Van Halen - Pasadena 1977
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2018
- Van Halen
Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, CA
1977-10-15
01. On Fire 00:28
02. Feel Your Love Tonight 03:32
03. Runnin' With The Devil 07:42
04. Atomic Punk 11:58
05. Little Dreamer 15:17
06. Somebody Get Me A Doctor 18:29
07. Ice Cream Man 23:22
08. Ain't Talkin''Bout Love 26:46
09. Eruption 31:13
10. D.O.A. 34:45
11. You Really Got Me 40:02
NOTES:
Van Halen never played another show at the Civic after this date.
This is what they thought would be their final club show before the first tour,
but they did manage to get in a few more.
Rehearsal of this show here:
• Van Halen - Rehearsals...
I can't believe Eddie was playing as amazing as this back in 1977. Other guitarists who saw him back then must have been in total disbelief at what he was doing!
Randy Rhoads was in disbelief when he saw Eddie LIVE
Man listening to this gives me chills. So raw and full of energy. There will never be another band like Van Halen.
I'll forever be in awe of the ferocity, cockiness and energy they brought to rock music. Dave doesnt have a voice today because he gave it to us all way back then. I'm okay with that!
Best statement on DLR I've ever heard.
I saw them live in 2015 his voice was little better then back when he first got back with them in 2007
Best comment for a long time on DLR well done!
What do you say to DLR who headlined US 83 festival Drunk as a skunk in front of 450,000 people. Not 110% on stage, 110% drunk bum backstage all day. It was his chance to come home and kill it. That did not happen that night, 2.5 hr.s late to the show and still dead drunk. Embarrassing, they should not have been paid that night. More than 1/2 the crowd walked out on them. Because of Dave.
@@JW-zs1pz
Jim Morrison made a career of nodding off at inopportune moments. He passed out when the rest of the Doors were expecting him in the studio. He passed out in the studio. He passed out before concerts and after concerts. And sometimes, like on Sept. 15, 1968, he passed out during concerts - onstage as the audience and his bandmates watched him collapse into an unwashed mound of rock-star excess.
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It's a crime that these old shows of early Van Halen days not became oficial live albums. They were bursting and exploding with wild energy and creativity, holy rebelliouness which goes away as the time pass.
Brings us back to good time, this would be priceless to watch in high definition at least we get hear it and let our imagination take us to la la land.
There used to be bootleg recordings, such as this, that could be found in dusty used vinyl record stores, beyond the presumed refinement of the industry. Some good, many bad, and always a gamble with mostly stupid prices. This one can be yours right now, free of charge, with minimal effort, and of better quality than most anything back then.
If I could buy the soundman that captured this a beer, I'd buy him nine. Exercise and celebrate the fact that it's at your fingertips!
@@ossoduro7794 Yes. You Tube is a magic cave full of treasures.
I have a cassette of this exact concert got it for 0.50$ at a thrift store
While I agree I think LIVE albums are generally a death knell for bands. Few exceptions for course.
One of the most amazing things about Eddie was his ridiculously tight rhythm playing , it just flows effortlessly .
@@jack6136Yes, it comes out as effortless appearing and sounding.
@@jack6136 I think you misread what he meant. I took it to mean that he was so good at it that it comes across as being effortless. I'm a bass and keyboard player who played for nearly 50 years. When you get really good playing does become effortless.
@@nyobunknown6983 Ive often said the greats piss me off because they make it look so damn easy !! Eddie especially. Eddie has always been lauded for his rhythm playing also.
@2216 Sammy--
“ it just flows”
110% agreed. Period!
....all those school years: “ hey, Eddie let’s go play baseball, football, ride bikes “
“ Naw, I gotta go home and practice “
And his Daddy’s big band boogie woogie swing influence. It’s there in every song.
His rhythm playing just blows my mind. And I haven’t even got to his choice of notes for soloing, OR the tone.
We got to live to hear a famous musician in real time.
Js Bach, Beethoven, Charlie Christian, miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa
And Eddie Van Halen
This is the VH I remember from my youth in SoCal in the 70's. A magical time.
I missed out being in Canada! Lucky you!
@@Rockshredder I cannot imagine this live!!
.. interesting.
