Clear Sounding VH Boots

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I've never heard of it, that could contribute to it...

EDIT: Oh wait, yes I have, it's the two San Diego shows from 1984. I have both. They're quite good

I was at the May 20th show, it's my avatar...

[ace diamond]

I don't give a shit about any others, just give me Oakland '81, and I'll die with a smile on my face....

i've already posted a verified 2nd gen audience boot of the 2nd night.
i got it from lou over at ddlr.
as for the best 1984 boot, quebec city.
they played "summertime blues" and "ice cream man" only on that show.
also, san francisco 1982 is a killer boot.
they play "d.o.a." and it is from a radio broadcast.
providence, RI 1981 is an awesome fucking show.
tour opener.
they play a cover of little richard's "lucille".
milwaukee 1980 is a great show.
dave mentions about a "tour movie" they are making.

fresno 1979 is the opening show of the "vh2 world vacation tour" and it fucking kicks major ass!
fresno 1978 and hammersmith odeon 1978 are lethally killer boots!

[VanHalenFan5150]

That being said, 81 tour bootlegs are still hit or miss

[chefcraig]

That being said, 81 tour bootlegs are still hit or miss

You could say the same for almost all audience recordings, right up until the early nineties. Outside of soundboard tapes, some guy standing in the audience surrounded by screaming fans, using a tape recorder most likely bought at K Mart or a drug store had some fairly weak chances of capturing a show with any fidelity.

[vanhalen1r2]

That being said, 81 tour bootlegs are still hit or miss

The London 1980 boot is good.

[chefcraig]

The London 1980 boot is good.

Yes, but be very careful which of the 3 or so versions you get, man. My copy (London Invasion) is apparently copied from vinyl, and the source tapes for it were way too slow, so it wound up playing faster than normal when it was transferred. And for some reason, "YRGM" is missing from it.

[vanhalen1r2]

Yes, but be very careful which of the 3 or so versions you get, man. My copy (London Invasion) is apparently copied from vinyl, and the source tapes for it were way too slow, so it wound up playing faster than normal when it was transferred. And for some reason, "YRGM" is missing from it.

That sucks, I will be wary of that.

[VanHalenFan5150]

I remember there were a few copies floating around... They all scared me

[Little Texan]

California Calling is another clear sounding boot, but of course it is from the video of the US Festival, and not one of Van Halen's better performances since they were all shitfaced drunk!

[VanHalenFan5150]

California Calling is another clear sounding boot, but of course it is from the video of the US Festival, and not one of Van Halen's better performances since they were all shitfaced drunk!

I thought they performed pretty good. Definitely shitfaced but they put on a great show... Except for Dave. His timeless words in Romeo Delight fail to leave my mind: "I FORGOT THE FUCKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN' WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORDS!"

[chefcraig]

I thought they performed pretty good. Definitely shitfaced but they put on a great show... Except for Dave. His timeless words in Romeo Delight fail to leave my mind: "I FORGOT THE FUCKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN' WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORDS!"

Apparently, they stuck in Dave's head as well, as he repeated that line in the exact same place in the song for years! As for the performance, I'd always seen it complete with the video footage, and with the audio the two combined forgive a great deal. It wasn't until I listened to a boot of the audio only did I realize just what a sloppy, messed up and all over the place performance it really was.