Friday 26 April 2024

































KISS
L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix
Paris, France 
May 22nd 1976

Been listening to a few recordings from the 76 era.
All were diabolical.
Here is my remaster of the least diabolital.
I did a lot of work on this because I am a fan.
Not sure it was worth the effort.
from the online KISS concert history site:
An afternoon show with the concert starting at 3PM
and the band having to be out of the venue by 6:30PM
to allow for comedian Jerry Lewis' scheduled performance.
(he was booked May 18-31)
regards
Titus

01 Deuce
02 Strutter
03 Flaming Youth
04 Hotter than Hell
05 Firehouse
06 She
07 Ace solo
08 Nothin' to Lose
09 Shout it Out Loud
10 100,000 Years
11 Black Diamond
12 Detroit Rock City
13 Rock and Roll All Nite

































Rush
Pink Pop Festival
Burgemeester Darmen Sportpark
Geleen, Netherlands
June 4th 1979
 
Remastered FM mp3 taken from two sources.
regards
Titus

1 intro/A Passage to Bangkok
2 Xanadu
3 The Trees
4 Hemispheres-The Sphere/Closer to the Heart
5 La Villa Strangiatto
6 2112-Discovery/Presentation/Soliloquay/Grande Finale
7 In the Mood/drum solo
8 Something for Nothing/outro

Thursday 25 April 2024

































Scorpions
Little John's Farm
Reading, England
August 25th 1979

Remastered BBC Radio 1 FM.
The source is from a rebroadcast
on Alan Freeman's Saturday Rock Show (early 1990s)













































This edition of the festival was hit by line-up changes.
Thin Lizzy pulled out at a few days notice due to Gary Moore quitting
and were replaced by the Scorpions
The Ramones dropped out as well.
Nils Lofgren took their spot.
Fluff quotes the wrong date during the outro.
regards
Titus

01 Back Stage Queen
02 We'll Burn the Sky
03 Loving You Sunday Morning
04 Lovedrive
05 Always Somewhere
06 He's a Woman She's a Man
07 Another Piece of Meat
08 Robot Man/outro

Wednesday 24 April 2024

































De Staat
Witch Doctor (video)

De Staat is a Dutch alternative rock band, formed in Nijmegen in 2006.
Their name translates to 'The State'.
Check this out.
I find it fascinating/unsettling in equal measures.
regards
Titus

Monday 22 April 2024

































Samla Mammas Manna & Ron Geesin
Tonkraft (Swedish radio)
Legendary Swedish Radio Archives vol. 1
1975

Slightly remastered mp3 FM.
Scottish musician/composer/arranger Ron Geesin
is probably best known for his work with Roger Waters and Pink Floyd.
(Music from the Body/Atom Heart Mother)
Here he is thrown together with the Samlas
and he produces weird and wonderful stuff.
The first half hour SMM set is simply sublime.
Top performance of Ikarien and an interesting version of Ödet.
regards
Titus

Samla Mammas Manna
01 Ikarien
02 Kuba Är Bra
03 Ödet
Ron Geesin
04 Ron Geesin Soundscape & Banjo
05 Banjo, Vox & Piano Loop
06 Piano Solo
07 Piano Vocal Exercises
08 Voice & Banjo Ouverture
09 Dixieland Banjo-Vocal Surprise
Samla Mammas Manna with Ron Geesin
10 Samla & Geesin Vox Jam

Sunday 21 April 2024

































The Carpenters
Jaap Edenhal
Amsterdam, Netherlands 
November 14th 1976

Remastered FM broadcast.
Very good sound quality.
Karen's voice is like melted butter on hot toast.
regards
Titus

01 There's a Kind of Hush
02 Jambalaya
03 I Need to Be in Love
04 Close to You (alt. version)
05 Yesterday Once More
06 Two Man Band
07 Warsaw Concerto
08 From this Moment On
09 medley:
Close to You
For All We Know
On Top of the World
Ticket to Ride
Only Yesterday
I Won't Last a Day Without You
Hurting Each Other
Please Mr. Postman
Superstar
10 Rainy Days & Mondays/Goodbye to Love

Saturday 20 April 2024

































Sparks
The Agora Ballroom
Cleveland ,OH
November 29th 1976

Remastered FM broadcast.
Sounds good to my jaded ears.
regards
Titus

01 Nothing to Do
02 I Want to Be Like Everybody Else
03 Something for the Girl with Everything
04 White Women
05 Talent is an Asset
06 I Bought the Mississippi River
07 Everybody's Stupid
08 BC
09 Equator
10 This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
11 Amateur Hour
12 I Like Girls
13 Big Boy

Friday 19 April 2024

































Kaipa
Stockholm Symphonie
Japanese bootleg - recordings from Tonkraft 74/76
Remasterd mp3.

