When I was in high school, they played nearly every backyard party that I went to!

@zzyzxx13

4 жыл бұрын

They played at our high school during lunch (Oct. '75). : )

@jamesjames1716

3 жыл бұрын

@@zzyzxx13 WOW!

@jamesjames1716

3 жыл бұрын

What songs did they cover? Awesome Band!

@cynergy4

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesjames1716 It's hard to remember since I was usually pretty stoned, hehe! It seems like they mostly played their own stuff, with maybe a few covers thrown in like "You Really Got Me". They hadn't quite refined their sound yet, and I actually got tired of seeing them every weekend, hahahaha! That was '73-'74. They polished up their music when they started playing clubs. Of course, Eddie's guitar work was always mind-blowing! Michael Anthony is still married to an old high school friend of mine.

@brodieyake7735

3 жыл бұрын

You've never been to a backyard party. I would have seen you.

These kids are going to make it!

10 seconds into the song and Ed's tone has me shaking my head in disbelief. Still! Just blistering.

You can hear how important Michael Anthony's backing vocal is to the VH sound.

Only 88K views??? Come on VH nation! What a national rock and roll treasure!

Listen to that guitar TONE!!!! The Pasadena Civic shows are soundboard and sound amazing for that era.

@geoffallard7718

4 жыл бұрын

Without the echo/reverb of the studio recordings, kinda reminds me of the Angus Young tone from the first few AC/DC albums, especially Let There Be Rock. Still totally Edward though for sure. Awesome to hear.

SO STINKIN COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is epic. Thank you so much for sharing. I love when Halen play Kinks. It just works so nicely. I can't wait to read the new book!

RIP Mr Halen, we remember 🎸🎸🎸🎸

I really like how Mike’s Bass Guitar comes through this recording. Classic balanced sound from the club days through Fair Warning that’s an early VH signature.

@JustinProper

8 ай бұрын

Michael Anthony is the GOAT

Did not know that they did _this_ Kinks song. Now I'm imagining them doing a medley of this and "Destroyer" (which is impossible for 1976 since that song came out in 1981).

You can tell that's EVH, all right! :)

Greg, You Sir Unearth The Type of "Historical Treasure" That I Love and I Thank You! #VANTASTIK

Awesome find. The solo is a foreshadow of the epic solo on 'you really got me ' on the first album

The Ultimate Party Band!!!

FRIGGIN AWESOME! Thanks for sharing this gem!

AWESOME BOOK Greg! Thanks for that and this!

Thanks dear Greg!!!!!Bellissimo!!!

Awesome!!

Righton another gem! Thanks man

Great audio clip Greg!! - love these rare gems! Steve @Aerodude73

I’m so glad they went with “You Really Got Me.” Not that this is bad, but “You Really Got Me” is much more suitable for radio.

@glengamble526

Жыл бұрын

That was Templeman’s call…a good one too.

these images and the original sounds are freaking amazingd

Awesome, sounds great.

VH really liked the Kinks!

@___and_memes_for_all

Жыл бұрын

Who doesn’t?

love Roths voice, he's king

Ed was such a great “improviser”. He undressed any song and made her his own.

@AllenGarberGuitarFun

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. He worked out all these arrangements and solos well in advance.

Awesome , another gem from early VH . Alex with some nice kick ass drumming in there too

THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VH GEM GREG!!!!!! EDDIE IS KING!

So cool. I could hear just one lick and it's so evident that it's Eddie. Even that early in his career. This reminds me of some of the bootleg Randy Rhoads recordings with Quit Riot in that he played licks that ended up on Ozzy albums. Several of Eddie's licks in that solo are absolute classic Eddie-ism's. Same for the Queen song. Kind of like traveling back in time and seeing Van Halen on Sunset Strip...

Its so strange that hearing a college/club recording on youtube after almost 50 years passed after it but Van Halen always sounds great💯💯💯

Dave says if I have to do it I should do it all day and all of the night. I believe him. Dave wouldn't lie to me. Or you. Do it indeed! Solo sounded familiar.

I’m looking for me in the crowd in all the pics.

I'm just now watching this!! I swear I'm related to the guitar and drummer!!

@Draftsman_of_Doom

3 жыл бұрын

Condolences, man. I heard about Edward.

El mejor grupo de Hard Rock,,, Van Halen

Sounds better then anything VH has produced in years! Thanks for posting!

This 70’s VH stuff with Roth is way way better than all the stuff with Sammy many years later. LOVE every bit of it.

Greg, the book is Van-tastic!

