Van Halen- Main Squeeze, RARE & High Quality 1981

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  • An unused instrumental track, with some cool guitar work. Please subscribe~ I plan to continue, as a VH historian and archivist!
    Derived from the very best master recordings, these tracks- like the original VH line-up are indeed RARE & High Quality! Produced by Ted Templeman.
    Van Halen was: Edward Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony.
    Lets all enjoy these unreleased studio tracks, and relive the early VH days~ in honor of King Edward!
    Link to the version with vocals • Van Halen + Freddy K, ...

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  • @TrueFreddyK
    @TrueFreddyK  Рік тому +14

    The vocal version of this song ua-cam.com/video/ZuSLKvn2us0/v-deo.html

  • @masterzed3162
    @masterzed3162 Рік тому +357

    Not much compares to hearing a “new to you” Van Halen song from your favorite band when you’re 53. I have bought their albums on tape, cd and digital!

    • @insidethemusicalmind7207
      @insidethemusicalmind7207 Рік тому +16

      Same here (52 yrs old).

    • @mdkell4261
      @mdkell4261 Рік тому +8

      ​@@insidethemusicalmind7207 same here 55 YR old. Lol

    • @NyeGuy-yv2dv
      @NyeGuy-yv2dv Рік тому +6

      49 and I agree

    • @kurtraber
      @kurtraber Рік тому +7

      I was born in 1970 also. My 24 year old son's middle name is Edward. This reminds me of discovering VH when I was 12. All over again

    • @angusbeef524
      @angusbeef524 Рік тому +3

      8-tracks too!!

  • @elephantcup
    @elephantcup Рік тому +327

    If someone had leaned over to eddie after they recorded this and told him that people would be listening to it in 2023, he would have fallen over.

  • @lordstanley34
    @lordstanley34 Рік тому +203

    That guitar tone… just one note is all it takes to know it’s him. Awesome.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +19

      Yep, and unfortunately he abandoned that tone after about 1984. It was *THEE* perfect tone. I guess he got bored with perfection. Who knows. I was never much of a Van Hagar fan. All I know is this tone right here was just unbelievably tasty.

    • @Excalibur2112
      @Excalibur2112 Рік тому +8

      His tone was monstrously grand. It made him into a guitar giant!

    • @Excalibur2112
      @Excalibur2112 Рік тому +3

      Goosebumps

    • @DVincentW
      @DVincentW Рік тому +8

      ​@@Excalibur2112in his fingers ultimately. Any guitar thru any amp, or acoustic, you can hear his feel. Any electric guitar amplification he played thru, his feel shined.

    • @loganevh
      @loganevh Рік тому +1

      LOL...that is so freaking true Paul. Loves it!!!

  • @NyeGuy-yv2dv
    @NyeGuy-yv2dv Рік тому +170

    Even at my old age, Ed's playing can still bring tears. I miss ya', brother.

    • @kurtraber
      @kurtraber Рік тому +6

      Agreed!

    • @bitter37
      @bitter37 7 місяців тому

      🐐

    • @patricksheppard585
      @patricksheppard585 3 місяці тому +1

      He’ll yes bro

    • @vickyvain9190
      @vickyvain9190 3 місяці тому

      Just reading your comment brings me to tears. RIP our rock guitar God Edward Van Halen

    • @bobabooey4537
      @bobabooey4537 Місяць тому

      Wait.... you cried when you heard this because of Ed's guitar? LOL

  • @billygonzales7675
    @billygonzales7675 Рік тому +135

    The magic of the Roth era is unmatched

    • @carlklejna5774
      @carlklejna5774 10 місяців тому +7

      No doubt about it! This is like holy grail , lost ark material. These unfinished gems & demos are far better than even many bands & artists final songs and albums released !

    • @johnnynephrite6147
      @johnnynephrite6147 9 місяців тому +7

      well, this song proves they didnt need Roth at all.

    • @bonsummers2657
      @bonsummers2657 8 місяців тому +2

      @@carlklejna5774 This here represents Van Halen in their top form,…. DLR not needed in this.

    • @larryroybal6946
      @larryroybal6946 7 місяців тому +14

      The seventies and eighties were the greatest time to be a teenager.

    • @kelleychilton2524
      @kelleychilton2524 5 місяців тому +4

      @@larryroybal6946 Yes, 2 great decades. 👍

  • @stevebuckmaster13
    @stevebuckmaster13 Рік тому +84

    The rhythm section is incredible

    • @TrueFreddyK
      @TrueFreddyK  Рік тому +9

      Yes indeed

    • @thetanman2233
      @thetanman2233 2 місяці тому +4

      @@TrueFreddyKdrums sound like AFU

    • @drzecelectric4302
      @drzecelectric4302 2 місяці тому +2

      @@thetanman2233 yep!!! had that one in the bank for a rainy day

  • @flashy5150
    @flashy5150 Рік тому +188

    Ed’s tone was epic.

    • @rayfabris2512
      @rayfabris2512 Рік тому +5

      it is this is great tone

    • @mojodojo5533
      @mojodojo5533 Рік тому +5

      Right on. The opening riff tone just pure Ed.

