Friday, August 30, 2024

US Festival '83, Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA, 5-30-1983 - Day 3, Part 4: Missing Persons

The fourth act on Day Three (Rock Day) of the 1983 US Festival is Missing Persons.

Missing Persons was formed in 1980. Most of the band members met each other through working with Frank Zappa. At first, they had success with an EP in 1980, then released the album "Spring Session M" in 1982. (The title is an anagram of "Missing Persons.") None of the songs from it were hits, but the album was solid and has since been deemed a new wave classic. One song from it, "Walking in L.A.," became the band's signature song and still gets radio airplay. 

The band put out another album in 1984, but it wasn't well received either critically or commercially. Another album in 1986 got even less attention, and the band broke up. However, the band reunited in 2001 and is still in existence as I write this in 2024.

Here's the band's Wikipedia page if you want to know more:

Missing Persons (band) - Wikipedia

Finally, after three partial sets earlier in the day of the festival, I'm able to present a full set. All the following sets from Day Three are complete as well. I found a video of the set and converted it to mp3 files. I also boosted the lead vocals relative to the instruments via the UVR5 audio editing program.

This album is 55 minutes long.

021 Introduction [Instrumental] (Missing Persons)
022 Mental Hopscotch (Missing Persons)
023 Noticeable Ones (Missing Persons)
024 talk (Missing Persons)
025 Words (Missing Persons)
026 talk (Missing Persons)
027 Tears (Missing Persons)
028 talk (Missing Persons)
029 It Ain't None of Your Business (Missing Persons)
030 Bad Streets (Missing Persons)
031 talk (Missing Persons)
032 U.S. Drag (Missing Persons)
033 talk (Missing Persons)
034 Windows (Missing Persons)
035 talk (Missing Persons)
036 Here and Now (Missing Persons)
037 talk (Missing Persons)
038 Walking in L.A. (Missing Persons)
039 talk (Missing Persons)
040 I Like Boys (Missing Persons)
041 talk (Missing Persons)
042 Destination Unknown (Missing Persons)
043 No Way Out (Missing Persons)
044 talk (Missing Persons

https://www.upload.ee/files/17039567/VA-1983USFstvlDay0304MssngPrsns_atse.zip.html

alternate link:

https://pixeldrain.com/u/sBUyVgVn

The cover photo of the band's lead singer Dale Bozzio is from this exact concert.

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