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More than a tad better than all the rest ... Nothing more to say, really. [kaspergm]

Tom's done it again. Albert à la carte was already excellent so don't expect a difference of night and day but this one certainly beats the previous remaster of this show. [mdekoning]

Two versions exist. One un-remastered has first 5 seconds of Motherlode missing, one remastered has Motherlode restored. Count in is spliced from another show.

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The remastered version of this recording is currently being 'Vined' on the GRU (Genesis Recordings Unique) list. The quality is outstanding. Come and get it! Mark Bataitis [MarkBataitis]

The show and sound of the soundboard are simply mind-blowing. Absolutely essential. [gsparaco]

Excellent version - the most complete and nicely remastered. The best Duke boot? [LivingForever]

Right what you hear if you wear a headphones plugged into a soundboard... the sound of Phil's tom toms is amazing... nice mistake of Tony on the beginning of "Vine" instrumental (around at 5'30"), when he stay for almost two measures in the odd beats on his cp70 piano :-) [Gigio67]

A small note on the instrumental of 1ftv. It is Phil that started a beat earlier with drumming so somewhere they managed to get it right. Very interesting stuff... Also the thing sound strange for a larger part of the Prophet5 stuff. [santibanks]

Best sounding recording from 1980 - but not the best show! Phil's voice is in really bad condition this night. What a pity ... [kaspergm]

Not the best sounding recording from this tour; try out TM Production's versions of April 17th and May 7th. This is a nice soundboard document since there are so few available from this tour. Only this date and June 20th are represented. Based on that information alone, you really must have this. Phil's voice was shot on this night and they had some performance errors here and there but nevertheless the sound quality for a 1980 Soundboard is darn good. Get it. [duke23]

I'm always partial to live recordings with a "live" atmosphere, so, not so much with the soundboards for me in general. That bias aside, this is a cool full Duke gig. I do, however, have to agree with other posters here in regards to the "bummer" factor of Phil's strained voice. This is like show 70 in like 3 months and his voice shows the strain. I find myself rooting for Phil to make it through more than I am enjoying the music. This then has to be a far cry from "As Good As Gold" or any of the other complete Lyceum shows from 7 May 80 - better performance with an almost identical set, in a much better room. Peace! [jrromman]

This is one of the fortunate instances where searching for the best copy really paid dividends... [speedy]

Genesis Recordings Unique release 1. Remastered.

I'd like to hear the un-remastered version. It sounds excellent in bootleg terms, alright - but I would not recommend it to anybody who hates recordings that have been all too obviously dehissed. [regnelmo]