The tape is a fantastic soundboard recording. Crystal clear and well balanced. The crowd comes across quite well for a soundboard. Jones’ bass is a bit loud in the mix, and there is a bit too much “swishing” top end on Bonzo’s drums, but these are nitpicks at worst. Apart from a slight cut in Moby Dick, along with a couple of others that cut out a bit of Plant’s banter here and there, the performance is completely preserved…
Guitarist/singer Anthony Gomes releases his Ruf Records label debut CD, Live, which was recorded at The Triple Door in Seattle, Washington, and it features four new songs, five songs off his previous album, Music Is The Medicine, and a sizzling cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Heartbreaker'. This album was recorded live to two-track without any musical overdubs. 'History can happen when you least expect it,' says Anthony Gomes about this CD. 'We recorded Live on a cold Tuesday winter night in Seattle…The crowd was enthusiastic, the room was dynamic and the band was electric. We couldn't help but play our best. This recording beautifully captures the energy exchange between the audience and an artist.'
After Neil Young left the California folk-rock band Buffalo Springfield in 1968, he slowly established himself as one of the most influential and idiosyncratic singer/songwriters of his generation. Young's body of work ranks second only to Bob Dylan in terms of depth, and he was able to sustain his critical reputation, as well as record sales, for a longer period of time than Dylan, partially because of his willfully perverse work ethic…