Thursday, August 23, 2012

THE INCREASING KILLER SHOW

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: CD, 11 tracks, 55 min 03 sec
Label: OH BOY 1-9101

Disc:
1. Same Old Song And Dance
2. Toys In The Attic
3. Milk Cow Blues
4. Train Kept A Rollin'
5. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
6. Mama Kin
7. Dream On
8. Write Me
9. Walk This Way
10. Train Kept A Rollin'
11. Toys In The Attic

Recorded at:
Tracks 1-4, Tower Theater, Upper Darby,
Philadelphia, PA, March 26, 1978
Tracks 5-11, Detailed as being Central Park,
NYC 1978 but is Shaeffer Music Festival,
Central Park NY, August 29, 1975.

Comments:
Excellent stereo. Remaining 4 tracks of
Upper Darby concert featured on The Ultimate
Killer Show. Milk Cow Blues is mistitled as
Going Down. The Central Park 1975 concert
is a A King Biscuit Flour Hour FM Broadcast
and one of a number containing a different
selection of tracks. It has an excellent raw
sound with numbers from their new Toys in
the Attic album.

THE ULTIMATE KILLER SHOW

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: CD, 13 tracks, 56 min 55 sec
Label: OH BOY 1-9069, 1991

Disc:
1. Rats In The Cellar
2. I Wanna Know Why
3. Big Ten Inch Record
4. Walk This Way
5. Sight For Sore Eyes
6. Seasons Of Wither
7. Sweet Emotion
8. Lord Of The Thighs
9. Kings and Queens
10. Chip Away The Stone
11. Get The Lead Out
12. Get It Up
13. Draw The Line

Recorded at:
Tower Theater, Upper Darby,
Philadelphia, PA, March 26, 1978

Comments:
Excellent FM stereo from the USA Draw The
Line Tour with much of the album being aired
including Kings & Queens, which had been
released in the last week as their new single.
One of several recordings taken a week in
March, 1978 (i.e. Boston, Chicago, Columbus).
Draw The Line from this concert is the same as
on the official Live! Bootleg release.
Big Ten Inch Record is listed as Milkcow Blues.
The remaining four tracks from the concert are on The Increasing Killer Show.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

THEY ARE BACK ! (oakland 2012)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 2 CDR,  23 tracks, ~ 115 min
Label: Zone 51 Prod 059.01/02

Disc1 : 55.30
01.Opening
02.Draw The Line
03.Love In An Elevator
04.Same Old Song And Dance
05.Living On The Edge
06.Oh Yeah
07.Brad Solo/Last Child
08.Drum solo/Tyler joins
09.Rag Doll
10.Peter Gunn
11.Boogie Man
12.Combination

Disc 2 : 59.42
01.Stop Messin' Around (false take)
02.Stop Messin' Around
03.What It Takes
04.Legendery Child
05.Come Together
06.Rats In The Cellar
07.Sweet Emotion
08.Walk This Way
09.Dream On
10.Train Kept A Rollin
11.Tyler Talks

Recorded at:
Coliseum Arena
Oakland, California
August 4, 2012

Comments:
Aerosmith has become quite the ensemble onstage. Aside from the usuual 5 guys and a keyboard player, the band is now augmented with two female backup singers (one playing a sax) and Joey Kramer's son playing congas on some tunes. Add to that Kramer's wife doing a strange dance at the end of "Combination" and you have as many as 10 people on stage, very Rolling Stones-like, I guess.
The band seemed pretty engergized and maybe the "slickest" I have seen them and that's not a bad thing. Tyler's run on "American Idol" brought new prominence to the band. I heard several people say "This is the first time I'm seeing them."
I always wrestle with this band..I loved there stuff from 1973 through 1986, well even through 1990, then they got hard to listen to for me...now I'm making peace with them. You sorta take the good with the bad with these guys. It's not just me, Tyler is aware of the duplicity.."Do you like the old shit or the new shit?" he aks the crowd. The "old shit" was the crowd's choice...and with that they launched into "Rats In The Cellar" which was the highlight of the evening, just a cool, long drawn out rock and roll jam.
Other old tunes came off well too, "Draw The Line," "Same Old Song and Dance" and "Last Child." I heard they were doing "Combination," and while cool to hear, with only Perry's vocals it lacked some punch. When Perry starts "Stop Messin' Around" the band isn't ready and he has to re-start it, oops. The new tunes are kinda clunkers I thought, with "Legendery Child" riff sounding like Zep's "Wanton Song" without the balls. Luckily not too many of the late 1980/90s tunes on this night, with "What It Takes" being the most barfworthy. Overall I liked the show, they still have the ability to rock out and they are the last of a dying breed.Audience recording

