The Great Mystery Of Rock -- Why No Live DLR DVD or Video?

[DavidLeeNatra]

my guess is the DAVE is totally against it...he said something like "it's the same thing with my pants...it's hard to squeeze it all in..."

[113]

DAVE`s OUT!

Let`s have some logic!

The reason the live album was shelved = Dave`s out the band!!!!!


My cash would be on Hagar, to replace him, because, they would have a certain, fan base, to begin with!

[FORD]

Fuck off Katie

[dave_is_vh]

Other than the US Festival and Largo '82, there really are no Pro-shot videos of the CVH era.... And I know from previous interviews that Ed hates the US Festival show 'cause they were so hammered....

And in reference to the '07-'08 tour, from what Ed said after questions were raised about releasing a DVD, he said something along the lines of "we just finished the tour, why would we release a DVD ??"....

Who the hell knows....

There are at least four pro shots from Diver Down, most of which were filmed in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela) plus Largo. Plus there is Oakland from the Fair Warning tour. Also I remember that there was a Van Halen Saturday Night Concert on MTV during the 1984 tour but I did not see it so I don't know which tour the video was from. Plus you've got tons of stuff from the reunion tour. No excuses. Time for Ed to step up to the plate.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I would hardly call any of the South American concerts "pro-shots"....

[binnie]

It's not much of a mystery - the solution lies in the fact that Ed is an asshole. Pure and simple.

[dave_is_vh]

I would hardly call any of the South American concerts "pro-shots"....

I have Buenos Aires and it is excellent. Better than Largo in many ways.

[FORD]

I just finished Phil Lesh's, "Searching For The Sound". He credits letting the audience tape their shows as making The Dead as success as they were.

I never understood why a band like Van Halen, who could fucking bring it live, never took that approach or any great live band, for that matter.

It forms a community and gets your music circulated....granted, I don't think The Dead ever did the same show twice but could you imagine having soundboard recordings or properly taped CVH shows, from any tour.

And with the Dead, it wasn't just the audience recordings, but they had soundboard tapes from most, if not all of their shows. There are "new" Dead live albums being released every year, and hundreds more circulating as bootlegs. I've got one show from 87 that even sounds like a "professional" live album, with the crowd mixed in and everything. I'm not sure why Arista (their label at the time) didn't release it, since it's a lot better than the official "Without A Net" CD released in 1990 (Definitely NOT to be confused with the Van Hagar video of the same name)

Bruce Springsteen used to have a similar view of tapers back in the 70's, and a lot of quality soundboards of his shows from that era still exist. He changed his mind in the 80's, probably after some pressure from the Columbia records management.

And I believe U2 has said that they could care less about bootlegs, as long as its just fans trading. They don't like people selling tapes, of course. Not that anybody has to buy boots anymore, thanks to the internet.

Seems a healthy way to look at it. Van Halen should consider that.

[chefcraig]

And with the Dead, it wasn't just the audience recordings, but they had soundboard tapes from most, if not all of their shows. There are "new" Dead live albums being released every year, and hundreds more circulating as bootlegs. I've got one show from 87 that even sounds like a "professional" live album, with the crowd mixed in and everything. I'm not sure why Arista (their label at the time) didn't release it, since it's a lot better than the official "Without A Net" CD released in 1990 (Definitely NOT to be confused with the Van Hagar video of the same name)

Not only that, but the Dead released an impressive series of live recordings via their merchandising department. They are known as Dick's Picks, so named for the band's archivist Dick Latvala. You can see a list of them (as far as early 2008) and read more about the series here.

[dave_is_vh]

I would hardly call any of the South American concerts "pro-shots"....

If this isn't pro shot I guess I don't know what pro shot is...

YouTube - Van Halen: Little Guitars (live in Argentina '83) HQ

I'd happily fork over $100 for a DVD of this show

[Terry]

Im just saying they still got my attention even if they are not doing the things we would like them to. I am a VH lifer! I hope they start giving back to the fans soon.

I'll always dig the 6-pack and what the band represented back in those days.

Without Roth by his side, Ed is pretty much useless to me...and even with Roth back in the fold, Eddie (despite the rehab and cosmetic sanding) isn't as capable as he used to be.

Would be happy to see the band put out some new music that smacked of a sincere effort and be proven wrong, but from what I can see Eddie only works these days when he needs a big cash fix.

I could really give a shit how many hundreds of hours of material he's got squirreled away in his home studio; useless if he won't let us hear it.

Fuck's sake, there were, like 3 or so official live releases with Hagar in various formats, but ziltch with Roth. The only upside to having to hunt down CVH boots is that Eddie ain't making a nickel from them - if Mr. Fingers doesn't want to give the fans what they want, fuck him. I have no compunctions of circumventing both his apparent desire for CVH live material not to be heard as well as his bank account by even paying for CVH boots when necessary.

[Anonymous]

I'll always dig the 6-pack and what the band represented back in those days.

Without Roth by his side, Ed is pretty much useless to me...and even with Roth back in the fold, Eddie (despite the rehab and cosmetic sanding) isn't as capable as he used to be.

Would be happy to see the band put out some new music that smacked of a sincere effort and be proven wrong, but from what I can see Eddie only works these days when he needs a big cash fix.

I could really give a shit how many hundreds of hours of material he's got squirreled away in his home studio; useless if he won't let us hear it.

Fuck's sake, there were, like 3 or so official live releases with Hagar in various formats, but ziltch with Roth. The only upside to having to hunt down CVH boots is that Eddie ain't making a nickel from them - if Mr. Fingers doesn't want to give the fans what they want, fuck him. I have no compunctions of circumventing both his apparent desire for CVH live material not to be heard as well as his bank account by even paying for CVH boots when necessary.

Actually, it's "zilch", not "ziltch".



Cheers! :bottle:

[SNIPER]

I'll always dig the 6-pack and what the band represented back in those days.

Without Roth by his side, Ed is pretty much useless to me...and even with Roth back in the fold, Eddie (despite the rehab and cosmetic sanding) isn't as capable as he used to be.

Would be happy to see the band put out some new music that smacked of a sincere effort and be proven wrong, but from what I can see Eddie only works these days when he needs a big cash fix.

I could really give a shit how many hundreds of hours of material he's got squirreled away in his home studio; useless if he won't let us hear it.

Fuck's sake, there were, like 3 or so official live releases with Hagar in various formats, but ziltch with Roth. The only upside to having to hunt down CVH boots is that Eddie ain't making a nickel from them - if Mr. Fingers doesn't want to give the fans what they want, fuck him. I have no compunctions of circumventing both his apparent desire for CVH live material not to be heard as well as his bank account by even paying for CVH boots when necessary.

Word!

[sonrisa salvaje]

Also I remember that there was a Van Halen Saturday Night Concert on MTV during the 1984 tour but I did not see it so I don't know which tour the video was from.

I don't remember this. I do remember the footage from the lost weekend, what little there was anyway. Anybody else know about this?

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I checked the VH Encyclopedia...

I have an old VHS boot from Montreal '84... There's at least one song from that show on Youtube (Unchained), haven't searched lately....

The Lost Weekend winner was done in Detroit, but that was only a few minutes of ATBL....

Then the Donnington show for the Monsters of Rock....

Other than that, I don't believe there were any other shows....