Van Halen - Los Angeles, CA 09.06.2012

Van Halen
Staples Center
Los Angelse, California USA
June 9, 2012

Source: SONY PCM-M10 Recorder, 16-bit/44.1kHz uncompressed wav recording
Core Sound Stealthy Cardioid microphone
Sound adjusted by John R
Split with Cool Record Edit Delux
To flac
To mp3

Location: Floor 2, Row in center stage, close enough where you didn't need
to watch anything on the big screen behind the stage.

Quality: Audience Excellent, 10/10 Rating.

Cover art by Eruption1962

Recorded by Sick4Tunz

I included a couple minutes of the audience because a) that's when they began
playing the background music that signaled the beginning of the show and b) I
wanted to let people meet the babe who was standing next to me showing off her
big wedding ring, and whose screaming is evident off to the side through much of
the show (not loud enough to ruin the experience). I'm always supriswed at how
well some of these shows turn out considering the fact I'm moving all over the
place, dancing wildly to the music. My first order of business is total enjoyment
of the show, while the recording is always secondary. I like to believe that DLR
responded to my call to Eddie in the long opening of Everybody Wants Some!

Post'em if ya got'em!


Set List:

Disc 1:

1.Audience 1:58
2.Intro/Unchained 6:40
3.Runnin' With the Devil 3:39
4.She's the Woman 3:20
5.Romeo Delight 5:52
6.Tattoo 4:38
7.Everybody Wants Some! 8:18
8.Somebody Get Me a Doctor 4:04
9.China Town 3:19
10.Hear About It Later 4:49
11.Oh, Pretty Woman 3:07
12.Alex's Drum Solo 3:14
13.You Really Got Me 4:49
14.The Trouble with Never 5:10

Disc 2:

1.Dance the Night Away 6:06
2.I'll Wait 5:04
3.And The Cradle Will Rock 3:43
4.Hot For Teacher 5:04
5.Women in Love 4:23
6.Beautiful Girls 3:43
7.Dave' Dogs 3:13
8.Ice Cream Man 3:50
9.Panama 4:13
10.Eddie's Guitar Solo - Eruption 8:34
11.Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 5:49
12.Jump 5:48

Band Line Up:

David Lee Roth: Vocals.
Eddie Van Halen: Guitar, Back-Up Vocals.
Alex Van Halen: Drums.
Wolfgang Van Halen: Bass, Back-Up Vocals.

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Van Halen - San Jose, CA 05.06.2012

Van Halen
San Jose Pavilion
San Jose, California
"Bottoms Up in San Jose!"
June 5, 2012

Zoom H2

Quality: B++

Unchained
Runnin’ With The Devil
She’s The Woman
Romeo Delight
Tattoo
Everybody Wants Some!!
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Chinatown
Hear About It Later
(Oh) Pretty Woman
Drum Solo

You Really Got Me
Bottoms Up!
Dance The Night Away
I’ll Wait
And The Cradle Will Rock…
Hot For Teacher
Women In Love
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Guitar Solo
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Jump


Notes: Wow, what a show! You knew it would be a great night right off the bat when they jammed a 7-minute version of "Unchained." These guys are just having FUN up there onstage, you can see it in their eyes and their smiles. They are jamming, playing off each other, mixing it up...rare for the CVH lineup. Ed has found the joy again, smiling, waving to the crowd, and really loving playing the guitar for the masses. From where I was seated I could see backstage and Ed, Dave and Wolf were doing a silly dance with their arms to part of Al's drum solo...no one could see them, it wasn't done for the crowd...they were just having a good ol' time. Roth's voice has issues, but he was very focused on singing in San Jose, a lot less of the goofy stories that he told in Oakland two days ago. Roth's mic fell out of the stand and landed in the pit at the beginning of "You Really Got Me" and he misses the first line...too bad he got the mic back so quickly, would have been fun to here the band jam on the classic as an instrumental a little longer! And they busted out "Bottom's Up!" for the first time since 1982, again they seem willing to change things up...they are relaxed and enjoy playing with each other on stage..check out the extended ending to "Hot For Teacher". Just an unsurpassed evening of joyous rock and roll!! Can I get a witness!!! Praise the Lord!!!!

