Diamond Head - Rock Hard Festival ~ Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 05-18-2018 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Diamond Head
Rock Hard Festival
Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
May 18, 2018
WDR TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover & Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 Intro
02 Play It Loud
03 Borrowed Time
04 Bones
05 Helpless
06 In The Heat Of The Night
07 Lightning To The Nations
08 Set My Soul On Fire
09 Shoot Out The Lights
10 It’s Electric
11 The Prince
12 Am I Evil?

total playing time: 59mn 4sc

Rasmus Bom Andersen – lead vocals
Brian Tatler – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Andy "Abbz" Abberley – rhythm guitar
Dean Ashton – bass guitar, backing vocals
Karl Wilcox – drums

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches #19

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit a couple track marks and raise the volume. No EQ or noise reduction was used. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encode the waves to MP3 320kbps.

With the biggest band in Modern Heavy Metal (Metallica) releasing covers of 5 out of 7 songs on Diamond Head's debut album, the bands influence on Heavy Metal is beyond debate.

MP3

Traffic - Woodwind ~ The Anderson Theatre, New York City, NY, 11-23-1970 (SBD)

Traffic
Woodwind - (Goldtone Records ~ GT-012)
The Anderson Theatre
New York City, New York, USA
November 23, 1970
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Medicated Goo
02 Pearly Queen
03 Empty Pages
04 Heaven Is In Your Mind
05 Forty Thousand Headmen
06 John Barleycorn
07 Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
08 Every Mother's Son
09 Freedom Rider
10 Shoot out At The Fantasy Factory
11 The Low Spark Of High Heel Boys

tracks 01-09 The Anderson Theater, New York, City, NY November 23, 1970
tracks 10-11 On The Road, London, England xx-xx-1972

Steve Winwood – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, vocals
Ric Grech – bass, guitar
Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, keyboards

Another classic bootleg. We have to keep the classics alive for the new collectors!

Flac

MP3

Megadeth - Pine Knob Amphitheater, Clarkston, MI 07-21-1995 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Megadeth
Pine Knob Amphitheater
Clarkston, Michigan, USA
July 21, 1995
Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Skin o' My Teeth
02 - Hangar 18
03 - Wake Up Dead
04 - Reckoning Day
05 - Angry Again
06 - Marty Friedman Solo
07 - A Tout Le Monde
08 - In My Darkest Hour
09 - David Ellefson Solo
10 - Train Of Consequences
11 - Sweating Bullets
12 - Symphony Of Destruction
13 - Tornado Of Souls
14 - Dave Mustaine Solo
15 - Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
16 - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
17 - Anarcy In The UK (Sex Pistols)
18 - Paranoid (Black Sabbath)

total playing time: 1hr 23mn 25sc

Dave Mustaine rhythm and lead guitar, lead vocals
Marty Friedman lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
David Ellefson bass, backing vocals
Nick Menza (R.I.P.) drums, percussion, backing vocals

justdave's noes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to raise the volume and re-edit some track marks. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encode the waves to MP3 320kbps.

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches Post #18

This comes from a DVD that was sourced from the Pine Knob in house video feed.

As one of The Big 4 Of Thrash Metal, Megadeth's influence on the genre of Heavy Metal is measurable by just listening to the bands that have followed in their wake. Megadeth was born in a fit of anger that would seemingly last Dave Mustaine a life time. Megadeth was formed to be a faster, heavier, meaner band than Metallica. The band was to be Dave Mustaine's revenge for being fired from Metallica just as the band was poised to record their debut album. The guys in Metallica sent him off with a bus ticket and his stuff. On the bus ride home Dave planned and formed the ideas that would drive Megadeth to Thrash Metal stardom. Metallica fans were thrilled to have both bands out there trying to one up each other in the game. Metal fans profited from this "feud" of course with some albums that are now considered gospel if you will to Metal Heads everywhere. I still hold Killing Is My Business .. And Business Is Good as one of my all time favorite Metal albums, when I heard it I said something to the effect of "He sounds so pissed, I love it!!!"

