Van Halen 1976 Demo
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- From Wikipedia: "According to a January 4, 1977, L.A. Times article entitled HOMEGROWN PUNK by Robert Hilburn,[12] Rodney Bingenheimer saw Van Halen at the Gazzarri club in the summer of 1976, so he took Gene Simmons of Kiss to see Van Halen. Gene Simmons then produced a Van Halen demo tape with recording beginning at the Village Recorder studios in Los Angeles and finished with overdubs at the Electric Lady Studios in New York.[8] Simmons wanted to change the band's name to "Daddy Longlegs", but the band stuck with Van Halen. Simmons then opted out of further involvement after he took the demo to Kiss management and was told that "they had no chance of making it" and that they wouldn't take them."
Never has a background singer made such an impact on a group as Michael Anthony. Amazingness.
He certainly completed the sound and made it what it is.
*cough* Chris Squire *cough* but completely agree on Anthony's huge positive impact on the VH sound.
Agreed.
smithereensfan but how about EVH? Michael and Eddie are that “sound”. EVH doesn’t seem to get noticed for his really good singing AND rhythm guitar playing. He’s really the whole package.
Listening to this demo made me realize how marginalized Michael Anthony’s bass playing and level in the mix was in subsequent big label recordings.
Van Halen , here in their early days , Raw , in your face & unpolished , was what us teens needed RIGHT THEN!! I was 16 in ‘76 & when they hit it big with their release nationwide , they blew up the airwaves all over . A total “ Fingerprint “ band if there ever was one , Like Jimi, the “ Mighty Zep” and a few others who came before them, when you heard the music begin you knew INSTANTLY it was V.H. , and none other . R.I.P. Eddie . You gave generations music that will never be forgotten. 👍👍
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Women in Love 3:32
House of Pain 6:58
Running with the Devil 10:32
She's the Woman 13:58
Let's Get Rockin' 16:51
Big Trouble 19:54
Somebody Get me a Doctor 22:30
Babe Don't Leave me Alone 26:34
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On FIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE !!!!! *
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Best band ever. Van Halen saved the rock music scene in the 80s
d n yrs Amen! So many clowns won't ever realise the value and reality of your statement.
d n yrs actually they started in the 70’s, the original van haven didn’t last the 80’s
@@redrayman but their impact sure did
Disco was trying to take over but most people thought Disco Sucked
@@redrayman Original Van Halen 1974-1985
Hendrix was only gone for 5 - 6 years when this was recorded. That means :
Eddie, trying drums, switching to guitar, fully formed style, tone, phrasing, learning, woodshedding, getting good, getting awesome, becoming one of the greats and VH the band proper all happened in basically half a decade, thats awe inspiring!
It was the pick of destiny
Kris Davis : reincarnation of a Buddhist guitar great
Very good point.. I'm f****** believable
@Jimi Hendrix need an old Bass player,57,still Mosh.🎙️🎸🎶✌️💀✌️,hair is still Long have a rig.....?
@hippiehagemier5213 yeah I got a rig but they're all dirty
One of the greatest rock acts ever. Where have all the good times gone?
For sure..Please give me a ticket back to 1978 I was 14 and life couldnt have been any better..:)
the good times died in the 90's because of creeps like that asshole simmons and the greed industry which sold rock n roll out for a few shekels.
@@NotEvenRelevant I'm building a time machine, right now!
@@toms4442 well hurry up, I’m ready to go
Y’all there is still incredible music being made today, it’s just not topping the charts. Gotta look hard, but it’s there
Ted Templeman stretched it, squeezed it and polished it into a historic best rock album of all ages.
I dont know abou that. I think Teddy bent it over the desk and slid his thang into it. But even with all the overproduction it still knocked the shit out of me... A great band period.
+wildh0rse1 Sure..trouble with your hearing?
+wildh0rse1 Overproduction on which songs?
