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Van Halen GUITAR-ONLY tracks!

December 23, 2009 56 Comments

Here’s something that no one has ever heard before – GUITAR-ONLY versions of some classic Van Halen tracks, courtesy of Youtube user MasterTracks18. Featured here are “I’m The One,” “Panama,” “Unchained,” & “Little Guitars.” More to come. Enjoy!

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  • OzEVH

    I’m The One is just out of this world, BREATHTAKING, STUNNING, BRUTAL, RAW AND PURE KING EDDIE AT HIS GOD LIKE BEST!!!

    I love the bit when Eddie comes out from the vocal chorus bit at the end, you can hear the noise crackle of him turning up the volume nob. I love it how VH left all that kind of stuff on the master cuts. Unlike most bands do today, those type of things would have been cleaned up or erased. Thats what makes Van Halen’s sound so unique!!

  • Amad Ali

    Well said FAMAC. However, as you stated, “Van Halen took the guitar as an instrument and scrambled it into an entirely new vocabularly – and one that’s also more difficult to master than any player’s before him. It’s that disconnect from tradition that makes Eddie stand out among the guitarists.” I think you are right on, but I also think that it’s that disconnect that confuses a lot of idiots, who, for that matter, continue to rank Paige and Hendrix above Eddie. Paige, Hendrix, and others are fine fine artists. But Eddie is in a totally more advanced strata. If folks continue to rank guitarists, they must face reality and have EVH at the very top or just keep him off the list ’cause he’s above and beyond anyone when it comes to music and guitar.

  • twh

    I still think Eddie needs to release an instrumental album like Jeff Beck’s “Guitar Shop”.

  • ROB5150

    During a promotional tour in Italy in 1980, the band, which hadn’t its own set of amplification, played with one borrowed from a famous Italian prog-rock band.
    Well, the sound remains the great “brown sound”, that is what makes Van Halen the greatest in the history of rock’n'roll

  • j.j. hengari

    This is an awesome christmas present, wish I had this way back though! Makes me want to practice the tracks. It’s all crystal clear without any distractions.
    Wonder if there are any of Alex?
    Brilliant! :)

  • auf

    Loving you man! How about some hear about it later, fools, or take your whiskey home??? AWESOME! Give us more!

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