Bootradr's Blind Boot Blog

This is the place for free live concerts and rare audio/video recordings. All posts are NOT officially released material. Nothing is for sale and everything is for free downloading & sharing only. My favorites are Led Zeppelin, Journey, and Feist. But you will find so much more too as this blog progresses because I love music! This site will primarily be a FLAC audio and DVD sharing site with a few rare exceptions. Thank you, and enjoy the show... Bootradr

Friday, March 11, 2016

Led Zeppelin: 1970-03-11 Hamburg, Germany (FLAC_AUD 1st Gen_2 CD)

Today is the 46th anniversary of this Hamburg, Germany show I've never uploaded any copies of before (yet). I've listened to this show a number of times through the years, but today, and as I make this post, I'm listening to it again for the first time in a few years. And I love the energy of these early shows when Led Zeppelin was still a new band but already superstars too.

LINEAGE:
Cassette (1) > DAT > CD-R (1) > remastered > aligned sector boundaries > 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: Led Zeppelin
Date: March 11th, 1970
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Venue: Musikhalle
Title: Zeppelin Digital Vol. 5
Label: Zeppelin Digital
Source: AUD (1st Gen)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes
Size: 459 MB
Length: 115:01:22

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. We're Gonna Groove
102. I Can't Quit You Baby
103. Dazed And Confused
104. Heartbreaker
105. White Summer ~ Black Mountain Side
106. Since I've Been Loving You
107. John Paul Jones (organ solo intro)
108. Thank You

CD 2:
201. Moby Dick
202. How Many More Times
203. Whole Lotta Love

LINKS:
(1) 1970-03-11 Hamburg, Germany (AUD 1st Gen/ZD)

I went ahead and decided to upload the Zeppelin Digital (ZD) copy of this show for two reasons. Once reason is that it is a first generation tape transfer and the other is it has the higher frequencies present. I cannot say for sure that no processing has been done on the show. Actually, I can say it has been processed now. I see in the lineage it was EQ'ed. The TLH CDA test makes it look like it may have had some processing done (with false MPEG results) but originally I had thought it also could have been the recorder used as well or some other factors giving the results that TLH (not exactly reliable for testing for lossiness) shows. But this is a lossless recording and I have no doubts about that.

The show is a good sounding show but it suffers from over-driven bass and distortion throughout much of the heavy parts of the show. I'm listening via my headphones and PC and I have EQ'ed it to sound much better right now. So I may have a skewed opinion from this point on.

There definitely are issues in the recording but it also is a super show and it is not hard to listen too. In fact, as most of you know it becomes easier to listen to a recording after your ears adjust to the sound anyhow. "White Summer" and "Black Mountain Side", which I just finished, sounded super to me. And the start of "Since I've Been Loving You" is just the same since I've lowered the bass (and there is no bass in the first two tracks I just mentioned) frequencies as I listen. I'm really enjoying this gem as I listen and make this upload right now!

The waveform has no clipping and it is nowhere near clipping either. Disc 1 looks to have a lower volume applied than disc 2. When "Moby Dick", the first track on disc 2, starts you can see more amplification in the waveform.

The tapers do a little talking in the show but it is not the type that is annoying or interfering and they sound as if they are trying to whisper to not be recorded. They are really enjoying the show too but they do not ruin it at all. They sound as if they are close to the stage too. They also do not stop and start the tape between songs like many other tapers have done and this is a big plus to me! Otherwise, there really is not any crowd noise during the music and it is even pretty quiet other than hand clapping during the parts in between songs. The noise level from the crowd is really good (or the lack of it).

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page can be hear very well and cleanest. Of course John Paul Jones and John Bonham are also heard but the bass is what causes distortion in the recording. It's much more enjoyable listening if you can EQ the show to bring down the bass frequencies a little. Keep in mind, this was taped on a 1960's to 1970's era recorder with a 1960's to 1970's era microphone. Not to say we don't have some superb recordings of Led Zeppelin and other bands from recorders in this era; but this was likely a cheaper tape recorder I am guessing. But the higher frequencies come through loud and clear and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (if you couldn't hear anyone else) make this show great on their own.

A special thanks goes to "BK" who in the original text file seems to have made this copy available for us collectors!

