Vanilla Fudge - The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. January 1, 1969 (SBD)

Vanilla Fudge
The Fillmore West
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
January 1, 1969
Excellent Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD 1:
01 - She's Not There (The Zombies)
02 - Shotgun (Junior Walker & the All Stars)
03 - People Get Ready (The Impressions)
04 - You Keep Me Hangin' On (The Supremes)
05 - Season Of The Witch (Donovan)
06 - Break Song

CD 2:
01 - Good Good Livin'
02 - Ticket To Ride (The Beatles)
03 - Medley a) Moonlight Sonata b) Fur Elise c) Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles)
04 - Take Me For A Little While (Evie Sands)
05 - Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)

Mark Stein - organ
Vince Martell - guitar
Tim Bogert (R.I.P.) - bass
Carmine Appice - drums

I remember the first time I heard Vanilla Fudge. I was pretty young and my favorite Aunt gave me an 8-track tape of their first album. I popped it into my player and the first song I heard was their cover of "You Keep Me Hanging On". I was already a young Hard Rock fanatic after her gifts of The MC5 - Kick Out The Jams and Frijid Pink - Frijid Pink. I hadn't heard Black Sabbath yet but the experience would be the same as my 1st time hearing Vanilla Fudge. They had broken the song down to the riff, slowed it down to a dramatic crawl turning the vocal line into an anguished plea for mercy. The dire plea being made even more poignant by the cries of Mark Stein's Hammond screaming as he ripped the sadness from it's very core like some phantom player in the dead of night. A host of Hammond stranglers would arise in the wake. Ken Hensley and John Lord quickly come to mind. John Lord & Ritchie Blackmore were such fans of Vanilla Fudge that they copied the format for early Deep Purple. Recording dramatically changing songs from The Beatles, Donovan and Tina Turner on early releases. When Led Zeppelin opened for them in 1969 the audience screamed "You suck! Bring on The Fudge!" It was documented in The Hammer Of The Gods book. I laughed when I read that actually. I mean can you imagine telling your future friends "I once booed Led Zeppelin so I could hear Vanilla Fudge". Irony...

We lost Tim Bogart on January 13, 2021, from cancer. He was 76.

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Julian Lennon - Westwood One Pop Concert #PC 87-21 (Pre-FM)

Julian Lennon
Westwood One Pop Concert #PC 87-21
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Laguna Hills, California, U.S.A. July 25, 1986
For Broadcast The Week Of May 18, 1987
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & Label Scanc Included

Thanks Go To Draftervoi For This One!!

01 Westwood One Pop Concert PC 87-21 Intro - Phil Hendrie
02 Commercial - Moments Teledisc
03 Say You're Wrong
04 O.K. For You
05 On The Phone
06 Commercial - Caltrate
07 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
08 Commercial - Caffedrine
09 Westwood One Pop Concert PC 87-21 Break - Phil Hendrie
10 Heart Tour Update
11 Valotte
12 Let Me Tell You
13 Jesse
14 Commercial - Caffedrine
15 Commercial - Trident Sugarless Gum
16 Commercial - Country Time Drink Mix
17 Westwood One Pop Concert PC 87-21 Break - Phil Hendrie
18 REO Speedwagon Tour Update
19 Stick Around
20 Big Mama
21 Stand By Me
22 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
23 Commercial - Listermint
24 Commercial - Country Time Drink Mix
25 Westwood One Pop Concert PC 87-21 Break - Phil Hendrie
26 Too Late For Goodbyes
27 It Won't Be Long (The Beatles)
28 Day Tripper (The Beatles)
29 Westwood One Pop Concert PC 87-21 Outro - Phil Hendrie
30 Westwood One Pop Concert PC 87-21 Promo - Phil Hendrie

The Band:
Justin Clayton guitar
Doug Worthington guitar
Carmine Rojas bass guitar
Chuck Kentis keyboards
Frank Elmo saxophone
Alan Childs drums

Draftervoi's Notes:

This show was bootlegged as "Stand By Me" The Internet says this was 1 LP, 200 copies, with the first 100 copies on red vinyl. issued in 1988 on the Diamond Sound label as DS001, out of West Germany. That bootleg called it a "Live Concert - Somewhere in US 1986."

Take that all with a grain of salt (English idiom meaning it may not be true.)

Here's what I've observed:

The Westwood One Pop Concert series ran from about 1983 to 1988.  At the time, Westwood One
had several "concert" shows:  "Superstars In Concert," "In Concert," "Pop Concert" and "Live At Gilley's" (which evolved into "Westwood One Presents.")  The first three featured rock and pop acts, while Gilley's/Presents was Country.

The "Pop Concert" series is the most confusing, as it looks like the shows varied between "live concerts" and "artist profiles" (which featured studio tracks).  The "Superstars In Concert" and "In Concert" shows usually featured harder rock acts, while the Pop Concerts were a bit lighter.

