Ozric Tentacles - Trees, Dalls, Texas, U.S.A. October 13, 1994 (SBD) - Remastered

Ozric Tentacles
Trees - Remastered Version
Dalls, Texas, U.S.A.
October 13, 1994
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Source & Lineage: Soundboard -> ? -> Cassette -> ? -> CD-R -> Exact Audio Copy -> WAV -> SHN -> ? -> FLAC (44 kHz/16 bit) -> Trader's Little Helper 2.7.0b172 -> WAV (44 kHz/16 bit) -> Adobe Audition CS6 5.0.2b7 (Remaster) -> Trader's Little Helper 2.7.0b172 -> FLAC (Level 8) -> foobar2000 1.1.11/Masstagger 1.8.4 (ID3 Tags)

Disc One
101 - Og-Ha-Be 14:06
102 - O-I 5:33
103 - White Rhino Tea 7:28
104 - Astro Cortex 5:48
105 - Vita Voom 4:40
106 - There's A Planet Here 7:42
107 - Myriapod 6:04

Disc Two
201 - The Throbbe/Synth Jam 17:05
202 - Erpland 5:49
203 - Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse)/Vibuthi Jam 19:10
204 - Kick Muck 10:36
205 - Sniffing Dog 11:04

Total Time: 1hr 55mn 06sc

Ed Wynne - Guitar, Synthesizer
John Egan - Flute, Voice
Seaweed (Christopher Lenox-Smith) - Synthesizer
Zia Geelani - Bass
Rad (Conrad Prince) - Drums

Ozric Tentacles are an Synth Driven Instrumental Progressive Rock Band from England. If you haven't heard them they sound kind of like the instrumental parts of early Porcupine Tree. Not that they are a Porcupine Tree clone, just that if you liked that era of PT you may like Ozric Tentacles. Some Prog-Rock Purists would say that Ozric Tentacles are too Heavy Metal sounding to be Progressive Rock. My understanding of Progressive Rock was to push the boundaries, break the rules. For me it always meant a band who's music is always evolving trying new combinations of genres, instruments, etc, but I'm not a purist so who cares, right? So I am including this Ozric Tentacles show in my Salute To Progressive Rock.

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The Rockets - Live Rockets ~ The Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.A December 26 & 29, 1982 (SBD)

The Rockets
Live Rockets
Originally Released Capitol Records 1983
Recorded At The Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.A December 26 & 29, 1982
Mixed By Johnny "The Bee" Bandanjek & Jim McCarty
Pro-Mixed Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Icluded

Lineage: Bootleg CD-r > E.A.C. (secure) > Wave 16bit > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 8

01 Can't Sleep
02 Sally Can't Dance (Lou Reed)
03 Takin' It Back
04 Rollin' By The Record Machine
05 Desire
06 Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac)
07 Turn Up The Radio
08 Open The Door To Your Heart
09 Born In Detroit

Dave Gilbert (R.I.P.) lead vocals
Jim McCarty guitar, backing vocals
John "The Bee" Bandanjek drums, percussion, backing vocals
Donnie Backus (R.I.P.) keyboards, backing vocals
Bobby Neil Haralson (R.I.P.) bass

additional musicians:
Chuck Perrout sax
Shawn Murphy, Suzi Jennings, & Mary Kay Lala backing vocals

justdave's notes:
Out of print live album by band founded by Detroit Wheels alumni Jim McCarty & John "The Bee" Bandanjek. The Rockets were Rock & Roll music through and through. The bands national debut album had a hit with a cover of Fleetwod Mac's "Oh Well". It was this hit that prompted Fleetwood Mac to bring the song back into their live shows. With music steeped in the traditions of Little Richard & Fats Domino filtered through The Rolling Stones then smoked in a huge Detroit Doobie, everyone expected huge things for The Rockets. There were hits, the band was on RSO the same label as Eric Clapton & The Bee Gees. Everybody loved Jim McCarty's playing, he's the Jimmy in the Jimi Hendrix tune "The Jimi-Jimmy Jam" on the Nine To The  Universe album! He was also known for his guitar work with Cactus. With all that going for them The Rockets came to an end after touring in support of this very live album. They played 2 great shows at Pine Knob Amphitheater in Clarkston, Michigan then they were gone. There were a lot of rumors of certain band members recreational habits being the cause but since I don't know I don't repeat.

