Van Halen
19 November 1982
Venue: Reunion Arena
Location: Dallas, 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

Track Listing:

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
13 Secrets
14 Drum Solo II
15 Everybody Wants Some!! (cut)
16 Dave Talks
17 Everybody Wants Some!! (Reprise)
18 Dance The Night Away
19 Somebody Get Me A Doctor / I'm So Glad
20 Dave Acoustic Solo
21 Ice Cream Man
22 Intruder
23 Pretty Woman
24 Guitar Solo

Notes:
Here is yet another uncirculated soundboard recording, capturing the Van Halen concert in Dallas during their Diver Down tour (Hide Your Sheep tour) in 1982. This is the second of two consecutive nights Van Halen played at the Reunion Arena in 1982. It's worth noting that an audience recording of this show does also exist in circulation.

A minor oddity of note, for some reason Dave doesn’t do his vocalizing during the beginning of Cathedral on this night. The jam section during Somebody Get Me A Doctor has a notable moment, a snippet of the unreleased song called Ripley, which was later reworked into Blood And Fire for Van Halen's final album in 2012.

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 the first part of Everybody Wants Some. The second side of the tape starts right at the beginning of Dave's interlude, not missing much. Following his decision from the couple shows prior, Roy again decided to not do his usual tape pause following Somebody Get Me A Doctor, so we once again get to hear Dave's acoustic bit and Ice Cream Man. The second side of the 90 minute master tape runs out a split second into Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, so does not capture that song, nor either encore with Bottoms Up, You Really Got Me or 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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