Rippin Frog 2025 TOP 10

RippinFrog

2025

Well time for the annual top 10 of the year!

As always so many to pick from 

So here we go!

#10

Big Martin - Sucker Punch  DK

Great Danish  new comer and on the rise !

#9

Luis Oliart & The Hinges -

 At Seahorse Sound

 

 Unique funk-soul-blues groove that's been

 energizing crowds throughout southern California.

No

#8

Bluerock Junction   Thrift Store Queen 

 Bluesy grooves, funky beats, and more soul than see noa second-hand sequin jacket

#7

The Voodoohounds    The Voodoohounds    

Blues in the style of the 1950s and 60s, authentically 

  and convincingly conveying the feeling from Germany

#6

Candice Ivory    New Southern Vintage  

When St. Louis, Missouri's Candice Ivory starts 

singing, the barometer changes.

#5

BC Combo Featuring Bev Conklin  

 Glass Half Full

"The Girl with the Golden Voice".

#4

Martín Burguez, His Rhythm Combo - I'm Gonna Move (2025) Spain

 Martin and his sextet deliver ‘40s and ‘50s 

rhythm ‘n blues …. as if time stood still.

#3

Dave Mason   A Shade Of Blues  2025

Great  come back album from  

the old Traffic original line up !

#2

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Spyboy Jwan Boudreaux -  Slip Dont Fall

   The latest release from the legendary Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and his grandson, Spy Boy Jwan Boudreaux, beautifully captures the rich legacy of their family, connecting the past and present through their shared passion for music and Mardi Gras Indian culture. 

#1

Tommy Castro and The Painkillers

   Closer To The Bone 

Best Contemporary Blues album of the year by 

Chicago magazine Bluesblast's readers 

Thats all folks !

See you all next year!

The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker - BBC Radio 2 (2024)

Johnnie Walker was an English radio disc jockey and broadcaster. He began his career in 1966 on pirate radio station Swinging Radio England before joining Radio Caroline. Then joined BBC Radio 1 in 1969 and BBC Radio 2 in 1998. From 2009 to 2024, he presented Sounds of the 70s on Sunday afternoons and The Radio 2 Rock Show on Friday nights from 2018 to 2024.

On 6 October 2024, Walker announced his retirement from broadcasting after 58 years because of ill health. 

On his final Rock Show, on October 25, Johnnie played his favorite rock anthems from artists as The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, The Kinks, etc.

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Neil Young Solo Acoustic New York 06-12-1989

Solo Acoustic   

New York  

06-12-1989  

   

As audience recording goes 

this is a good one!

Setlist:

 1...My My Hey Hey (Start Missing)

 2.Keep On Rockin' In The Free World

 3.Comes A Time

 4.Sugar Mountain

 5.Pocahontas 

 6.Helpless

 7.Crime In The City

 8.For The Turnstiles * 

 9.This Old House (Start Side B Of Tape) *

10.Roll Another Number **

11.Too Far Gone **

12.This Note's For You

13.The Needle And The Damage Done

14.No More

15.After The Goldrush

16.Heart Of Gold

17.Ohio

18.Encore..Break 1

 Encores:

19.Keep On Rockin' In The Free World

20.Encore..Break 2

21.Powder Finger

22.Crowd

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Tom Petty's Buried Treasure Christmas Edition

Tom Petty's Buried Treasure was a radio show that Petty presented during several years. It began in December 2004 and was initially aired on XM Satellite Radio.

The songs in his playlists were rock'n'roll, blues, and R&B rarities mainly from the fifties and sixties from his personal record collection.

This Christmas special was episode 13 of season 3.

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Season Greetings

                                AtticRock and RippinFrog

Wishing you and your families  

a great Holidays Season!

Thanks you all for your support and comments! 

We looking forward to keep sharing the 

best we can find !

 All the best for the New Year  

Samantha Fish LIVE Samantha Fish on Audiotree (2018)

LIVE  

Samantha Fish on Audiotree 

(2018)

Short one  but real goodie !

TRACKS

01. Cowtown.mp3

02.Need You More.mp3

03.Don't Say You Love Me.mp3

04.Daughters.mp3

05.American Dream.mp3

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Bill Nelson - Keystone, Palo Alto, San Francisco 1981

Guitarist, singer-songwriter and composer, Bill Nelson was the founder of Be-Bop Deluxe, an influential group that was active between 1972 and 1978, having released some excellent albums in such short career.

In 1981 he did a U.S. tour supporting his solo album, Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam.

From the same tour is this show from July 29, at the Keystone, the legendary live music club in Palo Alto, San Francisco.

