VAN HALEN – Before The Eruption (2CD)

Studio Quality 9.3 – Astounding and revelatory, this is indispensable to anyone who remotely appreciated rock and roll music…regardless of the association with band members named Van Halen…I am saying that if you like rock and roll music this stuff is essential listening. Now, if you were a fan of the Van Halen brand rock sound, well, yeah it is kinda obvious how important these demos are and this collection features them in excellent quality.

Van Halen
‘Before The Eruption’
Studio & Rehearsal Recordings
Gene Simmons Demos 1976 &
Warner Bros. Demos 1977

Disc 1

01 – Intro
02 – On Fire
03 – Woman In Love
04 – House Of Pain
05 – Runnin’ With The Devil
06 – She’s The Woman
07 – Let’s Get Rockin’
08 – Big Trouble
09 – Somebody Get Me A Doctor
10 – Babe, Don’t Leave Me Alone
11 – Put Out The Lights
12 – Let’s Get Rockin’
13 – We Die Bold
14 – Voodoo Queen
15 – Little Dreamer
16 – House Of Pain
17 – Runnin’ With The Devil
18 – On Fire
19 – Babe, Don’t Leave Me Alone
20 – Bring On The Girls
21 – Young & Wild
22 – Last Night
23 – Light In The Sky
24 – Get The Show On The Road

Disc 2

01 – D.O.A.
02 – Somebody Get Me A Doctor
03 – Show Your Love
04 – She’s The Woman
05 – Put Out The Lights
06 – Big Trouble
07 – I Wanna Be Your Lover
08 – Feel Your Love Tonight
09 – In A Simple Rhyme
10 – Piece Of Mind
11 – You Really Got Me
12 – Happy Trails
13 – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
14 – House Of Pain
15 – Runnin’ With The Devil
16 – On Fire

Rehearsals From Pasadena Convention Center, October 15, 1977

17 – On Fire
18 – Voodoo Queen
19 – Atomic Queen
20 – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
21 – On Fire

Disc 1 Tracks 12-24 Disc 2 Tracks 1-12 are from the 1977 demo produced by Ted Templeman and Mo Ostin for Warner Bros. in Los Angeles late 1977.
Disc 2 Tracks 13-16 are unused sessions and alternate takes.
Disc 2 Tracks 17-21 are rehearsals from Pasadena, Ca. USA Convention Center October 15, 1977