The Rolling Stones – Complete Lacerated (no label) is a 2CD stereo soundboard featuring a “Soundboard compilation from the U.S. Tour 1978”. This contains tracks recorded in Lexington, Houston, Memphis, and Detroit during June/July 1978 and features two different covers.
The Who – Boston 1971 Final Night (Wardour-580) is a 2CD set from the Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA on August 7th, 1971 and has been “Remastered by Graf Zeppelin”. This also contains a handful of bonus tracks from the Boston Music Hall on August 5th, 1971.
Led Zeppelin – Brussels 1972 (no label) is a 2CD set from Forest National, Brussels, Belgium on May 28th, 1972.
Eric Clapton – Blues: U.S. Original Cassette Tapes (no label) is a 2CD set “Taken from the original U.S. double cassette tapes (Polydor 314 547 178-4)”. Disc one features “Studio Blues” while Disc two contains “Live Blues”.
Judas Priest – Definitive Albuquerque 1984 Soundboard (Zodiac 627) is a 2CD stereo soundboard from Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM on May 2nd, 1984.
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Given that cassette sound has always been the poor relative in the hifi family, I don’t quite see the point of this Clapton reissue. Why would you buy this instead of the cheaper official cd? Unless the cassette master contains variant mixes or tracks or something. A bit of a puzzle.🤔
I agree. I never understood the 8-Track transfers either. If you’re not getting a different mix or an alternate version, is it really worth it? Apparently, the reasoning behind this one is that it is taken from the only analog source (cassette) available, and was never released on vinyl.
Thanks for the extra info, wgpsec. I guess the analog sound source for the cassette master justifies this release, though the cassette quality sound might cancel this advantage! But with the vinyl revival underway, maybe Eric’s official record company will sanction a deluxe vinyl reissue of ‘Blues’ from the analog masters in the near future?? I might buy that, but not this cd version.