Various Artists - The Black Rock Coalition: A Black Rock Christmas ~ Manhattan, New York, USA xx-xx-1992 (FM)

Various Artists
The Black Rock Coalition
A Black Rock Christmas
Shot at "Manhattan Center" Studios Live Concert Venue
Manhattan, New York, USA
xx-xx-1992
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8
No Cover Art

Featuring:
The Eric Gales Band
Kelvynator
Defunkt
Jean-Paul Bouelly
The Crunch

Lineage Recording: FM > Pioneer TX9100 > Radford ZD22 preamp > VHS machine/Sony PCM501ES
Lineage Transfer: VHS machine/Sony PCM501ES > Tascam US144MKII > WaveLab with Waves L3 Multimaximizer (HiRes CD Master) > HDD > Flac Level 8

01 Eric Gales Band - Sign Of The Storm (cuts in)
02 Kelvynator - Refunkanation
03 Kelvyn Bell (Fishbone) - Speaks
04 Kelvynator - Every Breath (I Breathe)
05 Defunkt - Smooth Love & Defunkt Reunion (break in the second part by radio advertising (fade out/in))
06 Jean-Paul Bourelly - Unknown Tittle
07 Jean-Paul Bourelly - Tryin´ To Get Over
08 The Crunch - Rock Steady
09 The Crunch - I´m A Believer

The Black Rock Coalition was formed in the early 1990s to promote unknown Black Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands. The biggest known of the Black Rock Coalition at the time were Living Color, Fishbone and 24-7 Spys. None of those bands are here but I think that was the point. Until I listened to it of those on it I only knew of Eric Gales. I have had this in my collection for years and it is time for me to share it! (I just found it while organising my hard drive) So enjoy!!

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Medeski, Martin, Scofield & Wood - Estival Jazz Lugano 2007 ~ Piazza di la Reforma: Lugano, Switzerland July 5, 2007 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Medeski, Martin, Scofield & Wood
Estival Jazz Lugano 2007
Piazza di la Reforma
Lugano, Switzerland
July 5, 2007
HDTV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
NO Cover Art
Screen Shots Included

Lineage: HDTV Broadcast > Unknown Process > DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Stereo Wave 16bit/44,1khz > Goldwave v6.76 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper v2.8.4 build 185 (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Little Walter Rides Again
02 - In Case The World Changes It's Mind
03 - Down The Tubes Improvisation #1
04 - Down The Tubes Improvisation #2
05 - Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing
06 - Tequila & Chocolate
07 - Julia
08 - Hottentot #1
09 - Hottentot #2
10 - A Go Go

John Medeski keyboards
Billy Martin drums
Chris Wood bass
John Scofield guitar

JustDave's Notes:
I downloaded this kick ass DVD from a Russian torrent tracker. I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit some of the track marks, I also raised the volume by doubling it twice. No EQ or Noise Reduction was used and no remixing or remastering was done. I did remove the broadcast programs intro and outro music. The DVD itself was two parts, each part having five tracks. I cross faded the two parts together for a smoother transition. The DVD itself had lossy audio so the waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps using Trader's Little Helper aligning all sector boundaries.

These four men to me are some of the most talented musicians in Jazz today. I have never heard a bad performance when just one of them was involved. When the four get together you have one of the best damn Jazz Improv bands today. I have a lot of music on the blog from Medeski, Martin, & Wood and John Scofield so check the links to the right.

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The Rolling Stones - Dead Man Cumming ~ JFK Memorial Stadium: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, August 28, 1989 (SBD)

The Rolling Stones
Dead Man Cumming - (The Eternal Records ~ RSCDX 510/624 055-2)
JFK Memorial Stadium
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
August 28, 1989
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: CDR received in a trade > E.A.C > Trader's Little Helper > Flac

Disc One

01 Start Me Up
02 Bitch
03 Shattered
04 Sad Sad Sad
05 Undercover of the Night
06 Harlem Shuffle
07 Miss You
08 Tumbling Dice
09 Ruby Tuesday
10 Play With Fire
11 Dead Flowers

Disc Two

01 One Hit (to the Body)
02 Mixed Emotions
03 Honky Tonk Woman
04 Rock and a Hard Place
05 Midnight Rambler
06 Can't Always Get What You Want
07 Little Red Rooster

Disc Three

01 Before They Make Me Run
02 Happy
03 Paint it Black
04 2000 Light Years From Home
05 Sympathy for the Devil
06 Gimme Shelter
07 It's Only Rock and Roll
08 Brown Sugar
09 Satisfaction
10 Jumpin' Jack Flash

Mick Jagger – lead & backing vocals, harmonica, rhythm guitar
Keith Richards – rhythm & lead guitars,  backing & lead vocals
Ronnie Wood – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Watts (R.I.P.) – drums, percussion, occasional backing vocals

Touring Members:
Matt Clifford – keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, French horn
Bobby Keys (R.I.P.) – saxophone
Chuck Leavell – keyboards, backing vocals
Bernard Fowler – backing vocals, percussion
Lisa Fischer – backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Gimme Shelter"
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
Pamela Quinlan - backing vocals

The Uptown Horns:
Arno Hecht – saxophone
Bob Funk – trombone
Crispin Cioe – saxophone
Paul Litteral – trumpet

This is supposed to be a rehearsal for the upcoming tour. I'll tell you, it's a damn good performance. The band is really tight and Mick sounds good. When this tour rolled through Detroit it was a huge deal. The Rock Radio stations had Rolling Stones A to Z Days, playing the whole catalog of songs in alphabetical order. There were contests for winning tickets by radio and TV stations. I had to work that day and it sucked. I didn't have tickets, I worked at a gas station right of the freeway at the first exit saying stadium traffic this way!! It was the worst day ever. Between people constantly asking for directions, yelling to hurry up, and asking if I knew where to get any weed (that one happened a lot too) the over time was not worth it.