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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Led Zeppelin: 1975-03-11 Long Beach, CA (FLAC_AUD Source 1 Master & Source 2 Patch_3CD)

Today is the 41st anniversary of this awesome Led Zeppelin show in Long Beach, California and it was their first performance out of two in a row in Long Beach on this 1975 Physical Graffiti tour. Of course the source 1, or primary, recording is the Mike Millard tapes and the material used to patch missing gaps is the source 2 material (barely used).

I'm listing this as it was shared. However, I do not think this is a master Mike Millard source because what we have available is first generation copies of his tapes. Not that this makes much difference sound wise with the high quality taping that Millard did when he was alive.

LINEAGE:
Badgeholders silver CD's > Sonic Solutions 24 bit digital remaster > 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: Led Zeppelin
Date: March 11th, 1975
Location: Long Beach, California
Venue: Long Beach Arena
Title: California Sunshine
Label: Badgeholders
Source: AUD (Source 1 Master...1st Gen & Source 2 Patch)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 3
Artwork: Yes
Size: 1004 MB (.98 GB)
Length: 164:46:20

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Rock And Roll
102. Sick Again
103. Over The Hills And Far Away
104. In My Time Of Dying
105. The Song Remains The Same
106. The rain Song
107. Kashmir

CD 2:
201. No Quarter
202. Trampled Underfoot
203. Moby Dick

CD 3:
301. Dazed And Confused
302. Stairway To Heaven
303. Whole Lotta Love ~ The Crunge
304. Black Dog

LINKS:
(1) 1975-03-11 Long Brach, CA (AUD 1st Gen/Badgeholders)
(2) 1975-03-11 Long Brach, CA (AUD 1st Gen/Badgeholders)

I really like this specific Badgeholders release of this show. It is one of the more complete copies and has an excellent, full range of sound in the mix. To my ears, this is one of the very best recordings and mixes of this show.

There is some slight audio clipping in a few tracks but it is very minor amounts and nothing to worry about. There is one thing I did notice while listening to the show with headphones and looking at the waveform. The audio is slightly heavier in the left channel. I doubt many, if any, people would even notice this if they were just listening through their home theater setup or not listening with headphones. In fact, listening with headphones you soon forget about it too and it becomes unnoticeable. But looking at the waveform you can tell it is ever so slightly heavier in the left channel. Badgeholders could have balanced this but I guess they never noticed it.

Badgeholders did amplify the audio it looks like but it creates no problems. They did a great job on this one and especially when you compare it to most of the other labels and their lack of perfecting the sound they don't exhibit many times. In fact, some have messed up their releases with their lack of knowledge and what they did with EQ'ing the audio and similar changes.

I uploaded the another excellent copy of this show in the past which is the Winston Remasters copy. Both of these copies, as well as the unaltered first generation unmarked copy, are my favorites for this specific 1975 performance. The recording done by Millard was so professional sounding that even a messed up copy of this show still sounds excellent most times. It's hard to ruin such a great job they had to work with.

HERE is the link to my previous Winston Remasters upload two years ago if anyone wants to compare it or just get it for their collection. You cannot go wrong either way.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Led Zeppelin: 1970-03-09 Vienna, Austria (FLAC_AUD Master Source 2_2 CD)

I'd wanted to upload this source 2 recording of Led Zeppelin's Vienna show on its 46th anniversary yesterday, but unfortunately I couldn't. So I'm uploading it a day later. Besides, I uploaded the audience source 1 first generation recording here a year or two ago anyhow so there was a copy of the show if anyone wanted it. But this source 2 recording is a more complete copy of the show!

This is the KRW_Co transferred source 2 master audience recording and I've been listening to it this morning preparing this post. The more I listen, the more I like this source. And I listened to the 90 minute source 2 copy of the show earlier in the morning also. Both, in their own way and for their own reasons, have advantages and I rate this source 2 recording as great-to-excellent at times!