However, there's a lot of overlap.  Elton John, Robert Palmer, Jefferson Starship, Bruce Hornsby, Moody Blues, Stevie Nicks show up on all three of these "rock" shows, while Melissa Manchester, Julian Lennon, Sade, and Spandau Ballet turn up only on the Pop Concerts.  Greg Kihn turns up on "In Concert" and "Pop Concert."

As for the show... it's pretty good. Julian suffers by comparison to his father, but hell, so do most groups and singers.  If his name was Gordon Potrzebie we would probably consider this a triumph!

Of interest is the end of the concert, where Julian tackles his father John Lennon's legacy
with a run through Lennon's cover of "Stand By Me," (to my ears, not as good as his
father's version of the song, but a pretty good shot at it), the Beatles "It Won't Be Long,"
(a solid rendition of an underappreciated Fab Four track), and "Day Tripper," done in a synth-pop arrangement that doesn't work for me.  It's not bad... it just painfully begs a comparison with the Beatles hard charging original and comes up short, in my opinion.

Anyway...FLAC FILES OF WAVS, people!  With a 300 dpi scan of the record label and cue sheet!

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Tina Turner - Maasport, Den Bosch, Netherlands, February 17, 1984 (FM)

Tina Turner
Maasport, Den Bosch, Netherlands
February 17, 1984
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Dutch Radio Broadcast > (?) > Tape > CD-r(x) > Wave > Flac Front End > Flac Level 8

01 (Cat People) Putting Out Fire / The Acid Queen (David Bowie/The Who)
02 Let´s Pretend We´re Married (Prince)
03 Hot Legs (Rod Steward)
04 Get Back (The Beatles)
05 I´ll Be There Where The Heart Is (Kim Carnes)
06 Nutbush City Limits (Ike & Tina Turner)
07 Givin`It Up For Your Love (Delbert McClinton)
08 Night Life (Foreigner)
09 River Deep-Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner)
10 Let´s Stay Together (Al Green)
11 Help (The Beatles)
12 Proud Mary (Creedance Clearwater Revival)
13 Hollywood Nights (Bob Seger)
14 Out Of Time / Radio Outro (The Rolling Stones)

Total Playing Time: 1hr 24mn 3sc

HBO recently aired a new Tina Turner documentary that Rosebud & I liked. It was pretty in depth but not quite as much as the recent Aretha Franklin docudrama. They didn't mention Tina's cancer, or kidney failure but did mention her conversion to Buddhism during treatment. What they did get into was her life with Ike & after. They also showed a lot of performance clips and studio session film. Anyway if you have HBO I recommend the documentary, it's really well done. The tape itself shows a little age but is a very good listening experience. This performance was chosen for the songs chosen to perform. It's also chosen because it was recorded before the Private Dancer sessions. This is an FM recording not the bootleg Acid Queen, the artwork was just provided for those who would like to have a cover.

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Aretha Franklin - Les Légendes du Jazz, France Musique, Festival de Jazz d’Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France 07-21-1970 (FM)

Aretha Franklin
Les Légendes du Jazz, France Musique
Festival de Jazz d’Antibes
Juan-les-Pins
Antibes, France
Recorded: July 21, 1970
Broadcast: April 29, 2017
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: FM > Edirol R-09 (WAV) > WaveLab > FLAC (level 8, sector-align)

01 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 3:03
02 Respect 3:15
03 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 4:18
04 I Say a Little Prayer 4:31
05 Eleanor Rigby 3:10
06 (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone 4:54
07 Tighten Up 1:53
08 Put on a Happy Face 2:26
09 A Brand New Me 3:04
10 Doctor Feelgood 4:36
11 You Send Me 5:23
12 Spirit in the Dark 11:41

Total Playing Time: 52mn 9sc

Lineup:
Aretha Franklin piano, vocals
Donald Towns, John Wilson, Charles Horse & Clay Robinson trumpets
Chancey Outcalt & René Pitts trombones
Louis Barnett, Miller Brisker, Donald Walden & Charlie Gabriel saxophones
Truman Thomas organ
Ted Sheely piano
Leslie Harvey guitar
Melvin Jackson bass
Hindel Butts drums
Evelyn Green, Almeta Latimer & Wyline Ivy backing vocals

Rosebud & I recently watched the National Geographic Genius: Aretha Franklin miniseries. The multi-part drama takes you from Aretha's childhood days to her death August 16, 2018 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. It gets into some of the darker side of her life as well as the triumphs. We really enjoyed it so we thought we would post some live Queen Of Soul music for our friends here. We chose this one because of it being fairly early in her Secular Music career. It was also picked for the song selection. If you like Aretha's music this is a great show to have for your collection.