Sound Quality: 9+

Source: FM Broadcast 

Track List:

01. Sleepcycle

02. Boom Year Ahead

03. Don't Touch Me (I'm Electric)

04. For Young Moderns

05. Rooms With Brittle Views

06. A Kind Of Loving

07. Furniture Music

08. Do You Dream In Colour?

09. Eros Arriving

10. Youth Of Nation On Fire

11. Out Of Touch

12. Decline And Fall 

13. Stay Young

14. Opium

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DOUBLE DECKER North Mississippi Allstars LIVE Antones Austin TX 03-21 (2008) LIVE At The Pour House March 2010

LIVE  

Antones 

Austin TX 

03-21 (2008)

9+ sound here

Most likely a soundboard

I love that Mississippi raw sound !

CD1

01 - North Mississippi Allstars - Shake.mp3

02 - North Mississippi Allstars - Jr.mp3

03 - North Mississippi Allstars - Stay All Night.mp3

04 - North Mississippi Allstars - Lord Have Mercy.mp3

05 - North Mississippi Allstars - Stay All Night.mp3

06 - North Mississippi Allstars - Keep The Devil Down.mp3

07 - North Mississippi Allstars - Goin' Down South.mp3

08 - North Mississippi Allstars - I'd Love To Be  A Hippy.mp3

09 - North Mississippi Allstars - Mean Ol' Wind Died Down.mp3

10 - North Mississippi Allstars - Mizzip.mp3

11 - North Mississippi Allstars - Po' Black Maddie.mp3

12 - North Mississippi Allstars - Skinny Woman.mp3

13 - North Mississippi Allstars - Shake 'em Down.mp3

CD 2

01 - North Mississippi Allstars - Long Way From Home.mp3

02 - North Mississippi Allstars - Roosters Blues.mp3

03 - North Mississippi Allstars - KC Jones (Furry Lewis).mp3

04 - North Mississippi Allstars - Hear My Train A Comin'.mp3

05 - North Mississippi Allstars - Eaglebird.mp3

06 - North Mississippi Allstars - Blowout.mp3

07 - North Mississippi Allstars - She's About  A Mover.mp3

08 - North Mississippi Allstars - Meet Me In The City.mp3

09 - North Mississippi Allstars - All Night Long.mp3

10 - North Mississippi Allstars - Snake Drive.mp3

 

CD 3

01 - North Mississippi Allstars - Shake.mp3

02 - North Mississippi Allstars - Jr.mp3

03 - North Mississippi Allstars - Stay All Night.mp3

NOTE

128KBS  COPY 

all I ever seen but still great sound

FYI

The infos file that came with it list more to cd3

 but I could never find the rest ...

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LIVE At The Pour House March 2010

Great sounding  192 KBS mp3

soundboard here !

Full concert !

Set List

01 - intro tuning.mp3

02 - Just Like a Bird Without a Feather.mp3

03 - 51 Phantom.mp3

04 - Rollin and Tumblin.mp3

05 - Lord Have Mercy.mp3

06 - Circle in the Sky.mp3

07 - All Night Long.mp3

08 - Po Black Maddie.mp3

09 - Boogie.mp3

10 - Po Black Maddie.mp3

11 - Skinny Woman.mp3

12 - Drums.mp3

13 - Shake Em on Down.mp3

14 - No Mo.mp3

15 - Freedom Highway.mp3

16 - Preachin Blues.mp3

17 - Psychedelic Sex Machine.mp3

18 - ML.mp3

19 - Ghetto.mp3

20 - Almost Done.mp3

21 - Why.mp3

22 - KC Jones.mp3

23 - Stompin my Foot.mp3

24 - Sugartown.mp3

25 - Goin Down South.mp3

26 - Shake [what your mama gave you].mp3

27 - Enc Keep the Devil Down.mp3

28 - Mean Ol' Wind Died Down.mp3

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Rolling Stones - Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney., Sydney, Australia 1973

The Rolling Stones at the Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia.

It was part of their Pacific Tour 1973, their first return to Australia since 1966.

This comes from Rock'n Roll Stew, a liberated Vinyl Gang release.

