Don’t have the time anymore to track this kind of thing down. A decade ago I would have been all over it.

Someone should get this guy to share his flac files.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNevRR63RlQ

He looks to be active on YT so maybe he’ll respond to messages. It would be very nice to get a new 1979 show into circulation.

Thanks for the heads up Greg, I can try to contact him, I had no luck with the Pittsburgh 80 contact. Thanks for the info. Im just amazed this stuff is still out there.

ks34vh: Thanks for the heads up Greg, I can try to contact him, I had no luck with the Pittsburgh 80 contact. Thanks for the info. Im just amazed this stuff is still out there.

No problem Kevin. He’s shared the full show on YT. It would be great to get a lossless version. Keep us posted.

Here it is

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=470606

Van Halen
Northlands Coliseum
Edmonton, AB, Canada
September 18, 1979–Tuesday

Taper: “Cdvision2″
Torrented & FLAC’ed by Lou (loucap81@gmail.com)
Lineage: Master recording. See taper notes below. WAV files converted to FLAC level 8 with Traders’ Little Helper. Sector boundary errors corrected with TLH.

File Size: 564 MB, FLAC

Total Time: 91:23

1. Light Up The Sky 6:39
2. Somebody Get Me A Doctor / Drum Solo 4:20
3. Runnin’ With The Devil 4:29
4. Dance The Night Away 3:25
5. Beautiful Girls 3:31
6. DLR Talking 5:03
7. On Fire 6:13
8. You’re No Good 3:56
9. Jamie’s Cryin’ 3:21
10. More DLR Talking 3:38 (includes “Eyes of the Night” tease)
11. Feel Your Love Tonight 5:14
12. Outta Love Again 6:28
13. Ice Cream Man 7:10
14. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love 10:05
15. Eddie’s Guitar Solo 8:41
16. You Really Got Me 9:11

Notes from Lou:

Previously uncirculated show. Received the WAV files via ffoner, who received them from the taper. I did not change anything except FLAC to level 8 and auto-fix the sector boundary errors via Trader’s Little Helper.

I wonder if Bottom’s Up! and/or Atomic Punk were played (the typical encores for 1979), and the tape ran out. Song-wise the recording is identical to the Los Angeles 10/7/79 show with YRGM as the last song, and again I wonder if that was actually the end, or the tape ran out there. As you can hear, Eddie does the “Eyes of the Night” tease, and Dave does the “Disco Sucks!” chant, which were only heard on the LA 10/7/79 show. I had thought that was unique to the LA show, but I guess they were doing that for all the remaining 1979 shows after returning from Japan.

The taper also posted this show on YouTube:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvUvq1AmkZg
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKyfKsKUIco

FFP file, shntool results and ticket stub included.

Notes by the taper, in responding to question of what equipment was used:

“I believe it was a Sanyo portable cassette recorder with the condenser mic that came with it. I strapped it to my leg….ahhh the wide leg, flare jean days. Lol I did the original digital transfer around 1999 using an early ‘80’s Sony deck and a Creative sound card that had analog inputs. I used a old version of Nero for the capture. I burned it to 2 CD’s with no track breaks. Earlier this year I located the CD’s and dumped the wav files to my computer. I used some software called Spin it Again (used it for vinyl rips) and raised the levels as the original rip had lower than normal levels. I then re-saved it out in 24/96, wav, flac, and 320 mp3. I still have the original cassette tape in storage in a box…somewhere. I came across it last year. It would be cool to get it into the hands of someone with a better deck. I’m glad I was able to share this concert with so many VH fans to enjoy. I was a 16 yr old kid when I recorded the concert. It was a great show and something I will never forget.”

Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 01. Light Up The Sky-fixed.flac:0355cc5d0d858e4d75bb94f8f5952f19
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 02. Get Me A Doctor-fixed.flac:39bd2722f147f012dee291df339444a8
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 03. Running With The Devil-fixed.flac:c01b4831155ad007e5d992680c7fb9f4
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 04. Dance The Night Away-fixed.flac:aad691b98aec2b73427ede524e029d3f
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 05. Beautiful Girls-fixed.flac:1358fa4562975e050e7c1ae8c0b2a87d
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 06. DLR talking-fixed.flac:59155b6a16b70431e7b91a256594cf37
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 07. On Fire-fixed.flac:ba83b81bbfc265abb1330acdaedad132
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 08. You’re No Good-fixed.flac:5c4eba738461ded69db2b8f422a5ac11
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 09. Jamie’s Cryin’-fixed.flac:8b3b9fccf0c49de17869901952336156
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 10. More DLR talking-fixed.flac:bbc1a2b4b650818cfa1ba599a597d2ae
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 11. Feel Your Love Tonight-fixed.flac:fa09d3a1d496914f8a8d4ef021b5d903
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 12. Outta Love Again-fixed.flac:46a1a8efb4059dfe80a3c94d4f0bd55d
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 13. Ice Cream Man-fixed.flac:314c4734059e9c5a2b354aee4c87559a
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 14. Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love-fixed.flac:d1b24de073a4a402849ef41a6227e49e
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 15. Eddie’s Guitar Solo-fixed.flac:d3ac64bcaf59487b13e4450e9908523a
Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 16. You Really Got Me-fixed.flac:c4fe480611e2353c552489690d882763

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6:38.46 70315436 B — — —xx flac 0.6147 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 01. Light Up The Sky-fixed.flac
4:19.73 45859340 B — — —xx flac 0.6013 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 02. Get Me A Doctor-fixed.flac
4:28.48 47388140 B — — —xx flac 0.6228 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 03. Running With The Devil-fixed.flac
3:25.32 36237308 B — — —xx flac 0.6274 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 04. Dance The Night Away-fixed.flac
3:30.40 37138124 B — — —xx flac 0.6134 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 05. Beautiful Girls-fixed.flac
5:03.22 53500988 B — — —xx flac 0.6324 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 06. DLR talking-fixed.flac
6:12.47 65731388 B — — —xx flac 0.6123 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 07. On Fire-fixed.flac
3:55.42 41552828 B — — —xx flac 0.6165 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 08. You’re No Good-fixed.flac
3:21.03 35463500 B — — —xx flac 0.6170 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 09. Jamie’s Cryin’-fixed.flac
3:38.20 38502284 B — — —xx flac 0.5949 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 10. More DLR talking-fixed.flac
5:14.13 55420220 B — — —xx flac 0.6080 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 11. Feel Your Love Tonight-fixed.flac
6:27.42 68365628 B — — —xx flac 0.5970 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 12. Outta Love Again-fixed.flac
7:09.71 75842636 B — — —xx flac 0.6066 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 13. Ice Cream Man-fixed.flac
10:05.37 106809068 B — — —xx flac 0.6175 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 14. Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love-fixed.flac
8:41.33 91982060 B — — —xx flac 0.6129 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 15. Eddie’s Guitar Solo-fixed.flac
9:10.51 97139996 B — — —xx flac 0.6042 Van Halen – Live in Edmonton Sept 18 1979 – 16. You Really Got Me-fixed.flac
91:23.20 967248944 B 0.6119 (16 files)

sweet … a new show to add! thanks

Thanks for the heads up, I’m on it!

Nice, thanks to everyone involved.

Thanks!!

For those that don’t do torrents, I’ve uploaded this to Dropbox.
PM me or post in this thread if you would like the link.

Awesome !!

Thanks again for doing the dropbox thing Jon. Very much appreciated!

Last call before I remove from Dropbox.