none
Size: 495 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. intro
102. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
103. Chain Reaction
104. Ask The Lonely
105. Only The Young
106. Stone In Love
107. Keep On Runnin'
108. Edge Of The Blade
109. Lights

CD 2:
201. Jonathan Cain intro/Open Arms
202. Dead Or Alive
203. Escape
204. Neal Schon guitar intro/Wheel In The Sky
205. Be Good To Yourself
206. Faithfully
207. Don't Stop Believin'

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2ckoujff06bh/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/4lu5nrfm1wv5/
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/oubvkredn5d/

The original uploader noted that both Thunder and Whitesnake, the two opening bands, had much better and louder sound.  I've been to Journey shows where the opening acts were the same way (louder and cleaner) too.  However, this a very good recording of the Journey show and one that can easily be enjoyed.  Journey's setlist and length of their concert time (or playing time) seems to be shorter than it is in the United States though.  This was almost a 1 CD show.  But it ran into the 82+ minute point and that made it a 2 CD show.

As big of a fan as I am of Journey, I'm really wanting them to change up their setlist and start doing some songs they haven't donw since the 1970's - 1980's.  They need to do this for the fans.  Personally, I could care less if someone not as familiar with their music doesn't recognize "Lady Luck", "Something To Hide", etc.  And even if the singer, Arnel Pineda at the time, can't hit the notes Steve Perry did in years gone by, I don't care.  I want to hear these songs and many more from a period of superb Journey music.

And I'd love to hear the pre-Perry era stuff too like "On A Saturday Night" or "Of A Lifetime".  Journey's 2005 tour, their 35th anniversary, 3 CD's worth of music tour, did just that.  And it was much better especially for the fans like me who've stayed with them and been to every concert in my area (and many out of my area) since they started touring again in 1998.

I'd like to also hear some of the songs from the Steve Augeri era of Journey too.  They made some excellent CD's and played many of the songs from them in the years during and after 1998.  But since last year at least, it has been the same songs in almost the same order.  And don't misunderstand me.  I love the songs they're still doing.  But I want to hear a change (or "Change For The Better"...a good, strong song) in songs they play every show.  The fans wouldn't mind if Journey played longer shows to get as many of the old and new songs in as possible.  I guess we'll see what happens when they get back home and start touring the United States again.  I'm still waiting to hear "Winds of March" too!

As always, I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Journey: 2013-03-01 Melbourne, Austraalia (FLAC_AUD_1 CD)

This is a very good recording of one of Journey's first few shows on their new 2013 tour.  I've also got two separate sources of the next night's show in Sydney, Australia and I'll upload the best of the two recordings here soon.

This would have been an excellent concert to have seen.  Not only did Journey perform, but so did Deep Purple.  I'm guessing Journey was the opening band and Deep Purple was the headline act from what I've seen online. I hope this lineup continues in the United States this year!

Thanks to "Brother Ruprecht" for recording and making this show available!

LINEAGE:
Audio Reality binaural microphones > Sony PCM M10B (manual level (5), LCF off, microphones sensitivity low) > Audacity (create tracks) > TLH (convert to FLAC) --- 25 metres from stage. Section 20 Lower Row F seating --- NOTE: I (Bootradr) renamed a few tracks correctly and fixed the SBE's using TLH also.

DETAILS:
Artist: Journey
Date: March 1st, 2013
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Venue: Rod Layer Arena
Source: AUD
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: no
Label: none
Title: none
Size: 401 MB
Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes, 17 seconds

SETLIST:
01. Anyway You Want It
02. Ask The Lonely
03. Who's Crying Now
04. Only The Young
05. Amazing Grace
06. Stone In Love
07. Keep On Runnin'
08. Edge Of The Blade
09. Faithfully
10. Lights
11. Jonathan Cain (keyboard solo)
12. Open Arms
13. Escape
14. Dead Or Alive
15. Neal Schon (guitar solo)
16. Wheel In The Sky
17. Don't Stop Believin'

LINKS:
(1) 2013-03-01 Melbourne, Australia (AUD)
(2) 2013-03-01 Melbourne, Australia (AUD)

I haven't listened to this show all of the way through yet.  But it sounds like a very good recording of the show and is very clean sounding too.

