December 13, 2007

Quireboys: Donington 1990

"We're the Quireboys and this is rock'n'roll" and that says it all.
Recorded from a BBC Radio 1 broadcast this is another from the Donington Monsters Of Rock of 1990. If you also want to check the Aerosmith performance, it was posted here.



Sound Quality: 9

Track List:
01 Ride On Train
02 Misled
03 Man On The Loose
04 Whippin' Boy
05 Roses And Rings
06 Long Time Coming
07 Sweet Mary Ann
08 I Don't Love You Anymore
09 Sex Party
10 Take Me Home Tonight
11 Hey You
12 There She Goes Again
13 7 O'Clock
14 Heartbreaker
15 Hoochie Coochie Man


Link

December 10, 2007

Whitesnake: Donington 1990

Another Whitesnake show aboard, this was recorded at the Monsters Of Rock festival in Donington where they were the headline act. Three years after the mega success of the 1987 album Whitesnake were promoting Slip of the Tongue from 1989.
Not the best era for me but this was probably the most successful for them in terms of sales.



Sound Quality: 9

Track List:

Disc 1
1 Slip Of The Tongue
2 Slide It In
3 Judgement Day
4 Slow & Easy
5 Kitten's Got Claws
6 Adrian Vandenberg Solo
7 Is This Love?
8 Cheap & Nasty

Disc 2

1 Crying In The Rain
2 Fool For Your Loving
3 Steve Vai Solo
4 Here I Go Again
5 Bad Boys
6 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
7 Still Of The Night

Links removed, this has been officially released.

December 7, 2007

Neil Young: Amsterdam 1989

This is Neil Young on an acoustic set without Crazy Horse but with Frank Sampedro and Ben Keith. Captured live at the Muziektheater Stopera in Amsterdam, Holland.
This recording is supposed to be from the soundboard tapes that were used for later broadcast. The sound is really excellent and the performance is great!


Sound Quality: 9.5

Track List:
01 My My, Hey Hey
02 Rockin' In The Free World (1)
03 The Old Laughing Lady
04 Don't Let It Bring You Down
05 Someday
06 Crime In The City
07 Eldorado
08 Too Far Gone
09 This Note's For You
10 The Needle And The Damage Done
11 Fuckin' Up
12 After The Goldrush
13 Hanging On A Limb
14 Heart Of Gold
15 Ohio
16 Rockin' In The Free World (2)


FLAC pt1
FLAC pt2

December 4, 2007

Marillion: London 1984

Great show at the Hammersmith Odeon on the night of 12 December on the Fugazi/Reel to Reel tour. This concert has been around in multiple forms under such names has Garden Party in UK, Childhood Rehearsals, Unforgotten Truth and others.


Sound Quality: 9.5

Track List:

01 Assassing
02 Garden Party
03 Cinderella Search
04 Punch Snd Judy
05 Jigsaw
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Emerald Lies
08 Misplaced Childhood (Part 1)
09 Incubus
10 Fugazi


Links removed, this was officially released has part of the "Early Stages" box.

December 1, 2007

George Thorogood & The Destroyers: New York 1980

A small but interesting show from Thorogood's early days. A recording taken from a FM broadcast on the year he released the album More.
You can get more Thorogood also here. on a more recent show (1997).


Sound Quality: 9

Track List:

1 Kids From Philly
2 I'm Wanted
3 Cocaine Blues
4 Bottom Of The Sea
5 Manhattan Slide
6 New Hawaiian Boogie
7 The Same Thing
8 House Of Blue Lights
9 Willie And The Hand Jive


November 29, 2007

Hawkwind: London 1972

Today i bring you something a bit different from the usual: Hawkwind. Live at the Paris Theatre in London a sonic performance with 2 tracks from the classic album Doremi Fasol Latido.
According to the info i got this was taken from a BBC Radio 1 "In Concert" broadcast.


Sound Quality: 9

Track List:

01 Introduction
02 Born to Go
03 Space is Deep
04 7 by 7
05 Brainstorm
06 Masters of the Universe
07 Paranoia
08 Earth Calling
09 Silver Machine
10 Welcome
11 Radio outro

Links removed - this was officially released.

November 26, 2007

Jimmy Page: New York 1988

Known as Midnight Moonlight this is a concert on the tour of the excellent Outrider.
A FM broadcast recording with good sound where we can hear Stairway to Heaven in an instrumental version.




Sound Quality: 9

Track List:

01 Who's to blame
02 Prelude
03 Over the hills and far away
04 Writes of winter
05 Tear down the walls
06 Emerald eyes
07 Midnight moonlight
08 In my time of dying
09 Prison blues
10 Wasting my time
11 Custard pie - Black dog
12 Train kept a rollin'
13 Stairway to heaven

MP3
FLAC pt1
FLAC pt2

November 23, 2007

AC/DC: Arizona 2000

AC/DC in Phoenix Arizona from the Stiff Upper Lip tour. A great concert with fantastic sound.
There are several releases of this show under names such as Meltdown In Phoenix or Sun Devils.