    • @alternateimpact81
      @alternateimpact81 Рік тому +13

      And Alex's drums have always had an unmistakable sound as well

    • @odom2142
      @odom2142 Рік тому +4

      All in the hands

    • @maplechill75
      @maplechill75 Рік тому +6

      The ultimate tone! Exactly how a guitar should sound 👌

  • @chucky6311
    @chucky6311 Рік тому +143

    If we all could find our purpose like Edward had for the guitar . The world would be a far better place . Just magic The king

    • @TrueFreddyK
      @TrueFreddyK  Рік тому +9

      Great comment!

    • @krisscanlon4051
      @krisscanlon4051 Рік тому +1

      Good comment and also you can Ikigai is the way...logotherapy too...Viktor Frankl and Makima Asimiya

    • @Rob-dp1tt
      @Rob-dp1tt 10 місяців тому +1

      Unfortunately some people's "talent" is destruction.

    • @marcofdelos
      @marcofdelos 6 місяців тому +2

      I think about this exact thing every friggin day trying to discover it!

    • @krisscanlon4051
      @krisscanlon4051 2 місяці тому

      I agree and honestly that is my passion and key to getting out of this thing "alive '".

  • @DylanAdamson
    @DylanAdamson Рік тому +210

    i hear a few tracks in this song. The drums at the beginning sound like "A.F.U. Naturally Wired". One little riff sounds like "the seventh seal". Then you have a mix of "act like it hurts." This is awesome!

    • @TrueFreddyK
      @TrueFreddyK  Рік тому +13

      I really dig this track too

    • @DarknessIsSpreading_01
      @DarknessIsSpreading_01 Рік тому +14

      That's crazy talk! Sam Hager said they never recycled ideas when he wrote all the songs for VH !

    • @DylanAdamson
      @DylanAdamson Рік тому +26

      @@DarknessIsSpreading_01 not really crazy talk when theres a video of Eddie playing Amsterdam in 1986

    • @robertswain8313
      @robertswain8313 Рік тому +20

      All of this older stuff turned into two, three, four songs over the years. The brilliance of Ed, recording a idea that never goes to waste. There's stuff on this track alone that goes through a few songs on 1984 and definitely the AFU Naturally Wired beat. I've pulled parts of Drop Dead Legs, Hang em High, AFU, and another riff that I'm still trying to remember the song it's on. 😂 Ed was and always will be the GOAT.... 🐐

    • @kevinwilkins3248
      @kevinwilkins3248 Рік тому +10

      ​@DylanAdamson I think the poster was being sarcastic about Sam's penchant for, uhh, gross exaggeration.

  • @FredRios-lw1ym
    @FredRios-lw1ym Рік тому +127

    Mike Anthony is killin it!!!!

    • @24theMoney
      @24theMoney Рік тому +11

      It's probably Ed playing bass

    • @FredRios-lw1ym
      @FredRios-lw1ym Рік тому +15

      @@24theMoney i would hope think not...mike kills it the bass...seen him live 7 times...solid as two rocks and locked in tight as all get out

    • @kurtraber
      @kurtraber Рік тому +12

      It's Mike

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +10

      He always did, whenever you actually get to hear him. He really got screwed on all those albums. Just buried. Every time I saw them live, Mikey was just tearing it up.

    • @jfo3000
      @jfo3000 Рік тому +1

      His bass kicks it like the band Tower of Power. Great groove.

  • @shreddievanhalen1
    @shreddievanhalen1 Рік тому +152

    This is my absolute favorite of the unreleased stuff we’ve heard so far. Man what a gnarly tone. It’s just mean. I love it so much. Fair warning vibes are oozing from this to me as far as the mood of the track. 100/10

    • @TrueFreddyK
      @TrueFreddyK  Рік тому +9

      Itz badass alrite

    • @_CYB0RG_
      @_CYB0RG_ Рік тому +18

      This is what Edward’s sound was like until Dave left. Then he started using too much chorus and took the edge off of his tone. You can’t imagine how much I wish he had kept the same tone. This tone has attitude. It was one of the things I loved about Van Halen.

    • @bonsummers2657
      @bonsummers2657 Рік тому +6

      I love this too. And how how about 'Last Night'? In a Simple Rhyme of the demo version blows away the album version, - way more ballz-soul-bitchinness.

    • @JMoney-ne3to
      @JMoney-ne3to Рік тому +6

      agreed. fair warning

    • @Excalibur2112
      @Excalibur2112 Рік тому +5

      Voodoo Queen, Act like it hurts, Down in Flames, We Die bold, etc

  • @Did-You-Hear-About-This
    @Did-You-Hear-About-This Рік тому +30

    It's hard to want to live in a world without EVH

    • @patricksheppard585
      @patricksheppard585 3 місяці тому

      We’ll said

    • @patricksheppard585
      @patricksheppard585 3 місяці тому

      Kinda reminds me of that major-ish mid break in light of the sky… Edward always had that just melodic sensibility in his playing

  • @edmonddooman9152
    @edmonddooman9152 Рік тому +48

    Some amazing bass going on here!