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Van Halen - Oakland, CA 03.06.2012

Van Halen
Coliseum Arena
Oakland, California
June 3, 2012

Zoom H2

Quality: B++

Unchained
Runnin’ With The Devil
She’s The Woman
The Full Bug
Tattoo
Everybody Wants Some!!
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Chinatown
Hear About It Later
(Oh) Pretty Woman
Drum Solo

You Really Got Me
The Trouble With Never
Dance The Night Away
I’ll Wait
And The Cradle Will Rock… (w/'Smoke on the Water' riff)
Hot For Teacher
Women In Love
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Eruption/Cathedral/Guitar Solo
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Jump

Notes: Van Halen returning to the venue where it recorded the famous 1981 videos. Pretty good show overall, seems like the band enjoys getting out there and playing. Roth's voice was a lot better than the last time I saw them in D.C., but is still a little funky. Roth's schtick is a bit odd throughout the night, from the weird stories, baton twirling, dogs, poses,etc; the dude has lost a few marbles along the way. But the band is tight and Eddie is great, right behind Jimi as the best ever. He did flub a few notes, most notably the intro to "Women in Love" but overall he is a marvel, still most exciting guitar player out there. Hard to miss him if he is in town especially with Roth at the mic with the classic material.

Here is a review from the Contra Costa Times: http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_20777357/review-van-halen-triumphs-oakland

There was good reason to be concerned when Van Halen abruptly postponed some 30 dates on its current tour.

The band's troubled track record does, after all, speak for itself. And what it says, in summary, is that Van Halen is one of the more volatile acts in rock 'n' roll history.

It seemed like a safe assumption that the postponement -- which, thankfully, didn't delay the two Bay Area dates -- signaled there were problems brewing within the group. A clash of titanic egos made for a more plausible explanation than the one vocalist David Lee Roth provided, which was simply that Van Halen needed some time to rest. Yet even if ol' Diamond Dave was right, who wants to go see a band running on fumes?

Any worries, however, were quickly put to rest once Van Halen took the stage on Sunday at the Oracle Arena. Far from looking tired, or at odds with each other, Roth and crew delivered a thoroughly energetic, cohesive and (gulp!) professional two-hour set in Oakland. Hopefully, that will again be the case when Van Halen performs Tuesday at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.

The single most striking aspect about the concert was that the band members really, truly appeared to be getting along. It could be seen in their smiles and heard in their laughter. They weren't just simply going through the motions, on their way to another substantial payday, but rather seemed fully engaged in the moment. If they were faking it, the four players -- Roth, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, bassist Wolfgang Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen -- deserve Oscar consideration.

Working a bare-bones stage set, with the only real prop being the massive video screen located behind the musicians, Van Halen used the opening track, "Unchained," as a kind of mission statement. The band wouldn't hold anything back as they charged through two dozen songs, ranging from the very early hits to tracks from the new album "A Different Kind of Truth."

Roth was buzzing with manic energy, acting every bit like a kid who'd just emptied out a candy store and then washed down his take with a case of Red Bull. He threw plenty of his famous roundhouse kicks, with his foot arching high above his head, and strutted like a peacock as he led the band through such exuberant fan favorites as "Runnin' With the Devil" and "Everybody Wants Some!!"

Roth proved once again that he's one of the greatest showmen in rock 'n' roll history -- and, by far, the best of the three frontmen to lead Van Halen during its 40-year career. If he'd been born in an earlier era, Roth would've surely been a song-and-dance man. At 57, he's got the moves like Jagger, a still-strong singing voice and an incredible knack for shtick and stories.

His performance is the single biggest reason why Van Halen is able to rise above some substandard material, which basically includes all of the new songs performed in Oakland. The fact that "Tattoo," a track best suited for illustrating the importance of the "skip" button on CD players, was chosen as the new album's first single probably tells you all you need to know about "A Different Kind of Truth."

Yet, it's wasn't just new cuts like "She's the Woman" and "China Town" that brought the set list down in Oakland. Even some of the old hits, like "Dance the Night Away" and "Somebody Get Me a Doctor," sounded pretty pedestrian. In general, Van Halen's songbook hasn't aged nearly as well as that belonging to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many other classic rockers.

The band does, however, have the personnel. Alex Van Halen is a monster drummer, Wolfgang (son of Eddie) Van Halen is a more than serviceable replacement for former bassist Michael Anthony and Diamond Dave is Diamond Dave.

Then, of course, there's Eddie, who is nothing less than a magician on the frets. His signature solo on "Eruption" -- which he played late in the show on Sunday -- should be on every classic rock fan's bucket list.

Kool and the Gang -- the funk-soul-R&B band known for such '70s hits as "Jungle Boogie" and "Ladies' Night" -- was the inspired choice for Van Halen's opening act. One can only hope this will start a trend and we'll see more genre-hopping tours in the near future.

