Studio Albums 1978-1984 (Remastered) Van Halen

• Van Halen
• 1 Runnin' With The Devil 03:36
• 2 Eruption 01:42
• 3 You Really Got Me 02:38
• 4 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 03:49
• 5 I'm The One 03:47
• 6 Jamie's Cryin' 03:30
• 7 Atomic Punk 03:01
• 8 Feel Your Love Tonight 03:42
• 9 Little Dreamer 03:22
• 10 Ice Cream Man 03:20
• 11 On Fire 03:01
• Van Halen II
• 12 You're No Good 03:17
• 13 Dance The Night Away 03:09
• 14 Somebody Get Me A Doctor 02:54
• 15 Bottoms Up! 03:06
• 16 Outta Love Again 02:53
• 17 Light Up The Sky 03:12
• 18 Spanish Fly 01:02
• 19 D.O.A. 04:10
• 20 Women In Love...... 04:09
• 21 Beautiful Girls 03:56
• Women And Children First
• 22 And The Cradle Will Rock... 03:32
• 23 Everybody Wants Some!! 05:06
• 24 Fools 05:55
• 25 Romeo Delight 04:19
• 26 Tora! Tora! 00:56
• 27 Loss Of Control 02:38
• 28 Take Your Whiskey Home 03:09
• 29 Could This Be Magic? 03:09
• 30 In A Simple Rhyme 04:34
• Fair Warning
• 31 Mean Street 04:59
• 32 Dirty Movies 04:08
• 33 Sinner's Swing! 03:10
• 34 Hear About It Later 04:35
• 35 Unchained 03:30
• 36 Push Comes To Shove 03:49
• 37 So This Is Love? 03:07
• 38 Sunday Afternoon In The Park 01:59
• 39 One Foot Out The Door 01:58
• Diver Down
• 40 Where Have All The Good Times Gone! 03:05
• 41 Hang 'em High 03:29
• 42 Cathedral 01:23
• 43 Secrets 03:26
• 44 Intruder 01:39
• 45 [Oh] Pretty Woman 02:56
• 46 Dancing In The Street 03:46
• 47 Little Guitars (Intro) 03:48
• 48 Little Guitars 03:49
• 49 Big Bad Bill [Is Sweet William Now] 02:46
• 50 The Full Bug 03:22
• 51 Happy Trails 01:05
• 1984
• 52 1984 01:07
• 53 Jump 04:04
• 54 Panama 03:32
• 55 Top Jimmy 03:02
• 56 Drop Dead Legs 04:14
• 57 Hot For Teacher 04:44
• 58 I'll Wait 04:45
• 59 Girl Gone Bad 04:35
• 60 House Of Pain 03:19
• Total Runtime 03:19:45

Info zu Studio Albums 1978-1984 (Remastered)

Vor gerade einem Jahr feierte die Originalbesetzung der Band mit Sänger David Lee Roth und „A Different Kind Of Truth' ein in seiner Qualität doch überraschendes Studio-Comeback. Aber so schön wie damals kann es - von „You Really Got Me' bis „Jump' - natürlich trotzdem nie mehr werden.

So schön wie auf den ersten sechs Alben von Van Halen, die zwischen 1978 und 1984 neue Maßstäbe in Sachen Hard Rock mit Entertainmentfaktor gesetzt haben - zig Nachahmer mühten sich mit den unglaublichen Riffs, Licks und Tricks von Gitarrist Eddie Van Halen ab und nahmen die oft ironische Macho-Show von David Lee Roth leider oft für bare Münze.

Das von Eddie's Bruder Alex am Schlagzeug und Bassist Michael Anthony komplettierte Quartett war ab 1974 mit Club- und Bar-Gigs zur populärsten L. A.-Lokalband aufgestiegen, bevor ein von Gene Simmons (Kiss) finanziertes Demo den Warner-Vertrag ermöglichte. Der kompromisslose, unprätentiöse Larger-Than-Life-Sound von Van Halen wurde 1978 gleich auf dem selbstbetitelten Albumdebüt unsterblich, in eigenen Songs wie „Runnin‘ With The Devil' und „Ain't Talkin‘ Bout Love', aber auch mit einem spektakulären Cover der Kinks-Nummer „You Really Got Me'. Eddie Van Halen spielte (bisher) unerhörte Sachen auf seiner Gitarre, und doch verebbten die Songs nie als bloßes Vehikel seiner Saitenkunst.

