Phish - St. Louis '93 [6 CD, 2017]

 

St. Louis ’93 collects official recordings of Phish’s two 1993 stops at the American Theatre in St. Louis. Both the April 14 and August 16 shows are fantastic and previously circulating audience recordings were unimpressive to say the least.

The six-CD set comes from an extremely busy year in Phish history and a very important one. Phish was in the process of moving from theaters to amphitheaters and was starting to employ the “Type II” jamming that became a hallmark of their sound. Fans in St. Louis were treated to two very different concerts in 1993, but each was filled to the brim with highlights.

 

 

Grateful Dead - View from the Vault, Volume Four (DVD 9, 2012)

 

View from the Vault, Volume Four (styled as View from the Vault IV) is the fourth release in the "View from the Vault" series of rock concert recordings by the Grateful Dead. Like the other entries in the series, it was released simultaneously on CD and as a DVD concert video. However, unlike the previous 3-CD volumes, View from the Vault IV is a 4-CD set. This volume contains selections from two consecutive shows in California — July 24, 1987, at Oakland Stadium, and July 26, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium.

These concerts were recorded during the "Dylan & the Dead" tour. On this brief tour, the Grateful Dead played two sets followed by a performance by Bob Dylan, with the Dead providing his accompaniment (some of those performances are documented on the album Dylan & the Dead). All four Dead sets from these two dates are included in the release, but the sets with Dylan are not. Also not included are the "Touch of Grey" encores the Dead played both nights with Dylan on guitar (followed by an additional Dylan song). Additionally, the CD version includes "Friend of the Devil", "Me & My Uncle", and "Big River", which do not appear on the DVD.

View from the Vault IV was the first "View from the Vault" that was not also released on VHS videotape. It was the first DVD of the series that included the option of either a two-channel stereo or a Dolby 5.1 channel surround sound soundtrack. It was the final title in the "View from the Vault" series, and was followed eight months later by The Closing of Winterland DVD/CD set. 

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
• Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion

Grateful Dead - Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 (2+1 CD + DVDRIP + DVD 5, 2008/FLAC)

 Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 is a live album by American rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains two CDs and one DVD and was released in 2008. The album was recorded September 15 & 16, 1978, at the Giza pyramid complex in Giza, Egypt. This was the third continent on which the band performed, having previously performed in Europe. Unlike Dick's Picks, Road Trips, Dave's Picks, and certain other of the band's archival series of live album releases, which are simply two-track stereo recordings made from the soundboard during the concert, the shows on the album were recorded on a 24-track multitrack recorder and were mixed down to stereo just prior to the album's 2008 release.

A bonus disc of additional tracks from the dates was included with early copies of the album. The DVD contains concert footage (all of which is represented either on the two CDs or the bonus disc) from the September 16 performance. It also includes "The Vacation Tapes", a 15-minute feature, from footage originally shot on 8mm silent film, of band members, crew and friends visiting various Egyptian sites.

•     Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
•     Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
•     Keith Godchaux – keyboards
•     Mickey Hart – drums
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums
•     Phil Lesh – bass guitar
•     Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals

Guest musicians

•     Hamza El Din - vocals, oud, tar, hand clapping on "Ollin Arageed"
•     The Nubian Youth Choir - vocals, hand clapping, tar on "Ollin Arageed"

 

Phish - At the Roxy [8 + 1 CD, 2008]

At the Roxy is an 8-disc box set from the rock band Phish recorded live over the course of their three-show run at the Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, from February 19 to February 21, 1993.

Over three nights, the band showcased the full spectrum of their talents from ballads to blues, from master composition to fearless improvisation all simmered and served to a small crew of jubilant participants in a near perfect environment. At the same time, the quartet was experimenting with their acoustic, bluegrass side that peaked over the next several years and provided a perfect baffle to the intense, psychedelic rock of Rift-era Phish. The 8-CD box set is the first complete multiple-show release since Hampton Comes Alive and the 1998 Island Tour.

