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I can´t think of any other band with so many leaked demo tapes on the internet than Van Halen. And I stumbled upon these great ones today:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgduNgMuSnA#

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIt6elJu92M&feature=fvwp

 

Early versions of a bunch of great songs they recorded through the Dave years, more than half of A Different Kind of Truth, and a few gems which never received a final treatment are there, with somewhat sillier lyrics and Dave´s powerhouse vocals. Hope you like them.

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Love this stuff.. I've had ZERO for years and it sounds great. I love how Big Trouble, recorded/demoed in the 70's, shows up up on a Different Kind of Truth as Big River.

 

They have also remastered a few of the the MTV videos from the early 80's. I WANT MY MTV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp_domArbi8

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I've listened to both of these demos several times. Freakin love 'em, even if they aren't as good as the finished albums. I'd pay good money to get ahold of the Warner Bros 90 min. version.
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It´s amazing how effortlessly Dave could do his banshee scream. That´s what I miss the most about old Van Halen. Around "A Little Ain´t Enough" he couldn´t do it anymore, and that´s a shame - the old classics lose half their impact on stage without those screams.
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Just found this demo version of Secrets: https://www.youtube....h?v=iB16umhm_M4

 

Not much different from what made it to the record, except for the synths.

Cool find.

 

I really, really like Diver Down. Hang em High, Secrets, Little Guitars. All great VH tunes.

 

I think one of Eddie's finest moments can be heard in Hang'em High.

 

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Just found this demo version of Secrets: https://www.youtube....h?v=iB16umhm_M4

 

Not much different from what made it to the record, except for the synths.

Cool find.

 

I really, really like Diver Down. Hang em High, Secrets, Little Guitars. All great VH tunes.

 

I think one of Eddie's finest moments can be heard in Hang'em High.

 

 

His rhythm playing is just so bad ass. That phrasing can't be duplicated.

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Funny enough, we don´t see many VH demos from the HAgar years. I wonder why? :huh: :huh:

Because they Suck ??

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I've listened to both of these demos several times. Freakin love 'em, even if they aren't as good as the finished albums. I'd pay good money to get ahold of the Warner Bros 90 min. version.

I would pay good money for the demos Ed and Al did with Gene Simmons in 1977 for the Love Gun album

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I've listened to both of these demos several times. Freakin love 'em, even if they aren't as good as the finished albums. I'd pay good money to get ahold of the Warner Bros 90 min. version.

I would pay good money for the demos Ed and Al did with Gene Simmons in 1977 for the Love Gun album

 

You and a lot of other folks. LOL. It's a bit of that elusive thing out there, isn't it? Both sides say it exists.

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love those early demos.

Great to hear the original Eddie riffs and Dave lyrics that developed into the classic VH tunes released over the first 5 albums. Thanks for the links, RA!

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love those early demos.

Great to hear the original Eddie riffs and Dave lyrics that developed into the classic VH tunes released over the first 5 albums. Thanks for the links, RA!

 

:cheers: :cheers: :haz: :haz:

 

By the way, here´s Gene Simmons talking about the VH demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgcVjurMwm0

 

 

And a demo of 5150: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXR_kkRpGr4

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Love this stuff.. I've had ZERO for years and it sounds great. I love how Big Trouble, recorded/demoed in the 70's, shows up up on a Different Kind of Truth as Big River.

 

They have also remastered a few of the the MTV videos from the early 80's. I WANT MY MTV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp_domArbi8

 

Used to see that on MTV back in the day.

 

LOVED IT!!!

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