Aerosmith - 1982-12-30 - San Antonio, TX (SBD/SHN)

(soundboard SHN)

"Remember the Alamo"

Steven Tyler, vocals, harmonica, percussion
Jimmy Crespo, guitars and vocals
Rick Dufay, guitars
Tom Hamilton, bass
Joey Kramer, drums

CD1:
01 - intro/Back In the Saddle
02 - Mama Kin
03 - Big Ten Inch Record
04 - Three Mile Smile
05 - Reefer Head Woman
06 - Rock In A Hard Place
07 - Lord of the Thighs
08 - Lick And A Promise
09 - Sweet Emotion
10 - Dream On
11 - When the Lightning Strikes
12 - Walk This Way

CD2:
01 - Milk Cow Blues
02 - drum solo
03 - Toys In the Attic
04 - Train Kept A'Rollin'

The best sounding source from this brief period that I have yet to hear.  Definitely a soundboard or (possibly) an FM broadcast.  If FM, I would have thought that this would be more prevalent in trading circles, so I'll assume a soundboard.  Since Classics Live! I and II were released in the following years, it's quite possible that this was one of the sources to be used for those records.

Be that as it may, the band really sounds HOT this night.  Joe Perry had been gone for three years and Brad for over one, yet the band finally sounds cohesive.  Perhaps it's because they were sober!  That's a conjecture, not fact, but I've never heard this line-up sound so good.  They really breathe life into the old classics and the segues between Three Mile Smile/Reefer Head Woman/Rock In A Hard Place/Lord of the Thighs are spot on.  I'm especially happy to hear "Rock In A Hard Place".  Though not my favorite tune from the album, it certainly sounds good here.  Both shows that I saw on this tour only had "When the Lightning Stikes" played, so I'm happy to heard *anything* different!