Styx - Chicago Auditorium Theater: Chicago, Illinois, USA September 23, 1978 (FM) - Master Reel JEMS via Krw_co

Styx
Chicago Auditorium Theater
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Recorded: September 23, 1978
Broadcast: February 25, 1978
KISW-FM Broadcast Recording - Master Reel
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

From The JEMS Archive Transfered And Presented By Krw_co

Lineage: FM Broadcast Reel Master @ 3+3/4 IPS > AKAI GX 4000-D Reel To Reel > Creative Soundblaster X-FI HD Model #SB1240WAV (24bit/96khz) > MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab For KRW Track Marks Edits And Volume Adjustment > WAV 16bit/44,1khz > Trader's Little Helper (Flac Level 8)

01 - Intro
02 - The Grand Illusion
03 - Lady
04 - Fooling Yourself
05 - Suite Madame Blue
06 - Come Sail Away
07 - Midnight Ride
08 - Miss America
09 - KISW Styx Contest Info And Outro

Dennis DeYoung lead & backing vocals, keyboards
James Young lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitar
Tommy Shaw lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitar
Chuck Panozzo bass, backing vocals
John Panozzo drums

This happens to be in my opinion the best sounding version of this recording that I have heard. I have a few in my collection and I compared them this version won out.

When I was in High School showing up to school in a concert t-shirt the day after the show was a badge of honor. However I had to be a little different due to my well deserved Bad Boy image. So I went to Junior High wearing a Styx Grand Illusion t-shirt. I was stopped almost every other step "Wow, You went to Styx!!" I had by this time become quite good at sneaking out my bedroom window, over the fence, through the vacant lot to my friends waiting car. From there it was minutes to the highway and we were on our way. I would just tell my parents later that I had a friend by the shirt for me. Worked every time..

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Styx - Long Beach Arena: Long Beach, CA January 27, 1978 (ExAud) - Mike Millard Master

Styx
Mike Millard Master Tapes via JEMS
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 78
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
January 27, 1978
Excellent Audience Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Recording Gear: AKG 451E Microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Nakamichi 550 Cassette Recorder

Transfer: Mike Millard Master Cassettes > Yamaha KX-W592 Cassette Deck > Sony R-500 DAT > Analog Master DAT Clone > Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 > Sound Forge Audio Studio 13.0 capture > Adobe Audition > iZotope RX8 > iZotope Ozone 8 > Audacity > TLH > FLAC

01 The Grand Illusion
02 Lorelei
03 Mademoiselle
04 Fooling Yourself
05 Suite Madame Blue
06 Crystal Ball
07 Light Up
08 Lady
09 Man In The Wilderness
10 Come Sail Away
11 Midnight Ride
12 Miss America
13 Born For Adventure

Dennis DeYoung – keyboards, lead and backing vocals
James "J.Y." Young – guitars, backing and lead vocals
Tommy Shaw – guitars, lead and backing vocals, occasional mandolin and banjo
Chuck Panozzo – bass, occasional backing vocals
John Panozzo – drums, percussion, occasional backing vocals

The notes from JEMS about this great Mike Millard recording are included in the download.

By now a lot of you who frequent The New JDP know who Mike Millard is and how good his audience recordings are. If it has the Mallard name on it you know a very enjoyable listening experience is inside! This Styx show is no exception to that rule. It sounds awesome! The instruments and vocals are clear and the audience noise is never in the way of the music. Styx fans grab this full length Grand Illusion Show for your collection.

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Styx - Capitol Center, Largo, MD 04-13-1981 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Styx
Capitol Center
Largo, Maryland, USA
April 13, 1981
Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

Disc 1
01 - Introduction/AD 1928/Rockin' The Paradise
02 - Blue Collar Man
03 - The Grand Illusion
04 - Lights
05 - Lady
06 - Crystal Ball
07 - Suite Madame Blue
08 - Snowblind

Disc 2
01 - Too Much Time On My Hands
02 - Great White Hope
03 - Best Of Times
04 - Foolin' Yourself
05 - Miss America
06 - Babe
07 - Renegade
08 - Come Sail Away
09 - Encore Break
10 - Borrowed Time >
11 - Half-Penny, Two-Penny/AD 1958

total playing time: 2hr 13mn 40sc

Dennis DeYoung – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
Tommy Shaw – guitar, lead and backing vocals
James "J.Y." Young – guitar, backing and lead vocals
Chuck Panozzo – bass, backing vocals
John Panozzo – drums

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to edit track marks, adjust the volume, and add a fade in/fade out at the beginning and end of the recording. No EQ or noise reduction was used. I encoded the waves to MP3 320kbps because the DVd had lossy audio. This was a two DVD set, the CD1, CD2 break was made where DVD 1 ended and DVD 2 started.