Sound Quality: 9+

Source: Soundboard

Track List:

1. Brown Sugar

2. Bitch

3. Rock Off

4. Gimmie Shelter

5. Happy

6. Tumbling Dice

7. Love In Vain

8. Sweet Virginia

9. You Can't Always Get What You Want

10. Honky Tonk Women

11. All Down The Line

12. Midnight Rambler

13. Band introductions

14. Little Queenie

15. Rip This Joint

16. Jumping Jack Flash

17. Street Fighting Man

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Rainer & Das Combo LIVE at KXCI-FM Studios, 1983

LIVE   

at KXCI-FM Studios, 

1983

High quality FM broadcast

 Rainer Ptacek  AKA Rainer (June 7, 1951 – November 12, 1997)

His guitar technique, which incorporated slide, finger-picking, tape loops and 

 electronic manipulation, earned him the admiration of notable musicians 

such as  Robert Plant and Billy Gibbons.

Band

Rainer Ptacek - Guitar & Vocals

Howe Gelb - Guitar

Nick Augustine - Bass

Billy Sedlmeyr - Drums

Set List

01. California Blues - 04:04

02. Meet Me In The Morning - 06:46

03. Deadly Sins - 05:32

04. That's How Things Get Done - 05:19

05. Drop Down Mama - 07:11

06. Mush Mind Blues - 05:33

07. Away - 07:01

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The Pretenders - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT 1984

The Pretenders at the Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford, Connecticut, on April 25, 1984. 

It was part of the Learning to Crawl tour. The band The Alarm was the opening act.

Great show but incomplete recording with the songs being in a different order than they were performed.

Sound Quality: 9+

Source: Soundboard

Track List:

01 - Talk Of The Town

02 - Brass In Pocket

03 - Up The Neck

04 - Thumbelina

05 - My City Was Gone

06 - Show Me

07 - Kid

08 - I Go To Sleep

09 - Thin Line Between Love And Hate

10 - Waste Not, Want Not

11 - Back On The Chain Gang

12 - Mystery Achievement

13 - Middle Of The Road

14 - Stop Your Sobbing

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Joe Jackson LIVE Bremen 1980-03-20

 LIVE  

Bremen

 1980-03-20

FM broadcast recording 

9.9/10

The "Man" is back !

The Band

Joe Jackson (voc, p) 

Graham Maby (b, voc) 

Gary Sanford (g, voc) 

Dave Houghton (dr, voc)

Set List

01 On Your Radio (Joe Jackson)

02 Friday (Joe Jackson)

03 Crime Dont Pay (Joe Jackson)

04 Kinda Kute (Joe Jackson)

05 Out Of Style (Joe Jackson)

06 The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff)

07 Sunday Papers (Joe Jackson)

08 One More Time (Joe Jackson)

09 Fools In Love (Joe Jackson)

10 Is She Really Going Out Of Him? (Joe Jackson)

11 Dont Wanna Be Like That (Joe Jackson)

12 -band intro.-

13 I'm The Man (Joe Jackson)

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Sweet – Santa Monica, CA 1976

The Sweet was an influential band during the 1970s, its music distinctive with an unique blend of hard rock, glam and pop.

This recording was on their first U.S. tour, billed as the Give Us A Wink Tour, which culminated with a sell-out show on 24th March at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

On the encore they played Free's All Right Now and were joined on stage by Ritchie Blackmore in tribute to Paul Kossoff, who had passed away just five days prior to the concert. Kossof's band was supposed to be the opening act and were replaced by Sammy Hagar.

Sound Quality: 9

Source: Soundboard

Track List:

01 - The Ballroom Blitz

02 - The Six Teens

03 - Restless

04 - No You Don't

05 - AC.DC

06 - Burn On The Flame

07 - Man With The Golden Arm

08 - Action

09 - Set Me Free

10 - Fox On The Run

11 - Sweet F.A.

12 - All Right Now (with Ritchie Blackmore)

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Amy Winehouse LIVE Hove Festival Norway 2007 06-26

LIVE   

Hove Festival 

Norway  

2007 06-26

10/10 Sound Quality

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When Nicky Met Jimmy - Planet Rock (rebroadcast)

When Jimmy Met Nicky features an interview from 1976 where radio DJ Nicky Horne spoke with Jimmy Page about the film The Song Remains the Same.

This recording comes from a rebroadcast from November 10, 2007 on Planet Rock radio.

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AC/DC LIVE Amsterdam Nov 12 1979

AC/DC   

LIVE 

Amsterdam 

Nov 12 1979

Great FM recording here

Track List:

01 Live Wire

02 Shot Down In Flames

03 Hell Ain't Bad Place To Be

04 Sin City

05 Walk All Over You

06 Bad Boy Boogie

07 The Jack

08 Highway To Hell

09 High Voltage

10 Whole Lotta Rosie

11 Rocker

12 Guitar Solo

13 Whole Lotta Rosie

14 Guitar Solo

15 Let There Be Rock

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The Undertones - Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1980

From Derry, Northern Ireland come The Undertones, often cataloged as a Punk Rock band but their music has many elements of Pop and New Wave.

