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Van Halen – 1980-05-01 – Capital Theatre, Largo, MD Soundboard

Van Halen is an American rock band that was formed in Pasadena, CA in 1974 by Eddie and Alex Van Halen.  Actually Van Halen traces its roots a bit earlier in the seventies when Eddie and Alex started performing in their group the Broken Combs.  By 1972, they were performing shows as Genesis.  Genesis was actually a power trio comprised of Eddie Van Halen (guitar), Alex Van Halen (drums) and Mark Stone (bass).  They were renting audio gear from David Lee Roth, and asked him to join the band on vocals, thus saving rental fees.  In 1974, Michael Anthony replaced Stone on bass guitar and the name was initially changed to Mammoth before David Lee Roth named the band as Van Halen.  They went on to become highly popular, and by the early eighties they had become one of the most successful rock bands of the time.  This concert catches them on their skyrocketing ride to their most successful album, 1984.  This performance as any other Van Halen performance relied on Roth’s colorful commentary to place the listener ‘in the middle’ of the performance.  This was recorded on 1 May 1980 at the Capital Theatre in Largo, MD from the soundboard.

Uriah Heep – 1985-05-16 – Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland Soundboard

Uriah Heep is an English band formed in London in 1969 and during the seventies, heralded the progressive rock movement of the decade.  Uriah Heep’s progressive rock/heavy metal/fusion have always include strong keyboards and piercing vocals.  Uriah Heep, as well as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath had become ‘The Big 4’ of hard rock.  By the eighties, their fan base had declined to the point that they were a cult band in the UK and the US.  However, they still played to large venues in German, Russia, Scandinavia, Japan and other countries.   The band was then and still is all about Mick Box.  Uriah Heep’s origins go back to 1967, when Box formed a band called The Stalkers.  He added David Garrick (later to be Byron) shortly thereafter.  This concert is set in Glasgow, Scotland in 1985 and was recorded from the soundboard.  This performance was after David Byron was fired due to his drinking problem.  So, it is Peter Goalby on vocals.  As a matter of fact this concert was about three months after Byron passed away.

Led Zeppelin – 1973-05-28 – Sports Arena, San Diego, CA Soundboard

Led Zeppelin was an English rock band formed in London in 1968 consisting of Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals), John Paul Jones (bass and keyboards), and John Bonham (drums).  The band was together from 1968 until John Bonham’s death in 1980 from alcohol-related asphyxia.  The surviving members reunited in 1985, 1988, 1995, and 2007.  The 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert in London was by far the most successful reunion, with Jason Bonham behind the drums in place of his late father.  This concert is a soundboard recording of their performance at the Sports Arena in San Diego, CA on 28 May 1973.  This tour was in support of their fifth album, and the first on that they had named, Houses of the Holy.  Led Zeppelin, is the second best selling band in the U.S., behind only The Beatles.  Each of their nine studio albums made it into the Billboard top ten, with six making it to number one.  They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, and the museum’s band biography states that they “were as influential in the seventies as The Beatles were in the sixties.”