I wish Journey would start playing some of their older 1970's songs again.  But in this show, it is the regular songs we've been hearing for a while.  I realize they don't have a singer anymore that can hit the very high notes Steve Perry could in 1978.  And Arnel does a good job of singing what he sings.  Heck, even Steve Perry probably couldn't hit those notes nowadays.  But I'd still like to hear songs like "Winds of March"; a song they haven't played since 1980!

I'm sure the setlist and even the concert's length will improve as Journey hits the United States with those shows.  And once I start this upload, I'm going to burn this show to CD and give it a good listen tomorrow (actually, later today since it's after midnight) as I do a few things around the house.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Journey: 1981-09-05 East Troy, WI (FLAC_SB/FM Master Cassette_2 CD)

I've collected a number of versions of this show through the years.  My first silver CD copy was from the label Wild Street and was titled "Blue Sky Party in Chicago".  Obviously, the label putting that one out didn't realize the show was in Wisconsin and didn't even know all of the song titles as can be seen on the 2 CD set's artwork.

This upload is one of the best copies I have.  There are a few spots where I think the tape it was sourced from changes and may need pitch/speed adjustments made.  But if that's the case or not, it still sounds excellent.  As with a lot of older shows, it was an FM broadcast at some point and time.

This specific upload is from the master cassette used to record it and it was transferred via analog means to CD-R.  This is a great performance with at least one song never heard on any Journey album or even any other live shows circulating out there.  Most likely, this is the one and only time "Too Far Gone" was ever played.  This source has not been EQ'ed or altered in any way.  That may be why is sounds so good (a lot of bad EQ jobs get circulated many times).

Thanks goes out to KRW_Co for doing the master cassette transfer and sharing this show!  I left KRW's original EAC log files in this upload in a folder I created for them.  They provide additional technical/quality related information about his transfer that people (like myself) may be interested in.

LINEAGE:
(1) KRW's Posted Lineage:  WLS Chicago FM broadcast > analog master cassette > to CD-R > KRW transfer to EAC > TLH FLAC 8 >

(2) Bootradr's Additional Lineage: KRW's EAC transfer > Media Creator 2010 Pro (to name tracks) > TLH (to check for SBE's and create ffp & md5 files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Journey
Date: September 5th, 1981
Location: East Troy, Wisconsin
Venue: Alpine Valley Amphitheatre
Source: SB/FM (Master Cassette)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes (not an exact match for this source however)
Label: KRW_Co
Title: none
Size: 653 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Escape
102. Where Were You
103. Line Of Fire
104. Don't Stop Believin'
105. Stone In Love
106. Keep On Runnin'
107. Lights/Stay Awhile (no track split between songs)
108. Do You Recall
109. Lovin' You Is Easy

CD 2:
201. Steve Smith (drum solo)
202. Too Far Gone
203. Too Late
204. Who's Crying Now
205. The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)
206. Wheel In The Sky
207. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
208. Anyway You Want It

LINKS:
(1) 1981-09-05 Alpine Valley, WI (SB/FM Master/KRW)
(2) 1981-09-05 Alpine Valley, WI (SB/FM Master/KRW)
(3) 1981-09-05 Alpine Valley, WI (SB/FM Master/KRW)
(4) 1981-09-05 Alpine Valley, WI (SB/FM Master/KRW)

This concert, being one from the 1981/82 "Escape" LP tour, has a few interesting items in it.  One such item is the setlist.  It's not the normal 1981/82 Journey setlist played at most shows.  Sure; most of it is.  But songs such as "Do You Recall" and "Lovin' You Is Easy" were not normally played on the "Escape" tour. These songs got left off after 1980's "Departure" LP world tour.  But then there are songs not in this show that Journey later added, such as "Mother, Father" and "Open Arms" that they appear to have not played too.  Just two months later, in their 1981-11-05 and 1981-11-06 Houston, Texas shows, more "Escape" LP songs had already been added to the normal setlist.  So this show is more of a mix of both the pre "Escape" (all Steve Perry era) songs they were known for and the newly released "Escape" songs that made them superstars.