LINEAGE:
Master tape > DAT clone > X Fiber Optic clone to CD-R > EAC > WAV > TLH > FLAC 8 > 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: Led Zeppelin
Date: March 9th, 1970
Location: Vienna, Austria
Venue: Konzerthaus
Title: None
Label: KRW_Co
Source: AUD (Source 2 Master)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: No
Size: 426 MB
Length: 106:44:00

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. We're Gonna Groove
102. I Can't Quit You Baby
103. Dazed And Confused
104. Heartbreaker
105. White Summer ~ Black Mountain Side
106. Since I've Been Loving You

CD 2:
201. Thank You
202. Moby Dick
203. How Many More Times

LINK:
(1) 1970-03-09 Vienna, Austria (AUD Master Source 2)

There is some audio clipping in the waveform on some tracks. It isn't horrible but it isn't good either. The sound and fidelity on the source 1 recording is actually the better sound and it is used in most boot label releases. But this source 2 recording is a lot better than most give it credit for too. It is a really clean audio and there is very little distortion throughout the show except in some of the heavier, faster parts at times. There isn't much in the high frequency range but the overall sound is level, clean, seldom distorted, and very easy to listen to.

The source 1 recording previously uploaded here has more high frequencies present and it does sound cleaner and better overall than this source 2 recording. But once again, source 2 is not bad sounding and I rate it as a great sounding recording. And this source 2 recording is a longer and more complete capture of the show as well. The source 2 recording is on average about 15 - 16 minutes longer than the source 1 recording. In fact, the song "We're Gonna Groove" is on source 2 and it is not on the source 1 recording. It is the opening song of the show.

Another plus for the source 2 master here is it has the complete "Since I've Been Loving You". Source 1 has the beginning of the song but then it abruptly cuts off real soon. But the song sounds awesome in the source 2 recording and you really just have to hear it. Plant really wails out some improvised lyrics and he's singing them from the heart it sounds like to me. This may be the best song on source 2 I feel like and this is where the upgrade from "great" to "excellent" sound comes into play as I mentioned earlier.

The show ends as far as the recordings go with "How Many More Times" and from what I have read nobody really knows if the band played an encore. And if they did, nobody seems to know why neither taper recorded it. But I'm glad what we have what we have (which is a little less than two hours) with this source 2 recording of the Vienna 1970 concert. And who knows? Maybe next year I'll upload the source 1 and source 2 mix to make the show as complete and possible. But in my opinion, this source 2 recording sounds better than the two source mix anyhow and KRW_Co captured a great digital copy of the master for us so the thanks goes to him for this material.

The more I have listened to this source 2 recording the more I have loved it and think it really is a nice recording. The level audio and mix seem to be steady and that makes it an easy show to enjoy. And if anyone is interested in checking out the source 1 first generation copy of the show, you can download it HERE!

I just realized something I had labelled incorrectly in the past. I do have a source 2 master with a source 1 first generation copy of this show that has higher end frequencies and may have sounded better than this source 2 master transfer. I'll keep this one in mind, and having labeled it correctly now, I can upload it next time I upload a Zeppelin show from this date. This last paragraph is NOT in my text file for this current post.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Ozzy Osbourne: Bark At The Moon Rough Mix (FLAC_SB/Studio_1 CD)

I had a recent request for an Ozzy recording which featured the unreleased song "Spiders". Even though I had gotten this song on a CD-R trade or three back in the 1990's, I found it faster and easier to just find it out there on the web rather than look through tons of CD cases and spindles. The result is this superb sounding studio rough mixes copy I found.

This is from Ozzy's 1983 Bark At The Moon days and of course these rough mixes are from before the official studio release (which was in November of 1983) came out. The sound is superb and has very good stereo separation too.

LINEAGE:
Unknown lineage (not given) > SB/Studio recorded > FLAC > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness and align sector boundaries) > 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: Ozzy Osbourne
Date: 1983
Location: N/A
Venue: N/A
Title: Bark At The Moon Rough Mix
Label: Cannonball
Source: SB/Studio
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes
Size: 309 MB
Length: 47:33:18

SETLIST:
01. Ozzy Osbourne introduction
02. Bark At The Moon
03. You're No Different
04. Now You See It (Now You Don't)
05. Rock And Roll Rebel
06. Center Of Eternity
07. So Tired
08. Slow Down
09. Waiting For Darkness
10. Spiders
11. One Up The "B" Side

LINK:
(1) Bark At The Moon Rough Mix (SB/Studio)

As I already said, the sound is superb. It is the equivalent of a 1980's CD before remastering was being done. There was some very light audio clipping in some tracks but it was not anything even worth redoing because it is not a factor.