    • @ryanblaney2193
      @ryanblaney2193 Рік тому

      Live yes he's good but on record with the Dave yrs. Don't hear it.

  • @colonelkurtz2269
    @colonelkurtz2269 Рік тому +44

    These guy's are talented. They should record an album.

  • @damionberv5074
    @damionberv5074 Рік тому +73

    Definitely my favorite unreleased VH track. Ed’s guitar tone is monstrous, Alex’s drum sound is gargantuan, and Michael Anthony’s bass totally shines. Wish they would’ve put this out, as musically it’s one of the best tracks I’ve heard from them. Wow. Long live the mighty Van Halen!!!

  • @donny_doyle
    @donny_doyle Рік тому +38

    I love all this extra VH we get now. They were so good, magical.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +3

      Yep. There’s no shortage of high quality unreleased material floating around out there and making it’s way on to youtube. Some of it is stuff I’ve already heard a long time ago on various bootlegs, but quite a bit of it is brand new to me, and I’m 56 years old and have been a hardcore VH fan since the first album. I already knew Ed had been sitting on a vault of unreleased recordings, but I had no idea just how vast it was. It would seem that we’re just seeing the tip of the iceberg.
      I just hope that Wolfie gets all this stuff compiled and released (officially) at some point in the near future. It’s like rediscovering Van Halen all over again.

    • @RobertBeatty
      @RobertBeatty Рік тому

      I hear you, Don. The deeper you go, the greater they are. Amazing all this old stuff.

  • @anthomps
    @anthomps Рік тому +11

    Michael sure seems to be having fun in this track.

  • @SCrepresent
    @SCrepresent Рік тому +47

    I am very thankful I got to see them 5 times. They were my 1st concert. Saw them in October 1979 at the L.A. Forum when I was 15, just after Van Halen II came out, I was sitting in the 6th row in front of Eddie & still remember bits and pieces of that concert but definitely remember just being in shock & blown away by all that high energy they had on stage, it was just unreal, and then again in 1980,1982, at the US 83 festival and the last time in 2010. I saw a lot of bands in L.A. back in the 80's & 90's and Van Halen was always great !

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +3

      I saw them for the first time right around that exact same time, in ‘79. I was 11 years old, almost 12, and it was one of my earliest concerts. They knocked me into the dirt. Just stunned me. I had just seen Cheap Trick about a month earlier, and had my mind blown there as well. I thought I would never see anything that would top that, but VH was at the very least just as good. Maybe a little better actually. Those were great times. I was just beginning to turn on to all this stuff that would eventually define who I am.

    • @flipjupiter1
      @flipjupiter1 Рік тому +1

      Isn't it incredible. I was born in October 1979, and my first concert was VH at the Los Angeles Forum in 1995. They've been in my top 3 all time favorite bands since I heard the 5150 album when I was in 7th grade. Guess around 1991 or so. I love both Roth and Hagar and all VH music.

    • @SCrepresent
      @SCrepresent Рік тому +1

      Hey, that's frickin cool ! Those were great times ! Cali changed too much fur me, I moved to South Carolina last October & I absolutely love it here but So. Cal. was the place to be in the 70's & 80's ✌️🤘

    • @paulwotton8944
      @paulwotton8944 Рік тому +1

      A- men to that! I was lucky enough to see them 7- times!

    • @vanhalenrulz9474
      @vanhalenrulz9474 Рік тому +1

      That was also the first time I saw them. I was 15. I went on to see the original lineup 7 times, the Sammy era lineup 8 times and the WVH era 5 times. It will always bum me out that we didn't get to see the reunion with the original 4 because we lost King Edward in 2020. R.I.P. to the G.O.A.T. 🎸🎸🎸

  • @SilverSurfer5150
    @SilverSurfer5150 Рік тому +36

    This stuff is timeless! Wow! Van Halen were the crème de la crème!

  • @dinofurlan3745
    @dinofurlan3745 Рік тому +37

    The guitar player that changed the tone and the approach of rock music 🎉😊😊

    • @carlklejna5774
      @carlklejna5774 10 місяців тому +1

      I put EVH & Jimi Hendrix as the GOATs ! Both innovators & game changers in their eras ! They were not of this world !

    • @harveydents
      @harveydents 4 місяці тому

      @@carlklejna5774 agreed, i would also add Allan Holdsworth as well

  • @crsantin
    @crsantin Рік тому +35

    Sensational stuff. Alex’s drumming is unbelievable. His drums here sound better than what we hear on the official WB albums.

    • @TrueFreddyK
      @TrueFreddyK  Рік тому +4

      I agree with that

    • @mancuniancandidatem
      @mancuniancandidatem Рік тому +7

      I think MA's bass also sounds better than on the albums.

    • @johnpoertner1361
      @johnpoertner1361 Рік тому +3

      Yea man that's so crazy and True! If I was Alex I'd be pissed off to no end knowing there's demos better from many years prior yet Warner Bros or whoever just muffled Alex and Mike. Crazy mixing gone bad

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +5

      With VH, the demos always sound better than the official album recordings. To me they do anyway. The drums always have more punch, and you can actually hear Mikey’s bass, which is always rock solid.
      Wolfie really needs to compile all these early demos and release them in a box set. Give ‘em a good remaster but leave the mixes as they are. I’d pay good $$$ for that.

