Faith No More - Westwood One In Concert New Rock #93-18 (Pre-FM)

Faith No More
Westwood One In Concert New Rock #93-18
The Palladium, Hollywood, California, April 1993
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Levl 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cue Sheet
CD Scan Included

Pre-FM Siver CD > EAC (secure) > Wave > GoldWave v.5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (flac 8 align on sector boundaries)

01 Falling To Pieces
02 Land Of Sunshine
03 Midlife Crisis
04 Be Aggressive
05 Easy (Commodores Cover)
06 Crack Hitler
07 We Care a Lot
08 Epic

Mike Patton lead vocals
Roddy Bottum keyboards, backing vocals
Billy Gould bass guitar, backing vocals
Mike Bordin drums, percussion, backing vocals
Jim Martin Lead guitar, backing vocals

Like Primus, Faith No More is hard to classify as a Heavy Metal band although they are easily accepted by the Metal World as such. Faith No More combine a lot of different musical elements to come up with a very unique sound. Like Primus and Type O Negative there is and will never be a Faith No More clone. And like the a fore mentioned bands Faith No More's live presence was completely their own. There were no lines between serious artistry and self parody, to the point where only the artists themselves were in on the joke. This made it very hard for the large labels to market them, who tried desperately to cash in on their core cult following.

This Pre-FM recording catches Faith No More in all their live glory. Short as it is, it's also a good representation of Faith No More live. IMHO they definitely never attained the levels of success that they deserved.

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AC/DC - Westwood One Superstars Concert Series #96-06 (Pre-FM)

AC/DC
Westwood One Superstars Concert Series #96-06
For Broadcast The Week Of February 5, 1996
Various Dates & Locations
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & CD Scans Included

01 Live Wire
02 It's A Long Way To The Top
03 Soul Stripper
04 High Voltage
05 Let There Be Rock
06 Problem Child
07 Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
08 Whole Lotta Rosie
09 Shot Down In Flames
10 Sin City
11 The Jack
12 Highway To Hell
13 Girl's Got Rhythm
14 If You Want Blood (You Got It)
15 Outro

total time: 1hr 11mn 21sc

Tracks 01 - 04 First British Tour 1976
Tracks 05 - 08 Golders Green 1978
Tracks 09 - 15 Hammersmith Odeon 1980

Bon Scott (R.I.P.) – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams – bass, backing vocals
Phil Rudd – drums

Westwood One edited together some classic AC/DC broadcasts to make this tribute to Bon Scott in 1996. The band was prepping the Bonfire boxset at the time, their first archival release and a tribute to fallen lead vocalist Bon Scott.

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Mudvayne - Rock Am Ring ~ Nurburgring Racetrack, Nurburg, Germany 06-05-2005 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Mudvayne
Rock Am Ring
Nurburgring Racetrack, Nurburg, Germany
June 5, 2005
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Determined
02 Silenced
03 -1
04 Happy
05 Not Falling
06 Dig

Chad Gray – lead vocals
Greg Tribbett – guitar, backing vocals
Ryan Martinie – bass
Matthew McDonough – drums, percussion

Mudvayne play a form of progressive heavy metal sometimes called Math Metal, for it's technical aspects of the riffs themselves. Reviewers liken the complex playing to performing calculus on a fretboard. This recording ripped from my bootleg DVD, catches the band in great live form, able to navigate the complex riff changes and vocal interplay with ease.

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Papa Roach - Westwood One Absolutely Live High Voltage #02-38 (Pre-FM)

Papa Roach
Westwood One Absolutely Live High Voltage #02-38
KROQ Annual Weenie Raost
Irvine Meadows / Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Irvine, CA
June 23, 2001
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8
Cue Sheet Scans Included

lineage: Silver Pre-FM 2 CD set > EAC (secured) wave > GoldWave v.5.04 (for editing) > Traders Little Helper flac level 8 (aligning all sector boundaries)
01 Blood Brothers
02 Between Angels And Insects
03 Snakes
04 Infest
05 Tight Rope
06 Dead Cell
07 The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies (Faith No More Cover)
08 Broken Home
09 Never Enough
10 Walking On Barbed Wire
11 White Light
12 Last Resort
13 Binge
14 M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement)
15 Life Is A Bullet
16 She Loves Me Not
17 Born With Nothing, Die With Everything
18 Show Promo

Jacoby Shaddix – lead vocals
Jerry Horton – lead guitar, backing vocals
Tobin Esperance – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, programming, backing vocals
Dave Buckner – drums, percussion

justdave notes: All commercials and voice overs removed

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Limp Bizkit - Rock Am Ring ~ Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 06-07-2009 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Limp Bizkit
Rock Am Ring
Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
June 7, 2009
MTV HDTV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art
Screen Shots Included

CD1
01 - Intro - Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 - My Generation
03 - Livin It Up
04 - Show Me What You Got
05 - Eat You Alive
06 - Hot Dog
07 - Rearranged
08 - Break Stuff
09 - Boiler
10 - Just Like This
11 - Full Nelson

CD2
01 - My Way
02 - Faith (George Michael cover)
03 - Behind Blue Eyes (The Who cover)
04 - Nookie
05 - Take A Look Around
06 - Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)

Running Time 1hr 31mn

Fred Durst – lead vocals
Wes Borland – guitars
Sam Rivers – bass guitar
John Otto – drums
DJ Lethal – turntables, keyboards, samples, programming

This is the complete broadcast of Limp Bizkit's Reunion at the 2009 Rock Am Ring. The complete original line up is present including eccentric guitarist Wes Borland. Borland is painted as a skeleton, with skunk hair and a disco mirror ball face. It's a great high energy performance with Durst even venturing out into the audience to sing. The audio quality is great, so if your a fan don't miss this one.

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Drowning Pool - Ozzfest/Rock Im Park ~ Frankenstadion, Nurnburg, Germany 05-19-2002 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Drowning Pool
Ozzfest/Rock Im Park
Frankenstadion
Nurnburg, Germany
May 19, 2002
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
No Cover Art
MP3 320kps

01 All Over Me
02 I Love It Loud Intro / I Am
03 Mute
04 Reminded
05 Pity
06 Tear Away

Dave "Stage" Williams (R.I.P) – lead vocals
C.J. Pierce – guitars
Stevie Benton – bass guitar
Mike Luce – drums, percussion, vocals

A nice recording from what many feel to be the best period of this bands career. Drowning Pool is another Ozzfest success story. The band had released their Sinner CD when they hopped aboard the Crazy Train. The tour was responsible for breaking quite a few bands to the metal masses. Coal Chamber, Slipknot, Disturbed to name a few. As Drowning Pool toured the states "Bodies" hit the radio stations that were warming to the sounds of Neo-Metal. The debut CD hit Billboard at #14.

This show is just 3 short months before the death of lead singer Dave Williams. During the North American Ozzfest tour Williams would pass away on the bands tour bus from cardiomyopathy, or weakening of the heart musscle. He was just 30 years old. The band has had 2 singers since, Jason Jones, and Ryan McCombs of SOiL. Drowning Pool is currently, once again, looking for a new vocalist.