I wish i would have grown up in SO Cal back in the mid 70's
Man Eddie is such an unreal live guitarist. I've seen them live twice (2000's and 2010's; once with Roth and once with Hagar) and both times his playing was unreal, but as advanced as he became later on, the ferocity in this recording is something you can only hear in a young musician. As a band, you can tell they're vibing off one another; they're completely levitating. So much intensity and the licks are so perfectly timed. A lot of the guitar work here is even more exciting than the studio versions. What he does in "DOA", "Ain't Talking Bout Love", and "You Really Got Me" is fantastic.
Step by step VH lost his fierce style.. sure after the marriage + child.
The peack was with Hagar with bubble gum songs.
@@joepipe1010 Yeah was trying to focus on the positive side of things but, yeah.lol
Also Van Halen 3 wasn't as popular as the other albums because not everyone liked Gary Cheron but Eddies guitar playing is awesome
This is what I keep coming back to!
When they were newly rising up the charts, still loving the touring and insane crowds and all that....
That's when they were at the pinpoint height of their own enjoyment and the entire hardrock/hair metal/prog rock /guitar legend defining every time EVH played or VH.
Man, those are some ultra tight first recordings.
The solo in Feel Your Love Tonight is absolute God mode.
What a delicious guitar tone. It comes from his fingers. Magical notes.
RIP, Eddie. Thanks for so many years of inspirational guitar playing.
Michael Anthony's back up vocals are insane!
So true! Anthony's back up vocals were INTEGRAL to VH's sound.
Lol! Michael Anthony is good but take it easy he's not the greatest!
@Underdog Doping? Guessing you just mean smoking pot, because doping has a totally different meaning this day and age...
@Underdog up until recently I hadn't listened to too much live VH, but what I had heard was the later Roth era VH....82 onwards, and Roth was just awful. I honestly thought it was possible he was never even a good singer and that Ted Templeman managed to patch together good takes in the studio. But recently much earlier VH stuff started popping up, like this and some shows between 77-79 and holy shit, he could actually sing live. Biggest surprise of the month for me.
I suspect that after the band got big, Roth perhaps started thinking a bit too much of himself and was more concerned with karate kicks and being a goof than he was with singing. I'm not sure if he actually wrecked his voice or if he just stopped trying to be good.
@Underdog Good to know, thanks for the info. I'm planning on digging later to listen to more live VH. A buddy of mine just told me he'd love to go back in time and hear them on the Fair Warning tour. I don't think I've heard anything from that era. It's either been around 78 (great), 84 or 2000 (both bad).
FWIW, EVH seemed to be pretty much awesome right up to the end, which makes me happy. AVH too.
And I agree that there would be no VH without Roth. He brought something really important to the band.
Halfway through the 1st song (On Fire), and I'm already loving this. Often imitated... never duplicated, the Mighty Van Halen!
ua-cam.com/video/98RNx0WGtsI/v-deo.html you stole that
I was there. RIP Eddie! Thanks for all the great times!!
This is absolutely the best that represents something that I can ever find in the internet. Original, pure, powerful, skilful, invicious, overkill!
I remember when I got a cassette copy of this bootleg back in 1980. Still blows me away after all these decades. Wow!
Van Halen is one of the best rock bands ever.
Blackstar indeed!!
VH > Every rock band that ever existed
well. 40 years ago for sure.
What? Name me one band that kicks more ass than VH in rock and roll today.. Greta Van Fleet?? LMFAO!!
StarSn1per - You mean todays Van Halen with Wolfgang and Roth?
Or do you mean this Van Halen from 1977? This one from 1977 is quite good. Arguably one of the best. But sometime after 1985 most would say the bands ability to "kick ass" diminished.
Holy Crap, The extended guitar solo in Somebody get me a doctor. What a genius player Ed was for such a young age. No wonder he became the most influential rock guitarist we have ever known !!!
Um, the most influential guitarist we have ever known is Jimi Hendrix.
@@reggaefan2700 You must be joking....compared to Eddie?
@@FreddysFrets Not joking at all. More people know Hendrix than Eddie. That's influence.
@@reggaefan2700 The masses of people don't validate what's great. Most people unfortunately only follow what they are told to follow.
I would love to hear every show available from this era. This is amazing and proves Van Halen was in a class by themselves! One of my favorite bands of all time!
Marty Halter hard to believe it's the late 70's. Eddie was on a different level. Single handedly paved the way for shredders like Vai and Malmsteen
Why is this not a live album we can buy? Damn!
who buys music??? live in the now
It right here. Why do you need to buy it?
