38 Years Ago Today... ELVIS - FIFTH TIME AROUND (BOOTLEG) - Lossless

ELVIS - FIFTH TIME AROUND (Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN - March 20, 1974 ES)

Artist: Elvis Presley
Title: FIFTH TIME AROUND
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Audionics (2011-01-2)
Date: 1974-03-20 (March 20th, 1974)
Tour: On Tour number 11 - March 1st - March 20th 1974
Venue: Mid-South Coliseum
Location: Memphis, TN
Showtime: Evening Show (8:30 pm)
Elvis' Suit: 1973 Arabian
Source: Soundboard
Details: Lossless - FLAC Format
Audio Quality: Excellent
Running Time: 68:59
Total Size: 448 MB
Artwork & Pictures: Included

Notes from the press-release:

The legendary March 20th, 1974 Memphis, TN concert has been released on a number of occasions, beginning with RCA's original 1974 LP edit with artificial applause mixed in. In 1994, a more complete, unofficial version was issued by "Fort Baxter". It was, however, a patchwork from several different sources incl. many tracks taken from the original RCA LP with overdubs. In 1997, "Steamroller Blues" was issued in pristine quality on "Platinum - A Life In Music". Finally in 2004, BMG's "Follow That Dream" the Elvis collectors label reissued this show nearly complete, in a beautiful deluxe package. But was it the definitive release? For die-hard fans it wasn't, and some viewed it as a letdown. Parts of the dialogues, introductions and even the false start of "Help Me" were omitted, and many have complained about the sound and mixing. Clearly, too much compression and artificial reverb had been applied. Well, at long last this legendary set is now truly complete, and without the audio choices made by FTD several years ago. Audionics worked with a DAT copy of an original, rough mix tape "as recorded at the Coliseum". Every bit was carefully enhanced in a renowned studio to achieve the best possible quality for your optimal listening pleasure. We hope that you enjoy the results. No remixing. No noise reduction. No edits. No artificial reverb or other added effects. No heavy compression. Just a pure, raw and natural sound. The King back in his hometown Memphis, on the 20th anniversary of his first release "That's All Right Mama". Elvis was in great form for this recording, and now, for the first time, you can enjoy the excellence of his performance that night in the best-ever sound!


My opinion:

The fellows from Audionics can be proud of their work and affirm without any doubt to have released the definitive version of the historical Memphis concert. Infact, soon after the releasing of "Fifth Time Around", many skeptical and suspicious hardcore fans began to complain about the sound and mixing of this new CD and wonder which is its "real" source... Someone said that there is nothing original, pure and rough about it, asserting that only a simple and different equalizing work has been done from an official product. Someone even stated that the Audionics release is nothin' but a straight rip from the FTD issue. Now, let me tell you that these are a bunch of bullshits! Audionics team has done a GREAT JOB! The annoying reverb has been carefully removed, Elvis' voice sounds clearer and upfront as it should be, the piano sounds sharper and more defined, the drums more prominent and fuller. And, ABOVE ALL, there's more MATERIAL (or "extras", if you prefer) on this version than on all the previous ones. If it's a straight rip from the FTD CD, then where did Audionics get the false start of "Help Me", the intros and all the other missing parts?!? No, friends, Audionics has delivered the 100% COMPLETE, ultimate version of the legendary Memphis concert! A MUST HAVE!

P.S. "STEAMROLLER BLUES" rules! It's absolutely stunning, one of the best renditions ever caught on tape...


Tracklist:

01 - Introduction - Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 - C. C. Rider
03 - I Got A Woman - Amen
04 - Love Me
05 - Tryin' To Get To You
06 - All Shook Up
07 - Steamroller Blues
08 - Teddy Bear - Don't Be Cruel
09 - Love Me Tender
10 - Long Tall Sally - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Your Mama Don't Dance/Flip, Flop And Fly/Jailhouse Rock/Hound Dog
11 - Fever
12 - Polk Salad Annie
13 - Why Me, Lord
14 - How Great Thou Art
15 - Suspicious Minds
16 - Introduction of vocalists, band, orchestra, engineers
17 - Blueberry Hill - I Can't Stop Loving You
18 - Help Me (with false start)
19 - An American Trilogy
20 - Let Me Be There (with reprise)
21 - My Baby Left Me
22 - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
23 - Funny How Time Slips Away
24 - Can't Help Falling In Love
25 - Closing Vamp - Announcements


Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

ENJOY! (And remember: comments are always welcomed!)