The last track, "One Up The "B" Side", is also the title of a superb++ 2 CD set I have too. It may have some of these songs on it? I got a silver 2 CD set of "One Up The "B" Side" from an old rarities selling chain that no longer seems to be around when I lived in the town I went to college in. If I locate the discs in the future, and of course I will eventually, I'll likely upload that item too since it has a lot of other songs on it and not just tracks from Bark At The Moon.

So, without further ado, here is the requested song along with many others from this rough mix of Ozzy tracks in the studio.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Triumph: 1985-03-08 Los Angeles, CA (FLAC_SB-FM_2 CD)

Today is the 31st anniversary of this excellent Triumph show that was broadcast live via satellite across all 50 states in the USA in 1985.

Triumph was on their Thunder Seven tour when this concert was played and that in itself means there are some great songs in this show. But rather than have me describe it all, let's get it uploaded so you can listen and decide what you think.

LINEAGE:
Unknown lineage (not given) > FM BX recorded > FLAC > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness and align sector boundaries) > 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: Triumph
Date: March 8th, 1985
Location: Los Angeles, California
Venue: Sports Arena
Title: Live In LA 3/8/85
Label: None
Source: SB/FM BX
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: No
Size: 577 MB
Length: 88:21:33

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Superstars In Concert intro
102. pre show band interview (all members)
103. opening music ~ band intro
104. When The Lights Go Down
105. Magic Power
106. Never Surrender
107. Allied Forces
108. Lay It On The Line
109. Midsummer's Daydream
110. Time Goes By

CD 2:
201. World Of Fantasy
202. Gil Moore (drum solo)
203. Rock And Roll Machine
204. Rik Emmett (guitar solo)
205. Spellbound
206. band talking
207. Fight The Good Fight

LINK:
(1) 1985-03-08, CA (SB/FM)

The waveform look great with no audio clipping. It looks like someone likely amplified the original audio to the maximum without clipping it possibly. However, even though this is an excellent sounding show, it lacks a little in the mix at the beginning I think. But it is not brickwalled either so that is good. You can hear everyone (all three of the band members) and their instruments. There is very little tape hiss also.

There are a few dropouts in the show. There's one at the beginning on CD 1 and then at least two on CD 2. "World of Fantasy" is incomplete too. The song just drops out and then the drum solo, already playing, picks up. I guess the taper wasn't paying close attention and ran out of tape unfortunately?

It's a little ironic that in the band interview before the show the disc jockey ask the band how they handle arguments on the road. They indicate they really didn't have them other than the short, normal kinds like between a "husband and wide" over small stuff. Yea, right! Everyone knows this band came apart due to their constant disagreements and arguments. When I first saw and met Rik Emmett in 2000 I believe half of his talk between songs was still putting down Gil Moore. They didn't get along well. But they did make great music while they lasted.

If you like Triumph, you'll like this show. It sounds excellent and the performance is just as good. I would have upload the show in the past but I only had an mp3 copy until today when I went and found a lossless copy. So here we go.

I hope you enjoy the show...

Bootradr

Journey: 2007-03-07 Manchester, UK (FLAC_AUD Master Remaster_2 CD)

I started working on this upload last night on the show's 9th anniversary. But after reaching midnight before I was done, I just decided to finish it this morning. But due to some storms coming through and shutting my power off five different times my web browser would not open the tabs I had opened. And even though I had saved my almost ready post for this show, it was gone and not available after the power issues stopped happening. So here I am again retyping everything this afternoon.

This is an excellent/superb sounding recording of Journey's second night in Manchester, UK on their 2007 tour with Jeff Scott Soto on vocals. It really sounds as if Steve Augeri is singing with the band too but it doesn't make sense and it is probably the backup vocals box that bands uses (many if not all of them) all of the time when doing live shows. This is an excellent sounding show and the band plays some really unique songs in the show from all eras of Journey music too.