I had it back in the early 80s. If you're still the collector type: www.discogs.com/Van-Halen-Atomic-Punks-Live-At-The-Pasadena-Civic-Auditorium-December-20-1977/release/3054318
There is the entire problem with the music business. It's been devalued. I know What he means I'd like a copy in my hands too. No wonder so many artists give up making music-the shit radio and mtv won't play it..
I bought this on vinyl as a bootleg in the early 1980's from Rolling Stone Records in Chicago area
This is absolutely the best thing I've heard in a long time. I'm at work and can't stop listening, just close my eyes and imagine that I'm there. WOW!
53 down votes? This is the best live work I've ever head. Eddie's tone is just incredible. Eruption and DOA are just pure face melt.
Probably DLR hating Sammy fans.
53 Nirvana fans
@@chrischoir3594Or, Disco fans.
all bots and RETARDS of today. not to worry
kids
I just heard to night of Eddie's passing. Rest in peace Champion, you will remain the best.
Had this on cassette back in the day and wore it out. Best bootleg ever.
Steve Bammer wow, cassette! Back then that was an upgrade from 8-track that would stop mid song until the next track.
Yep..had this on cassette...wore it out on my boombox !!!!!
played that cassette at so many parties too many to count !!!!!
@@joelegouffe2692 I have the vinyl record of this. I have it on CD now also.
@@marybarker8954 I’ve seen the vinyl online too, you know where I can grab a copy?
there aren't enough thumbs up in the world for this...what's absolutely terrifying as a guitar player is that EVH's live "eruption" thrown off in one live take here is even more impressive and expressive and powerful than the studio version, which he could do as many times as he wanted...this is even more powerful, looser, faster, MORE
RIP Eddie, no one will replace you!
There are two periods of Rock & Roll. Before and After. Van Halen owns.
That's how I view the music timeline too. Before Evh and after
Yep! Before you got The Beatles, The Who, Rolling Stones. After you got Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam.
Coming back to the beginning after hearing about his death. RIP to the best guitar player of al time.
You got to give it to Michael Anthony. One of the most underrated musicians in rock and roll. Thank you for holding the Rhythm down and that distinct Van Halen background and or chorus vocal. Imagine being this humble around the guitar monster Eddie Van Halen and the cult of personality David Lee Roth not to mention Alex, one of the best drummers of all time...
Man you are so right. Ed gets most of the praise but think about how great a bassist Mike really is to hang in there on bass with Ed all those years. Incredible in itself.
Totally Agree, Eddy !!! Salud y Vida Pa'lante !!! Cheers and Life On !!!
Are you vegan as well?
@@pinkponyofprey1965 No.. I am a Marssiano Guruguell !!! Cheers Eddy !!! Salud y Vida Pa'lante !!! Cheers and Life On !!!
Indeed Eddy, I am a big fan of Michael Anthony. One of my favorite bass players. The greatest bass players are the team players, not the "wanna be lead guitarist" bass players.
This is bad ass! Van Halen in their prime. Raw, no frills and pure talent. Ah, the days before pre recorded crap.
spoken like a real guitar player - been front and stage left more times than I can remember - how good can it get!
And NO autotune.
Nothing like a good band pre record deal just trying to pay the bills!!! It raw unfiltered gritty and a bit dangerous sounding!! It’s real Rock-N-Roll at its best!!
No doubt, they were one of the Greatest Bands of All Time!!!
Scott Smith were?
christian terrones He could be right. They've been MIA for a while now.
so what that means? you can still listen to their albums right?
Now that's the Van Halen I always loved. All the ORIGINAL lineup. Nothing matches original Van Halen!!! Nothing!
I completely disagree apart from Eddie's Innovative playing a lot of Van Halen songs are forgettable. Mostly just here David Lee Roth moaning and groaning on the mic while Eddie plays the same Licks over and over again
Often imitated... never duplicated, the Mighty Van Halen!
You got that right, Cameron! Every guitarist in the San Gabriel Valley here in Southern California was trying to imitate him even before Van Halen made it. Even when they were just out of high school. Seriously, I am telling the truth. At least when they did make it, some of his guitar buddies like Steve Vai acknowledged their obviously being influenced a lot by his playing. I always thought it was ridiculous to compare Randy Rhodes or Yngwie Malmsteen to Eddie. Give me a break, folks?