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Godsmack - Westwood One In The Zone #00-29 (Pre-FM)

Godsmack
Westwood One In The Zone #00-29
For Broadcast the Weekend of July 15/16, 2000
Woodstock Music & Arts Festival 1999
Griffis Air Force Base
West Stage
Rome, NY
July 25, 1999
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & CD Scans Included

lineage: Silver Pre-FM 2 CD set > EAC (secured) > Wave > GoldWave v.5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (flac level 8 align on sector boundaries)

01 Now Or Never
02 Immune
03 Time Bomb
04 Stress
05 Keep Away
06 Get Up, Get Out
07 Bad Religion
08 Whatever

total time: 47m 9sc

Sully Erna – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, drums, percussion, keyboards, harmonica
Robbie Merrill – bass guitar
Tony Rombola – lead guitar, backing vocals
Tommy Stewart – drums, percussion

justdave notes:
All commercials and voice overs removed. This was a censored broadcast every time Sully Erna swears it's censored out. There is however a lot more music than the uncensored MTV broadcast.

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Godsmack - Westwood One Absolutely Live In Concert #03-40 (Pre-FM)

Godsmack
Westwood One Absolutely Live In Concert #03-40
Broadcast The Weekend Of October 4/5, 2003
Pre-FM recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & CD Scans Included

Pre-FM Siver CD > EAC (secure) > Wave > GoldWave v.5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (flac 8 align on sector boundaries)

01 Immune
02 Time Bomb
03 Keep Away
04 Get Up, Get Out
05 Moon Baby
06 Whatever
07 Show Promo

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

all commercials and voice overs removed, the other half of this CD set was a show by Stained which will be uploaded separately.

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Stained - Westwood One Absolutely Live In Concert #03-40 (Pre-FM)

Stained
Westwood One Absolutely Live In Concert #03-40
For Broadcast The Weekend Of October 4/5, 2003
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8
Cue Sheet & CD Scan Included

Pre-FM Siver CD > EAC (secure) > Wave > GoldWave v.5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (flac 8 align on sector boundaries)

01 For You
02 Pressure
03 Mud Shovel
04 Outside
05 Suffer
06 Home
07 Fade
08 Spleen

total time: 35mn 11sc

Aaron Lewis – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Mike Mushok – lead guitar
Johnny April – bass, backing vocals
Jon Wysocki – drums, percussion

all commercials and voice overs removed, the second half of this CD set is a show from Godsmack that will be uploaded separately.

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Limp Bizkit - High Voltage Radio, Family Values Tour, Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA 11-20-1999 (FM)

Limp Bizkit
High Voltage Radio
Family Values Tour
Arco Arena
Sacramento CA
November 20, 1999
FM Broadcast
No Cover Art
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps

FM Broadcast > Cassette Tape > CDR > EAC > GoldWave v.5.04 > TLH > Flac Level8

01 Intro
02 Break Stuff
03 9 Teen 90 Nine
04 Show Me What You Got
05 Just Like This
06 Stuck
07 Don't Go Off Wandering
08 Counterfeit
09 Interlude
10 No Sex
11 Jump Around
12 Faith
13 Re-Arranged
14 I Would For You
15 Nookie
16 Outro

Fred Durst vocals
Wes Borland guitars
John Otto drums
Sam Rivers bass
DJ Lethal turntables

justdave notes:

My receiver is a Sony ST-JX661 Quartz Lock Digital Synthesizer AM/FM Stereo Tuner, run thru a Sony TA-AV561 AV Control Integrated Amplifier. The recording was made on a Sony TC-WR661 Cassette Deck to a TDK D90 Type1 cassette. Playback was on said system and recorded to a Maxell CD-R Music-Pro using a Sony RCD-W500C Compact Disc Recorder, using the Super Bit Mapping function. The resulting CDR was ripped using Exact Audio Copy (secured). Track edits and fades where needed were made with Goldwave v.5.04. The waves were encoded to flac level 8 using Traders Little Helper aligning all sector boundaries.

I removed all the commercials and voice overs, except for the intro and outro voice overs and the one between tracks 9 & 10 which set the visual scene of Durst getting girls from the audience to dance on stage. The High Voltage Host says that the recording was made at the Arco Arena in Sacramento California during the Family Values Tour, and Durst mentions Sac quite often. The date of November 20, 1999 was found on the net. Every time Durst swears it sound like a DJ scratching a record, worth mentioning but not annoying enough to take away from the enjoyment of the music.

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Orphaned Land - Live At Hellfest Open Air, Clisson, France 06-19-2011 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Orphaned Land
Live At Hellfest Open Air
Clisson, France
June 19, 2011
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 In Thy Neverending Way (Epilogue)
03 The Kiss of Babylon (The Sins)
04 Birth of the Three (The Unification)
05 Olat Ha'tamid
06 Sapari
07 Ocean Land (The Revelation)
08 Thee by the Father I Pray
09 Norra el Norra (Entering the Ark)
10 Ornaments of Gold

Kobi Farhi – leading chants, growls, narrations, choir & backing vocals
Yossi Sassi (Sa'aron) – lead electric & acoustic guitars, oud, saz, bouzouki, chumbush, piano
Uri Zelcha – electric, acoustic & fretless bass
Matan Shmuely – drums, percussion
Matti Svatitzki – rhythm electric & acoustic guitars

Touring members
Chen Balbus – lead electric & acoustic guitars, bouzouki, backing vocals
Shlomit Levi – female vocals

Orphaned Land is a Progressive Metal band from Petah Tikva, Israel. They combine elements of Doom Metal, Death Metal, and Middle Eastern Folk Music to come up with their particular sound. Their music deals with themes of light and darkness, good and evil, East meeting West, and the commonality of the 3 main Abrahamic Religions (ie. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism). Their third release Mabool: The Storie of the Three Sons deals with the tale of the great deluge of Biblical times. The story revolves around 3 main characters (representing the 3 major religions) who are trying to warn the world of the coming flood sent to punish their sins. The band followed this album with an EP about Mount Ararat. Although their music draws on religious themes the band insists they are not religious and are trying to promote unity among the many races of the world.

This is a very nice sounding recording from the bands 2011 festival appearance in France. The band is in fine form presenting songs from all 4 of their major releases.

The band has received glowing recommendations from Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, who actually mixed their 2010 release The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR, ORwarriOR (means "light warrior" or "warrior of light") representing a conceptual hero of the battle of light versus darkness.

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Therion - Live at Hellfest Open Air, Clisson, France 06-19-2011 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Therion
Live at Hellfest
Clisson France
June 19, 2011
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 The Blood of Kingu
02 Cults of the Shadow
03 The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah
04 Hellequin
05 Abraxas
06 Ginnungagap
07 Kali Yuga, Pt. III
08 To Mega Therion
09 Summer Night City (ABBA Cover)

 

Total Time 51m 46s

Christofer Johnsson - guitars, keyboards
Christian Vidal - guitar
Nalle "Grizzly" Påhlsson - bass guitar
Johan Koleberg - drums
Thomas Vikström - lead male vocals
Lori Lewis - lead female vocals

Snowy Shaw - vocals
Linnea Vikström - vocals

Orphand Lands dancer Joanna dances during "The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"

A great sounding recording, Snowy & Thomas have some mic troubles in the beginning of the show, but they are corrected by time the first track is finished.

Swedish Opera Metallers Therion started out as a Death Metal band in 1987. As the years progressed so did the music. Long gone are any resemblance to the Death Metal days of yore. Now the music is a combination of Traditional Metal bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest along with a healthy dose of classical composers like Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.

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Anathema - Lowlands Festival ~ Spijk en Bremerberg, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands 08-29-1998 (FM)

Anathema
Lowlands Festival
Spijk en Bremerberg
Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
August 29, 1998
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

SBD FM > Radio > Sven's mastercassette > CD-R > Trade CDR > EAC > WAV > TLH > FLAC (8-best and tested) > Dime
01 Intro
02 Fragile Dreams
03 Empty
04 Inner Silence
05 Alternative 4
06 Eternity Part I
07 Eternity Part II
08 Hope
09 Far Away
10 Eternity Part III
11 Sleepless
12 A Dying Wish

Total running time: 58mn 49sc

Vincent Cavanagh – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
Daniel Cavanagh – lead guitar, vocals, keyboards
John Douglas – drums
Martin Powell – keyboards, violin
Dave Pybus – bass

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Exodus - Bonded by Baloff ~ Studio 54, New York City, NY 04-03-1984 (SBD)

Exodus
Bonded by Baloff - (Volve Records - VOL001)
Studio 54
New York City, NY
April 3, 1985
Soundboard Recording

Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Silver CD > Exact Audio Copy > Wave > Traders Little Helper > Flac Level 8

01 Exodus
02 Deliver Us to Evil
03 A Lesson In Violence
04 And Then There Were None
05 Metal Command
06 Piranha
07 Strike the Beast
08 Seeds of Hate demo 1986
09 Pleasures of the Flesh demo 1986
10 Braindead demo 1986
11 Die By My Hands Live 1983 (w/ Kirk Hammet)
12 Impaler Live 1983 (w/ Kirk Hammet)
13 Death and Domination demo 1981 (w/ Kirk Hammet)

Tracks 1-7 Live at Studio 54, NYC, NY April 3, 1984
Tracks 8-10 Demo 1986
Tracks 11-12 Live, February 20, 1983
Track 13 Demo 1981

Kirk was a member of Exodus before Metallica, he is credited as Kirk Hammer

The 1986 demo tracks are from the Pleasures Of The Flesh demo sessions before Paul Baloff was fired.

Parts of the song "Die By My Hands" were used by Metallica to write "Creeping Death". Parts of "Impaler" were used by Metallica to write "Trapped Under Ice".

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Steve Vai Rock - Around The Bay, Haneda, Japan, August 1997 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Steve Vai
Rock Around The Bay
Haneda, Japan
August 1997
TV Broadcast/Soundboard recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Art Included

01 There's A Fire In The House
02 The Crying Machine
03 Little Alligator
04 Conducting (a little tribute to Frank Zappa!)
05 San San Nana Byoushi
06 The Attitude Song

Steve Vai, guitar, vocals
Mike Mangini, drums
Mike Keneally, guitar, keyboards
Philip Bynoe, bass, keyboards

Nice sounding but short recording of Steve's appearance at the Rock Around the Bay Festival in Japan. Steve and Co. pull out all the stops and make this a very enjoyable show. My only wish is to hear the rest of the show.

Steve Vai started playing guitar at the age of 13, taking lessons from none other than Joe Satriani. He attended Berklee College of Music, recording a promo for the school that said he would audition for Frank Zappa at age 20. Steve sent Zappa a transcription of the Mothers' song "My Black Page" along with a tape of his guitar playing. Frank hired Steve to transcribe his guitar solos on Joe's Garage & Shut Up & Play Your Guitar for the Frank Zappa book, The Frank Zappa Guitar Book.

Vai served an internship, if you will, with Frank's band from 1980 to 1982. After leaving Zappa he released his first solo LP Flex-Able, then replaced Yngwie Malmsteen in Graham Bonet's Alcatrazz.
From Alcatrazz, Vai moved on to David Lee Roth's Band recording with him what most fans regard as Roth's best solo LP's. From there he moved to John Lydon's Public Image Limited, then to Whitesnake, which was largely regarded as a mismatched waste of Vai's talent.

Vai moved on to a very respectable solo career, winning 11 Grammy Awards in 10 years. Vai has also consistently made the lists of top guitar players in every respected magazine in the field - topping many fanzine lists to boot.

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Quiet Riot - WMMS Coffee Break ~ The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH. 08-10-1983 (FM)

Quiet Riot
WMMS Coffee Break
The Agora Ballroom
Cleveland, OH.
August 10, 1983
FM Broadcast Recording
Front Cover Included
MP3 320kps

Rosebud's Pick

01 Intro / Run For Cover
02 Danger Zone
03 Band Intros
04 Slick Black Cadillac
05 Love's a Bitch
06 Gonna Have a Riot
07 Cum on Feel the Noize
08 DJ talking with Kevin DuBrow
09 Breathless
10 Let's Get Crazy / Guitar Solo / Let's Get Crazy (reprise)
11 Stomp Your Hands Clap Your Feet
12 Metal Health (Bang Your Head)

Total Time: 59m 36s

Kevin DuBrow (R.I.P.) – vocals
Frankie Banali (R.I.P.) – drums
Rudy Sarzo – bass
Carlos Cavazo – guitar

A nice sounding recording from Quiet Riot in there heyday. Touring for the first American album, which was actually their third official release, having released two LP's in Japan. The band rips through a set that includes 3 at the time unreleased tracks, "Danger Zone", "Gonna Have A Riot", and "Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet". The cover picture is from the Randy Rhoads era of the band. Randy played on the two Japan only releases before leaving to join Ozzy Osbourne's band. He was already lost to us by the time of this recording.

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Trivium - Graspop Metal Meeting, Main Stage, Kastelsedijk, Dessel, Belgium 06-23-2012 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Trivium
Graspop Metal Meeting
Main Stage
Kastelsedijk, Dessel, Belgium
June 23, 2012
Webcast Recording/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Cover Art Included

01 - Capsizing The Sea / In Waves
02 - Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
03 - Rain
04 - Black
05 - The Deceived
06 - Dusk Dismantled
07 - Drowned and Torn Asunder / A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation
08 - Throes of Perdition

Total Time: 48mn 51sc

Matt Heafy - lead & rhythm guitar, clean & screaming vocals
Corey Beaulieu - lead & rhythm guitar, screaming vocals
Paolo Gregoletto - bass, backing vocals
Nick Augusto - Drums

Orlando Florida Metalcore/Thrash Metal band Trivium makes their 3rd appearance at the annual Belgian metal festival. Trivium combine thrash and death metal with hardcore to come up with their particular blend of metalcore. The band released their major label debut in 2004 and have released a total of 5 albums of consistently strong material. Constant touring and a reputation for being a great live act have made this band a festival favorite, and brought bigger audiences to their shows every year.