MP3

Black Sabbath - Superpop ~ Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland 08-31-1970 (SBD) - Remaster

Black Sabbath
Superpop
Montreux Casino
Montreux, Switzerland
August 31, 1970
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Remastered Version

Lineage:
Flat transfer from 7 1/2 ips BASF stereo master tape -> Steve Hammonds 8-CD set Disc #5? -> CD -> CD... -> ? -> CD Source -> EAC -> WAV -> FLAC
DimeTravel Remastering 2016-02-xx ::: wav -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, slight channel/phase alignment, fades, manual dropout repairs, cable crackle repairs in a couple of spots, removed micro-gaps between songs, volume adjustments, 00:00-33:00 +0.5% pitch (speed) fix with single pass after frequency analysis & with pitchpipe verification (33:00-end was OK), slight equalisation done to left channel to raise bass] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> frogster.

01 Tuning Up & First Song Intro
02 Paranoid
03 N.I.B.
04 Behind The Wall Of Sleep
05 Iron Man
06 War Pigs
07 Fairies Wear Boots
08 Applause, Last Song Intro & Tuning Up
09 Hand Of Doom

Ozzy Osbourne vocals
Tony Iommi guitar
Geezer Butler bass
Bill Ward drums

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches #17

Simply put Black Sabbath was the first Heavy Metal band. All Metal Heads agree that Black Sabbath was the band that started it all. Ian Gillan has said that (to paraphrase) until Black Sabbath, everyone thought being heavy meant playing louder. Black Sabbath took the Blues Rock that the heavier bands such as Vanilla Fudge and Cream played and accented the punch of the rhythm, added lyrics that were full of darker imagery reflecting the world at that time and stripped the riff to it's core accenting the scream and wail of the guitar. Black Sabbath's music was a complete opposite to the Groovy Hippy everything is beautiful, daisy chains and and LSD dreams that was popular. Black Sabbath screamed about war, heroin, pollution, nightmares, and the meaningless existence of  the oppressed and downtrodden. Black Sabbath's music was so important to the development of the genre of Heavy Metal that their influence can be heard in every single band and sub-genre of Modern Heavy Metal.

This soundboard recording comes from just before Paranoid's release. The album was recorded and would be released in September in just 18 days. Ozzy still sings some  alternate lyrics to some of the songs from that album. The song Paranoid, not yet released as a single,  is used to open the set instead of close like in later years. The recording itself has been remastered and is a thoroughly enjoyable listen, so download and enjoy this piece of Heavy Metal history.

Flac

MP3

Dickey Betts & Great Southern - The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY 08-11-1978 (FM)

Dickey Betts & Great Southern
The Calderone Concert Hall
Hempstead, NY
August 11, 1978
WLIR-FM Broacast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Run Gypsy Run
02 You Can Have Her
03 Good Time Feeling
04 In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
05 Bougainvillea
06 California Blues
07 Jessica >
08 Southbound >
09 Jessica
10 Crazy Love
11 Long Time Gone
12 High Falls
13 Blue Sky
14 Ramblin' Man

Dickey Betts - Guitar, Lead Vocals
"Dangerous" Dan Toler - Guitar
David "Rook" Goldflies - Bass
David "Frankie" Toler - Drums
Doni Sharbono - Drums
Michael Workman - Keyboards
Mimi Hart - Background Vocals

A classic bootleg, we have to keep the classics alive!

MP3

Godsmack - Rock on the Range ~ Mapfre Stadium Columbus, OH, 05-20-2018 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Godsmack
Rock on the Range
Main Stage
Mapfre Stadium
Columbus, Ohio, USA
May 20, 2018
HD Webstream/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art & Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - When Legends Rise
02 - 1000hp
03 - Eye of the Storm
04 - Awake
05 - Unforgettable
06 - Something Different
07 - Cryin’ Like a Bitch
08 - Voodoo
09 - Batalla de los Tambores
10 - Whatever
11 - Bulletproof
12 - I Stand Alone

Total Playing Time: 1hr 5mn 49sc

Sully Erna – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion
Tony Rombola – lead guitar, backing vocals
Robbie Merrill – bass, backing vocals
Shannon Larkin – drums, percussion

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches #16

justdave's notes:
I ripped the wwaves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit some track marks. No EQ, noise reduction or re-mastering was needed or used. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encoded the waves to MP3 320kbps.

In my humble opinion Godsmack is one of the best Metal bands to come out of the Neo-Metal or Ozzfest Metal scene. Godsmack's consistently excellent live shows has won them fans the world over. Godsmack has sold well over 20 million records worldwide, not bad for a band that some dismissed as a Alice In Chains rip off.