Enjoy this great out of print live album

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Encoded by JustDave Summer 2019

Billy Cobham Band - NDR Funkhaus, Hannover, Germany 05-23-1975 (FM)

Billy Cobham Band
NDR Funkhaus
Hannover, Germany
May 23, 1975
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Source: FM > METAL AUDIO TAPE (in trade) > CDR Phillips 880 > EAC (secure) > Flac Frontend > Flac Level 6

01 Intro By DJ
02 Light At The End Of The Tunnel
03 Unknown
04 FM Intro
05 Taurian Matador
06 Bass Solo / Unknown

Billy Cobham drums
John Scofield electric guitar
Alex Blake acoustic & electric bass
Milcho Leviev keyboards
Walt Fowler trumpet
Tom Malone baritone sax, trombone
Larry Schneider tenor sax

Our Sunday Morning Jazz for today is from The Billy Cobham Band. This line up has none other than the fabulous John Scofield on guitar. No more than that need be said, but if you need more this is a hell of a set.

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Leslie West - The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. 01-24-1992 (FM)

Leslie West
The Agora Ballroom
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
January 24, 1992
98.5 WNCX-FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: FM Broadcast > (?) > AIFF > Goldwave (convert) > Flac > Traders Little Helper (decode) > Wav 16bit > Goldwave (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8

01 DJ Intro
02 Theme From An Imaginary Western
03 Goin' Down
04 Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
05 Drum Solo
06 Crossroads
07 Nantucket Sleighride
08 Mississippi Queen

Leslie West (R.I.P.) guitar, vocal
Richie Scarlet bass
Paul Beretta drums

justdave's notes:
When I downloaded this recording from The Traders Den the original uploader encouraged someone to re-track the waves. I trimmed off 1 minute of silence at the end of "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)". I then cut the beginning of the "Drum Solo" off of the end of "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" and placed it in it's proper spot. I also had to do this with "Crossroads", & "Mississippi Queen". I also reduced the volume of Leslie Wests comments because they were much louder than the music. I then added a fade in/out on the first and last tracks. No EQ or noise reduction was used, nor was there any remixing done.

Thank you Leslie Mountain for posting the original recording at The Traders Den.

Leslie West went into cardiac arrest on December 21, 2020. He passed away December 23, 2020, Leslie was age 75.

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Triptykon - Wacken Open Air ~ Wacken, Germany August 3, 2013 (SBD) MP4 Audio Rip

Triptykon
Wacken Open Air
Wacken, Germany
August 3, 2013
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
MP4 Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: MP4 > Goldwave v 6.31 (conversion to wave, editing) > Wave 16bit > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Procreation (Of The Wicked) (Celtic Frost)
02 - Goetia
03 - Circle Of The Tyrants (Celtic Frost)
04 - Babylon Fell
05 - Synagoga Satanae
06 - The Prolonging (fades)

total playing time: 51mn 28sc

Thomas Gabriel Fischer - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming
V. Santura - lead guitar, backing vocals, additional co-lead vocals
Vanja Slajh - bass, backing vocals
Norman Lonhard - drums, percussion

justdave's notes:
I used Goldwave to convert the source MP4 into a 16 bit wave. I then used Goldwave to adjust some volume issues and edit track marks. No EQ or noise reduction was used. The MP4 had lossy audio so Trader's Little Helper was used to encode the waves to MP3 320kbps.

