Best 1984 tour video?

[silverfish]

Is there a nice quality video from the 1984 tour that is generally accepted to
be one of the better shows? I'd like to get a video from that tour (even if it's
not the Buffalo show I attended.) The Montreal Forum seems to get high
marks but it doesn't seem to be readily available.

[indeedido]

The only one I've ever seen is the Montreal show. There must be more out there, but I've not seen them. I'd be interested to get my hands on one of the '84 shows too

[VAiN]

There are only a handful of 84 shows out there, most aren't complete. Montreal is the one to get..

[Diamondjimi]

I remember seeing a copy of the Toronto show back in the day. I've yet to see a copy of it out there. I recall it was of the same quality as the Montreal show...

[VanHalenFan5150]

I've got Montreal. Las Vegas has been circulated out there, and I think Uniondale, New York... Heard about Toronto before but never seen it. If I was allowed to send things via snail mail, I would, but currently I can only upload without getting in trouble with the parents... Even then, that's still 9 gigs of space, that'd take forever. Any audio bootlegs however, i'd gladly upload!

EDIT: Looked up Las Vegas, it's not a complete show. I didn't think it was.

[silverfish]

Thanks for the replies. If anyone knows where to find the '84 Montreal show,
lemme know. I've been trying torrents searches but have come up empty so far.
Guess I'll have to be content with YouTube clips.

[VanHalenFan5150]

I found it on a trade site, had numerous Rapidshare links, and I downloaded the show... this was probably in May... The site went AWOL as far as I know

[Cato]

the castle donnington '84 DVD I made sucks as hell!

[VAiN]

the castle donnington '84 DVD I made sucks as hell!

Yeah, Donnington is for serious collectors only... it's NOT a great video...

[Diamondjimi]

Cato, ya got the whole show?

[Little Texan]

Thanks for the replies. If anyone knows where to find the '84 Montreal show,
lemme know. I've been trying torrents searches but have come up empty so far.
Guess I'll have to be content with YouTube clips.

I have Montreal, but it is on VHS. Same with the US Festival.

[Cato]

Cato, ya got the whole show?

I don't know if it's the whole show. probably not. the footage is 63 minutes long....

[Diamondjimi]

Not pro shot ,eh?

[Cato]

very poor audience shot. but it's hard to get.

[VanHalenFan5150]

the castle donnington '84 DVD I made sucks as hell!

Still, it'd be a nice addition to my collection... Would you ever u/l it?

[Va Beach VH Fan]

and I think Uniondale, New York...

Otherwise known as Nassau Coliseum, Long Island....

[VanHalenFan5150]

Precisely. The world's biggest parking lot...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Oh, it's still there and regularly used... Van Halen has played there more than most any other arena.... The Islanders have been trying to get a new arena built for years now....

[VanHalenFan5150]

No, I meant that Long Island is undoubtedly the world's biggest parking lot. Just try driving on the L-I-E

[ace diamond]

1984 videos in my stash:
montreal(complete)
castle donninton(complete)
las vegas(incomplete)
all are audience, montreal is really killer audience video, las vegas is kinda muddy sound, and donnington has ok sound, but the video is crap.

[sadaist]

1984 videos in my stash:
montreal(complete)
castle donninton(complete)
las vegas(incomplete)
all are audience, montreal is really killer audience video, las vegas is kinda muddy sound, and donnington has ok sound, but the video is crap.

It's a fucking crime. There has to be a pro-shot, high quality film of this tour just gathering dust in Eddies damn vault. It's not fucking fair!


Michael has said he has a lot of stuff, but would be sued to high heaven if he ever let it out. The brothers would know instantly where it came from.

[ace diamond]

It's a fucking crime. There has to be a pro-shot, high quality film of this tour just gathering dust in Eddies damn vault. It's not fucking fair!


