1981 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum

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Van Halen live on 8/25/1981 in Greensboro, NC. MUST LISTEN, excellent audio bootleg and is the #1 best quality from the Fair Warning tour. This is Van Halen at the peak of powers on the Fair Warning Tour. Plus you get the extended show intro/jam of “On Fire” and Dave’s Sounds of Summertime rap before “Ice Cream Man.”

Audio Bootleg Quality: A+

 

  1. On Fire
  2. Sinner’s Swing
  3. Drum Solo
  4. Hear About It Later
  5. So This Is Love?
  6. Jamie’s Cryin’
  7. Bass Solo
  8. Runnin’ With The Devil
  9. Dance The Night Away
  10. Sunday Afternoon In The Park
  11. Romeo Delight
  12. Everybody Wants Some!!
  13. Sound of Summertime
  14. Ice Cream Man
  15. Mean Street
  16. Guitar Solo
  17. Feel Your Love Tonight
  18. You Really Got Me
  19. Unchained
  20. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

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ringmod76

Um, wow. This is incredible!! Thanks for sharing; I’ve been wanting to hear a good recording of a 1981 show for quite some time, and this delivers.

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The Mighty Van Halen

Cool. This show is the best quality from 1981.

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SVater

Any chance of getting a download link? For some reason plays really crap for me…..

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xixtrays

This is the best quality VH live show I have ever heard. Early Xmas gift for me!

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The Mighty Van Halen

Yes one of THE BEST VH bootlegs. And lucky it’s 1981 Tour too!

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Larry Stahl

Love this concert.

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Model Citizen

Love it.! Anyone have the whole show in Flac format?

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Dwight Holt

Is this the show where Dave threatened to beat someone’s ass for throwing a liqueur bottle at him?????
I WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!

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Antonio

Bad ass! I love stories like that. I was at the El Paso show, also presented here. I remember that show with such detail because I was in Awe! It was my first concert ever and well; the rest is history.

Last edited 6 months ago by Antonio
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Brent Collins

Wow!!

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Thor

That opening jam is so sick!

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Fair Warning

Released: 4/29/1981

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