On tour to promote their first album Eparistera Daimones, Triptykon (Greek for triptych) hits the Wacken Open Air stage. Rather ironic since a headlining slot at Wacken 2006 was part of Celtic Frost's return. That return was called to a halt when founder Thomas Gabriel Fischer left the band. Fischer stated he could no longer work with the members of Celtic Frost, nor bear to use the name anymore. Triptykon's 1st album is the rightful successor to Celtic Frost's Monotheist. It does take a further step down the Experimental Blackened Doom of it's predecessor. Unfortunately this is a short set with 2 tracks being covers. This means you get only 4 tracks representing Melana Chasmata and "The Prolonging" fades early (ironic if you think about it). It is however a soundboard recording from their first World Tour so gotta have it.

More Triptykon Shows Here

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Sorry For The Lengthy Wait For New Posts

Sorry about the long wait between posts. I have been a little distracted since my Mom & Dad, My younger brother, his wife and their son were all diagnosed with covid-19. My Mother has recuperated well. My brother, his wife and son all are feeling better as well. My Father is not bouncing back and has been i and out of hospital 4 times. My Father is a 72 year old Veteran of The Viet Nam - American War. He was in the 1st Armored Division, clearing vegetation. My Father was exposed to Agent Orange doing his job there. He suffers from all kinds of ailments from this exposure. The least of which is glowing purple spots on his body under a black light. He has non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Parkinson's  disease also attributed to his exposure. He is now covid-19 free but it has brought along a lot of lingering complications due to his other illnesses. I use this blog as an escape of the real world sometimes so  I'll continue making posts but they may be a little sporadic for now.

Thank You JustDave

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, U.S.A. 07-30-2019 (Webstream) DVD Audio Rip

The Claypool Lennon Delirium
The Capitol Theater
Port Chester, New York, U.S.A.
July 30, 2019
Livestream.com Webcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 (editing) > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.52 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 There's No Underwear In Space 2:30
02 Astonomie Domine (Pink Floyd) 5:41
03 South Of Reality 3:20
04 Blood And Rockets: Movement 1 Saga Of Jack Parsons: Movement II Too The Moon 6:26
05 Little Fishes 6:53
06 The Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson) 7:57
07 Breath Of A Salesman 10:16
08 Boriska 6:42
09 Easily Charmed By Fools 6:56
10 Like Fleas 3:55
11 Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) 7:10
12 Cricket And The Genie: Movement II Oratorio Di Cricket: Movement I The Delirium 8:20

Total Playing Time: 1hr 15mn 56sc

Les Claypool (Primus) bass, vocals
Sean Lennon (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) guitar, vocals
João Nogueira (Stone Giant) keyboards, vocals
Paulo Baldi (Cake) drums

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit some track marks and add fade in/fade out at beginning/ending. The DVD had 5.1 Surround Sound so I converted the waves from 6 channel to 2 channel stereo with Goldwave. The waves were lossy so I encoded them to MP3 320kbps using Traders Little Helper

Another great show from The Claypool Lennon Delirium. These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. I personally would not have thought to combine Les Claypool & Sean Lennon. This is because I don't remember ever hearing anything about Sean's music. After the first show of theirs I downloaded I was convince it was a great idea. Throwing in Stone Giant keyboardist João Nogueira & Cake drummer Paulo Baldi is the icing on the cake (yep, I see it, the pun was not intended).

This is some great Psychedelic Progressive Rock like came out of London, England's 1960s Psychedelic Rock scene. The Delirium is a band that wears it influences on it's sleeve for all to see. You can hear The Beatles, Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and much more. This is the kind of stuff where we used to smoke a bunch of Red Bud and veg out to. Headphones or a beanbag chair between the speakers (don't lie we all had them). This is the 3rd post from The Delirium already on this site. More can be found here. We also have 6 Primus shows that can be found (here) including a rare recording of an appearance as Bob Cock & The Yellow Sock!

