Van Halen Auditorio El Cilandro Montevideo, Uruguay February 5, 1983 Also includes FM interview, Montevideo, Uruguay, February 4, 1983 Bootleg title: "The Full Montevideo" Lineage of show: SB or FM?>2nd gen cass>Sony TC-WE635 tape deck>Sony RCD-W500C standalone burner, S/N ratio 98 dB>CDR(M)>EAC(secure/offset)>WAV>Soundforge Audacity minimal editing>WAV>CDWave>WAV>FLAC Frontend>FLAC(level 8) Lineage of interview: FM>unknown gen cass>same as above Quality of show: A-/A Quality of interview: B/B- Transferred by Lou (loucap81@hotmail.com) File Size: 870 MB, FLAC Disc 1 Total Time: 76:36 1. CX-50 FM Interview, February 4, 1983 33:06 2. Romeo Delight (cuts in) 1:24 3. Unchained 3:53 4. Drum Solo 3:01 5. The Full Bug 3:47 6. Runnin' With The Devil (small cut in beginning) 2:43 7. Dave Raps 2:31 8. Jamie's Cryin' 3:26 9. Little Guitars 5:00 10. Bass Solo 4:36 11. Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 2:57 12. Dancing In The Street 2:50 13. Little Dreamer 3:24 14. So This Is Love? (fadeout was on the tape) 3:52 Disc 2 Total Time: 65:45 1. Cathedral 2:45 2. Secrets 3:20 3. Everybody Wants Some!! 7:35 4. Dance The Night Away 3:05 5. Somebody Get Me A Doctor / Girl Gone Bad / I'm So Glad 10:43 6. Summertime Blues 5:06 7. Ode to Montevideo 4:28 8. Ice Cream Man 2:51 9. Heartbreak Hotel 2:34 10. Intruder 2:12 11. (Oh) Pretty Woman (cut in middle) 2:57 12. Guitar Solo 11:18 13. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 6:45 Fantastic, high resolution artwork is included. Artwork is an 8 page inside booklet, undertray and back cover. You need one of those clear, 2-CD slim jewel cases to view the undertray and store your FLAC discs and/or the audio CD's you make (for personal use only, of course), and you need to put the foldouts in order and staple them to make your booklet. Artwork, EAC logs and shntool sector boundary results are included on the FLAC discs. ************************************************************************** * Terms of use: * - Feel free to share or trade this recording with whomever you like. * - Do neither re-shn/re-ape nor re-rip this recording from CD-R. * - If you want to share/trade it, keep this flac set as it is. * - Do not sell this recording. * - Do not encode this recording to mp3 (or other lossy formats) except for personal use. ************************************************************************** FLAC Fingerprints: Disc 1 vh1983-02-04d1t01.flac:1431a4a91e6c3370b4009606fd132a0b vh1983-02-05d1t02.flac:22080ab261c2583d338e0a9500dc20ef vh1983-02-05d1t03.flac:3ace545b3d08092bf7ef24e447e48240 vh1983-02-05d1t04.flac:f9c7ed3d05ce8cd4a66b940e6510fb23 vh1983-02-05d1t05.flac:bf98b594a69b749130fbb6274ab1fab5 vh1983-02-05d1t06.flac:298c59e47c57e89a7f121fab8c35bc45 vh1983-02-05d1t07.flac:73558ffe0f26fb8004c823a1a2edf5cf vh1983-02-05d1t08.flac:4159947bc88b1e8f6fa5d09c006adfab vh1983-02-05d1t09.flac:22034e20c523055c14cadff5491748d1 vh1983-02-05d1t10.flac:18c24541c7ef75037b37013f7326bd70 vh1983-02-05d1t11.flac:6516157d7d22ce18a55cdb7f0c3c80b4 vh1983-02-05d1t12.flac:ce6a4fabd951ce0b4c66df8d63843e96 vh1983-02-05d1t13.flac:82b94f3787e5e966c57e163d5f36e7d5 vh1983-02-05d1t14.flac:87b7bdc7d3d53271060354a1998ec3b0 Disc 2 vh1983-02-05d2t01.flac:669233c4c7364f61fc6243cd0d9b112d vh1983-02-05d2t02.flac:e83e0355940e004c3efc1dabe2618b84 vh1983-02-05d2t03.flac:dd1c4f3c4f2bcb4c87335363bfab7be4 vh1983-02-05d2t04.flac:918f478c9c4b217fd10a20da1848c10c vh1983-02-05d2t05.flac:82666bc3a666af863d1f0c4ec1af9792 vh1983-02-05d2t06.flac:81c4b8f322f4c020a220c3caa4433041 vh1983-02-05d2t07.flac:714e403f0b025e21f2894e1a3eedb5a7 vh1983-02-05d2t08.flac:ed8211ac63b9c0efd65e32aec99d07e4 vh1983-02-05d2t09.flac:b1eaf6cc98b39c51cdd4b20ab81e3609 vh1983-02-05d2t10.flac:ca92c43ba0b88c60b5dedc31ddc3b4eb vh1983-02-05d2t11.flac:0bb9a4a4bbfc37efcf6c00156e8245b3 vh1983-02-05d2t12.flac:70ba1e4b2c50b7560dbbdb7f42675efa vh1983-02-05d2t13.flac:d1278439f938d31525085e7a31e4c989 Notes from ffoner: QUALITY: Flawed FM Broadcast. The sound of this show is somewhat unusual for an FM broadcast but does improve over the course of the tape. The first minutes of the tape feature some FM signal drift that turns the tape from stereo to mono. While part of this show does circulate on video, Roth mentions that the show is being broadcasted on the radio. There are also electrical grounding noises, and odd shifts in the recording character that slightly shift the recording quality from song to song. The taper, presumably, also went to pains to edit out the DJ’s occasional interjections in Spanish, but was not totally successful because snippets still remain. Despite these imperfections, this is still an outstanding recording. THE SHOW: This recording starts abruptly at the midpoint of “Romeo Delight.” It sounds like the person in Uruguay who recorded this show may have turned on his stereo, heard the broadcast, grabbed a tape, and started recording. Thank goodness he or she did, because this tape captures one of the most interesting