VH 2015-07-20 Red Rocks

I created three versions: 2xDVD5, DVD9, and blu-ray. Dropbox links available on request (please specify which version you want when you PM me). I will, of course, upload this to Dime – but I’ll wait until people have a chance to download from Dropbox so they can jump on at Dime and increase their share ratios. However, if you have a share ratio at Dime that’s in good standing (above 1), please don’t jump on the torrent – let the people who really need the boost get the upload credit.

I got two unreleased angles and an unreleased audio recording that I used along with 3rdDayRocker’s 17 songs to make this. It’s a very enjoyable video. It doesn’t have a lot of tight closeup shots of Ed’s guitar playing (like at the Bristow show), but there are occasional closeups. The thing I really like about this is that Red Rocks is rather unique in that the seats start rising upward at a fairly significant incline from the front row on back. So even if you’re in the 5th row, you’re looking down on the stage from a short distance away – a view you don’t get at any other large venue (that I know of) – and this makes this video kind of unique.

The audio was really bass heavy (recorded in front of Wolf), but I was able to drop the bass way down and boost up the treble and I think it’s now sounding fairly even across the mix. Even though I significantly reduced the bass, it comes through the mix crystal clear and has great punch and snap to it – making it very enjoyable to watch Wolf do his bass runs.

Dave stretches out his mid-song talks quite a bit during this show, thus the longer than normal running time. Personally, I love hearing Dave go off on tangents the way he does. If you listen closely, however, you can hear a guy within ear shot of the mics complaining about it. And before the usual suspects beat me to it – Dave’s voice sounds like shit at times.

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Van Halen
Red Rocks Amphitheater
Morrison, Colorado
July 20, 2015

video #1: (3rdDayRocker) Sony FDR-AX33 4K UHD camcorder; NTSC, 16:9 PAR, 29.97 fps; 3840×2160 resolution (first 17 songs)

video #2: (SP Productions) Panasonic HDC-SD90K camcorder; NTSC, 16:9 PAR, 29.97 fps; 1920×1080 resolution (missing first song and most of second song)

video #3: (SP Productions) Olympus Stylus 1S digital camera; NTSC, 16:9 PAR, 29.97 fps; 1920×1080 resolution (39 minutes total dispersed throughout the show)

audio: (SP Productions) internal mics –> Roland R-05 –> SD card; LPCM 1536 bit (tweaked using Sony Vegas Pro 13′s 10-band graphic EQ – by significantly decreasing the low end and moderately increasing the high end)

running time: 2 hrs 14 mins (full show)

1. Light Up The Sky
2. Runnin’ With The Devil
3. Romeo Delight
4. Everybody Wants Some
5. Drop Dead Legs
6. Feel Your Love Tonight
7. Somebody Get Me A Doctor
8. She’s The Woman
9. China Town
10. I’ll Wait
11. Al’s drum solo
12. Little Guitars
13. Dance The Night Away
14. Beautiful Girls
15. Women In Love
16. Hot For Teacher
17. In A Simple Rhyme
18. Dirty Movies
19. Dave’s rap
20. Ice Cream Man
21. Unchained
22. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
23. Ed’s guitar solo
24. You Really Got Me
25. Panama
26. Jump