10/31/2020

Joe's Run Off To Fire Lake...


 One of the great American songwriters.
Here's Bob and his band captured during a 1980 European Tour.
I don't think they played much outside the US?
Would've loved to have seen this band.
This is a VG/Ex audience recording from Germany is all I could find out about this.
Look at that setlist...killer!
Silver cd Rip.

The Ringing Of The Division Bell Had Begun...


 Pink Floyd in rehearsals and a couple of bonus tracks here as well.Can't say I'm much of a fan of their early stuff.
To Be honest I haven't really listened to much of it.
I seem to start at Dark Side onwards.
Great sound on this one.
Check info on the back cover.
Silver cd rip.

What You Gonna Do When Everybody's Insane?

 

Remember the Days when You Could See and Hear a Rock Band that had a Flute in it? (And Not think it Odd...) Or maybe some Folk style music mixed with Rock & Roll? (And You Could Dig It!)

Yep. Back in the 70's That's what Heart did!

This is an Early Concert from Washington State University in 1976. They apparently had a TV Studio where they produced a show called The Second Ending. Heart was there on April 9th of that year...

The Intro is some kinda NASA Space Countdown, and then Heart play an Instrumental, and then the Concert Really gets goin' with Heartless!

They Play Songs from the Dreamboat Annie album (Their First) and also Magazine (Their Second).

It's an Excellent Show with Quality Audio (Apparently there's a Bootleg DVD Out There as well...) and an Outstanding Performance from THE Classic Line-Up of Heart!

I saw Heart in concert but it wasn't until 1980 (I have a Live Bootleg from that Year Comin' Up Soon...) from the Be Be Le Strange Tour!


Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

OR

Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

(Alternate LINK!)

Been Drivin' All Night...

Here's an Excellent Golden Earring King Biscuit Flower Hour Show from Detroit's Famed Cobo Arena (Hall) from 1974!

To the casual Listener of Golden Earring, Several of the songs performed here will be Unfamiliar to You...Many Folks just Know Radar Love & Twilight Zone, as those were their 2 biggest Hits here in the States!   

But in The Netherlands and in Europe - They have been much more successful!

Golden Earring is one of My Favorite Bands, Along with Deep Purple (Blackmore Eras) Blue Öyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Etc.


NOTE: to make the Umlaut Sign (the Two Dots) over the Capitol "O" - All You Have to Do Is:  Press & Hold the ALT Key and Type 0214 on the Number Pad Then Release The Alt Key...


I have Many Golden Earring Live Recordings to Post, But I Figured I'd Start with the Earliest, Best Soundin' One! (Meaning I have some Earlier Ones, But the Sound Quality Is Not As Good!)

ANOTHER NOTE: Golden Earring IS One of the Longest Runnin' Bands Ever! They were formed in 1961 (YES! I said 1961!) and released their 1st Single and Album Way Back in 1965 as The Golden Earrings! Their Current Line-Up have (In One Form Or Another) been together since 1970!


Even IF You just Check it out for Radar Love, That's Fine!

Hopefully, You'll like Some of the Other Songs as Well!

Enjoy And Play It LOUD!

10/30/2020

He's The One


 One of the Rock Stars we've lost lately was also one of the most influential.
EVH - Eddie Van Halen.
So here's the mighty Van Halen supporting and destroying 
Black Sabbath back in 1978. 


"Round Up The Usual Suspects." ...


 KISS go acoustic in '95.
Would've been cool to see this but it never made it over here did it? The nice thing about these shows were they did pull out
a few deep cuts or songs they hadn't played for years.
As we know the convention tour led to MTV Unplugged
which led to the Reunion Tour which led to...
According to the cover this show's from Boston and to me sounds like an excellent audience recording.
Silver cd rip.


I'm Gonna Live on a Mountain, Way Down Under in Australia...

 


Here's One You Might or Might Not Have...

IF You Have It - Great! 
IF You Don't - Get It!

Originally This Audio came from a VHS Concert (And Kiddies, VHS were big tapes You put in a machine... Kinda like a DVR... Well, It was How We Streamed a Concert Back in the 80's... Or kinda like "our" On Demand!) and then it was on DVD, I believe...

Anyhow, VHS & DVD Involved a Step or Two Most Don't Have to Do These Days: A$$ Off Couch was one.. 