    • @ROOKTABULA
      @ROOKTABULA Рік тому +1

      Especially those Simmons drum pads which totally removed the balls from 5150.

  • @robjohnson8382
    @robjohnson8382 Рік тому +31

    Just goes to show how truly Great they were!

  • @andymichalik8754
    @andymichalik8754 Рік тому +27

    This is amazing. I can just imagine what's in the vault 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +1

      There’s already *TONS* of stuff (from the vaults) floating around here on the youtoobs, and it’s only just the tip of the iceberg. The boys practically lived in the studio (when they weren’t on the road tearing it up on the stages). They recorded *SO MUCH* material that never got an official release. You could probably fill an entire record store with all the recorded material that never saw the light of day.
      I’m 56 years old, been a massive VH fan since I first heard Eruption/You Really Got Me way back in the summer of ‘78, and I’m still stumbling on to old unreleased songs that are brand new to me, all these decades later.

    • @carlklejna5774
      @carlklejna5774 10 місяців тому

      I hope Alex & Wolfgang go into the vaults & go through all of these gems . Then make peace with DLR & Mikey & finish these songs & release them. Life is way too short

  • @raymondrochajr9621
    @raymondrochajr9621 Рік тому +7

    Vintage Eddie! The man was so creative! Sure do miss you buddy 🙏

  • @Chrisdelusky
    @Chrisdelusky Рік тому +14

    No matter when or where, we always know when he’s playing guitar. 1:12 THATS what made him the best. Nobody has to say “that’s EVH”…. He’s unmistakable

    • @00sinders
      @00sinders Рік тому +3

      It's up there with one of his best quiet breakdown bits for sure. I absolutely love it, in fact I got a bit teary when I first heard it

    • @E.ternalBTNH99
      @E.ternalBTNH99 3 місяці тому

      That part is so 🔥🔥🔥

  • @christopherhuff3123
    @christopherhuff3123 Рік тому +14

    I've never seen most of these photos either. Amazing song and video.

  • @brianwood7237
    @brianwood7237 Рік тому +52

    Van Halen was a 10,000-hour band before they even went on their first tour

    • @scottcoleman5088
      @scottcoleman5088 Рік тому +4

      10000 hours or iterations, they did both.

    • @wolarts
      @wolarts Рік тому +4

      Seriously though, they had enough original material to make an album as early as 1976, but it was all waiting on a record label deal. "In A Simple Rhyme" was written in 1974 but wasn't put on an album until 1980.

    • @Excalibur2112
      @Excalibur2112 Рік тому +5

      House of Pain was from the 70s, too.

    • @Excalibur2112
      @Excalibur2112 Рік тому +1

      @@vincevegas8529 Ed never learned to read music. He had such a good ear and just memorized the notes in his head. This is why he was so avant-grade.

    • @scottcoleman5088
      @scottcoleman5088 Рік тому

      @@vincevegas8529 Great story, different category lumberjack landlord looking up on UA-cam drops out of school at 9 grade, owns a 140 properties doors. As we say, it in real estate, Ann manages them all and manages a sale software company. And has his fourth child with his wife. Lumberjack landlord school is so much b******* for so many.

  • @WestShoreMan
    @WestShoreMan Рік тому +19

    Wow and Wow 🤩! Mighty Van Halen!

  • @amerocker
    @amerocker Рік тому +4

    11/19/23
    That was a shot I really needed.
    \m/ 🎸

  • @maxmenius9839
    @maxmenius9839 2 місяці тому +3

    Great music. Like being able to hear Michael's bass lines so clearly. A band in their prime.

  • @joewilliams3919
    @joewilliams3919 Рік тому +8

    Jesus H - all doubts are officially removed (never really had any!)
    This is the the best rock unit EVER - not even a close second!

  • @DirtySouthConnection803
    @DirtySouthConnection803 Рік тому +9

    EVH showing everybody why he's the King! What a great piece of music!

  • @BledsoeBluvd
    @BledsoeBluvd Рік тому +21

    Love this. Get Roth to stick some lyrics over this and auto-tune him. I don;'t care what it takes, make it happen and release a new album of all this material !

    • @daves4645
      @daves4645 Рік тому +6

      Even autotune can't make Dave sound good.

    • @andrewwilson888
      @andrewwilson888 11 місяців тому +2

      This doesn't need any vocals IMHO. Alex, Edward and Michael are on their A+ game and just totally going for it. I get blissed out every time I hear this cut. Cheers!

  • @Widowmaker.666
    @Widowmaker.666 Рік тому +28

    This song should have been on an album. Classic greatness!!!

    • @chrischoir3594
      @chrischoir3594 Рік тому +1

      Maybe with words and singing

    • @kevinwilkins3248
      @kevinwilkins3248 Рік тому +3

      ​@@chrischoir3594Not everything needs words and singing. Instrumentals are awesome, and VH always had good ones on every album from the Dave era.

    • @chrischoir3594
      @chrischoir3594 Рік тому

      @@kevinwilkins3248 well then it needs more solos, but no VH song is complete unless MA sings backup voclas

    • @kevinwilkins3248
      @kevinwilkins3248 Рік тому +1

      @chrischoir3594 Agree to completely disagree. Instrumentals are awesome, and so is this one. All the greatest bands have terrific ones: VH, Zeppelin, the Who, Rush, the Police. I guess Atomic Punk is not a complete VH song either? There are other great classic VH tunes without backing vocals too.

    • @PJT5150
      @PJT5150 Рік тому +1

      A awesome instrumental Ed & Al are so locked in together and enhance each other with Mike laying down a solid foundation. More gems like this need to be heard. 🎸 👑❤️🤍🖤

  • @ericbunkers8147
    @ericbunkers8147 2 місяці тому +2

    Great tone and a very "brown sound" song. Great riff and it's stuck in my head which is great!

  • @DaveRucci
    @DaveRucci 3 місяці тому +3

    Awesome. 81 very prime Van Halen period. And all you MA haters saying he can’t play… sounds like some damn good live bass chops to perfectly round out the brothers’ excellence.

    • @michaelstanley3031
      @michaelstanley3031 2 місяці тому

      yeaH DUDE ED WAS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT PLAYING BASS

  • @jjohnson8977
    @jjohnson8977 3 місяці тому +2

    Mike Anthony getting it done as usual to a high degree mikey rules

  • @MayweatherjrWONandsoTrump
    @MayweatherjrWONandsoTrump Рік тому +11

    King Edward and Crew will always live in my heart.., that bass ❤

  • @TonyMueller
    @TonyMueller 11 місяців тому +1

    It's always fun hearing these old demos and noticing ideas that were eventually used in other songs from their albums. There was a lot of that from Alex in this song.

  • @TonyTruth
    @TonyTruth Рік тому +17

    Man , Eddie laysdown some frick'n sick shred right there , i dont care what anybody says ! He is the Man Period...

    • @davidlauter1622
      @davidlauter1622 3 місяці тому

      Hendrix was The Man ! Eddie learned from his ( as did most guitar players after him !

    • @TonyTruth
      @TonyTruth 3 місяці тому

      @davidlauter1622 I aint taking anything away from Jimi, But I aint going to give him or anyone else something that aint theirs either! Yes Jimi certainly did Grab the attention of most all the Guitar Players of the time, No doubt! But nobody on planet Earth actually contributed more to not just the Guitar as an Instrument, but to the entire music industry as a whole. There was a massive effort by the best of the best to figure out a brand new way to explain what Edward was playing and the way he was playing it . Bottom line is Nobody Before Eddie or Since will ever have the profound impact on Music in such a way as he did . Facts Or Facts Man. Its not an opinion of mine . Even though i agree

    • @davidlauter1622
      @davidlauter1622 3 місяці тому

      @TonyTruth without JIMI HENDRIX there wouldn't be an Eddie Van Halen - period ! No other guitar player ever innovated the way electric guitar was played like JIMI HENDRIX ! JIMI wasn't a show off like Eddie ( using his tapping tricks till it just sounded boring ) JIMI painted sound scape pictures with his guitar playing ( just check out " Machine Gun " from the live at the Fillmore New Year's Eve show ) this is the most relevant and best guitar solo ever recorded. Eddie stole everything he could from JIMI ( and never gave him any credit ) Listen, I love some of the stuff that Eddie did and he did innovate certain things, but not like JIMI did. I've seen many players ( including myself ) that have learned Eddie's tricks, but no one can even come close to capturing the MAGIC of JIMI HENDRIX ! When JIMI hit the scene everything changed. The way the guitar was played would never be the same after Hendrix. Plus he was a song writer that was in a class of his own, and had a very unique singing voice. JIMI and Eddie are the only 2 guitar players that ever gave me chills. But JIMI was first. JIMI opened the door and Eddie walked in. That's Why every guitar player that came after Hendrix said JIMI was ( and is ) The Man ! Period !!!!!!!!!!

    • @TonyTruth
      @TonyTruth 3 місяці тому

      If Jimi and Eddie set down to Jam , Jimi would have been in Awe and outclassed by absolutely No comparison whatsoever Period.... Jimi died in 71 but his music is still with us today. Eddie Van Halen was doing variations of Eruption in 73 and 74 . To say there would be no Van Halen without Jimi is about as good as saying that there would be no Led Zeppelin without Kentucky Fried Chicken

    • @davidlauter1622
      @davidlauter1622 3 місяці тому

      @TonyTruth your obviously an idiot - But without Hendrix there wouldn't of been a Led Zeppelin - JIMI was only a national act for 3 years. He recorded the greatest electric guitar solo ever recorded shortly before he was murdered.check out " Machine Gun" from the live at the Fillmore New Year's Eve show - JIMI captures all the horrors of war in a sound scape picture. JIMI was much more than a guitar player, he was a force of spiritual awakening. JIMI was a total innovator - any serious guitar player knows that Hendrix totally changed the whole game. Every serious guitar player ( including Eddie ) borrowed from JIMI - I love Eddie's raw energy and All his tricks ( that I learned how to do ) but there has never been ( and never will be) an innovator like JIMI Hendrix. He was " The Man " Eddie played from his heart ❣️ JIMI played from his Soul ! If Hendrix would have lived as long as Eddie, he would have totally changed the course of music 🎶

  • @MichaelHeffner-ky6pc
    @MichaelHeffner-ky6pc 5 місяців тому +2

    Just think how many countless unreleased tracks there must be.
    EVH...... BEST OF ALL TIME!!!!

  • @soulone22
    @soulone22 Рік тому +14

    Such a powerful jam. I am so glad they did not add vocals. This to me captures the entire feeling and vibe of VanHalen in one song.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +4

      I dunno. Though I agree that this works beautifully as an instrumental, I definitely wouldn’t go so far as to say that it “captures the entire feeling and vibe of VH in one song”. Love him or hate him, Dave added an undeniable and crucial dimension to their early sound, and though his absence doesn’t hurt this particular song, I just can’t imagine early Van Halen without Diamond Dave.

  • @johncharney5188
    @johncharney5188 Рік тому +1

    Sounds like the drum beat to A.F.U. in the intro, and the riff at 2:09 sounds like the quiet bridge section in "Get Up". Interesting as always and long live VH!

  • @Chirbeef
    @Chirbeef Рік тому +10

    This is an outtake/alternate arrangement of a track called Red Zone, which was recorded in late 1979 for Women and Children First.

    • @urbanski50
      @urbanski50 7 місяців тому

      Right! I thought I was the only one that knew that!

  • @jason698
    @jason698 Рік тому +4

    That crescendo that Eddie does at the end of his solo at 3:00 is so sweet.

  • @MarkVictor5
    @MarkVictor5 Рік тому +5

    This rocks. So cool hearing unreleased early Van Halen for the first time.

  • @Mark-k7t
    @Mark-k7t Рік тому +7

    King Edward, indeed! Hey Fred!

  • @FrankenstratAssassin
    @FrankenstratAssassin 2 місяці тому +2

    I agree with some folks here. There are glimpses of other "future" songs here on this one. I can hear some "Can't Get This Stuff No More," "Seventh Seal," "AFU/Naturally wired (drums)" and a couple similarities to two others I just can't put my ears to yet. I also agree with many that it is always ALWAYS a pleasure to be able to hear something "new" to me (us) just as a reminder of how amazing this electric guitar God was and how much he will be missed. Jimi Hendrix and Edward Van Halen.... the two TRUE rock and roll gamechangers of the electric guitar (a case could also be made for Chuck Berry believe it or not too) and unanimous busts on Mt. Rushmore. May they both shred in peace.

  • @ENGlishJELLo-yk7up
    @ENGlishJELLo-yk7up 8 місяців тому +1

    The audio on this real good! This section sounds like "Act Like It Hurts" which was a leftover instrumental from Women and Children First 1:11

  • @FredRios-lw1ym
    @FredRios-lw1ym Рік тому +19

    Mike is tearing it up...the best ruthym section...and even live in the studio🤪

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +1

      You said it. Best rhythm section in rock (well, maybe after Moon/Entwhistle or Paice/Glover)… that always seems to get overlooked and overshadowed by the guitar. The thing about VH is that they were a sum of their parts, though you’d never guess by the way those albums are mixed. It was when you saw them live that it hit you. They were all on the same tier of talent, yes even Diamond Dave (in the early days). Just because DLR didn’t have some huge vocal range like Freddie Mercury didn’t diminish his unique style. Who else had a signature “OWW! AAH!” like that? It worked perfectly for what they were doing.
      Anyway, yeah. Every member of VH deserves equal credit for their performance and talent.

  • @voskresene
    @voskresene 6 місяців тому +1

    That should have been on Fair Warning. Killer tune! I'm sure there are tons of demos like that lying around at 5150 the the world has never heard.

  • @tkbrohey4260
    @tkbrohey4260 Рік тому +6

    Very Cool! These are the raw demos of the Warner Bros Tapes! Should be at least 25 tracks and whatever was cut from those releases. This is one of those songs also known as Act like It Hurts. Main Squeeze must have been an earlier name for the song. This song was nearly released on Women and Children First but didn't make the cut. I have the last version known on Vinyl from the Women and Children First Studio Sessions. Most of these tracks were released on bootlegs and were sped up and pitched changed. This is the first time I've heard them Raw from the Studio! These are from October 26th and 27th of 1977. Awesome Stuff Freddy! Thank You!

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому

      I figured this had to be from the WACF era. It just has that whole vibe to it. Someone else here was saying it reminded him/her of Fair Warning, but I don’t hear that at all. Each one of those first 6 albums has a distinct, unique feel to it… and this has WACF written all over it, even if a lot of parts of the song were later put to use on the Van Hagar albums.