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Savatage - Extra Live ~ Tampa, Florida, USA xx-xx-1986 (SBD) MP4 Audio Rip

Savatage
Extra Live
Tampa, Florida, USA
xx-xx-1986
PBS-TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
MP4 Video Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: Bootleg MP4 Video > Goldwave v6.31 (conversion, editing) > Wave 16bit > Traders Little Helper > MP3 320kbps (align on sector boundaries)

01 - The Whip
02 - Fight For The Rock
03 - Sirens
04 - Necrophilia

total playing time: 15mn 28sc

justdave's notes:
I Used Goldwave to convert the MP4 into a 16 bit wave form. I then used Goldwave to edit track marks, raise the volume & add fade in/fade out at the beginning/end of the show. No EQ or noise reduction was used. The lossy waves were then encoded to MP3 320kbps using Traders Little Helper, aligning any sector boundary errors.

Just 4 songs but it's a Fight For The Rock era soundboard recording.

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The Ramones - Provinssirock Festival ~ Seinäjoki, Ostrobothnia, Finland 06-04-1988 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

The Ramones
Provinssirock Festival
Seinäjoki, Ostrobothnia, Finland
June 4, 1988
Television Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 (editing) > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.52 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper > MP3 320kbps

01 - Teenage Lobotomy
02 - Psycho Therapy
03 - Blitzkrieg Bop
04 - Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
05 - Bop Til You Drop (DJ Talk 00:09-00:51)
06 - Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
07 - Rock 'N' Roll High School
08 - I Wanna Be Sedated
09 - I Don't Want You
10 - Chinese Rocks
11 - Weaselface
12 - Commando
13 - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
14 - Rockaway Beach (DJ Talk 00:23-01:30)
15 - Garden Of Serenity
16 - I Just Want To Have Something To Do
17 - Too Tough To Die (DJ & RHCP Talk 00:49-01:40)
18 - Animal Boy (slight cut in)
19 - Wart Hog (Dee Dee Ramone lead vocal)
20 - Surfin' Bird (The Trashmen)
21 - Cretin Hop
22 - I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
23 - Today Your Love Tomorrow The World
24 - Pinhead
25 - I Wanna Live
26 - Somebody Put Something In My Drink
27 - Bonzo Goes To Bitburg
28 - Do You Wanna Dance? (Bobby Freeman)
29 - Listen To My Heart
30 - We're A Happy Family

Total Playing Time: 1hr 45sc

Joey Ramone (R.I.P.) (Jeffrey Hyman) – lead vocals
Johnny Ramone (R.I.P.) (John Cummings) – guitars
Dee Dee Ramone (R.I.P.) (Douglas Colvin) – bass, backing and co-lead vocals
Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) – drums

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to edit some track marks and try to address some of the volume issues of the audio. No EQ or noise reduction was used. There are however some fluctuations in the volume that I could not quite fix. This is however a very enjoyable listen. Some of the tracks have a DJ talking over them, I thought about deleting them, but didn't.

"Chinese Rocks" was written by Dee Dee Ramone and Richard Hell. As the story goes Dee Dee took it to The Ramones but Johnny originally declined due to it's obvious drug reference (but 53 & 3. It was first recorded by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers. In the album credits, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers tried to take credit for writing the song. The copy right papers however list Dee Dee Ramone & Richard Hell only.

Dee Dee Ramone would leave the band in 1989 for a solo career. His last show was July 5 1989. C.J. Ramone made his live debut September 30, 1989. Dee Dee Ramone died June 5, 2002 from a heroin overdose, he was 50. Joey Ramone died April 15, 2001 from lymphoma, he was 49. Johnny Ramone died September 15, 2004 from prostate cancer, he was 55. Original drummer Tommy Ramone (Tamás Erdélyi) died July 11, 2014 from bile duct cancer, he was 65. Surviving members Marky Ramone & C.J. Ramone no longer speak to each other.

