This is really good! The live set from 1990 rocks
924051
This is really good! The live set from 1990 rocks!! Orleans like I've not heard them before! The re-recordings of their hits are real nice albeit, in some instances, I prefer the original version.

One problem with my set is that the CDs themselves are reverse labeled! The live one says all studio disc and the studio one says all live disc. Oops!!! I will have to get used to it I guess.

This is one of the least celebrated bands of our time and it's a shame!! Sadly in 2012 Larry Hoppen, who sang most of their hits, passed away suddenly at 61. I hadn't heard about that and it made me quite sad.

If you liked the band get this. If you aren't familiar with the band, get this. It's a keeper!!
145510
The is one of the best live Jimi Hendrix releases yet. The sound quality is outstanding, particularly for a recording from 45 years ago (hard to believe it's been that long). The mastering is gorgeous. And the performance itself is stunning. The band is tight, with Mitch and Noel grooving along with Jimi's one-of-a-kind guitar playing. Not a bad track on the disc. It's hard to pick the "best tracks" from a disc this good. I guess I would say that "Fire" and "Hey Joe" are stand-outs, but the other tracks are amazing as well. A sonic boom from 1968. Enjoy!
615001
I'll be honest with you...I just bought this CD for about $3 at a clearance sale and I wasn't expecting much.  I'm not even sure I'd even heard of this album before but I figured what the hell?  Well, I am about one minute into track 3 and I am in my glory.  It's taking me right back to the last Sab show I saw a couple years ago.  I think it's pretty much the same set too! I have seen Sabbath about 5 times and they are definitely my favorite band to see live.  And I have been to a lot of shows my friends.

This is a pretty good record of the band in their prime. As some other reviewers have noted, the sound quality is raw, and yes, somewhat like a cleaned-up bootleg, but that's all part of the appeal for me.  A+
2925340
This serves both as a great "Best of.." Collection and a great Live performance from one of the most influential bands of the days of yore. I wouldn't recommend picking this up as an introduction to Bauhaus, but if you're like me, unfortunately too young to have seen them in their hay-day or most likely ever see them again, then this is a great way for you to get the idea of a live Bauhaus show without being able to be there in person. My only complaint is that this Two Disc set, which cost me the same as a FULL two disc set, only has about 19 tracks all together and is basically just a live version of collection 1 and 2. I was hoping for two discs with 15 songs a piece that would serve as a career spanning live document, featuring four or five select songs from each of their albums (See: Death To The Pixies). All I'm asking for is a live version of "Exquisite Corpse", is that really too much to ask? Oh well, such is life. Anyway, this album is definitely worth checking out if you're interested in hearing Bauhaus live...And you have the 23+ bucks to throw away on 19 songs....God that burns me.
1101093
As an avid fan of The Who, this is a fascinating recording. At last I can compare what I consider the greatest live rock album of all time ("Live At Leeds") to what happened the following night. On 14 February 1970 they played Leeds University, which all Who fans know and love as the "Live At Leeds" album. On the 15th they played at Hull City Hall, which is documented here. Parts of this show were fixed by way of cheating. The first 6 tracks were missing John Entwistle's bass track, so they used the same bass tracks from "Leeds". This cheating is fine by me. If I didn't know I wouldn't be able to tell without a close listen. The only time it comes close to not working is during "Young Man Blues". You can hear an echo of Roger's vocals from Leeds for about a minute, and it is different than the Hull version. But in order to restore this to a listenable historic document, I say to Pete & Roger "You are forgiven". The setlist is virtually the same as the Leeds show; the only difference being that they didn't play "Magic Bus" at Hull. I was one of the Who fans that just couldn't see spending over a hundred dollars for the 4 CD "Leeds" deluxe set, especially when the Hull show was the only part that I didn't already have. I say bless everyone involved who made the Hull show on CD possible, and available as a stand alone product. At this point, having only played this CD set since its' arrival today, I am very pleased, and can only see this getting more rotation in my home CD player. I really feel this is a 4 1/2 star CD, but that's not an option. If you love The Who, you can trust me and buy this one. I saw it in the stores for 29.99 plus tax. Amazon, as usual, gives you a better deal. I call that a bargain!
1892739
A couple of years ago Tangerine Dream teased us with the release of "Soundmill Navigator", a 1976 live album, supposedly setting the stage for a stream of "classic" TD live releases. And then... nothing happened, until now! Here comes "The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1", a 5 concerts, 7 CD extravaganza containing about 6 hrs of live music covering 1974-1976, with the classic line-up of Egdar Froese, Chris Franke and Peter Baumann.
The Sheffield concert (audio recording; 10-29-74; 44 min.) is a Phaedra-era stream of conciousness, not much melody to speak of. The Royal Albert Hall concert (soundboard, 4-2-75; 103 min.) is the highlight of the box, shifting easily from mood pieces to sequencer-driven hard-charging sets, reminiscent of the Rubycon studio album of the same era (and the band is introduced by John Peel, no less!). The Croydon concert (audio; 10-22-75; 61 min.) contains elements of the Ricochet live album, with again great sequencer-driven tracks. The Bilbao concert (audio; 1-31-76; 111 min.) is in the same vein, but not as focused. The Berlin concert (audio; 6-27-76; 31 min.) is the real puzzler on this set: the same concert as "Soundmill navigator" but hardly sounding the same (the sound quality doesn't help), begging the question: why is this included here?
In the end, these are minor quibbles. This set is an excellent addition to the Tangerine Dream catalogue of their "classic era" music. I've been waiting for years for a collection like this, and recommend it strongly to any TD fan of the Phaedra-Rubycon-Ricochet era.
4791788
This set has some of the best songs from the past and present
4877503
This is an excellent live show. It's classic music from the past and present that is truly unforgettable .
The show is magical, especially the version of echoes . The rendition was fantastic!  This version of echoes prompted
Me to get the blueray edition. Truly memorable! Seeing Graham Nash and David Crosby backing up David was
classic.
A must have for Floyd fans!
3384227
Incredible live sets. Long but every song is great.
2982678
The sound is fine on this.  I don't understand why it was considered unusable for so long.  It's certainly a lot better than the sound on the tape of their November 1972 Philadelphia show of the Dudes tour.  It's great to hear how heavy and powerful they were in their early days.  Sloppy in places, and they sometimes tend to go on a bit longer than necessary (which was common in the day), but the energy is fantastic.  The liner notes are pretty good, and the inclusion of the Swedish songs gives us their take on Mountain's Long Red, which sounds every bit as heavy as Demons and Wizards-era Uriah Heep.