My God, that tone!!!! Can you guys imagine being 19-20 years old and already achieving this level of skill, tone, and showmanship? Most guitarists go their whole life and never sound a fraction as good as this, let alone grinning while they do it. The fucking GOAT!!! All hail King Edward!!!
I just CANNOT get tired of listening to this show... Get Me A Doctor holds up on it's own as a really outstanding performance...
Jesus, I can't even believe this is live. Holy cow, it's flawless. No wonder they became legends.
I wouldn't say flawless. But they improvised through the mistakes very well.
the energy of these guys is just palpable...
I’m sure EVH was gifted but boy did he shred and worked hard on his unique sound!!
Started playing at the age of 5 , like Hendrix, that s where his sound came from. Satch an Vai use a lot more effects.
@@lcobb5214 He might have started playing piano at that age, but guitar came later.
It's well documented that after they came to America, Eddie started as a drummer, buying a drum kit and paying for it with a paper route. While he was delivering papers, Alex would go into his room and play them. When Eddie caught him, he basically gave them to him.
Meanwhile, Alex was originally a guitarist, but struggled. When he moved on to drums, Eddie took his guitar. Alex has said there was a piece of music he struggled to learn, but his brother picked it up instantly.
As for his sound, there's a story that at the Texxas Jam in 1978, Ted Nugent asked if he could plug into Eddie's amps and try them out. Their roadies warned him that Ed's sound mainly comes from him, not the amps. Sure enough, Uncle Ted was disappointed that he couldn't get Eddie's sound out of them.
Eddie's guitar sound is amazing! He was already a pioneer of modern electric guitar.
If I had access to Stewie Griffin’s time machine, this would be a good destination.
agreed
What a GREAT comment...
Amazing quality capturing real energy - who cares if there was never a Dave era live VH album? This will do nicely! 😎
Wow. This kicks ass!!
I graduated in 1977 Largo High School in Florida. I saw these guys August 1978. Stood in front of Edward for 80 minutes as my face fell off my head. I was witnessing history and didn't know it.
Eddie had one "mammoth" sound. ;)
Let’s all be thankful for Van Halen 🙏
Let's.
Dude this is SO powerful i can lisenet all day Long,wanderful ¡¡¡
Like when I first heard them back in '78 as an 8 year old kid. Yeah, this is what I listened to at 8.
Love the way Eddie extended that solo on somebody get me a doctor
Words can't describe the magnitude and significance of this shit, !! I won't even pretend to try...Damn !!!
Eddie's tone
Real Marshalls, not these chainsaw things he used now
Most of that is his hands and his touch. Sure gear is important but his hands always sound like Eddie.
@@johnmarshall3903 Agreed so much more organic back then.
Why is everything starting suck .lol
no way this is a stock plexi. its warm and gainy without the shrill, thin, bright thing that a cranked plexi gets. hmmmm
@@mauriciovazquez2371 Dude stfu with that all in the hands bullshit. Eddie in the 2010s sounds like garbage compared to this. Same hands different gear.
Thank you for posting!!! Barring the invention of a time-machine this is as close as I'll get to reliving the golden era of VH.
Wow this sounds incredible, great find.
fer real....yes sounzx great...amazing
man Mikey really rocked the high vocals!!!!
bernhardtsen74 best high tenor vocals in rock and roll!
Yes! The sound of his voice is just as much of the trademark Van Halen sound as Eddies guitar.
Ed always said he did back up vocals until the Hagar years
KP68videogates so true
Mike's singing was a BIG part of their success.
Van halen definitely raised the bar of hard rock. They were all phenomenal in their own way. Nobody ever heard guitar takin to that level. And alex with those monster drum kits and powerhouse drumming. What a great era of rock & roll it was. Glad i was there.
What an extraordinary recording - can’t believe I’m only just hearing it now.
This is my first time this is my first time hearing this recording
I have this on vinyl. One of most prized possessions.
unofficial?
Damn where did you find this on vinyl?
Omg! I've died and gone to heaven!
Imagine only four people ! Incredible sound!
People were not yet hip to them nationally; that came the very next year. In Pasadena they were big, but the rest of the world took a little longer. The audio on this sounds too good to be true, as do Dave's vocals. I remember liking their version of You Really Got me, their first ever single. My true interest in the band did not blossom until VanHalen II. Again, Dave's vocals on this audio are sounding good. He was trying hard in those days to be a good singer. His scream rivals Ian Gillan's for top-shelf cool. They are the best screamers. Halford is good but he fails to gain that leopard sound--apples and oranges though.
