ELVIS - "NEW YEAR'S EVE" (Civic Center Arena, Pittsburgh, PA - December 31st, 1976) [VG AUD - FLAC]

Benché tratto da un nastro di prima generazione, ripulito a dovere con sofisticate tecniche digitali, e in formato FLAC, si tratta pur sempre di un Audience Recording. Uno Show registrato dal pubblico, insomma, e quindi con tutte le imperfezioni del caso: applausi "in primo piano", urla di acclamazione dei fans e qualche commento ad alta voce. Tuttavia - oltre all'effetto gradevole e straniante (almeno per me) di trovarsi catapultati in un'arena gremita da 16,000 persone festanti che cantano "Auld Lang Syne" insieme ad Elvis in attesa del 1977 - si tratta di una Performance spettacolare di Presley, forse la più energica e vigorosa nell'arco di due mesi, che può vantare interpretazioni incendiarie di "See See Rider", "Trying To Get To You" e "Polk Salad Annie", così come di versioni maestose e solenni di brani popolarissimi quali "Hurt" e "Unchained Melody". E comunque, a dispetto dei "piccoli" difetti della registrazione amatoriale d'antan, la qualità audio si avvicina molto a quelle effettuate da un mixer. Mai come in questo caso si può affermare che la bellezza sta nelle orecchie di chi ascolta ;-) Il mio giudizio? 8½ al concerto e 6½-7 all'audio.

FELICE ANNO NUOVO! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

"NEW YEAR'S EVE" - HAVE A ROCKIN' 2014 WITH THE KING!

P.S. Per la PW, contattatemi in privato... For the PW, mail me...

LED ZEPPELIN CONQUER EUROPE [SDB Bootleg - FLAC]

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: 1980.06.29 (June 29th, 1980)
Title: Led Zeppelin Conquer Europe
Label: Empress Valley Supreme Disc - EVSD 70/71
Venue: Hallenstadion
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Source: Excellent-Superb Stereo Soundboard/Very Good-Excellent Stereo Audience
Audio Codec: FLAC (Lossless)
Audio Quality: Excellent/Superb
Running Time: 02:04:47
Total Size: 778.75 MB
Artwork: Included

Lineage: Original Silver CDs > EAC > WAV > FLAC

Notes: Taken from Jimmy Page's Private Master Tape! Rumoured to be professionally filmed...


Disc 1 EVSD-70

01. The Train Kept A Rollin'
02. Nobody's Fault But Mine
03. (Out On The Tiles intro) Black Dog
04. In The Evening
05. The Rain Song
06. Hot Dog
07. All My Love
08. Trampled Underfoot
09. Since I've Been Loving You

Disc 2 EVSD-71

01. Achilles Last Stand
02. White Summer/Black Mountain Side
03. Kashmir
04. Stairway To Heaven
05. Rock And Roll
06. Heartbreaker


Buongiorno! O "BUONASERA"? E' una sorta di indovinello che risolverete ascoltando il Boot degli Zep... Si tratta dello show di Zurigo del loro ultimissimo Tour, quello europeo del 1980. La qualità audio è fantastica, ad eccezione di pochi minuti di registrazione Audience. L'unico, trascurabile neo del concerto è "Kashmir", a tal punto abborracciata e pasticciata dalla band che Plant si sentì in dovere di giustificare la deludente performance e mettere in guardia chi stava presumibilmente registrando lo spettacolo: "If anybody's bootlegging that, you'll have to scratch that number 'cause wasn't completely correct - somehow we got through it."
Si dice che lo show sia stato filmato in modo professionale...


Review:

"One of the best shows from the 1980 tour, this show has a great version of Heartbreaker and The Train Kept a Rollin'. Jimmy flashes between inspired playing and getting his fingers caught in the strings. The rest of the group play well and seem to be having fun, although they totally botch Kashmir. That caused Plant to commented it: "If anybody's bootlegging that, you'll have to scratch that number cause wasn't completely correct - somehow we got through it." Robert's voice is in great shape." (Argenteum Astrum)

Enjoy the listening! (And remember: comments are always welcomed!)

LED ZEPPELIN CONQUER EUROPE

LOU REED - "AT THE MUSEUM WITH ELVIS" (Guggenheim Museum, NYC - 07.10.1993) [SDB Bootleg - FLAC]

Artist: LOU REED feat. Laurie Anderson
Title: AT THE MUSEUM WITH ELVIS
Year Of Release: ?
Label: Unofficial Release - Bootleg
Date: 07.10.1993 (Oct. 7th, 1993)
Venue: Guggenheim Museum
Location: New York City
Source: Soundboard
Audio Codec: FLAC (Lossless)
Audio Quality: Excellent
Running Time: 00:32:36
Total Size: 111 MB
Artwork: Included (Homemade)

Credits and BIG THANKS to LYOKO and his blog "bootblogger-lyoko.blogspot.com"

TRACKLIST:

1. Elvis Presley Medley:
   - Mystery Train
   - That's Alright Mama
   - Good Rockin' Tonight
   - Mystery Train
2. Dirty Blvd.
3. Busload of Faith
4. Satellite of Love
5. Sweet Jane
6. The Tracks of My Tears
   (The Miracles cover)
7. Walk on the Wild Side

LOU REED - "AT THE MUSEUM WITH ELVIS"

PW: andy

ELVIS PRESLEY - "EL GOES EL PASO" (Civic Center Coliseum, El Paso, TX - June 2nd, 1976 ES) [BOOTLEG - FLAC]

