Скачать или смотреть VAN HALEN (1976.06.29) Hollywood, CA @The Starwood [soundboard audio]

Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Babe, Don't Leave Me Alone
Show Your Love
D.O.A.
Runnin' With The Devil
Let Me Swim In Your Ocean
She's The Woman
Ice Cream Man
Believe Me
Honolulu Baby
In A Simple Rhyme
Guitar Solo
House Of Pain
Eyes Of The Night
Fools / Story of Joe



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Quality: A


Notes:

Low generation, maybe a 1st gen. The highs are all there. I don't know what was done in the transfer process but there looks to have been some equalization or noise reduction done. Nevertheless this is as clean and crisp as it gets for this show. This is much better than the "Just Before The Eruption" title. From what I understand, the true show had "Let's Get Rockin'" as the opener, and not "On Fire" as per JBTE, which apparently was spliced in from somewhere else. There's nothing here that's not from June 29, 1976. All cuts are how they were on the analog source.

Speaking of which, the correct date is June 29, 1976 and not "June 1, 1976." Van Halen had a three night run at The Starwood in late June of '76--June 28, 29 and 30. June 30 was just released a few days ago; this is the night before, June 29.

This came to me with 1/75 second gaps between each tracks and a handful of clicks. I spent a few hours giving this a hard listen and removing every single digital error. There should be no sector boundary errors, clicks or anything else that wasn't on the analog tape.

As to the show itself, this is a great, relatively speaking long club days show featuring early renditions of the songs we love, a complete "Let Me Swim In Your Ocean" with the big drum solo in the middle, a guitar solo with parts that Eddie didn't do after 1976, and a preview of the "Story of Joe" which would be told at most of the 1979 shows. The great thing about these shows is that Dave prattles away between the songs and explains the idea behind a lot of them. For example, "Babe, Don't Leave Me Alone" and "Eyes of the Night." Must have.

Credits:

Thanks to JS for this.