Talking Heads - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2015 / FLAC]

CD 1
Broadcast live by WXRT FM from the Park West, Chicago, Illinois, 23rd August 1978

CD 2 
Broadcast live from The Boarding House, San Francisco, California, 16th September 1978

CD 3 
Tracks 1 - 15 broadcast live from the Berklee Performing Arts Centre, Boston, Massachusetts, 24th August 1979
Tracks 16 & 17 from Saturday Night Live, 10th February 1979

 

 

Emmylou Harris- Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2017/FLAC]

 

Probably the most consistent country artist of the past 40 years, and if not the mother of nu-country, then certainly one of its main informants, Emmylou Harris remains as popular and dynamic a performer today as she ever was. This triple-set collection features three superb FM broadcast recordings from across the girl s career to date. Beginning with a show she performed with Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels in 1973, this is followed on Disc 2 by a set recorded in Illinois a couple of years later in 75. This collection is then concluded with Emmylou s classic appearance at The Bottom Line, New York with Spyboy as her backing band.

Stephen Stills- Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2017] (FLAC + 320)

  

Having spent over 50 years forging a quite extraordinary musical career, Stephen Stills remains a stunning musician, a consummate performer and the first person to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice on the same night, as he was in 1997 as a member of both Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

This triple-disc collection contains a selection of live radio broadcast recordings of Stephen in concert, made at various junctures during the man s awesome solo career. First up, disc one features two such transmissions, recorded in the fall of 1976 in Portland, Oregon and New York City in the wake of his own Illegal Stills album, and his joint record with Neil Young Long May You Run, both released earlier in 76. Next up, on disc two, Stills appearance at the 1978 Bread & Roses Festival is featured in its entirety, played about a month after the release of his Thoroughfare Gap album. However, he only performs the title track from the recent release, along with his version of Buddy Holly s Not Fade Away , filling his set instead largely with oldies and covers. On the third CD, Stephen s more recent but still wonderful concert from Las Vegas in 1995 is included, a show renowned as being among the finest, most electric shows Stills ever performed.

The Who – Transmission Impossible (3 CD/2020/FLAC)

Disc One

From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, 13th December 1971.

Disc Two

classic Woodstock '69 set from the band.

Disc Three

Tracks 1-5 From A Live Television Broadcast Recorded At Le Music Hall de France, 31st March 1966. Tracks 6-8 From A Live Television Broadcast Recorded At Beat, Beat, Beat, Germany, 2nd March 1967. Tracks 9-12 From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At De Lane Lea Studios, London, 10th October 1967, for BBC Radio. Tracks 13-17 From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At City Hall, Hull, 1970, for BBC Radio.

 

Neil Young - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2018) [FLAC]

This 3 disc box set features rare broadcast recordings by Neil Young, originally transmitted from live shows the great man performed in the 1970s and 1980s .

Disc One includes two such superb performances : the first a short set Neil played alongside Bob Dylan and members of The Band at the San Francisco SNACK Benefit concert in 1975, and secondly his legendary acoustic set from the late show he gave at Boston's Music Hall in November 1976. 

Disc Two features Young's marvellous appearance on the Austin City Limits programme in 1984. Including recent cuts mixed with NY classics, this is perhaps Neil's finest performances of that period. 

Disc Three houses another '80s gig, played at the end of the decade in Hamburg, Germany, on 8th December 1989, shortly after the release of his dynamic Freedom album.

 

Santana - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2016) [FLAC + 320]

 This 3 CD collection features a number of live appearances made by Santana at various junctures across their lengthy career, all of which were the subject of FM radio broadcasts at the time of the shows in question, and which make plain what a timeless, artful and graceful group of master musicians this collective have always been. Kicking off with a delightful performance the band gave at the Berkeley Community Theater, on 6th February 1970, six months after their stunning appearance at Woodstock in August 69, which bought Santana worldwide attention.

 

 

Miles Davis – Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2016/FLAC + 320)

 3 CD Set Featuring Classic Live Recordings From Miles Davis. Featuring material from live broadcasts from Rotterdam 1967, Boston 1972, Tokyo 1975, and Fukuoka 1981.

With enthusiasm for the music of Miles Davis stretching way further than that for any other Jazz musician who ever produced a note, and the new bio-pic movie about Miles' life creating even more interest, the time could not be better for the release of this 3 CD Collection of rare live material from the maestro. Featuring recordings from; Rotterdam 1967, Boston 1972, Tokyo 1975, Fukuoka (Japan) in 1981, and even a bonus cut from Tokyo in 1985, this mixed bag of eras and styles illustrates well the pre and post mid 1970s hiatus Miles Davis, a period highlighted in the aforementioned new film. Complete with details of all featured line-ups and illustrated with rare photographs this triple disc fold out digi-pack set will prove an essential addition to any Miles Davis collection. 

