Van Halen 1982-09-11 Inglewood, CA

Here we have a totally unheard, uncirculated soundboard recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in Inglewood (Los Angeles area) during their Diver Down tour (Hide Your Sheep tour) in 1982. This is the third of three consecutive nights Van Halen played at The Forum in 1982. Not even an audience recording of this show has circulated previously. However, it is worth noting that an audience recording does circulate of the previous night at The Forum.

During Dave’s interlude of Everybody Wants Some, from what we can interpret from his commentary, it seems that a woman from the crowd was taken backstage by the crew. Whether she ran on stage, or this was one of Van Halen’s infamous shenanigans, it’s hard to know for sure.

As usual, Roy paused the tape during break where Dave would give an extended talk to the crowd prior to Jamie’s Cryin’. The first side of the 90 minute master tape runs out at the very end of the first part of Everybody Wants Some, while the second side starts partway into Dave’s storytime interlude. Roy pauses the tape after Somebody Get Me A Doctor, so does not capture Dave’s acoustic solo, Ice Cream Man, or Intruder. The recording starts again about 47 seconds into Pretty Woman. The tape is paused again during both encore breaks. The tape runs out during the first part You Really Got Me, so does not capture Happy Trails or the reprise of You Really Got Me.

Track Listing:

01 Intro [0:00]
02 Romeo Delight [0:48]
03 Unchained [4:17]
04 Drum Solo [8:07]
05 The Full Bug [11:02]
06 Runnin’ With The Devil [14:48]
07 Jamie’s Cryin’ [17:55]
08 Little Guitars [21:23]
09 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! [25:50]
10 Bass Solo [29:10]
11 Hang ‘Em High [33:31]
12 Cathedral [37:01]
13 Secrets [38:49]
14 Drum Solo II [42:16]
15 Everybody Wants Some!! [44:15]
16 Dave Talks (cut) [47:00]
17 Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) [52:47]
18 Dance The Night Away [54:33]
19 Somebody Get Me A Doctor / I’m So Glad [57:47]
20 Pretty Woman (cut) [1:04:09]
21 Guitar Solo [1:06:34]
22 D.O.A. [1:17:31]
23 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love [1:21:12]
24 Bottoms Up! [1:27:46]
25 You Really Got Me (cut) [1:32:17]

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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