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Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Archive Vol.1 2012-2015 (SBD)

Public Service Broadcasting
BBC Archive Vol.1 2012-2015
Various Dates & Locations
Sources Vary
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 - Chat
02 - Spitfire
03 - Chat
04 - Everest
05 - Signal 30/Spitfire/Theme from PSB
06 - Chat/Gagarin
07 - Chat/Go!
08 - Chat/Everest
09 - ROYGBIV
10 - Theme From PSB
11 - Elfstendentocht Part 2
12 - Gagarin
13 - Go!
14 - Spitfire
15 - Intros
16 - Everest
17 - Outro

Tracks 01-04 Gideon Coe, BBC Radio 6 09-24-2012
Track 05 Marc Riley, BBC Radio 6 07-08-2013
Track 06-09 Marc Riley, BBC Radio 6 01-22-2015
Tracks 10-17 The Concourse, Sage, Gateshead, England 02-22-2015

J. Willgoose, Esq. guitar, banjo, stringed instruments, samplings, electronics
Wrigglesworth drums, piano, electronic musical instruments
J.F. Abrahamc flugelhorn, bass, drums, vibraslap, other assorted instruments

We had a post from Public Service Broadcasting in February that our friend Phil relied to that he was looking forward to some more Public Service Broadcasting. This is for you Phil and Major Grubert, who also thank us for the post.

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Renaissance - Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey, June 18, 1978 (FM)

Renaissance
Capitol Theater
Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.A
June 18, 1978
FM Radio Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Radio broadcast > CD (via Renaissance vine - early 2000´s) > EAC > SoundForge 10.0 Pro > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

01 Can You Hear Me?
02 Carpet Of the Sun
03 Things I Don't Understand
04 Northern Lights
05 Mother Russia
06 Day Of The Dreamer
07 Midas Man
08 The Vultures Fly High
09 Running Hard
10 Song For All Seasons
11 Prologue
12 Ashes Are Burning

Total Playing Time: 2hr 1mn 57sc

Annie Haslam - lead vocals
Jon Camp - bass, vocals
John Tout (R.I.P.) - piano, keyboards
Michael Dunford (R.I.P.) - guitar
Terrance Sullivan - drums

Our next post in our Tribute To Progressive Rock Bands is the British band Renaissance. Renaissance combined Rock with elements of Classical, Jazz and Folk to come up with their sound. If you liked the Curved Air show posted not to long ago you'll like Renaissance. Their some what Operatic, some what Classical approach brings to mind a Yes, E.L.P. hybrid with a female vocalist. This show had me with the epic opening track "Can You Hear Me?". It sets the tone for the next 2 hours of awesome, epic Progressive Rock.

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Amorphis - Hellfest 2018 ~ Val-de-Moine Sport Complex, Clisson, France June 24, 2018 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Amorphis
Hellfest 2018
Val-de-Moine Sport Complex
Clisson, France
June 24, 2018
HDTV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.53 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - The Bee
02 - The Golden Elk
03 - Sacrifice
04 - Silver Bride
05 - Bad Blood
06 - Wrong Direction
07 - Daughter Of Hate
08 - Against Widows
09 - The Castaway
10 - Death Of King
11 - House Of Sleep

Tomi Joutsen – lead vocals
Esa Holopainen – lead guitar
Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar
Olli-Pekka Laine – bass
Jan Rechberger – drums
Santeri Kallio – keyboards

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to adjust some track marks. I also muffled a loud guitar cord pop at the end of a track. No other work was required on the wave files. Even though the DVD is marked as having a lossless sound option, the actual broadcast source is lossy. That being the case the waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps using Trader's Little Helper.

Another great post for our Roots Of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal series. Finnish Progressive Metal Legends Amorphis chose their name correctly. The band was initially a Brutal Death Metal Band called Abhorrence. They released a demo called Disment of Soul before breaking up. Some of the members formed Amorphis a little after. The bands first release was a Melodic Death Metal album. The second album added a twist to the Death Metal with lyrics written based on an ancient Finnish Epic Poem, The Kalevala. They also added clean vocals and keyboards, as well as Finnish Folk rhythms. The band would continue to expand their sound with every album. Eventually dropping the Death Metal elements from their new material. After lead vocalist Pasi Koskinen left and Tomi Joutsen was hired they returned. They kept the clean vocals, keyboards, saxophone and flute as well. The bands still uses The Kalevala for inspiration as well. Amorphis has been a big influence on the Heavy Metal scene, expanding the boundaries of the genre. Think of Amorphis like Opeth but with shorter songs.