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Meshuggah - P3 Radio ~ Nordic Rage, Piteå, Sweden 12-05-1998 (FM)

Meshuggah
Nordic Rage
Piteå, Sweden
December 5, 1998
P3 FM Broadcast Recording
No Cover Art
MP3 320kps

01 - Chat About the Past and the Present
02 - Concatenation
03 - Sickening
04 - Sane
05 - Suffer in Truth
06 - Soul Burn
07 - Neurotica
08 - Chat About the Future
09 - Transfixion
10 - Elastic
11 - Future Breed Machine
12 - Gods of Rapture

Jens Kidman – lead vocals
Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, backing vocals
Tomas Haake – drums, spoken word vocals
Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Gustaf Hielm – bass

Meshuggah is a Swedish Metal Band that plays a type of Extreme Metal sometimes called Math Metal. Rolling Stone Magazine has called them one of the 10 Most Important Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Bands. The band uses poly-rhythms, poly-metered riff cycles, rhythmic syncopation, rapid key and tempo changes, and neo-jazz chromatics in their song writing. In poly-meters typically used by Meshuggah, the guitars might play in odd meters such as 5/16 or 17/16, while drums play in 4/4. In one song, drummer Haake  keeps the hi-hat and ride cymbal in 4/4 time but uses the snare and double bass drums in 23/16 time. The band uses down-tuned 8 string guitars to get their particular sound, and are always trying to challenge their audience as well as their musical ability. After the success of the Nothing (2002) CD, the band released an EP consisting of one 21 minute song called I (2004). After I, the band released Catch Thirtythr33 (2005), a full length album consisting of one 47 minute track divided into 13 subtitles. Next, they released a re-recorded version of Nothing before finally releasing a proper follow up album, obZen (2008). Nothing and the albums that followed have all charted on the Billboard 200. Koloss, released March 23, 2012, was the most successful yet.  It debuted at #17 in the USA. In 2006 and 2009 the band was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award. This show was recorded while the band was promoting their 3rd full length Chaosphere. I own everything this band has released & seen them live many times, they always kick my ass.

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Richie Sambora - Pecos Theater, San Diego, CA 10-01-1991 (FM)

Richie Sambora
Pecos Theater
San Diego, CA
October 1, 1991
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kps
No Cover Art

01 Church of Desire
02 Bad Medicine (Bon Jovi cover)
03 We All Sleep Alone (Cher cover)
04 Father Time
05 Stranger In This Town
06 I'll Be There For You (Bon Jovi cover)
07 Rosie
08 Midnight Rider (Allman Brothers cover)
09 Wanted Dead Or Alive (Bon Jovi cover)
10 The Answer
11 One Light Burning
12 With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles Cover)

Richie Sambora guitar, vocals
David Bryan keyboards
Tony Levin bass
Tico Torres drums

A nice sounding broadcast from Richie's first solo tour, promoting his first solo lp Stranger In This Town. The album wasn't as successful as Richie would have liked. It was critically considered too mature and serious for the core Bon Jovi fan. Tracks like "Father Time" and "One Light Burning" seem more suited for Adult Contemporary Radio. The album itself is very good with a guest spot from Eric Clapton on "Mr Blues Man", and tracks that could have been solid hits if marketed to the right listener. Richie covers "We All Sleep Alone" a song he wrote for Cher which went to #11 on the Adult Contemorary Charts.

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Baroness - Rockpalast ~ Visions Indoor, Koln, Germany 02-16-2008 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Baroness
Live At Rockpalast
Visions Indoor
Koln, Germany
February 16, 2008
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Rays On Pinion
02 The Birthing
03 Isak
04 Red Sky
05 O'appalchia

Total Time: 30mn 32sc

John Baizley – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Brian Blickle – guitar
Allen Blickle – drums
Summer Welch – bass, vocals

Savanna Georgia metal outfit Baroness combine Post-Hardcore, Sludge/Stoner Metal, and Progressive Metal to come up with their particular sound. Fans of such bands as Neurosis, Mastodon, and Kylesa will enjoy these guys. This nice sounding recording comes from the final day of the bands tour for debut full length Red Album. That also means that this is guitarist Allen Blickle's final gig with the band. Formal announcement of his departure would be September 20, 2008. Red Album was named Album Of The Year in 2007 by Heavy Metal magazine Revolver. It placed in the Top Ten of most metal magazines Fan and Critic Lists of the same year.

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Stryper - M3 Festival ~ Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 05-12-2012 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Stryper
M3 Festival
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia, MD
May 12, 2012
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audiio Rip
MP3 320 kps
No Cover Art

01 Sing-Along Song
02 Reach Out
03 Calling On You
04 Free
05 To Hell With The Devil
06 Soldiers Under Command

total time: 29m 50s

Michael Sweet lead vocals, lead guitar
Robert Sweet drums
Tim Gaines bass, vocals
Oz Fox lead guitar, vocals

Stryper was the most successful of the so called White Metal bands to spring forth in the 1980's. The movement was in response to all the Satanic imagry that was prominent in Heavy Metal. Stryper's pop sensibility and Glam Metal image brought the band to platinum status with the release of there third album To Hell With The Devil. The first contemporary Christian Music and Christian Heavy Metal album to achieve this feat. The album also brought controversy due to the cover art which depicted Angels battling Satan and casting him to Hell. One of the Angels is depicted ripping off Satan's pentagram necklace. The right wing Christians denounced Stryper for having the pentagram on their cover "just to attract teen metal heads". Stryper recalled unsold copies of the album and changed the cover to a plain black cover.

The band also was picketed by the moral majority as much as Ozzy Osbourne was. The main reason was Stryper's habit of tossing New Testament Bibles to the audience. The bands attempt to spread the word was seen as casting pearls before swine. The bands glam image was also attacked for being too flashy for proper Christians. The band was attacked as well just for using metal music to bring the message to teens because metal was seen as the devils music. The charge against the band was lead by Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, although the band was championed by Swaggart's rival Televangelist Jim Bakker.