PRO SKATEBOARDER NAMED ED TEMPLETON. TED TEMPLEMAN....WAIT A MINUTE TED...ED...IS THERE A LITTLE SIMILARITY THERE? OOOHHH I THINK THERE IS...
Totally untrue. By '79 studios had plenty of tools to polish up a recording really nice. Just because everything was analog doesn't mean it was like the damn dark ages or something.
Everyone sounds KILLER and Dave sounded UNREAL. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SH*T!!!!!
Lilly Love me too
And you should. You're on 🔥.
I was a junior in HS when VH1 came out and it's hard to describe the impact it had on guys like me, who loved metal. They blew the whole thing wide open. This was before the internet and everyone in Boston was trying to get information on who the hell these guys were. When they finally came to town and we saw them live, it was insane. They were the quintessential So Cal band and their music seemed embody that.
I WAS IN BOOT CAMP, in the navy when it was released. when we heard the first sngle -our jaws dropped - the game had changed and there was a new band taking over - led zep had just lost the best drummer alive, and it was vanhalen time
JIM Donovan Van Halen was released in 1978. Bonham died in 1980
excuse my memory faults. it was Moon who died while i was in boot camp. but the statement stands, as Van Halen took over with sales, radio play, and touring, while Led Zepp was off due to Plant's car crash injuries, his son's death, and then Bonham's death.
Spot on. Whenever I hear Van Halen with Roth, California immediately comes to mind. California pre Crips and Blood and all Venice Beach.
Jack we must be close to the same age. I'll be 53 in August. My sister's boyfriend at the time was a huge hard rock dude. He played VH's first album for me and I was blown away. He also played Montrose, 38 Special and lots of other 70's cool rock albums for me. My life was changed! Good times.
never believe someone when they tell you "you will never make it" ...
Awesome prospecting skills on the Kiss management team, good job!
In my case it was true
keep rocking!!!
Compare with Ray Davies reading a letter to The Kinks from the record company at their HOF induction, in which it was suggested that the band be dropped from their label if their third album didn't do well.
When they tell you you can't make it that's the stuff that makes you make it
I can't start listening to this without listening to the whole half hour.
It's good.
I agree it was awesome I could not stop either God I love music
RIP Eddie!!! You got me through high school and further!! Never stopped listening since 1976! You are the God of guitars!! 🎸🔊🎶🎶
✌😎💨
God I feel so old sometimes, in 1976, I was 10 years old since I just turned 50 last March , that makes this soundtrack 40 years old, Blows my mind.
I was 16. Prime of life bro !
Cool to hear what they sounded like before they got big and had professional sound and recording. What a difference .
Tina A Stoffel What a demo!
+Tina A Stoffel While this is a quite cool demo, the sound is only this way because they're recording on KISS' equipment in New York. The Warner Bros demos, which were recorded less than a year after this, resemble their classic club sound. Look up the Warner Bros demos; much better sound in my opinion, and everyone's on fire in them.
+Tina A Stoffel Right on Tina..
+Chirbeef Actually.... the base tracks for this demo ,while working with Simmons. Were recorded at Village Recorders in Santa Monica. Then later in New York where they did some overdubbing of guitar and vocal tracks,(Eddie using his own guitar). The only time they used Kiss's equipment was at a Kiss rehearsal at SIR studios to play a show case for Bill Acoin.
Not much of a difference!
I respect Alex Van Halen - Even on this demo (and every recording since) his drum sound is immediately distinct and recognizable. I saw VH in ... The tour supporting the second album - here in Seattle at the Coliseum.
Kevin T. Kiso Alex rawks
Alex is the best drummer of all time. In ALL their songs the drums are so rich and deep, never just 'background drums'...
Michael Anthony was so essential to the classic Van Halen sound - it's so lame how Eddie has downplayed his contributions over the years.
@Max D Don't worry about it. Casuals don't know who he is. 😎
Eddie just wanted his son in the band. So he jacked Mike around…reslly Sucks how he was treated.