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Cryptopsy - Hellfest 2017 ~ Val-de-Moine Sport Complex, Clisson, France 06-16-2017 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Cryptopsy
Hellfest 2017
Val-de-Moine Sport Complex
Clisson, France
June 16, 2017
HDWebcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Two-Pound Torch
02 - Mutant Christ
03 - Detritus (The One They Kept)

~None So Vile~

04 - Crown of Horns
05 - Slit Your Guts
06 - Graves of the Fathers
07 - Dead and Dripping
08 - Benedictine Convulsions
09 - Phobophile
10 - Lichmistress
11 - Orgiastic Disembowelment

Total Playing Time: 51mn 28sc

Matt McGachy – lead vocals
Christian Donaldson – lead & rhythm guitars
Olivier Pinard – bass guitar
Flo Mounier – drums, backing vocals

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches Post#15

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit some track marks and adjustd the volume. No EQ or noise reduction was used. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encode the waves into MP3 320kbps.

The band plays None So Vile in it's entirety. Technical Death Metal band Cryptopsy formed in Montreal Canada in 1988. The bands fast yet technical riffs, the bass players popping and slapping as well as shredding, and Lord Worm's angry Rottweiler vocal style took the Death Metal scene by storm. The bands sophomore LP None So Vile released in 1996 is listed as #11 on the list of Top Death Metal Abums of All Time. The band has gone through many line up changes with drummer Flo Mounier being the only constant in the bands career.

MP3

Armored Saint - Rock Hard Festival ~ Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 05-20-2018 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Armored Saint
Rock Hard Festival
Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen
Nordsternpark
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
May 20, 2018
WDR TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - March of the Saint >
02 - Reign of Fire >
03 - Nervous Man
04 - Pay Dirt >
05 - Last Train Home
06 - On the Way >
07 - Symbol of Salvation
08 - Book of Blood
09 - Spineless
10 - Aftermath
11 - Left Hook From Right Field
12 - Chemical Euphoria
13 - Win Hands Down >
14 - Can U Deliver

Total Playing Time:  1hr 16mn 26

John Bush – lead vocals
Phil Sandoval – lead guitar
Jeff Duncan – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Joey Vera – bass, backing vocals
Gonzo Sandoval – drums, backing vocals

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches Post #14

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit a couple track marks. No additional work was required ie. EQ, noise reduction etc. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encoded the waves to MP3 320kbps.

This is a great performance with some surprises. The band includes "On The Way" a song from the original Armored Saint EP that hasn't been played in years. The next surprise is "Spineless" from Symbol Of Salvation which may have been played only once before, the band can't remember.

Early in their careers both Anthrax & Metallica wanted John Bush to be their front man. Anthrax came calling when they fired Neil Turbin after the Fist Full Of Metal album was released. Metallica called John Bush when James Hetfield felt he wanted to concentrate on playing guitar due to lack of confidence in his singing voice. Bush declined both offers because Armored Saint was gaining momentum. Later when Armored Saint was on hiatus, Anthrax fired vocalist Joey Belladonna and asked John Bush to join again. He accepted and that line up released 5 studio albums and 1 live album before Bush returned to Armored Saint and Belladonna returned to Anthrax.

MP3

Anthrax - Rock On The Range Festival ~ MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, OH 05-17-2015 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Anthrax
Rock On The Range Festival
Monster Energy Main Stage
MAPFRE Stadium
Columbus, Ohio, USA
May 17, 2015
axstv Webcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Caught in a Mosh
02 - Antisocial (Trust)
03 - Hymn 1/In The End
04 - Indians

total playing time: 31mn 58sc

actual setlist:
Caught In A Mosh
Got The Time (Joe Jackkson)
Antisocial (Trust)
Fight 'Em 'Til You Can't
Hymn 1/In The End
Indians

Joey Belladonna – lead vocals
Scott Ian – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Jonathan Donais – lead guitar
Frank Bello – bass guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Benante – drums

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches Post #13

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to edit track marks and raise the volume. No EQ or noise reduction was used. Because the DVD had lossy audio the waves were then encoded to MP3 320kbps using Traders Little Helper.

As a member of the Big 4 Of Thrash Anthrax's contribution to the evolution of Heavy Metal really needs no explanation. It's great to see the reunion  with Joey Belladonna was not just a one off money grab. Belladonna has been back in the band now since 2010.

