Interesting early set here from these Monsters of Metal! Their classic debut album was released in Feb. 1978 so this show predates that event by a month or so. Entire band is flying in fine form here - especially mouthpiece Diamond Dave and shredder Eddie (no surprises).After some research, I found that in some places this set is listed as Dec. 20 and in others it's Dec. 15. Regardless, the year is 1977. My trax were ripped from a vinyl LP (remember those kids!?) that I borrowed from a friend at work. To top that off, it had an old school cover printed in glorious black & white, and it was just titled Van Halen "Live". Looks likes it's been issued since on CD under several titles - "Civic Pride", "The Atomic Punks" , etc.
It was a real kick to get such an early recording after some many years of yearning for one. I'd rate the sound on this at 8 to 8.5 - rough in a few spots but with a real nice crunch to it.
So here is it gang.......Rock on!
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