Pink Floyd - Oakland 1977

Anonymous shares on Soundaboard another quality audience recording, it's Pink Floyd from the Animals tour this one. Big thanks to our friend anon :)

Quoting anonymous:

Pink Floyd

May 9th 1977

Alameda Coliseum

Oakland CA, USA

Also Known As:  Oakland Coliseum / In the Flesh / Plays the Animals / Animal Instincts / Mr. Pig

Source:  --> Animal Instincts rev. B <--  (HRV CDR 014)

Audience:  Rating is 8/10, Recorded from the audience by Reinhardt Hollwein

Notes (from many sources):

This two CD set features a complete show from the 1977 Animals tour (aka 'In The Flesh' tour).  It's notable for it's very good performance and the rare encore of  'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' --a song that hadn't been played for a few years at that time, and has never ever been played since then.

It's an audience recording, but of such good quality that this show has been bootlegged many times under many different titles:  'Oakland Coliseum,' 'Animal Instincts,' 'Plays the Animals,' ‘Mr. Pig,’ and 'In The Flesh' are among the most popular and common boots.  I’m including artwork for each of these so you can use what you like – it’s all from the same show.  My original CD copy was “Plays the Animals,” but last year I was given “Animal Instincts rev B,” and its sound is definitely superior (thanks to harvested.org), which is the source for this particular posting.

A great recording of a great concert.  The band seems to be having a lot of fun (something I assume was rare during the In The Flesh Tour).  Roger and Dave laugh hysterically during the first verse of "Have a Cigar."  Roger Waters shows some real venom in 'Pigs,' and 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts VI-IX' features some outstanding jamming which cannot be heard on the original studio recording.  The overall set list is a winner too, including "Eugene" as the final encore.  David Gilmour does seem to get a little annoyed at the crowd before "Us and Them" - he tells the crowd "This one's got a quiet beginning."  “Pigs” is much more powerful (and heavier) than the studio cut, with lots of extended jamming added as well.  There is a cut in “Shine On,” probably due to a tape flip.  There are a couple of loud BOOMS during WYWH, like the microphone was dropped, so be aware of that.  Otherwise, a great, full Animals and Wish You Were Here set, with Dark Side of The Moon encores.

Sheep

Pigs on the Wing part 1

Dogs

Pigs on the Wing part 2

Pigs

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)

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Welcome to the Machine

Have A Cigar

Wish You Were Here

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)

Money

US and Them

Careful With That Axe, Eugene

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Pink Floyd: Cruel But Fair (1975 Mike Millard Recording - FULL Concert)

Our contributor anonymous sent this way another Mike Millard recording, now it is Pink Floyd's time (and others). Sincere thanks for sharing this aboard!

 Quoting anonymous:

Pink Floyd: Cruel But Fair (1975 Mike Millard Recording - FULL Concert)

This concert was found on a now-defunct boot site about a year ago.  This is the absolute best sounding Pink Floyd concert from 1975 that I’ve heard.  This recording isn't marred by the tape hiss that affects “Hogs in Smog.”  The narrative below was borrowed from the site I got the concert from, with some additions and corrections made as needed.  The artwork looks recent and fan-made, and it’s excellent quality.  Unbelievably great sound for a 37 year old audience recording!
Pink Floyd
April 26th 1975
The L.A. Forum
Source: Audience recording by Mike Millard
Sound Quality: 8-9


Back-story:
The fan recording of a concert is really an extension of taking snapshots of your heroes. Back in the ‘60s and ‘70s recordable media was just making its way into households as a consumer electronic device, either an expensive reel-to-reel deck or a convenient cassette recording deck. Just imagine sneaking one of those into a concert these days. More likely, the stealth recorder of choice today would be a mini-disc recorder or your cell phone…small enough to fit your pocket.

But Mike Millard was different. He arrived early at concerts near his home, pulled out a wheelchair from the boot of his car, and proceeded to wheel himself into the arena, presenting himself as being physically handicapped. He managed to secure front row "seats," almost always front and centre. Hidden underneath his wheelchair was a Nakamichi stereo cassette deck hooked up to two high-quality AKG mics. Security guards in those days were probably unaware of such goings-on.

His recordings are much sought after for their quality - capturing the expanse of the stage plus the great ambience of the halls. His close proximity eliminated any echo from his recordings. All the instruments recorded right off the front speakers. Plant’s voice is crystal clear. But Millard had a habit of marking his tapes when he copied them for another collector or fan. He would, for instance, lower the levels when transferring the audio to a VHS tape or lower the volume in mid-song when making a cassette copy. It has been said he detested bootleggers who pressed up his recordings onto vinyl or CD to sell. To that end, he kept a log of all the trades he made with clear indications of what markings he did to the tapes. That way, he knew which of his trades were sent to bootleggers.  He worked as a custodian in a public school. In a fit of depression, he committed suicide in 1990. His friends say he destroyed all copies of his Led Zeppelin recordings. What has survived are the first generation copies he made and shared freely with other Zep fans. These are what are now being traded back and forth.

