LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 23, 2019… FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY VAN HALEN RELEASED THEIR 2ND STUDIO ALBUM VAN HALEN II. VAN HALEN’S DEBUT ALBUM SOLD 1 MILLION COPIES PRIOR TO THIS RECORD AND WAS STILL ON BILLBOARD’S ALBUM CHARTS WHEN VHII WAS RELEASED. THE SUCCESS OF VAN HALEN II WAS DRIVEN WAS DRIVEN BY 2 HIT SINGLES, ‘DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY’ & ‘BEAUTIFUL GIRLS’
HERE ARE SOME QUICK HITS REGARDING VH II :
-VAN HALEN II REACHED #6 ON THE BILLBOARD TOP LP’S CHART
-THE BLACK AND YELLOW GUITAR ON THE BACK OF THE ALBUM IS BURIED WITH DIMEBAG DARRELL. EDDIE VAN HALEN PLACED IT IN HIS CASKET AT HIS FUNERAL BECAUSE DIMEBAG SAID IT WAS HIS FAVORITE.
-DAVID LEE ROTH IS SHOWN IN A CAST IN THE LINER NOTES. HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE HIS RIGHT FOOT MAKING A LEAP AT A PHOTO SHOOT FOR THE ALBUM AND LANDED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MICROPHONE STAND ALSO SEEN IN THE PICTURE OF THE BACK COVER ART
-VAN HALEN II HAS SOLD MORE THAT 5 MILLION COPIES IN THE USA
HERE’S VAN HALEN IN 1983 PERFORMING ANOTHER GREAT TRACK ON THE ALBUM ‘BOTTOM’S UP’
