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Each CD title is linked to the track listings and venue information at Bob Willmot's site.
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16jan07
Mega Rare Trax Vol. I
Important information about Colorado/New Mexico concerts and the supposed Auditorium Shores concert.
Mocambo Joint
Montreal 1989
Information about buying radio shows.
- Overall the CD sounds good, though I can tell they chopped up a bigger show (shows?) to make this disk. There are a couple of weird edits, the begining of Texas Flood is kinda sudden.
- The Forgotten Show, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Montreal 89 discs are ALL
King Bisquit Flower Hour, Montreal Spectrum, 1984. Also, the discs labeled Boston 88.
King Biscuit Flower Hour has issued the same material numerous times. There are only 2 basic
versions of SRV "KBFH" discs, only the commercials and broadcast dates change. As far as I can
tell, the shows were recorded in 1983 and 1984:
- The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 19oct83
- Ripley Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA 20oct83
- The Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 17aug84
- (I'm not sure which Philadelphia venue was used, maybe both.)
Montreal '89
Information about buying radio shows.
- incorrectly labeled as being recorded in 1989; King Biscuit Flower Hour material, see "In Memoriam" for complete show.
- The King Biscuit Flower Hour [DIR Radio Network] was a syndicated radio show that
specialized in live performance broadcasts. The "KBFH material" notation on the boot list means
"Excellent to superb quality multi-track recordings" of some of Stevie's finest performances.
- TO DATE, the main problem with "KBFH" broadcast discs [and their boot CD copies] is that
they include only a few songs from each performance. To make matters worse, DIR reissued the
same show many times, all with the same track list. There are only two versions of SRV "KBFH"
shows. Now the good news! The good folks at Swingin' Pig Records, in their infinite wisdom,
have released "In Memoriam" [TSP-CD-205-1,2,3, 3 CD set]. "IM" contains the complete,
unedited "KBFH" recordings, including the tracks that were not broadcast on
"KBFH." To my ears, this set is without a doubt, some of Stevie's finest moments, both in
performance and audio quality.
- I'm not sure I'd pay a whole lot for Montreal '89. It's definitely worth $15 bucks though. For that price, you can't go wrong. Montreal '89 was discussed recently and I think the concurrance was that this show is more from the 1985 time frame... you can certainly tell that it wasn't later than that because, as someone pointed out, there are no keyboards therefore no Reese Wynans. The disc is shorter than most... the sound quality is pretty good.
- Also very good are Last Farewell 1990 as someone else mentioned, and Montreal 1989. Both of these CDs are live cuts as well. Montreal 89 cd is actually King Bisquit flower hour 1984 montreal spectrum.
Mr. Clean
- I just picked up Mr.Clean, and well worth it! SRV was AWESOME that night and so was Lonnie Mack.
- a great performance and highly recommended.
- "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is something. Anybody who has this, pop it in the CD player and
blast this tune. Stevie plays with pure joy...his artistry is astounding.)
I have Mr. Clean and love it " Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "Oreo Cookie Blues" are
great, good sound quality on this one
- My favorite would be from the "Mr. Clean" cd. The whole cd is great because it's New
Year's Eve and he seems to be having the time of his life. Lot's of laughter can be heard in this cd.
Before he starts talking to the audience, he plays a few reggae type chords and Chris follows with
a reggae beat on the drums. It's so cool! "It's time to have time to have fun."
Music Hall
- below average audience recording
- It's very listenable but a little distant sounding. Unlike a lot of audience recordings, it does not suffer from high levels of audience noise. There is a noticable improvement in sound quality on the last 4 tracks of disc 2. I'm not sure all tracks on both discs are from the venue and date listed.
- Each disc has 10 tracks and run 74 and 72 minutes. Some would say it's well worth $55, others would say it's not worth $5. There are certainly other CD's available from the same time period that have far better sound quality.
- I have heard the CD and I agree with some. It sounds bad. But.....the performance is regarded by many as his best. There are alot of good shows he performed, but this one is awsome.
- Another classic. This show is considered by many as the all-time SRV show. A fantastic,
powerful, fun show. Great playing. Every song is a killer. Every note makes you get goosebumps
all over. Stevie was in a fantastic form. Highly reccomended. Available on CD, but the downside
is: sound is below average on the CD, I reccomend it anyway. Tapes are circulating with better
sound, (same recording, but closer to the master tape).
- I'm listening to this show right now, and I'm thinking it's one of the best one's I've heard so
far. Finally I have a live version of Tin Pan Alley from the "after" period. I think the show is
SOOO good that everyone should have a copy.
- "Little Wing" on "Hawk On Fire" isn't the version Stevie originally performed at El Mocambo. The version is from 10-20-83 Ripley's Music Hall ! As far as I know, the only boot known that contains Stevie's "Little Wing" from El Mocambo is "Accolades".
One Of The Last
Important information about Colorado/New Mexico concerts and the supposed Auditorium Shores concert. Information about buying radio shows.
- Same as "Let Me Love You Baby" and "Crossfire"; same as "Colorado & New Mexico" minus Willie the Wimp, and Life Without You
- Last Farewell, One of the Last, Scuttle Buttin, and every other boot CD I've seen claiming to
be either the last show or Austin, May 4 1990 are ALL THE SAME SHOW. They are all a
combination of the Tingley Arena and Denver McNichols arena shows. These shows took place
one day apart. Parts of each were broadcast together as if one show by the Westwood One radio
show. There are tapes out there of the last show, the Tingley show and the Denver show. These
CD's are ALL copies of this radio broadcast.