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Elton John with New York City's Juliard School Of Music Orchestra, London's Royal Academy of Music Orchestra & The Augmented Brooklyn Youth Choir ~ Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY, July 2004 (SBD) - DVD Audio Rip

Elton John
New York City's Juliard School Of Music Orchestra
London's Royal Academy of Music Orchestra
The Augmented Brooklyn Youth Choir
Radio City Music Hall
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
July 13-18, 2004 (not sure which date this is from)
Bravo Cable 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 v6.53 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Philadelphia Freedom 6:06
02 - Border Song 3:26
03 - Levon 7:40
04 - Freaks in Love 4:50
05 - Take Me to the Pilot 6:09
06 - Tiny Dancer 6:39
07 - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word 6:36
08 - Burn Down the Mission 6:05
09 - Come Down in Time 3:40
10 - This Train Don't Stop There Anymore 4:57
11 - Madman Across the Water 6:19
12 - Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me 6:23
13 - Your Song 4:44
14 - Believe 5:32
15 - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) 5:43
16 - Interview With Conductor 1:04

Total Playing Time: 1hr 25mn 53sc

Elton John – lead vocals, piano

Paul Buckmaster – arrangements, conductor, orchestration

Davey Johnstone – guitar, vocals,  musical director
Nigel Olsson – drums, vocals
John Mahon – percussion, vocals
Guy Babylon (R.I.P.) – keyboards
Bob Birch (R.I.P.) – bass guitar, vocals

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to adjust some track marks. I also had to remove 8 commercials between tracks, and move the conductor interview to the end of the recording. I did not remaster or re-mix the audio. There was no EQ or Noise Reduction used. The DVD had lossy audio so the waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps using TRader's Little Helper.

This is a pretty nice sounding recording. The Symphony and Coral arrangements are fabulous, complementing the songs perfectly. The performance is nothing but superb all the way.

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Kansas - Broadcast Of Innocence ~ Villanova Field House, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 02-22-1976 (FM)

Kansas
Broadcast Of Innocence - (Blue Cafe 136)
Villanova Field House
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
February 22, 1976
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

01 Song For America
02 Icarus (Borne On Wings Of Steel)
03 Down The Road
04 Lonely Street
05 Lonely Wind
06 Belexes
07 Guitar Insturmental
08 Child Of Innocence
09 All The World
10 Bringing It Back/Can I Tell You

Dave Hope bass
Phil Ehart drums, percussion
Kerry Livgren guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
Steve Walsh vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion
Robby Steinhardt vocals, violin, viola, cello
Rich Williams guitars

Our Salute To Progressive Rock Bands Series entry this time is from Kansas touring to support their 3rd album Masque. Kansas' debut and sophomore efforts were a little at odds. The Hard Rock leanings of Steve Walsh clashed a little with Kerry Livgren's Prog-Rock leanings. Masque seems a little more like Steve & Kerry were coming to a common ground. "Icarus - Borne On Wings Of Steel", "Child Of Innocence", "Mysteries And Mayhem" & "The Pinnacle" are long standing fan concert faves. This common ground worked for 2 more albums that would put Kansas on the radio and the charts. Leftoverture and Point Of Known Return are both certified Platinum 4 times each. Kansas' habit of writing chart friendly music gets Progressive Rock purists in a bit of a snit. They call them and other Prog bands that achieve commercial airplay and large arena shows Pomp-Prog. Well this Kansas, Saga, & Asia fan says purists can kiss Steve Walsh's Platinum Records and shut the hell up.

I downloaded this show from the now defunct Viva Les Bootlegs blog.

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Mama's Boys / Loudness / Y & T - Westwood One In Concert #85-21 (Pre-FM)

Mama's Boys / Loudness / Y & T
Westwood One In Concert #85-21
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Label Scan Included

Thanks Go To Draftervoi For This One!

Sides 1 and 2:
01  Westwood One Radio Network Promo (Daryl Hall) Westwood One In Concert 25-21 Intro - George Taylor Morris
02  Commercial - U.S. Army
03  Gentleman Rogues - Mama's Boys
04  Lettin' Go - Mama's Boys
05  Commercial - Levi's 501 Jeans
06  Commercial - Budweiser (Dexy's Midnight Runners)
07  Commercial - Starburst Fruit Chews
08  Westwood One In Concert 25-21 Break - George Taylor Morris
09  Needle In The Groove - Mama's Boys
10  Runaway Dreams - Mama's Boys
11  Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Mama's Boys
12  Commercial - Starburst Fruit Chews
13  Commercial - Budweiser (Dio)
14  Commercial - Levi's 501 Jeans
15  Westwood One In Concert 25-21 Break - George Taylor Morris

Sides 3 and 4: 