and satisfying post-club days performance. The band runs through a diverse and unusual setlist that includes deep LP cuts like “Little Dreamer” and “Dancing in the Streets.” Overall, the band sounds like they are having a blast playing from of this stadium size crowd. The show is probably most memorable for Roth’s “Gringo Espanol,” which he frequently uses to talk to the audience. Among other comments Roth tells the audience that Uruguay is “Numero Uno en Futbol.” Yet Roth does not let his showmanship get in the way of his singing. He puts a great effort into entertaining the crowd with strong and accurate vocals. In particular, he leads the band though a presumably quickly rehearsed acoustic song, sung in Spanish, called by Van Halen audio aficionados the “Ode to Montevideo.” Roth, and the rest of the band, may have been inspired because they decided to play setlists that in many ways resembled the band’s cover tune heavy sets from the early days. As with the other South American shows, the band alters their standard Diver Down set by adding an energetic cover of “Summertime Blues,” done in the Who “Live at Leeds” style. And for one of the few times ever captured on tape, the band works up a mean cover of “Heartbreak Hotel.” This great rendition begins with Roth’s vocals taking the lead before turning the spotlight over to Edward, who fires off an intense solo. The tape concludes with Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love,” which if it was indeed the last song of the night, it would represent one of the rare shows that did not include “You Really Got Me.” More than likely, the customary set closer was performed that night All in all, the sound quality, strong performance, and diverse setlist makes this tape one of the best shows from the Roth era, and a must for every collection. ____________________ Notes from Lou: Quality is superior to "South American Assault," and unlike that title, includes most of "(Oh) Pretty Woman" and the complete guitar solo. This production also includes the interview from the day before the show. Please throw out and do not trade "South American Assault." Interview is an unknown gen tape transfer of an FM broadcast. The interview is conducted in Spanish with English translation for the band members. Dave expresses his eagerness to play in South America. Among other things, Dave explains why the band was not interested in putting out a live album. The interview is a typical Dave-dominated interview, very funny and enjoyable. The band is rowdy and goofing off as usual. The interview was previously in low circulation. Show is 2nd gen tape transfer of what is most likely an FM broadcast. Absolutely no equalization, normalization, remastering, speed correction or anything of that sort was done. All of the anomalies present on the tape such as fluctuations in sound quality and pitch were left as is. I added no fadeins or fadeouts; what you hear is what was on the tape. The only editing done was elimination of gaps, splicing together "Everybody Wants Some!!" and indexing tracks. Van Halen does a setlist quite different from the typical 1982 North American setlist. This is the first recording where "Dancing In The Street" appears, and the first time "So This Is Love?" appears since the Fair Warning tour. "Little Dreamer," prior to the 1983 South American run, had not been played since 1978. "Summertime Blues" is perhaps their hottest rendition. "Somebody Get Me A Doctor" from this show is one of their longest recorded jams. Finally, the guitar solo contains a preview of "Hot For Teacher." Dave has the crowd in the palm of his hand the entire show. His Spanish isn't exactly textbook, but the crowd eats it up, particularly on the purposefully silly "Ode to Montevideo" where the crowd can be heard singing the tune in unison even after Dave has finished. Despite its simplicity, the song is pure Dave, and only something Dave could pull off with charm and flair. The energy level is as high as any Van Halen show recorded. For example "Dance The Night Away," "SGMAD" and "Summertime Blues" all segue into one another. I've never heard the band do anything like that in another show. The band knows that the South American tour is a special occasion, almost as if they knew they would never play there again. This is Van Halen at its best. Hopefully this production will do the show greater justice than its predecessors. Please adhere to the terms of use above, namely that this not be traded or spread as anything but this FLAC set, so that everyone has a chance to hear it in the highest quality possible. Credits: Thanks to Greg R. for graciously supplying the interview tape Thanks to Tim O. for graciously supplying his 2nd generation cassette Thanks to "wooda" for the artwork which is OUTSTANDING! Transferred, edited and brought to you by Lou from diamonddavidleeroth.com & jamtothis.com loucap81@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/loucap81/tradelist.html