- Must haves in one version or another.
- Good quality soundboard recording
- excellent sound quality.
- Says it's a live performance, May 4, '90, at Auditorium Shores, Austin, TX. I haven't listened to it completely, just test-sampled it at the music store. Seemed to be good quality sound but liner doesn't give any details, if recorded from a soundboard, etc.
NOTE: This is one of those mislabelled CDs. It is actually a mix of the Westwood One Radio concerts from Colorado/New Mexico, late November 1989.
- SRV playes Voodoo Chile so full of fire, soul and intensity it is totally amazing. I have about 40 bootlegs in all and I have to admit this is the best version of the song I have ever heard. Being a guitarist myself I know how tough it is to pull of sheer creativity. I just wanted you people to know that if anyone wants to get a good cd with Voodoo Child on it this is the one
Out Of The Shadows
- "Out of the Shadows" is the same as "Alone in the Ozone." They are both identical sound
wise (sound board recording which is very good quality). They have different graphics and both are well designed. This is a good concert with a very BB Kingish song called "Lost Your Good Thing Now."
- Best part IMHO is "Lenny" - bits and pieces of Riviera Paradise are at the beginning and end of it. Other highlights are a soulful "Lost Your Good Thing Now", and several songs with loong jams like Tin Pan Alley, Texas Flood, and Voodoo. The guitar is more prominent in the mix and Stevie was attacking it on this night - sometimes it just *cuts* right through ya! Very good quality sound and it totals almost 75 min. This is a keeper.
- A sbd from Davis CA (missing first 2 songs of show) which has great sound (performance not Stevie's best but damn good).
Parker's Place
- It's not a bad show, but I would give the recording quality a "C" at best. It gets better as the show goes on (or else my ears get adjusted to it). It's an audience recording and the guitar is not very clear.
- Parker's Place was recorded on September 1, 1985. My recording, called Seattle Jammin', was off the soundboard. Basically, he plays all the songs that are on Soul to Soul. The main highlight is the final song, Texas Flood, with Bonnie Raitt. She adds tasteful licks on the slide at all the right places. She's been a friend of SRV's since his days back in Austin before he even really got a following
- Identical to Texas Flood (Seattle Washington). It is an excellent concert.
Peace in the Valley
See the notes on the SRV Gig Database about the date of this CD.
- I had the opportunity to listen to this disc about a month ago and the sound quality is very
good. I think there were one or two tracks which seemed to fade in late or fade out too early but
overall I think everything else was excellent. Remember now, the material on this disc is from the
day prior to Stevie's last performance with DT. It's too bad the material that has appeared from
the final show doesn't sound as good as the stuff on this disc.
- Very good sound quality, possibly from a soundboard source. Note: this material is from the
day prior to Stevie's final performance. The same title, available with different covers, in both
CDR and "silver disc" format, all with excellent audio quality and graphics.
- Note that Tightrope (track 1) begins during Stevie's solo...The Couldn't Stand the Weather
segue to Going Down is awesome. Disappointingly, GD is summarily cut mid-song...The final
bars of Voodoo Chile are unlike any I've heard before...a real tour de force.
- IMHO the sound quality is suberd (sic ??) to the others in my collection (especially
compared to the Alpine Valley 8-26-90 show). Now is it as good as quality to Sacred Sources
CD. I don't know. I don't have that particular CD. It probably be of better quality than the boot.
Why? The SS cd more than likely would have gone through a mixdown where PITV lacks that.
But the overall quality of the show is great. Everthing is clear and manageable to listen to. The
music is more clear than the audience, as in most boots I have heard. But I recall in a discussion
here on the flood that RP on SS came from the last show, in which the last show will fail by
commparison to the SS cd.
- Recorded the day prior to Stevie's death. Possibly sound board source. One or two songs
may fade in late or fade out early but other than that a good thing to have! The sound quality is a
LOT better than the 26th show I have. More importantly, the show rocks (as does the 26th).
- One of my favorite shows (even though Tightrope starts during Stevie's solo and Going
Down is cut off abruptly in the middle.) The segue from Couldn"t Stand the Weather to GD is
amazing; Riviera Paradise is sublime; Voodoo Chile is unreal.
- I like this recording a lot this is the concert he did the night before the last show and there are smokin versions of Voodoo Chile and Goin Down.
I have seen another set of artwork associated with the Alpine Valley concert, which is better than the two better known covers/inserts.
Precious Stones II
- Feeble attempt to add audience sounds to "Touch The Sky" a real piece of crap, avoid at all costs!
Pride And Joy - Chicago & Finland
- the Chicago tracks have good sound but the Pori tracks are average
Pride And Joy (Montreux)
Pride And Joy
Important information about Colorado/New Mexico concerts and the supposed Auditorium Shores concert.
- I picked up the Pride and Joy (live) CD (the Three Cool Cats version). Does anyone know the
origin of these recordings? It just says 1984-1989. There are three cuts I'm particularly interested
in: it sounds like a radio interview where he is playing alone (electric) and singing -- I was totally
blown away!!! I couldn't believe how much was happening without the "distraction" of the bass
and drums. I was also completely blown away by the quality of his voice. He played a short
version of "Ain't Gonna Give Up On Love" (during which he stops and says how happy he is to
be playing Albert Collins stuff in 1989), "Scuttlebuttin'" and "Dirty Pool."
- I just got the full version of The Timothy White Interview with SRV in 1989 and he says that during the interview. [It's] about an hour long with commercials cut out. It is amazing! Ray H.
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