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The Story of US: Shout! Factory Starts Series for ’80s Music Fest (UPDATED 2/8)

January 26, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Following a pair of DVD releases, Shout! Factory has announced the release of several performances on CD from the famous US Festival in California.

Spearheaded by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak, the US Festival intended to be a celebration of technology and culture, with a temporary stage and open-air venue paid for by Wozniak himself just for the purposes of the festival. (Initially called the Glen Helen Pavilion, the San Manuel Amphitheater, where the festival was held, remains the largest of its kind in the country.) For two blisteringly hot weekends – Labor Day of 1982 and Memorial Day of 1983, performers including The Ramones, The Police, The Cars, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, INXS, The Clash, Van Halen, U2 and David Bowie would take the stage.

Despite the historical value of the performances, which captured many up-and-coming New Wave bands and traditional rock acts toward their peak, the festival was a failure, with at two reported deaths at the 1983 festival and Wozniak and promoters losing some $24 million. Setbacks aside, the performances remain a worthy footnote in rock history, and Shout! Factory aims to memorialize these moments, first through DVD and now on CD.

Performances by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings at the 1983 festival’s “Country Day” – held a week after the festival proper – were both released on DVD last November, and now they’re being released on CD on February 28. Both sets capture two country veterans at their peaks, with solid set lists from each performer (and guest appearances from Jennings on Willie’s set).

A month later, on March 27, the label will release a CD/DVD combo of the set from Australian metal group Quiet Riot, fresh off the success of breakthrough album Metal Health just months before.

Hit the jump to check them out!

Willie Nelson, Live at The US Festival 1983 (Shout! Factory, 2012)

  1. Whiskey River
  2. Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)
  3. Funny How Time Slips Away
  4. Crazy
  5. Night Life
  6. If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time
  7. Good Hearted Woman
  8. Sweet Memories
  9. Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys (with Waylon Jennings)
  10. Good Hearted Woman (with Waylon Jennings)
  11. Why Do I Have to Choose
  12. Help Me Make It Through the Night
  13. Bloody Mary Morning
  14. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
  15. Blue Skies
  16. Georgia on My Mind
  17. All of Me
  18. Stardust
  19. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
  20. I Can Get Off on You
  21. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
  22. On the Road Again
  23. Always on My Mind

Waylon Jennings, Live at The US Festival 1983 (Shout! Factory, 2012)

  1. Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out of Hand
  2. Clyde
  3. Amanda
  4. Just to Satisfy You
  5. Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line
  6. Lucille (You Won’t Do Your Daddy’s Will)
  7. I’ve Always Been Crazy
  8. Breakin’ Down
  9. Lonesome, On’ry and Mean
  10. Jack-A-Diamonds
  11. Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys)
  12. Storms Never Last (with Jessi Colter)
  13. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
  14. Rainy Day Woman
  15. Women Do Know How to Carry On
  16. I Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This
  17. Good Hearted Woman
  18. Honky Tonk Heroes
  19. Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
  20. Mental Revenge
  21. Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
  22. I Can Get Off on You

All tracks on both releases recorded live at the US Festival, San Bernardino, CA on June 4, 1983

Quiet Riot, Live at The US Festival 1983 (Shout! Factory, 2012)

  1. Danger Zone
  2. Run for Cover
  3. Love’s a Bitch
  4. Cum On Feel the Noize
  5. Slick Black Cadillac
  6. Let’s Get Crazy
  7. Battle Axe
  8. Let’s Get Crazy (Reprise)
  9. Metal Health (Bang Your Head)

All tracks on this release recorded live at the US Festival, San Bernardino, CA on May 29, 1983

Categories: News Tags: Quiet Riot, Waylon Jennings

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Michael Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he discovered there was more than one version of John Williams' soundtrack to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his intended profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small, from vintage soul to stirring film scores. His passion for reissues turned into a profession in 2014 with co-producing credits on two best-selling vinyl singles for Sony's Legacy Recordings: a 30th anniversary "ecto-green" pressing of Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" and a celebratory pressing of Wham!'s "Last Christmas" on red and green vinyl. Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with an ever-expanding collection of box sets and vinyl.

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Comments

  1. ronfwnc says

    January 26, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    I have the DVD’s and both performers are in fine form. I’m a fan of both Waylon and Willie, and I’d buy the CD’s if I didn’t already own the videos.

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  2. Jason Michael says

    January 27, 2012 at 10:39 am

    These releases are an odd way to start a series for a festival that is very much not country oriented. Both artists are great and no doubt these are good performances, but they don’t really reflect the US Festival at all. Of course, I’m not in marketing, so what do I know?

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