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The US Festival '83 ~ Heavy Metal Day, Glen Helen Park, Devore CA. May 29, 1983 (SBD)

The US Festival '83 Heavy Metal Day
Glen Helen Park
Devore CA.
May 29, 1983
Soundboard Recordings
Cover Art Included
MP3 320kps

Rosebud's Pick

Disc 1
01 Dangerzone / Quiet Riot
02 Cum On Feel The Noize / Quiet Riot
03 Slick Black Cadilac / Quiet Riot
04 Let's Get Crazy / Quiet Riot
05 Metal Heath / Quiet Riot
06 Interview / Quiet Riot
07 Take Me To The Top / Mötley Crüe
08 Looks That Kill / Mötley Crüe
09 Shout At The Devil / Mötley Crüe
10 Knock'em Dead Kid / Mötley Crüe
11 Live Wire / Mötley Crüe
12 Helter Skelter (Beatles Cover) / Mötley Crüe
13 Interview / Mötley Crüe

Disc 2
01 Over The Mountain / Ozzy Osbourne
02 Mr. Crowley / Ozzy Osbourne
03 Crazy Train / Ozzy Osbourne
04 Suicide Solution / Ozzy Osbourne
05 Flying High Again / Ozzy Osbourne
06 Paranoid / Ozzy Osbourne
07 Interview / Ozzy Osbourne
08 Riding On The Wind / Judas Priest
09 Breaking The Law / Judas Priest
10 Diamonds And Rust (Joan Baez Cover) / Judas Priest
11 Victim Of Change / Judas Priest
12 Living After Midnight / Judas Priest
13 Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (Fleetwood Mac Cover) / Judas Priest
14 You've Got Another Thing Coming / Judas Priest
15 Interview / Judas Priest

Disc 3
01 Never Surrender / Triumph
02 When The Lights Go Out / Triumph
03 Fight The Good Fight / Triumph
04 Interview / Triumph
05 No One Like You / Scorpions
06 The Zoo / Scorpions
07 Can't Get Enough / Scorpions
08 Interview / Scorpions
09 Running With The Devil / Van Halen
10 Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison Cover) / Van Halen
11 You Really Got Me (Kinks Cover) / Van Halen
12 Interview / Van Halen

Triumph, Quiet Riot & Judas Priest have released their respective US Festival sets on both DVD and CD so their contributions to this disc set have been omitted.

The extent of Heavy Metal's ascendancy as a musical force became apparent on May 29, 1983 in Devore California. Until then, Metal Heads were gathered in the underground plotting our world conquest. Hated by the critics and shunned by major radio, Heavy Metal gained acceptance by the shear power of its fans. But on May 29, 1983, the world had no choice but to take notice - Heavy Metal had arrived on its own terms.

The numbers don't lie, Saturday's Show with Flock Of Seagulls, INXS, Men At Work, & The Clash drew nearly 300,000. Monday's show with David Bowie, U2, & The Pretenders drew roughly the same numbers. Sunday's Heavy Metal Day drew over 600,000 Headbangers. The critics had to pull their feet out of their mouths as the above named darlings of the music press were out shined by a bunch of guys in leather and studs!

Throughout its history, Heavy Metal was looked down upon by the music press. The fans were regarded as Stoners who couldn't understand what real music was. All the while Metal Heads knew the truth, that real music is what you feel and we didn't need some guy in a skinny tie telling us what was real. A quote by David Lee Roth used to hang on my wall when I was a teenager it said "... You know why all the critics like Elvis Costello, they all look like him!!"

Don't get me wrong I love all styles of music, Elvis Costello is a great songwriter, but in those days before Heavy Metal became accepted as a viable genre, as a fan standing against the critical tide with your fist in the air, it was a daily fight to keep your cool when some skinny tie new waver claimed The Knack were better than Black Sabbath.

MP3 Part1

MP3 Part2 

ZDF Pop Rock Festival ~ Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, December 18-19, 1983 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

ZDF Pop Rock Festival
Westfallenhalle, Dortmund Germany
December 18-19, 1983
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recordings
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Cover Included

Rosebud's Pick

Quiet Riot

01 Lets Get Crazy
02 Metal Health
03 Slick Black Cadillac
04 Cum On Feel TheE Noize

Kevin DuBrow (R.I.P) – vocals
Frankie Banali – drums, percussion
Carlos Cavazo – guitar
Rudy Sarzo – bass

Def Leppard

01 Rock Rock Till You Drop
02 Billys Got A Gun
03 Foolin'
04 Rock Of Ages
05 Let It Go
06 Wasted

Joe Elliott – lead vocals
Steve Clark (R.I.P) – guitar, backing vocals
Phil Collen – guitar, backing vocals
Rick Savage – bass guitar, backing vocals, bass synth
Rick Allen – drums, backing vocals

Scorpions

01 Blackout
02 Loving You Sunday Morning
03 Coming Home
04 Always Somewhere
05 Holiday
06 Can't Live Without You
07 Dynamite
08 Can't Get Enough

Klaus Meine — lead vocals
Rudolf Schenker — rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals
Matthias Jabs — lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Francis Buchholz — bass, backing vocals
Herman Rarebell — drums, percussion, backing vocals

Krokus

01 Long Stick Goes Boom
02 American Woman (Guess Who Cover)
03 Bedside Radio
04 Heat Strokes

Chris von Rohr - bass, percussion
Fernando von Arb - lead guitar
Marc Storace - vocals
Mark Kohler - rhythm guitar
Steve Pace - drums

Ozzy Osbourne

01 I Don't Know
02 Mr. Crowley
03 Bark At The Moon
04 Center Of Eternity (w/ Drum Solo)
05 Iron Man
06 Paranoid

Ozzy Osbourne vocals
Jake E. Lee guitar
Bob Daisley bass, backing vocals
Don Airey keyboards, backing vocals
Carmine Appacie drums, backing vocals

Judas Priest

01 Riding On The Wind
02 Breaking The Law
03 Freewheel Burning
04 You Got Another Thing Coming
05 Living After Midnight
06 Victim Of Changes
07 Hell Bent For Leather

Rob Halford - vocals
K. K. Downing - guitar
Glenn Tipton - guitar
Ian Hill - bass
Dave Holland - drums

The Michael Schenker Group

01 Into The Arena
02 Courvoisier Concerto
03 Rock Will Never Die
04 Doctor Doctor (UFO Cover)

Michael Schenker - lead guitar
Gary Barden - lead vocals
Andy Nye - keyboards
Chris Glen - bass
Ted McKenna - drums

Iron Maiden's set has been removed due to a commercial DVD release.

MP3 Part 1

MP3 Part 2 

Primus - Woodstock 1994 ~ South Stage, Saugerties, NY 08-13-1994 (SBD)

Primus
Woodstock 1994
South Stage
Saugerties, NY
August 13, 1994
Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 - Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
02 - Bob / My Name Is Mud (mud throwing incident)
03 - My Name Is Mud
04 - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
05 - Sailing The Seas of Cheese / The Air Is Getting Slippery
06 - Nature Boy (including Hello Skinny by The Residents)
07 - Harold of the Rocks (w/ Jerry Cantrell)
08 - Master of Puppets (Metallica cover)

Les Claypool – lead vocals, bass, cello
Larry "Ler" LaLonde – guitar, banjo, backing vocals
Bryan "Brain" Mantia – drums, percussion

special guest:
Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains) - lead guitar track 7

The 1st attempt at "My Name Is Mud" is interrupted by mud throwing fans, to which Les retorts If you throw stuff on the stage it's a sign of small & insignificant genitalia. Claypool claims that he still has mud in his bass cabinets to this day.