Early Kaipa with a young Roine Stolt on guitar.
Hans Lundin eventually shied away from live performance
but the albums he has created under the Kaipa banner are superb.
regards
Titus

01 Allthing Har En Början
02 Förlorad I Istanbul
03 Saker Har Tva Sidor
04 Musiken Är Ljuset
05 Korstag
06 Stengrodoras Parad/Inget Nytt Under Solen
07 Hoppfullheten/Överheten - Vilseledd

Wednesday 17 April 2024

































Zappa/Beefheart/Mothers
County Coliseum
El Paso, TX
May 23rd 1975

My remaster of this somewhat odd bootleg.
By odd, I am refering to the wealth of bonus material.
We get the bulk of the El Paso show
(itself, I suspect, compiled from different sources)
plus various other tracks...so sound quality varies throughout.
The 73 recording is, arguably, the weakest
although it is notable for Irma Coffee's contribution.
I hope my reworking is a modest upgrade.
Overall I'd give it a solid medium plus.
Music/performance, however, is excellent
and exactly what you would want/expect from mid 70s FZ.
regards
Titus

Disc 1
01 intro/Bongo Fury Initial
02 Apostrophe/band intros
03 Stink-Foot
04 I'm Not Satisfied
05 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
06 Velvet Sunrise
07 A Pound for a Brown on the Bus
08 Jimmy Carl Black intro/You're So Fine
09 Lonely, Lonely Nights
10 Debra Kadabra
11 Montana
12 Strange Things

Disc 2
01 Advance Romance
02 Florentine Pogen
03 200 Years Old (Outtake) (extended version)
04 Orange Claw Hammer (Outtake)
05 ReDuNZL (Outtake)
06 Camarillo Brillo
07 Muffin Man
08 Let's Make the Water Turn Black
09 Willie the Pimp
10 Pygmy Twylyte/Dummy Up
11 The Singing Lesson
12 Dupree's Paradise

101 - 202 County Coliseum, El Paso, May 23rd 1975 
203 unedited version of the track from Bongo Fury
204 live in the studio 1975 (Zappa/Beefheart)
205 longer edit of the Lost Episodes version
206 - 209 Music Hall, Boston, April 27th 1975
210 - 212 William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ
November 11th 1973 (with Irma Coffee on vocals)

Monday 15 April 2024

Circus Brimstone
Colos Saal
Aschaffenburg, Germany
April 5th 2005

Reposted from May 2020 as part of Swedish month on TLD.

Circus Brimstone was a short lived side project of The Flower Kings.
Working as a four piece (Hasse Froberg furloughed)
they played instrumental versions of TFK songs.
Stunning stuff.
Another of my dodgy remasters.
regards
Titus

-set 1-
01. Magic Circus of Zeb
02. Shipbuilding
03. The Horses From Zaad
04. The Man Who Walked With Kings
05. Improvisation
06. Circus Brimstone (with Lady Madonna excerpt)
07. Jonas Solo
08. The Rainmaker

-set 2-
09. Astral Dog/Crimson Dog Jam
10. Where the Earth Meets the Sky
11. Surjämten
12. Speed Wizard
13. Cosmic Lodge
-Encore-
14. Retropolis

Sunday 14 April 2024


































Tonkraft 1975-76
Levande Musik Från Sverige
(Live Music From Sweden)

The second in the series of these Swedish compilations.
Ripped and remastered in glorious mp3 format.
Numerous clicks and pops were removed.
I want Steely Dan fans to try Ton Kraft.
I'd add "and vice versa"
but I suspect by the time you're mainlining Ton Kraft
you've already decided if you like Steely Dan or not.
This album is brilliant and all I know of these artists.
There are many I'd like to research further.
regards
Titus

