Van Halen, 1984 released 25 years ago today!

[Halen High]

I was watching a TV music show called Countdown here in Australia and they played the Jump video. That was the first time I heard the song and knew they had an album coming out.

I loved Jump and I thought the video was the coolest I'd ever seen!

[Nitro Express]

1984. I was a senior in high school and my parents were traveling all the time and gone a lot. It was a great year!

[GAR]

anybody remember GemCo.........that's where i got my copy.

We had one in San Gabriel.

[GAR]

I loved Jump and I thought the video was the coolest I'd ever seen!

I recall the Jump video playing from Halloween that year on, prior to release. And who was that goof blonde dude Veejay that kept saying "any day 1984 will be released, check here for details later.." on for like 2 months!

What were they doing for 2 months: pressing, pressing and more pressing so they could actually pull off the most record-breaking RIAA-endorsed shipment of all-time?

HEY maybe that's whats going on with VH7: they've been pressing it for 25 years so they can ship double-billion platinum.. breaking all previous RIAA figures in history.