Alice in Chains were on the initial bill of the festival, however, the band pulled out due to the continuing drug problems of lead singer Layne Staley. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell made a special guest appearance with Primus on the song "Harold Of The Rocks".

Transition between tracks 1 & 2 is a little rough but no music is marred just audience noise.

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Atheist - Hellfest Open Air, Clisson, France 06-19-2011 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Atheist
Hellfest Open Air
Clisson, France
June 19, 2011
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
No Cover Art
MP3 320kps

01 Unquestionable Presence
02 On They Slay
03 Second To Sun
04 Mineral
05 Live and Live Again
06 Your Life's Retribution
07 Mother Man
08 Piece Of Time

 

37mn 32sc

Kelly Shaefer – vocals
Chris Baker – guitar
Jason Holloway - guitar
Travis Morgan – bass
Steve Flynn – drums

Formed in 1984 the Technical Death Metal beast that is Atheist was well ahead of the game. Technical Death Metal didn't even exist as a genre until the 1990's. Combining metal riffs with Latin Music and Jazz Fusion at hyper speeds before the invention of Pro Tools. Atheist release 3 albums before disbanding in obscurity, the releases being very hard to acquire. In 2002 Death Metal label Relapse Records re-released the 3 LPs on CD, remastered and with bonus tracks. This was due to a resurgence of nostalgia for underground metal bands. Atheist's influence was finally apparent in the Death Metal a decade after their break up due to the proliferation of music available for download off the internet. The band not only re-united for a run of European Metal Festivals but have released a CD of all new material in 2010 called Jupitor.

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Twisted Sister Monsters Of Rock Festiva ~ Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England 08-20-1983 (FM)

Twisted Sister
Monsters Of Rock Festival
Donington Park
Castle Donington
Leicestershire, England
August 20, 1983
FM Broadcast Recording
Cover Art Included
Flac & MP3 320kps

Rosebud's Pick

Transfer direct from FM master tape : (original broadcast recording made onto Sony BHF 90 cassette tape) > Ion Tape 2 PC > Audacity > Wav > (SBE corrected- Trader's Little Helper) FLAC > mp3

01 What You Don't Know
02 The Kids Are Back
03 Shot 'em Down
04 Destroyer
05 Like A Knife In The Back
06 Ride To Live, Live To Ride
07 We're Gonna Make It
08 You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
09 I Am (I'm Me)
10 I Know It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
Total Time: 37m 40s

Dee Snyder lead vocals
Jay Jay French – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass guitar, backing vocals
A. J. Pero – drums, percussion

A nice recording and a great performance from Twisted Sister while on tour for their major label debut, You Can't Stop Rock And Roll. Formed in Long Island New York as Silver Star, the band was meant to be the Long Island answer to the New York Dolls. Jay Jay French or Johnny Heartbreaker as he was known then, pushed for a name change and the band became Twisted Sister. Many line up changes later and Danny "Dee" Snyder would come aboard and a move towards a heavy metal direction started. Twisted Sister came from the underground in a time when glam wasn't a bad word in metal. A fan of Anvil or Raven could also be a fan of Hanoi Rocks or Motley Crue. Twisted Sister was accepted due to the heaviness of the music, despite the horror transvestite image. The Glam tag didn't become a bad word until the hair spray and eyeliner content became more than the musical content. A good example would be say Britney Fox. Twisted Sister was a major metal success story killed by their own labels stupidity. When Dee Snyder recorded a solo album the label insisted that it be put out as a Twisted Sister album. Dee was the only member to actually play on the Love Is For Suckers album but the label credited all the members and slapped the Twisted name on it. Fans hated the ballads and drum machines and the band folded on tour due to internal fighting.

Flac

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April Wine - Power Play In Cedar Rapids ~ Cedar Rapids, IA 09-24-1982 (FM)

April Wine
Power Play In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, IA
September 24, 1982
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

BROADCAST-CASS- COOL EDIT PRO-TLH
Broadcast > Cassette > Cool Edit Pro > TLH

THIS IS A OLD MASTER AND HAS SOME DROP OUTS
01 Anything You Want
02 Future Tense
03 Before The Dawn
04 Waiting On A Miracle
05 Enough Is Enough
06 If You See Kay
07 Just Between You And Me
08 Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
09 21st Century Schizoid Man
10 I Like To Rock
11 Roller

Myles Goodwyn vocals, guitars, keyboards
Gary Moffet guitars, background vocals
Steve Lang bass, background vocals
Brian Greenway vocals, guitars
Jerry Mercer drums

This is a great performance from the 3 guitar line-up of April Wine. The recording suffers a little from age but still well worth giving a listen. The band was on tour for their Power Play album, the follow up to Nature Of The Beast. Nature Of The Beast was the bands most successful album in the USA and first to hit platinum status world wide. This recording really takes me back to my high school days, half the songs in this set were in heavy rotation on Album Oriented Radio.

Flac

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Body Count - The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands 08-24-2006 (SBD)

Body Count
The Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
August 24, 2006
Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

CD 1
01 - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
02 - Body Count In The House / Body Mutha Fuckin' Count
03 - Master Of Revenge
04 - Passion Of Christ
05 - Killing Floor
06 - Bowels On The Devil
07 - Disorder
08 - On With The Body Count
09 - KKK Bitch
10 - Murder For Hire

CD 2
01 - Drive By
02 - Voodoo
03 - There Goes The Neighborhood
04 - Evil Dick
05 - Bring It To Pain
06 - Cop Killer
07 - Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) (w/ Little Ice)
08 - Mama's Got To Die Tonight

Ice-T – vocals
Ernie C – lead guitar
O.T. – drums
Vincent Price – bass
Bendrix – rhythm guitar

Unless you had your head under a rock (or were not born) in the 90's you know about Ice-T's Heavy Metal band and the controversy over the song "Cop Killer". Ice developed a taste for Heavy Metal through his cousin Earl, while the two shared a room. Ice-T cites Led Zeppelin, Edgar Winter, & Black Sabbath as his favorites. Body Count made their live debut during Ice-T's set on the 1991 Lollapalooza Tour. Ice took heat from fans for his rock and roll endeavors, saying he only did it for the money. Ice-T issued the statement "I do what I like and I happen to like rock 'n' roll, and I feel sorry for anybody who only listens to one form of music."

Three of the original members of Body Count have passed on .. Beatmaster V drums passed from leukemia April 30, 1996. Mooseman bass was killed in a random shooting in front of a hardware store in South Central, Los Angeles on February 22, 2001. D-Roc the Executioner rhythm guitar passed August 17, 2004 also from lymphoma.

