On Fire In Fresno (77+ Live Finale) Boot - Opening Night II Tour

Ok, I've seen a lot of people asking for 1979 Dave stuff, and I consider this to be one of the best boots from that era. If this has already been posted, let me know, and I'll take these few down and post a different boot this week. Anyway, onward...

This is a soundboard recording of the Opening Night of the Van Halen II tour in Fresno, CA on March 25, 1979. Quality is among the best I've heard from the II tour, & the performance was Stellar! Although, if the sound is lacking anywhere, it's definately on the low end.. Still a fantastic sounding disc.

I don't have room to put up the whole boot until I take down the rest of Old No. 7, but I'll post a few tracks to give you guys a taste. Let me know what you think, and if you want the rest, I'll post it later this week, then this weekend, I'll make a "Catch Up" thread with all the random tracks people PMed me about missing. So if you requested any reposts from me, watch for them next weekend [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

Until then, enjoy a few tracks from 77+ Live Finale! Read about it at VHBoots ... Here's the tracklist:

David Lee Roth w/Rodney Binghimhiemer KROQ 12/14/76 introducing a new demo tape "Running with the Devil" :47
House of Pain-demo 3:43
Running w/ The Devil-Demo 3:28
Light Up The Sky 3:39
Somebody Get Me A Doctor 3:42
Runnin With The Devil 3:06
Beautiful Girls 3:22
On Fire 4:46
Feel Your Love Tonite 6:54
Outta Love 3:51
Ice Cream Man 5:48
Aint Talkin Bout Love 6:26
Dead Or Alive 8:09
You Really Got Me 9:15
Bottoms Up 5:17

The first track is a radio interview of Dave promoting RWTD from 1976, and the two following tracks are demos for HOP and RWTD... I'll skip those three tracks for right now...

Here's track 04 - Light Up The Sky

05 - Somebody Get Me A Doctor

06 - Runnin' With The Devil

07 - Beautiful Girls

08 - On Fire

There's 5 tracks to wet your mouth! [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

Everyone, let me know what you think. If you want the rest, I'll get it up this week!

huh huh... I said, "Get it up"... huh huh.

Enjoy! [img]images/smilies/icon_cool.gif[/img]

DOH! [img]images/smilies/icon_doh.gif[/img] Just realized that this a repeat stuff from the Live & Loud boot I posted a little while back...

Forgot that stuff was up here... oh well, I'll leave these for a few in case anyone still needs them... plus, you may find the quality is a little higher on these tracks than they were on the other boot.

Sorry guys... [img]images/smilies/icon_redface.gif[/img] I'll go see what else I can dig up to post this week. I think most everyone is done with the Old No. 7 except for the last two tracks that I had to split to post. [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

[Rocker35]

Hey evh51501008, this is great stuff and seeing as I ain't got live and loud, would love the rest of this one!!!! [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

Deal. I'll leave these 5 up for a few days, then I'll take them down and put up some more. 3 rounds should do it. Just keep your eye on this thread... I'm not gonna post the whole show at one time, as most probably already have this show and I can use the space for other stuff.

[vh resurrected]

Sweet! I've been trying to find this one. The audio quality is pretty good from this show considering the date. Thanks!

[eddyrox]

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evh51501008 said:
DOH! [img]images/smilies/icon_doh.gif[/img] Just realized that this a repeat stuff from the Live & Loud boot I posted a little while back...

Forgot that stuff was up here... oh well, I'll leave these for a few in case anyone still needs them... plus, you may find the quality is a little higher on these tracks than they were on the other boot.

Sorry guys... [img]images/smilies/icon_redface.gif[/img] I'll go see what else I can dig up to post this week. I think most everyone is done with the Old No. 7 except for the last two tracks that I had to split to post. [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

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EVH, thank YOU!!! Actually, Live and Loud is something that I've been jonezin for. Is there anyway that you might be able to repost? [img]images/smilies/drunk.gif[/img] apologies in advance from a newbie!!

No apologies necessary, it's no problem. This show was taken from the same show as the Live & Loud boot. The only difference is that two songs (dance the night away and another one) are not on THIS boot... instead, it has the two demos and the Dave interview at the beginning. I'll post this entire boot for everyone, then I'll add the two extra tracks from Live and Loud... that way you'll get the entire On Fire In Fresno (77+ Live Finale) boot, but you'll have the entire show from this night as well. [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

I had this stuff up before, but it's been a little while... I see others are downloading, so either there are some more new people or some missed it the first time. Either way, it's worth a repost [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

Welcome, BTW [img]images/smilies/smile.gif[/img] Lots of cool stuff here. Be sure to also check out the backing tracks and the jam room... plenty to entertain you, especially if you're a musician!

Well, I actually posted this boot by mistake...thought it was a different show.

I was going to take it down because I figured nobody would need it... boy was I wrong. Looking at the comments and download numbers, it looks like quite a few of you want this one, so I'm gonna go ahead and post the rest.

Here are the tracks, in order, minus tracks 4-8... I just took those ones down. If anyone missed any of the first 5, let me know, and I'll repost after this round [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

Here's track 01 - KROQ interview promo

02 - House Of Pain Demo

03 - Runnin' With The Devil Demo