Probably because their first album wasn't released until 1978. Hard to know a band without material to listen to...but I get what you're saying...
thanx,,,freakin sweet....sound quality is good too...great upload
Young and hungry...... WOW!!!!!! SMOKING!!!!!
the GREATEST MOST FEROCIOUS ROCK NROLL PARTY BAND IN WORLD HISTORY, LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY VAN HALEN!!!! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES GUYS.
I was front row at this show. ABSOLUTELY AWSOME!!!!!
Paul Wilkins: And your Daddy is Bill Gates and don’t forget you plowed Raquel Welch - Marilyn Monroe along with every top 10 porn star from the 70’s - 80’s - 90’s - etc...🙄
@@turnthepaigebrooklyn2951 I didn't do any of that stuff, but, I did grow up in Pasadena and go to school with Dave's little sister Alison, and I was front row. It was $3.50 admission and the bands Clone and Stormer opened. I was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time.
@@turnthepaigebrooklyn2951 I hate to say this but he
is right right place right time did he see
you noooooooooo don't be mad I miss Los Angeles California been away for
11 years dude
As popular as VH is-was. Still very underrated! Not many can touch this!
wow! i'm gonna parrot everyone else. This may be the best quality bootleg ive ever heard!!
Van halen didnt need of a rithym guitarist like acdc or Kiss.
VH was both of them.
sammy sounded pretty frickin' good, on that red guitar of his, when the kid, had to play wit' his keyboard, tho, and that was convenient! lest we forget!
joe Pipe both of those bands had rhythm guitarists! Ha ha!
@@barryjohnson1973 i think that's what he said, right, joe?
@@tinfoilhatter yeah bro !
@@barryjohnson1973 Maybe Van Hagar, but for a few times.
Without pop & love songs and with Hagar on voice and guitar, what great hard rock band i could imagine .
Man these guys were so good and this show is a great example of them being so hungry. Saw them on their fair warning tour, my personal fav VH album. I liken it to seeing Aerosmith in 76 at the height of their popularity and creativity and still having a hunger to really kick it and prove it.
@Skullrider jedi Subjective. Aerosmith in their prime were badass, just live VH.
Sooo many things to luv about this but Eddies sound was light years ahead of everyone else's at the time, there was Hendrix and nobody to take it to the next level ....then along came Eddie like a Nuclear Bomb!!!
Clapton was his inspiration
Don't you mean...."then along came Eddie like an Atomic Punk!!!" haha.....My thoughts exactly Rob. His sound and his technique were light years ahead of everyone else. He did for rock guitarists of my generation what Jimi did for the generation before us. I couldn't agree more that after Hendrix's death there was a bit of a lull in genius innovation and then came Eddie on the scene like a bolt of lightning and utterly changed the way we play hard rock guitar.
After Hendrix it was Page, Blackmore, Michael Schenker, Van Halen then Malmsteen that reset the guitar playing bar chronologically period
Best van Halen live performance I've heard
These guys are going places.
Just found this. Wow, thanks for putting this up! Big energy rawish full out rocking, love it!
This recording is truly at the top of it's game. With pure raw power at guitar and vocals. This is the way all live recordings should be. It shows the whole shindig that occurs in a live perfirmance. 100 stars....
It's a great recording of a great performance.
Van halen = pure legends..innovator and pioneers..and they single handedly save Hard Rock and Metal Music back in 1978..Hard Rock and Metal Music was in bad shape back then and bands like Zepplin couldn't even save the Music..Van halen comes out February 10th 1978 and literally saved the Music and Changed the whole guitar playing World forever..eddie van halens Innovations go unmatched by anyone to this day over 40 years later..everyone should be thanking Van halen and most certainly be grateful for them..because with out eddie van halen & Van halen the Guitar and hard rock/ metal seen today would be None existing..
Angelo J Richetti : dork. Get a clue old timer.
What about Kiss, Deep Purple, Accept. Saxon, Sabbath?
Priest, Maiden
Doug Davis 😂
In that era hard rock of dinosaurus band was sleeping and punk with disco music at the peack ! Van halen Kick ass the world and open the door for Us Metal era and British metal invasion.
The rest is glory and history.
