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Got the latest issue of TapeOp magazine a few days ago.
There is an interview with a guy named Brian Kehew.
His gig is to go through tape vaults at major labels and look for outtakes, and other stuff by A-list artists which have never been released before.
In the magazine article, he makes a brief mention of Van Halen:
Q: I would guess that a lot of songs that you've mixed are never going to be heard.
A: Sadly. Some of the best stuff is still not out, for political or band reasons. There are lots of amazing Van Halen tracks that could come out.
Then, there is a bonus interview at their website here:
There is an interview with a guy named Brian Kehew.
His gig is to go through tape vaults at major labels and look for outtakes, and other stuff by A-list artists which have never been released before.
In the magazine article, he makes a brief mention of Van Halen:
Q: I would guess that a lot of songs that you've mixed are never going to be heard.
A: Sadly. Some of the best stuff is still not out, for political or band reasons. There are lots of amazing Van Halen tracks that could come out.
Then, there is a bonus interview at their website here:
Van Halen
Unfortunately - and this is sadly true - most people throw away outtakes. On all the Van Halen tapes, all the alternate takes are usually gone. I have tons of Van Halen no one has ever heard, amazing stuff they recorded and never released. But they threw out every other take of "Hot For Teacher" except the master. The Van Halen tapes were incredible to work on. We were given a project for a proposed box set of the David Lee Roth years, outtakes and rarities. We went through every tape that's in the vault, mixing some truly great, unheard music. They were perhaps the last famous band that grew up by playing bars and clubs doing cover songs, so they had skills like the Beatles from working covers and originals. Don Landee did a great job recording Eddie's guitar. It was so interesting and distinctive. Not what other people were doing.
Unfortunately - and this is sadly true - most people throw away outtakes. On all the Van Halen tapes, all the alternate takes are usually gone. I have tons of Van Halen no one has ever heard, amazing stuff they recorded and never released. But they threw out every other take of "Hot For Teacher" except the master. The Van Halen tapes were incredible to work on. We were given a project for a proposed box set of the David Lee Roth years, outtakes and rarities. We went through every tape that's in the vault, mixing some truly great, unheard music. They were perhaps the last famous band that grew up by playing bars and clubs doing cover songs, so they had skills like the Beatles from working covers and originals. Don Landee did a great job recording Eddie's guitar. It was so interesting and distinctive. Not what other people were doing.
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