Van Halen - 1982-07-31 - Fort Wayne Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN (SBD/FLAC) 24-bit

CREDIT to ByTorX1

Van Halen

31 July 1982

Venue: Fort Wayne Coliseum

Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

Source: Soundboard (Master)

Lineage: Maxell UDXL-I C-60 cassettes (x2) > Nakamichi DR-1 (azimuth adjustment) > Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD > Audacity (24 bit - 96 khz) > FLAC 6

01 Intro

02 Romeo Delight

03 Unchained

04 Drum Solo

05 The Full Bug

06 Runnin' With The Devil

07 Dave Talks

08 Jamie's Cryin'

09 Little Guitars

10 Where Have All The Good Times Gone!

11 Bass Solo

12 Hang 'Em High

13 Cathedral

14 Secrets

15 Drum Solo II

16 Everybody Wants Some!!

17 Dance The Night Away

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

19 Dave Acoustic Solo

20 Ice Cream Man

21 Intruder

22 Pretty Woman

23 Guitar Solo

24 D.O.A.

25 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

26 Bottoms Up!

27 You Really Got Me

28 Happy Trails

29 You Really Got Me (Reprise)

Notes:

Here we have a totally unheard, uncirculated soundboard recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in Fort Wayne during their Diver Down tour (Hide Your Sheep tour) in 1982. Not even an audience recording of this show has circulated previously. This is the second 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 with this setlist structure, the set includes D.O.A., a song which was permanently dropped after the middle of September.

This recording is one of only three shows where Roy chose to use 60 minute tapes instead of his usual choice of a single 90 minute tape. Unlike the night prior in Louisville, Roy ran two 60 minute tapes in Fort Wayne and Rockford, allowing him to capture the entire setlist at these two shows. Despite capturing the full setlist, there are still some minor cuts due to the tape flips.

The first side of the first 60 minute master tape runs out right after Little Guitar ends, only cutting out a small piece of Dave's banter between songs. The second side of the first tape ends right after Dance The Night Away, while the first side of the second 60 minute master tape starts only about 30 seconds into the beginning Somebody Get Me A Doctor. The first side of the second tape ends near the end of D.O.A., so the song sadly does have a short cut too, but luckily Roy flipped the tape quickly enough to still capture the remainder of the song. The second side of the second tape runs through the end and captures the remainder of the concert.

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.

Enjoy the music and be grateful we are able hear these special recordings. If you have uncirculated tapes, please consider sharing them before they end up forever lost to time.