Michael has said he has a lot of stuff, but would be sued to high heaven if he ever let it out. The brothers would know instantly where it came from.

van halen former manager back then, i forget his name but he is dead now, neil something or other, as well as a van halen anthology
book, the 1984 largo concerts, both nights, were pro-shot but the in-house video system.....as most concerts in the capital centre were.
however, at present, the only pro-shot 1984 footage to ever surface, is "hot for teacher" from donnington from bbc's "the old grey whistle test", and mtv's "lost weekend" segment with contest winner.

the largo 1980 and 1984 footage is confirmed to exist, alongside oakland 1981, but other than the 1981 clips on mtv,
none of any of this stuff has ever turned up.

all i know is, somebody somewhere has this stuff and they're sitting on it.

[78/84 guy]

The rumor is Pete Angelus has pro shot show's from every tour. The Montreal show is pretty good. The camera only move's around a little on one song in the beggining of the show I think.

[rocking ron]

Montreal '84 is the best one from that era, I've also Las Vegas '84 but that one is incomplete. I know they've taped
Donington '84 completely but the quality is very very bad.l

[DFVH5150]

I don't know about an '84 Toronto show unless it just sprung up in the bootleg market very recently--you sure about that? And the Uniondale is '82, not '84.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Pete Angelus... Man, if I was to mistakenly shoot him in the head and accidentally pilfer his video collection...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I have Montreal, but it is on VHS. Same with the US Festival.

I have Montreal on fucking Beta.....

[Va Beach VH Fan]

the 1984 largo concerts, both nights, were pro-shot but the in-house video system.....as most concerts in the capital centre were.

Those were '82, not '84....

[Jagermeister]

They all suck IMO. No good footage from 84 in circulation.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

They all suck IMO. No good footage from 84 in circulation.

Montreal is not too bad, better than nothing.... The audio is OK for an audience recording....

[Jagermeister]

Montreal is not too bad, better than nothing.... The audio is OK for an audience recording....

If i'm not mistaken that is the one shot slightly stage left where Dave looks like he is 2" tall. I 'm sure I have it but never could get all the way through it. Too many other good boot's. I might have to pull it out and try to watch it again.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

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[Jagermeister]

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Yeah that's the one I remeber. I guess the audio isn't bad. Not as good as the pro shot's like Largo or Old No.7

[VanHalenFan5150]

Unless Ed gets off the shitter and opens up the vaults, nothing will be as good as those two boots... Hands down

[ppg960]

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This was right around the Winnipeg show. The quality is not bad really.
I've never seen the whole thing, just pieces of it.
This is better than the US Festival in 83 IMHO. Dave was hammered at that show before it started.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

This was right around the Winnipeg show. The quality is not bad really.
I've never seen the whole thing, just pieces of it.
This is better than the US Festival in 83 IMHO. Dave was hammered at that show before it started.

Maybe the show itself, but the US Festival was a pro-shot....

[Terry]

Is there a nice quality video from the 1984 tour that is generally accepted to
be one of the better shows? I'd like to get a video from that tour (even if it's
not the Buffalo show I attended.) The Montreal Forum seems to get high
marks but it doesn't seem to be readily available.

It's out there on various trade sites. Montreal looks like it was shot from the inside of a skybox, but considering what little of 1984 live video there is out there, it's probably the cream of the current crop.

[silverfish]

It's out there on various trade sites. Montreal looks like it was shot from the inside of a skybox, but considering what little of 1984 live video there is out there, it's probably the cream of the current crop.

That's the problem - the little VH material I have to trade is probably already in
most collections. That's why I was hoping to find a torrent or something.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Well what do you have?

[silverfish]

Well what do you have?

The usual suspects (all VHS):

Live clip compilation 1978 - 81
(Fresno 1978 + 79, Japan TV, 1st LP promos, Pasadena Civic 1979 & Oakland Jun 1981)
Baltimore Oct. 1982
US Fest 1983
Argentina 1983
San Paulo, Brazil 1983
Toronto PPV Dec. 1995
DLR - Glens Falls, March 1988
DLR - Karsloga, Sweden , March 1991
(and for Billy Sheehan fans - 4 Talas shows from 1982 - 84)