16  Westwood One In Concert 25-21 Loudness Intro - George Taylor Morris
17  No Way Out - Loudness
18  Crazy Nights - Loudness
19  Get Away - Loudness
20  Commercial - Snickers
21  Commercial - Edge Shave Gel
22  Commercial - Starburst Fruit Chewd
23  Westwood One Radio Network Promo - Meatloaf
24  Westwood One In Concert 25-21 Break - George Taylor Morris
25  Crazy Doctor - Loudness
26. Speed - Loudness
27  Commercial - Starburst Fruit Chews
28  Commercial - Edge Shave Gel
29  W1 Break - George Taylor Morris
30  Lipstick & Leather - Y & T
31  Keep On Runnin' - Y & T
32  Commercial - Snickers
33  Westwood One Radio Network Promo - Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet
34  Westwood One In Concert 25-21 Break - George Taylor Morris
35  Rock & Roll's Gonna Save The World - Y & T
36  Black Tiger - Y & T
37  Westwood One In Concert 25-21 Credits and Outro - George Taylor Morris

Mama's Boys 1985
Patrick Francis 'Pat' McManus – lead guitar, fiddle, backing vocals
John McManus – bass, lead vocals, backing vocals, low whistle, tin whistle, uilleann pipes
Thomas 'Tommy' McManus (R.I.P.) – drums, bodhran , backing vocals

Loudness 1985:
Minoru Niihara – lead vocals
Akira Takasaki – guitars, backing vocals
Masayoshi Yamashita – bass, backing vocals
Munetaka Higuchi (R.I.P.) – drums

Y&T 1985
Dave Meniketti – lead guitar, lead vocals
Joey Alves (R.I.P.) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Phil Kennemore (R.I.P.) – bass, backing vocals
Leonard Haze (R.I.P.) – drums, backing vocals

Like I Said it's Pre-FM Season so every post set will have a Pre-FM recording included. This time we have featured some early Troops in the 1980's Heavy Metal Revolution. Thanks to early battles fought by such bands as Mama's Boys, Loudness and Y & T the Heavy Metal Battle For The Airwaves was won. Although it would take Jethro Tull stealing a Gammy from Metallica to bring really heavy music to radio.

Mama's Boys came from Northern Ireland and the core trio are brothers. They later expanded the line-up. They got there start playing pubs and being discovered by Berry Devlin of Horslips. They were the opening act for Horslips' 1979 tour. They released 3 self financed albums before getting a big label deal. They achieved moderate success with the singles "Needle In The Groove" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (the Slade track). The band folded in 1993 when Tommy McManus passed away after a life long battle with leukemia, he was 28.

Loudness formed in Osaka, Japan in 1980 after guitarist Akira Takasaki left the Japanese band Lazy. Takasaki & original drummer Munetaka Higuchi disliked the Pop Idol music the band played. Loudness was signed to a major Japanese label by 1981, releasing 4 studio albums all sung in Japanese. In 1985 Loudness released their 1st international album Thunder In The East. American audiences loved Akira Takasaki's Eddie Vanhalen-esque guitar shredding. However the bands English translator wasn't very good so their lyrics were a thing of constant ridicule. (They used the word pile instead of mosh and a bit of other silly things). The band went through some line up changes but they are back to their original line up less Munetaka Higuchi. He passed away from liver cancer November 30, 2008. He was 49.

In 1972 Y&T started off in Oakland, California U.S.A with the name Yesterday & Today. After releasing 2 albums the band shortened it to Y&T since that was what fans would chant for encores. Y&T gained some FM airplay with the track "Mean Streak". They however didn't receive wide spread radio airplay until "Don't Stop Runnin'" off In Rock We Trust. The next album Down For The Count brought fame with the Hair Metal-esque single "Summertime Girls" in 1985. The fame kind of waned in the 1990's but Y&T are still playing shows. Joey Alves passed away March 12, 2017, at 63 from ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease complications. Phil Kennemore passed January 7, 2011 at 57 from lung cancer. Leonard Haze passed away September 11, 2016 at age 61 from complications of COPD. Dave Meniketti continues on with a new line up.

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The New Standard Trio - Festival Glatt & Verkehrt, Winzer Krems, Krems, Austria 07-29-2015 (Satellite)

The New Standard Trio (featuring Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow & Bobby Previte)
Festival Glatt & Verkehrt
Winzer Krems
Krems, Austria
July 29, 2015
Satellite Radio Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: DVB-S > Techno Trend TT-Premium S2-6400 Twin HD > HDD > Nero Wave Editor > Flac
(mpeg1 layer 2/256 kbps) [Radio Station - OE1]

01 - I See No Leader (Saft) 17:24
02 - Blue Shuffle (Saft) 7:38
03 - The New Standard (Saft) 9:21
04 - Step Lively (Saft, Previte, Swallow) 8:19
05 - Clearing (Saft, Previte, Swallow) 4:53

