New Fresno 78 & 79 clips, "HD" quality

[Terry]

He'd make a lot more $$$ selling the '81 Oakland show on Blu-ray at $19.99 --- but he's been a prick about it all these years so I'll just torrent all that shit when he or Wolfie does release it. Sometimes, I wish Ed would act like Gene Simmons and milk the fucking cow until it drops.

I understand why most recording artists don't like having their output bootlegged, for profit or not.

With Van Halen, it's beyond the point to me where (presuming the band actually has legal control over the old footage and could release it should they be so inclined) if the band can't be bothered to put it out, I feel no sympathy for them when someone else pirates the stuff. If they can't be bothered to give people what they want and get paid for it (and in this case, how much effort does it really take to prepare the old footage and release it? certainly less than writing/recording a new album and touring it), well, that's their loss.

I still believe (and readily admit I have no data to base this belief on) all that old footage and audio has to be hung up in some sort of legal limbo between Van Halen, Warner Brothers and whatever ancient (probably now long defunct) production companies shot the concerts. I suppose I feel this way because if it's a case of the Van Halens just not putting the stuff out there because they can't be bothered...I suppose I can't think anyone would be that stupid. If they can remake a bunch of 35 year old demos to put out a 'new' album, they can't be too worried about old footage of their prime making them look old and creaky now...can they?

[VAiN]

Out of curiosity, how did you download the videos?

I used this - http://www.macxdvd.com/free-youtube-...ownloader-mac/

It's for Mac, but there are plenty of free apps like it for both platforms, just do a Google search.

[thismusicsux]

I suppose I feel this way because if it's a case of the Van Halens just not putting the stuff out there because they can't be bothered...I suppose I can't think anyone would be that stupid. If they can remake a bunch of 35 year old demos to put out a 'new' album, they can't be too worried about old footage of their prime making them look old and creaky now...can they?

it is beyond frustrating to think they still haven't released a proper DVD from the golden years.
I don't think concert DVDs generate tons of revenue. EVen a highly sought after VH DVD. Sure there would be lots of core VH fans to buy. But doubt its tons of money. STill it all adds up for them ;-)

But I've given up and feel it will *never happen. They like to re-record and re-edit their past Live releases so much until it's perfect. So there's no way they can go back now to re-record audio and sweeten 1981 footage. sucks

[Terry]

it is beyond frustrating to think they still haven't released a proper DVD from the golden years.
I don't think concert DVDs generate tons of revenue. EVen a highly sought after VH DVD. Sure there would be lots of core VH fans to buy. But doubt its tons of money. STill it all adds up for them ;-)

But I've given up and feel it will *never happen. They like to re-record and re-edit their past Live releases so much until it's perfect. So there's no way they can go back now to re-record audio and sweeten 1981 footage. sucks

Oh, I'd tend to agree that it wouldn't be a case of net profits running into a massive windfall, but it wouldn't be unreasonable (based on how the last album sold) to expect upwards of a half million copies of such a dvd selling without too much difficulty. Price it at $20 a pop, and whatever Van Halen's cut ends up being...it's still easy money and gives the fans EXACTLY what they want (there's plenty of Red Waborita Sam Halen fans who - despite all their bitching about Roth - would scoop up a copy on the sly).

[Monkeeman]

A DVD from the glory days may not make millions but it might enhance the band's reputation. Zep's reputation was enhanced when they released their DVD. People were reminded just how great they were back in the day. Some people need reminding, or being made aware of even, how amazing VH were from 78 - 85.

[ODShowtime]

Wow I seen some concerts in my day, but after getting a good look at this, I've never seen anything. Van Halen live in the 70s. Wow. Gave me some serious goosebumps. I had to go bang my girlfriend after that.

[vandeleur]

I had to go bang my girlfriend after that.

Best gig review ever

[VAiN]

Added Feel Your Love Tonight

[VAiN]

New version of this one - about 30 seconds longer

[VAiN]

These are starting to disappear.. thankfully I downloaded that shit in HD - thank you, internet! Here's the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2U...ew?usp=sharing

It's a big file..

[katina]

These are starting to disappear.. thankfully I downloaded that shit in HD - thank you, internet! Here's the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2U...ew?usp=sharing

It's a big file..

Thank you a lot.

[VAiN]

Thank you a lot.

You're very welcome! Thanks to the filmer and original poster... I hope we see this released at some point, but the guy who has them seems to not want to do it.