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Argentina, brazil 83' ... I have 2 others but forgot their names. So tell me which ones sound the best to you ...
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Pasadena Civic Center Oct 77 is pretty damn good as far as pre-VH I boots go... There are a lot of 78 shows that sound great as well... Of course the US Fest is soundboard... there's also a soundboard '80 show from England... You have to be a little more specific as to what tour you're looking for... VHBOOTS.COM is a good resource...Originally posted by wiseguy -
Greensboro, NC, 1981. Audience recording, so not strictly as clean as some of the board boots, but still pretty clear in places - the version of Ice Cream Man on it, for instance, is the the BEST version I've heard (incl. the studio version). Dave's rap - 'this here is the sounds of summertime!' - is brilliant, and the audience are really diggin it and ramping up the atmosphere, and the band just slays it - especially Eddie once the band kicks in. Awesome stuff. The sheer adrenalin in that one song from this boot makes it worth mentioning.
Madison Sq Gardens, '84 - Another audience recording. I have a vinyl boot of it titled 'Where's the Beef Dave?'. Again, like the last one, it's a patchy deal in terms of sound quality, but the version of Cathedral - extended compared to the studio version, with Dave doing echo-y vocals sounds at the start, and Ed really on fire - is totally awesome. I think of it as the Bionic Man version of the tune. The sound is pretty clear 'cos it's pretty much just the guitar.
It's a real pity that the folks up at Howdy Doody couldn't pull a lot of this stuff together, and do - like The Doors have done, a series of 'official' boots.
The Pasadena Civic 77 show is cool. Anybody out there in the UK know who Julian Cope is?? He was the singer in a band called Teardrop Explodes, and made lots of solo albums. I like him, and he likes VH - especially the first 4 albums. He wrote this long review of the 77 Pasadena boot:
He gets some of his facts wrong, clearly, but the man is a fan of the sounds therein presented, so I forgive him that ...THINK LIKE THE WAVESComment
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Full Moon, Fair Warning - INFO is also a great 81 show... it even includes a cover of 'Lucielle'... sound is decent as well... all things considered. I agree with MSG 84 - also fucking great!
Fresno 3.25.79 is pretty fucking awesome as well - it's the first show of the second tour... worth checking out: INFOOriginally posted by wiseguyComment
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aug 95 the toronto show. epic. eddie shreds amsterdam like no other.Comment
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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sound quality is shit but it adds to the charmComment
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Sweden '84 and a lot of ('77) '78 & '79 stuff is ok
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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It's really a crime that there are so few Van HALEN boots with decent sound. Hell, I've heard Beatles boots from the late 50's that have clearer quality than some of the early VH stuff. Wouldn't think that would be the case given a rapid evolution in recording technology in the 15 or so years in between, but sadly, the good quality recording didn't seem to hit Van Halen land until that last Pasadena gig in 1977
Of course there a couple professionally recorded gigs in the vault somewhere - Oakland 81, and which ever 79 gig this video came from, but who knows when those will ever see the light of day.......
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That's right but I have hundreds of VH (cd) boots and really don't know the 3 best ones there are in my collection, it's a shame
but I don't listen much ( almost never 
) to this stuff anymore.
But what I've remembered is the best ouality boots are strange enough from the end seventies era !!!Comment
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There's no shame... I'm in the same boat. I have sooooo many shows.. I've stopped collecting, after a while you just can't keep up on it. The last few years I've been more excited about the boom in bootleg DVDs.. the technology is fan-fucking-tastic now-a-days!! Besides, sooner or later we'll get that CVH Box Set™ and we'll all gladly toss out our inferior bootlegs.That's right but I have hundreds of VH (cd) boots and really don't know the 3 best ones there are in my collection, it's a shame but I don't listen much ( almost never ) to this stuff anymore.
But what I've remembered is the best ouality boots are strange enough from the end seventies era !!!
Originally posted by wiseguyComment
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I have exactly the same idea about this, I'm completely into that DVD stuff (need 5 more shows to complete my DLR dvd-collection) and have lost my interest in cd-boots!!
I've always wondered why Dave never put out a live-video/dvd, he likes filming and to be filmed a lot and I'm pretty sure there's enough live-material from the '86 & '88 (world) tours to make an official (double) live-dvd.
Same thing for Van Halen ( Dave era ), what about Donington '84 and ofcourse some earlier stuff and their last tour in '07/'08, takes much to long and don't think they will come up with a CVH Box Set soon!!
Maybe only when something terrible happens with one of the members but I don't wanna think about that
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