Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - BBC Rock Hour ~ Sherwood Hall Salinas, CA 01-26-1983 (Pre-FM)

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
BBC Rock Hour
Sherwood Hall
Salinas, CA
January 26, 1983
Pre-FM Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

lineage: BBC Rock Hour Transcription Disc > CDR > EAC > WAV > TLH > FLAC

01 B.B.C. DJ-Malcom Brooker
02 Introduction
03 Midnight Highway
04 Maybe It's Time
05 Strange Dreams
06 Free
07 Poppy
08 Something's Coming Our Way
09 Johnny B. Goode/Who Do You Love?
10 Drum Solo
11 Juggernaut

Frank Marino Guitar/Vocals
Vince Marino Guitar
Paul Harwood Bass
Claudio Pesavento Keyboards
Timm Biery Drums

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush on tour to promote the Juggernaut LP. captured live by the BBC Rock Hour. This is a nice sounding Pre-FM recording made from the radio broadcast LP's. There really isn't cover art for this version of this classic Marino show. It is however the same show that was the source of the bootleg Return Of The Big Two, so I have included that cover art for you. This is a great performance so don't miss out on this one.

Flac

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Trevor Rabin - Can't Look Away Live ~ Boston, MA 12-05-1989 (FM)

Trevor Rabin
Can't Look Away Live
Boston, MA
December 5, 1989
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 160kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Lift Me Up
02 Cover Up
03 Sorrow My Heart
04 Heard You Cry Wolf
05 Changes
06 Eyes Of Love
07 Solly's Beard
08 Carry On
09 Promises
10 Sludge / Drum Solo
11 I Can't Look Away

I don't usually post MP3's encoded lower than 192kbps because the sound quality is usually pretty poor after that. This is actually pretty good sounding for the low bit rate and also I have yet to find it in a better encoding. I downloaded this from a website in like 1997 when we had to download one track at a time and it would take a good twenty-five minutes per track. Storage space was also a concern as well so encodings were kept low. This was the time when most people had dial up modems (I did). I downloaded a copy of Bruce Springsteen's Coliseum Night on that dial up, one track at a time, it was a 192kbps encoding, it took me two days! And people complain to me that it takes them an hour to download a whole concert in 320kbps from filefactory. Anyway this must have been a great recording because at this bit rate it is still worth a listen! If any one knows of a better encoding please send me a link!

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Queensrÿche - Westwood One, House of Blues, Anaheim, CA, 11-06-2001 (FM)

Queensrÿche
Westwood One
House of Blues
Anaheim, CA
November 6, 2001
FM Broadcast Recording
No Cover Art
MP3 320kps

Rosebud's Picks

01 - NM 156 / Walk In The Shadows
02 - Screaming In Digital
03 - I Am I
04 - Damaged
05 - Empire
06 - Silent Lucidity
07 - Take Hold Of The Flame

Geoff Tate – lead vocals, keyboards
Michael Wilton – lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Kelly Gray – lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Eddie Jackson – bass, backing vocals
Scott Rockenfield – drums, percussion, keyboards

Short but sweet broadcast from my Rosebud's all time favorite band. The law suits are settled Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton have agreed to purchase Geoff Tate's portion of the Queensrÿche and Geoff can no longer tour as Queensrÿche featuring Geoff Tate. He may call himself the former lead vocalist of Queensrÿche for 2 years and then must cease. The split of the group has polarized the fans of the group in 2 factions, those who support Geoff Tate and those  who support the Todd La Torre line-up. Here at Just Dave's Place it's well known that we are firm believers that Geoff Tate is the true lead vocalist of Queensrÿche and no shows featuring Todd La Torre will ever be posted here.

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Joe Walsh - Wilshern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1991 (FM)

Joe Walsh
Wilshern Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
1991 (exact date unknown)
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

FM -> DAT -> PC -> you

01 - Indian Summer
02 - Ashes, The Rain And I
03 - Walk Away
04 - Two Sides To Every Story
05 - Ordinary Average Guy
06 - Turn To Stone
07 - The Confessor
08 - In The City
09 - Open Your Eyes
10 - Life's Been Good
11 - Funk #49
12 - Rocky Mountain Way
13 - Going Down Medley
14 - All Night Long

A must have performance from the Ole Bomber Joe Walsh. Been a little while since we posted some Joe Walsh at Just Dave's Place and this is a nice recording so here it is for your pleasure.