R.I.P. Eddie thank you the backdrop of my youth 🎸🎶💕
Between the years 1977 and 1981 i stood at least twenty feet, for over two and one half hours, in front of the following guitarists and their respective bands - all here in Seattle; Jimmy Page, Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Frank Marino, Jeff Beck, Rick Derringer, Joe Perry & Brad Whitford, Buck Dharma, Michael Schenker, Rudolph Schenker, Rick Neilson, and i know I'm forgetting many other shows i just can't recall right now.
From Amsterdam To Pasadena The Van Halen Bros and Band Mates Always Rules !!! Salud y Vida Pa'lante !!! Cheers and Life On !!!
Hendrix was chaotic, Beck and Clapton methodical... Without exaggeration, Eddie is above them, he reinvented the guitar, showed the world that there was much to be explored, possibilities that other guitarists could not see... Long live Eddie, the greatest guitarist of all time.
Kind words. He's gone, but not forgotten.
Are you crazy ? There’s nothing chaotic about Hendrix , he is an innovator in every sense just like Eddie .
Hendrix was the Blue Print for all before and after Shit Bird watch Machine Gun Live at the Filmore Jimi Was Tapping beyond ...... with more Soul and Feeling than 40 plus or years of tapping during every single song ....as your listening to
@@CP-kb1du Hendrix would've balled up in the fetal position sucking his thumb if he'd seen EVH. Hendrix was def not that good, he just had the good fortune of being in the right place at the right time with new sound effects and being black REALLY helped in all-white rock-n-roll UK.
@@Nitromessiah Should have Could have , different era with Videos MTV ETC ...and Jimi is #1 ..... after only 4 years ....48 months on the scene
So fucking good! These boys played SO much back then they were untouchable, a well oiled machine, tighter then a crack in the road, Michael Anthony Eddie and Roth harmonizing dead nuts spot on! No wonder they became the greatest Hard Rock band of all time, the blueprint for all to follow.
Those three always sang great
I saw Nugent in 77 and he had some unknown (to me) band called Van Halen as his warm up band. I've never been the same since. :)
I remember picking this cd up back in the early 90s at my local used/trade/bootleg shop. Height of the Hagard era and so cool to listen to the original, true, mighty VH. Played the hell out of that sucker. My favorite line was always “this band is a little dreamer!”
D.O.A....wow!
I’ve got a bootleg called Atomic Punks with this show, still ine of my favorites, together with the Arnhem 1995 show 👌
There was a time when nobody could touch them. During this time they were hungry. Just imagine the sounds coming out of Eddie and Alex’s bedroom when they were living at their parents house.
Thank you Eddie for all the kick ass tunes for me to listen to as I partied my damn ass off though the late 70's, 80's and early 90's. God bless ya bro.
Amazing how sound can affect mood and thought.
You NAILED it my friend, can’t agree more! RIP EVH....
🤘 70's & 80's very powerful/influential time.
Excellent Performance!
Lucky enough to have seen them in 80...WOW. JUST WOW.
17 76 I saw them in 1980 as well in Binghamton NY. Thanks to Wikipedia I was able to look up the actual date 5/2/80. It was bugging me that I couldn’t remember exactly when so it was cool to see the date. It sucked
losing all my old concert stubs years ago. About 20 years later a friend I met from Binghamton said they were kicked out of that city for life..lol. No idea if this is urban legend or true but this guy seemed pretty certain about this. Binghamton NY is no booming metropolis either.
It's amazing how he kept that guitar in tune with a stock Fender wammy bar. Get well Eddie.
At what point did Edward figure out that tone? I listen to some of their earlier live performances and it didn't sound like it was quite there yet. But you can certainly hear it on this performance. It's a shame there isn't more video documentation, it would be fascinating to see the evolution.
People can say what they want about Van Halen now, but thinking about a band sounding like this in the late '70's was mind boggling. That tone changed everything.
grajmahal he brought a Marshall stack but it was from England, so when he plugged it in it didn’t work - it had to warm up for about an hour because of the power difference. Once it had warmed up Eddie said the tone was perfect but extremely quiet.
So Eddie went out and brought an industrial voltage controller called a variac. And what this did was enable Eddie to crank the amp to its full power with as much overdrive as it could, but could also turn the power down to suit room sound levels so that all the amps sizzle and gain was still there but at a quieter volume because the amp was getting about half the amount of volts it needed.