ELVIS PRESLEY - EL GOES EL PASO
(El Paso, TX - June 2nd, 1976 ES)

Artist: Elvis Presley
Title: EL GOES EL PASO
Year Of Release: 2005
Label: Audionics (2005-02-2)
Date: 1976-06-02 (June 2nd, 1976)
Tour: On Tour Number 21 - May 27th - June 6th 1976
Venue: Civic Center Coliseum
Location: El Paso, TX
Showtime: Evening Show (8:30 pm)
Attendance: 7050
Elvis' Suit: Blue Egyptian Bird
Source: Soundboard
Details: Lossless - FLAC Format
Audio Quality: Very Good / Excellent
Running Time: 62:36
Total Size: 147 MB
Artwork & Pictures: Included


01) Also Sprach Zarathustra
02) C. C. Rider
03) I Got A Woman - Amen (medley)
04) Love Me
05) If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
06) You Gave Me A Mountain
07) All Shook Up
08) (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Don't Be Cruel (medley)
09) Help Me
10) Fever
11) Jailhouse Rock
12) And I Love You So
13) Polk Salad Annie
14) Band introductions
15) Early Mornin' Rain
16) What'd I Say
17) Drums Solo (Ronnie Tutt)
18) Bass Solo (Blues - Jerry Scheff)
19) Piano Solo (Tony Brown)
20) Electric Piano Solo (David Briggs)
21) Love Letters
22) School Day (Hail Hail Rock'n'Roll)
23) Hurt #1
24) Hurt #2
25) Hound Dog
26) Funny How Time Slips Away
27) Can't Help Falling In Love
28) Closing Vamp - Announcements


"What makes Elvis so popular? He has a dynamic technique, a resonant voice and superb arrangements played exactly for him. He can sing any kind of song, switching effortlessly from rock and roll to love ballad to country western to soul. This is why shows are like family nights. Many groups noted in audience included grandparents, parents, teenagers and small children. They came together, enjoyed it together and each generation had its favorites." (From "An Excitement Frenzy - It's Elvis in Person" by Barbara Funkhouser, "El Paso Times", June 3, 1976)

EL GOES EL PASO

ELVIS PRESLEY - Full Of Rhythm And Blues (Lossless)

ELVIS - Full Of Rhythm And Blues (Lossless)


Tracklist:

01 - That's All Right - Live, October 16, 1954
02 - So Glad You're Mine - Master
03 - Lawdy, Miss Clawdy - Take 5
04 - Baby, Let's Play House - Live, February 4, 1956
05 - Don't Leave Me Now - Take 13
06 - Ain't That Loving You Baby - Take 1
07 - A Mess Of Blues - Take 3
08 - Like A Baby - Spliced take [unreleased in this form]
09 - Give Me The Right - Take 2
10 - I Feel So Bad - Take 1
11 - Beach Boy Blues - Take 3
12 - Little Sister - Take 6
13 - Tomorrow Night - 1965 overdub (correct speed)
14 - Hard Luck - Master
15 - Down In The Alley - Take 1
16 - City By Night - Take 10
17 - Big Boss Man - Take 2
18 - When It Rains It Really Pours - Rehearsal, June 24, 1968 (edit) [unreleased in this form]
19 - Tiger Man - Rehearsal, June 25, 1968 (edit) [unreleased in this form]
20 - One Night - Live, February 23, 1970 (Elvis On Electric Guitar)
21 - Stranger In My Own Home Town - Rehearsal, July 24, 1970
22 - My Baby Left Me - Rehearsal, July 29, 1970 (edit) [unreleased in this form]
23 - Steamroller Blues - Live, January 12, 1973 (alternate mix)
24 - Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues - Take 6
25 - Reconsider Baby - Live, February 21, 1977


QUOTES:

Joe Cocker: "ELVIS IS THE GREATEST WHITE BLUES SINGER IN THE WORLD TODAY."

Howlin’ Wolf: When interviewed in 1966, Howlin’ Wolf commented on the white blues singers. He liked Paul Butterfield, he said, also "that other boy - What's his name? Somewhere out in California, that "Hound Dog Number". He was talking about Elvis Presley. But surely Elvis couldn't be considered strictly a blues singer, somebody pointed out. Maybe not, conceded Wolf in the great hoarse growl of his, but "he started from the blues. If he stopped, he stopped. It's nothing to laugh at. He made his pull from the blues."

Little Richard: "He was an integrator, Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn't let black music through. He opened the door for black music."

Jimi Hendrix, who saw Elvis live in 1957, aknowledge him "As a fine blues singer."

Robert Plant: [...] If you can hear Elvis singing ' Love Me', then that's a great introduction to the blues."

Robert Plant (during a concert in 2007): "[...] Ok, who was the King of the Blues? Muddy Waters? Maybe even Elvis Presley. I think he had so much contact, when he was a kid at school, he was listening to Memphis radio, in the early Fifties [...]"

Chris Bailey (The Saints) on "That's all Right": "My ultimate favourite. Whatever you say about Elvis, he very much liked black blues music. His music was black before he went off to Hollywood or wherever. The pureness of sound all these years later... I put that on and go, 'Why am I even trying? I can never better this.' He does three Arthur Crudup songs and they're all works of art."

Trevor Cajiao: "Don't let anyone tell you the blues is strictly for the black man. The passion and feel in El's version of 'One Night' transcends all musical boundaries. Apart from, maybe, Duane Eddy's 'Peter Gunn'', has there ever been a dirtier sounding record?"

Alan McGee: "Elvis had the blues. He was a black guy with white skin."

EP - FORAB