Every true Mott fan should have this in their collection.  Thanks to Angel Air for making these old tapes available.
825451
"This is what the future should have sounded like"--pretty funny description, but the stuff they play is undeniably cool.  It's more accessible to today's groove-heavy trance-induced pop-music crowd, but it's not muzak, either...it's got plenty of rhythms, melodies, and harmonies (and pyrotechnics) to keep the attention of other serious musicians, too.

The sad thiing is it's only six tracks and 30-some minutes long.  Hey, guys, I remember your live sets being considerably longer than that!  Where are the other 4-6 songs?!  It may just be a smart marketing tactic, because each listen certainly does leave me wanting more :-P
1674381
Although 'Snakes and Arrows' wasn't my favorite Rush tour/set, this is their best Live product they've put out. R30 and "Rio" were very good. This is even better. The HD looks terrific. The sound is great. The camera work is great. Even after 30+ years, Rush still knows how to put on an unbelievable show. Every live release should look and sound like this. Rush could have easily "overpackaged" this and sold it for twice as much, but they didn't. They put over 3 hours worth of great music together, and released it to their fans on Blu-ray for $20. Thanks Neil, Geddy, and Alex.
2265107
This live CD/DVD shows you that The Tossers are one of the best live acts of the moment, hands down. They are no Pogues, but they are the best thing that happened to Celtic rock music since the Pogues, and that's a big achievement! This album is full of fast paced songs about drinking, societal issues, personal matters, etc. There are a couple of slow numbers too, but they are not less great because of that!

What really bothers me though, is that they play three additional tracks that are not listed (Dancing Shoes, Altercations and another). But those three extra songs are not considered like one chapter or one track on the DVD and CD respectively. This means for instance that there's a song of 9 minutes, but that's just because Dancing Shoes is on it too. On the DVD it doesn't bother me, but it's annoying having two songs on the same CD track, especially when you convert it to MP3 to listen on your ipod. Secondly, it's really a shame that they didn't play any song off Purgatory. I love this album. But on the good side of things, they played many songs that were never recorded, most of which are really good. Tony sang a very good acapella song, Press Gang. They also play many old songs, but I miss the female voice on Buckets of Beer. And since this is a 2006 recording, no songs from Agony, of course. But including all their music videos as a bonus was really a great idea. And Becca is AMAZING! She plays fiddle like if it were an extension of her body. Clay Hansen is there and sings a good version of Seven Drunken Nights. There are three bonus live videos included on the DVD, but those are very badly filmed and recorded, they're not worth it.