Den andra i raden av dessa svenska samlingar.
Rippad och remastrad i härligt mp3-format.
Många klick och poppar togs bort.
Jag vill att Steely Dan-fans ska prova Ton Kraft.
Jag skulle lägga till "och vice versa"
men jag misstänker när du håller på med Ton Kraft
du har redan bestämt dig för om du gillar Steely Dan eller inte.
Det här albumet är lysande och allt jag vet om dessa artister.
Det finns många jag skulle vilja forska vidare på.
Hälsningar
Titus

01 John Holm – Svarte Kungen
02 Kolossos Sandaler – Fantomen Kräks
03 Norrbottens Järn – Jag Och Du
04 Doggers Bankar – Ska Vi Ta En Promenad
05 Omlopp – Om Du Visste
06 Första Förband – Venceremos - Vi Skall Segra
07 Fläsket Brinner – Barbarella
08 Elda Med Höns – Masrallyt
09 Östan Sol, Västan Måne – Galadriels Sång
10 Eldkvarn – Holberg Hotel
11 Kornet – Lyrisk Olåt
12 Vargavinter – Melodier Från Kina
13 Kjell Höglund – Jag Hör Hur Dom Ligger
Med Varandra I Våningen Ovanför
14 Iskra – Amadinda
15 Guran – Diamant Och Tjusigt Glitter
16 Trettioåriga Kriget – Mina Löjen
17 Kapten Krok – Positifvisa
18 Resa– Umbare Dingao

Saturday 13 April 2024


































RPWL
Crossroads Festival
Harmonie
Bonn, Germany
March 8th 2005

Remastered mp3 audio I ripped from a video/webcast.
Top quality sound and performance.
Ex-Genesis crooner, Ray Wilson, pops up to sing a couple of songs.
regards
Titus

01 Start the Fire
02 Who Do You Think We Are?
03 Gentle Art of Swimming
04 Roses *
05 Not About Us *
06 Wasted Land
07 Crazy Lane
08 Day on My Pillow
09 Trying to Kiss the Sun
10 Hole in the Sky (parts 1-3)
* with Ray Wilson

Friday 12 April 2024

































Nature with Dave Greenslade
Tonkraft (Swedish radio)
Legendary Swedish Radio Archives vol. 2
1972

Slightly remastered mp3 FM.
Swedish blues band Nature team up with Dave Greenslade
who, I guess, was between jobs having left Colosseum.
He formed the band Greenslade after this.
A real treat for any fan of Dave's distinctive keyboard style.
The band are no slouches either.
regards
Titus

01 Dreams
02 Mr. Monroe
03 How Sweet I Roam from Field to Field
04 Valentines Suite
05 Stormy Monday

Wednesday 10 April 2024

































Pat Travers Band
Los Angeles Sports Arena
California
July 26th 1981
Westwood One broadcast

Remastered FM broadcast.
Only 25 minutes but pretty good quality.
regards
Titus

01 intro/New Age Music
02 Crash and Burn
03 Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)
04 blues/Snortin' Whiskey/outro

Monday 8 April 2024

































Ton Kraft 1972-74
Levande Musik Från Sverige
(Live Music From Sweden)

A slightly remastered mp3 vinyl rip.
This is a compilation of live broadcasts.
It's an eclectic mix of styles: blues/folk/jazz/progg.
I'm into Samlas and Kebnekaise but it's safe to say
this is obscure stuff even to a Svensk progg-head like me.
Although I do have a copy of the Svenska Löd AB! album somewhere.
I wonder if any of these guys are household names in Sweden?
Is Peter Yogurt Swedish culture?
Poor Dad jokes aside...I really like the Peter Yogurt track.
It reminds me of Colosseum/Barbara Thompson.
Can't find any info on him/them?
Svenska kommentarer är alltid välkomna.
Jag skulle vara intresserad av att höra dina åsikter.
regards
Titus