Mike was an equal band member who got screwed over by the big egos of the others. Ridiculous. He was a perfect fit. He was smart enough to stay though despite the mistreatment. At least Sammy knew Mike’s value and praised him. Stellar band despite the infighting.
@@thefool2007 well said.
@@thefool2007Agreed. I had another TH-camr argue with me that Mike wasn’t a songwriter per se and deserved none of the bands income. I wholeheartedly disagreed. Mike was Van Halens secret weapon
It’s very interesting to hear these songs with double tracked guitars, and none of the quick little fills in between riffs. Templeman’s idea to one guitar track and panning the reverb was a stroke of genius.
Panning the reverb , true genius. Agree.
Templeton was more on board with Van Halen's idea of presenting their music as it sounded live (i.e., little or no guitar overdubs, etc). The panning to the left with a touch of reverb is closer to how a band in old school clubs would sound, right? (i.e., guitar amps to one side of the stage, bass amps to the other, maybe some front of house blend but not much).
The good ole days, guitar plugged straight into a amp, Van Halen was a game changer in the late seventies, can you imagine the sounds coming out of Alex’s and Eddies bedroom, when they were still living with their parents, mind blowing stuff.
Lol
It would have been awesome to be there
Would have been awesome to hear
On Fire 0:00
Women in Love 3:32
House of Pain 6:58
Running with the Devil 10:32
She's the Woman 13:58
Let's Get Rockin' 16:51
Big Trouble 19:54
Somebody Get me a Doctor 22:30
Babe Don't Leave me Alone 26:34
Put Out the Lights 29:30
+Scott Leoski XD
Rest in Peace Edward
Van halen reinvented rock in the late 70s. Their energy was incredible. Attended some of their first headlining concerts. Nobody stood still. Tons of young girls everywhere. Dave was a monster. Never seen a better front man.
This is the best early VAN Halen I’ve heard so far and I’ve heard a few soundboards and demo recordings. This seems polished up more , clean and clear. It definitely sounds amazing. These guys were born to ROCK. and rock us all THEY DID !
OMG!! this brings back SOOOO.. many memories!! LOL I remember when everybody was blown away, "Who is THIS"???? Right on, thanks for this classic post!! :)
This show the GREAT importance of a good producer. Like him or not Ted knew how to formulate
I like this version of On Fire even better than the album version.
No way
muckerwood it's more raw
muckerwood same. It sounds just downright gritty
Used two track guitar. Album has only a single guitar track.
As a guitar player I wish I’d listen to him more when he was alive. I love the mix on all these
Michael Anthony's background vocals...nuff said! THIS is Van Halen's sound...MA captures the classic VH sound. These guys were good here, but allow a Ted Templeton to work with them in studio and we have well crafted tunes on the '78 release. Roth is wailing here...this was just a signature band on every level...Roth with his over the top personality and vocal style, MA with his rock solid time and vocals, Eddie being Eddie and Alex with his drum sound...blend them together and we have rock magic.
It is amazing to think that Bill Aucoin heard all this momentum and style and said "they had no chance of making it".
I agree, who listens to this and thinks... Well thats got no chance?
:S WTF?!
EVERY music act has been turned down by someone at one time. The Execs are right 99% of the time. It's the 1% they are wrong about is all you ever hear about.
I think that most execs are in tune with what's going on, that a lot of the time the miss the game changers, and VH...they changed the game. Even in X78 Dave was calling VH rock for the 80's. Like Dave or not, VH would have never been without him. The brothers were the musical genius, Dave was the one to bring it to the masses
TheReubenKincaid
Yes, Dave definitely brought in the chicks.
Alexander Sack A person must be retarded if the can't understand why the Kiss management turned down a band like Van Halen which would blow Kiss off the Stage and off the Charts. Don't any of you understand how business works? When you go to a Bank for a loan to start a business, the deciding factor in the mind of the Bank Manager is, "will this new business compete with my existing customers?" If the answer is "Yes" then the Bank wont help you in any way. Business is all about suppressing competition and it's no different in the music business.
