Here is an uncirculated radio broadcast recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in Buenos Aires during the South American leg of their Diver Down tour in 1983 (No Problem tour). This is the first of two consecutive nights Van Halen played at the Estadio Obras Sanitarias (Obras Stadium).

While the proshot video source of this same concert is pretty well known, it unfortunately has a fair bit of missing and incomplete songs. This uncirculated radio broadcast captures a different mix, probably as close to a raw soundboard as we may ever get, considering this date was NOT one of Roy’s recordings. It’s pretty surprising that a recording of this broadcast has never circulated online before now.

Special thanks to the two Argentinian fans who separately sent me their unique recordings, both of which were of the same radio broadcast, though both had various different cuts throughout. Those cuts were how they were recorded, but the FULL show was indeed broadcast. Since these recordings were both the same broadcast, I decided to do something special and use each source to patch together a full show.

Please note, this is not a flawless recording, so don’t expect it to sound like all the other Van Halen tapes that have been shared. There are flaws inherent to the way each were recorded, and both have the same annoying fluttering issues with the right channel during a few songs in the middle of the show. The fluttering is simply caused by a bad broadcast signal. I considered copying over the left channel to compensate, but opted not to since this is a stereo recording, with Mike’s bass and Ed’s backing vocals panned to the hard right.

It’s never going to be completely perfect, and with all the frustration trying to complete this in an extreme time crunch for the anniversary, I hope fans find enjoyment out of this. Special thanks to all the VH fans from Argentina who have been eagerly awaiting uploads of the two Buenos Aires shows, this one is for you.

A unique thing to note about this particular night, the band played Somebody Get Me A Doctor prior to Dance The Night Away, which are otherwise always played in the reverse order. Then unlike in Montevideo where Summertime Blues transitioned from the end of Somebody Get Me A Doctor, here in Buenos Aires they play Summertime Blues after So This Is Love. Both Argentina shows also see the return of Growth, but as an intro to Bottoms Up rather than for You Really Got Me in 1982.

While Argentina is mostly free from the date revision chaos that plagued 1983, there was originally a third night set for February 13, and I’m told tickets were sold, but was ultimately cancelled. There was also a planned show in Rosario on February 8 and/or 9, but near assuredly cancelled as there’s no evidence it ended up occurring. While on the subject, to amend the notes from Porto Alegre regarding the documentation discrepancies: I want to thank those who lived through it and shared their first hand memories, confidently stating that there was no concert in Belo Horizonte, and that there was only one show in Porto Alegre.

Track Listing:

01 Intro [0:00]
02 Romeo Delight [0:06]
03 Unchained [3:46]
04 Drum Solo [7:45]
05 The Full Bug [10:49]
06 Runnin’ With The Devil [14:33]
07 Dave Talks [17:39]
08 Jamie’s Cryin’ [18:49]
09 Little Guitars [22:22]
10 Bass Solo [27:21]
11 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! [31:57]
12 Dancing In The Street [34:56]
13 Little Dreamer [37:48]
14 So This Is Love? [41:18]
15 Summertime Blues [45:49]
16 God Bless The Child [51:15]
17 Cathedral [52:12]
18 Secrets [54:18]
19 Drum Solo II [57:36]
20 Everybody Wants Some!! [1:00:39]
21 Somebody Get Me A Doctor / I’m So Glad [1:06:23]
22 Dance The Night Away [1:17:27]
23 Argentina Jam [1:22:10]
24 Ice Cream Man [1:28:24]
25 Heartbreak Hotel [1:31:10]
26 Intruder [1:34:04]
27 Pretty Woman [1:37:02]
28 Guitar Solo [1:40:10]
29 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love [1:52:12]
30 Bottoms Up! [1:59:03]
31 You Really Got Me [2:03:05]
32 Happy Trails [2:05:40]
33 You Really Got Me (Reprise) [2:08:03]

Will this be shared outside Youtube?

He said he can’t share it on the usual torrent sites, because he uses MP3 sources.

Dave: He said he can’t share it on the usual torrent sites, because he uses MP3 sources.

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Right, but it could hopefully be shared elsewhere so that we don’t have to endure the additional generational losses that YouTube introduces.

Oh my God, are you really Lou and I haven’t known the whole time? lol!! Seriously, I hear you and if you can get this stuff in the best quality possible, then you should. But we’re just lucky that after all these years, this was released at all. It’s a gift. Sometimes, you get what you get and you don’t get upset.

Dave: you get what you get and you don’t get upset.

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I’m not upset, just looking for an alternate option. I thought there had been mention of availability on VOA, but I don’t see it there (yet).

