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Live: Right Here, Right Now (1993)
Where the lyrics of Live: Right Here, Right Now take you, and where it was really made.
Recorded live in Fresno in 1992, this album was heavily reworked in the studio, and Sammy Hagar had to re-sing the whole show.
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Two nights at Selland Arena (1993)
Recording site Selland Arena — Songs were performed over two nights in May 1992 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California, and most tracks came from the first night. The original broadcast was rawer than the released mix. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Vocals re-recorded in the 5150 studio (1993)
Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Sammy Hagar re-sang the vocals in the studio vocal booth at 5150 while watching a video of the concert. This point is placed at city-level accuracy in Los Angeles. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Live: Right Here, Right Now. is the first live album by American rock band Van Halen, released in 1993
- Combines songs performed over two nights in May 1992 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California
- Most tracks come from the first night, including solos by Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar
- Van Halen's only live album until Tokyo Dome Live in Concert in 2015
- Only live album featuring Sammy Hagar until Live in Dallas 1991 in 2024
Background
- Released during the Hagar era, when the then-current album was For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
- Tours with Hagar focused on the new album, Hagar's solo material and covers
- Ten of the eleven songs from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge were included
- Only four David Lee Roth-era songs, one solo song from Hagar's pre-Van Halen career, and one song from his 1987 album I Never Said Goodbye
Recording
- Most tracks recorded at the 1992 Fresno shows, backed by a 1992 Westwood One radio presentation and the video release
- Mobile recording by Westwood One, with Biff Dawes as live recording engineer
- Producers Van Halen and Andy Johns; mixing by Andy Johns
- Studio fixes were applied to much of the album
- Hagar re-recorded vocals in a studio booth at 5150 while watching the concert video
Cover
- Photo taken in June 1988, after a tornado touched down in Smyrna, Delaware
- Art direction by Jeri Heiden; design by Lyn Bradley and Jeri Heiden
- Photography by David Graham, John Halpern and Mark Seliger
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
Disc 1
| 1 | Poundcake | 5:28 |
| 2 | Judgement Day | 4:52 |
| 3 | When It’s Love | 5:22 |
| 4 | Spanked | 5:08 |
| 5 | Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love | 4:37 |
| 6 | In ’n’ Out | 6:20 |
| 7 | Dreams | 4:49 |
| 8 | Man on a Mission | 4:49 |
| 9 | Ultra Bass | 5:15 |
| 10 | Pleasure Dome / Drum Solo | 9:38 |
| 11 | Panama | 6:39 |
| 12 | Love Walks In | 5:14 |
| 13 | Runaround | 5:21 |
Disc 2
| 1 | Right Now | 6:14 |
| 2 | One Way to Rock | 4:59 |
| 3 | Why Can’t This Be Love | 5:22 |
| 4 | Give to Live | 5:39 |
| 5 | Finish What Ya Started | 5:51 |
| 6 | Best of Both Worlds | 5:01 |
| 7 | 316 | 11:37 |
| 8 | You Really Got Me / Cabo Wabo | 7:59 |
| 9 | Won’t Get Fooled Again | 5:42 |
| 10 | Jump | 4:27 |
| 11 | Top of the World | 5:00 |
Disc 3
| 1 | Eagles Fly | 6:03 |
| 2 | Mine All Mine | 5:27 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972.
- The brothers Alex (b. 1953) and Eddie Van Halen (b. 1955) were born in Amsterdam, moved to Pasadena in 1962, and began playing together in the 1960s.
- The band went through the names Broken Combs, Trojan Rubber Co, Genesis, and Mammoth before becoming Van Halen in 1973.
- David Lee Roth joined as lead vocalist in 1972 and Michael Anthony joined on bass in 1974.
Members
- Eddie Van Halen (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Alex Van Halen (drums), David Lee Roth (lead vocals, 1974–1985), Michael Anthony (bass, 1974–2006).
- Sammy Hagar replaced Roth in 1985 and Gary Cherone replaced Hagar in 1996.
- Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie's son, replaced Anthony on bass in 2006.
Career
- The self-titled debut album (1978) reached No. 19 on the Billboard 200 and was later certified Diamond by the RIAA.
- The album 1984 (1984) produced 'Jump', the band's only number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
- With Hagar, the band released four U.S. number-one albums, including 5150 (1986) and OU812 (1988).
- Eddie Van Halen died of cancer on October 6, 2020; Wolfgang later confirmed the band had ended.
- The band has sold more than 80 million records worldwide.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Released in 1993 as Van Halen's first live album
- Only live album by Van Halen until Tokyo Dome Live in Concert in 2015, which featured David Lee Roth
- Only live album featuring Sammy Hagar until Live in Dallas 1991 in 2024
- Built from songs played over two nights in May 1992 at the Selland Arena in Fresno
Reappraisal
- Much debate about whether the songs were doctored in the studio
- The original 1992 broadcast was rawer and unmixed, sounding closer to the band's live sound than the final recording
- Hagar said the brothers corrected speed and key in post-production, so he re-sang the whole show
- Hagar sang four Roth-era songs, including Panama and Jump, while Eddie played parts of three Roth-led instrumentals inside 316
Records
- Home video filmed with 15 cameras over May 14 and 15, 1992, mixed by editor Mitchell Sinoway
- 1993 VHS release listed in the certification section
- Two-disc format combining Hagar-era and Roth-era songs
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The album cover photo was taken in June 1988, after a tornado touched down in Smyrna, Delaware.
- The album contained only four David Lee Roth-era songs.
- Hagar had to re-sing the whole show in the 5150 studio vocal booth, watching the concert video on a TV.
- The Ultra Bass track is Michael Anthony's bass solo, sometimes joined by Alex Van Halen's drums.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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