Van Halen 1982-11-03 Atlanta, GA

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

Continuing with the minor improvisation he introduced the night prior, Dave again delivers much more vocalizing during the beginning of Cathedral, making it one of the most unique versions yet.

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 near the end of the first part Everybody Wants Some, but this time the tape is unusually not flipped quickly, missing nearly all of Dave’s storytime interlude. Then as usual, Roy pauses the tape after Somebody Get Me A Doctor, but this time he oddly does not start recording again around Intruder. So ultimately this tape sadly does not capture Dave’s acoustic solo, Ice Cream Man, Intruder, Pretty Woman, nor the first several minutes of Eddie’s guitar solo.

The tape is paused again during both encore breaks. Unfortunately, since Roy seemed to be having quite an off night with his pause timings, as he didn’t start the recording again in time for the second encore, missing the entire first part of You Really Got Me. The recording starts again right before Happy Trails, and runs through the end of the concert. This tape is another one of the few that captures the outro music that would play over the speakers after the band walked off stage, that being Kid Creole’s “Imitation”, followed by Van Halen’s own “Big Bad Bill”.

Track Listing:

01 Intro [0:00]
02 Romeo Delight [0:51]
03 Unchained [4:24]
04 Drum Solo [8:30]
05 The Full Bug [11:27]
06 Runnin’ With The Devil [15:13]
07 Jamie’s Cryin’ [18:39]
08 Little Guitars [22:08]
09 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! [26:40]
10 Bass Solo [29:56]
11 Hang ‘Em High [35:05]
12 Cathedral [38:22]
13 Secrets [40:01]
14 Drum Solo II [43:24]
15 Everybody Wants Some!! (cut) [45:10]
16 Dance The Night Away [50:00]
17 Somebody Get Me A Doctor / I’m So Glad [53:09]
18 Guitar Solo (cut) [59:46]
19 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love [1:05:57]
20 Happy Trails [1:13:14]
21 You Really Got Me (Reprise) [1:14:27]
22 Outro Music [1:17:02]

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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