Van Halen - 1982-07-30 - Louisville, KY (SBD/FLAC) 24-96

CREDIT to ByTorX1

Van Halen

30 July 1982

Venue: Freedom Hall

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Source: Soundboard (Master)

Lineage: Maxell UDXL-I C-60 cassette > Nakamichi DR-1 (azimuth adjustment) > Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD > Audacity (24-96) > FLAC 6

01 Dave Talks

02 Jamie's Cryin'

03 Little Guitars

04 Where Have All The Good Times Gone!

05 Bass Solo

06 Hang 'Em High

07 Cathedral

08 Secrets

09 Drum Solo II

10 Everybody Wants Some!! (cut)

11 Dance The Night Away

12 Somebody Get Me A Doctor / I'm So Glad

13 Dave Acoustic Solo

14 Ice Cream Man

15 Intruder

16 Pretty Woman

17 Guitar Solo

18 D.O.A. (cut)

Notes:

Here we have a totally unheard, uncirculated soundboard recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in Louisville during their Diver Down tour (Hide Your Sheep tour) in 1982. This is the earliest date documented to feature the standard 1982 setlist arrangement, which was significantly reorganized sometime between July 27th and 30th, while the earliest dates of the tour were notably structured differently. Additionally, like all shows from this date until the middle of September, the setlist includes D.O.A., a song which is not known to have been played since the first night of 1979 tour.

Unfortunately, this recording is relatively short and incomplete, due to having been recorded on a single 60 minute tape, and for some reason Roy started recording about 18 minutes late into the show. However, an old circulating audience recording DOES exist, which is complete.

This soundboard recording starts significantly late, right after Runnin' With The Devil would've concluded, when Dave does his first lengthy interlude to interact with the audience. The first side of the 60 minute master tape runs out right after the first part of Everybody Wants Some, just as Dave is about to do his short "we take it for granted that everybody wants some, but the question to ask ourselves is how much are you willing to give" interlude. While no songs are missing in between, we're still missing the ending of Everybody Wants Some, with the second side of the tape starting again just in time for Dance The Night Away. The second side of the 60 minute master tape sadly ends only about a minute into D.O.A., so is missing Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, Bottoms Up, You Really Got Me, and Happy Trails.

Huge thanks to those who significantly helped with the absurd pricetag that was required to liberate this VH collection, most of which would've been impossible to save otherwise.