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Hammerfall - Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden 03-29-2009 (FM)

Hammerfall
Hovet
Stockholm, Sweden
March 29, 2009
P3 FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Intro / Blood Bound
02 Renegade
03 Hallowed Be My Name
04 Last Man Standing
05 Any Means Necessary
06 Hearts On Fire / Outro

total playing time: 29mn 49sc

- Contains DJ banter during the intro, after 'Hallowed Be My Name' and during the outro.

- Sveriges Radio 'P3 LIVE' broadcast on May 22, 2009.

Joacim Cans Lead vocals
Oscar Dronjak     Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Pontus Norgren     Lead guitar, backing vocals
Fredrik Larsson Bass, backing vocals
Anders Johansson Drums

Hammerfall is a heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak.

Hammerfall plays traditional power metal in the vein of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden et.al.

Samwise Didier, the Art Director of Blizzard Entertainment, painted the covers for several of the bands releases, including Crimson Thunder, Chapter V: Unbent Unbowed Unbroken, Threshold and No Sacrifice No Victory. As tribute to the band, in the game World of Warcraft (the art for which Didier is largely responsible for), there is a Horde town in the Arathi Highlands zone named Hammerfall, as well as a Dwarf town crier in the city of Ironforge named Courier Hammerfall.

Hammerfall's songs also contain references to George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novel series, quoting sayings and family codes in their songs and song titles.

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Zakk Wylde - Rock Around The Bay Festival, The Rainbow Stage, Haneda, Japan 08-16-1997 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Zakk Wylde
Rock Around The Bay Festival
The Rainbow Stage
Haneda, Japan
August 16, 1997
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
Video Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Toe'n The Line
02 Mamma I'm Coming Home (Ozzy Osbourne Cover)
03 Horse Called War

Not the complete set but complete broadcast. Includes a cover of Ozzy's "Mamma I'm Coming Home", and 2 Pride & Glory tracks. This all too short recording is will be appreciated by any fan of Zakk's. Recorded during the tour for "Book Of Shadows".

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Voivod - PA Klubben, Stockholm, Sweden 10-14-1999 (FM)

Voivod
PA Klubben
Stockholm, Sweden
October 14 1999
P3 FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kps
No Cover Art

01 Away I
02 Intro/Mercury
03 Insect
04 M Body
05 Tribal Convictions
06 Astronomy Domine
07 Nanoman
08 The Prow
09 Forlorn
10 Away II

Denis (Piggy) D'amour (R.I.P) guitars & effects
Michel (Away) Langevin drums & percussion
Eric (E Force) Forrest bass & vocals

Swedish broadcast of Canadian Prog/Thrashers Voivod touring for the Phobos release. After the departure of original vocalist Snake & bassist Blacky, Voivod carried on as a three piece recording 2 more albums of progressive thrash metal. The band later reunited with Snake and a guy named Jason Newsted from some band called Metallica on bass. Piggy passed away from cancer in 2005, this nice sounding broadcast lets us here those strange chords played live again and again.

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Triumph - Allied Forces Across America (FM)

Triumph
Allied Forces Across America
Dallas, TX - April 10, 1984
Detroit, MI - 1987
Soundboard Recordings
Front Cover Only
Flac & MP3 320kps

Transfer: -> Wav  (EAC 0.99pb3) -> FLAC (FLAC Frontend 1.2.1b)

01 Too Much Thinking
02 Never Surrender
03 Magic Power
04 A World Of Fantasy
05 When The Lights Go Down
06 Tears In The Rain
07 Somebody's Out There
08 Allied Forces
09 Lay It On The Line
10 Midsummer's Daydream
11 Follow Your Heart
12 Take A Stand
13 Fight The Good Fight

Tracks 1 - 5 From Dallas, TX - April 10, 1984
Tracks 6 - 11 Detroit, MI - 1987

Rick Emmett guitar, lead, harmony & backing vocals
Gil Moore drums, lead, harmony & backing vocals
Mike Levine bass, keyboards, harmony & backing vocals
Rick Santers – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals tracks 6-11

A nice recording from Triumph's heyday. A great set with all the fan favorites of the time period. A great performance as well, except I do question the decision to put the drum solo in A World Of Fantasy. I think it would have fit better in one of their heavier numbers. Rick and Gil are in fine voice, and the band is very tight. I'm not quite sure but I think the Detroit gig was at Joe Louis Arena.

In 1984 Triumph released what fans and critics both agree was the high water mark of their songwriting prowess Thunder Seven. Triumph was always more of a two headed beast when it came to their music. Drummer Gil Moore wrote AOR/Hard Rock anthems while guitarist Rick Emmett wrote more melodic introspective songs. Combined efforts on Thunder Seven brought the best of both styles into each song. The album sales were marred however by the record company's decision to release the album only on CD at a time when CD players were still unaffordable but to relativly few people. Sales were lacluster even though the band had two hit singles, "Follow Your Heart" & "Spellbound", forcing MCA to press vinyl and cassette copies to try and recoup sales losses.

Flac

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Triumph - The Precious Metal Show (FM)

Triumph
The Precious Metal Show
Chicago IL. July 20, 1979;
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 2, 1982
Soundboard/FM Broadcast Recordings
Front Cover Only
Flac & MP3 320kps

01 American Girls
02 Street Fighting Man
03 Hold On
04 Lay It On The Line
05 Blinding Light Show
06 Rock & Roll Machine
07 Finale
08 Tear The Roof Off Tonight
09 Lay It On The Line
10 Allied Forces
11 Fight The Good Fight
12 Rock & Roll Machine
13 Magic Power
14 Finale

Tracks 1-7 are from the July 20, 1979 Chicago, IL concert
Tracks 8-14 are from the January 2, 1982 Ottawa, Ontario concert

Rick Emmett guitar, lead, harmony & backing vocals
Gil Moore drums, lead, harmony & backing vocals
Mike Levine bass, keyboards, harmony & backing vocals

Another great CD combining two short Triumph radio shows. Although there are a couple repeated tracks, I doubt most Triumph fans are going to complain about two versions of "Lay It On The Line" or "Rock And Roll Machine". This boot catches the band on tour for their Just A Game & Allied Forces releases.

Released in 1979 Just A Game is the album that brought Triumph to the forefront in the world of Hard Rock. The two hits "Hold On" & "Lay It On The Line" garnered the band plenty of air time on Album-Oriented Rock Radio which in turn brought bigger audiences to the shows. The album also delivered them to the world market. The follow up album Allied Forces increased the bands status even further with the hits "Magic Power" & "Fight The Good Fight". Triumph was now headlining arenas the world over, and influencing a new generation of Melodic Hard Rockers to come.