Pretty Soon We'll Not Be Able to Own Any Music!

The CD is practically Gone, as is the DVD, and Blu-Ray will go away as well...
The Media Companies Don't Want You to Own Any Media, But Rather have You Rent it and Pay a Payment Every Month...
(What Happens to All Those Songs someone has Purchased - IF, They Stop having an Account with a Company!?!)
That's the current model most Companies are tryin' to get to:
A Payment for Everyone Every Month! 

This Concert Audio is Great and the Performance - Well, I've seen 'Em Twice, About 30 Years in between times and Well, They give it Their All - Every Night they Step Foot On Stage!  
It's Loud and Noisy and Wonderful!

Curiously, there was One Song that Didn't Go with the Rest of This Show. I believe it was Never Had A Lot To Lose. For Some unknown reason (To Me Anyway?) It sounded like a really Bad Audience Recording... So It's Not Here, But You Won't Miss It!

This was Recorded in Sydney, Australia at a small club called Selina's Coogee Hotel there (or That's How It's referred If You Search for it on the 'Net...) So, Not Being From the Land Down Under - The Info I had was Selena's...

This was During a Resurgence for the Music of Cheap Trick and was their most Successful as well! And This was the Year (1988) when they had Two Top Ten Hits! Don't Be Cruel went to #4 and The Flame was Their Only #1 Hit EVER! in the U.S. (IWYTWM! Only reached #7 in The States, Although It was #1 in Many Other Countries like Japan and The Netherlands!) 

So, To Sum Up...
The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same!
Cheap Trick Is Still a Great Band!
This Is An Excellent Concert, But to Get It, It Might Just Require The Step I Mentioned Earlier (But, Maybe Not?)...

The One On The East Coast...

 

Some More Boogie Rock & Roll For Ya!

Here's Foghat a Little Later Down the Road...
After a Line-Up Change and a Little Change to Their Music... 

Erik Carkwright would replace Rod Price on guitar on Foghat's Newest Record: Girls To Chat & Boys To Bounce and Tour, as Mr. Price wasn't diggin' the more New Wave Influenced Type of Music the band was goin' in...

Foghat performs just a couple songs from that record here in this particular Radio Broadcast from Hollywood, Florida...

But as You can see from the Back Cover they Still Play some of  their Classics: Startin' the show with Stone Blue and Endin' I Just Want To Make Love To You,  with Slow Ride in Between! There's also, Fool For The City and More!

Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

(NEW LINK: 3/5/21)

https://krakenfiles.com/view/5e04450ef7/file.html

Train Kept-A-Rollin' All Night Long...

 

Well, It's Friday Once Again! (Although it's the Wee Hours here...). Not sure Why We say Wee hours? (Well, Went and looked it up... Wee Hours are the first few hours after midnight; ie. from 1 - 4 A.M. Wee means small, so small hours - Lord, That's enough of that!)

Can't Sleep, Again, So Figured I'd Post This...

This just happens to be one of My All-Time Favorite Aerosmith Live Bootlegs!

It's got the Classic Line-Up, The Songs and The Sound Quality ALL Goin' for it! It's like a companion piece to the Official Aerosmith Live Bootleg!

17 songs in under 80 minutes of that Classic Aerosmith Sound!

Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

(NEW LINK: 3/6/21)

https://krakenfiles.com/view/644d12e06d/file.html

10/29/2020

Enjoy The Zoo And Walk Down 42nd Street...


 FM Broadcast from the Scorpions.
A transition from Uli To Matthius.
You may have your favourite version but 
in the not too distant future it was Blackout and 
Love At First Sting.Quality times.
There's also a couple of tracks from 
Donington 1980 here as well. 

From Make Up To Break Up!


 Here's an interesting one,Hanoi Rocks playing their last show together before breaking up.The first time.
This is what a band sounds like when they know it's over and some of them don't want to be there.
They should've been huge but unfortunately it wasn't to be.
So this is Live In Poland,1985 or Rock 'n' Roll Divorce.
Vinyl Rip,and to be fair when I listened to some of this back it wasn't as bad as I remembered. 


http://www.filefactory.com/file/65gkw200fny4/RocknRollDivorce.zip

flac

http://www.filefactory.com/file/5e42epms3be/RocknRollDivorceflac.zip


10/28/2020

We Used To Ride Baby,Ride Around In Limousines...