Flac 

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Retro Rock show #82-9 ~ Paradise Theater, Boston, MA 06-16-1978 (Pre-FM)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Retro Rock show #82-9
Paradise Theater, Boston, MA July 16, 1978
for broadcast the week of 2/22/82
Pre-FM Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet, Fact Sheet, Record Label Scans Included
PDF File Of Boston Globe Review Included
Sourced From The Original Radio Broadcast Vinyl

Thank You Draftervoi!!

01 RR 82-9 Intro - Meg Griffin
02 Anything That's Rock and Roll
03 RR 82-9 Break - Meg Griffin
04 Commercial - Budweiser
05 Fooled Again
06 Don't Bring Me Down (Animals Cover)
07 Commercial - Lee Jeans
08 Commercial - Budweiser
09 You're Gonna Get It
10 Breakdown
11 Commercial - Lee Jeans
12 RR 82-9 Promo
13 Strangered In The Night
14 I Need To Know
15 RR 82-9 Break - Meg Griffin
16 Commercial - Budweiser (Bus Boys)
17 Shout (Isely Brothers Cover)
18 I Fought The Law (Bobby Fuller Four Cover)
19 Route 66 (Nat King Cole Cover)
20 Commercial - Lee Jeans
21 I'm A King Bee (Slim Harpo Cover)
22 RR 82-9 Credits - Meg Griffin

Tom Petty – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Mike Campbell – lead guitar, bass, keyboards, mandolin
Ron Blair – bass, backing vocals
Benmont Tench – piano, organ, synthesizers, backing vocals

Another great Pre-FM vinyl encoding from our good friend Draftervoi. This awesome edition of the 1980's radio show Retro Rock features a great early performance from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. The band was touring  for thier second release Your Gonna Get It. The album was driven to #23 on the Billboard Top LP Chart by radio friendly singles "I Need To Know" and "Listen To Her Heart". Retro Rock was on the air from around 1981-1984 and specialized in rebroadcasts of classic radio concerts. Such acts as Bob Seger and Kansas have also been featured on Retro Rock.

Flac

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Eric Clapton - Spider Shot ~ Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, 04-11-1987 (SBD)

Eric Clapton
Spider Shot - (Tarantura - TECD-003/004)
Oakland Coliseum
Oakland, CA
April 11, 1987
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Tarantura TECD-003, 004 2CD > WAV > FLAC

CD 1:
01 Crossroads
02 White Room
03 I Shot the Sheriff
04 Hung Up on Your Love
05 Wonderful Tonight
06 Miss You
07 Same Old Blues

CD 2:
01 Tearing Us Apart
02 Holy Mother
03 Badge
04 Let It Rain
05 Cocaine
06 Layla
07 Behind the Mask
08 Sunshine of Your Love

Eric Clapton - guitar, lead vocals
Phil Collins - drums, vocals
Nathan East - bass, vocals
Greg Philliganes - keyboards, vocals

Not much needs to be said except that it's Eric Clapton and Phil Collins plays drums. The sound quality is very nice so any Clapton fan should have this one in their collection.

Flac CD1

Flac CD2

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Iron Maiden - Killing Time ~ De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 04-28-1981 (FM)

Iron Maiden
Killing Time - (Metal Memory - MM90009)
De Vereeniging
Nijmegen, Netherlands
April 28, 1981.
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Silver CD > Flac

01 Genghis Khan
02 Killers
03 Purgatory
04 Sanctuary
05 Remember Tomorrow
06 Twilight Zone
07 Phantom Of The Opera
08 Iron Maiden
09 Transylvania
10 Drifter

Personnel:
Paul Di'Anno Vocals
Adrian Smith Guitar
Dave Murray Guitar
Steve Harris Bass
Clive Burr (R.I.P.) Drums

Our first Iron Maiden offering comes from the era fronted by Paul DiAnno. Paul fronted the band through it's formative years, recording the bands first 2 full length albums. Paul was fired from the band after the tour for the second release Killers. Dianno himself admits that his drug use and erratic behavior was just too much and he would not have been able to last much longer. Dianno was replaced by former Samson vocalist Bruce Dickinson for the follow up release "Number Of The Beast" and the Maiden machine began to roll over the world. Clive Burr was dismissed during the Beast On The Road World Tour for what Steve Haris called performances that were affected by off stage activities. Clive maintained he was unfairly fired. Clive passed away from complications due to multiple sclerosis at the age of 56. The treatments for his disease left Clive deep in debt. Iron Maiden had quite a few charity events to raise funds to assist in Clive's care.