MP3

Bruce Springsteen - First Night In Detroit -~ Michigan Palace Theater, Detroit, MD 10-04-1975 (SBD)

Bruce Springsteen
First Night In Detroit - (Midnight Beat ~ MBCD 041/42)
Michigan Palace Theater
Detroit, Michigan, USA
October 4, 1975
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Silver CDs > EAC > wav > mkw > shn > flac

CD1
01 - Tenth Avenue Freeze Out 4:28
02 - Spirit in the Night 7:03
03 - It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Ike & Tina Turner Cover) 8:12
04 - She's The One 6:38
05 - Born To Run 4:38
06 - The E Street Shuffle 14:07
07 - Backstreets 5:45
08 - Kitty's Back 19:36

CD2
01 - Band introductions 1:02
02 - Jungleland 10:18
03 - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 10:55
04 - The Detroit Medley (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels Cover) 6:01
05 - 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 8:35
06 - Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Temptations Cover) 3:38
07 - Quarter To Three (Gary "US" Bonds Cover) 7:58
08 - Little Queenie (Chuck Berry Cover) 9:24
09 - Twist and Shout (Isley Brothers Cover) 9:19

Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica
Steven Van Zandt – guitars, harmony and background vocals, duet on "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"
Clarence Clemons – saxophone, percussion, background vocals
Danny Federici – organ, electronic glockenspiel, accordion
Roy Bittan – piano
Garry Tallent – bass guitar
Max Weinberg – drums

Flac CD1

Flac CD2

MP3

Brad Mehldau - Three Pieces After Bach ~ The Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, France 04-02-2018 (webstream)

Brad Mehldau
Three Pieces After Bach
The Philharmonie de Paris
Paris, France
April 2, 2018
HD Video Stream/Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Disc 1
101 Bach Prelude No.3 in C-sharp minor (WTC book I), BWV 848 1:24
102 Mehldau Three Pieces After Bach - After Bach 1 - Rondo 9:03
103 Bach Prelude No.1 in C major (WTC book II), BWV 870 2:34
104 Mehldau Improvisation on Bach I 8:03
105 Bach Fugue No.16 in G minor (WTC book II), BWV 885 3:03
106 Mehldau Three Pieces After Bach - After Bach 2 - Ostinato 13:01
107 Bach Prelude No.6 in D minor (WTC book I), BWV 851 1:19
108 Mehldau Three Pieces After Bach - After Bach 3 - Toccata 15:47

Disc 2
201 Bach Prelude No.7 in E-flat major (WTC book I), BWV 852 3:58
202 Mehldau Improvisation on Bach II 8:18
203 Bach Prelude No.20 in A minor (WTC book I), BWV 865 1:08
204 Mehldau Improvisation on Bach III 3:42
205 Bach Fugue No.20 in A minor (WTC book I), BWV 865 4:37
206 (Encore 1) Radiohead - Little by Little 13:56
207 Comments 1:25
208 (Encore 2) Coltrane - The Inch Worm 4:48
209 (Encore 3) Garner - Misty 6:54

total playing time: 1hr 42mn 54sc

Brad Mehldau - piano

MP3

Brad Mehldau - Three Pieces After Bach ~ Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 05- 26-2016 (SBD)

Brad Mehldau
Three Pieces After Bach
Koerner Hall
The Royal Conservatory
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 26, 2016
Soundboard Recording
MP4 vbr
Front Cover Only

01 - Intro
02 - Fugue 16 In G Minor, Book II, Well Tempered Clavier
03 - Prelude 1 in C Major, Book II, Well Tempered Clavier
04 - Prelude 6 In D Minor, Book I, Well Tempered Clavier
05 - Allemande, Partita in D Major
06 - Prelude & Fugue 12 in F minor, Book I, Well Tempered Clavier
07 - Encore I: And I Love Her (Paul McCartney)
08 - Encore II: Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right (Bob Dylan)
09 - Encore III: River Man (Nick Drake)

total playing time: 1hr 57mn 7sc

Brad Mehldau piano

MP4

Jack DeJohnette Trio Beyond - Montreux Jazz Festival ~ Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland 07-06-2006 (FM)

Jack DeJohnette Trio Beyond
Montreux Jazz Festival
Casino Barrière
Montreux, Switzerland
July 6, 2006
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

