Shades have two new announcements this week but clearly the most interesting is the AEROSMITH title, "East Side, West Side Blues" , a 3CD set that pair a couple stereo soundboard tapes from their Rocks Tour of 1976/1977.  The set hopefully is able to provide a nice transfer of the January 4th, 1977 tape from Fukuoaka, Japan from master cassette as this has been in circulation for a number of years but left you wishing the quality and/or generation was better.  The Waterloo '76 tape - also transferred from master cassette - is absolutely new to the scene and I look forward to hearing that incomplete source as well.  Here is the breakdown of the title:

Disc 1 (Live at Kyuden Kinen Taiikukan, Fukuoka, Japan 4th February 1977)
1. Opening S.E. 2. Mama Kin 3. Write Me A Letter 4. S.O.S. (Too Bad) 5. Lick And A Promise 6. Big Ten Inch Record 7. Sweet Emotion 8.Rats In The Cellar 9. Dream On 10. Lord Of The Thighs

Disc 2
1. Last Child 2. Walk This Way 3. Sick As A Dog 4. Same Old Song And Dance 5. Train Kept A Rollin'(Slow) 6. Drum Solo 7. Train Kept A Rollin' (Fast) incl. Get The Lead Out 8. Toys In The Attic

Disc 3 (Live at McElroy Auditorium, Waterloo, Iowa, USA 30th April 1976) 1. Walkin' The Dog 2. Walk This Way 3. Adam's Apple 4. Lick And A Promise 5. Same Old Song And Dance 6. Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow) 7. Drum Solo 8. Train Kept A Rollin' (Fast) 9. Toys In The Attic

...the other announcement from Shades this week is KISS "Bury You Alive" 2CD, also sourced from a stereo soundboard master cassette, and this one is from Isstadion in Stockholm on September 17. 1988 from the BRUCE KULICK & ERIC CARR era.  Here is the tracklisting for this one:

Disc 1
1. Opening 2. Love Gun 3. Fits Like A Glove 4. Heaven's On Fire 5. Cold Gin 6. Black Diamond 7. Bang Bang You 8. No, No, No 9. Firehouse10. Crazy Crazy Nights

Disc 2
1. I Was Made For Lovin' You 2. Deuce 3. Reason To Live 4. Tears Are Falling 5. I Love It Loud 6. Strutter 7. Shout It Out Loud 8. Lick It Up 9. Rock And Roll All Nite 10. Detroit Rock City

...Also new in the 'press release' information is the new GENESIS "Something Inside Me" 2CD from Virtuoso...this continues the conveyor belt of sweet stereo soundboards and great audience tapes from the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway campaign throughout 1975 and this one captures an early U.S. date in West Palm Beach, Florida on January 10th of 1975....here is that tracklisting:

Disc 1
1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 2. Fly On A Windshield 3. Broadway Melody Of 1974  4. Cuckoo Cocoon 5. In The Cage 6. The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging 7. Story Of Rael Part I  8. Back In NYC 9. Hairless Heart 10. Counting Out Time 11. Carpet Crawlers 12. The Chamber Of 32 Doors 13. Story Of Rael Part II 14. Lilywhite Lilith 15. The Waiting Room

Disc 2
1. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist 2. The Lamia 3. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats4. The Colony Of Slippermen 5. Ravine 6. The Light Dies Down On Broadway 7. Riding The Scree 8. In The Rapids 9. It 10. The Musical Box

...the only other tidbit to tie into the weekly summary is the teaser from Tarantura regarding their plans to release the LED ZEPPELIN numbered and limited edition 3CD set, "San Diego"...Mike Millard's June 19, 1977 recording from the San Diego Arena will get yet another deluxe treatment...and that's it for this Monday night. Thanks for checking in and we hope you have a nice week.

Svengi, Novermber 17, 2008