Flac

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Steve Miller Blues Band - The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, 01-27-1967 (SBD)

Steve Miller Blues Band
The Matrix
San Francisco, CA
January 27, 1967
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

lineage: 1st generation reel to reel > behringer ultra curve pro deq 2496 equalizer > tascam cdrw750 > plex tool professional XL > wav > flac 

CD1
01 - Worried About My Baby Too Much
02 - Mercury Blues
03 - Think
04 - Junior Saw It Happen
05 - Superbird
06 - Instrumental
07 - Instrumental

CD2
01 - Your Old Lady
02 - Going Down To Mexico
03 - Lovin' Wheel
04 - Instrumental Jam

Steve Miller Guitar, Vocals
James "Curly" Cooke Guitar
Lonnie Turner Bass, Guitar
Tim Davis Drums, Vocals

This is The Steve Miller Blues Band, a far cry from the Space Rock of Fly Like An Eagle. It's more on par with the style of Blues Rock that most Blues inspired musicians of the 1960's were performing. That being said this is a kick ass performance of some of the best Blues Rock to be played by a Rocker of the 1960's. This is the same line-up that backed Chuck Berry at the Fillmore West and played at the Monterey Pop Festival. This is also before the addition of Boz Skaggs. So download this show now if you love stuff like Ten Years After, Paul Butterfield, etc. Also download this if you never heard The Steve Miller Blues Band and learn why he was called Stevie "Guitar" Miller by such worshiping fans as a young George Thorogood (true story Steve Miller heavily influenced George, see the DVD included in the Fly Like An Eagle deluxe edition).

Flac

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Fastway - Cleveland Rocks ~ The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH 09-05-1983 (FM)

Fastway
Cleveland Rocks
WMMS 15th Anniversary
The Agora Ballroom & Theater
Cleveland, OH
September 5, 1983
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kps
Cover Art Included

01 - We Become One
02 - You Got Me Runnin'
03 - Give It All you Got
04 - All I Need Is Your Love
05 - Back In The Game
06 - Heft!
07 - Give It Some Action
08 - Hung Up On Love
09 - Feel Me Touch Me
10 - Far Far From Home
11 - Say What You Will
12 - Encore
13 - Happy Birthday WMMS
14 - Telephone
15 - Easy Living

Dave King - vocals
"Fast" Eddie Clarke - guitar
Jerry Shirley - drums

touring member
Alfie Agius - bass

Pretty sure I originally got this from Hear Rock City so thanks go out to them (a great Rock, Hard Rock Metal blog by the way, now a forum)). When Motörhead guitarist left to pursue other ventures he was quoted as saying he wanted to make music that he could be proud of. This was a slam against Lemmy's decision to record the Tammy Wynette song "Stand By Your Man"  with Wendy O'Williams of The Plasmatics. The album spawned two radio hits that actually received MTV air play in "Say What You Will" and "Easy Living". Successful tours followed but the band never received the attention Clarke's former band did. Dave King now fronts Celtic Punk outfit Flogging Molly, "Fast" Eddie Clarke emerged in 2011 with another line-up of Fastway and released the CD Eat Dog Eat.

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Mike And The Mechanics - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA 06-06-1986 (Pre-FM)

Mike And The Mechanics
Tower Theatre
Philadelphia, PA
June 6, 1986
Pre-FM Recording
MP3 192kbps
Front Cover Only

01 - Introduction - Hanging By A Thread (1:02)
02 - Halfway There (6:15)
03 - Silent Running (7:09)
04 - Par Avion (5:01)
05 - I Don't Wanna Know (4:50)
06 - Maxine (6:36)
07 - Taken In (5:19)
08 - A Call To Arms (7:07)
09 - Tempted (4:30)
10 - I Get The Feeling (5:26)
11 - Take The Reins (4:17)
12 - All I Need Is A Miracle - Band Introduction (8:53)
13 - Gimme Some Lovin' (5:50)

Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass, backing vocals
Paul Carrack – vocals, keyboards
Paul Young (R.I.P.) – vocals, percussion
Peter Van Hooke – drums
Adrian Lee – keyboards

touring musician
Ashley Mulford – guitar, bass

OK first off I got this from D & P's Bootleg Tunz World so you know it's a quality concert. So the question of whether it is a good recording is answered right of the bat. It's also a great performance from early in the career of this Genesis side project. If you don't have this show in your collection you simply should that's all there is to it.

