Van Halen 1982-08-06 St. Louis, MO

Next show will be St. Louis:

Here we have a totally unheard, uncirculated soundboard recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in St. Louis during their Diver Down tour (Hide Your Sheep tour) in 1982. Not even an audience recording of this show has circulated previously.

It’s a bit of a rougher night for Dave, far from his worst, but at least until his voice warms up a few songs in, it’s a bit more apparent that his throat isn’t doing him any favors on this night.

At the very end of Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Dave abruptly ends the song to act out one of his rarer routines about people throwing things on the stage. The act seems to be prompted by a legitimate mess being made, but when it happens Dave always likes to play it up. In this case in St. Louis, he doesn’t throw in the “I know who it is, and after the show I’m gonna f your girlfriend” line, which later on in the tour is a standard part of this routine.

The first side of the 90 minute master tape ends right after Secrets, and luckily Roy flipped the tape quickly enough to not miss anything in between. The second side of the master tape ends near the end of D.O.A., so is sadly yet another incomplete recording of the song, and ultimately is missing Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love, Bottoms Up, You Really Got Me, and Happy Trails.

Track Listing:

01 Intro [0:00]
02 Romeo Delight [0:54]
03 Unchained [4:27]
04 Drum Solo [8:03]
05 The Full Bug [10:48]
06 Runnin’ With The Devil [14:22]
07 Dave Talks [17:35]
08 Jamie’s Cryin’ [21:09]
09 Little Guitars [24:38]
10 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! [29:15]
11 Bass Solo [33:39]
12 Hang ‘Em High [37:03]
13 Cathedral [40:28]
14 Secrets [42:05]
15 Drum Solo II [45:27]
16 Everybody Wants Some!! [46:44]
17 Dave Talks [49:38]
18 Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) [53:52]
19 Dance The Night Away [55:47]
20 Somebody Get Me A Doctor / I’m So Glad [58:58]
21 Dave Acoustic Solo [1:05:33]
22 Ice Cream Man [1:09:56]
23 Intruder [1:14:44]
24 Pretty Woman [1:16:40]
25 Guitar Solo [1:19:42]
26 D.O.A. (cut) [1:30:13]

Lineage: Maxell UDXL-I C-90 cassette / Nakamichi DR-1 (azimuth adjustment) / Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD / Audacity (24 bit – 96 khz) / FLAC 6

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