One other thing I like about this Alpine Valley show is the monologue Perry gives between the songs "Too Late" and "Who's Crying Now".  He talks about how he an Jonathan Cain wrote the song one rainy day when they were down and out over lost loves.  As Steve Perry mentions, "...this song is about the one that got away; the one you wish you still had..."  We've all been there before and it takes me back to a specific girl or two from my high school years (and after).  Perry does some awesome improvising and adds a little extra to the beginning of "Who's Crying Now" that I think Journey fans will enjoy.

This is a great recording, one that I may even find a better copy of (and this one is NOT at all bad) around the house.  If one surfaces here or elsewhere, I'll upload it too.

I'll add artwork to this 2 CD set even though it won't be a perfect match necessarily (since this source never had any created for it).  Let me see what I have artwork-wise.  I'll add the "Blue Sky Party in Chicago" artwork if I cannot find anything closer to fit this source.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Santana: 1971-05-01 Montreux, Switzerland (Pro Shot DVD)

This is a very rare Santana concert from the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1971.  I've only seen this video available once, and I grabbed it when I did.  There was not much information on it but it has some very good video of three of Journey's original members in it.  Neal Schon, who was 17 years old then, Gregg Rolie, and even Journey's manager, Herbie Herbet (through the Steve Perry years and before that) are in this video a lot.  Personally, I like Neal Schon's guitar playing the best.

SHOW DETAILS:
Date: May 1st, 1971
Location: Montreux, Switzerland
Event: Montreux Jazz Festival 1971
Venue: Montreux Casino
Label: none
Title: none

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Menus: No
Chapters: Yes
Artwork: No
DVD Size: 4.10 GB
DVD Length: 1 hour, 6 minutes, 59 seconds

VIDEO:
Format: NTSC
Resolution: 720 x 480
Aspect: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: 8584 kbps
Codec: MPEG-2

AUDIO:
Sample Rate: 48 kHz
Bitrate: 384 kbps
Codec: AC3 (Dolby Digital)
Channels: 2
Streams: 1

BAND LINEUP 1971:
Carlos Santana - guitar
Gregg Rolie - keyboard, vocals
Neal Schon - guitar
Michael Shrieve - drums
David Brown - bass
Michael Carabello - congas
Coke Escovedo - timbales, percussion drum
Herbie Herbet - manager

SETLIST: (thanks to "propylaen2001" for the unknown song titles)
01. Toussaint L'Overture
02. Evil Ways
03. Oye Como Va
04. Savor/Jingo
05. Gumbo
06. Waiting
07. Jungle Strut
08. Taboo
09. Soul Sacrifice

Hotfile Links:
Part 1 - https://hotfile.com/dl/223056296/1cab918/
Part 2 - https://hotfile.com/dl/223056395/141bf13/
Part 3 - https://hotfile.com/dl/223056441/1d71624/
Part 4 - https://hotfile.com/dl/223056496/f0a7af9/
Part 5 - https://hotfile.com/dl/223055062/cb7cd83/
Part 6 - https://hotfile.com/dl/223053717/152b14b/
Part 7 - https://hotfile.com/dl/223051978/14ed649/

FileFactory Mirror Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/50io7gknttrx/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2p7ahmzazxyl/
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/4ciipqzcsvzr/
Part 4 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/30qldqr38x29/
Part 5 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/3ay76o22tt3h/
Part 6 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/5o3uchnibxd7/
Part 7 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/7f6iqb2m9hvr/

This is a great video of the show too.  It starts out with some tape tracking issues but cleans up very quickly.  And the video even gets better very soon too.  It almost looks as if there were two video sources but I doubt it.  I wish I knew the lineage of this DVD, but unfortunately, I never got that.  I'm not sure where it came from or where to find it again (other than here and on my hard drives).  The sound is great and the video is great.  It's not excellent or superb, but it is definitely very good and very watchable.  I'm surprised at how good it is.

