Van Halen’s Definitive Live Album & Remasters (UPDATED with Ordering Info)

First, we apologize to our loyal readers for not addressing this news until now. Our hands were tied. We’ve had to sit on this info for a long time, and were counting on being the first music news site with this exciting news, but that’s not how it worked out. The news leaked early, and most people have only heard bits and pieces, and there’s a lot of confusion out there, so…

VHND’s Exclusive Info:

1) KEEPING IT REAL: This is a VERY authentic live recording. Every bit of the concert is in here, including Dave speaking Japanese to the enthusiastic crowd, full guitar and drum solos, etc. Note there are absolutely NO touchups on the lead vocals, unlike most live albums. They considered using different songs from different shows, but thought it would be better to simply release one stellar performance. They want this one to be authentic!

2) SONG LYRICS: Song lyrics for the 23 live songs are included in the CD booklet and LP sleeves. There were two songs were Dave sang completely different lyrics in spots – (you know Dave!) — “China Town” and “I’ll Wait”– so the proper, unsung official lyrics are shown in red, to differentiate from what was sung.

3) COVER ART: The front and back covers of the live album feature famous paintings by Adolf Mouron Cassandre. Roth loves the art deco era, and chose Cassandre’s painting of the SS Normandie for the front cover, continuing with the traveling theme that started with the locomotive on A Different Kind of Truth. The back cover is similar to Cassandre’s painting of the French cruise-liner L’Atlantique.

4) CORRECT TRACK LISTING: