Roth's band fractured shortly following the tour's completion. Later in 1991, Nirvana and grunge rock emerged, altering musical tastes and suddenly making Roth's brand of hard rock seem unfashionable. Guitarist Joe Holmes stood in for Becker during the tour. Before starting a support tour for A Little Ain't Enough, Jason Becker was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, rendering him unable to perform onstage. A straight-ahead hard rock album produced by Bob Rock, (who had just produced Metallica's self-titled album), A Little Ain't Enough achieved RIAA gold status shortly after its January 1991 release. Roth hired 19-year-old guitar virtuoso Jason Becker to replace Steve Vai prior to recording his third solo LP, A Little Ain't Enough. Following the tour for Skyscraper, Steve Vai left Roth's band to pursue a solo career and record and tour with Whitesnake. The show also featured the band in a calypso segment playing Caribbean steel drums and in an unplugged segment where the band performed acoustic covers of some rock and roll classics. Both parts of the stage show were featured in the "Just Like Paradise" music video. He was replaced in time for the album's support tour with bassist Matt Bissonette, (drummer Gregg Bissonette's brother.) The international, arena tour was a major production featuring, at different points during each concert, Roth surfing above the audience on a surfboard suspended from an arena's rafters, and lowered into the center of each arena in a descending boxing ring (see Skyscraper Tour). Soon after Skyscraper's release, Billy Sheehan left Roth's band due to musical differences. In January 1988, Roth released Skyscraper, a more experimental recording featuring the hit single "Just Like Paradise." Co-produced by Roth and Steve Vai under the working title "Cliffhanger", Skyscraper peaked at #6 on the Billboard album chart and ultimately sold two million copies in the US. Roth and his band toured arenas extensively in support of Eat 'Em and Smile (see Eat 'Em and Smile Tour), before returning to the studio in 1987 to record a follow-up. Eat 'Em and Smile met with widespread commercial and critical success, charting at #4 on the Billboard Top 200, and selling over 2 million copies in the U.S. The album saw Roth return to hard rock music, but also incorporated some of his more eclectic musical tastes, ranging from jazz to speed metal. With veteran Van Halen producer Ted Templeman producing, Roth released his debut solo LP, Eat 'Em and Smile in July 1986. In late 1985, Roth assembled a virtuoso solo band, consisting of guitarist Steve Vai (previously of Frank Zappa's band), bassist Billy Sheehan (previously of Talas), and drummer Gregg Bissonette (previously of Maynard Ferguson's big band). Please do not alter any of the files here if you trade or torrent this elsewhere later on. I also included a pic of the masters, recorder w/mic and ticket stub. No NR, EQ, or compression applied.Įnclosed in the Torrent is the ProcessLog, shntool_len file, shntool_info file, FFP File, MD5 file, FFPverify, and SBE's Check. One auto tape flips occurs at 00:51 of "Bump and Grind", obvious and 2 tape cuts during crowd before the last 2 encores. I will rate this show as Ex and the recording as EX- (subjective of course). I had well behaved neighbors and friends this night. A very loud show in front of a raucous MSG crowd. Not previously circulated as with all my masters. Taper: Drgiggles1 from Section 3A Row B Seat 2 Transfer: Master Cassettes > Pioneer-CT500 tapedeck > Dell PC via stereo Y-cable (Realtek HD soundcard) > Audacity 1.2.6 (44100/16) > WAV(44100/16 w/Audacity 1.2.6) > Tracking(cd wave) > Flac (level 8, SBE's aligned) Lineage: Sony TCS-470 Recorder (w/ optional stereo power mic) > 2 Maxell XLII90 Epitaxial cassettes
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