Die konnte mit „Spanish Fly' auch mal akustisch strahlen, auf dem Nachfolger „Van Halen II', der mit „Dance The Night Away' und „Beautiful Girls' immer noch jede Party rettet.

Auf „Woman And Children First' rockten Van Halen mit „Romeo Delight' dann so heavy wie noch nie, aber Stücke wie „Fools' oder „Loss Of Control' zeigten auch eine neue Songwriting-Reife jenseits bloßen Amüsements.

Auf dieser Schiene fuhr die Band 1981 mit „Fair Warning' konsequent weiter - selbst der notorisch gutgelaunte David Lee Roth ließ sich vom Nasty-Vibe der Musik anstecken.

„Where Have All The Good Times Gone?' fragten Van Halen wieder frei nach Ray Davies gleich zum Auftakt des Nachfolgers „Diver Down', der die Antwort mit weiteren, maßgeschneiderten Covers gab, etwa „Pretty Woman' (Roy Orbison) oder der Motown-Klassiker „Dancing In The Street'. Dazu lief Roth mit „Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)' zu großer, alter Vaudeville-Form auf. Mit dem Synthesizer hatten Van Halen schon seit „Woman And Children First' hier und da geflirtet.

Doch erst das grandiose Riff-Intro zum Mega-Hit „Jump' etablierte das Instrument auf „1984' wirklich im Band-Sound und bescherte ihr zudem das endgültige Crossover zum ganz großen Pop-Publikum. Dass Van Halen dabei ihre Rock'n Roll-Wurzeln nie kappten, vielmehr auch in anderen Songs wie „Panama' oder „Hot For Teacher' ganz auf der Höhe waren, macht das Album zum ultimativen Band-Statement. Dass David Lee Roth danach erstmal (solo) ging, mutet aus heutiger Sicht fast logisch an: Was sollte danach noch kommen?

Das HighResAudio-Set enthält die Alben:
Van Halen (1978)
Van Halen II (1979)
Women and Children First (1980)
Fair Warning (1981)
Diver Down (1982)
1984 (1984)

'Mit sechs Alben veröffentlicht zwischen 1978 und 1984, gelangten Van Halen zu Weltruhm. War um, das zeigt die nun veröffentlichte Studio Master-Kollektion THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1978–1984, in der man diese sechs Alben zusammengefasst hat.' (Good Times)

'Alle Alben aus der großen Zeit im preisgünstigen Schuber.' (Rolling Stone)

Davis Lee Roth, vocals
Eddie Van Halen, guitar
Michael Anthony, bass
Alex Van Halen, drums

Digitally remastered

With their 1978 eponymous debut, Van Halen simultaneously rewrote the rules of rock guitar and hard rock in general. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen redefined what the electric guitar could do, developing a blindingly fast technique with a variety of self-taught two-handed tapping, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and effects that mimicked the sounds of machines and animals. It was wildly inventive and over the top, equaled only by vocalist David Lee Roth, who brought the role of a metal singer to near-performance art standards. Roth wasn't blessed with great technique, unlike Eddie, but he had a flair for showmanship derived as much from lounge performers as Robert Plant. Together, they made Van Halen into the most popular American rock & roll band of the late '70s and early '80s, and in the process set the template for hard rock and heavy metal for the '80s.

Throughout the '80s, it was impossible not to hear Van Halen's instrumental technique on records that ranged from the heaviest metal to soft pop. Furthermore, Roth's irony-drenched antics were copied by singers who took everything literally. One of these was Sammy Hagar, an arena rock veteran from the '70s who replaced Roth after the vocalist had a falling out with Van Halen in 1985. Hagar stayed with the band longer than Roth, helping the group remain a fixture on the top of the charts through the late '80s and early '90s. Halfway through the '90s the group's sales began to slide, just as tensions between Hagar and Eddie began to arise. As the group prepped a greatest hits album, Hagar was fired (or quit) and Roth was brought back on to sing two cuts on the compilation. He was subsequently replaced by Gary Cherone, a former member of Extreme, who lasted through one album before departing. After a half-decade hiatus, the band mounted a reunion tour with Hagar, who left in 2005 only to be replaced by Roth, with this reunion leading to a new album called A Different Kind of Truth in 2011.

