Q&F: Concert Vault

Michael (Admin) | Jan 19, 2009 Music, Quick & Free

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FREEBIRD!!!! Admit it, you used to yell it every time you drove to a concert in your Camaro with your jeans jacket and Bic lighter. And you had a huge mullet. You used to be COOL! But you still dig live music and that’s what Concert Vault is all about: live recordings of mostly long-gone, but often legendary, music acts.

You won’t find anything made this century in the collection of concerts that Wolfgang’s Vault has put together, but if your radio is always tuned to the local classic rock station you’ll probably get a lot of listening time out of this app. Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills & Nash… that’s the kind of thing you’ll find here. There’s even some 80s rock including Motley Crüe and Bon Jovi! And Rick Astley (huh?). And for you Deadheads, there’s a LOT of Dead available, over 20 live shows. Sorry, no Phish. And if you’re looking for Cheap Trick’s “Live at Budokan” you won’t find that either because most of the shows available seem to be from more obscure dates, but they’re still quality shows all the same.

You have to create an account which can be done in-app, but after that you’re looking at a pretty good collection of live concert recordings. You can mark concerts as Favorites, search artists, browse several different categories, and there are even a few “radio stations” that are really just big playlists of stuff you probably haven’t heard in many years. Apparently you can also create your own playlists, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do that.

Concert Vault is different from other internet radio apps in that it’s truly a “vault”, kind of like your iPod… if you find something you like, you can go back and listen to it over and over again, and it’s always there. Depending on your tastes the music selection might seem limited, but even so there’s plenty to like about this app, and the price is right! Go get it and start rocking out. Now.