Phish

• Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals
• Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals
• Mike Gordon - bass guitar, vocals
• Jon Fishman - drums, vocals

Special guests

• Jimmy Herring - guitar on disc 3, tracks 3, 4 and 5
• Jay Von Lehe - vocals on disc 5, track 17
• Jeff Mosier - banjo on disc 8, tracks 12 - 14

 

Neil Young & Promise of the Real - Noise And Flowers (2022) [FLAC]

 Noise & Flowers is a new live album by Neil Young & his ocaasional backing band Promise of the Real, recorded on their European tour in 2019.

The 9 concert tour began just two weeks after Young's manager and friend of 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at the age of 76. Young approached the tour as a kind of tribute to his late friend, which gave the concerts a unique and celebratory atmosphere.

1.     Mr. Soul
2.     Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3.     Helpless
4.     Field Of Opportunity
5.     Alabama
6.     Throw Your Hatred Down
7.     Rockin’ In The Free World
8.     Comes A Time
9.     From Hank to Hendrix
10.     On The Beach
11.     Are You Ready For The Country
12.     I’ve Been Waiting For You
13.     Winterlong
14.     Fuckin’ Up

 

Grateful Dead - Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72 [4 CD, 2022/FLAC]

Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72 is a four-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at the Lyceum Theatre on May 26, 1972 – the last show of the band's Europe '72 tour. It was released on July 29, 2022.

•     Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
•     Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
•     Keith Godchaux – piano
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums
•     Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
•     Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, percussion, vocals
•     Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

 

The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 [4 CD, 2013/FLAC]

 

During the final week of 1971, The Band played four legendary concerts at New York City's Academy Of Music, ushering in the New Year with electrifying performances, including new horn arrangements by Allen Toussaint and a surprise guest appearance by Bob Dylan for a New Year's Eve encore. Select highlights from the concerts were compiled for The Band's classic 1972 double LP, Rock Of Ages, which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and remains a core album in the trailblazing group's storied Capitol Records catalog.

Grateful Dead - View from the Vault, Volume Three (DVD 9/2012)

 

View from the Vault, Volume Three (or View from the Vault III) is the third release in the "View from the Vault" series by the Grateful Dead. It was released simultaneously as a three disc album on CD and as a concert performance video on DVD. It contains the June 16, 1990 show at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.

The album also includes six songs from a show at the same venue on October 3, 1987. One of these is "My Brother Esau", the first appearance of this song on an album in CD format. The studio version had been the B-side of the "Touch of Grey" single in 1987, appeared on the cassette version of the In the Dark album, and was later released on the Beyond Description box set (it was then appended to the 2004 reissue of In the Dark). Another track from October 3, 1987 ("Maggie's Farm") had been released earlier in the year on Postcards of the Hanging.

•     Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
•     Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
•     Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
•     Brent Mydland – Hammond organ, keyboards, vocals
•     Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion 

Phish - Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 [7 CD, 2011]

Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 is a 7-CD live box set album from the American jam band Phish, recorded live at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA on November 21–22, 1997 and Lawrence Joel Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC on November 23, 1997, in the midst of Phish's legendary 1997 Fall Tour.

These shows were a memorable triad for the band and fans. They are among the most requested shows for release from the Phish Archives and make up a compelling slice of the twenty-two-show tour that stretched from Las Vegas to Albany. The Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 shows were packed with notable renditions of classics including "Split Open And Melt", "AC/DC Bag", "Slave To The Traffic Light", "Mike's Song", "Halley's Comet", "Tweezer", "Run Like An Antelope", "Stash" and "Bathtub Gin".

The band also showcased a wide variety of newer covers from the debut of the Rolling Stones' "Emotional Rescue" to Del McCoury's "Beauty Of My Dreams", Jimi Hendrix's "Izabella", Clifton Chenier's "My Soul" and even an impromptu take on War's "Low Rider". The Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 shows also showcased newer originals like "Dogs Stole Things", "Ghost", "Piper" and the brand-new-for-fall instrumental "Black-Eyed Katy", which is the only song repeated on the release.

• Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals
• Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals
• Mike Gordon - bass guitar, vocals
• Jon Fishman - drums, vocals

VA - The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 3 (1963) [5 CD, 2005/FLAC]

 The Motown label crafted a uniform house sound so instantly identifiable that "Motown" unequivocally became a style unto itself. During the '60s, Berry Gordy, Jr.'s Detroit label became the biggest independent in the music industry, thanks to its smooth, sophisticated blend of R&B and memorable pop melodies.

 

VA - Our New Orleans (Expanded Edition) [2021]

 A remastered, expanded edition of the 2005 record Our New Orleans is available for the first time on vinyl and digitally here via Nonesuch Records. The new version includes five previously unreleased tracks: “Do You Know What It Means,” by Davell Crawford; “Let's Work Together,” by Buckwheat Zydeco and Ry Cooder; “Crescent City Serenade,” by Dr. Michael White; “Walking By the River,” by Dr. John; and “Do You Know What It Means,” by The Wardell Quezergue Orchestra featuring Donald Harrison.

01. Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can Can (4:15)

02. Dr. John - World I Never Made (4:01)

03. Irma Thomas - Back Water Blues (3:32)

04. Davell Crawford - Gather by the River (3:40)

05. Buckwheat Zydeco - Cryin' in the Streets (8:44)

06. Dr. Michael White - Canal Street Blues (3:40)

07. Wild Magnolias - Brother John Is Gone / Herc-Jolly-John (5:31)

08. Eddie Bo - When the Saints Go Marching In (2:19)

09. Dirty Dozen Brass Band - My Feet Can't Fail Me Now (4:38)

10. Carol Fran - Tou' les jours c'est pas la meme (Every Day Is Not the Same) (3:59)

11. BeauSoleil - L'ouragon (The Hurricane) (3:58)

12. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (2:42)

13. Charlie Miller - Prayer for New Orleans (2:15)

14. The Wardell Quezergue Orchestra - What a Wonderful World (feat. Donald Harrison) (3:51)

15. Allen Toussaint - Tipitina and Me (2:52)

16. Randy Newman - Louisiana 1927 (with Members of the New York Philharmonic) (3:05)

17. Davell Crawford - Do You Know What It Means (3:40)

18. Buckwheat Zydeco - Let's Work Together (3:13)

19. Dr. Michael White - Crescent City Serenade (5:27)

20. Dr. John - Walking By the River (3:48)

21. The Wardell Quezergue Orchestra - Do You Know What It Means (feat. Donald Harrison) (3:26)

Phish - Amsterdam [8 CD, 2015]

An all 8-CD Box Set from Phish's infrequent European shows. Full shows from 2/17/97, 7/1/97 and 7/2/97 at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. On February 17, 1997 Phish first played Paradiso, a converted former church turned rock- club/cultural center with a capacity of about 1500. Over the next four months, Phish logged three breakthrough shows at this historic venue where the intimate setting pushed the music to new heights again and again. From the Soul Shakedown party opener and fluid, psychedelic improvisation-clinic-of-a-set II (Down With Disease > Carini > Taste > Down With Disease) on 2/17/97 to the “back of the worm” Ghost opener, Reba and another peak transcendent Set II [Fish Keyboard Jam > Timber (Jerry) > Bathtub Gin > Cities] on 7/1/97 through the Mike’s Groove Sandwich and must-hear Stash > Llama > Wormtown Jam plus the double encore of 7/2/97, these three shows spread over 8 CD’s comprise some of the most experimental music Phish ever played. The three shows on the Amsterdam box, the only Phish shows to- date at Paradiso, combine to deliver the full impact of a shared peak experience in an exotic locale seamlessly integrated and sizzling with creative intensity. The shows were recorded by Paul Languedoc to multitrack tape, mixed by Jon Altschiller and mastered by Fred Kevorkian. Pick up this set and prepare for transport to the canals of Amsterdam…to the back of the worm.