FM broadcast (cable) > Philips CDR765 > Adobe Audition 2.0 > dBpowerAMP Music Converter 12.0

01 - Radio Announcer :32
02 - Intro By Jack DeJohnette :39
03 - Seven Steps To Heaven (Miles Davis/Victor Feldman) 11:19
04 - I Fall in Love Too Easily (Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn) 14:42
05 - It's About That Time (Miles Davis) 9:42

total playing time: 36mn 53sc

John Scofield Guitar
Larry Goldings Hammond B3 organ
Jack DeJohnette Drums

Flac

MP3

Foreigner - Headknocker Landover ~ Capitol Center, Landover, MD 09-08-1978 (SBD)

Foreigner
Headknocker Landover - (Gypsy Eye Project ~ GEP-195A/B)
Capitol Center
Landover, Maryland, USA
September 8, 1978
Soundboard Recording
Flac (24bit) & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

01 Long, Long Way From Home
02 I Need You
03 Song Intro
04 At War With The World
05 Stage Banter
06 Spellbinder
07 Song Intro
08 Woman Oh Woman
09 Song Intro
10 Cold As Ice
11 Stage Banter
12 The Damage Is Done
13 Blue Morning, Blue Day
14 Song Intro
15 Starrider
16 Double Vision
17 Feels Like The First Time
18 Encore Applause 1
19 Hot Blooded
20 Encore Applause 2
21 Headknocker
22 Outro / Applause

Lou Gramm – lead vocals
Mick Jones – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals "Woman Oh Woman" & "Starrider"
Ian McDonald – rhythm guitar, keyboards, saxophone, flute, backing vocals
Al Greenwood – keyboards
Ed Gagliardi (R.I.P.)  – bass, backing vocals
Dennis Elliott – drums

Flac

MP3

Led Zeppelin - Rampaging Cajun ~ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 02-28-1975 (SBD)

Led Zeppelin
Rampaging Cajun - (Empress Valley ~ EVSD-534/535/536)
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
February 28, 1975
soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

lineage: my silver > EAC > Flac (level 8 )
source: soundboard recording

CD1
01 Rock And Roll
02 Sick Again
03 Over The Hills And Far Away
04 In My Time Of Dying
05 The Song Remains The Same
06 The Rain Song
07 Kashmir

CD2
01 No Quarter
02 Trampled Underfoot
03 Moby Dick

CD3
01 Dazed And Confused
02 Stairway To Heaven
03 Whole Lotta Love
04 Black Dog

Robert Plant – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
Jimmy Page – guitar, theremin, backing vocals
John Paul Jones – bass, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals
John Bonham – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches Post #12

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant deny having anything to do with the genre of Heavy Metal. The duo wouldn't even grant an interview for VH1's documentary, Heavy: The Story Of Metal. The representative that delivers the message stresses that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant say they were never a Metal band and have/want no connection to the genre. Despite the heavy denial (pun not intended) Led Zeppelin were very instrumental in the development of Heavy Metal. All it takes is one listen to some of the Traditional Metal and Hair Metal bands and the influence is very evident. The Power Ballad is every Metal Bands grab for a Top 10 Hit, the origin of The Power Ballad is debated but it can not be denied that Led Zeppelin II's "Thank You" is a strong contender for that spot. Robert Plant's over the top vocal style is also a huge influence on most of your Traditional Metal Singers, David Coverdale of Whitesnake and Jack Russell of Great White are perfect examples.

Flac CD1

Flac CD2

Flac CD3

MP3

Accept - Monsters Of Rock Festival ~ Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, UK 08-18-1984 (FM)

Accept
Monsters Of Rock Festival
Castle Donington
Leicestershire, England, UK
August 18, 1984
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 - Fast As A Shark
02 - Turn Me On
03 - Princess Of The Dawn
04 - Wolf Hoffmann's Guitar Solo
05 - Son Of A Bitch
06 - London Leatherboys
07 - Balls To The Wall
08 - Fast As A Shark
09 - Flash Rockin' Man
10 - Princess Of The Dawn
11 - Son Of A Bitch

Tracks 01-07 Monsters Of Rock Festival, Castle Doninton, Leicestershire, England, UK August 18. 1984

