It was 30 years ago today.....

[VHscraps]

I bought it this very day 30 years ago in goddam Hamilton, Scotland, in a record shop where I once spied Brian Connolly of The Sweet.

Easy to recall with precision 'cos it was as a birthday gift for my little brother (he's now about to turn 45, alas).

I purchased it, of course, because I had to buy him a gift, but also because I was unemployed and broke and had to hear the new VH. Needless to say, I have that very album - worn, torn and scratched - to this day.

Always loved it, and thought it really separated VH from all the other bands they used to get put together worh back in those days. Sure you could look at it as half cover tunes, but who else would have the chutzpah to record Big Bad Bill?

If it was an album of rarities / outtakes / b-sides I'm sure people would've thought, 'sheesh, these guys'll do anything'.

It's a 'more Dave' album. And that, dear friends, can only be good.

[JenniferM]

Let's see....I had just turned 14 when this came out. I bought my copy with saved up allowance money at the Capital mall in Olympia, Washington. I had all the albums to that point and had to have this one. I was not the least disappointed. I liked it being "different". Cool with me.
By the way, I got the first album in 1979 when I lived in Connecticut. I earned it by riding in a bikeathon that raised money for kids with Down's Syndrome. If you got over $35.00 in sponsor money, you got a free album from Caldor's. Of course, I chose this one. Been hearing it on the way to school on the bus forever and had own it!
Anyway, I still have all the original albums in the plastic covers that protect them from the ravages of time. Of course, all the jackets were ruined by taking them out and hanging them on my bedroom walls as posters................those were the days!!

JenniferM

[Angel]

Oh boy, I had just gotten pregnant, and I lived in a city that had banned the band. My VH party days were already over when this came out

[TJMKID]

Samuel Roy, on his best day, could never replicate the magic Eddie, Dave, Michael and Alex made on those first 6 records.

Please refer to him as Spamborita McPussy-Face ----- Samuel Roy sounds too dignified for a bitter, jealous scumbag.

[TJMKID]

Oh boy, I had just gotten pregnant, and I lived in a city that had banned the band. My VH party days were already over when this came out

What kind of city bans the Mighty Roth Halen? They should be nuked !!

[TJMKID]

It's a 'more Dave' album. And that, dear friends, can only be good.

"More Dave" means more sex ---- more booze ---- more belligerent enthusiasm ---- and that is most definitely a good thing.

[sadaist]

Oh man, still remember how much I loved the song 'PRETTY WOMAN", even without seeing the video!!!
!

I still am fucking amazed they used the Roy Orbison version in the movie with Julia Roberts. It didn't really fit in well and definitely should have been the VH version.

[sadaist]

What kind of city bans the Mighty Roth Halen?

You know this one.....

[rocking ron]

I've bought this one in Amsterdam at that time.....

Walkin' with that red/white album....across the red-light district......

pfff Where have all the good times gone....?!