I guess I ran into this site a while back (because I was already a registered user), but I had forgotten about it until someone mentioned it in a mailing list. It’s very cool.

It’s called Wolfgang’s Vault; the coolest thing about the site is that it has tons of board tapes from the ’60s onward—amazing shows from just about every legendary band you can imagine, at legendary venues like Fillmore West, Winterland, The Bottom Line, and so forth. The last time I was there I heard some great stuff from Led Zeppelin, Sons of Champlin, and a blazing hot set from Elvis Costello and the Attractions.

A board tape, in case you didn’t know, is a line out from the PA mixing board to, in those days, a tape recorder. Because of this, some of the mixes aren’t stellar—if a guitar amp is really loud in the room, it won’t be in the PA very much and will be a bit soft in the recording. But they generally sound excellent and really capture the excitement of the moment. Hours of fun!

The site requires a free registration, just so you know.