Journey: 1980-04-12 Houston, TX (FLAC_Pre-FM SB_2 CD)

Here's a great, pitch corrected copy of the whole 1980-04-12 Journey show filmed and recorded at the Houston Summit.  While it was filmed with camera's also, very little video (4 - 5 songs) has ever surfaced from the film of the show.  The recorded audio has also been aired over the radio a few times since 1980 (I've yet to hear it, but in the day good concerts were done this way many times).  But most times, it is not the complete show aired and it has been formatted to fit into the time-frame of the FM broadcast slot too

This is an excellent sounding show and performance from Journey just one year before they hit "super-stardom" with their "Escape" album in 1981.  While us traders have shared everything from VHS tapes with horizontal lines across the screen to early DVD-/+R copies of the 1981 Houston Summit video through the years, the need for those bootleg copies of the 1981-11-06 (1 1/2 years after the show being uploaded here) audio/video have disappeared since Journey officially released that show on DVD in 2005 (finally).  If you're interested in buying the Dolby 5.1 surround sound 1 DVD and 1 CD official release of the show from 1981, it is titled "Journey - Live in Houston 1981 Escape Tour" and can be purchased from a number of locations selling officially released items.  It's super easy to locate and is on the Sony label.  I strongly recommend buying a copy (and it has bonus promos, features, etc from Journey too) and supporting your favorite artists of all types (whoever they may be) at the same time!

Through the years, ALL of the bootlegs of this 1980 show being uploaded today have run slightly slow.  The pitch needed adjusting for the show to run just like it would've live.  And thankfully, we now have a lossless quality (FLAC) version of the show running just at the right speed (this 2 CD upload) thanks to fellow traders/collectors who took the time to correct the show's audio.

If you like Journey, well, you will want to get this show!

DETAILS:
Band: Journey
Location: Houston, Texas
Venue: Houston Summit
Date: April 14th, 1980
Label: Rubicon (just the artwork, no label for the original source CDs)
Title: Departing The Firey Summit (yea, it should be "Fiery" but the artwork has "Firey")
CD's: 2
Type: SB/Pre-FM
Artwork: Yes (doesn't match track names exactly, but all songs are there)
Size: 709 MB
Quality: A++

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Departure
102. Majestic
103. Where Were You
104. Just The Same Way
105. Lovin' You Is Easy
106. La Do Da + Steve Smith (drum solo)
107. Steve Smith (drum solo finale)
108. Too Late
109. Kohoutek
110. People And Places
111. Dixie Highway
112. Walks Like A Lady

CD 2:
201. Winds Of March
202. Feeling That Way
203. Anytime
204. Line Of Fire
205. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
206. Wheel In The Sky
207. Anyway You Want It
208. Patiently
209. Opened The Door
210. Precious Time

LINKS:
(1) 1980-04-12 Houston Summit Pre-FM
(2) 1980-04-12 Houston Summit Pre-FM

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always!  Now, back to the original blog post.

I do have another (a few actually) recording of this show that is straight from the silver CDs.  It is titled "Superstars In Concert" (from the "Superstars In Concert Series" radio broadcasts back in the day).  It is an A++ Pre-FM soundboard recording too and it has extra tracks not on this CD set from the interviews with Steve Perry and other Journey members from the night of this 1980 concert.  It is incredible sounding.  But, as with other non pitch corrected versions of this show, it is running just a little bit slow.  You might not notice it if you didn't have an ear for music (or even if you did...I missed it for years) or ever been told.  And if I can ever get it pitch corrected, I guarantee you I will be uploading it.  While it is superior in sound and has the extra interviews included, don't let yourself be discouraged by this recording because it is excellent too!

By the way, the background image I'm currently using here on my site is from the Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center show from 1980-04-10.  That's just two days before the show I'm uploading.  I hope one day a bootleg of the Fort Worth show will surface!!!

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr