LABOR DAY BLOWOUT ( phoenix 1985)

Format : 1 CDR. 12 tracks ~ 54 min

Label : Zone 51 prod 444.01

 

Disc 1 

01. Rats in the Cellar

02. Mama Kin

03. Big Ten Inch Record

04. My Fist, Your Face

05. Back in the Saddle

06. Let the Music Do the Talking

07. Sweet Emotion

08. Walk This Way

09. Same Old Song and Dance

10. Toys in the Attic

11. Dream On

12. Train Kept A-Rollin'

 

   Recorded live :

Compton Terrace

Phoenix.AZ.USA

September 2th.1985

 

Comments :

Notes: I have a recording of this show that sounded as

 though it was recorded OUTSIDE the outdoor venue.

This source is much better, but still a bit rough. This

was the infamous show where Aero opened for The

Scorpions before the "Done With Mirrors" album was

out.  Sounded like a crazy day....found these

observations on the net.... 

   Matthias Jabs of the Scorps: "We've had some amazing

   shows in Phoenixl. I remember the show at Compton

   Terrace in 1985. That was the only time Aerosmith

   opened for us. We'd opened for them in 1979 on one

   of our first visits to America. There were about 40,000

   people there and the crowd got out of control –

   something happened - some people got hurt. They

   changed the capacity of the venue after our show.

   I know the next time we played at Compton Terrace,

   the crowd was much smaller. (New reports at the time

    said there were numerous fist fights and three people

    suffered superficial stab wounds but no arrests were

    made."

Fan: "This was the first time I saw and met Aerosmith.

I was living in Phoenix and The Scorpions announced

they’d be playing Compton Terrace with Aerosmith, Autograph and Victory in support. I managed to bluff myself backstage claiming to be from the Melody Maker and the first thing I saw was Joe Perry being helped to his trailer by two girls. I got to briefly meet the whole band, who were on hard times and just about to release the less than fabulous Done With Mirrors. That said, I was ecstatic and let the music do the talking."

Fan: "My worst was an outdoor show in Phoenix at Compton Terrace in 1985 when I was going to ASU.  Victory, Autograph, Aerosmith, and the Scorpions.   The first two bands were horrible.  Aerosmith was on their comeback tour (Done with Mirrors) but I don't remember them being very on that night.   The Scorps were outstanding, but the songs and talking between them was identical to "World Wide Live".  The worst part was that it was all general admission and people were crammed together on the grass in 100 degree plus weather.   You couldn't see, you couldn't breathe...horrible.  The guy I went with and I moved to a spot on a grass terrace above the masses and watched the rest of the show from a distance.   We found out later two people had been stabbed to death during the concert."

Fan: "Went to many shows Compton Terrace next to Legend City. Personally I think that the Aerosmith,Scorpions, Autograph,Victory show was the one that shut it down. Wasn't that place owned by the Father of Stevie Nicks?"

Audience recording.