LINEAGE:
Sony MZ-NH1 Hi-MD Recorder (Hi-MD Mode) > homemade lapel mounted cardioid microphones with Preenmachine battery box > USB to PC > transferred as WAV files with SonicStage v4.0 > track split and encoded as FLAC with CD Wave Editor > techtuts remaster > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness and pad last 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 new ffp & md5 files) > you

NOTES:
Recorded from the balcony, front row, and just right of center stage.

DETAILS:
Artist: Journey
Date: March 7th, 2007
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Venue: Manchester Apollo
Title: Apollo Theatre Manchester U.K. 7th March 2007
Label: techtuts Remaster
Source: AUD Master
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes
Size: 835 MB
Length: 129:27:02

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Jerusalem
102. Rubicon
103. Stone In Love
104. Ask The Lonely
105. Wheel In The Sky
106. Keep On Runnin'
107. Who's Crying Now
108. Opened The Door
109. Mystery Mountain
110. Edge Of The Blade
111. Remember Me
112. Chain Reaction
113. Lights
114. Still They Ride

CD 2:
201. Open Arms
202. La Do Da
203. Ross Valory (bass solo)
204. Deen Castronovo (drum solo)
205. Line Of Fire
206. Send Her My Love
207. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (intro jam)
208. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
209. Escape
210. Where Were You
211. Faithfully
212. Don't Stop Believin'
213. Any Way You Want It
214. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

LINK:
(1) 2007-03-07 Manchester, UK (AUD Master/Remaster)

A special thanks goes to "techtuts" for sending me the FLAC files after he remastered the show yesterday. Previously, I'd only had an mp3 copy of the show. I knew it sounded excellent but I just don't like sharing lossy audio unless it looks like it is all I will ever have. And even then I hate to do it!

I'm listening to this show all of the way through today as I make this post and it has the old Journey sound to it and I am really enjoying it.

The sound is excellent and borders on superb. The only thing keeping it from being a superb sounding show is the vocals are not as loud as the clean bass and high frequencies are. But they are not too low and actually it sounds normal the more you get into the show and get use to it too. It's barely even a noticeable factor to be honest.

The band may or may not have been lowering the vocals on purpose since Jeff Scott Soto had recently had to finish off the tour when Steve Augeri had some vocal issues and Journey replaced him. They may have been a little worried he couldn't do as good of a job on the songs? I don't know. But I have to admit, he did a great job and I was really surprised how well he knew and sang the songs when I saw them as they passed through my town on this tour. The really weird thing is it sounds like Steve Augeri is singing in this show too and I don't think it was Deen Castronovo. It may be though.

The band had a superb setlist here with tracks they did not play (from my memory) in the United States on this tour. They played old ones like "Mystery Mountain" from the pre-Steve Perry days and others like "Remember Me" (dedicated to Steve Augeri in the show) from the post Steve Perry days too. They also did a lot of songs played before but not as often like "Line of Fire", "Rubicon", and "Edge of the Blade". It is a really nice and career spanning set of songs they chose. And hearing "Opened The Door" in this show is just fantastic. This should be a staple in Journey shows as should "Winds of March" (not played in this or any other shows since Steve Perry was in the band).

Neal Schon really seems to be playing well on this night too. The whole band does but he sounds really good and his guitar solos and playing are up front in the show. The bass really is well balanced in this show as well and it many time is not heard this well in Journey shows. Ross Valory can be heard perfectly and so can Jonathan Cain on the keyboards. It has a very nice mix and a sound that really is enjoyable and very Journey.

I hope you enjoy this show...

Bootradr

Monday, March 7, 2016

Journey: 1986-10-10 Richfield, OH (FLAC_AUD Remaster_2 CD)

This is a first time upload here of this Journey show from 1986. It really has a great mix and sound to it. This is the October 10th, 1986 concert from the Cleveland, Ohio suburb of Richfield, Ohio. Many of the Richfield shows get passed around for all kinds of the bands as "Cleveland". But Richfield is the actual city that Richfield Coliseum was built in.

A very special thanks goes to "Steve7777" for the show and to "techtuts" for the remastering of the audio. And there are many more Journey shows, some new to the site and some older and remastered, that will be coming soon.

