LDB Special Series #376 (#698 of the entire series)
Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.
DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.
Finally, some notes about your truly ldb: I have been a fan of live music since I was 9 years old (that is where
I attended my very first show, a PFM/De André gig at Milano's Palalido) and my first taped show was at 11 using
a crappy portable cassette player with embedded microphone. I become more serious about taping in 1983 when I
started to record every show. In 1991 I acquired my first Sony Professional and in 2000 I moved to MiniDisc to
finally settle on R-09 in early 2008.
I have seen nearly 500 shows in my career. Most of them were taped but for others bad luck struck and I could not
record it: on top of my mind there's a Paul McCartney show in 1993 in Milano where I was caught by the security or
Porcupine Tree in Roma in March 1999 when the DAT machine would seem to work but listening back to the tape there
would just be a long bunch of silence. Or during a Y.Malmsteen show where I got so annoyed that I left halfway
through the show and erased the tape and finally on a PFM show in Milano in 2007 where I had to leave before the
encore because the baby-sitter had to leave early that evening. Some other times I was very close not to tape or
had to do it in extremely difficult situations: for the four Peter Gabriel shows at Earls Court in 1987 security
was checking tapers with metal detector; at the David Gilmour comeback show in London in 2001 at RFH I had the
security guy sitting next to me but I managed to tape the show without checking one single time my MiniDisc!
There was a time I was travelling anywhere in Europe to see shows, especially if there was no touring in Italy: I
remember Rush in Paris in 1992 when the trio did not even know what Italy was. I have seen shows at stadiums
(Genesis at Wembley) and in places with 30 people (Porcupine Tree in Milano in 1997); bands that would later
become huge (Pearl Jam in a free show for 150 people) and masters of jazz (Miles Davis or Sarah Vaughan). Shows
I will never forget (Pink Floyd at Versailles castle) and some I would rather forget (no comment...).
I truly believe that live music is what keeps music alive, what make us enjoying it together, what allow us to
have deep feelings and transmit it to others. Studio records are nowadays 'commodities': you can buy online as
anonymous wav files and listen in your iPod or at home. Live music will always imply an effort to buy the tix,
travel to the venue, see the show, think about it when coming back home.
DAVID LEE ROTH
Milano, Palatrussardi
November 28, 1988
01.The Bottom Line
02.Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Van Halen)
03.Just Like Paradise
04.Knucklebones
05.Easy Street (Edgar Winter)
06.Hot For Teacher (Van Halen)
07.Hot Dog and a Shake
08.You Gotta Live For Yourself
09.I'm Easy / Stand Up
10.I've Just Seen a Face (The Beatles)
11.Wake Up Little Susie (The Everly Brothers)
12.Skyscraper
13.Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (Louis Prima)
14.Goin' Crazy! (with steel drum performance)
15.Yankee Rose
16.Instrumental
17.Panama (Van Halen)
18.California Girls (The Beach Boys)
19.Ice Cream Man (John Brim)
20.Jump (Van Halen)
TT 100:20
Lineage: Unknown recording device > low generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Creative Sound Blaster Audigy > HD >
SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)s
David Lee Roth - vocals, guitar
Steve Vai - guitar
Matt Bissonette - bass
Gregg Bissonette - drums
WOW! We are rapidly approach volume 700 of my entire series: with Master Series at #322 and Special Series now at #376,
we are nearly there! I am preparing something special for volume 700 and working on it but I also will take suggestions
from you folks. Meanwhile, enjoy this pristine David Lee Roth show in Milano during his first solo tour featuring master
Steve Vai on guitar. A very enjoyable show with loads of covers, a few Van Halen songs spanning from metal to blues.
Highly recommended listening.
ldb
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