[RUMAY408]

  - Megadeth (twice)
- Anthrax
- Black Label Society
- Black Sabbath
- Amorphis
- Scorpions
- Flying Colors
- Beardfish
- August Burns Red
- Robert Cray (awesome concert, but he didn't play any of my favorite songs!)

Nice list of bands, Scorpions are one of those bands I just never had a chance to see 

 

[vertical]

Was it the Three Side Live tour in 1982?!? I wished I could be old enough to see a Genesis concert before they pretty much disbanded... Genesis fan anyone? 

I still have the ticket stubs and they're for August 22 and 23 of 1982. So, yeah I suppose it was that tour. I remember Phil working the audience, trying to get 1 side of the stadium to scream louder than the other

I also saw Peter Gabriel there in 1983. :thumbsup_tone1:

 

[wd1029]

 
Well which version of Sonic Highways do you own?

 
I'm referring to the CD. I'm guessing you're referring to the vinyl? I guess the vinyl has a different master. I wish they would properly master the CD versions as the production otherwise is definitely good.

 

[HAWKEYE7]

 What Live Concerts have I been to? That's a good Question, let me see....The first was ELO with Kansas in 1977, then it looks like this:
Elo
Kansas
Ted Nuggent x3
The Cars
Elvis Costello
Les Paul, I met him at an in store appearance/session, very cool guy!
Allison Krauss & Robert Plant
Jethro Tull x4
Yes x4
Roxy Music x3
The Who x2
Harry Chapin, with/for my girl friend at the time.
Dan Fogelberg, with/for my girl friend at the time,
Rush x2
The Psychedelic Furs
Styx
J Geils Band
Heart
The Joe Perry Project
Aerosmith
Return to Forever
Triumph
Genesis
Asia
Aztec Camera
King Crimson
Adrian Belew
The Kinks
Eric Clapton
The Bus Boys
I am sure I have missed a band or two, but this is the majority of bands I have seen live.
Yes, Roxy Music, Jethro Tull and the Who were my favorites. Meeting Les Paul was the all time high point!

 

[gwar]

Starting around 1979
 
Blue Oyster Cult (x lost count)
AC\DC (one each Bon 79 and Brian 80)
Black Sabbath (Dio version)
Elvis Costello (Imperial bedroom)
Neil Young (x2... one was the terrible waste of time "Trans" tour)
Van Halen (x2, Dave only...there is no other version!)
Cheap Trick
Rolling Stones (Tattoo You)
The Who (It's Hard)
The Clash (Combat Rock)
Pink Floyd (Post Roger)
Paul McCartney (1990)
Yes (90125, early 2000's and a reunion of sorts with Wakeman and other "classic period" members)
Steely Dan (2014)
Boz Scaggs (2015)
Muse
Pretenders (x3 but includes original lineup once)
The Cardigans
ZZ Top (mid 80's)
Robert Plant (after 2nd solo LP)
The Firm
Rod Stewart (Tonite I'm Yours)
Devo (x2 incl New Traditionalists)
Foreigner (Double Vision)
Phish (2 day show at Limestone Maine "Lemonwheel")
Hank Jr/Waylon/Willie/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Legend Valley early 80's)
Dinosaur Jr (after reforming original band)
Ted Nugent (early 80's)
Def Leppard (Pyromania)
Urge Overkill (Saturation)
Pixies (Tromp Le Monde and after reforming)
Bob Mould
The Strokes (2nd LP)
Weezer (x2)
Matthew Sweet)
Kinks (Opening act... Johnny Cougar and the Zone...front row seats!)
KISS (Lick it up era and '96 original lineup w/makeup)
 
And many many others either forgotten or not worthy of mention
 
BIGGEST REGRET...
 
turned down an invite to see Stevie Ray Vaughn with Jeff Beck opening.  Last time he came to town...

 

[Spyro]

I still have a Rush ticket from 1975 for $5......and Kansas was the back up band!!  It was at a local ice skating rink.  Kick ass.  Drummer John Rutsy gone....Neil Peart just joined the band. 
 
Led Zeppelin $10 ticket from 1975.  Chicago Amphitheatre.   3 songs in, concert stopped.  Page too wasted to play.  No re-schedule.  We all got refunds.

 

[RUMAY408]

   
I'm referring to the CD. I'm guessing you're referring to the vinyl? I guess the vinyl has a different master. I wish they would properly master the CD versions as the production otherwise is definitely good.

Their 1st few CD's are hard to listen to with a nice HP setup

 

[RUMAY408]

I've been cleaning up a few of the shows I attended onFM setlists and they had this show at Thomson-Boling Arena 20,000+ seats
 
Petty was at a low point when this was scheduled, the Civic Coliseum is around 6,000 seats, by the time the show happened "You Don't Know How It Feels" was getting heavy airplay, and that show would have sold out Thompson-Boling
 
BTW check out the ticket price

 

[wd1029]

 
Their 1st few CD's are hard to listen to with a nice HP setup

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The only album of theirs with decent dynamic range is the first album and the production on that one isn't exactly what I'd call high fidelity. And everything after that has lower than ideal dynamic range.

 

[Rearwing]

The Rolling Stones
The Who
David Bowie
Wreckless Eric
Peter Tosh
The Jam
Hank Wangford Band
Steve Marriott
The Temptations
Johnny Cash
Motorhead
The Four Tops
Courtney Pine
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Van Morrison 

 

[nick_charles]

   
Wreckless Eric
The Jam
Hank Wangford Band
Steve Marriott
 

 
Saw these chaps when I lived in South London - Wreckless was meant to appear on the Live Stiffs concert at my Alma Mater (Warwick) but was pissed that night, Saw Hank Wangford and Steve Marriott at the legendary Half Moon Putney along with Desmond Decker and other former big names - ah happy 1980s days....

 

[RUMAY408]

  The Rolling Stones
The Who
David Bowie
Wreckless Eric
Peter Tosh
The Jam
Hank Wangford Band
Steve Marriott
The Temptations
Johnny Cash
Motorhead
The Four Tops
Courtney Pine
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Van Morrison 

Johnny Cash, Van Morrison and the Four Tops, well thats a nice lineup, never saw any of them but wish I had

 

[Rearwing]

   
Saw these chaps when I lived in South London - Wreckless was meant to appear on the Live Stiffs concert at my Alma Mater (Warwick) but was pissed that night, Saw Hank Wangford and Steve Marriott at the legendary Half Moon Putney along with Desmond Decker and other former big names - ah happy 1980s days....

I saw Steve Marriott upstairs in Southend several times, a true performer and a genuine geezer! And I should have added Dr Feelgood, a band I loved so much I moved to Essex and spent many evenings on Canvey Island.

 

[Rearwing]

 
Johnny Cash, Van Morrison and the Four Tops, well thats a nice lineup, never saw any of them but wish I had

I saw Van Morrison twenty five years ago to the day, on my wedding night, at The Futurist Theatre in Scarborough.

 

[RUMAY408]

 
I saw Van Morrison twenty five years ago to the day, on my wedding night, at The Futurist Theatre in Scarborough.

Congrats, I hope!