Van Halen 1976-06-29 The Starwood Hollywood, CA

Van Halen
The Starwood
Hollywood, CA
June 29, 1976

Lineage: SB>low-gen cass>CDRx>EAC(secure/offset)>WAV>Soundforge Audacity digital editing>WAV>FLAC(level 5)
Quality: A

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Total Time: 75:49

1. Somebody Get Me A Doctor (cuts in) 3:39
2. Babe, Don't Leave Me Alone (cut) 3:07
3. Show Your Love 4:42
4. D.O.A. 4:37
5. Runnin' With The Devil 4:09
6. Let Me Swim In Your Ocean 8:17
7. She's The Woman 3:37
8. Ice Cream Man 4:45
9. Believe Me 4:34
10. Honolulu Baby 3:19
11. In A Simple Rhyme 6:11
12. Guitar Solo 5:49
13. House Of Pain 3:44
14. Eyes Of The Night 4:42
15. Fools / Story of Joe 10:31

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.
 

from VHBoots.com

Notes

• Soundboard recording, quality: A
• Lineage: SB>low-gen cass>CDRx>EAC(secure/offset)>WAV>Soundforge Audacity digital editing>WAV>FLAC(level 5)
• Low generation, maybe a 1st gen. The highs are all there. There may have been some equalization or noise reduction done. This is much better than the "Just Before The Eruption" title.
• It is believed that the show had "Let's Get Rockin'" as the opener.
• All cuts are how they were on the analog source.
• Track 1 (Somebody Get Me A Doctor) cuts in.
• Track 2 (Babe, Don't Leave Me Alone) is cut.
• Track 6 (Let Me Swim In Your Ocean) is a cover of "Let Me Swim" by Cactus.
• This is a great, relatively speaking long club days show featuring early renditions of some songs, 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. 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".
• Released in January 2005.

 

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