Tracks 08-11 BBC Session, Koln, Germany 1983

Udo Dirkschneider – vocals
Wolf Hoffmann – guitar
Herman Frank – guitar
Peter Baltes – bass
Stefan Kaufmann – drums

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches Post #11

Accept never obtained the commercial success they deserved in The USA. Their biggest selling album in The States was Balls To The Wall, due in much part to the so called "Gay Metal" controversy. The lyrics of the album dealt with oppression and one of the worst cases of the times was the terrible treatment of Homosexuals. This is a subject that has always made instant controversy in The States from the religious right in our country. The controversy brought the attention of record buyers wanting to see what the fuss was about. The album peaked at #74 on the US Billboard charts. The follow up Metal Heart only hit #94 even though (or maybe because) it had a more commercial sound. In 1987 Udo Dirkschneider was fired from the band. Udo continued on as a solo artist and in a kind of bizarre show of support the members of Accept helped write the entire Animal House debut album by U.D.O. (I mean Black Sabbath didn't write Ozzy's solo debut Randy and Bob did)

MP3

Hanoi Rocks - Europe A Go-Go ~ Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland 01-04-1985 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Hanoi Rocks
Europe A Go-Go
Kulttuuritalo
Helsinki, Finland
Recorded January 4, 1985
Broadcast January 5, 1985
YLE Teema/TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Back To Mystery City
02 - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
03 - Motorvatin'
04 - Underwater World
05 - Tragedy
06 - Malibu Beach Nightmare
07 - Taxi Driver
08 - Million Miles Away
09 - Up Around The Bend (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Michael Monroe - lead vocals, saxophone, harmonica, keyboard
Nasty Suicide - rhythm guitar and lead guitar, backing and lead vocals
Andy McCoy - lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Sami Yaffa - bass
Terry Chimes - drums

Heavy Metal Roots & Branches Post #10

Hanoi Rocks formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1979. Having formed before the early 1980's Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Explosion the band was accepted by Metal Heads everywhere in spite of their Glam image. The band cited influences as varied as Cheep Trick, The Police and The MC5 and their music showed it. Equal parts of Punk, Hard Rock and Pop were used to create the bands sound. Any Glam/Hair Metal band that followed, Motley Crue et al owe a great deal of debt to Hanoi Rocks when it comes to their image. The bands Glitter Glam was more influential than the Heroin Hooker Chic of The New York Dolls, although every Glam/Hair Band owes The Dolls just as well. After the Hair/Glam explosion Hanoi Rocks were never thrown in with "The Posers" by the "True Metal" fans.

Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley was killed in a drunk driving accident in Redondo Beach, California on December 8, 1984 at the age of 24. Motley Crue vocalist Vince Neil was driving when he lost control causing an accident which killed Razzle and seriously injured 2 others. Hanoi Rocks canceled all their tour dates except for two, January 3 and 4, 1985 Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland. These shows were broadcast live as "Europe A Go-Go". The shows were a Memorial To Razzle and the band would dedicate "Million Miles Away" to him each night. Former Clash drummer Terry Chimes filled in for Razzle and would be the bands drummer until their break up when Michael Monroe quit the group June 17, 1985.

MP3

Wishbone Ash - Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland 10-17-1977 (FM)

Wishbone Ash
Apollo Theatre
Glasgow, Scotland
October 17, 1977
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Brian Matthews intro
02 Blind Eye
03 Lady Whiskey
04 Warrior
05 Throw Down The Sword
06 Front Page News+
07 Goodbye Baby, Hello Friend+
08 Come In From The Rain+
09 Phoenix
10 Blowin’ Free
11 Sometime World [omitted]*

* included on the Distillation 4CD boxset [Repertoire]

Mk II lineup:
Martin Turner - bass, vocals
Andy Powell - guitar, vocals
Laurie Wisefield - guitar, vocals
Steve Upton - drums

Heavy Metal Roots And Branches Post #9

Wishbone Ash's Twin Guitar Attack was a heavy influence on early Traditional Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands. Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Def Leppard, and Iron Maiden all featured a Dual Lead Guitar line-ups attributed to the influence of Wishbone Ash. Granted Wishbone Ash's music is a little removed from Heavy Metal, this straight forward hard rocking unit played a huge role in the development of the classic Heavy Metal sound. In Rolling Stone Magazine Andy Powell and Ted Turner were voted into the Top 20 Most Influential Guitarists Of All Time. Their fans already knew this.

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