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Damn Yankees - Combined Forces ~ Electric Ladyland Studios, New York City, NY 07-23-1990 (FM)

Damn Yankees
Combined Forces - (Gema/Rocks Dreams - ROCKS 92001)
Electric Ladyland Studios
New York City, NY
July 23, 1990
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Linage: silver > winamp > flac > dime 

01 Damn Yankees
02 Ban Reputation
03 Come Again
04 Mystified
05 Piledriver
06 Renegade (Styx Cover)
07 Don't Tell Me You Love Me (Night Ranger Cover)
08 Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent Cover)
09 Coming Of Age

Tommy Shaw (Styx) – rhythm & lead guitars, lead & backing vocals
Jack Blades (Night Ranger) – bass guitar, lead & backing vocals
Ted Nugent – lead & rhythm guitars, backing & lead vocals
Michael Cartellone – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Hair Metal Supergroup Damn Yankees promoting their debut release.

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Styx - King Biscuit Flower Hour ~ Providence, RI xx-xx-1975 (FM)

Styx
King Biscuit Flower Hour
Providence, RI xx-xx-1975-1976
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 KBFH Intro
02 Born For Adventure
03 Suite Madame Blue
04 Lady
05 Midnight Ride

Dennis DeYoung – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
James "J.Y." Young – guitar, backing and lead vocals, additional keyboards
Tommy Shaw – guitar, lead and backing vocals
Chuck Panozzo – bass, backing vocals, bass pedals
John Panozzo (R.I.P.) – drums, percussion, backing vocals

A classic Styx boot that I downloaded from D&P's Bootleg Tunz World back in the day. A little too short but it's sweet to have a FM quality bootleg from 1975.

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Styx - The Live Illusion ~ Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, January 01-13-1982 (SBD)

Styx
The Live Illusion
Budokan Hall
Tokyo, Japan
January 13, 1982
Soundboard Recording
Cover Art Included
MP3 320kps

01 A.D. 1928 ~ Rockin' The Paradise
02 Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
03 The Grand Illusion
04 Great White Hope
05 Too Much Time On My Hands
06 The Best Of Times
07 Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
08 Sakura
09 Sukiyaki
10 Boat On The River
11 Babe
12 Come Sail Away
13 Borrowed Time
14 Half-Penny, Two-Penny
15 A.D. 1958 ~ State Street Sadie

Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, lead, backing & harmony vocals
James Young - lead & rhythm guitars lead, backing & harmony vocals
Tommy Shaw - lead & rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, lead, backing, & harmony vocals
Chuck Panozzo - bass guitar
John Panozzo (R.I.P) - drums

Recorded during the bands Paradise Theater Tour, this show sounds great! Everyone is in fine voice and the instrumentation is spot on. My only gripe would be a lack of earlier material but it's a small gripe. A lot of 1980's hits are here that were the soundtrack to my generations teenage years. You couldn't go to a school dance, roller rink, or arcade without hearing most of these songs. For me this was the last Styx album I bought, when Kilroy came out I was more than a little disappointed. I did see the tour which didn't go over real well in Detroit, during the theatrical parts the audience would constantly scream for the band to .."Shut up and Play Some F@#*ing Music!"

We lost John Panozzo at the age of 47 to gastrointestinal hemorrhaging, a complication from cirrhosis of the liver.

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Styx - Dennis DeYoung's Last Show CMN Champions Disney Institute, Orlando, FL 06-06-1999 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Styx
Dennis DeYoung's Last Show
CMN Champions
Disney Institute
Walt Disney World
Orlando, FL, USA
June 6, 1999
Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 - Intro
02 - Rockin´ The Paradise
03 - Too Much Time On My Hands
04 - Lady
05 - Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
06 - Babe
07 - Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
08 - The Best Of Times
09 - Renegade
10 - Come Sail Away
11 - Interview with Styx

Styx 1999:
Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, lead & backing vocals
James "JY" Young - lead & rhythm guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Tommy Shaw - acoustic guitar, lead & rhythm guitar, lead & backing vocals
Todd Sucherman - drums
Glen Burtnik - bass, backing vocals

This is the last performance of Dennis DeYoung as a member of Styx. Dennis had already been replaced by Lawrence Gowan. Gowan had been an opening act for Styx at Montreal's Molson Centre and Quebec City's Colisée. Tommy Shaw was so impressed with Gowan that he asked him to fill in for Dennis DeYoung on the Return To Paradise Tour. Dennis was suffering from a viral infection that made his eyes sensitive to light. DeYoung asked the band to not tour until he was well but Shaw & Young decided to go forward with out DeYoung. During this tour Shaw & Young decided to permanently replace DeYoung with Gowan but didn't make a formal announcement until after this show. DeYoung however knew going into this performance. You could never tell by this performance, or during the interview, not one hint is given that this band was under reconstruction. The band seems to be getting along fine, I guess that's a testament to the showmanship that made this band the first in history to release 4 consecutive multi-platinum albums.

Note: the original uploader gives a date of June 6, 1999 this is the date I went with, however wikipedia gives the date of June 5, 1999 for this show.

DVD shared on DIME by eve1976 July 2012.

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