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Imperial State Electric - Rockpalast Crossroads ~ Harmonie, Bonn, Germany 10-25-2014 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Imperial State Electric
Rockpalast Crossroads
Harmonie
Bonn, Germany
October 25, 2014
WDR-TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.52 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 Emptiness Into The Void
02 Uh Huh >
03 Deja Vu
04 Apologize
05 Deride And Conquer
06 Redemtion’s Gone (w/ Free Bird Solo Section)
07 Down In The Bunker
08 Faustian Bargains (w/ Lukes Wall solo Section)
09 Can’t Seem To Shake It Off My Mind
10 Leave It Alone
11 Stay The Night
12 More Than Enough Of Your Love
13 Sheltered In The Sand
14 I’ll Let You Down (w/ Black Diamond Intro) >
15 Reptile Brain
16 Holiday From My Vacation
17 Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys)
18 Wail Baby Wail >
19 Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
20 Throwing Stones

Nicke Andersson – vocals, guitar
Tobias Egge – guitar, backing vocals
Dolf de Borst – bass, backing vocals
Tomas Eriksson – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Except:
"Leave It Alone" 1st verse Nick, 2nd verse Tobias, 3rd verse Dolf, 4th verse Tomas
"Stay The Night" lead vocal Tobias
"Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys)" & "Reptile Brain" lead vocal Dolf

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to raise the volume (more than doubled it). I also re-edited a few track marks. No noise reduction or EQ was used, nor was rimixing done. The DVD had lossy audio so I encoded the waves to MP3 320, using Traders Little Helper, aligning on sector boundaries.

Imperial State Electric is yet another project of Nicke Anderson. Since the break up of The Hellacopters, Imperial State Electric and a reformed Entombed are Nick's main focus. Musically if you are a fan of The Hellacopters you'll be a fan of Imperial State Electric. The music is the same, Garage Rock to the core, influenced by the likes of, The MC5, The Rationals, Radio Birdman, The Nomads, The Frost, The Stooges...you get the idea.

This is dedicated to Rocket & Smoker over at Hear Rock City. I downloaded my 1st Hellacopters bootleg from The Original Hear Rock City blog. The Hellacopters Live At Rock Am Ring 2005. A Must Have, which by the way is posted at The New Hear Rock City blog (here). There are also 2 more shows posted on this site from the Hellacopters, Roskilde Festival 2001 (here) and Roskilde Festival 2017 (here) if you haven't downloaded them yet. If you want to check out Entombed I have a great show (here)

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Saga - The Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 02-26-1984 (FM)

Saga
The Montreal Forum
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
February 26, 1984
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: FM Recording > Sony Tape Deck > Master Copy > Audacity > Flac Level 6 16bit

01 On The Loose
02 Humble Stance
03 Perfectionist
04 Compromise
05 Catwalk
06 Ice Nice
07 The Flyer
08 Time's Up
09 Wind Him Up
10 Scratching The Surface
11 It's Time
12 Pitchman
13 Don't Be Late
14 You're Not Alone
15 A Briefcase (Drum Solo)
16 Careful Where You Step

Michael Sadler – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Jim Crichton – Bass, Keyboards
Ian Crichton – Guitar
Jim Gilmour – Keyboards, Vocals, Clarinet, Harmonica
Steve Negus – Drums

For this segment of our Salute To Progressive Rock Bands we have a show from Canadian Rockers Saga. Saga comes from the same musical waters as Kansas, Electric Light Orchestra, Supertramp, Asia, Ambrosia, Styx, Journey before Steve Perry, Phil Collins era Genesis, Trevor Rabin era Yes and many others. A style of Progressive Rock disowned by Prog-Rock Purists and insultingly called Pomp-Rock or Pomp-Prog. Progressive Rock with a distinct lean towards radio airplay and hitting the charts. This was to be done without sacrificing musicianship. A fine line just ask Carl Palmer about Love Beach.

