VH 2008-02-01 Denver

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=572313&viewcomm=7340326

VAN HALEN
Pepsi Center
Denver, Colorado, USA
February 1, 2008

CONTRAST CLAUSE: this torrent is different from this one:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=572314
As that one is the lossless audio of this same show

Band:
Edward Van Halen
Alex Van Halen
David Lee Roth
Wolfgang Van Halen

“Singing Like The Doors”

Lineage:
video: 3 cameras: Canon ZR60 (SD)> Canon ZR40 (SD)> unknown camera (HD)>.avi (lossless – no reencoding)>Premiere 6.5 (for editing of multi-angles and mixing of audio into video)>VIDEO TS (using Ulead)>DVD-R>VIDEO_TS (extracted losslessly using DVDShrink)

audio: DAT / Schoeps mics > 48K wav > DVD-R > Premiere 6.5 (for mixing of audio into video)>VIDEO TS (using Ulead)>DVD-R>VIDEO_TS (extracted losslessly using DVDShrink)

Disc One (1:06:15):
You Really Got Me
I’m The One
Runnin’ With The Devil
Romeo Delight
Somebody Get Me a Doctor
Beautiful Girls
Dance The Night Away
Atomic Punk
Everybody Wants Some!!
So This Is Love?
Mean Street
(Oh) Pretty Woman
Alex Van Halen solo
Unchained

Disc Two (1:06:39):
I’ll Wait
And The Cradle Will Rock…
Hot For Teacher
Little Dreamer
Little Guitars
Jamie’s Cryin’
Saturday Night, 1972
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Eddie Van Halen solo
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
1984
Jump

Notes: For years, TaperBT (aka TwisterTapes), his old buddy Krispy, my buddy Loudpuppy and I had all talked about doing the ultimate capture: multi-camera video edited and mixed with master DAT audio. Considering the frequency with which we spoke about it, it’s funny to realize that we really only pulled it together once with this show. The result is what I consider to be our finest guerilla film production.

TaperBT missed the very beginning and a spot in the middle due to recorder issues; the intro audio comes from my Canon ZR60, while the spot in the middle is covered by Loudpuppy’s Canon ZR40, as I was changing tapes at that moment. Krispy’s angle is from the side, using an unknown HD camera – he forwarded me the .avi files that I used for the editing. Loudpuppy’s camera is primarily aimed at the screens and the footage I shot was primarily close-ups and stage shots (my wife took the camera from me at a couple of spots – now long forgotten – while I ran to the restroom). The title comes from something Dave says on-stage during the show.

The performance was totally solid – we had seen them the previous October in Chicago and I loved that show. This one was probably an improvement, as they had seemed to have smoothed out the rough edges from the fall once they started the second leg of the tour. Of the three VH shows I’ve seen, this is my favorite. The audio and video editing make this come off as something approaching a professional production – for some, the editing might seem a bit fast (that was certainly BT’s opinion of my final job) – but, it certainly isn’t anything out of the current norms. Personally, I rewatch this show all the time and I’m excited to finally widely release it – if you’re a fan of the Mighty, then you’re going to want to see this. It’s arguably the best video of that tour.

Myself, I’m a fan of audience shot videos – I’ve shot 40 or so myself, and have 100s of old VHS tapes from collectors around the world. I really enjoy this video, but, your enjoyment will likely be determined by how much you tolerate somewhat shaky, somewhat blurry and generated picture. If you’re cool with that, then this might be something you’ll enjoy! Please don’t profit from this transfer – share it, post it, give it away, but, don’t make money off of it.

data information:
Menu: Yes (motion)
Chapters: Yes
Artwork: No

Format: MPEG Video
W/H: 720×480
Display Aspect Ratio: 4×3
Frame Rate: 29.97
Standard: NTSC

Format: AC3
Channels: Stereo
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Bitrate: 256 kbs