The Tossers are a band you ought to see live at least once, because you can't feel all the energy they put in their music if you only listen to their albums. They easily blow Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly out of water. It's not to say that those two bands are bad, I like them, but the Tossers are way better musicians and make more engaging music. So if you're a fan, you probably already have this. And if you don't know them, pick this CD up, you won't be sorry!
429052
i  will  give  this  5  stars  as  a  lot  of  this  stuff  has  already  been  around  for  decades  on  bad  sounding  bootlegs,  this is  the  best  sound  quality  we  will  get  regarding  these  shows  and  studio  stuff  and  after  all  you have  to  ask  yourself  how  great  do  you  expect  a  few  songs  richard  did  w/  the heartbreakers  in  1975  and  especially  the  classic  london  uk  1977  music  machine  gig  to  sound??  (  hence  the  late  bon  scott  spent  the  last  hours  of  his  life  in that  venue  in  february  1980  hours  prior  to  his  death)  besides  that  there  is  a  lot  of  history  from  the  late  70s/early  80s  regarding  the  music  machine.  this  gig  was  loud,  nasty  and  a  mess  the  way  punk  was  meant  to  be  especially  way  back  in  77,  gotta  love  johnny  from  the  pistols  cameo  onstage  prior  to  the  end  of  the  gig,  this  was  a  great  double  uk  cd  set,  i  recently  FINALLY  got  around  to  reading  richards  biography  he  released  about  4  years ago  and  i  was  unaware  of  this  cd  until  i  just  read  that.  anyway  this  is  a  great  collection  richard  put  out  by  himself  back  in  02  some  16  years  back,  this  sounds  great  to  my  ears,  ive  been  a  fan  of  richards  for  almost  4  decades  now  and  i  think  most  fans  will  love  this  if  they  have  not  already  bought this  by  now.  now  all  i  would  like  to  hear  are  more  recordings  richard  did  w/  the  neon  boys  and  television  between  1973  and  75.  i  have  a  bootleg  live  lp  of  television  w/  richard  from  75  but  i  know  there  is  a  lot  more  out  there........................  ps  i  love  oldschool  punk  from  74  to  the  early  80s  im not  into  the  poetry  thing................................but  when  richard  was  doing  punk  HE  DID  IT  RIGHT
2197626
This is a good triple disc set of live Zeppelin to be sure. Maybe it is my comfort level with TSRTS that makes it hard for me to vote this higher, I don't know. There is much that is very similar, especially Dazed and Confused and parts of Whole Lotta Love although both of those are not as pleasing to me as TSRTS versions.
The big pay-off for me is the acoustic set on the first disc. Actually, the whole first disc is fantastic, but the acoustic is such a bonus and so well done here.
It has been recommended that you buy this AND TSRTS and that's a valid argument. Together they give you a pretty comprehensive overview of live Zeppelin from the early seventies, right around the time of Houses of the Holy. If you are not familiar with live Led, you should know that these are not note-for-note studio reproductions. Additionally, Jimmy Page has a tendency to get a bit sloppy live and some of the editing seems a bit more jagged than on TSRTS. Still, it is a very worthwhile collection of live performances and gives you a great companion piece to The Song Remains The Same. If you don't mind the somewhat steep price tag (although it is three discs), you'll enjoy the mighty Zeppelin live in all their sometimes ragged glory.
114070
Interspersed before every song on this lovingly compiled recording, are incredible and hillarious interview segments with Rudi Pretrudi by an assortment of people, discussing his band who time forgot The Fuzztones. It makes for a great time, because the music tastefully keeps the rhythm moving. And then what classic rock songs are covered by these Rock n Roll Shamen, along with some incredible unissued Fuzztone gems. This thing starts with a BANG early on with a great versions of You Must be a Witch by The Weeds.  But it's their incredible update of The Face of Time by the Plague (a great song which should have been a number 1 hit across the acid fried nation) that blows the roof off! If this sounds cool to you, then by all means pick this one up. It's a double disc set that has lived in my CD changer for a very long time, and that's really saying alot!
4212451
This is a 6-CD box set, however my review (for now) is for disc one - only. Simply cannot get enough of this twenty-one track power-house live performance that the grandpappy of punk Iggy Pop gave this appreciative crowd at The Ritz in New York on December 9, 1982 during his 'Zombie Birdhouse' tour. Was great to (almost) feel like I was there - with songs to thoroughly soak in - such as "Little Boxes", "Run Like A Villain", the total ass-kicking "Eat Or Be Eaten", "Platonic", the unreal mayhem of "Search & Destroy", "Life Of Work", "Loose", the Kingsmen garage rocker "Louie Louie", "Bang Bang", the sedate "Fall In Love With Me" and "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell". Where does the chaos end? I might decide to purchase and download one [or more] of this posting's other gigs sometime. But for now, this is it. So highly recommended, it hurts.