Saga scored a couple Top 20 Singles. "Wind Him Up" hit #7 in Germany, "On The Loose" hit #2 in USA, and "The Flyer" hit #19 in the USA. All 3 of those songs were in heavy rotation on early era MTV. A lot of bands profited from the fact that MTV didn't have a lot of videos to play . Meaning if you had a video it made it on the air. Those 3 videos from Saga made me seek out their albums, which I still listen to (the vinyl yes JD). This tape shows a little age, but is an enjoyable listen. I do have a couple more Saga show that I will be posting in the future.

Flac

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Baiju Bhatt Red Sun with Nguyên Lê - 2019 Jazzfestival Onze Plus ~ Lausanne, Switzerland 11-02-2019 (Satellite)

Baiju Bhatt Red Sun with Nguyên Lê
Switzerland 2019
Jazzfestival Onze Plus
Lausanne, Switzerland
Recorded: November 2, 2019
Broacast: March 20, 2020
SRF2 Satellite Radio Broadcast Recording
MP3 256kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Pari Shokogun 10:51
02 annoncement 1:19
03 Cloud Chamber 15:39
04 People Of Tomorrow 10:23
05 Eastern Sonata - Duet 6:13
06 Garuda Part II 8:24
07 annoncement 0:43
08 Kintsukuroi 8:30
62 mins

Baiju Bhatt - violin, composition, arrangement
Valentin Conus - soprano & tenor saxophones
Mark Priore - piano
Blaise Hommage - bass
Cyrille Regamey - drums

Special Guest Musician:
Nguyên Lê - guitar

I know we have some Nguyên Lê fans here at The New JDP, including Major Grubert over at The Her(m)etic Garage. This time we have Nguyên Lê as the Special Guest Musician of Baiju Bhatt Red Sun. Baiju Bhatt Red Sun combine Jazz-Rock, with Indian Music to great effect. The addition of Nguyên Lê to the mix just stirs the pot that much more. Awesome Stuff!!!

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Joshua Redman Quartet featuring Pat Metheny - The Fox Theater, Boulder, CO 10-22-1993 (SBD) - Late Show

Joshua Redman Quartet featuring Pat Metheny
The Fox Theater
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
October 22, 1993 - Late Show
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Source & Lineage: SBD > Unkown > Adobe Audition > Izotope RX6 Advance > CD wave > TLH level 8 > flac 16bit

01 - Intro
02 - Turnaround (Ornette Coleman)
03 - The Deserving Many (Joshua Redman)
04 - Talk
05 - Wish (Joshua Redman)
06 - St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
07 - Night Turns Into Day (Pat Metheny)
08 - Question And Answer (Pat Metheny)
09 - Talk
10 - Double Guatemala (Pat Metheny)
11 - Outro

Total Playing Time: 01hr 50mn 7sc

Joshua Redman tenor saxophone
Pat Metheny guitars, guitar synthesizer
Christian McBride double bass
Billy Higgins drums

I have been on a bit of a Joshua Redman kick lately, which means you get more Joshua Redman stuff for your collection. It's a win, win if you ask me. Hold on Ladies & Gentleman, you say you want more?! I'll throw in Pat Metheny & Christian McBride at no extra cost (just pay separate shipping fee). I don't have to sell it, I know everybody that likes Jazz is going to download this one with a line-up like that. Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny, Christian McBride, and Billy Higgins...Bad Ass!!

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Geoff Tate's Operation Mindrcrime - Claycastle Recording Studio 21 Youghal , Co. Cork, Ireland 08-xx-2020 (Webcast)

Geoff Tate's Operation Mindrcrime
Claycastle Recording Studio 21
Youghal , Co. Cork, Ireland
August 2020
Webstream/Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: Live Stream > Audacity > Flac

01 Walk in the Shadows
02 Another Rainy Day (Without You)
03 Out of Mind
04 Chasing Blue Sky
05 Jet City Woman
06 Until There Was You
07 Bridge
08 The Lady Wore Black
09 The Fight
10 Silent Lucidity
11 I Don't Believe in Love
12 Eyes of a Stranger

Geoff Tate - Vocals
Keiran Robertson - Guitars
James Brown - Guitars
Jack Ross - Bass
Roger Ryan - Drumbox

If you've been following the blog for any bit of time you know Rosebud's Favorite Singer is Geoff Tate formally of Queensrÿche. This recording is from Tate's music project since the big break up. This broadcast was done for his fans who are locked down during the quarantine. It's an acoustic show of Queensrÿche songs. Some of the songs performed were a little surprising. "Bridge" and "Chasing Blue Sky" for instance.

