Might as well make its own thread:
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http://www.vhnd.com/2013/02/06/van-h...ums-1978-1984/
Might as well make its own thread:
Courtesy VHND:
http://www.vhnd.com/2013/02/06/van-h...ums-1978-1984/
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
And pasting from the other thread, here's Jeff's response to my question about these "remasters".....
I've emailed Warner Bros. to try to find out if the remastering is any different than it was in 2000. I figure it probably is not any different. I will email you as soon as I know.
The CDs are housed in cardboard slipcases instead of jewel cases. The cardboard slipcases have the all the album's front and back artwork on them. The CDs are made to look like the sticker that is on the middle of all of vinyl LPs, with the Warner Bros. logo, too.
Warner Bros. is making very similar box sets for several other artists. This is definitely not the "box set" that we have all been dreaming of, but I think that's okay because it's not supposed to be that. I'm going to be optimistic and think that this release does not diminish whatever chance we have of still getting the box set of our dreams someday.
I think that the only purpose of this box that is to speed up the selling of the first 6 CDs, and I think it will do that. It's cheaper, and much lighter weight, which will save customers on shipping costs.
I'll let you know on the remastering as soon as I hear. Thanks,
If they would sell this box set for $30 bucks like Garth Brooks did with his "six pack", I'd buy it.
But then, Garth put at least one "previously unreleased" track on each of those discs too, which was more of an incentive for his fans to buy it.
WB is obviously kicking themselves for letting Van HALEN go to another label. Granted, after the failures of VDIII and the 2004 compilation with those godawful three Hagar tracks, it looked like a bad business decision on paper to keep them on the roster. Guess they should have had a little more faith in the band that gave them 6 multi-platinum albums, two of which exceeded 10 million.
Eat Us And Smile
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"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
I suppose it is a fair enough price for anyone who doesn't already have all the albums - Ł23.99 UK on Amazon.
As far as the original Dave-era goes, I have all the original vinyl albums, the singles from all the albums - including UK, US, Japanese, Belgian, Dutch, German, Spanish, etc., variations of many of those singles, 12" promos, picture discs, and the CD remasters and 180g vinyl reissue of VHI ...
And you know, amongst that veritable flora and fauna of VH single releases there is not a single fucking B-side featuring a non-album cut, nor any additional tracks (as we all know).
Name one other rock band, one other recording artist ... that you can say THAT about ??
I really can't think of any.
I'm sure Warners would love to put out unreleased stuff to give the rest of the catalogue a boost, so I don't think they are holding stuff back. They could at the very fucking least, however, commission a booklet to go with the fucking thing.
THINK LIKE THE WAVES
No way will this repackaged bullshit sell...
The current "remasters" are all over the Walmart bins for $5.00 each...
How 'bout they "remaster" the crappy sounding new album and give it a proper sounding bottom end ??
And then what's next, the Cheese years repackaged in cardboard and "remastered" ??
Fuck that...
It does seem like WB is drifting into Stones territory with endless repackaging of the same songs. We've already had remasters, BOV1, BOBW, and now the Box Set. How many different ways can they find to sell us Jump?
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They have been taking lessons from Kiss
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Not really... at least Chaim will whore out the stuff in the vault, along with repackaging the official catalog.Originally Posted by Dave's Bitch
Do you suppose this is Ed's big 'February surprise' he was talking about at the end of last year?
Surprise.
I checked BestBuy... they all the remasters ranging from $7.99 to $4.99. So you could pick up the Remastered 6 pack there for $36.94 or pre-order the same thing for $39.95 from the VHstore and wait until late March...
Not exactly marketing genius... But hey I'm sure we could all use our 23rd copy of Jump in a new paper sleeve...
"If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”
And the Rolling Stones. Just sell the same old shit in a new package.
The Stones have cornered that market: New Album, Live Album, Hits Package, hiatus... New Album, Live Album, Hits Package, hiatus... rinse, repeat, count stacks of cash. The only variation is when they do the sneaky end-around play and forgo the new album and tour in support of a Hits Package, scamming the mindless masses into buying something 'new' because it has a couple of new tunes on it.
What's sad is the fans keep on buying this shit.
The six pack is the greatest work of any bands in music history!
As usual, you are wrong, WARF.
I heard that a member of this site posting from Japan already ordered it!
I wonder if the volume will be upped on these. So annoying when Little Guitars follows something more recently recorded in shuffle mode on the I Pod and it sounds all puny. If these new CDs blast, I may cuntsider picking it up. Sans bonus tracks dang it.
...And you would get the inside cover art and each cd would be housed in its own jewel case if you bought them separately. You are getting quite less by buying the six pack this way.
IF these aren't new re-masters, no reason to buy. I have all the original remasters on CD and they were certainly an upgrade over the original CD's, but no reason to buy this unless they are truly new remasters or you have to have that box.
I do agree with Elvis that they should remaster the new album.
Girth
Elvis is right.No way will this repackaged bullshit sell...
The current "remasters" are all over the Walmart bins for $5.00 each...
How 'bout they "remaster" the crappy sounding new album and give it a proper sounding bottom end ??
And then what's next, the Cheese years repackaged in cardboard and "remastered" ??
Fuck that...
You can find the 6-pack remasters that already exist in any Walmart, Target or Best Buy, usually for $6 a pop regardless of album.
I mean, shit, I love Van Halen but I ain't repaying for another "remaster" that consists of no bonus tracks and has had the eq fiddled around with.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck THAT shit...
Scramby eggs and bacon.
No, no and no...