Through all the upheaval over lead vocalists, Eddie Van Halen and his prodigious talent remained the core of Van Halen. The son of a Dutch bandleader, Eddie and his family moved from the Netherlands to Pasadena, California in 1962, when he was seven years old and his older brother, Alex, was nine. As their father supported the family by playing in wedding bands, Eddie and Alex continued their classical piano training. Soon, both boys were enraptured by rock & roll. Eddie learned how to play drums and Alex took up the guitar, eventually switching instruments. The brothers began a hard rock band called Mammoth and began playing around Pasadena, eventually meeting David Lee Roth. At the time, Roth, who had been raised in a wealthy Californian family, was singing in Redball Jet. Impressed by the Van Halen brothers, he joined forces with the group. Shortly afterward, bassist Michael Anthony, who was singing with Snake, became a member of Mammoth. After discovering that another band had the rights to the name Mammoth, the group decided to call themselves Van Halen in 1974, rejecting the proposed Rat Salade.

For the next three years, Van Halen played throughout Pasadena, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles, in both clubs and hotel bars. Their repertoire covered everything from pop and rock to disco, but they eventually worked in their own original material. Within a few years, they had become the most popular local band in Los Angeles, and Eddie became well known for his groundbreaking technique. In 1977, Kiss' Gene Simmons financed a demo recording session for Van Halen after seeing them at the Starwood Club. On the strength of Simmons' recommendation, Mo Ostin and Ted Templeman signed Van Halen to Warner Bros., releasing the band's debut the following year.

Van Halen became a hit due to strong word of mouth, constant touring, and support from AOR radio. Within three months the album had gone gold, and five months later it went platinum. It would eventually sell over six million copies, thanks to the album rock staples "You Really Got Me," "Jamie's Cryin'," and "Runnin' with the Devil." Van Halen II, released in 1979, continued the band's success, as "Dance the Night Away" became their first Top 20 single. Women and Children First (1980) didn't have any charting singles, but was a success on the album charts, reaching number six. The band supported the album with their first headlining, international arena tour, and were quickly on their way to being superstars. Released in 1981, Fair Warning wasn't quite as popular as their previous records, yet it still peaked at number six. Diver Down, released in 1982, was a huge hit, spawning a number 12 cover of Roy Orbison's "(Oh) Pretty Woman" and reaching number three.

While all of their previous albums were successful, Van Halen didn't become superstars until 1984, when their album 1984 became an across-the-board smash. Released on New Year's Day, 1984 rocketed to number two on the strength of the number one single "Jump." Like many songs on the album, "Jump" was driven by Eddie's new synthesizer, and while Roth was initially reluctant to use electronics, the expansion of the group's sound was widely praised. Throughout 1984, Van Halen gained steam, as "I'll Wait" and "Panama" became Top 15 singles and "Hot for Teacher" became a radio and MTV staple.

Despite the group's breakthrough success, things were not well within the band. During their 1984 tour, each member played separate solo sets and was physically separated on the stage. Roth was unhappy with Eddie's appearance on Michael Jackson's 1983 hit "Beat It," and Eddie grew tired of the comic antics of Roth. In 1985, Roth released a solo EP, Crazy from the Heat, which spawned hit covers of "California Girls" and "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody." When Roth delayed the recording of Van Halen's follow-up to 1984, he was fired from the band. Most observers were taken by surprise when Sammy Hagar was named as Roth's replacement. The former lead singer of Montrose, Hagar's solo career had been sporadically successful, highlighted by such arena metal hits as "Three-Lock Box" and "I Can't Drive 55."

