The World’s Greatest Collection of Vintage Concert Recordings

There’s only one place you can hear Bill Graham introduce the Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East, Steve Miller ask for more PA volume at Winterland, or Robert Plant kill time with the Fillmore audience while Jimmy Page re-tunes in the background. It’s the same place you can listen to the greatest live music of all time in full concert format.

It’s not heaven, though it may feel like heaven to rock music purists. It’s the Concert Vault, the world’s greatest collection of vintage concert recordings.

Where does it come from? In 2003, Wolfgang’s Vault acquired master recordings from the archives of Bill Graham Presents. These live concerts were recorded at legendary venues like the Fillmore East and Winterland between 1965 and the late 1980s.

In early 2006, we augmented the Graham archives by acquiring the archives of the King Biscuit Flower Hour, the nationally famous syndicated rock radio broadcasts of live concerts from the 1970s and ‘80s. We also added the Silver Eagle Cross Country archive of country music concerts in 2006. In 2007 the Record Plant and Dawson Sound catalogs were added, and in 2008 we added the Daytrotter and Noise Pop catalogs. We haven’t stopped there - keep your ears open for more additions to the Concert Vault in the near future.

Free Legendary Concerts

Free online streaming. Since we launched it in late 2006 the Concert Vault has offered high-quality, streamed versions of all of our concerts for free, with no advertising. You can personally rate each concert, maintain a Favorite Concerts list and personal Playlist, and meet kindred souls in the Concert Vault Forum.

Reasonably priced, unrestricted downloads. Our download service is what you would expect from us: easy to use, delivering great quality music at fair prices. The initial list of shows available is classic Vault; some headline acts, some hidden gems and a handful of lesser known artists. We will be adding to the list regularly, so stay tuned.

How do you do it? We’ve transferred these aging, but well-preserved, tape archives to highest-quality digital formats using the best tools available, and we have carefully catalogued everything.

The Concert Vault is fully licensed by BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC, and we pay these performance rights organizations every time you listen to a concert. The license fees make their way back to the performers that made the music. Download revenues are also shared with performers and publishers as appropriate. One of our top priorities will always be to make sure that the artists are compensated for their performances.

Concerts From Yesterday and Today

Now the Concert Vault has added hundreds of shows recorded in 2006, 2007, and 2008 from the incredible Daytrotter Sessions and from San Francisco’s Noise Pop festival. Live music fans will find these shows from today’s artists to be every bit as compelling as the legendary shows from the Fillmores.