I am so glad I was raised in the generation with such incredible raw talent. Great tunage!
Eddie's style was so unique. nothing like it in 1976
Eddie's raw guitar sound...no processing just pure ENERGY!!!
Great performance by Daddy Longlegs.
Whoever dreamed up that name, and album cover, was a genius with incredible foresight and business savvy!
I mean what sort of drugs was DLR on thinking Van Halen would work as a band name that would prove to be timeless from the get-go?
You mean Valhalla?
"No commercial potential", unbelievable. It blows my mind this was passed on the first time around. To my ears there's a lot of the songs on this demo sounds similar to Kiss but better musicians, or maybe that was the problem. This certainly is as good or better than anything Montrose or Rick Derringer or Pat Travers were putting out at the time. Very interesting to hear these songs with the guitar overdubs. It also shows that all of the pieces were in place for what Van Halen was going to become. It was just a good twist of fate that they ended up with Ted Templeman and the rest of the Warner Bros team or the ripple effect of Van Halen not making it is too unbearable to think about. BTW - That horn blowing effect that leads into "Devil" is priceless.
This demo sounds pretty sweet. If this was released, I would imagine quite a few copies would be sold.
+Bryan Szloh I'm wearing out youtube playing this and Zero on repeat!!!
Yeah, it is a pretty good recording of early VH. Still has their signature sound.
+Bryan Szloh Eddie wanted to release it but master copies are lost.
+CelestialWoodway For lack of a better term, dude that blows. At least its here on TH-cam to listen to. Wish it was downloadable.
+Bryan Szloh You can download it using any of the various YT download sites (simply Google "TH-cam download."). Several will allow you to choose the format you'd like to download -- such as MP4 or MP3.
This is great. Nice to hear the early versions of their songs and to see that they've come a long way.
A long way down, that is lol
Stan Danley
lol shut up skyler
Stan Danley
I'm the dick head who just got your guitar strings in the mail btw
Fan since 1977…
Here.
COOL!!!! Very COOL!
That solo on Big Trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLASSIC EDDIE!!
20 year old Eddie. 22 ! Fucking DLR....this is gold.
I love seeing early footage of them doing "on fire" Dave & Ed are so killing it. Dave's doing a full on correct form back bend & looks like he's actually on fire.Ed at his side totally In sync. Epic and BADASS.
Wonderful tribute ! May you soar in heaven with rocking angels ! God bless your kind soul Eddie !
Wow. Just wow. This takes me back to when I was a kid playing till my fingers bled just to learn one bar of an Eddie solo. Good stuff.
Heard them first time on AM radio 1978 and they blew me away!
when I found zero I was stoked...but this is sooooo awesome. thanks dude!!!!
Some of the best Van Halen ever......Raw, tight, hard, and fucking great!
wildh0rse12 years ago
On Fire 0:00
Women in Love 3:32
House of Pain 6:58
Running with the Devil 10:32
She's the Woman 13:58
Let's Get Rockin' 16:51
Big Trouble 19:54
Somebody Get me a Doctor 22:30
Babe Don't Leave me Alone 26:34
Put Out the Lights 29:30
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Jaysus... that's some freggin' demo..... ~:O
that solo break during "on fire" , where the first chorus and the awesome riff is supposed to go.... just kills the entire song. i can see why they changed it
+Alan Lloyd Yeah, it sounds cool but it completely breaks the whole vibe
did the lights for that gig (the flyer), it was my birthday and i wanted to just party but my little bother made me work, whatever...
Great Demo! They sounded like they were on Fire 🔥!
I like this better than the album..
I agree. This is my favorite Van Halen album with DLR.
Almost!