Total Playing Time: 47mn 35sc

Jamie Saft - Piano, Hammond B3
Steve Swallow - Bass
Bobby Previte - Drums, Percussion

This is a very nice sounding recording. The New Standard Trio released their 1st album in 2014 (all songs were recorded in one take!). The intention was to write new compositions using the older/classic forms of Jazz. The standard trio musical format is in play but with a small twist. Jamie Saft switches from piano to Hammond B3 organ on a few tracks. That being said the music is more say Chick Corea than John Medeski. Steve Swallow is actually featured on 9 shows posted on this site. 8 of those shows is as the constant bass companion to Carla Bley. 1 of those shows has Steve leading his own Quintet, with Carla Bley at his side. The duo have been romantically involved since the early 1980's and constant musical partners since the 1970's. Those shows can be found here. Jamie Saft and Bobby Previte are new on my radar but I will be seeing if I can find more of their shows having heard this recording.

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Black Flag - Last Show ~ Graystone Hall, Detroit, Michigan June 27, 1986 (SBD)

Black Flag
Last Show
Graystone Hall
Detroit, MI
June 27, 1986
Soundboard Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Retired At 21
02 Annihilate This Week
03 Bastard In Love
04 Drinking And Driving
05 Paralyzed
06 In My Head
07 White Hot
08 Black Love
09 Kickin And Stickin
10 Society’s Tease
11 This Is Good
12 I Can See You
13 Nothing Left Inside
14 Gimme Gimme Gimme
15 Louie Louie

Greg Ginn - guitar
Henry Rollins - vocals
C'el Revuelta - bass
Anthony Martinez - drums

Our Roots Of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Series brings us to one of the reasons why Thrash Metal bands play fast. It was the Punk Rock influence. Hardcore Punk Rockers Black Flag were one of the biggest. For me it was Black Flag, Dead Kenedys and The Plasmatics. The Misfits play a hand in it as well as The Meatmen. I remember when I first heard Black Flag. I was in High School studying art prepping to become a High School Art Teacher. That didn't happen because of my music career, but that has no bearing on the story. I had a 3 hour commercial art class and our teacher signed us up for a scientific study on how music affects learning. We were allowed to listen to whatever music we brought in. The class across the hall listened to nothing but Classical Music and the control group listened to none. I have no idea of the study's results, it didn't interest me then. We did however like the teacher said bring in whatever we wanted to listen to. A friend in the class said he was going to bring in some Hardcore Punk to see if the teacher would play it. It was a Black Flag 12 inch record with like 4 songs per side. The teacher noted it didn't have a speed marked on the label. He asked my buddy what speed, and he said he wasn't sure. The teacher first played it on 33 then on 45. It was meant to be 45 but hell I thought the slower speed sounded great. When it was played at 45 I flipped out, I was a Black Flag fan for life. This recording is from the last Black Flag show, they broke up in the van afterward. This was my only chance to have seen Black Flag. I didn't make the show (didn't even know they played). My band Psychosis was headlining Blondie's that night (we sold out). Hey I still get to hear it though thanks to a lucky taper who caught lightning in a bottle.

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Colosseum II - Colosseum II featuring Gary Moore ~ Köln, Germany, October 29, 1977 (SBD)

Colosseum II
Colosseum II featuring Gary Moore - (Microphone Records ~ MPH CD 09)
Unknown Venue
Köln, Germany
October 29, 1977
Soundboard/FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Soundboard (probably FM Broadcast) > ? > Silver CD > E.A.C > Flac Level 8

Art lineage: HP Scanjet 4370 with HP Solution Center > HD > Reworked with HP Image Zone

01 War Dance 5:08
02 Inquisition 7:59
03 Trilogy 3:44
04 Trilogy 6:36
   a Star Maiden
   b Mysterioso
   c Quasar
05 Lament 6:50
06 Desperado 6:33
07 Intergalactic Strut 10:55
08 Fighting Talk 2:22

Length: 50mn 07sc

Gary Moore Guitar
Don Airey Keyboards
John Mole Bass
Jon Hiseman Drums

Note: Setlist On Art Is Wrong, Given One Is Correct.

For our next segment in our Salute To Progressive Rock Band's we have Coloseum II with Guitar Legend Gary Moore. Coloseum II was a continuation of sorts after Coloseum broke up. Coloseum drummer Jon Hiseman felt that the public wasn't quite done with the band so he formed a new line up. The music this time was all instrumental with a Jazz Fusion style. They released 3 fabulous albums but sales just didn't come their way (some people just have to catch up to music). The band broke up, Gary Moore went back to Thin Lizzy, Don Airy to Rainbow. Jon Hiseman would reunite with the original Coloseum in the 1990's. The band on this recording doesn't sound like it would splinter in another year, they sound great. You should definitely download this show.