Millard was active from 1974 to the ‘80s and was said to have taped shows by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Yes, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jethro Tull and even Kansas. To date, we have never found a copy of his Who or Tull recordings. The non-Zeppelin masters are supposedly in the possession of Millard’s family. Hopefully, someday they will be shared again.

This show is VERY desirable as this is one of very few FULL 1975 concert boots available. It contains the best-existing versions of Dick Parry performing a saxophone solo in "Echoes" and the prototypes "Raving and Drooling" and "You've Gotta Be Crazy," which would eventually become "Sheep" and "Dogs" respectively.  After You Gotta Be Crazy, Roger Waters says "It was a cruel song.... But fair. The next tune we're going to do for you is another new number, it's called 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond.' It has something to do with Syd Barrett who some of you might remember..... & some of you probably won't."

CD1
01 - Raving And Drooling
02 - You Gotta Be Crazy
03 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-V
04 - Have A Cigar
05 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI-IX

CD2
01 - Speak To Me
02 - Breathe
03 - On The Run
04 - Time
05 - The Great Gig In The Sky
06 - Money
07 - Us And Them
08 - Any Colour You Like
09 - Brain Damage
10 - Eclipse
11 - Echoes

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Henry Paul Band - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, Long Island 1979

We had The Outlaws here last week and if there is a band closer to their sound, it is certainly the Henry Paul Band, led by one of their original members.
This track list is similar to the Bayou show posted some time ago but this recording, although being shorter, has a much better sound.

Sound Quality: 9.5-  

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:  
01 - Gunsmoke
02 - You Really Know What I Mean
03 - Lonely Dreamer
04 - So Long
05 - Crossfire
06 - Knoxville Girl
07 - Grey Ghost
08 - Freeborn Man


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Henry Paul Band - The Bayou 1979

Led Zeppelin - Listen To This Eddie (1977)

As one can guess by looking at the title of this blog, recordings shared here are usually captured after passing through a sound board, be it a direct connection or an FM broadcast. Normally this gives us better sound quality than any recording done by someone from the public with amateur/limited equipment.
All this to tell you that today's share is not a normal audience recording, it is an exception, in fact it is exceptional and I thank our friend anonymous for bringing us this jewel which as I knew existed but never listened before.

Quoting anonymous:

Led Zeppelin
Listen to This Eddie
Silver Rarities (Liberated) 3-disc set
AUDIENCE Recording, 8/10
6/21/1977 from the L.A. Forum

Source: Original Silver CD--> X Lossless Decoder--> FLAC

I got this 3-disc set about 15 years ago.  Great quality for an audience recording, but I expect nothing less from a Mike Millard source tape.  Ever heard of him?  Look up his Wikipedia entry - his method for getting such great quality recordings was unbelievable.  I know there are a lot of "Mike the Mike" LA 1977 recordings out there - and I can't speak for the others, but this one is about as close to 100% complete as I've heard.  There's a couple cuts, likely due to tape flips.  10 yrs gone is affected, but still over ten minutes.  This is in FLAC format.  Sorry for there being so many parts, but it's because it's lossless.  I also just scanned my CD covers this week because I wasn't happy with what I found online.  This is an excellent show and it's close to 3 hours long.  The band is having a great time and the crowd is really into the show.
Hope you all like this,

-ANON

Set List:
The Song Remains The Same
Sick Again
Nobody's Fault but Mine
Over the Hills and Far Away
Since I've Been Loving You
No Quarter
Ten Years Gone
The Battle of Evermore
Going to California
Black Country Woman
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
White Summer / Black Mountain Side
Kashmir
Out on the Tiles / Moby Dick (Over the Top)
Heartbreaker
Jimmy Page Theremin/Guitar/Bow & Effects Solo
Achilles Last Stand
Stairway to Heaven
Whole Lotta Love / Rock and Roll (encore)


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Outlaws - Reading Festival 1986

The Outlaws are here with a recording of their appearance at the Reading Rock Festival, 1986 edition.
The band played on a Saturday, August 23rd, the same day as Saxon, John Waite, FM and others and presented the album Soldiers of Fortune released the same year.
And since we are into southern rock here's another show not to miss: Blackfoot - Live in Atlanta 1981, it was posted here four years ago and now has its links re-activated.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:
1 - Hurry Sundown
2 - Hollywood Paradise
3 - You Are The Show
4 - Never Look Back
5 - The Outlaw
6 - Freeborn Man-Green Grass and High Tides


