| [click links for reviews] THIS PAGE IS FOR YOU, THE FANS. COMMENTS ON THE PERFORMANCE ARE ONLY MY OPINION. IN MOST CASES, DEFECTS ARE MINOR. ALL CD'S I OWN I LISTEN TO MYSELF! PLEASE NOTE, NOT ALL CD'S ARE COMMENTED ON. *** WHEN NOTING THE SOUND QUALITY, I OFTEN REFER TO SOUNDBOARD AND AUDIENCE RECORDINGS. THERE ARE MAJOR DIFFERENCES ON HOW ONE CAN RECORD IN THIS MANNER. I AM OFTEN CRITICAL OF HIGH QUALITY SOUNDBOARDS BECAUSE THEY OFTEN DO NOT REPRODUCE THE EXACT SOUND OF A GUITAR-PRODUCING A THIN FLAT SOUNDING SIGNAL IN A WAY. RECORDING LIVE CAN BE QUITE A PROCESS, ESPECIALLY RECORDING A LIVE GUITAR!. I CERTAINLY PREFER A GOOD AUDIENCE RECORDING, AS IT ADDS MORE DEPTH AND REALITY TO A LIVE PERFORMANCE. **** WHEN RATING SOUND, "ORIG" MEANS IT IS FROM AN OFFICIAL CLAPTON ALBUM, HENCE, ONE YOU CAN BUY IN THE STORE. [ note: try using headphones to listen to your bootlegs ] oddly the lesser quality speakers and closeness of the headphone will greatly improve your ability to enjoy low quality audio recordings. expensive audio systems and speakers only bring out the lack of audio quality that bootlegs have. you do not even need a really expensive pair of headphones to enjoy the shows. TO MAKE THINGS EASIER I HAVE BROKEN DOWN THE COMMENTS PAGE INTO DIFFERENT ERA'S OF CLAPTON MUSIC. CLICK ON THE YEARS BELOW TO READ MY REVIEWS OF SOME OF THE BOOTLEGS I OWN FROM THAT TIME PERIOD HOW TO READ SOUND RATINGS: AUD - AN AUDIENCE RECORDING, MOST LIKELY A DAT RECORDER OR MICROPHONE IN THE CROWD. SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN RECORD IN THIS MANNER NEXT TO THE P.A. SYSTEM. SB - SOUNDBOARD RECORDING. THERE ARE MANY WAYS THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED, BUT BEWARE THERE ARE BAD SOUNDBOARD RECORDINGS. A SOUNDBOARD RECORDING IS USUALLY A DIRECT LINE FROM THE SOUNDBOARD UNIT TO A RECORDER. SOMETIMES, THERE WILL BE A MIX OF SB AND AUD, THESE ARE NORMALLY CLASSIFIED AS AN AUDIENCE RECORDING. A GOOD SB RECORDING CAN BE MUCH THE SAME AS A LIVE ALBUM YOU BUY IN THE STORE, A BAD RECORDING WILL SOUND THIN AND FLAT, AND YOU CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE NATURAL AMBIANCE OF A GUITAR - ELECTRIC OR ACOUSTIC. RATINGS 1-6: 1 IS THE LOWEST GRADE FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION, 6 OR ABOVE IS THE BEST. AS A STANDARD RULE, A SB WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER THAN AN AUDIENCE RECORDING CONSIDERING THEY HAVE THE SAME GRADE, i.e. SB4 SHOULD ALWAYS BE BETTER THAN AN AUD4. ANY GRADE OF 2+ OR BELOW IS HARD TO LISTEN TO, WHILE ANYTHING ABOVE THAT MOST LIKELY CAN BE HEARD CLEARLY. NOBODY SHOULD HAVE A PROBLEM LISTENING TO AN AUD4+, OR HIGHER. [HELP REFERENCE FOR NEW TRADERS] |
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