Hey Greg,on this song I think they’re also doing that thing they used to do with the guys grabbing drumsticks and playing drums with Alex.

Never heard this one Greg very cool

Greg, Thanks from a Pasadena boy from the keg party days.

@1251wire

4 жыл бұрын

Torrance over here bro circa 1981 !

Kinks song!

Hey Gregg, I love ALL your VH pix you post on Twitter

3:48 did they have the RWTD car horns on a button to play at will?

@Rob-dp3vr

Жыл бұрын

Must have been because I thought the same thing. That makes 2 of us.

This is a billion times better than the version which later appeared on their album.

Dave's not even out of the first verse and he's fucking up the lyrics !! Still love ya, Diamond....lol

Michael Anthony and those back I got vocals / harmonies! 😎

2:33 very similar Chuck Berry/Kinks lick used at the start of the Panama guitar solo.

Dave's banter in the early days reminds me of Paul Stanley a lot.

@DMCxx

3 жыл бұрын

It's a lot like Peter Wolf from J Geils

Tune it in Resonance

How did it take so long to get this band signed?

@r38658

4 жыл бұрын

7 years. After Pasadena show, Warner Record signed up the Van Helen.

@zzyzxx13

4 жыл бұрын

@@r38658 Not according to Warner Bros.' Ted Templeman. "The Van Halen"? lolol

@e.l.norton

3 жыл бұрын

@@r38658 This show is in 76. They got signed in mid-77 after Ted Templeman saw them at the Starwood and immediately called Mo Ostin to see them, who then signed them on the spot. They played their last show at the Pasadena Civic Center in early Feb 78 just before starting their first tour to support the release of the first album.

Un earthed? Was it buried in the ground? This is sick sick playing ... sick I say.

Hey Greg, when's the movie coming out?

Alex’s snare sound is already there.

😝💯💯💯

Typical Roth…forgetting the lyrics 😂 Love it!

Still weird that is song recorded on a van halen album

Did you record this Greg? Very cool and nice quality!!!

@GregRenoff

8 жыл бұрын

+the artist No, I was 7 in 1976!

@theartist124

8 жыл бұрын

+Greg Renoff It can happen! LOL I'm going to pick up your book, can't wait to read what you've been able to unearth!

@GinaBurlingham

8 жыл бұрын

+Greg Renoff .... ... I was ... sweet 16 !!!

@theartist124

8 жыл бұрын

+matttm Yeah I recognize that, I was a live-sound engineer back in the day and yes I do, I have some okay quality VH from I think their first trip to England, really great to hear the energy they put out back then, I saw them in the clubs about a dozen times before they got signed. I use to have a DAT of VH at Anaheim circa 1980-something that was really fun, but my DAT player stopped working. Do you collect? (my favorites are Pink Floyd, the Animals tour) Really like your icon photo btw!

@theartist124

8 жыл бұрын

+matttm Love the videos on your channel sub'd!

That was toxic masculinity and I miss it.

@sonofacheron

8 ай бұрын

Fuckin A! 😂

Saw these guys 3 times at The Rock Corporation in Van Nuys in the mid '70s. Gotta say they were no better than the rest of the garage bands they had there.

@glengamble526

Жыл бұрын

Fortunately, history has proven you very, very wrong…😂

@The_DC_Kid

11 ай бұрын

@@glengamble526 Did you see 'em there? I did and I stand by my opinion.

Kinks version is better

Van Halen isn't Heavy metal

@SuperBoomshack

6 жыл бұрын

Dave Whalen c'mon man, I'll wait and jump is the heaviest metal you will hear

@vanbrolotar5597

5 жыл бұрын

On fire, romeo delight, tora tora, girl gone bad, early version house of pain...VH was heavy metal when they wanted to be, they were just too good to ONLY be a heavy metal band.

Damn this sucks!

@blurredthirty-two6445

3 жыл бұрын

🧠n't?

@JoryKorvid

3 жыл бұрын

@@blurredthirty-two6445 I feel safe at night knowing Eddie will never be able to butcher this song again :)

@rickleblanc8900

Жыл бұрын

​@@JoryKorvid poor baby ! 😅

@Rob-dp3vr

Жыл бұрын

You're a Wham kind of gal.

terrible cover

@WisGuy4

5 жыл бұрын

tommyau2006 No, terrible comment.

@rickleblanc8900

Жыл бұрын

They did it their way. So what ! And then they went to bigger and better greatness. And the rest is history

@Rob-dp3vr

Жыл бұрын

Must be a Wham fan