    • @tkbrohey4260
      @tkbrohey4260 Рік тому

      @@Shikta-poobah67 After learning more about these songs being released recently you are right. These songs are all from different recording sessions. Big Squeeze is most likely from Dec 1979. And having experience with Van Halen bootlegs and early recordings I should've known better before making the previous comment.

  • @pdog5731
    @pdog5731 3 місяці тому +1

    That made my day! If we only had some more stuff from "the vault" that we could have on a purchasable medium. If that's a selfish wish... well, I'm guilty then!

  • @caseywilson7768
    @caseywilson7768 Рік тому +9

    And this was the unreleased stuff. Long live the mighty Van Halen!

  • @ethan100ful
    @ethan100ful Рік тому +2

    Brilliant 👏

  • @erick-erickson968
    @erick-erickson968 Рік тому +19

    EXCELLENT!! FORCE!!! Invaluable material! Van Halen's best moments, like every band! The first times are the freshest and most powerful, full of creativity. Thanks for uploading it!

  • @Gmantsb
    @Gmantsb 2 місяці тому

    Years after his death we are loving this. Nobody has idea how many like this have been recorded. Wolf has all the tapes. Thousands of hours of music. All being put on digital as we speak.

  • @BobbyBecker-t9j
    @BobbyBecker-t9j 2 місяці тому +1

    EDDIE WAS THE BEST IN THESE ,MODERN TIMES)🎸HE WAS SIMPLY THE GREATEST GUITARIST EVER,HE TOOK AND LEARNED FROM ALL THE MASTER GUITARIST ,AND BROUGHT THE GUITAR TO THE GREATEST STYLE OF PLAYING EVER,HIS GREAT TONE ,TAPPING,DIVE BOMBING (AT THE RIGHT TIME AND HIS STYLE OF PICK- SCRAPING,ROCK MUSIC CHANGED FOR THE BETTER WITH EDDIE,JIMI,AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT GUITARIST MAKING THE(GUITAR) TALK AND SOUND SO GREAT AGAIN ! 🎸🎼🎶 HOW MUCH WE NEEDED EDDIE AND JIMI TO HAVE THE INSIGHT TO PLAY WHAT THEY HEARD IN THEIR MINDS!!🎸🎸🎼🎶🎶 THANKFULLY WE HAVE THEIR MUSIC 🎸🎸.R.I.P. EDDIE AND JIMI😞.👍✌️😎🎸🎸🎼🎶🎶🎶THANKS😢

  • @josephstockmal2390
    @josephstockmal2390 28 днів тому

    I've read a lot of these comments to try not to repeat something already said. I take out of this the fact it sounds so polished and clean(not studio wise but composition and instrumentally) but is clearly live in studio. There's no over dubbing any guitars,just a well crafted jam by three virtuosos. Hope that puts to rest those rumors that still circulate that Michael Anthony was an average bass player. Im 57 and was surprised to hear a "new song" by VH

  • @dmdavidmiller
    @dmdavidmiller 4 місяці тому +1

    Such a great song Mike is really putting down some great bass and Ed well he's being Ed Lmao !
    Such a talented band from the start.

  • @andrewwilson888
    @andrewwilson888 Рік тому +2

    This is my favorite VH outtake. Edward, Alex and Mike are on the same plane. From the groove, Edward's solo emerges and rips like a MOFO. Why didn't this get released back in the day?!

  • @danscott3880
    @danscott3880 8 місяців тому +7

    This has a fair warning tone to it. Wolfgang release all THIS unreleased stuff.

  • @johnward3874
    @johnward3874 Рік тому

    It’s rare that you ever see Ed have the flanger effect on for so long. He usually just sprinkles it here and there. Very cool to capture that.

  • @VanHalenStarWars
    @VanHalenStarWars 2 місяці тому +4

    How did this not make it onto one of the early albums..criminal

  • @jeffreywarner6931
    @jeffreywarner6931 5 місяців тому +2

    Van Halen The most ultimate rock band of all time RIP EVH

  • @christophergaudreau9265
    @christophergaudreau9265 Рік тому +1

    Man listen to this it's almost as if I only hear two people here......... Eddie and Alex those two are in perfect time....... awesome absolutely awesome Alex really loved his brother I can feel it in this song

  • @chrisgarcia9629
    @chrisgarcia9629 Рік тому +9

    All I need now is a cold beer!!!

  • @kenkramer6761
    @kenkramer6761 Рік тому +8

    So much talent !
    RIP EVH
    👑
    🎸

  • @Daiv-l9g
    @Daiv-l9g 3 місяці тому +1

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, nothing beats original Van Halen !

  • @ScottDMoore
    @ScottDMoore Рік тому +2

    Ive never seen the covers and iv not heard this recording. TY

  • @SuperGaleford
    @SuperGaleford Рік тому +5

    “Naturally Wired” from OU812 used that opening drum beat

  • @dorhinj23
    @dorhinj23 Рік тому +2

    The jamming!
    2:40 +
    Miss it a lot
    Thanks guys for giving the world
    your music 🍻🎱🍄🏴‍☠️

  • @jond63
    @jond63 5 місяців тому

    My first Van Halen concert was THIS tour. It was their first tour as a headliner. It was also my first time being completely blown away by a guitar player…so much so that I soon after began playing the instrument myself. Around 50 years, two record deals, and thousands of gigs later, I still am playing because of this guy. Eddie set the world on fire. We will never be the same again. Long live the King!