Though many critics suspected Hagar wouldn't be able to sustain Van Halen's remarkable success, his first album with the band, 1986's 5150, was a huge hit, reaching number one and spawning the hit singles "Why Can't This Be Love," "Dreams," and "Love Walks In." Released in 1988, OU812 was just as successful, earning stronger reviews than its predecessor and generating the hits "When It's Love" and "Finish What You Started." For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, released in 1991, was another number one hit, partially due to the hit MTV video for "Right Now." Van Halen followed the album with their first live record, the double-album Van Halen Live: Right Here, Right Now in 1993.

By the spring 1995 release of Balance, tensions between Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar had grown considerably. Eddie had recently undergone well-publicized treatment for alcoholism, and Hagar was notorious for his party-hearty ways, even writing a paean to Amsterdam's hash bars with "Amsterdam" on Balance. Furthermore, the band had become subject to criticism that it simply repeated a formula. While Balance was successful, entering the charts at number one and selling two million copies shortly after its release, it stalled quickly afterward. The band wanted to release a greatest-hits collection, but Hagar balked at the idea, escalating tensions even further. Following a skirmish in 1996 over the recording of a song for the Twister soundtrack, Eddie decided to make a change by switching singers. Van Halen began recording new material with Roth without informing Hagar, who went ballistic upon learning of the group's reunion.

According to Hagar, Eddie fired him shortly afterward; Eddie claimed Hagar quit. Roth proceeded to record two new songs for Van Halen's Best Of, Vol. 1, and once the reunion became public, the rock media reacted positively to the news; MTV began airing a welcome back commercial days after the announcement. However, the reunion was not to be. Following an appearance at the MTV Music Awards, Eddie Van Halen fired Roth from the band, claiming that he was only on board to record two new songs. Roth said that he was duped into recording the songs, believing that the reunion was permanent. Former Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone was announced as the band's new lead singer. Though the resulting Best Of, Vol. 1 was a success, Eddie's reputation as a nice guy was tarnished once the entire affair was over. Cherone's long-awaited debut with Van Halen, entitled Van Halen III, was finally released in March of 1998. Although the album debuted high on the charts, crashing in at number three, it quickly slipped down, since the reception to the album from fans, critics, and radio was mixed.

After Van Halen III proved to be the worst-selling album of Van Halen's long and illustrious career (the ensuing world tour was poorly attended as well), Cherone was dismissed from Van Halen in 1999. Immediately, rumors began to swirl once more of an impending David Lee Roth/Van Halen reunion. Things were kept hush-hush in the Van Halen camp until early 2001, when David Lee Roth went public on his website with an update, confirming that he had recorded several new songs with the band but hadn't heard back from them since the previous summer.

Only a few days after Roth's news, Eddie Van Halen admitted to the public that he was battling cancer, but was told by his doctors that chances were good for a complete recovery. In the summer of 2001, Eddie told MTV News that the band's remaining members had penned a total of three albums' worth of new material and that they were still unsure of who their next singer would be. Months later, the band parted ways with Warner Bros., its label since 1979. The bandmembers blamed the label for promoting younger bands, while also admitting that they had not yet found Cherone's replacement and were no longer considering Roth.

The next three years found various members tending to situations both personal and professional. Eddie and longtime wife Valerie Bertinelli separated, Michael Anthony began making regular appearances with Sammy Hagar's Warboritas, and in a surprise move, David Lee Roth and Hagar hit the road together for the popular Heavyweight Champs of Rock & Roll Tour. In 2004, the band announced that Hagar would return to the fold for an American tour in support of a new greatest-hits collection, The Best of Both Worlds. The shows were undeniably successful, but tensions were high, and Hagar and Anthony returned to the Warboritas the following year. In 2007, Van Halen were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and rumors of a reunion tour with Roth began to circulate again. Those rumors were confirmed on August 17th when the group announced legitimate dates, along with a controversial lineup change that replaced Michael Anthony with Eddie's son Wolfgang on bass. The tour kicked off in September and went on to gross over $93 million, the most successful tour in the band's history.

Riding this great success, Van Halen decided to head into the studio to cut their first album since 1998's III. Working with producer John Shanks, the band recorded the album in 2011, then launched their full-scale comeback in the early days of 2012, performing a showcase concert at Cafe Wha? on January 5, with the single "Tattoo" arriving five days later. The full-length album, A Different Kind of Truth, followed in February 2012. (Source: Warner Music Australia)

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