Here's a note worth knowing. While the Rubicon Reproduction's copy of this show is from the same source, this is NOT that file set. I am adding the artwork for the Rubicon release but this audio is from the DAT tapes before they were altered by Rubicon (or anyone) for his sharing of the shows. The excellent remastering was done by "techtuts" and it is a much better sounding project. I have been very pleased with the skills "techtuts" has when it comes to audio and he really knows what he is doing.

LINEAGE:
DAT > (will update...likely AUD 1st Gen) > techtuts remaster > me > TLH > WAV (to test for lossiness and align sector boundaries) > 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: Journey
Date: October 10th, 1986
Location: Richfield, Ohio
Venue: Richfield Coliseum
Title: Another Night In Any Town
Label: Steve7777/techtuts Remaster
Source: AUD
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes (not a perfect match but both sets work fine)
Size: 682 MB
Length: 114:14:73

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Only The Young
102. Atone In Love
103. Any Way You Want It
104. Girl Can't Help It
105. Send Her My Love
106. Open Arms
107. Still They Ride
108. Strung Out
109. instrumental
110. Suzanne
111. Lights
112. Neal Schon (guitar solo)
113. Wheel In The Sky
114. Neal Schon (guitar solo)
115. Raised On Radio
116. Randy Jackson & Michael Baird (bass and drums duet)

CD 2:
201. Ask The Lonely
202. Jonathan Cain (keyboard solo)
203. Who's Crying Now
204. Oh ASherrie
205. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (intro)
206. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
207. Jailhouse Rock
208. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
209. Be Good To Yourself
210. Don't Stop Believin'
211. Take Me Back To Ohio
212. Faithfully

LINK:
(1) 1986-10-10 Richfield, OH (AUD/Remaster)

ARTWORK (2 Sets):
Another Night In Any Town (Artwork)

This show has a really nice and clean sound to it. And "techtuts" did a wonderful job of remastering the show with superb high end and low end frequency ranges coming through very strong and clear. There is some slight tape warble that can barely be heard in some spots but it does not mess up the recording and the show sounds excellent.

The sound is pretty consistent throughout the performance with not much crowd noise interfering. There are some points in the show, like during "Who's Crying Now", where the audio sounds as if the microphone got pointed away from the stage. But it is not very often and it gets back to the excellent sounding audio again soon in these rare cases. "Who's Crying Now" and "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" are really the songs the audio difference is noticeable in for longer than a few seconds. The audio does seem heavier in the left channel starting up during "Be Good To Yourself" too and as the show is drawing closer to the end it is not as good sounding as it is throughout the majority of the show up until "Faithfully" is played. But it is still good audio too even when it is not "as good". The audio still is an excellent overall recording made even better by the remaster and it is a lot better than I'd thought it would be honestly. It's the clean range in frequencies and the sound that makes it sound so good. It is not a muffled 1986 show like so many are.

The show is not without flaws obviously. But I bet it is the best sounding copy of the show out there and as soon as I get the lineage I think it will be somewhere in the master to first generation range from the DAT tape.

This show was just about four months before the band disappeared in 1987 not to be heard from again (as Journey) until 1996. After almost a decade, we all thought there was going to be a new Journey tour with the same band members including Steve Perry and Steve Smith. But that didn't happen and in 1998 Steve Perry was replaced by Steve Augeri and Steve Smith decided not to tour with Journey and was replaced by Deen Castronovo. And that began the new rendition of Journey which has changed a few times over the years.

There is some good news for long time Journey fans today however. With the departure of Deen Castronovo in 2015 as the band's drummer, Steve Smith has rejoined! And on the 2016 tour starting really soon, Journey is doing their first three shows with Santana which is the group both Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie (ex-Journey keyboard player and backup vocals) started out with before they quit Santana and created Journey in 1973. Unfortunately, the two bands won't be playing together when they make their way to my part of the globe. Journey will be having the Doobie Brothers open for them by that point and they are a band I have never seen and look forward to seeing. So it will surely be good and I hope I get to make it once again and record the shows as I have since 1999.

I think any Journey fan will really enjoy this excellent sounding show. And the band seems really energetic this night too as they jammed out for Richfield nearing the end of an era now long gone.

I hope you enjoy this show...

Bootradr