It's amazing that it's just one guitar just amazing too bad Dave's voice didn't sound like that past few years
@Captain Danger I I agree with you well said well and by the way Rush rules
I remember my 10th b day , new RM 50 , Top down in parents 442 , and all of a sudden my father pulls out the Zeppelin 8 track and kicks up Van Halen ,,, I wore that out .. one of the great moments of music... still rock VH ( Dave only ) Really miss the power of early VH and wish David would get his voice back and stop the stage shows with talking ... regardless this is F..ing amazing to hear again ...and again..
HELLO VAN HALEN NEVER HEARD THIS GOOD SCORE
This show must ROCKED!
Very cool. Thanks for posting. Amazing How so much of this material ended up on a different kind of truth a couple of years ago
I know, right? I like the variations on these early recordings.
David is really nailing it .Alex sounds great. Mike sounds really good. eddy sounds great deal is its 76 so his tone is advanced for time has pretty decent crunch :)
Oh god, his ibanez before he sharked it hahaha Love it!
These boys had their shit together from day one!gene Simmons really helped finance and produce their first demos in1976 and then put them out on the road with Black Sabbath on the NEVER SAY DIE tour in 1978!!!
Trapeze, Montrose, Traffic, this is incredible for the time. Never heard Michael Anthony play anywhere near what he was obviously capable of. Even without Eddie's signature sound, this throws down.
OMG !!!! Look whos on that poster !! HEADWINDS & EULOGY !!
What ever happened to those bands? They were so much better than that one-hit-wonder Van Halen...lol
Simmons then opted out of further involvement after he took the demo to
Kiss management and was told that "they had no chance of making it" and
that they wouldn't take them."
LOL!
I’m from a hick town GraduTe in 1988 will always love va halen
love ❤ this demo, Love Van Halen 1 TRULY HARD ROCK HISTORY!!!
God am missing Ronnie Montrose. NO MONTROSE MONTROSE ALBUM NO TED TEMPLEMAN i Van Halen 1 album!!! After hearing the Montrose
album they were so blown away they only wanted Montrose's producer & Engineer when the recorded Van Halen 1 album.😉
MAN I wish I could've seen them in their club days !!
This should be properly produced and released, very dry, no reverb or delay, would sound a lot better with some Jape.
Love it when the experts are wrong.
No one would sign the Beatles either, how hard do you suppose they are kicking themselves now ?
EVH is the greatest!!!!!!!!!
Rock in peace King Ed
3:31 "Woman In Love" is a fantastic unreleased VH original
4:05 reminds me of early Aerosmith...and when he says "My loves got no rain check baby" Dave reminds me of Fonzie, lol 6:50
Greatest Rock Band Now and Then….Eddie was Best at Everything…….He trended Music, he Led….And that’s a Fact not Hype……RIP….
10/6/20 R.I.P. E.V.H. forever ♥️Van Halen🔥
Michael anthony's backing Vocals are such a big part of the VH sound .
Hey Robert, thanks for the upload, superb.It's very close to their 'Zero' (the one a year before they recorded Van Halen 1). Having read some of the comments from the KISS / Gene Simmonds haters, he did a superb job of recording & mixing a raw & young VH, and he probably regrets not sticking by them and managing them.
WOWZA!!! My 18th birthday...I had no clue!! One of my all time favorite bands!
The most conspicuous point here is that Simmons failed to capture Eddie's jaw-dropping brilliance, which immediately struck Ted Templeman as being akin to that of jazz legend Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker; instead Simmons opted for a more streamlined and homogeneous 'band' sound which did not put Eddie's guitar out front. When Simmons helped VH make these demos in late '76 it was all supposed to be hush-hush but a lot of people on the street, including myself, knew about it through the buzzing local grapevine. But this promising chapter fizzled-out quickly, and word spread equally as fast that VH had been rejected by Kiss manager Bill Aucoin, despite the enthusiastic support of Gene Simmons; the implications of this were clearly negative & embarrassing. I talked with Eddie frequently at the time, and mentioned the demos to him at a VH Starwood gig in late '76. He raised his eyebrows and blurted out "How do you know about those demos? That's supposed to be a secret!" I said "Are you kidding? Who DOESN'T know about you guys and Gene Simmons? Everyone knows!" Curiously, several of the songs recorded- On Fire, Women in Love, Big Trouble and Put Out the Lights- were not in VH's Starwood setlist at the time, and She's the Woman, Let's Get Rockin' & House of Pain, which were regular staples in VH's Starwood setlist, were lyrically altered for the Simmons demos; for some reason, Roth chose to use lyrics for these songs which were virtually wholesale replacements of what he was concurrently singing onstage.
