THE ROLLING STONES - "Munich At Least"
Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
September 28, 1973 - Early & Late Show

Source: Dog N Cat Records (DAC-066)

Sound Quality: Good Audience.

Lineage: CDR received in a trade -> flac via TLH -> You


Disc1 Early Show

01 Brown Sugar
02 Gimme Shelter
03 Happy
04 Tumbling Dice
05 Star Star
06 Dancing With Mr. D
07 Angie
08 You Can’t Always Get What You Want
09 Midnight Rambler
10 Honky Tonk Women
11 All Down The Line
12 Rip This Joint
13 Jumping Jack Flash
14 Street Fighting Man


Disc2 Late Show

01 Brown Sugar
02 Gimme Shelter
03 Happy
04 Tumbling Dice
05 Star Star
06 Dancing With Mr. D
07 Angie
08 You Can’t Always Get What You Want
09 Midnight Rambler
10 Honky Tonk Women
11 All Down The Line
12 Rip This Joint
13 Jumping Jack Flash
14 Street Fighting Man



Acoording to collectorsmusicreviews.com:

The surfacing of the new audience recording for the Rolling Stones’ early show in Munich on September 28th, 1973 gives the Dog N Cat label an opportunity to give both shows that day the premium release treatment.
The first disc contains the new tape source which was first released by the Singer’s Original Discs label on "An Afternoon In Munich" (SODD 028).
The recording in and of itself is good but is a bit thin and with a weak drum sound since only the cymbals are heard with any clarity.
But the tape is also an enjoyable record of the show in distinction to the older tape source was is very distant and hasn’t been issued much.
On "Munich At Least" the Dog N Cat label attempt to fatten the sound by increasing the lower frequencies.
They lose the wonderful dynamic of the audience’s cheering throughout the show, but the music is slightly better defined.
DAC also edit in five seconds of the older tape source between “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Midnight Rambler” at the site of the cut to provide continuity, and there is about five more seconds after “Street Fighting Man” during the fade out which contains a bit more of the prelude to Act III of Wagner’s Die Walküre and someone from the Stones’ stage crew saying on stage, “give it up for the Rolling Stones.”
Dog N Cat is an improvement over the SODD release in terms of completeness, but the question of sound quality is a subjective judgment.
The SODD release blares out of the speakers with tremendous excitement at the beginning of the set and captures very well the energy of the performance.
The Dog N Cat, on the other hand, does sound noticeably cleaner.
The evening show matches the intensity of the first with the same exact set list.
At least parts of the concert were filmed by German ARD TV and were shown on the May 30th, 1976 “Kätschap” programme, which has snippets of “Brown Sugar,” “Gimme Shelter,” and “Street Fighting Man.”
It must be assumed that more of the show was filmed, but whether or not it still exists is another question.
The tape begins with the promoter announcing the band by saying, “Und hier ist jetzt die Rolling Stones!”
The opening three songs are played at a fast pace with again Jagger handling most of the vocals for “Happy.”
He also favors a low, rough intonation to many of the lyrics.
“Tumbling Dice” is played very slowly with the rhythm section digging deep into the song’s groove.
Afterwards Jagger announced they will play “Two new ones, three new ones, four new ones. The first is called ‘Starfucker.”
The centerpiece of these shows are “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” which is a nine minute long epic with slide guitar by Taylor, and “Midnight Rambler” which takes its time to get going in this show.
“Honky Tonk Women” sounds particularly bluesy in this show before the medley of hits that closes the show.
This is a good opportunity to pick up the new tape source for the early show and to visit again the late show in an attractive edition.


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Ozzy64 - Novembre 2011.