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Paul McCartney - Knebworth Festival ~ Knebworth Park: Stevenage, England, U.K. June 30th 1990 (FM)

Paul McCartney
Knebworth Park - Titus Remaster
Stevenage, England, U.K.
June 30th 1990
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

01 Intro (Cathy McGowan & Timothy Dalton)
02 Coming Up
03 Back in the USSR (Beatles)
04 I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles)
05 We Got Married
06 Birthday (Beatles)
07 Let It Be (Beatles)
08 Live and Let Die (Wings)
09 If I Were Upon the Stage
10 Hey Jude (Beatles)
11 Strawberry Fields Forever (Beatles)
12 Help! (Beatles)
13 Give Peace a Chance (John Lennon)
14 Yesterday (Beatles)
15 Can't Buy Me Love (Beatles)
16 Bob Harris interview with Paul McCartney
17 Simon Bates interview with Lord Cobbold
18 Bob Harris interview with Jim Capaldi
19 Simon Bates interview with Sgt Timble
20 Simon Bates interview with George Martin
21 Richard Skinner interview with Tommy Vance
22 Bob Harris interview with Dave Gilmour
23 Simon Bates interview with Dave Dee

I don't know why I haven't shared this show yet. It's a killer show from Sir Paul, with a nice selection of songs. I was at my friend Gypsy Dan's house where a Knebworth Party was going on. There was quite a few of us gathered there to listen to the broadcast. We yelled, screamed & applauded just like we were at the show. There was brats, steaks & burgers on the grill, 2 kegs in the bath tub, and a case of red wine in the kitchen. It however was B.Y.O.B. bring your own bag! No problem there since everyone there smoked. Gypsy Dan had parties like that all the time. He lived out in the country so we didn't bother anyone. We actually started having concerts on his property every Friday & Saturday. Always three local bands, 5 dollars US, 4 dollars US for women, 8 dollars US if you were under drinking age. I was in charge of booking bands. If I couldn't find a total of three acts for a night I would have my band play. I wouldn't get payed but the rest of the band would. See I already collected a salary, it was that well organized, and Dan was not going to pay me twice.

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I downloaded  this from The Luxor Dream, a great site run by Titus lots of cool stuff!

Stevie Nicks - US Festival 1983 ~ Glen Helen Regional Park: Devore, California, U.S.A. May 30, 1983 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Stevie Nicks
US Festival 1983
Glen Helen Regional Park
Devore, California, U.S.A.
May 30, 1983
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave 16bit/44,1khz > Goldwave v6.52 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8

01 - Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac)
02 - Outside The Rain >
03 - Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
04 - Gold And Braid >
05 - I Need To Know (Tom Petty)
06 - Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac)
07 - Angel (Fleetwood Mac)
08 - Leather And Lace
09 - Stand Back
10 - Band Intros
11 - How Still My Love
12 - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
13 - Edge Of Seventeen
14 - Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac)

video tape drag at end of "Gypsy".

Stevie Nicks lead vocals
Waddy Wachtel guitars
Bob Glaub bass
Russ Kunkel drums
Roy Bittan keyboards
Bill Payne keyboards
Bobbye Hall percussion
Sharon Celani backing vocals
Lori Perry backing vocals

JustDave's Notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to add a fade in and fade out at the beginning and end of the show. I also re-edited some track marks. No EQ or Noise Reduction was used. No remastering or remixing was done. The sound is pretty good, maybe a little muddy in bottom end, but a good listen. The show had lossless audio so it is available in both Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps.

The set has a nice collection of Fleetwood Mac & solo material. Stevie also includes a cover of Tom Petty's "I Need To Know". Listening to this show brings back memories of my first car, graduating, and my first experience at being on tour. Looking back it was a terrible mess, but I wouldn't go back and change anything. We were one of the early bands in the growing Underground Power/Speed/Thrash Metal scene. It was hard getting bands like us in the more upscale clubs where all the "cover bands" played. Our bands however had to play the sleaziest dives you could think of. We got the Gay Bars (not all were in bad neighborhoods but they booked Punk bands a lot!), Biker bars (2 things seem universal at biker bars love of Motorhead and Waylon Jennings) and a lot of Teen Clubs (bars that lost liquor licenses). All of which seemed to be exclusively in the worst parts of town. One place was so bad they had armed guards with dogs walking people to and from the parking lot! The bands had to have someone in their bus/truck/van/station wagon at all times to guard against theft.

Okay I will get on with the good part.

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