Disc 1
01 Peps Blues Band - Dags Å Välja Sida
02 Pugh & Nature - Stinsen I Bro
03 Hoola Bandoola Band - Danslåt För Yttrandefriheten
04 Trotsålderns Barn - Ingen Av Oss
05 Södra Bergens Balalaikor - Den Lilla Björken
06 Mikael Ramel & Unga Hjärtan - Farfars Rock
07 Kebnekaise - Comanche Spring

Disc 2
01 Solar Plexus - Vad Skall Ni Göra Då?
02 Plus Gäster - I Hadkaret
03 Blå Tåget - I Hajars Djupa Vatten
04 Samla Mammas Manna - Frestelsens Café
05 Svenska Löd AB! - Underhuggaren
06 Mount Everest - Lars Morsa
07 Berits Halsband - Peter Yogurt

Sunday 7 April 2024

































Blue Öyster Cult
Swap Meet
Santa Fe Springs, CA
October 14th 2023

Extensively remastered audience recording.
Can't believe I spend so much time on this shit.
It's another of those US open-air jobs so don't expect great sound quality.
File under: For Fans Only.
It suffers from the usual wind/people milling about issues
which causes the sound to fluctuate.
It has it's positives though.
Cagey Cretins gets a rare outing and the crowd are generally inobtrusive.^
I think a swap meet is where Americans go to swap things.
Auto parts and wives?
^ I prefer inobtrusive to unobtrusive or non-intrusive
due to my classical upbringing. 
(LOL...Ed.)
Fuck off Ed. I'm kultured me.
regards
Titus

Disc 1
1 The Red and the Black
2 Before the Kiss (A Redcap)
3 Dancin' in the Ruins
4 The Golden Age of Leather
5 That Was Me
6 Burnin' for You
7 Cagey Cretins
8 Harvest Moon

Disc 2
1 Buck's Boogie
2 Tainted Blood
3 Then Came the Last Days of May
4 Godzilla
5 Buck's Noodle/(Don't Fear) The Reaper
6 Harvester of Eyes
7 Hot Rails to Hell

































Steely Dan
Tweeter Center
Mansfield, MA
August 27th 2006

Remastered soundboard.
Perhaps not quite as good as some of the other Steely Dan soundboards
but still a very enjoyable listen.
There was a cut in Don't Take Me Alive which I have patched.
It's during a vocal so there was only so much I could do with that.
regards
Titus

Disc 1
01 Turtle Talk
02 Bodhisattva
03 Time Out of Mind
04 Aja
05 Hey Nineteen
06 Josie
07 Home at Last
08 Black Friday
09 Chain Lightning

Disc 2
01 Green Earrings
02 Dirty Work
03 Show Biz Kids
04 Do it Again
05 Peg
06 Don't Take Me Alive
07 Kid Charlemagne
08 FM (No Static at All)
09 My Old School

Saturday 6 April 2024

































Kraan
Aula Gymnasium
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
January 21st 1973

Remastered soundboard from the Wintrup era.
The sound quality varies on this one
but early Kraan is worth preserving.
regards
Titus

01 Backs
02 Head
03 M.C.Escher
04 Kraan Arabia/Airbass





























Beat Club
Episode 52
February 28th 1970

Don't like the Jackie Lomax song.
Otherwise this is a good episode.
regards
Titus

Badfinger - Rock of All Ages
Taste - If the Day Was Any Longer
Bobbie Gentry - Louisiana Man
Clouds - Big Noise from Winnetka
Atomic Rooster - S.L.Y.
Jackie Lomax - How the Web Was Woven
Badfinger - Come and Get It
Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant Massacree
Joe Cocker - Dear Landlord
Jethro Tull - The Witches Promise

Friday 5 April 2024

































Samla Mammas Manna
Storesal, Chateau Neuf
Oslo, Norway 1974 

This is a new remaster of an off-the-shelf CD.
The original remaster from donkey's years ago
seems to have become the go-to version as I see it everywhere.
I think this remaster has a more rounded sound.
April är svensk månad på TLD
regards
Titus

1 Frestelsens Café
2 Folkvisa I Morse
3 'Kebnekajse'
4 Musmjölkningsmaskinen
5 Släde Till Satori
6 Lyckliga Titanic
7 Lawrence In Sahara
8 Dundrets Fröjder
9 Liten Dialektik