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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Wild Strings ~ Emerson Gynamsium, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 04-21-1972 (SBD)

Mahavishnu Orchestra
Wild Strings (Firepower - FP-9046)
Emerson Gynamsium
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
April 21st, 1972
Soundboard Recording
Cover Art Included
MP3 320kbps

01 Meeting of the Spirits
02 You know you know
03 The Dance of Maya
04 The Noonward Race

John McLaughlin - guitar
Jan Hammer - keyboards
Jerry Goodman - violin
Rick Laird - bass guitar
Billy Cobham - drums

Also on the bill for this show were West, Bruce & Laing and Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra was the opening act. This show was professionally recorded and John McLaughlin loved it so much he tried to have CBS release it. Alas it still hasn't been officially released, which is sad because this is a kick ass performance. To have this recording come out with a professional mix would be fantastic. Since that is not the case we have this remastered version of Firepower Records bootleg. If you love John McLaughlin and/or Mahavishnu Orchestra I can not recommend this recording more.

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Bear With Me

Sorry the posts are coming a little slow this month but Rosebud & I are in the process of moving. After 20 long years in a townhouse in the city, we are moving to a house in the country, on a lake. The move is going really well and is almost over, but is taking a large chunk of our free time. In a short time everything should settle down and we will be able to dedicate more time to The New JDP. So check back. The posts will still be coming, just a little slower for a short while longer. Thank you every one for your patience...

Dave & Rosebud

Supertramp - The Last Goodbye ~ Reitstadion Riem, Munich, Germany, 07-23-1983 (Pre-FM)

Supertramp
The Last Goodbye
Reitstadion Riem
Munich, Germany
July 23, 1983
Pre-FM Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD 1
01 Crazy
02 Ain'T Nobody But Me
03 Breakfast In America
04 Bloody Well Right
05 It'S Raining Again
06 Put On Your Old Brown Shoes
07 Hide In Your Shell
08 Waiting So Long
09 Give A Little Bit

CD 2
01 From Now On
02 The Logical Song
03 Goodbye Stranger
04 Dreamer
05 Rudy
06 Fool's Overture
07 School
08 Crime Of The Century

Rick Davies – vocals, keyboards, harmonica
Roger Hodgson – vocals, guitars, keyboards
Dougie Thomson – bass, backing vocals
Bob Siebenberg – drums, percussion
John Helliwell – vocals, woodwinds, keyboards, synthesizers

Touring musicians
Scott Page – woodwinds, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Fred Mandel – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals

Supertramp's Progressive Rock was always tempered with a Pop Music sensibility making them a little more accessible to the masses. It was the more commercial material of Breakfast In America that delivered the bands biggest selling album. The album spawned 4 hit singles "The Logical Song", "Goodbye Stranger", "Take the Long Way Home", and "Breakfast in America". The band embarked on a very successful world tour which was captured on the live Paris album. While recording the follow up album ..Famous Last Words Rick Davis and Roger Hodgson's personality conflicts grew. Roger decided to leave the band during the tour. This is the final gig Roger Hodgson played with Supertramp, he even says this to the fans while dedicating "Give A Little Bit" to them. The sound of this show is great and the performances are so good you wouldn't know a key member was leaving if he hadn't told you.

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Dio - Westwood One In Concert ~ Selland Arena, Fresno, CA 12-28-1983 (Pre-FM)

Dio
Westwood One In Concert
Selland Arena, Fresno, CA December 28, 1983
Broadcast March 12, 1984
Pre-FM Recording
Original Broadcast Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

lineage: Vinyl > VPI HW 16.5 Record Vacuum > VPI MK III table/Audioquest PT-6 Arm/AT OC-9
Cartridge > Sony CDRW 33 Pro Cd Recorder > CDRW > WAV > CD WAV > Flac

01 - Stand Up And Shout
02 - Straight Through The Heart
03 - Shame On The Night
04 - Children of the Sea
05 - Holy Diver
06 - Drum Solo
07 - Rainbow In The Dark
08 - Heaven And Hell
09 - Guitar Solo
10 - Heaven and Hell (reprise)
11 - Don't Talk to Strangers
12 - Man on the Silver Mountain

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) – vocals
Vivian Campbell – guitar
Jimmy Bain – bass
Vinny Appice – drums
Claude Schnell – keyboards

Another fine post for our Ronnie James Dio tribute, this time a Pre-FM recording from his solo band.