Monday, July 30, 2012

LIVE IN WOODLANDS 2004

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 2 CDR,  25 tracks, ~ 143min
Label: Zone 51 Prod 037.01/02

Disc1 : 68.21
01.  Intro
02.  Toys In The Attic
03.  Love In An Elevator
04.  Back In The Saddle
05.  The Other Side
06.  Cryin'
07.  Roadrunner
08.  Jaded
09.  Last Child
10.  Back Back Train
11.  Shame Shame Shame
12.  Never Loved A Girl
13.  Lord of The Thighs
14.  Stop Messin' Around

Disc 2 : 74.47
01.  Dream On
02.  Draw The Line
03.  Baby Please Don't Go
04.  Mother Popcorn
05.  Walk This Way
06.  Sweet Emotion
07.  What It Takes
08.  Train Kept A Rollin'
09.  houston soundcheck 04.06.2004
10.  houston soundcheck 04.06.2004
11.  houston soundcheck 04.06.2004

Recorded at:
C.W. Mitchell Pavilion,
Woodlands, TX June 4, 2004

Comments:
audience recording
Quick return of "The Other Side" after an absence of one show. "Fever" is rested again in preference for "Last Child".
 

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT (philadelphia 2012)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 2 CDR,  21 tracks, ~ 119 min
Label: Zone 51 Prod 036.01/02

Disc1 : 54.26
01.  Draw The Line
02.  Love In An Elevator
03.  Lick And Promise
04.  Livin'On The Edge
05.  Cryin'
06.  Oh Yeah
07.  Last Child
08.  Drum Solo
09.  Rag Doll
10.  Peter Gun Theme
11.  Boogie Man

Disc 2 : 62.01
01.  Combination
02.  What It Takes
03.  Rattlesnake Shake
04.  Legendary Child
05.  No More No More
06.  Sweet Emotion
07.  Walk This Way
08.  Dream ON
09.  Train Kept A Rollin'
10.  Chip Away The Stone

Recorded at:
Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia .PA
21/07/2012

Comments:
audience recording
 

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

THE LEGENDARY MONSTERS (laval .quebec. 2012)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 2 CDR,  15 tracks, ~ 98 min
Label: Zone 51 Prod 727.01/02

Disc1 : 53.25
01.  Draw The Line
02.  Love In An Elevator
03.  Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)
04.  Livin' On The Edge
05.  Jaded
06.  Oh Yeah
07.  Last Child
08.  Drum Solo
09.  Rag Doll
10.  Boogie Man
11.  Combination

Disc 2 : 44.13
01.  What It Takes
02.  Legendary Child
03.  No More No More
04.  Sweet Emotion
05.  Mother Popcorn/Walk This Way 
06.  Walk This Way
07.  You See Me Crying /Dream On
08.  Train Kept A Rollin'

Recorded at:
THE NATURE CENTRE /LOTO-QUEBEC
WORLD CHORAL FESTIVAL
LAVAL.QC  2012.07.10

Comments:
audience recording
 

Monday, July 9, 2012

ROCKSIMUS AT THE FORUM (inglewood 2003)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 2 CDR,  21 tracks, ~ 98min
Label: Zone 51 Prod 724.01/02

Disc1 : 54.41
01.  Intro
02.  Let The Music Do The Talking
03.  Love In An Elevator
04.  Same Old Song And Dance
05.  Pink
06.  Jaded
07.  Last Child
08.  Rats In The Cellar
09.  What It Takes
10.  Stop Messin' Around
11.  Baby Please Don't Go

Disc 2 : 43.24
01.  Never Loved A Girl
02.  Dream On
03.  Toys In The Attic
04.  Cryin'
05.  Walk This Way
06.  Sweet Emotion  
07.  Come Together (soundcheck)
08.  Big Ten Inch Record (soundcheck)
09.  Strutter (KISS with Joe Perry)

Recorded at:
The Forum, Inglewood, CA December 18, 2003

Comments:
Earlier planned audience soundcheck was"Adam's Apple", "Come Together",
 "Nobody's Fault", "Seasons of Wither" and"Big Ten Inch Record"
Second play on tour of the long extended version of "Rats In The Cellar" which followed as on the "Rocks" album, "Last Child"
Joe Perry once again jammed on "Strutter" with Kiss during their set
audience recording