 It is what it says on the tin.The Stones at work,alternate versions,works in progress.Two cd's worth and the covers are in the download for those who still use them.

This is from the Red Tongue Records Boxset a 3LP - 2cd set.
Personally I love these behind the scenes recordings.

I Think I'll Fall To Pieces, If I Don't Find Somethin' Else To Do...

 

smoker Postin' about that new Box Set from Thin Lizzy, 
made me Remember about This Old Bootleg!

Two Different BBC Broadcasts + Two Different Years + Two Different Line-Ups (Although, TWO Remained Constant Throughout the Broadcasts, Years and Line-Up Changes!)

That All Adds Up To One Great Bootleg!

I Think I'll Just Let The Music Do The Talkin'...

Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

(NEW LINK: 3/7/21)

https://krakenfiles.com/view/7106b4bb65/file.html

BABY(S), You Can Drive My Car...

 


Here's an Excellent King Biscuit Flower Hour Radio Broadcast from John Waite's 1st Solo Tour for the Ignition album!

It includes songs from that first record, Plus a Couple of The Babys songs and 2 Beatles Covers...

I Love the song Change from that record! 

Now, I Know Everyone says it's Patty Smyth of the band Scandal (Remember the song The Warrior?) singin' on the Studio Version, But the First Time I Heard It - I Heard Pat Benatar! 

John & Pat were both on Chrysalis Records at the time and Neil Giraldo Produced Ignition and Played Some Guitar on It... 

So, You Do The Math!


Anyway, This Is a Great Concert Performance!

Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

10/27/2020

Dry Your Eyes,Mate...


 Here's a vinyl rip from the late great Tom Petty & His Heartbreakers.
Not much to say about this one,sounds great.
It's a studio performance from back in '78. 


flac

A Trick and a Treat...

 

No Big Surprises here as far as Cheap Trick is concerned...
You Know What You Want - And You Get It!

The Treat mentioned in the Title of this Post is when Dave Edmunds shows up and Joins them On Stage for a Couple Rockin'  Chuck Berry Numbers: Let It Rock and Promised Land!

I saw Cheap Trick in 1979, although Not in Liverpool, But in Columbia, South Carolina at The Township Auditorium (Which was an Excellent Place for Concerts!). The Township was an Old 3,500 Seater Built in 1930 (Many of these type of Theaters were built during the Great Depression) as compared to the 20,000 seat Carolina Coliseum just down the road... 


They musta booked it way in advance, 'cause CT was Very Popular in 1979 and Coulda filled the Coliseum! Anyway, It was General Admission - So We got Good Seats...And We also got to Watch a Glass Door Fly Off its hinges Inward and Land in the Lobby! Where as You can Guess - It Shattered into a Million Pieces! 'Cause people were Pushin' from Behind, Tryin' to Get In!


Back to This Boot, It's Unique, in that Dave's On It! 

It's also a Nice Radio Broadcast as well!

I could go on, But Well, You Know the Rest...

If You're a Trick Fan and Don't Already Have It;

Then Wait No Longer!


Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

(NEW LINK: 3/5/21)

https://krakenfiles.com/view/680c3aa998/file.html

Look To The Skies


 Another from Eddie's stash,
not a recording he did but one he got in a trade.
It's UFO,not the classic line 
up but the short lived version featuring 
Atomik Tommy M on guitar.
Dunno if this one's out 
there but it's a decent listen.
Just don't expect some 
Pink Floyd type production!

10/26/2020

In Times Square Now, People Do The Polka...

 

I was goin' through some music in storage out in the Barn and I ran across a folder that said Blue Öyster Cult - New York 1973. I opened it up and looked in the INFO file and it said Academy of Music, December 31st, 1973...Hmmm?
 
THE Infamous Academy Show?

The one were KISS opened and Gene $immons caught his hair on fire...
The one Iggy played as well?
I Didn't Know It was Recorded?
I Didn't Know I Even Had It?
I Had Never Listened to It!

It said Soundboard Recording! Really? 
(Since there's Only 7 songs, It can't be the Complete Show). 
And Which Show Is It?
(draftervoi - Whadda Ya Know?)

Notice there was TWO shows that Night! One at 8pm, the other at 11:30...
So, Again - I Don't Know Which show This comes from But It Does Sound Pretty Good for 1973...It's possible It's an Audience Recording, But I Don't think so!