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St. Valentine's Day Special: LED ZEPPELIN (1975 SDB) + GUNS N' ROSES (2010 DVD Pro-Shot) [BOOTLEGS]

Led Zeppelin - St. Valentine's Day Massacre -
Uniondale, New York - 02.14.1975 (3 SBD CDs) [Bootleg]


Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Empress Valley Supreme Disc (BOOTLEG)
Details: Lossy - mp3 - 320 kbps - 44.1 Khz - Stereo
Date: 02-14-1975 (Feb. 14th, 1975)
Venue: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Location: Uniondale, New York, USA
Content: One of the greatest shows that the band performed in 1975
Audio Quality: Superb Stereo Soundboard
No of CDs: 3
Total Time: 00:55:51 (CD 1) + 01:07:04 (CD 2) + 01:13:22 (CD 3)
Total Size: 454 MB
Artwork: Included


Tracklist:

01. Rock And Roll (CD 1)
02. Sick Again
03. Over The Hills And Far Away
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. Since I've Been Loving You
06. The Song Remains The Same
07. The Rain Song
08. Kashmir (CD 2)
09. No Quarter
10. Trampled Underfoot
11. Moby Dick
12. Dazed And Confused (CD 3)
13. Stairway To Heaven
14. Whole Lotta Love
15. Out On The Tiles (intro) / Black Dog
16. Heartbreaker (incl. A Mess Of Blues)


LINKS:

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

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Guns N' Roses - Rose Bar Sessions (Acoustic Set) -
Rose Bar, New York City - 02.14.2010 (DVD Pro-Shot) [BOOTLEG]


Media: 1 DVD-5
Filming type: Professional
Video: 29.970 fps, 720 x 480 (4:3), MPG2
Audio: 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, AC3
Video Format: PAL
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Video Quality: A
Audio Quality: A
Chapters: Yes
Menus: Yes
Number of Camera Angles: Multiple
Number of Audio Selections: 1


Setlist:

01. Welcome To The Jungle (4:58)
02. Used To Love Her (3:58)
03. Sweet Child O' Mine (5:42)
04. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (10:00)
05. Paradise City (6:22)
06. Patience (6:20)


"Guns N' Roses Perform in a Tiny NYC Bar!" (by William Goodman - Feb. 16, 2010 - www.spin.com)

"Happy Valentines Day," Axl Rose said with a smirk Sunday night, addressing the 150 very beautiful, very lucky people who landed on the guest list for a private Guns N' Roses concert at the Gramercy Park Hotel's Rose Bar in New York City. Winking and referencing his band, he added: "We're the morning-after pill!!!" Charming. But celebs like Mickey Rourke, Adrian Grenier, Ryan Phillippe, Albert Hammond Jr. and Fab Moretti of the Strokes, Emily Haines of Metric, and Sebastian Bach didn't come for holiday chivalry. They came for badass rock'n'roll -- and they got it. Lots of it. The late-night concert -- an installment of Nur Khan's Rose Bar Sessions, sponsored by Deleon Tequila, One Music, and SPIN -- was a little piece of paradise city: Rose and his six-piece band unleashed a 90-minute, 16-song set spanning all their hits.
GNR performed in front of a fireplace covered in roses, with a black-and-red painting of a skull hanging above. The lights were dim, gorgeous women outnumbered the men 2 to 1, the booze was free, and the light fixture overhead, the singer noted, looked like the spiky thorns of a rosebush. It could have been a scene from a GNR music video. The band opened with "You're Crazy" and "Mr. Brownstone," and proceeded to play acoustic versions of hits from Use Your Illusion, Lies EP, and their 1987 mega-hit Appetite for Destruction, including its eternally awesome lead single "Welcome to the Jungle." The 48-year-old frontman, wearing a brown velvet suit jacket and matching top hat over his red bandana, slithered and tossed the mic from hand to hand as he stretched his vocals on set standout "Nightrain." He slowed the tempo on super ballad "Patience," as the lights overhead turned his gigantic diamond rings into miniature disco balls, and the crowd sang along and waved their lighters in the air (real ones -- thanks, smokers!). The band played only three tracks off their 15-years-in-the-making 2008 record Chinese Democracy: "Catcher in the Rye," "Street of Dreams," and "Sorry." The sound, especially Rose's vocals, was occasionally muddy, but the bandmembers -- keyboardist Dizzy Reed, drummer Frank Ferrer, bassist (and former Replacement) Tommy Stinson, and three guitarists -- the chain-smoking DJ Ashba (Yes, that's his real name. No, he's not an actual disc jockey), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, and Richard Fortus -- played admirably through the slog. Overall, the show was a reminder that love 'em or hate 'em, Axl and GNR created some of the most quintessential rock songs of the '80s and '90s. GNR's cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" scored loudest crowd reaction of the night, with second place going to set-closer "Paradise City." On the latter, as Stinson sang backup, a very sweaty Rose ripped of his top hat, jacket, and sunglasses. In a red bandana, unbuttoned shirt, and blue jeans, he recalled the iconic Axl from the late '80s -- only 20 years older and 30 pounds heavier. "It sounds really good," commented one hardcore fan. "Hey, I can just close my eyes and pretend it's 1987!"


LINKS:

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

PART 5

PART 6

PART 7


BUON SAN VALENTINO!