  • @turolretar
    @turolretar 9 місяців тому +4

    I’m so happy this band happened

  • @KenWillMortonMusic
    @KenWillMortonMusic Рік тому +1

    sounds so good, thank you

  • @VanHalenStarWars
    @VanHalenStarWars 3 місяці тому +1

    This could easily make it onto WACF..darn shame it was never released..sick guitar solo..licks not heard before from Ed.

  • @DreidMusicalX
    @DreidMusicalX 9 місяців тому +2

    Jesus! Alex and Eddie were incredible together.

  • @johnnyringo9759
    @johnnyringo9759 Рік тому +3

    OMG, those outfits!!!

  • @ubatooba8467
    @ubatooba8467 3 місяці тому +1

    Without Edward Van Halen...(truthfully)...you probably would have NEVER ever heard of those 3 other guys. Period.

  • @andys8718
    @andys8718 Рік тому +3

    Nice to hear the bass guitar too

  • @chill29394
    @chill29394 Рік тому +1

    Wow, enjoyed this so much! Some fresh Van Halen, like the spirit of godly inspiration 🫠

  • @mikem6384
    @mikem6384 Рік тому +1

    Mike wearing the classic 'Mad City' shirt at 0:30. Madison was one of their favorite tour stops.

  • @jaymakormik6779
    @jaymakormik6779 Рік тому +1

    THANX ,KRUMINS! Great pictures too!!!!!

  • @williamboquist4090
    @williamboquist4090 5 місяців тому

    Discovering this was an unexpected pleasure!

  • @InternetSavage
    @InternetSavage Рік тому +3

    I love that you pulled this of out the recently discovered outtakes and made a photo collage to go with it. It helps expose this great music to future generations. I put it in my family's Friday Night Video collection.

  • @darinstrishock9159
    @darinstrishock9159 3 місяці тому

    5150 was my first concert and will always love VH in any form and in every way. I have my 9 piece drum set with cymbals all over because I always wanted to be Alex. Thank you for giving us great music all those years and inspiring many musicians

  • @BunfingusCollege-u8p
    @BunfingusCollege-u8p 2 місяці тому

    What a jam! That opening groove!

  • @gep2771
    @gep2771 Рік тому +3

    Awesome, as an obsessed young guitarist when VH1 came out in 78 to now hear this so many decades later is as good as it gets, awesome pics too, Ed and Al were too cool and total rock stars in every aspect.

  • @michaelfugate2404
    @michaelfugate2404 3 місяці тому

    These unreleased tunes have been 🔥 EVH still amazing the world even after his time!

  • @jerseydeath69
    @jerseydeath69 Рік тому +2

    The King is gone but not forgotten. AMAZING MAN

  • @onlyinamerica7
    @onlyinamerica7 3 місяці тому

    Perfect ending, Ed was special and
    Ty Alex for this gift 🎁, your brother,You!
    Van Halen!🤘😎

  • @hyutyub
    @hyutyub Рік тому +2

    Was just thinking about how so much better if he was still here yesterday. Then found this one on youtube. Thanks for the upload

    • @TrueFreddyK
      @TrueFreddyK  Рік тому +1

      Lots more here that you probably haven't heard

    • @hyutyub
      @hyutyub Рік тому +2

      @@TrueFreddyK Awesome. You made my decade 🤘🤘

  • @trainstories2503
    @trainstories2503 Місяць тому

    Why wasn’t this released? It’s brilliant. Got hit written all over it!

  • @Knome-Ansland
    @Knome-Ansland 9 місяців тому

    So satisfying! So triumphant!
    Ed's composing was genius!
    So missed, every day!
    But he still makes me smile...
    EVERY DAY! ❤

  • @Mike-zv8rd
    @Mike-zv8rd Рік тому

    WOW. Never heard this. Amazing sound quality and song structure. Groove for weeks. Eds solo is fricken gorgeous. Oh and that guitar tone....to DIE for.

  • @gregmable
    @gregmable Рік тому +25

    Beginning sounds like AFU from OU812

    • @stevenr6874
      @stevenr6874 Рік тому +1

      Yep. It's also got parts of what would become Seventh Seal.

    • @johnnytoxrox9066
      @johnnytoxrox9066 Рік тому +3

      There's the cowbell part that Alex used at the end of House of pain also.

  • @ek8137
    @ek8137 Рік тому +4

    Thanks so much for posting!! Sounds like parts from their 2nd 3rd and 4th in one blast. Bass is cool too!

  • @pullyourluck
    @pullyourluck Рік тому +1

    I’m listening to VH more and more everyday. Absolutely legendary!

  • @SouthpawSatch
    @SouthpawSatch 10 місяців тому

    This track perfectly demonstrates the uniqueness, creativity and rawness of the king. Eddy is soaring on this track