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The Band - Mandel Hall 1983

A great show by The Band recorded live in Chicago at the Mandel Hall.
This was one of the first shows they did after the 1983 reunion and this post is dedicated to the memory of Levon Helm, recently deceased.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:
01 - Intro
02 - Up On Cripple Creek
03 - Shape I'm In
04 - It Makes No Difference
05 - Milk Cow Boogie
06 - Mystery Train
07 - King Harvest
08 - Java Blues
09 - I Shall Be Released
10 - Rag Mama Rag
11 - Long Black Veil
12 - Rock & Roll Shoes
13 - The Weight
14 - Ophelia

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Mick Taylor Band - Wunsiedel, Germany 1990

One of the best guitar players of our time, has work recorded with John Mayall, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and many more.
Here we have Mick Taylor and Band live on the East-West Festival in Wunsiedel, West-Germany during their European Tour on April 1990.

Sound Quality: 9

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:

01 - Radio Announcement
02 - I Wonder Why
03 - Laundromat Blues
04 - Seminola
05 - Goin' South
06 - Red House
07 - You Gotta Move
08 - Little Red Rooster

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Charlie Musselwhite Band - Bremen 2010

It's Blues time with Charlie Musselwhite, one of the great harmonica players around.
Recorded in Bremen, Germany at the Jazzahead Festival, on its 2010 edition.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:

01 Just Your Fool
02 Going Home
03 Just A Feeling
04 As The Crow Flies
05 Long Lean Lanky Mama
06 Stranger In A Strange Land
07 Long Legged Woman
08 Cristo Redentor

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Foamfoot - Crows From The Closet (Jan 8th, 1994 Troubadour)

Foamfoot is a cover band that did a one-off show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. They played mostly seventies classics (from Free, The Kinks, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos, etc) and were formed by Black Crowes members Chris Robinson and Marc Ford that had with them Jimmy Ashurst, Eric Bobo, Gary Louris and Andy Sturmer.
This improvised band also had the guest appearances of Gary Lewis and David Crosby.
This recording was shared by our friend anonymous that also brought us Alice In Chains recently.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: Soundboard

Track List:
01 - Walk in My Shadow
02 - Bottle of Red Wine
03 - Tin Soldier
04 - Take the Highway
05 - Deal
06 - Love Me Till The Sun Shines
07 - Long Time Gone
08 - Jeremiah Surrender
09 - One Way Out
10 - Presence Of The Lord

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The Gaslight Anthem - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany (2010)

First time here, and hopefully not the last, for The Gaslight Anthem, band from New Jersey whose main influences are often referenced as a mix between Bruce Springsteen and the New Jersey punk scene.
They are planning to release their fourth album with the name Handwritten around next summer. This show presented here dates from August 2010 and was recorded at the Taubertal Festival in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:

01 - DJ intro
02 - American Slang
03 - Boxer
04 - The Diamond Church Street Choir
05 - Old White Lincoln
06 - DJ talking
07 - Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
08 - The '59 Sound
09 - We Came To Dance
10 - The Spirit Of Jazz
11 - DJ talking
12 - Angry Johnny And The Radio
13 - Orphans
14 - State Of Love And Trust
15 - The Queen Of Lower Chelsea
16 - Stay Lucky
17 - Great Expectations
18 - DJ outro
19 - The Backseat

Them Crooked Vultures - Maida Vale Studios 2010

Another radio session, this one in England for BBC Radio 1, Them Crooked Vultures at Maida Vale Studios on March 24th, 2010.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:

01 - intro/jam
02 - interview
03 - Mind Eraser, No Chaser
04 - interview w/ Warsaw Jam
05 - Dead End Friends
06 - interview
07 - Spinning In Daffodils

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Alice In Chains Triple Play

Received through email three Alice In Chains shows to share, two audience and one soundboard sourced.
All thanks for this go to the uploader (wishes to remain anonymous), below are his comments about the recordings. All files are in FLAC format and have covers and info file inside. Good, eh?

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This is an audience recording, with minimal crowd noise. The instruments are clear, and the performance is great. There is a little bit of crackle & pop in some places, but it doesn't detract from the overall enjoyment of the show (except during We Die Young). Until I got this, I had not heard any Live performances of "Nutshell," or the 2 B-A-D-A-S-S songs from The Last Action Hero soundtrack, "What the Hell Have I" and "A Little Bitter". Those songs make this concert a must-have for AIC fans.