When it comes to this musical debate Rosebud & I both agree. we are a Geoff Tate is the only singer for Queensrÿche camp. We both have heard Todd La Torre impersonate Geoff in the studio. We have heard many bootlegs of the Todd La Torre line-up live. To us it's the same as Journey with Arnel Pineda, Boston with Tommy DeCarlo, or Judas Priest with Tim "Ripper" Owens (to a lesser extent since he brought other influences into the song writing JD). They all hired Tribute Band Singers just like Queensrÿche with Todd La Torre. They are trying to hard to sound like the fan favorite line up is still there (dare I say KISS!! JD).

Deep Purple, after Ian Gillan left hired Glenn Hughes & David Coverdale, neither tried to sound like Ian. When Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath, they hired Ronnie James Dio who did not try to sound like Ozzy. When Dio left Rainbow, Blackmore hired Graham Bonnet, not at all like Dio vocally. These changes took balls. Each band changed a signature sound around a new singers vocal abilities. Not always a winning maneuver, just ask Mötley Crüe & John Corabi. That team up made 1 of Mötley Crüe's best albums, fans said nope. Blaze Bayley did a hell of a job with Iron Maiden, releasing 2 great albums, fans said nope (and Bruce still sings Blaze era tracks live!! JD).

So don't get me wrong Todd La Torre, Arnel Pineda, Tommy DeCarlo & Tim "Ripper" Owens (a Metal God himself damn it!) sing/sang their asses off! They are great at what they do/did, which is what the band wants/wanted them to do, kick ass with someone elses voice. Not easy to do.

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Boston - The Worcester Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts 08-16-1987 (SBD)

Boston
The Worcester Centrum
Worcester, Massachusetts
August 16 1987
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

CD1
01 Applause / Microphone check
02 Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
03 Peace Of Mind
04 It’s Been Such A Long Time Interlude / Tom Scholz solo
05 Don't Look Back
06 More Than A Feeling
07 Stage Banter
08 Amanda
09 We're Ready
10 Cool The Engines (cuts out)
11 My Destination
12 To Be A Man

CD2
13 I Think I Like It
14 Can’t You Say You Believe In Me
15 Hollyann
16 First Encore Applause
17 Band Intros
18 Foreplay
19 Long Time
20 Second Encore Applause
21 Feelin' Satisfied
22 Something About You
23 Third Encore Applause
24 Used To Bad News
25 Let Me Take You Home Tonight
26 Party
27 Outro / Applause

Brad Delp (R.I.P.) - lead vocals, percussion
Tom Scholz - guitar, vocals
Gary Pihl - guitar, vocals
David Sikes - bass, vocals
Jim Masdea - drums, percussion
Doug Huffman - drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals

As we continue to pay Tribute To Rosebud's Favorite Singers, we have to mention Brad Delp of Boston. Boston would have sounded so different if Brad Delp never sang for them. His voice is just so perfect for the aural assault imagined by Tom Scholz. The "Boston Sound" was layer upon layer of multi-tracked guitars and vocals to give a full and polished studio sound. They sought to recreate this sound on stage. With Tom Scholz's custom built amps & effects they were pretty successful.