Gene said Eddie wasn't tapping at the time, so a bit changed between this demo and VH1
@@dozerthecat: Correct; No tapping, no whammy, no "strat"; at the Starwood shows EVH was playing a Gibson ES 335 and the Ibanez Destroyer. EVH: "I used to have an old Gibson ES-335 that was my main experimental guitar. That was the one I refretted and painted and totally screwed up! I mean, I did everything you can imagine to that guitar to ruin it. But I learned from it. It’s too bad, because that guitar would have been worth some bucks today." He painted that particular 335 a pale, pistachio green that was similar to the color of his house in Pasadena at the time! You have to wonder.....
You can produce, mix and master anything you want, but this shows that a good rehearsed performance on record beats anything.
Running With The Devil just sounds like the version on the debut record, but with mp3 quality.
Ha the Guitar solo in she’s the woman was added to the solo in mean street!! Love it!
a lot of the parts are the same... which is pretty cool... nice to see that we got pretty much the original content with Ted Templeton... even the solo on I'm On Fire... still will always be a DLR VH fan...
One demo tape from the 70's blows off Van Hagar. Sorry I like Sammy but this is Van Halen.
MkMeRun Sammy is great by himself or with Michael Anthony and chickenfoot
Hagar is just a different act-style. This was VH boogie-woogie.
MkMeRun so true!!!
totally raw....not a lot of effects or post production. I absolutely LOVE THIS! it's the rock guys my age free up with...
track list:
1.- INTRO
2.- ONE FIRE
3.- WOMEN IN LOVE
4.- HOUSE OF PAIN
5.- RUNNIN`WITH THE DEVIL
6.- SHE`S THE WOMAN
7.- LET`S GET ROCKIN`
8.- BIG TROUBLE
9.- SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR
10.- BABE, DON`T LET ME ALONE
11.- PUT OUT THE LIGHTS
12.- WE DIE BOLD
13.- VOODOO QUEEN
14.- LITTLE DREAMER
15.- BRING OUT THE GIRLS
16.- YOUNG & WILD
17.- LAST NIGHT
18.- LIGHT IN THE SKY
19.- GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
20.- D.O.A.
21.- SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR
22.- SHOW ME YOUR LOVE
23.- I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER
24.- FEEL YOR LOVE TONIGHT
25.- I A SIMPLE RHYME
26.- PIECE OF MIND
27.- YOU REALLY GOT ME
28.- HAPPY TRAILS
29.- AIN`T TALKIN` `BOUT LOVE
Nice list - no fucking timestamps?SMH
15:18 - Somebody Get Me a Doctor! Awesome.
You mean 'Mean Streets' maybe?
_Also_ *Headwinds* and *Eulogy*
Written in much smaller print, at the bottom of the flyer. Which I presume opened up for Van Halen.
Mid to late 70s what a great era for kick ass party rock music! This is better than the album,a reflection of the vibe in the world back then,Raw,wild,&FREE!
WOW you have it. I had a copy on cassette I found in Gazzarri's parking lot, but it was ran over. I salvaged it, and not know who they were, 86'd it. Man was I a dumbass
Wow, awesome, interesting that Ed wasn't doing his tapping in these early recordings.
How about the riff in She's The Woman that became the Mean Streets break? Neat. (Btw, how in the world did STW not make it onto an early album?)
did you know that she's the woman ended up on their 2012 album?
