HEART – Love Alive 1980-1985 (5CD)

Milwaukee 1980 FM Broadcast 8.7 – This was broadcast, the question is, was it recorded professionally and did it sound like this when it was aired?  Probably it did not sound like this – because this is below the threshold for what is acceptable for a legitimately broadcast live performance which means it is probably an off-air tape that has suffered from degradation. That being said, it’s been re-mastered and it sounds decent enough to be included in a set which features all soundboards so that says something for it.

Vancouver 1981 FM Broadcast 8.8 – This is another one of those not quite living up to radio broadcast expectations probably due to a capture off the air onto cassette tape, regardless it still sounds fine just a bit dated. A re-mastering helped considerably and that is why the show is included in this set.

Dortmund 1982 Soundboard 9.1 – Sounds like a large, open air stadium and that atmosphere is preserved onto the tape. A really decent one for the collectors out there.

Daytona 1984 Soundboard 9.2 – Wow, the 80’s, and the unique obsession with that (now very dated) certain drum sound that can take any song and make it “new wave” ha ha!  Thankfully it’s not the case on every song otherwise I would have said skip this show, but it’s a good, well recorded one so enjoy it.

Raleigh 1985 Soundboard 9.4 – Good hard panning of the guitars so that you can distinctly hear each of them as autonomous instruments. A hard rocking sound was mixed on this evening.

Heart
Love Alive 80-85

Disc 1

Milwaukee Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 25, 1980

1. -Radio Advertisement
2. -Bebe Le Strange
3. -Crazy On You
4. -Straight On
5. -Even It Up
6. -Raised On You
7. -Strange Night
8. -Just the Wine
9. -Dog & Butterfly
10. -Down On Me
11. -Mistral Wind
12. -Hijinx – Silver Wheels
13. -Break
14. -Magic Man
15. -Barracuda
16. -Rockin’ Heaven Down
17. -Rock & Roll

Disc 2

01. -Sweet Darlin’
02. -I’m Down – Long Tall Sally
03. -Unchained Melody

Empire Stadium
Vancouver, Canada
August 2, 1981

04. -Bebe La Strange
05. -Magic Man
06. -Even It Up
07. -Raised On You
08. -Dog And Butterfly
09. -Mistral Wind
10. -Crazy On You
11. -Rockin’ Heaven Down
12. -Barracuda
13. -Break
14. -Rock And Roll

Disc 3

Westfallenhalle
Dortmund, Germany
May 28, 1982

01. -Straight On                            
02. -Even It Up                            
03. -Raised On You                           
04. -Dog And Butterfly                     
05. -Tell It Like It Is
06. -Barracuda                    
07. -Rock And Roll

Elland Road
Leeds, England
May 29, 1982

08. -intro
09. -Bebe Le Strange
10. -Magic Man
11. -Straight On
12. -Even It Up
13. -Tell It Like It Is
14. -Raised On You
15. -Angels
16. -Dog And Butterfly
17. -Silver Wheels
18. -Crazy On You
19. -City’s Burning
20. -Barracuda
21. -Rock And Roll

Disc 4

Bandshell
Daytona Beach, FL
March 23, 1984

01. -Jealousy
02. -Magic Man
03. -The Heat
04. -Mistral Wind
05. -For Your Love
06. -Johnny Moon
07. -Straight On
08. -Even It Up
09. -Bebe LeStrange
10. -How Can I Refuse
11. -Allies
12. -Barracuda

Dorton Arena
Raleigh, NC
August 31, 1985

13. -If Looks Could Kill

Disc 5

01. -The Wolf
02. -Barracuda
03. -Straight On
04. -Never
05. -These Dreams
06. -Dog And Butterfly
07. -Nobody Home
08. -What He Don’t Know
09. -Shell Shock
10. -Bebe Le Strange
11. -Even It Up
12. -How Can I Refuse
13. -What About Love
14. -Magic Man
15. -Allies
16. -band introductions
17. -Crazy On You