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Van Halen - 1982-09-24 - The Summit, Houston, TX (24-bit) (FLAC)

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CREDIT to ByTorX1

Van Halen
24 September 1982
Venue: The Summit
Location: Houston, Texas
Source: Soundboard (Master)

Lineage: Maxell UDXL-I C-90 cassette > Nakamichi DR-1 (azimuth adjustment) > Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD > Audacity (24-96) > FLAC 6

01 Intro
02 Romeo Delight
03 Unchained
04 Drum Solo
05 The Full Bug
06 Runnin' With The Devil
07 Jamie's Cryin'
08 Little Guitars
09 Where Have All The Good Times Gone!
10 Bass Solo
11 Hang 'Em High
12 Cathedral (cut)
13 Secrets
14 Drum Solo II
15 Everybody Wants Some!!
16 Dave Talks (cut)
17 Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise)
18 Dance The Night Away
19 Somebody Get Me A Doctor / I'm So Glad
20 Pretty Woman
21 Guitar Solo
22 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
23 Bottoms Up!
24 You Really Got Me
25 Happy Trails (cut)
26 You Really Got Me (Reprise)

Notes:
Here we have a totally unheard, uncirculated soundboard recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in Houston during their Diver Down tour (Hide Your Sheep tour) in 1982. This is the second of two consecutive nights Van Halen played at The Summit in 1982. Not even an audience recording of these Houston shows have circulated previously.

During Romeo Delight, Dave says "I still ain't learned the f'in words!", most likely in reference to the fact it's the second night in Houston, but it's way more amusing from our present perspective considering he "forgot the words" nearly every night of this tour.

During Dave's storytime interlude of Everybody Wants Some, while the large majority of it wasn't recorded, we do at least get to hear him bring out one of his rarer routines that is allegedly prompted when things get thrown on stage. This time he claims "some motherf'er just threw a lighter at me", and ends with his usual delivery of "I'm gonna f your girlfriend pal". Later during the pause of Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, Dave makes a remark about "all the f'in underwear on stage".

The cuts on this tape are a bit unusual, considering the first 8 minutes of Side A had featured remnants from Oklahoma City, which were uploaded separately the other day. It seems the unusual cuts on Side B were done simply to try compensating for Side A having ran out of space sooner than it usually would've.

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 during Cathedral, however the tape is flipped quickly and starts again before the song ends. While Roy's tapes are usually flipped sometime during/between Everybody Wants Some, he chose to still pause it here and miss the majority of Dave's storytime interlude. Then as usual, Roy pauses the tape after Somebody Get Me A Doctor, so does not capture Dave's acoustic solo, Ice Cream Man, nor Intruder. The recording starts again right at the start of Pretty Woman. The tape is paused again during both encore breaks. The last cut is very unusual, Roy pauses after the first part of You Really Got Me, so sadly misses the majority of Happy Trails.

Huge thanks to those who significantly helped with the absurd pricetag that was required to liberate this VH collection, most of which would've been impossible to save otherwise.

Enjoy the music and be grateful we are able hear these special recordings. If you have uncirculated tapes, please consider sharing them before they end up forever lost to time.


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