That threw me a for a quick second. That was killer!
And how about that same break/solo on the demo version of STW being on the original version of “Mean Street”? The original song was called “ “Voodoo Queen.” It has the same riff as “Mean Street”, and basically the same solo as “Mean Street”/STW Demo... but otherwise it’s not the same song. And - no exaggeration - it’s even better. Do yourself a favor and look up Van Halen Voodoo Queen. Enjoy 👍🏼
Also part of Eddie's full live Eruption solo became the intro to the finalized Mean Streets, of course
Just a comment to all those talking about record execs not getting it etc. I remember when Van Halen came out. I was a big AC/DC fan at the time, and I had never heard anything like them. So to quote what someone else has said here, "It was a game changer". I don't think the record exec could imagine that something that sounded so different from what they had heard would be so huge!
+Lance H Record companies have never been accused of seeing the future....The fact that VH got signed isint a miracle... It is a miracle that they weren't signed in about 75'..... instead of 77'.....
They were instantly my favorite band, after the first time I heard them.
+Lance H There's a video of Bill Acoin saying the mistake he made was flying them to NY instead of going out and seeing them in a club in LA. He also said Ted Templeman was smart pulling out You Really Got Me for them to cover because neither heard "the song" that would launch them.
Wow! I can actually hear the bass!!!
A 1976 demo! There were already good bands out there at that time. Aerosmith Cheap Trick Queen Cooper AC/DC Rush Nugent Sabbath etc. But this wasn’t like any of that, new fresh aggressive raw! And most importantly they had their own sound just like the bands I mentioned and others. Their own unique sound that made them... them. Not to mention a guitar player that must have made other hard rock players say “ holy crap who is this where did he come from and what is this kid doing” long live the early hard rock musical masterpieces of the one the only Van Halen!
Amen to that Mike is unsung hero!
Love the original version of big troubles. Which on different kind of truth turned into. Big river. It’s a catchy tune love the guitaring on it. Love all VH MUSIC.
It's cool to hear all of these original versions. It's kind of disappointing that their last album, was mostly remakes of these old songs. Can't wait to hear the next "new" album though...what ever their secret project is. This is great though! Thanks for posting!!!
I am really looking forward to that to! Although the last album was a frigging great album. Literally listen to it all the time.
I have that same flyer and I was at that show at the civic.
This is Badass!
Pretty awesome. I have that flyer. I was in the band Headwinds. You can see the name of the band on the flyer.
Eddies riff on Big Trouble is kick ass!
.....Put some headphones on & listen to this...Eddie's guitar style is apparent as a future budding talent guitar superstar. Van Halen was too Ca. for a NY'ers (like Simmons & Aucoin) idea of R&R (is anyone surprised ?) & they were summarily proven wrong. Some early ideas that turned up on later albums as different songs are present here & that's kinda interesting. Every great band has a beginning & for Van Halen, this is their introduction.....
I saw them play at the first TEXXAS JAM in 1978 ! and then again at the US Festival in 1983 !
This is great! You can hear quite a few riffs in here that ended up in other songs. And even a couple songs wound up on A Different Kind of Truth.
FKN RAW and the Double BASS Really Strikes THRU !
Stellar!
For those itching for a dub, use a YT > MP3 converter. Tons on the web. YT blocks music (regional::USA) content, as they do these days, so get a VPN (strongly recommend a virus protector as well for any online activity).
Try multiple sites, past the first few hits, to shop for the highest quality. It may take about an hour--or less really--with searching, converting and downloading, but it will be worth the time. It may not be analog/4K album quality, but you can play a MP3 through a device at respectable quality without being beholden to a YT stream. This video is a quality recording which helps. Just may have turn it up a few notches when you play it out.
In the end, a converted YT video would sound as good as what you hear now and probably better than a crunchy demo on cassette recorded from a recording of a recording.
Enjoy!