Van Halen 1982-11-05 Cincinnati, OH

Here is yet another uncirculated soundboard recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in Cincinnati during their Diver Down tour (Hide Your Sheep tour) in 1982. Not even an audience recording of this show has circulated previously.

As the jam section during Somebody Get Me A Doctor continues to slowly evolve over the tour, this night’s jam seems to stand out as a bit more unique than most others from the tour so far.

As usual, Roy paused the tape during the 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 during the first part of Everybody Wants Some, but the tape is flipped pretty quickly and doesn’t seem to miss much. Oddly, there does seem to be a couple very short pauses at random during Dave’s interlude, though it’s easy to go unnoticed. Then as usual, Roy pauses the tape after Somebody Get Me A Doctor, so does not capture Dave’s acoustic solo or Ice Cream Man. The recording starts again about 10 seconds prior to the start of Intruder. The tape is paused again during both encore breaks. The second side of the 90 minute master tape runs out during the first part of You Really Got Me, so does not capture Happy Trails nor the reprise of You Really Got Me.

Track Listing:

01 Intro [0:00]
02 Romeo Delight [0:55]
03 Unchained [4:26]
04 Drum Solo [8:21]
05 The Full Bug [11:23]
06 Runnin’ With The Devil [15:15]
07 Jamie’s Cryin’ [18:22]
08 Little Guitars [21:56]
09 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! [26:28]
10 Bass Solo [29:39]
11 Hang ‘Em High [34:34]
12 Cathedral [37:57]
13 Secrets [39:34]
14 Drum Solo II [42:58]
15 Everybody Wants Some!! (cut) [44:47]
16 Dave Talks [46:55]
17 Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise) [53:40]
18 Dance The Night Away [55:28]
19 Somebody Get Me A Doctor / I’m So Glad [58:38]
20 Intruder [1:05:41]
21 Pretty Woman [1:07:36]
22 Guitar Solo [1:10:49]
23 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love [1:22:17]
24 Bottoms Up! [1:28:10]
25 You Really Got Me (cut) [1:32:30]

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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