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Rare Eddie Van Halen instrumental; “Donut City”

by VHND — updated March 28, 2014 81 Comments

Last week, the VHND featured an unreleased instrumental written by Edward Van Halen entitled “Ripley” that was written for the 1984 movie, “The Wild Life.” The movie’s soundtrack contained just one song by Eddie Van Halen, “Donut City”:

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