Don't expect Hi-Def 5.1 Surround Sound Quality, But It's Clear with a Good Balance Between the Highs and Lows (Not Too Much of Either!). The Vocals and Instruments come through just fine.

And The Cult's Performance is Awesome! 
Albert sings Dominance & Submission, I Believe (It's Not Eric, for sure!) and Drums up a Storm throughout!  ME-262 has a Surprise in the Middle of It - Clockin' In at about 11 minutes total... Born To Be Wild is Hard Rock at its Finest!

Even though it's Not the Complete Show - That's OK! It's still worth a Listen!
I guess I'm a Glass Half-Full Kinda Guy, 'Cause I'm Happy I got to Hear it at All!

Give it a Listen and See what You Hear! 


Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

(NEW LINK: 3/5/21)

https://krakenfiles.com/view/741139e5ab/file.html

Just Another Band Out Of BOSTON...

 

Here's an Excellent BOSTON Concert from 1976!

This one doesn't seem to get traded around as much as The Agora show from the same year - and I'm not sure why?

It's an Excellent Soundboard Recording from The Spectrum in Philly, with pretty much the same setlist as the other concerts from this same time period...

But, Can You Have Too Many Live Concerts by the Same Band? 

Apparently, You Can! 

Well, according to my wife: Mrs. Rocket.

She didn't really understand my obsession hobby of collectin' live shows until about 2000, even though we'd been married for almost 20 years...(But, well the Internet wasn't around for regular folks durin' a big chunk of that time)...back then.  

She likes Bob Seger, so she has Live Bullet. Ditto, Frampton Comes Alive!

One Saturday, we were shoppin' at one of the marts (Can't remember if started with a K or a W) and passed the CD section...I picked up a Pearl Jam Official Bootleg. She said, "Didn't you already buy one of those?" 

"Yep," I said. I started to tell her that it was a different city and not quite the same setlist, etc. but knew she wouldn't get it. 

So, instead, I asked, "How many ears do I have?" 

She looked at me funny and said, "two." 

Then I asked, "How many feet do you have?" Again, she said two. 

I paused, then asked, "And how many pairs of shoes do you have?" 

She said, "I'll be up near the front, come find me when you're ready." 

From that day forward she never questioned my musical hobby and even bought me some of those PJ Bootlegs and other Bootleg Box Sets for Christmas over the years!


Anyway, IF You're a Boston fan - You Need This One TOO!


Enjoy and Play It LOUD!

(NEW LINK: 3/6/21)

https://krakenfiles.com/view/629f8c1fe7/file.html

10/25/2020

I Am Just A Cowboy...


 One of the best bands ever and a firm favourite here at HRC.
On their farewell tour live in Glasgow,Scotland.
Also featuring the one and only Brian Robertson on a couple of tracks.




As I Walked Through The Door,I Gotta Hear Some More...


 If you like your Rock Classic there's 
not much better than Thunder.
Great singer,great playing and great songs.
They never took over the world but they could have.
Anyway here's a great performance for you to enjoy.
From Newcastle,England back in 1990.


Here Comes Another One...

 


Here's one of the few shows I recorded and only 
ever posted at HRC.It's a pretty decent 
recording if you're into the Rival Sons.
Great band saw them a few 
times can't believe this is 8 1/2 years ago tho'.
Time flies!


http://www.filefactory.com/file/11n85purund6/RSGlasgow.zip

Sting Me!!

 


FM recording from Germany's finest Hard Rockers.
From the Love At First Sting Tour
so sounding pretty good.
Just throwing some stuff up that's handy.
I wasn't ready for HRC making a comeback either!!

10/24/2020

C'mon Everybody Take A Trip With Me...


 To those of you who followed HRC back in the day you may remember Eddie.
He sent in a lot of shows he recorded back in the 80's.
Some great stuff that he went on to post on his own site and unfortunately he seemed to disappear.
I've still got all the shows he sent me and I'll be going through them slowly but surely and posting them here.
A lot of them won't have seen the light of day before so exciting times ahead.Eddie if you're out there mate,give us a shout.

Enough of my yakkin' here's one of Eddie's recordings of Tormé
from 1985 featuring Phil Lewis (Girl,LA Guns) on vocals.
Enjoy...