Ron, I believe it will be shared in a few days on VOA.

ron: Will this be shared outside Youtube?

I was thinking the same thing

jorge: Ron, I believe it will be shared in a few days on VOA.

what is voa?

frankm: what is voa?

Check your PM

Interesting. I too would like info on VOA.

Thanks!

I was looking at VOA recently & saw a 2/11/83 show that was shared a few years ago.
(This seems to have disappeared from the site when I checked today)

Would this be a different source & an upgrade ?

You mean this one here? It’s still up:

Appears to have been transferred from the video many years ago, hence a lossy history. I transferred my old cassette, did some work in Audacity to remove gaps, try to ease some track transitions, remove a very bad tape hiss. Some songs are cut. Some are missing all together.

Van Halen
Obras Stadium
Buenos Aires, Argentina
February 11, 1983

Band:
Michael Anthony
David Lee Roth
Alex Van Halen
Edward Van Halen

Transferred by ga5150 on 03/11/21.

SB>Unknown Device>Unknown gen Maxell XLIIS audio cassette>Dell Inspiron 3593>Audacity2.42 (Click removal/remove gaps/remove hiss)>WAV>CD Wave Editor (track splits)>FLAC Level 8

Time:
Disc 1: 37:12
Disc 2: 43:04
Total Time: 80:16

Disc 1:
1. Romeo Delight (3:43)
2. Unchained (3:58)
3. Drum Solo (2:10)
4. The Full Bug (3:42)
5. Runnin’ With the Devil (5:01)
6. Jamie’s Cryin’ (3:29)
7. Little Guitars (4:39)
8. Bass Solo (4:41)
9. Where Have All the Good Times Gone! (3:02)
10. Dancing In The Street (2:47)

Disc 2:
1. Little Dreamer (3:23)
2. So This Is Love (4:35)
3. Summertime Blues (3:03)
4. Cathedral (2:02)
5. Secrets (3:22)
6. Drum Intro>Ode To Argentina (7:22)
7. Ice Cream Man (2:36)
8. Intruder>Pretty Woman (3:21)
9. Guitar Solo (7:29)
10. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love (2:54)
11. You Really Got Me (2:57)

Notes
- Received in trade on cassette 20+ years ago. Appears to be a transfer from the video.
- Had bad tape hiss, which I tried to remove using Audacity.
- Lots of songs cut. Some songs missing. Lots of bad transitions from song to song.

Disc 1
Disc 1 Track 01.flac:479ee44aba4b783fa5ac0a028bd0f5d1
Disc 1 Track 02.flac:c1ed5feb6f6aa57a3f62f30e4ed36454
Disc 1 Track 03.flac:cb025bde2079cd8448591e06707b05c6
Disc 1 Track 04.flac:c4d7b814d62ae0644e6a30526b33943d
Disc 1 Track 05.flac:5c883c10beda88444ce4401e614de169
Disc 1 Track 06.flac:a37a2b86316efe35b6992bc86a03022d
Disc 1 Track 07.flac:629141c374cfbcfedfd1683d4c2a2225
Disc 1 Track 08.flac:c70022ec4f5263ab125ddf9db973cbdd
Disc 1 Track 09.flac:cf913abddd8ac34cb427ad4afcb58c1d
Disc 1 Track 10.flac:50a16e7bf17d046989e9a50a40c2fce3

No errors occurred.

Disc 2
Disc 2 Track 01.flac:4c1e33ecd7cf974b31a0a1115d9a4c89
Disc 2 Track 02.flac:26e9e335bc545a418a6d77a7d5b18138
Disc 2 Track 03.flac:f6bb69f40ada858e33d27e588eebefea
Disc 2 Track 04.flac:4b7f3b131bfbd310eeecff2ebc546802
Disc 2 Track 05.flac:fc4bc557b92f201a76d5dd014714948e
Disc 2 Track 06.flac:643ad9b7f3fdb63848d4d6ef5418fe11
Disc 2 Track 07.flac:80ac6fe1425476f691205badb2d13003
Disc 2 Track 08.flac:f1f4d80657c19c4d3154cc9eeca406e0
Disc 2 Track 09.flac:113bffc00c34612ba38875896154e6a1
Disc 2 Track 10.flac:743655f1a24223f6c98681e1c88e7320
Disc 2 Track 11.flac:9e9c4c228ea4f4d7b2fbe11ba4e42f8f

I thought it was different than that one but I could be easily mistaken.

My bad – I didn’t click on Page 2.

Judging by the songs & length times, this would be a different source.

We’ll see if it will be shared at VOA.

Hey Frank !