Lou Reed - Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2015/FLAC + 320]

After quitting the Velvet Underground in August 1970, Lou Reed took a job at his father's tax accounting firm. In 1971 he signed a recording contract with RCA Records and recorded his first solo album in London with top session musicians including Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman. The album, Lou Reed, contained smoothly produced versions of unreleased Velvet Underground songs, some of which had originally been recorded by the Velvets for Loaded but shelved.

 

Pearl Jam- Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2015] (FLAC + 320)

 

Featuring three legendary live FM broadcasts, one each from 92, 93 & 94, originally transmitted from Chicago, Las Vegas and Atlanta respectively, this collection illustrates perfectly the extraordinary power of a live Pearl Jam performance even at this early stage of their career.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2016/FLAC)

The most formidable of contemporary rock groups, the Red Hot Chili Peppers don t just defy categorisation, they appear to invent their own with every new release - and often do likewise within the confines of a live performance. Indeed, the group s startling eclecticism is only surpassed by their lofty talents and astonishing musical catalogue.

 This 3 x CD set features a selection of rare FM radio broadcasts recorded between the end of the 1980s and the middle of the 1990s, when for many the band were at their absolute pinnacle of achievement. Kicking off with a show recorded at the famous Ahoy venue in Rotterdam in 1995, the collection continues in reverse order with a recording from the equally familiar Pat O Brien Pavilion in Del Mar, California in 91. Last up comes a terrific performance from the Chilis given in Kawasaki, Japan in 1990, which concludes an extraordinary selection of live performances that provide evidence if such were ever required of the Red Hot Chili Peppers peerless position as the finest live musical act working today.

 

 

Alice Cooper - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2015/ FLAC)

This triple disc set contains rare radio broadcasts of three complete live performances, from the mid-late '70s. The material was recorded at The Great Western Forum, in Inglewood, California (on 18th June, 1975), The Wendler Arena, Saginaw, Michigan (10th May, 1978), and The Sports Arena, San Diego, on 9th April 1979.

 

 

KISS - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2015/FLAC)

This superb triple disc set illustrates perfectly what KISS do best - perform their incredible music in a live setting. Featuring radio broadcasts from their very earliest incarnation in 1974, and from the later period in the 1980s when they d taken off the make up, plus bonus interviews with the three most pivotal members - Simmons, Stanley & Frehley - recorded for radio during the group s golden age, this collection will remain a must-have item for the millions of fans still flying the flag still for this quite extraordinary and legendary collective.

3x CD Set FM Radio Broadcasts - Music & Interview.

 

Cheap Trick - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2016) [FLAC+320]

 

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. As of 2010, the band currently consists of Robin Zander (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar), and Tom Petersson (bass). Their biggest hits include "Surrender", "I Want You to Want Me", "Dream Police" and "The Flame".

This 3 CD collection brings together a trio of Cheap Trick live Radio Broadcasts, one each from the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s, and in doing so illustrates both the changing musical face of the band and their continuity of quality, talent and performance ability - nay, expertise - to provide a quite delightful live collection of the group from all stages of their lengthy career.

Eric Clapton - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2018 /FLAC)

 Eric Clapton's musical output across a career spanning 55 years and counting, has been nothing short of extraordinary. But added to this, that the lion s share of his work has been of a quite staggering quality, with more than occasional brilliance displayed, has made Clapton one of a handful of musicians, composers and performers from the rock age who patently deserve their place at the top table of the industry.

This 3 X CD set celebrates and champions the contribution Eric has made to the pantheon of intelligent rock music as it contains three broadcast recordings of live shows from the 1960s, the 1970s and the 1990s. Kicking off with a superb concert the great man gave as part of Cream, the super-group which also of course featured the talents of Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, recorded at the LA Forum in October 1968. Next up on disc two is a unique gig Clapton gave at Dallas s Convention Center in Texas towards the end of 1976, hot on the heels of his No Reason To Cry album. Concluding the collection, disc 3 takes EC forward more than 20 years, to his astonishing show at the Edmonton Coliseum in Alberta, Canada in September of 1998.