With an amplifier, if you turn the volume down too low some of the gain disappears and the punch goes away. So what Eddie had basically done was create an amp that was up the highest every setting could possibly go - but at a quiet volume because the speakers were getting less power and therefore couldn’t go as loud.
It’s referred to as the ‘brown sound’
@@charlesperry671 Yes: I'm in the middle of reading "Van Halen Rising" and just got to that part. Prior to getting the Variac (he asked for a "super-duper dimmer switch"). Eddie wired his amp to the dimmer switch at his house and blew out the power. That's when he went to the electronics store. Tried to keep it a secret until another local guitar player put him up against the wall to get him to spill the beans about the Variac. Book is an awesome read.
I do have the same curiosity as yours, not just the tone but also the tapping part or other technical stuff that Eddy frequently use nowadays, there's none of it in their gigs or demo during '75 or older (I don't remember exactly) but then boom, all of sudden this magical guitar sound and technique came out
@@charlesperry671 Correct but there's one more step . Eddies famous fiery tone from this period was achieved by taking the speaker signal out of a cranked Marshall with a variac and putting it thru a circuit to reduce it to line level then feeding that into another amp. Essentially using the first Marshall as a distortion pedal. There is a video that shows this on UA-cam. ua-cam.com/video/zK0oehBMrfw/v-deo.html
I think around 1976, he was messing with the Variac, once he had that figured out he had a sound no else came close to
Just listened to a 1975 Van Halen recording. Although good, it's amazing how far EVH came in just two years! History's BEST, hands down. RIP
What a great performance but the mix is incredible as well. Whoever mixed this was a master on the desk.
Thank you....
They is so kickass!
Best live concert of Van Halen ever!
Adolfo J I loved the US festival but Dave actually singing here was pretty awesome
The guitar is the best Edward Van Halen I ever heard. It''s just incredible.
northbound nova yup just shows Dave was great live. The earlier years he sang all the words. Eddie trunk and the critics who claim he couldn’t sing are a bunch of morons
@@ihnchaser10 if he remembered the f*****g words lol
oh Van Halen Archive. how did i waste my time on the internet before i found your sweet sweet content?
This version of D.O.A is KILLER MAN!
So good!!
KILLER! Sounds Great! The mighty Van Halen cranking it out!
I remember buying this on cassette on the streets of Manhattan in the late 80's!
Is it true NYC got big rats?
@@reggaefan2700 oh f*ck yeah, lmfao it's amazing to see them rats bring pizza down the subway stairs
@@nathanieldelrosario1324 LOL....or jump around on the trash bags at the end of the platform.
@@nathanieldelrosario1324 That pizza rat wasn't even a big one by subway standards.
@@reggaefan2700 WHen I lived in Manhattan, we would go out to clubs at night and then take the subway back to our apartment at 4 AM when the clubs closed and the trains only ran once every hour. During that hour, we would play "count the subway rats" to see who could find both the biggest rat and the most rats. lol
Yes, we were young and drunk (and very lucky we never got raped and/or mugged, thinking back now).
There will never, ever be another!
Diamond Dave killing it live here.
I was there. I also heard them three years or so earlier when they didn't have anywhere near the confidence they had here. Relentless live playing, apparently, helps. Great to hear this on youtube.
There was a big mansion on Arden Rd. on Pasadena/San Marino border close to my house where they played several times. Good live bands are a rarity now.
I’ve had this (and still do) on 8 track for like at least 20 years! Copied it off the bootleg album. Awesome show!!!
Happy Birthday Diamond Dave
26:46 is just incredible. The TONE and the delay is perfect.
I made more than a few entries on other vids after Eddie's death. Nine months later and the audio of this reminds me of the first time I heard VH and how it got me playing guitar. His ferocity, one of a kind tone, technique , reckless and hell bent yet so focused on such a way to play.I have lots of guitar heroes in SRV, Wylde,Slash, Vai, Satriani, Malmsteen but VH was something else. No one had an influence on guitar since Hendrix. Perhaps because EVH was around longer not just with the music but the gear too makes him rocks greatest guitarist ever. EVH RIP.
I've watched a ton of interviews since he moved on and it seems like his number one thing was making fans have a great time and how much he appreciated that he got to make a great living and life from that. I listened to their earlier recordings in clubs and Roth was always telling people to get up dance, even talking to people in the back of rooms and in the corner to get out there have some fun too.