Alice In Chains
Swarm
Alley Kat AK #45 (Liberated)
Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan
2/23/1994
Sound Quality: EX-

Source: Original Silver CD--> EAC--> CDR (trade)--> X Lossless Decoder--> FLAC

1. Nutshell
2. Junkhead
3. Godsmack
4. Bleed the Freak
5. Dirt
6. Man in the Box
7. What the Hell Have I
8. Angry Chair
9. Hate to Feel
10. Damn That River
11. Them Bones
12. Sickman
13. Sickman (continued)
14. Would?
15. Rooster
16. A Little Bitter
17. We Die Young
18. Rain When I Die

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I bought this in the mid-90s. The disc says it is a promo copy, so I assume it was to stir up interest in the band when they were promoting their first album. I am not sure how common this disc is within the trading circles, or how many copies were made. The only album art for it that I have seen on the web are lower-quality versions of my old scans, which honestly weren't that great to begin with. This disc is a rare gem from the early days with superb sound quality, and the band is in top form.

Alice In Chains
"We Die Young"
Primadonna PD119 (Liberated for your enjoyment)
Soundboard Recording

Source: Original Silver CD--> X Lossless Decoder--> FLAC

Location:
1-8 The Stone Pub; Concrete, WA; December 27, 1989
9-17 The Marquee Club; Dallas, TX; November 5, 1990

The Stone Pub; Concrete, WA; December 27, 1989
1. It Ain't Like That
2. Man in the Box
3. Sea of Sorrow
4. Real Thing
5. Bleed the Freak
6. Put You Down
7. Sunshine
8. We Die Young

The Marquee Club; Dallas, TX; November 5, 1990
9. It Ain't Like That
10. Man in the Box
11. Another Hell (Real Thing)
12. Love Hate Love
13. Heartbreaker (Put You Down)
14. Bleed the Freak
15. Confusion
16. We Die Young
17. Queen of the Rodeo


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The sound quality is good for an audience recording. I've seen Youtube video of part of this show, and this has better sound. Tracks 1-2 are from an entirely different show, and they're the first two tracks instead of thrown in at then end. They really shouldn't have even been included, and seem to throw off the flow of the rest of the album. Layne Staley makes several references to them being in Milan during the show, so there's no doubt where they are. He's also upset with the crowd that night and makes a few comments. Based on what he says, the crowd was throwing stuff onto the stage. "Whoever threw that gum at me, f--k you". Anyway, the band plays yet another great show and this is another awesome moment in time for AiC.

Alice In Chains
The World Is In Chains
Why Not Records (WOT 1014) [Liberated]
Audience Recording, EX-
Source: Original Silver CD--> X Lossless Decoder--> FLAC

Tracks 1-2 from NYC Roseland, December 1992
Tracks 3-16 from Milan, Italy 17 Feb 1993

1. Would?
2. Angry Chair
3. Dam That River
4. Them Bones
5. Love, Hate, Love
6. Junkhead
7. Rain When I Die
8. We Die Young
9. God Smack
10. Bleed the Freak
11. Put You Down
12. Rooster
13. Sickman
14. It Ain't Like That
15. Dirt
16. Hate to Feel

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Gary Clark Jr - Live In Session On MBE - KCRW FM 2012

We are back with Gary Clark Jr, an artist from Austin that plays in the old school bluesmen vein and is certainly a name to follow closely.
Recorded from the KCRW FM show Morning Becomes Eclectic on February 17th, this year, includes interview and songs.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:

01 - Intro
02 - Bright Lights
03 - Songintro
04 - Don't Owe You A Thang
05 - Interview
06 - When My Train Pulls In
07 - Songintro
08 - Please Come Home
09 - When The Sun Goes Down
10 - Outro
11 - Things Are Changin' (with DJ talk over)

Files:
Removed due to a DMCA complaint.

Don't Cry (I'll Be Back Before You Know It Baby)

Soundaboard is having a short Easter holidays break, new posts will be back during next week.
Naturally re-uploads and requests will only be filled by then. Meanwhile I suggest a visit to Music Top News, a project that aggregates and displays feeds from blogs with lots of good music:

The Black Keys - The Dome, Brighton 2003

Now that The Black Keys are hailed as one of the best rock acts around, and with justice, it's a good time to go back on their career to one of the three Peel Session the band/duo did (all during 2003).
This is the one at the Old Corn Market, Brighton on October 28, 2003, with less than 30 minutes but intense and raw as they always are.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:

01 John Peel Intro
02 Thickfreakness
03 Busted
04 Yearnin'
05 The Breaks
06 Have Love Will Travel
07 No Trust
08 Heavy Soul

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