This is from their performance at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on March 15, 1980, during their first European Tour.

Most of the setlist is comprised by tracks from the first album, released in May 1979.

Trivia: Teenage Kicks was legendary radio DJ John Peel's favourite ever song to the point that words from the song's chorus was engraved on his tombstone:

"Teenage dreams, so hard to beat."

Sound Quality: 9+

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:

01 Male Model
02 Tearproof
03 Teenage Kicks
04 Jimmy Jimmy
05 The Way Girls Talk
06 There Goes Norman
07 Get Over You
08 Whizz Kids
09 Family Entertainment
10 True Confessions
11 Here Comes The Summer
12 She's A Runaround
13 Girls Don't Like It
14 Rock And Roll

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Eric Sardinas & Big Motor LIVE Leverkusen Germany 2010-11-14

 LIVE  

Leverkusen Germany   

2010-11-14

I will recommend if you like

George Thorogood  and the likes !

The Band

Eric Sardinas - Guitar, Vocals

Levell Price - Bass

Bernie Pershey - Drums

Blues rock a la Thorogood  !

TRACKS:

01. Low Down Love 

02. Worried Mind Blues

03. I Wonder Who

04. I Can't Be Satisfied

05. Get Down To Whiskey

06. Hellhound On My Trail

07. Texola

08. Roadhouse Blues 

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Ramones - Blitzkrieg '76 (The Club, Cambridge, MA 1976)

Here's the Ramones with Blitzkrieg '76. Soundwise it's one of their best live recordings but probably with a running order different to their show.

It's reported to be from May 12th, 1976 at The Club, Cambridge, Boston, just a few weeks after the release of their debut record.

Sound Quality: 9+

Source: Soundboard

Track List:

01 Blitzkrieg Bop

02 I Remember You

03 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

04 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

05 53rd & 3rd

06 Havana Affair

07 California Sun

08 Judy Is A Punk

09 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You

10 Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World

11 Beat On The Brat

12 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue

13 Swallow My Pride

14 Glad To See You Go

15 Chainsaw

16 Listen To My Heart

17 Babysitter

18 Oh Oh I Love Her So

19 Commando

20 Let's Dance

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Son Seals LIVE State Theater - Falls Church, VA - 2001-03-16 -

LIVE  

State Theater - 

Falls Church, VA  

 - 2001-03-16 -

 

Pretty much perfect soundboard here!

Son Seals at his best !

SET LIST

01-Back To The Shoeshine Stand

02-All Your Love

03-The Stumble

04-Every Day I Have The Blues

05-Dont You Lie To Me

06-The Sky Is Crying

07-Give the Devil Its Dues

08-The Sun Is Shining

09-Heart Fixing Business

10-Mother In Law Blues

11-Set In Between

12-Tell Me What's The Reason-Natural Ball

13-I Got News For You

14-Big Legged Woman

15-I've Made Nights by Myself

16-On My Knees

17-Sitting Here Thinking

18-Sadie

19-Funky Bitch

20-You Don't Have To Go

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Chuck Berry - Stockholm Jazz Festival, Sweden 1987

Chuck Berry at the Stockholm Jazz Festival on July 3, 1987.

This is an annual music festival that was established in 1980 in Stockholm, originally called the Stockholm Jazz and Blues Festival. 

Sound Quality: 9+

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:

01  Roll Over Beethoven

02  In The Wee Wee Hours (I Think Of You)

03  Memphis, Tennessee

04  Carol

05  Little Queenie

06  Everyday I Have The Blues

07  Mean Old World

08  Johnny B. Goode

09  Ramblin' Rose

10  Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

11  Promised Land

12  Maybellene

13  Rock & Roll Music

14  Reelin' And Rockin' (cuts)

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King Crimson LIVE Pennsylvania State University, 06 29 1974 AKA - HERETIC

 

 

LIVE  

Pennsylvania State University, 

06 29 1974   

AKA     HERETIC

Great sound for the 70ies ....

Date and Concert  venue has been debated...

I cant be bothered to take a side LOL

BAND

Saw the same line up at the

 Montreal Forum  in 1973 !

bass   vocals  John Wetton

violin and keyboard  David Cross

drums Bill Bruford

guitar  Robert Fripp  

TRACKS

A01. The Night Watch.mp3

A02. Starless.mp3

A03. Easy Money.mp3

B01. The Great Deceiver.mp3

B02. Lament.mp3

B03. Exiles.mp3

B04. 21st. Century Schizoid Man.mp3

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