Fleetwood Mac - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2018 / FLAC)

This spectacular 3 x CD set features some of the finest live shows ever performed by Fleetwood Mac! Formed in London in 1967, Fleetwood Mac have gone through as many personnel changes across the last 50 years as any band from that era still in existence. And although two members from the start still remain on board in the shape of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, and Christine Perfect (later McVie s wife, after which she adopted his name) joined in 69, the biggest change came when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Mac in 1975. This spectacular 3 x CD set features some of the finest live shows ever performed by Fleetwood Mac, kicking off with a performance the newly-augmented band gave in December 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, some 10 months after the release of their classic Rumours LP. Next up is a gig played at the Inglewood Forum in California in October 1982, hot on the heels of their Mirage album, released a little earlier that year. The set is concluded with a large scale show the band gave in Sydney, while on their 1990 Beyond The Mask tour. Featuring too a number of bonus cuts from some early television appearances, this delightful CD set will no doubt become a must-have item for fans of the band everywhere!

 

 

Linda Ronstadt - Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2015] (FLAC + 320)

 THREE CD SET FEATURING THE VERY BEST OF LINDA RONSTADT LIVE.

 Sadly, now retired following a diagnosis of Parkinson s disease, Linda Ronstadt lent her quite extraordinary voice to over 120 albums, and sold more than 100 million records, during her lengthy career, which spanned more than 45 years from the mid-1960s until 2011, when Linda was forced to quit. One of the world's best-selling artists of all time, Christopher Loudon, of Jazz Times (not a journal that readily commends pop and rock performers) wrote in 2004 that Linda Ronstadt is "blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation . 

This 3CD set celebrates Linda Ronstadt s musical achievements, by featuring herein broadcast recordings of some of the finest concerts the girl from Arizona ever performed. DISC ONE, includes Linda s superb performance at The Record Plant in Sausalito, CA, on 18th November 1973, while DISC TWO captures her show at The Universal Amphitheatre in LA on 3rd November 1976. Concluding this exceptional boxed set, DISC THREE features Linda Ronstadt with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, performing together at The Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, on 9th March 1984. 

AC/DC- Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2016] (FLAC + 320)

  

Unoffical recordings - sources: FM & TV Broadcasts

• Bon Scott – lead vocals
• Angus Young – lead guitar
• Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mark Evans – bass guitar (1975–1977)
• Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals (1977–)
• Phil Rudd – drums

 

Eagles- Transmission Impossible (1973-94) [3 CD, 2017] (FLAC + 320)

 

Three CD ser featuring The Eagles finest live performances. Featuring four magnificent live broadcast recordings from the Eagles from across their career, all boasting superb audio quality and enticing set lists, this compilation of the group in concert is destined to become the definitive live collection documenting this extraordinary collective. Including an early show from the band recorded in the Netherlands in 1973 while the guys were on their first European jaunt, disc one further features their set at the California Jam Festival in 1974, which includes a guest appearance from Jackson Browne. Disc 2 continues with the Eagles show from The Forum in Inglewood, CA, at the beginning of the next decade in 1980, a rare broadcast which features the wonderful King Of Hollywood - a tune rarely played live - and an excellent version of Joe Walsh s Turn To Stone , among other favourites. Disc 3 concludes this compilation with an acoustic set from Burbank, CA in 1994, with the boys playing a selection of their very finest and best known songs, when even at this late period in the group s history it is clear that the Eagles had lost none of their live prowess or dynamic performance skills.

Grateful Dead - Transmission Impossible - The Benefit Shows (3 CD, 2018/FLAC-HD)

Renowned for having regularly performed concerts that ran in excess of three hours, when the occasion demanded such -such as at all-star benefit gigs - Grateful Dead could still bring the house down when playing sets lasting between an hour and ninety minutes. This triple disc sets features three such occasions from the Dead's glorious catalogue of live broadcast recordings, which prove the above without exception. 

Disc One is an early show for the band from November 19th 1966, recorded at Bill Graham s Fillmore, with the gig benefitting the venue itself, which was losing money at the time.

Disc Two features the groups set at the Cambodian Refugee Benefit on January 13th 1980, held at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, and again organised by Bill Graham, in support of those who d had to flee their homes following the 1979 invasion of Cambodia by Vietnam.

Disc Three which, somewhat ironically, features the Grateful Dead s appearance at the Bill Graham Tribute Concert held in Golden Gate Park, organised in the wake of the great man s tragic death, following a helicopter crash on October 25th 1991.

 

David Bowie- Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2018] (FLAC + 320)

 

 

David Bowie s output from the late 1980s and 1990s has been reassessed in all the right quarters since the great man s tragic passing in 2016, and has rightfully now been awarded plaudits often denied the releases and concerts from this era at the time they took place. This triple disc set goes some way to contributing to this effort by bringing together broadcast recordings form 1990 and 1992. The first of these was recorded at Bowie s gig in Buenos Aires in August of 90, while the second is from Tin Machine s legendary tour of Japan in the early part of 92, with the show presented here being the group s performance at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on 17th February. The set is completed with a disc of television appearances recorded between 1975 and 1995, which features some of Bowie s best ever live TV spots.