One other thing I find interesting in this show is how often members of the band, besides Carlos Santana, are shown.  In other "Schon & Rolie era" Santana videos I have, they barely show other band members.
I hope you enjoy this show from 42 years and 2 weeks ago...

Bootradr

Evanescence: 1999-05-07 Little Rock, AR (AUD Shot DVD)

This is a very rare and different Evanescence show I found about five years ago.  It is a concert from their home venue, Vino's (a pizza joint), in Little Rock.  This was shot before the band had any idea they'd become famous (around 2002) and it isn't your regular Evanescence show.  I doubt anyone at the pizza place this night, 14 years and a week ago (I should've uploaded this on 5/7), was thinking "this band is going to be big".

The first ten minutes or so is the band having instrument/electrical issues with their sound.  And after that, it cleans up good.  But there is no bass player or drum player (I've heard they didn't show up but don't know if that is true) and the only two members I can see that were with the band when they hit it big a few years later are Ben Moody and Amy Lee.  And Ben Moody left the band, after making it big, in 2004.

It's also pretty cool to see Amy Lee with another female backup singer through the whole hour long show.  They play songs that made them famous a few years later as well as songs from their (never released but I have it) "Origins" CD that they'd give out for free after gigs.  The also play a B.O.C. cover tunes too.  This is a rare and cool video!

SHOW DETAILS:
Date: May 7th, 1999
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Venue: Vino's
Label: none
Title: none...I named it "Little Rock(er)"

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Menus: No
Chapters: Yes (every 5 minutes)
Artwork: No
DVD Size: 4.10 GB
DVD Length: 1 hour, 1 minute, 27 seconds

VIDEO:
Format: NTSC
Resolution: 720 x 480
Aspect: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: 9000 kbps
Codec: MPEG-2

AUDIO:
Sample Rate: 48 kHz
Bitrate: 384 kbps
Codec: AC3 (Dolby Digital)
Channels: 2
Streams: 1

BAND LINEUP:
Amy Lee - vocals
Stephanie Pierce - backing vocals
Ben Moody: guitar, technical sounds, backing vocals
Adrian James - violin

SETLIST:
01. getting set up/tuning
02. Whisper
03. Imaginary
04. Where Will You Go
05. ? (maybe "October"...I need to research this one)
06. Exodus
07. Give Unto Me
08. Don't Fear The Reaper (B.O.C. cover)
09. Understanding
10. Lies
11. Solitude

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2en3suae29dn/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/4pit8kioaoht/
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/6b5sk570qr3n/
Part 4 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/5y9e01u87lv1/
Part 5 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/284nxsu3ba9p/
Part 6 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/xhepmxjw1vt/
Part 7 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/4oa5494zjds1/

Now remember, the songs in this show are not individually tracked on this DVD. The piece of junk Roxio (NEVER BUY ROXIO SOFTWARE...IT IS FAULTY AND THEIR SUPPORT IS A JOKE) DVD building program I used to create this DVD years ago would not let me create chapters where I wanted them and kept crashing as I tried building a menu.  The option to create chapters where I wanted them was grayed out and I could never get any help or fixes from Roxio.  This is the second version of their software I've tried on a variety of PC's that was worthless (and about $200) and problem causing.

I've only seen this video one other time on a site last year.  I downloaded it and the quality was not as good as this video's quality.  There was a text file in that download that stated this is the earliest known video recording of Evanescence.  It also gave the names of most of the artists playing in this small venue show.  That is where I got the names listed above.

The band has changed members a few times through the years.  And as one might expect, it was due to disagreements, fighting, and that sort of stupid stuff.  But Amy Lee and her awesome voice has remained in Evanescence, and without her, the band would not be able to continue.  The problem with that is, I'm pretty sure she knows this!  Therefore; she's the queen bee in the hive and most likely gets her way since she is also the founding member still in the band.  But this hasn't been bad for the fans because they're still making excellent music, touring, and doing very well.

I hope you enjoy this "before they were stars" show...

Bootradr