Flac

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Triumph - Civic Center, Baltimore, MD 02-23-1982 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Triumph
Civic Center
Baltimore, MD
February 23, 1982
Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Tear The Roof Off
02 American Girls
03 Lay It On The Line
04 Allied Forces
05 Fight The Good Fight
06 Rock & Roll Machine / Petite Etude / Guitar Solo
07 Nature’s Child / Drum Solo
08 Magic Power
09 Allied Forces (Reprise)
10 Hot Time (In This City Tonight)

Rik Emmett guitar, lead & backing vocals
Mike Levine bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Gil Moore drums, lead & backing vocals

This decent sounding, show ripped from my bootleg DVD, was an MTV concert broadcast back when MTV actually played music. The channel was new and played anything music that was shot on video. This was great news to a lot of bands who's careers were made by heavy rotation of their videos. Triumph's star was already on the rise from some radio friendly hits, MTV gave them a push over the top to super stardom.

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Thin Lizzy - Rarities Vol.1 (studio)

Thin Lizzy
Rarities Vol.1 - (BLUE U - 273)
Studio Recordigs
Various Dates & Locations
MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included

CD1:
01 Rock You Love
02 Night IN The Life Of A Blues Singer
03 Cold Black Night
04 Hate
05 With Love
06 Parisienne Walkways #1
07 Black Rose
08 Got To Give It Up
09 Toughest Street In Town
10 Don't Believe A Word
11 Ode To A Black Man
12 Spanish Guitar
13 Parisienne Walkways #2
14 Are You Ready To Rock
15 Blackmail
16 Waiting For An Alibi
17 Fanatical Fascists

CD2
01 The Sun Goes Down
02 Bad Habits
03 This Is The One
04 Thunder And Ligghtning
05 Cold Sweat
06 Baby Please Don't Go
07 Heart Attack
08 Don't Let Him Slip Away #1
09 Don't Let Him Slip Away #2
10 The Holy War
11 Someday She Is Going To Hit Back

CD1 Black Rose Sessions January/February 1978
CD2 Thunder And Lightning Sessions 1982-1983

CD1 Line-Up:
Phil Lynott - bass guitar, vocals, twelve-string guitar
Scott Gorham - lead guitar, backing vocals
Gary Moore - lead guitar, backing vocals
Brian Downey - drums, percussion
Huey Lewis - harmonica
Jimmy Bain - bass guitar

CD2 Line-Up:
Phil Lynott - bass, lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Scott Gorham - guitar, backing vocals
John Sykes - guitar
Brian Downey - drums
Darren Wharton - keyboards

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Thin Lizzy - Live in Rock City ~ Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI 05-14-1976 (SBD)

Thin Lizzy
Live in Rock City
Ford Auditorium
Detroit, MI
May 14, 1976
Soundboard Recording
MP3 192kps
Cover Art Included

01 Jail Break
02 It's Only Money
03 Emerald
04 The Boys Are Back in Town
05 Still in Love With You
06 Warrior
07 Rosalie (Bob Seger Cover)
08 Suicide
09 Sha La La
10 Baby Drives Me Crazy
11 Me and the Boys

Line-up:
Phil Lynott bass, lead vocals
Scott Gorham lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Brian Robertson lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Brian Downey drums

Ford Auditorium opened in 1956, and was the home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for 33 years. It is famous for being the last place that Malcome X spoke outside of New York before he was killed. Many bands have played Ford Auditorium including Pink Floyd. The auditorium was demolished in 2011 as part of Detroit's waterfront redevelopment project.

This is a raw soundboard recording but very enjoyable to listen to. Thin Lizzy are riding the success of "The Boys Are Back In Town" single. The performance is great so for those who like me never got to see Phil Lynott singing for Thin Lizzy, this is a must have.

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Montrose - Unreleased Studio Rehearsals '73 ~ The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 12-25-1974 (FM)

Montrose
Unreleased  Studio Rehearsals '73- (Dawg Daze DD-001)The Record Plant
Sausalito, CA
December 26, 1974
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Store bought CD-r > EAC (secure) > Wave > Traders Little Helper (flac level8 align on sector boundaries)

01 Roll Over Beethoven
02 Evil
03 Space Station #5
04 I Got The Fire
05 Rock Candy
06 Bad Motor Scooter
07 Space Age Sacrifice
08 One And A Half (incorrectly listed as “Ronnie’s Song” on the artwork)

Sammy Hagar - vocals
Ronnie Montrose - guitar
Alan Fitzgerald - bass (although it is Bill Church who is listed on the artwork)
Denny Carmassi - drums

All though called Unreleased Studio Rehearsal this is actually an edited version of the Record Plant 1974 radio appearance with a different running order. I bought this CD-r in a little used record store. The owner, when he gets a bootleg in, will make copies and sell them for $5 a piece, then sell the original. I've bought a few $5 boots from him. I included the cheap copy of the artwork that came with the CD-r as well as some art from BigO.

Flac

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HSAS - Westwood One ~ Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA 11-14-1984 (Pre-FM)

H.S.A.S.
Westwood One
Civic Auditorium
San Jose, CA
November 14, 1984
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cue Sheets Available

Pre-FM Vinyl > (?) > CD-r (x) > EAC (secure) > Wave > Traders Little Helper (flac level 8 align on sector boundaries)

01 Westwood One Intro
02 Missing You
03 Top Of The Rock
04 Movin' In for the Kill*
05 Hot And Dirty
06 Tough Enough *
07 He Will Understand
08 Through The Eyes Of Love*
09 Animation
10 Valley Of The Kings
11 My Home Town
12 Hope And Fear*
13 Whiter Shade Of Pale
14 Since You Came*
15 What Will Never Be*
16 Westwood One Outro

*non-album tracks

Sammy Hagar vocals
Neil Schon guitar
Kenny Aaronson bass
Michael Shrieve drums

justdave's notes:
I do not know the equipment used to encode the 2 record vinyl source nor do I know the generation of CD-r that I have. I did no editing or remastering of the recording, the fades were left as they were, the commercials have been deleted.

This show is also known as the No Animation bootleg. I have a couple different versions of this concert and this one IMHO is better because the others have a lack bass. I've included some art work from another version of the show for those who like to have covers.

While researching this show on the net I found that the original Pre-FM vinyl records are selling for about $125.

Flac

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Sammy Hagar - Westwood One Superstars In Concert #94-24 (Pre-FM)

Sammy Hagar
Westwood One Superstars In Concert #94-24
Unknown Location On 1983 Tour
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cue Sheets

Thanks Go Out To Randy For This One!!

Pre-FM Silver CD > (?) > CD-r(x) >  EAC (secure) > Wave > GoldWave v.5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (flac 8 align on sector boundaries)

01 Westwood One Intro
02 Three Lock Box
03 My Baby's On Fire
04 I Don't Need Love
05 I Done Everything For You
06 I'll Fall In Love Again
07 Heavy Metal
08 Remember The Heros
09 There's Only One Way To Rock

The first of our special Veteran's Day posts is a great Sammy Hagar show.Sammy is a very patriotic person and the song "Remember The Heros" is his way of thanking those who have served. This show includes a great rendition of that passionate number. This recording has that fine Pre-FM quality that we all love. It is a little short but does get the air guitar going from the onset. I'm not sure where this was recorded. I at first thought that it was from The Checker Dome but after carefully comparing the two I decided no.

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