Sound Quality: 9.5

Track List:
01 you shook me all night long
02 stiff upper lip
03 shot down in flames
04 thunderstruck
05 hard as a rock
06 shoot to thrill
07 rock & roll ain`t noise pollution
08 safe in new york city
09 hells bells
10 meltdown
11 dirty deeds
12 back in black
13 highway to hell
14 whole lotta rosie
15 let there be rock
16 t n t
17 for those about to rock

MP3
FLAC pt1
FLAC pt2
FLAC pt3

November 20, 2007

Rory Gallagher: Bonn, Germany 1992

I never get tired of hearing Rory Gallagher live, here's another brilliant show including some covers from some classic songs.
A FM radio broadcast recording from a concert on a blues festival in Germany called Bonn Blues Festival.



Sound Quality: 9.5

Track List:
Disc 1
01 Continental OP
02 Moonchild
03 I Wonder Who
04 The Loop
05 Off The Handle
06 Tattoo´d Lady

Disc 2:
01 Shadow Play
02 Don´t Start Me Talkin´
03 Revolution
04 Dust My Broom
05 Messin´ With The Kid
06 Just Like A Woman


Part 1 Part 2

November 17, 2007

Page, Beck and Clapton: The Night Of The Kings London 1983

The Night Of The Kings: there could not be a better name to this reunion of Rock stars.
Besides Page, Beck and Clapton on their first performance together these were there too: Paul Rogers, Simon Phillips, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman and some others.
This concert at the Royal Albert Hall was done in support of the Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis (ARMS) and the idea was brought by Ronnie Lane (ex-Small Faces) himself a casualty of this disease.
Great sound too on this historical event!

Sound Quality: 10

Track List:
Disc 1
1) Everybody's Got to Change
2) Lay Down Sally
3) Wonderful Tonight
4) Cocaine
5) Women Are Smarter
6) Roadrunner
7) Slowdown Sunrise
8) Take Me to the River
9) Gimme Some Lovin'

Disc 2:
1) Star Cycle
2) Pump
3) Out of a Book
4) Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
5) People Get Ready
6) Hi Ho Silver Lining
7) Prelude
8) Who's to Blame
9) City Sirens
10) Tulsa Time
11) Layla
12) Bomber's Moon
13) Good Night Irene

MP3 pt1
MP3 pt2

FLAC pt1
FLAC pt2 

November 14, 2007

April Wine: Reading 1980

The finest Hard Rock around with April Wine on a great performance here supporting the album Harder Faster on their first visit to Great Britain.
This is a BBC In Concert recording with a few DJ talk but it doesn't became much intrusive.



Sound Quality: 9

Track List:
01. Intro ~ Hot On The Wheels Of Love
02. Right Down To It
03. Oowatanite
04. Get Ready For Love
05. I Like To Rock
06. Before The Dawn
07. Ladies Man
08. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Drum Solo)
09. Roller
10. Don't Push Me Around (Harmonica Solo)
11. Better Do It Well

MP3

November 12, 2007

Bob Seger: Los Angeles 1975

Remember Live Bullet? A great live album from the Detroit giant Bob Seger. This was recorded one year before and it is a FM broadcast from a concert on Los Angeles on the Beautiful Loser tour. There are some minor cuts and some tape hiss but let's not forget this was recorded 32 years ago!
I don't have more information on this one, but of course it rocks!



Sound Quality: 9

Track List:
01 Steal Your Love Away
02 Back in '72
03 Bo Diddley
04 Travelin' Man
05 Beautiful Loser
06 Bringin' It Back from Mexico
07 Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
08 Katmandu (last seconds missing)


November 10, 2007

Rory Gallagher: New York 1976

A FM Broadcast with some tape hiss but to compensate Rory's guitar playing is as always electrifying. Live at The Bottom Line in New York during his 1976 American tour,.
Note: the last track is interrupted in the last seconds by the radio DJ.



Sound Quality: 9

Track List:
1. I Take What I Want
2. Messin' With The Kid
3. Too Much Alcohol
4. Out On The Western Plain
5. Ain't Too Good
6. Walk On Hot Coals
7. Tattoo'd Lady
8. Bullfrog Blues (cut)

Link

November 7, 2007

Outlaws: Uniondale 1979

Once again aboard the Outlaws, for me one of the best southern Rock bands.
This concert was recorded during the Playin' To Win tour and after some research i found that Molly Hatchet was the opening band. What a show must have been these two together around these years!


Sound Quality: 9

Track List:
01 Intro
02 Hurry Sundown
03 Lover Boy
04 Dirty City
05 Cold & Lonesome
06 Holiday
07 Real Good Feelin'
08 Freeborn Man
09 Take It Anyway You Want It - Cry Some More
10 Song For You
11 You Are The Show
12 Waterhole
13 There Goes Another Love Song
14 Stick Around For Rock & Roll
15 Green Grass And High Tides

Link

November 4, 2007

Cactus: WLIR Studios 1971

This is an interesting Radio broadcast from a not very well-known but great band, formed with highly skilled and experienced musicians.
Cactus music is like a mix of blues and rock played with high intensity, it's probably right to call them one of the first Hard Rock bands.


Sound Quality: 8.5

Track List:
01 Evil
02 Drum Solo
03 Evil & band introductions
04 Bro. Bill
05 Oleo
06 No Need to Worry
07 Token Chokin'
08 Big Mama Boogie - Part I (incl. Mona)
09 Big Mama Boogie - Part II

Links removed, this was officially released on July, 2010 (according to Amazon).