I can remember the first time I heard Boston. I came home from school, went to my room to do my home work. I turned on my stereo and hit FM while I looked through my albums for something to say yeah pick me. I grabbed my copy of The Doors 13, a great compilation, and started to put it on when I heard the start of "Foreplay/Long Time". I was blown away to say the least. After hearing the organ in that medley I put away The Doors and threw on Uriah Heep's Greatest Hits. I had to hear Ken Hensley make his organ growl, howl and scream after that. I went out and bought Boston's 1st album with my saved allowance money. I caught them live on the Don't Look Back Tour. They kicked ass live. I can't remember who opened for them either. They were that kind of live band though, so damn good you would forget who ever played with them that night. Rosebud never caught the band live unfortunately, with this show in her collection at least she can hear them!

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Blue Öyster Cult - Live 1976 ~ Capitol Center Largo, Maryland, U.S.A. xx-xx-1976 (SBD)

Blue Öyster Cult
Live 1976 - (Castle Communications ~ CLADCD 269)
Capitol Center
Largo, Maryland, U.S.A.
xx-xx-1976
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: My Silver CD > E.A.C. (secure) > Wave 16bit > Traders Little Helper > Flac Level 8

01 Stairway To The Stars
02 Harvester Of Eyes
03 Cities On Flame
04 ME 262
05 Dominance And Submission
06 Astronomy
07 Buck's Boogie
08 This Ain't The Summer Of Love
09 Born To Be Wild
10 Don't Fear The Reaper

Total Playing Time: 1hr 18mn 17sc

Eric Bloom vocals, guitar
Donald (Buck Dharma) Roeser lead guitar, vocals
Joe Bouchard bass, vocals
Albert Bouchard drums, guitar, vocals
Allen Lanier keyboards, guitar

justdave's notes:
Alleged European only live LP released by Blue Öyster Cult. It's not being sold on the bands website or listed. There is some pretty bad fluctuations in the sound during "Dominance And Submission". The bass goes in and out of the mix, sounding real bad when it comes in. I actually find it hard that this was actually marketed by Blue Öyster Cult. The label says that Sandy Pearlman was Executive Producer and it was released on the Castle Communications label. It sounds like a un-mixed soundboard recording to me. The soundman seems to be having a hard time with mixing the bass through out the recording. I am not saying it is a bad listen, it's not. It's actually a nice listen.

It is also out of print so I figured I would post it here. I have a few more out of print live albums that I will be posting. This is the 1st of a series.

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Tis The Season!!

 Rosebud and I would like to wish each and everyone of you a Very Merry Christmas And A Happy Holiday Season. We know not everyone celebrates Christmas, yet celebrate other Holidays at this time, We wish You Peace And A Wonderful Holiday Too!!! We also know the 2020 Holiday Season is a whole lot different than we wish for. Please Be Well, Be Safe And Know There Are Millions Of People Around The World Who Care!! Our numbers are smaller than in the past but I believe we still out number those who could care less...It's times like these that we all need to stand together, our hearts, hopes, and dreams held high...

We Will Make It Through If We Carry Each Other!!

Rosebud & JustDave

The Bad Plus Joshua Redman - France Musique, Jazz in Marciac ~ Marciac, France 07-28-2012 (FM)

The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
France Musique
Jazz in Marciac
Marciac, France
Recorded: July 28, 2012
Re-Broadcast: xx-xx-2020
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

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01 Love Is The Answer (Reid Anderson) 14:04
02 People Like You (Reid Anderson) 9:49
03 Big Eater (Reid Anderson) 7:30
04 Silence Is The Question (Reid Anderson) 11:14
05 Undersea Reflection (Reid Anderson) 7:50

Total Playing Time: 50mn 27sc

Ethan Iverson piano
Reid Anderson bass
Dave King drums
Joshua Redman tenor saxophone

Joshua Redman is one of my favorite Sax players, I could listen to him play all night. When joined by the 3 awesome instrumentalists in The Bad Plus, it's a bonus. The Bad Plus & Joshua Redman have collaborated quite offten, always to awe inspiring affect. This 50 minute set written completely by bassist Reid Anderson is no different. Download this set, turn it up a little loud and enjoy...(yeah it sounds that good)

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