DL

Tenacious D - Nürnberg, Germany 01.06.2012 (AUD)

Band: Tenacious D
Datum: 01.06.2012
Ort: Nürnberg
Location: Zeppelinfeld Center Stage
Taper: Morle1909
Tracks: 16
Länge: 67:17 Min
CD's: 1
Aufgenommen mit: Zoom H2

Setlist:
01 Intro
02 Rize of the Fenix
03 Low Hangin' Fruit
04 Senorita
05 Deth Starr
06 Roadie
07 Throw Down
08 Saxaboom
09 Kielbasa
10 Kickapoo
11 The Metal
12 Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) (Alternative ending)
13 Fuck Her Gently
14 Pinball Wizard / There's a Doctor / Go to the Mirror (The Who cover)
15 Tribute
16 Double Team

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Steel Panther - Donington, England 09.06.2012 (f. Corey Taylor)

Steel Panther

Download Festival

Donington Park, Castle Donington, England

9th June 2012

Tracklisting:

01 In The Future
02 Supersonic Sex Machine
03 Tomorrow Night
04 Band introductions
05 Asian Hooker
06 Just Like Tiger Woods
07 Community Property
08 Eyes of a Panther
09 Party all day (fuck all night)
10 17 Girls In A Row
11 Death to all but Metal (featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot)

SP-CMC-4U cards > SP-SPSB-11 > Edirol R-09

Edited in Cooledit Pro 2.0 > Split using CD Wave editor > WAV to FLAC using traders little helper > MP3.

Recorded by me on the second day of the Download Festival.

I positioned myself practically underneath one of the speaker stacks, so the sound is clear.

There is some slight phasing at times and a touch of noise from the wind on the odd occasion.

I thought that the sound mix wasn't too great for them, which seems normal for bands lower on the bill.

Slipknot's Corey Taylor joins the band on stage for the final track.

AndyLGR

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Saxon - Donnington, England 09.06.2012 (incomplete)

Saxon

Jim Marshall stage

Download Festival

Donington Park, Castle Donington, England

9th June 2012

Tracklisting:

**Please note that this is incomplete as I missed their opening 2 songs, I think they came on stage slightly earlier than advertised**

01 Power and the glory
02 20,000 feet
03 Strong arm of the law
04 Denim and leather
05 Wheels of steel
06 Princess of the night
07 And the bands played on

SP-CMC-4U cards > SP-SPSB-11 > Edirol R-09

Edited in Cooledit Pro 2.0 > Split using CD Wave editor > WAV to FLAC using traders little helper > MP3.

Recorded by me on the second day of the Download Festival.

I positioned myself practically underneath one of the speaker stacks, so the sound is clear.

The weather over the first couple of days at Download was fairly shitty, there is some slight phasing at times and a touch of noise from the wind on the odd occasion too. So if you don't want a recording with a few imperfections like that then do not download. Please don't download this and then moan afterwards, I am fore warning you here.

I thought that the sound mix wasn't too great for Saxon, which seems normal for bands lower on the bill. The mix is very bass guitar heavy.

AndyLGR

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Slash - Donnington, England 08.06.2012 (Source 2)

Slash

Zippo encore stage

Download Festival

Donington Park, Castle Donington, England

8th June 2012

Tracklisting:

01 Intro
02 One last thrill
03 Nightrain
04 Back from cali
05 Ghost
06 Standing in the sun
07 Rocket queen
08 Halo
09 Starlight
10 Mr brownstone
11 Anastasia
12. You're a lie
13. Sweet child o'mine / God save the queen
14. Slither
15. Paradise city

SP-CMC-4U cards > SP-SPSB-11 > Edirol R-09

Edited in Cooledit Pro 2.0 > Split using CD Wave editor > WAV to FLAC using traders little helper > MP3.

Opening day headline set from the 2nd stage at Download. Recorded by me, I was approx 30 feet from the speaker stack on stage right.

The weather was an absolute nightmare, windy and raining, so there is some phasing at times and a touch of noise from the wind on the odd occasion. So if you don't want a recording with a few imperfections like that then do not download. Please don't download this and then moan afterwards, I am fore warning you here. So be sure to check out the sample of the recording that is in the first post of this torrent.

Despite the shitty weather the performance was fantastic and it was an enjoyable set. He even tags on the English national anthem to the end of Sweet child o'mine.

AndyLGR

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