VH - Castle Donington 1984 - Dave's last tour

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I suspect it’ll just keep being reposted until the parties responsible for taking it down get sick of going after it. If I find it tonight I’ll snag it and put it in a dropbox file for anyone who wants it.

I watched it last night and while the audio is a bit rough, it was fucking great. I don’t think I’ve ever seen closeup footage from that era before. Absolutely fucking badass what Ed could pull out of that gear. There was a divebomb early on and you could tell there wasn’t a ton of distortion going on as it faded quickly, a couple notes like that throughout but the majority of it was him dominating the shit out of those strings.

The drum solo 2 songs into the set was pretty funny and backs up what Sammy said in his book about them not knowing how to put a setlist together. Ed’s solo was great (am I the only one that got reminded of “Crossroads” when he hit that trempicking part at the end?”) and it’s awesome to see him in that era, up close just doing what everyone loves Ed for.

What I also found entertaining was looking around the stage and into the audience, seeing how far technology has come these days. Those mixing boards were on folding tables, there was no auxiliary PA in the audience, I think there were just a couple mics hovering above the kit, just such a huge change in all the shit we have available now.

Curious about Ed’s pedalboard, not sure I’ve ever seen pics of this one before?
 
I’m sure how fast they started Unchained was purely just nerves…😊
Maybe. I feel like it was on purpose. They played it about as fast as they could without losing the song :lol: It was like an out of control locomotive. Loved it. I'm guessing they had played Unchained 100's of times live leading up to this. It was their opener at every show I believe. (Didn't check that).


someone time stamp the cocaine blasts. i want to judge for myself :D
No surprise though right? I mean even if I saw it I wouldn't care. Coke was a big part of their performance AFAIK. But that and the dismal 'Jump' song display may be several reasons why the VH brothers didn't want this released. That and the audio is generally not that good, especially by their standards. Personally, I don't care about that stuff because I'm just happy to have whatever I can get my hands on.


Just busting your balls. I did enjoy the video -- thanks for posting it
Oh I know you were brother. Sorry if I came across as sarcastic. I was genuinely saying thanks for calling it out.
 
I suspect it’ll just keep being reposted until the parties responsible for taking it down get sick of going after it. If I find it tonight I’ll snag it and put it in a dropbox file for anyone who wants it.

I watched it last night and while the audio is a bit rough, it was fucking great. I don’t think I’ve ever seen closeup footage from that era before. Absolutely fucking badass what Ed could pull out of that gear. There was a divebomb early on and you could tell there wasn’t a ton of distortion going on as it faded quickly, a couple notes like that throughout but the majority of it was him dominating the shit out of those strings.

The drum solo 2 songs into the set was pretty funny and backs up what Sammy said in his book about them not knowing how to put a setlist together. Ed’s solo was great (am I the only one that got reminded of “Crossroads” when he hit that trempicking part at the end?”) and it’s awesome to see him in that era, up close just doing what everyone loves Ed for.

What I also found entertaining was looking around the stage and into the audience, seeing how far technology has come these days. Those mixing boards were on folding tables, there was no auxiliary PA in the audience, I think there were just a couple mics hovering above the kit, just such a huge change in all the shit we have available now.

Curious about Ed’s pedalboard, not sure I’ve ever seen pics of this one before?
That'd be cool if you could! Everytime I check the thread to watch this, it has already been pulled. Stupid work getting in the way of my Van Halen time.
 
That'd be cool if you could! Everytime I check the thread to watch this, it has already been pulled. Stupid work getting in the way of my Van Halen time.
It was posted again on YT about 3 hours ago from someone else.

Like I said this will a cat and mouse game for quite some time I'm sure. Just go to YT and search on "Van Halen Donington 1984"
 
someone time stamp the cocaine blasts. i want to judge for myself :D

I know there is a good steven tyler "spinning with his scarf" part in an early 80's bootleg live video that is on you tube, where he clearly takes a bump from his scarf. he used to sew cocaine compartments into his scarfs.
I could use some atm
 
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Rev - what are you showing us here exactly?

Are you saying you uploaded it yourvideofile.org?
 
Rev - what are you showing us here exactly?

Are you saying you uploaded it yourvideofile.org?

Let's skip all that-

Here you go-


(For those who haven't seen it yet, the audio doesn't kick in right away. It also cuts at the end when they go back to the dressing room. And no, there's no tits)
 
Let's skip all that-

Here you go-


(For those who haven't seen it yet, the audio doesn't kick in right away. It also cuts at the end when they go back to the dressing room. And no, there's no tits)
Thanks man!

I put that in my Van Halen thread as well. :cheers:
 
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Ed, Al, and Mike were absolutely killing it at this point.
 
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