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Chicago - Live At Bradley University 1970 ~ Robertson Memorial Field House Bradley University Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A May 5, 1970

Chicago
Live At Bradley University 1970 - (Vintage Masters ~ VMCDR-542A/B)
Robertson Memorial Field House
Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A
May 5, 1970
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: CD-r(x) Trade > E.A.C. > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 6

01 Introduction (fades in) 5:59
02 25 Or 6 To 4 7:07
03 Beginnings 6:57
04 Ballet For A Girl In Buchanon 13:44
05 Free Form Piano Intro 2:13
06 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 3:40
07 It Better End Soon 16:40

Total Playing Time: 56mn 20sc

Terry Kath (R.I.P.) – guitar, vocals
Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
James Pankow – trombone, backing vocals
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute, backing vocals
Danny Seraphine – drums

Another great show from Rosebud's Chicago collection. Rosebud, like many others, knew of Chicago because of their Radio Hits & MTV videos when I met her. After we married and my music collection moved in (she freaked out at the size of it) she learned of the Immortal Terry Kath . We have seen Chicago in concert every summer since then at Pine Knob Amphitheater. On the date of their 30th straight year appearing at Pine Knob they issued special shirts for the event. They also played one of the longest sets I have ever caught them play. But I digress, The Terry Kath era of Chicago, in my opinion, is the best the band sounded. If you own Chicago Transit Authority re-listen to the Terry Kath penned song "Introduction". Terry Kath's soulful voice and great guitar playing are just the half of it. Each player in the band is given a small solo section to literally introduce you to the players. The awesome thing about these solos, Terry Kath wrote the too! He wrote each soloists solo specifically to show off each players talent. In the early days of Chicago, Peter Cetera has often said, the members would always play to each other's talents. If Robert Lamm wrote a song but thought Peter Cetera would sing it better it was done so. That's why Peter Cetera sings Robert Lamm's "25 Or 6 To 4" or Terry Kath sings James Pankow's "Colour My World". That's why a lot of Chicago fans feel the first 9 albums are the best.

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Dave Edmunds - BBC Rock Hour #347, Version B ~ Uncle Sam's, Hull, Massachusetts Broadcast November 11, 1982 (Pre-FM)

Dave Edmunds
BBC Rock Hour #347, Version B
Uncle Sam's, Hull, Massachusetts
London Wavelength's Broadcast Week of November 11, 1982
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & Label Scans Included

Thank You Draftervoi!

01 BBC Rock Hour #347 Intro
02 Crawling From the Wreckage
03 Dear Dad
04 Your True Love
05 Nobody
06 Commercials: Coors/Maxwell House/US Army
07 From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
08 Blue Moon Of Kentucky
09 Girls Talk
10 Commercial: Coors
11 Queen of Hearts
12 It's My Own Business
13 I Hear You Knocking
14 JuJu Man
15 Commercials: Coors/Maxwell House/US Army
16 Que Sera, Sera / Bama Lama Bama Loo
17 Me and the Boys
18 Down Down Down
19 BBC Rock Hour #347 Outro

Digitized by Ю僱êrvØ¡, July 2012 directly from an original BBC disc.

As promised we have another great Pre-FM show encoded by our friend Draftervoi. He posts shows at the Voodoo Wagon site. By the way if you do not visit Voodoo Wagon regularly you are missing out on some awesome stuff (check them out at the link to the left). As usual after encoding the waves from the original vinyl he de-clicked them manually in Audacity, one click at a time. This encoding sounds great and should be an upgrade to any version of this show one might have.

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Pat Metheny Group ~ Unknown Venue, Besancon, France July 8, 1991 (SBD) - Bruce MacKenzie Remaster

Pat Metheny Group
Unknown Venue
Besancon, France - Bruce MacKenzie Remaster
July 8, 1991
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD1
01 Forward March 4:17
02 Have You Heard 7:32
03 Every Summer Night 7:32
04 Naked Moon 5:39
05 Better Days Ahead 4:58
06 Change Of Heart 7:10
07 Last Train Home 5:50
08 First Circle 10:49
09 Scrap Metal 7:34
10 If I Could 8:27
11 Spring Ain't Here 7:00

CD2
01 Straight On Red 8:15
02 Are You Going With Me? 9:43
03 Guitar Solo / The Fields, The Sky 7:32
04 Half Life Of Absolution 15:57
05 Beat 70 5:07
06 Letter From Home 4:28
07 Minuano 12:02
08 Third Wind 9:19

Total Playing Time CD1: 1hr 16mn 48sc
Total Playing Time CD2: 1hr 12mn 22sc
Total Playing Time Both CDs: 2hr 29mn 10sc

Pat Metheny guitars, guitar synthesizer, electric sitar
Lyle Mays piano, synthesizers
Steve Rodby acoustic bass, electric bass
Paul Wertico drums
Armando Marçal percussion
Pedro Aznar vocals, guitars, percussion

This is one of the many shows recorded for The Road To You, the Pat Metheny Group's 1993 live album. I have no idea what songs were used from each date and could find no info. This is a great sounding recording from a fabulous concert. The band is playing at peak performance. At the beginning of the show Pat assures the audience they will hear the songs they want to hear because they plan on playing a long time. The band then proves Pat to have understated it, this show is two and a half hours long! The audience definitely get their money's worth and more. So all my Pat Metheny fan friends, sit back with a nice glass of wine, turn the stereo to a nice volume and enjoy!