Flac

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John Cougar Mellencamp - Westwood One Superstars In Concert #PAN84-3 (Pre-FM)

John Cougar Mellencamp
Westwood One Superstars In Concert #PAN84-3
Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, In April 10, 1984
For airing the Weekend of November 10, 1984
Pre-FM Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet, Label, Box Cover, & Affidavit Scans Included

This Comes To Us Thanks To Draftervoi

Lineage: Pre-FM vinyls > ? > HDD > WAV > Audacity > TLH > FLAC (L8)

01 Introduction
02 Heartbreak Hotel (John Cale/Elvis Presley Cover)
03 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Animals Cover)
04 Pretty Ballerina (Left Banke Cover)
05 Ya Ya (Lee Dorsey Cover)
06 Jack And Diane
07 Crumblin’ Down
08 Hand To Hold On To
09 Authority Song
10 I Need A Lover
11 Play Guitar
12 Pink Houses
13 Golden Gates
14 Shoot Out The Lights (Richard Thompson Cover)
15 Serious Business
16 Hurts So Good
17 Jackie O

Total time: 1hr 17mn 02sc

John Mellencamp - vocals, guitar
Larry Crane - guitar
Mike Wanchic - guitar
John Cascella - keyboards
Toby Myers - bass
Kenny Aronoff - drums and percussion

Draftervoi's original notes:

Instead of trotting out the usual “hits plus new songs” set list, Mellencamp takes a tour through his record collection and opens up with four cover songs. His taste is more eclectic than you’d expect. He starts things off with “Heartbreak Hotel.” Yes, the Elvis Presley song... but he’s doing a note-for-note clone of John Cale’s ominous arrangement from the Slow Dazzle album.

Next up is a pretty standard cover of The Animals’ “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (but he beats Elvis Costello’s cover of the same song by a good two years), followed by a quick run through the Left Banke’s 1966 baroque-pop hit, “Pretty Ballerina.” He finishes up with Lee Dorsey’s “Ya Ya.”

Then he gets down to what you’d expect: songs from John Cougar, Nothing Matters and What If It Did, and American Fool. But he’s not done with showing off his good taste yet: at the end, he pulls out a cover of Richard Thompson’s “Shoot Out The Lights,” and calls him “one of the best songwriters writin’ songs today...” John Mellencamp was taking valuable air time on a nationally syndicated radio show to promote Richard Thompson. Pretty cool...

So this is something a bit different; you get five cover songs, none of which were ever officially released. I also did a painstaking manual removal of each click and pop, so this is about as perfect as this show will ever get. I included scans of the disc label, affidavit, cue sheet, and front cover.

Flac

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Black Sabbath - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA 09-09-1992 (FM)

Black Sabbath
Orpheum Theater
Boston, Mass.
August 9, 1992
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

lineage: WBCN - FM radio > Yamaha 500 reciever > Nak. BX-100 cassette deck (dolby off) > Maxell XLII 90 min. cassettes > (part of guitar solo spliced in from FM master of re-broadcast, same lineage) played on Nak. 300 into soundforge (wav) > flac (sb's aligned)

01 Radio Intro & Walk On Music  3:02
02 The Mob Rules  3:30
03 Computer God  6:51
04 Children Of The Sea  6:37
05 Time Machine  5:23
06 War Pigs  8:31
07 I  6:58
08 Die Young  2:27
09 Guitar Solo  11:48
10 Black Sabbath  7:16
11 Master Of Insanity / After All (The Dead) 7:55
12 Drum Solo  4:53
13 Iron Man  7:58
14 Heaven And Hell  11:06
15 Announcer Encore Break  2:46
16 Neon Knights  5:27
17 Paranoid / Heaven And Hell (reprise)  3:50
18 Announcer Closing Credits  3:47

total time: 1hr 50mn 15sc

Black Sabbath 1992
Ronnie James Dio vocals
Tony Iommi guitar
Geezer Butler bass
Vinny Appice drums

Our Dio tribute rolls on with another offering from his days with Black Sabbath. This time from the Dehumanizer Tour. I have a few different versions of this gig and, this one I enjoy the most. When I caught this tour it was at The Capitol Theater in Flint, Michigan. The place held about 2,000 people so it was a great place to catch the tour. Every seat was like being on the main floor of an arena. Thrash Metal Titans Exodus were the opening act along with Skew Siskin. I crowd surfed and was thrown over the barricade in front of Dio. I had to be walked threw the back stage area, out side, then to the front door to be let back in. As we came around the side of the building, security and I ended up in the middle of a verbal fight between Exodus' and Skew Siskens' road crews. Kind of an interesting night.

