Collectors Music Reviews

Blackout (Wardour-084) NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan – December 12th, 1978 Disc 1 (48:29):  Warszawa, ”Heroes”, What In The World, Be My Wife, The Jean Genie, Blackout, Sense Of Doubt, Breaking Glass, Fame, Beauty And The Beast Disc 2 (79:35):  Five Years, Soul Love, Star, Hang On To Yourself, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, Art Decade, Alabama Song, Station To Station, TVC15, Stay, Rebel Rebel.  Bonus, David Bowie interviews in Japan 1978 David Bowie completed an intense period of [...]

Best Of Montreal (Wardour-022) The Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada – December 1st, 1978 Disc 1:  Intro., We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Somebody To Love, If You Can’t Beat Them, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Bicycle Race, I’m In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love, You’re My Best Friend, [...]

A Day At The Court(Wardour-021) Earls Court, London, England – June 6th, 1977 Disc 1 (63:13):  Procession, Tie Your Mother Down, Ogre Battle, White Queen, Somebody To Love, Killer Queen, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, The Millionaire Waltz, You’re My Best Friend, Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Death On Two Legs, Doing Alright, Brighton Rock, [...]

  Chicago 1979 Definitive Version (Wardour DVD Series 001) International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL – December 8th, 1979 Intro, Substitute, I Can’t Explain, Baba O’ Riley, The Punk And The Godfather, My Wife, Sister Disco, Behind Blue Eyes, Music Must Change, Drowned, Who Are You, 5:15, Pinball Wizard, See Me Feel Me, Long Live Rock, My [...]

Sound Market ’86(Wardour-083) After participating in the 1983 ARMS tour with Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and a multitude of others Jeff Beck went silent in terms of live performance.  He played a handful of shows with Rod Stewart in 1984 and worked on his LP Flash.  His return to the stage included two live appearances in [...]

Thank The Lord (Wardour-082) The 1980s were a period where the big rock acts flirted with a manufactured pop style then popular.  There were a heavy reliance upon keyboard arrangements, sultry saxophones and attempts at hooks with every song to the exclusion of individual expression and experimentation.  For twenty years (since 1966′s Roger The Engineer with the Yardbirds), Jeff Beck eclectic [...]

The Moving Finger (Wardour-080) Furitsu-Taiikukan, Osaka, Japan – December 5th, 1980 Disc 1 (39:42):  Opening, Star Cycle, El Becko, Too Much To Lose, The Pump, Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers, Space Boogie, Led Boots Disc 2 (57:12):  Freeway Jam, Diamond Dust, Scatterbrain, drum solo / Scatterbrain, Blue Wind, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, You Never Know, Going Down, outroduction Touring for the 1980 album There And Back ended with a [...]

Rough, Ready, Go! (Wardour-035) Aerie Crown Theater, Chicago, IL – May 13, 1972 (77:16):  Ice Cream Cakes, Morning Dew, Keyboards Solo – Going Down, Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You, Glad All Over, Jeff’s Boogie, Definitely Maybe, Situation, New Ways – Train Train, Let Me Love You, Got The Feeling The second version of the Jeff Beck Group actually made three trips to the [...]

The Pleasure Chest (Wardour-081) International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya, Japan – April 28th, 1979 Disc 1 (70:39):  We Will Rock You (slow), We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Somebody To Love, If You Can’t Beat Them, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Bicycle Race, I’m In Love With My Car, Get Down Make [...]

Heavy Blow (Wardour-079) Music Hall, Boston, MA – May 3rd, 1975 (64:17):  Jeff’s Boogie / Constipated Duck, drum intro / She’s A Woman, Freeway Jam, Definitely Maybe, Superstition, keyboard solo, Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers, Power, Got The Feeling, You Know What I Mean Heavy Blow is the second release of Jeff Beck’s May 3rd, 1975 Boston [...]

Last Concert In Japan (Wardour-031) Jo Hall, Osaka, Japan – May 15th, 1985 Disc 1:  Machines intro., Tear It Up, Tie Your Mother Down, Under Pressure, Somebody To Love, piano improv., Killer Queen, Seven Seas Of Rhye, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, impromptu, It’s A Hard Life, Day-O, Dragon Attack, Now I’m Here, Is This The World [...]

  Prime Jive (Wardour-030) Queen’s little visit to Japan in February 1981 was unusual for several reasons.  They gave five concerts, all in the capital Tokyo with no visits to the provincial cities.  There is also confusion about what exactly they were promoting on this tour.  Their latest LP was The Game, but Flash Gordon was [...]

Stadium Rock (Wardour-028 & Wardour-028S) Nishinoomiya Stadium, Kobe, Japan – October 24th, 1982 Disc 1:  Flash intro., The Hero, We Will Rock You (fast), Action This Day, Somebody To Love, Calling All Girls, Now I’m Here, Put Out The Fire, Dragon Attack / Now I’m Here (reprise), Love Of My Life, Yeah Yeah Yeah, Save [...]

  Houston 1977 (Wardour-027) The Summit, Houston, TX – December 11th, 1977 Disc 1:  Intro (We Will Rock You slow, taped), We Will Rock You (fast), Brighton Rock, Somebody To Love, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, I’m In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love, The Millionaire Waltz, [...]

Firedance (Wardour-050) International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya, Japan – October 26th, 1982 Disc 1:  Flash Intro, Rock It, We Will Rock You (fast), Action This Day, Play The Game, Calling All Girls, Now I’m Here, Put Out The Fire, Dragon Attack, Now I’m Here (reprise), Love Of My Life, improvisation, Save Me, Get Down Make Love, guitar solo Disc 2:  Body Language, Under Pressure, Fat Bottomed Girls, Teo Torriatte, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian [...]

  The Ultimate Entertainer (Wardour-012) The Stadium, Chicago, IL – December 7th, 1978 Disc 1:  Intro., We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Somebody To Love, If You Can’t Beat Them, Death On Two Legs/Killer Queen/Bicycle Race/I’m In Love With My Car/Get Down Make Love/Your My Best Friend, Now I’m Here Disc 2:  [...]

  Ultimate Dreamer (Wardour-020) Ultimate Dreamer, the latest excellent Queen release on Wardour, is an updated and definitive version of the Zoom 1979 (LLX 3/4/5/6) release from many years ago.  The tapes used for this release are very good to excellent with just a tinge of fuzziness.  This achievement is especially impressive given that this is the Festival [...]

  Space Boogie (Wardour-011) Seibu Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – November 3rd, 1982 Disc 1:  Flash intro, The Hero, We Will Rock You (fast), Action This Day, Play The Game, Calling All Girls, Now I’m Here/Put Out The Fire/Dragon Attack/Now I’m Here, Love Of My Life, Save Me Disc 2:  Get Down Make Love, guitar solo, [...]

At Last Budokan (Wardour-007) Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – May 9th, 1985 Disc 1:  Machines, Tear It Up, Tie Your Mother Down, Under Pressure, Somebody To Love/Killer Queen/Seven Seas Of Rhye/Keep Yourself Alive/Liar, vocal improvisation, It’s A Hard Life, Yeah Yeah Yeah, Dragon Attack, Now I’m Here, Is This The World We Created?, Love Of My [...]

Swing And Sway (Wardour-077) After Robert Plant’s first extensive tour as a solo artist of the US and UK in 1983, he opened 1984 with visits to  Australia and New Zealand before closing the Principle Of Moments tour with eight shows in Japan and one in Hong Kong.  This was his first visit to Japan [...]