Please don't encourage the current dipshit engineers into ruining perfectly fine, mastered music anymore. Little Guitars is NOT a wall of sound composition and it doesn't need any boosting nor frequency packing to make it "blast" like most of the crap mixes available today.
It ain't broke so let's not try to fix anything. There's a reason your pathetic iPod has a volume control.
Seriously... we don't need classic music remastered to lowest common denominator... fucking iPods, ear-buds and crap electronics. Go invest in a real stereo system with real speakers. Move some gawd-damned air... for Christ's sake!! You might just be surprised at what you are missing!!!
My dear friend Mr. Zoo. I take no pleasure in stating that a good deal of my time spent enjoying music is during my grueling, shitty, train-hopping (3 damn times) commute from NJ to NYC 5 times a week. The 6 pack make the jump to I-pod format with less oomf than Led Zeppelin CDs. Realistically, the brainiacs who invented the dang device should come up with a way to level the volumes automatically or something.
How much would a professionally-edited DVD of the complete Oakland '81 show fetch?
I'd easily pay $50 for that shit and it'd probably be one of the best-selling concert DVDs of all time, but instead we get re-hashed stuff that sells for $3.99 in the discount bins.
Just more proof of how retarded the Halen sisters really are ..... FUCK 'EM TO HELL, I say.
I'd pay that.
So would me.
This is sad actually...The very least they should release an official 30th anniversary US festival DVD..Coincide with the Japan tour very nicely..followed by the summer North American tour...
Yep, I'd buy it.
There's enough squares to have pictures of all 12 of the studio album covers and make it a full discography boxset...then again the Hagar and Cherone eras have been erased from existence since 2006 in the band...risky mentioning those eras on the Rotharmy haha but they are all albums released under the Van Halen name. Not that I care, I already own all 12!...now what I would care about is 3 blu rays, 81 and 84 and the 2008 show......then maybe a boxset of the "early years 1972-1979" later on...and that documentary of the 1980 tour they said they filmed...and maybe another studio album...and an australian tour...and a meet and greet with van halen...and then a reunion with michael anthony... each with lots of promotion; tv interviews/appearances and all for everything... Then I will die a very, very happy man ahaha
Eddie never played a single song from VDIII aside from the one tour with Cherone, and the Velveetapalooza 2004 tour was a complete fucking trainwreck. So I can say with a fair amount of confidence that Eddie doesn't want to hear that shit any more than we do. Van Hagar and Van Danniels are best left in the past, and completely forgotten, if at all possible.
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Nah, at some point Edwad will be sharing a casino stage with Mayor McCheese playing for the Seniors...
that's about as likely as you ever posting some of your guitar 'noodlings'.
Elvis...the next GAR?that's about as likely as you ever posting some of your guitar 'noodlings'.
Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.
twinkabomber...the next dumb fuck ??
well i know he loves yngwank cumsteen... we might organise a tribute where the lyrics reflect this...Elvis...the next GAR?
I don't love Yngwie that much...
yeah you do.
Perfection doesn't need to be fucked around with.
I mean, offer "remastered" versions of albums, but also keep stock onhand of original recordings...to be honest, even the initial cd releases of albums that were originally put out in vinyl or cassette sound too darned clean to my ears at times...that was part of the charm of the albums when they first came out: the mix resulting in instruments and vocals bleeding and overlapping.
Same deal with Exile On Main Street, for example. With each subsequent cd re-release the mix is fiddled around with to the point where all the sonic muddiness that was part of the album's appeal has been cleaned up.
What a joke. Who is the market for this anyway? It's just the same CD's with different, but still not particularly impressive packaging. If they weren't able to put out new songs, or something live, or anything that hasn't been sold in some form yet, then why not re-master it to high quality Blu-Ray audio and enclose a special 100 page booklet or something. Some people on VHND were suggesting vinyl re-releases as well. But you have to give us something more than just regular CD's. Incredibly lame. If they sell 100 copies of this I'll be shocked.
Will Michael Anthony get royalties on the sales of this?
“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”
in Nov 2010
Warner/Chappell recently inked deals with legendary rockers Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony, all of Van Halen fame.
As part of the new agreement, Warner/Chappell acquired the entire catalog of songs written by Sammy Hagar—songwriter guitarist, and former lead singer of Van Halen (1986 through 1996)—including his work with the bands Van Halen, Montrose and Chickenfoot, as well as his music as a solo artist.
Additionally, Warner/Chappell extended and expanded its worldwide administration agreements with songwriters David Lee Roth, original lead singer for Van Halen (1978 through 1984), and Michael Anthony, bassist for Van Halen and Chickenfoot. Roth’s existing catalog, including his Van Halen and solo work, as well as Anthony’s work with Van Halen and Chickenfoot’s debut self-titled album, are part of the agreements.
“Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony have not only each co-written hit songs recorded by Van Halen on some of the highest-selling albums of all time, but each had success on other solo or band recording projects as well,” said Scott Francis, President, Warner/Chappell Music, and Chairman and CEO, Warner/Chappell Music U.S. “Their work is classic, timeless and adored around the world. The entire Warner/Chappell staff is excited to be working with such revered musicians who we know will continue to thrill fans for years to come.”
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I may have been misunderstood up above. I don't want tinkering with the mix. I just want more built in volume without altering the dynamics. I know the approach these days in recording is quite different from 1982. ADKOT has a bombastic sound that some here like and some do not. I find it to sound a bit compressed and I look forward to checking it out on vinyl some day. I love the sound of Diver Down as is. I'd just like it to be a bit more on level with other things that I listen to on the pod, which I have to use frequently. I don't think a built in volume adjustment would hurt the original presentation.
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