Flac PT1
Flac PT2 

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Paul Rodgers - Electric Ladyland Studios, New York City, NY 04-29-1993 (Pre-FM)

Paul Rodgers
...with Neil Schon, Deen Castronovo, and Todd Jensen
The Album Network Live From Electric Ladyland
Electric Ladyland Studios, New York City, NY April 29, 1993
broadcast window of May 14 to May 23, 1993
Pre-FM Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & CD Scans Included

Rosebud's Pick

Thank's Draftervoi!!

01 Live From Electric Ladyland Intro - Pat St. John
02 She's Alright
03 Louisiana Blues
04 Rollin' Stone
05 Good Morning Little School Girl Parts 1 & 2
06 Muddy Water Blues
07 Pat St. John talks with Paul Rodgers
08 Feel Like Making Love
09 The Hunter
10 Can't Get Enough (Bad Company)
11 Little Wing / Angel (Jimi Hendrix)
12 All Right Now (Free)
13 Promo 1
14 Promo 2
15 Promo 3

Paul Rodgers lead vocals, guitar
Neil Schon lead guitar, vocals
Deen Castronovo drums
Todd Jensen bass, vocals

encoded from the original radio broadcast CD.

Paul Rodgers recorded a tribute to Blues Legend Muddy Waters in 1993 (which sadly is now unavailable). Paul's fans loved the CD and Paul went on a promotional tour for it. This great sounding Pre-FM recording is quite simply an absolute must have for all fans. Paul belts out his versions of some classic Muddy Waters tunes as well as the tribute track "Muddy Water Blues" written by Paul. Also on offer is the Bad Company classic "Can't Get Enough" and Free's "Alright Now". Because they are playing Electric Ladyland Studios the band also throws in an awesome blending of "Little Wing" and "Angel".

Flac

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Ronnie James Dio & ELF - War Pigs'72 ~ The Bank, Cortland NY late January OR early February 1972 (SBD)

Ronnie James Dio & ELF
War Pigs'72
The Bank Cortland
late January OR early February 1972
Soundboard Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Picks

CD1
01 Crosseyed Mary (Jethro Tull Cover)
02 Stay With Me (Faces Cover)

 03 Little Queenie/Johnny B Good/Whole Lotta Shakin' (Chuck Berry/Jerry Lee Lewis medley)
04 An Old Raincoat (Rod Stewart Cover)
05 Cold Ramona
06 Black Dog (Led Zeppelin Cover)
07 Lura Lura
08 Four Day Creep (Humble Pie Cover)

CD2
01 Give Me A Chance
02 Rumble (Link Ray Cover)
03 Aqualung (Jethro Tull Cover)
04 Drown Me In The River
05 Simple Man (Graham Nash Cover)
06 Won't Get Fooled Again/Baba O'Riley (Who medley)
07 Pisces Apple Lady
08 Dirty Dollar Bill
09 Buckingham Blues
10 So Long
11 You Shook Me/Rock's Boogie (Elvis Presley Cover)
12 War Pigs (Black Sabbath Cover)

total time: 1hr 40mn 47sc

Ronnie James Dio - vocals / bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave "Rock" Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

Before Ronnie James Dio climbed to fame as lead vocalist for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow he slogged it out in his local scene like countless other musicians. Ronnie started his musical career in a Doo Wop group called The Vegas Kings. The Vegas Kings changed their name to Ronnie & The Rumblers who changed their name to Ronnie & The Red Caps when they got their chance to record a few singles. The band changed their name yet again to Ronnie Dio & The Prophets before recording more singles and the album Dio At Dominoe's a local restaurant. The restaurant in question became Dominoe's Pizza and has a plague outside commemorating the event that states "WE ROCK". The Prophets became The Electric Elves, then The Elves till finally becoming Elf. Elf released a couple albums produced by Roger Glover who suggested the band to Ritchie Blackmore as an opening act for Deep Purple MKII. Blackmore like Dio's voice so much that he took on Elf (minus the guitarist of course) as the core of the first line-up for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. After Rainbow Ronnie went on to become a Heavy Metal Icon as lead vocalist for Black Sabbath. The rest of course is history.

This is a soundboard recording from pre-fame Elf, with Ronnie already belting out "War Pigs", and also Jethro Tull, and Humble Pie covers. I have included some really cool bonus tracks that any Dio collector should not be with out. These bonus tracks regrettably are only in MP3 128kbps (sorry). I also have included a very good history of Ronnie's days as a starving artist.

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