This autumn, VAN HALEN is set to launch an impressive boxed set that showcases the band’s second phase, featuring Sammy Hagar as vocalist, Eddie Van Halen on guitar, Alex Van Halen behind the drums, and Michael Anthony on bass. The eagerly anticipated set comprises freshly remastered versions of four multi-platinum studio albums, as well as a compilation of rare tracks from 1989 to 2004.
Priced at $124.98 for five LPs and $49.98 for five CDs, The Collection II will hit the shelves on October 6. All music in this collection has been mastered directly from the original tapes under the watchful eye of Donn Landee, the band’s trusted engineer for many years.
The Collection II is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2015’s The Collection, which centered on the six studio albums from the band’s original era with David Lee Roth as the lead vocalist. The latest collection continues the narrative, spotlighting the four consecutive chart-topping albums from the Hagar era, including 5150 (1986), OU812 (1988), For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991), and Balance (1995).
You can pre-order it via Amazon here.
“The Collection II” 5-LP track listing
LP One: 5150
Side One
01. Good Enough
02. Why Can’t This Be Love
03. Get Up
04. Dreams
05. Summer Nights
Side Two
01. Best Of Both Worlds
02. Love Walks In
03. 5150
04. Inside
LP Two: OU812
Side One
01. Mine All Mine
02. When It’s Love
03. A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)
04. Cabo Wabo
Side Two
01. Source Of Infection
02. Feels So Good
03. Finish What Ya Started
04. Black And Blue
05. Sucker In A 3 Piece
LP Three: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Side One
01. Poundcake
02. Judgement Day
03. Spanked
04. Runaround
05. Pleasure Dome
Side Two
01. In ‘N’ Out
02. Man On A Mission
03. The Dream Is Over
04. Right Now
05. 316
06. Top Of The World
LP Four: Balance
Side One
01. The Seventh Seal
02. Can’t Stop Lovin’ You
03. Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do)
04. Amsterdam
05. Big Fat Money
06. Doin’ Time
Side Two
01. Aftershock
02. Strung Out
03. Not Enough
04. Take Me Back (Déjà Vu)
05. Feelin’
LP Five: Studio Rarities 1989-2004
Side One
01. A Apolitical Blues
02. Crossing Over
03. Baluchitherium
Side Two
01. Humans Being
02. Respect The Wind
03. It’s About Time
04. Up For Breakfast