The Flac file set is rather large so each CD is uploaded separately. Each file will also open separately.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - TV Appearances 1985-1990 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Stevie Ray Vaughan
TV Appearances 1985-1990
Dates & Locations Vary
Sources Vary
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recordings
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.53 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Couldn't Stand The Weather
02 - Soul To Soul
03 - Change It (with Jimmie Vaughan)
04 - Superstition
05 - Life Without You
06 - Frosty (with Albert Collins)
07 - Texas Flood (with BB King & Albert Collins)
08 - Tightrope
09 - House Is Rockin'
10 - Wall of Denial
11 - Crossfire
12 - Travis Walk
13 - Sailing Shoes
14 - Tightrope
15 - Soul To Soul (Alternate Source)
16 - Instrumental Jam with W.C. Clark
17 - Life With Out You (False Start)

Total Playing Time: 1hr 8mn 39sc

Track 01 JVC JazzFest, Ft. Adams State Park, Newport, RI August 18, 1985
Track 02-03 Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios, New York City, NY February 15, 1986
Track 04 Volunteer Jam XIII, Starwood Amphitheater, Nashville, TN September 6, 1987
Track 05-07 S.S. Presidente New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA April 22,    1988
Track 08-09 The Tonight Show, June 7, 1990
Track 10 Late Night with David Letterman, September 22, 1980
Track 11-13 Night Music, Los Angeles CA October 12, 1989
Track 14 Late Night with David Letterman, April 10, 1989
Track 15 Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios, New York City, NY February 15, 1986 alternate      source
Track 16 Austin City Limits, University of Texas, Austin October 10, 1989
Track 17 MTV Unplugged Outtake

Stevie Ray Vaughan – guitar, vocals
Tommy Shannon – bass guitar
Chris Layton – drums, percussion
Reese Wynans – keyboards

Special Guests:
Jimmie Vaughan - guitar, vocals
Albert Collins guitar, vocals
B.B. King (R.I.P.) guitar, vocals
W.C. Clark guitar

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to adjust some volume issues and smooth out some transitions between tracks. The DVD audio was lossy so the waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps with Trader's Little Helper. Some sources are a little muddy but the whole recording is an enjoyable listen from beginning to end.

I just finished this one recently hope everyone enjoys it!

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Golden Earring - Unknown Venue, Huizen, Netherlands July 1, 1989 (SBD)

Golden Earring
Unknown Venue
Huizen, Netherlands
July 1, 1989
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Source: Soundboard
Lineage: ? > CD-r >E.A.C. > SHN > ? > Flac > Trader's Little Helper > Decode & Fix Sector Boundarie Errors > Flac Level 8

Disc 1
01 Just Like Vince Taylor
02 Sleepwalkin'
03 She Flies On Strange Wings
04 Too Much Woman (Not Enough Girl)
05 Weekend Love
06 Long Blond Animal
07 Quiet Eyes
08 When The Lady Smiles
09 Distant Love

Disc 2
01 They Dance
02 Turn The World Around
03 Can Do That
04 Radar Love
05 Twilight Zone
06 Clear Night Moonlight

Barry Hay – vocals, guitar, flute, saxophone
George Kooymans – guitar, vocals
Rinus Gerritsen – bass, keyboards, guitar, harmonica
Cesar Zuiderwijk – drums, percussion

This next post in our Roots Of Heavy Metal Series comes from Dutch Hard Rockers Golden Earring. This power house band that's criminally under rated and under represented on American Radio. That being the case in the US Golden Earring is known more for "Radar Love" & "Twilight Zone" than there name. Now the song "Radar Love" in America is considered to be one of the Greatest Rock songs to drive to. It's also in the top 10 songs that make you get a speeding ticket. Now the other thing about "Radar Love", with that riff Golden Earring spawned thousands of Hard Rock/Hair Metal bands. Hair Metal band White Lion even hit the charts with their (rather lame) cover of "Radar Love". This posting is dedicated to George Kooymans. On February 5, 2021 Golden Earring announced they were putting the band to bed. The reason is that George Kooymans has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and can no longer tour.

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