 

Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, 2 CD, 2018) [FLAC]

Anthem of the Sun is the second album by rock band the Grateful Dead, released in 1968 on Warner Bros/Seven Arts. It is the first album to feature second drummer Mickey Hart. The band was also joined by Tom Constanten, who contributed avant-garde instrumental and studio techniques influenced by composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

The album was assembled through a collage-like editing approach helmed by members Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh (along with soundman Dan Healy), in which disparate studio and live performance tapes were spliced together to create new hybrid recordings. The band also supplemented their performances with instruments such as prepared piano, kazoo, harpsichord, timpani, trumpet, and güiro. The result is an experimental amalgam that is neither a studio album nor a live album, but both at the same time.

In 1972, a more commercial alternate mix of the album was officially released to capitalize on the band's recent success. A 2018 reissue on Rhino Records collects both the 1968 and 1972 mixes.

•     Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vibraslap, vocals, co-lead vocals on "That's It for the Other One" and "Born Cross-Eyed"
•     Mickey Hart – drums, orchestra bells, gong, chimes, crotales, prepared piano, finger cymbals
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums, glockenspiel, gong, chimes, crotales, prepared piano, finger cymbals
•     Phil Lesh – bass guitar, trumpet, harpsichord, kazoo, piano, timpani, vocals
•     Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – Hammond and Vox organs, celesta, claves, vocals, lead vocals on "Alligator" and "Caution"
•     Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vocals, lead vocals on "New Potato Caboose", co-lead vocals on "That's It for the Other One" and "Born Cross-Eyed"

Additional personnel

    Tom Constanten – prepared piano, piano, electronic tape

 

 

Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & James Cotton - King Biscuit Flower Hour 1977 (Live) (2022) [FLAC]

Steve Paul of Blue Sky Records, appeared as a saviour to both Johnny Winter and blues giant Muddy Waters, at a time when both musicians were facing hard times.

The result of his investment soon paid off, with the Hard Again tour combining the respected powerhouse of Waters and Winter joined by James Cotton, culminating in a further four albums being produced. Although this particular collaboration was short-lived, it has provided blues fans a rare opportunity to indulge in the work of two hugely important musical figures whose respect for each other is evidently unflinching.

Two live albums, Muddy Mississippi Waters Live and the more recent Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down have allowed a glimpse of the concerts from 1977-1978.

Keyhole proudly presents the entire King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast of Waters, Winter and Cotton, live from New York's Palladium on March 4th 1977 fully remastered with in-depth liners and rare photos.

 

Grateful Dead - View from the Vault, Volume Two (DVD 9, 2012)

View from the Vault, Volume Two (or View from the Vault II) is the second entry in the "View from the Vault" series by the Grateful Dead. It was released simultaneously as a three-disk CD and a one-disk DVD. This volume features the June 14, 1991 concert at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, D.C., and bonus material from a show at the same venue on July 12, 1990. It is the only Grateful Dead video release featuring Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby.

The DVD contains one track that is not on the CD, "Box of Rain", recorded at the 1990 show. It also includes a music video, "Liberty", directed by Justin Kreutzmann, the son of Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. The video uses audio from March 30, 1994, Atlanta, which was previously released on So Many Roads (1965–1995). The "Rubin and Cherise" on the DVD menu is from the show on June 9, 1991. 

• Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
• Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
• Bruce Hornsby – accordion, piano, synthesizer, vocals
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals (July 12, 1990 bonus footage)

 

Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus (Super Deluxe, 8 CD, 2022) [FLAC]

With their 1978 double concert album WAITING FOR COLUMBUS, Little Feat staked their claim as one of the premier live bands of the ‘70s. Recorded over a series of dates in London and Washington, D.C. over the summer of 1977, WAITING FOR COLUMBUS vividly captures the L.A. sextet at a crossroads between its swampy mid-'70s fusion of blues, country, jazz and New Orleans R&B. This special 8CD SUPER DELUXE EDITION comprises the original album remastered across CDs 1 and 2 with the remaining 6 discs comprising 3 previously unreleased in full live shows from the original run of live recordings that comprised the WAITING FOR COLUMBUS album. CDs 3 and 4 include a previously unreleased live show recorded at Manchester City Hall in Manchester, England on July 29, 1977. CDs 5 and 6 include a previously unreleased in full show recorded at The Rainbow in London, England on August 2, 1977. CDs 7 and 8 include a previously unreleased in full live show recorded at Lisner Auditorium in Washington D.C. on August 10, 1977. It’s a deep dive into truly one of the best live albums ever and is the definitive edition of a classic that truly will "boogie your speakers away.

 

Endless Boogie 2008-2019 Vol.01 [6CDs]

Endless Boogie is an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Brooklyn, New York. The current line-up of the band consists of Paul Major (vocals, guitar), Jesper Eklow (guitar), Marc Razo (bass) and Harry Druzd (drums). The band takes its name from John Lee Hooker's 1971 album of the same name.

The band was formed in 1997 by Matador Records employees and a professional record collector for jamming. Initially having no plans to record or to tour, the band played their first live show in 2001 as an opening act for Pavement's Stephen Malkmus. After releasing a pair of rare vinyl LPs from 2005, the band released the albums Focus Level in 2008 and Full House Head in 2010. Touring with bands such as Dungen and Circle, the band released their fourth album, Long Island in 2013

The band's style has been labeled as hard rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock and blues rock. The band's minimalist musical style also attributes krautrock influences, being described as "classic-rock-meets-krautrock" and " repetitive, one-chord riff-rock." The band described their musical style as "Kraut Southern rock."

The band's style also has been compared to those of ZZ Top, AC/DC, Teenage Head-era Flamin’ Groovies, Canned Heat, Amon Düül, Can, The Groundhogs, The Stooges and the Velvet Underground. Tom Hughes of The Guardian described Major's vocals as being "somewhere between a John Lee Hooker drawl and a Captain Beefheart honk

The band is known for "its minimalist jams both onstage and on record.

Two or three guitars, whatever amps you got, one wah pedal, one distortion box. The bass, the drums. Reluctant vocals, that’s all we need.

Present Band Members:

Paul "Top Dollar" Major – vocals, guitar

Jesper "The Governor" Eklow – guitar

Marc Razo – bass

Harry Druzd – drums

Former member - Chris Gray – drums

 

P/W - 33&third

 

 

Grateful Dead - View from the Vault [DVD 9, 2012]

View from the Vault, Volume One, sometimes known simply as View from the Vault, is the first release in a series of DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead known as "View from the Vault". The audio is taken from the soundboard and the video from the video screens at the concerts. The first volume was recorded and filmed at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 8, 1990 with bonus material recorded two days earlier at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville. 

Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals

Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals

Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals

Brent Mydland – Hammond organ, keyboards, vocals

Mickey Hart – drums, percussion

Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion

 

Phish - Live Bait series Vol.01-20 [FLAC]

 

Chicago - At Carnegie Hall, Vol I-IV (4 CD, 1971/FLAC)

 

After issuing three consecutive studio double LPs, Chicago topped themselves with this four-album live box set. As the title suggests, At Carnegie Hall, Vols. 1-4 (Chicago IV) (1971) finds the band at the venerable New York City venue during a five-night stand (April 5-April 10) in the spring of 1971. The septet — which includes the respective talents of Terry Kath (lead guitar/vocals), Robert Lamm (keyboards/vocals), Peter Cetera (bass/vocals), Danny Seraphine (drums), Lee Loughnane (trumpet/vocals), James Pankow, and Walter Parazaider (woodwinds/vocals) — were at their unquestionable peak of initial popularity.