Van Halen 625/50 – The PAL Rarities

These are NTSC format DVDs from PAL-land

Van Halen - 625/50 – The PAL Rarities
Double DVD set – Total Running time - 3 hours

Disc 1 – Dave Era (61 mins)
1. Rock Pop – ZDF TV Germany 21/6/80 – You Really Got Me (A+ - DVD master of Nov. 2003 re-broadcast) And The Cradle Will Rock (A- 2nd gen with a few satellite sparklies, but still pretty good) lip-sync – total 6 mins

2. Loss of Control – Promo – colour version - from Australian TV 1980 – a bit glitchy but much better than the 47th generation B&W copy that crops up on some Dave era compilations! (B+) 3 mins

3. Pink Pop Festival, Landgraaf, Holland 26/5/80 – Dutch TV - very short clip of band playing RWTD + interviews with fans and groupies with the sound of VH playing live in background - generated with some colour drop-out but very rare (B-) 4 mins

4. Music Box – German TV 1981 – Unchained + short interview – lip-sync – (A-) 4 mins

5. US Festival San Bernadino 29/5/83 – recent re-broadcast on RAI TRE Italian TV - RWTD, Pretty Woman, YRGM + Happy Trails – (A)( fantastic quality 1st gen, I have never seen a better recording of this!) 12 mins

6. Ear Say - UKTV 1984 – Dave interview + I’ll Wait – promo (no band apperance, filmed by TV station) – VHS master > DVD (A) 6 mins

7. BBC Old Grey Whistle Test – Castle Donnington Monsters of Rock Fest. Leicestershire, UK 18/8/84 – interview with Dave and Al in hotel room about gig (also includes interviews with Angus and Brian from AC/DC) – (A) 6 mins

8. BBC Old Grey Whistle Test – Castle Donnington Monsters of Rock Fest. Leicestershire, UK 18/8/84 – Hot For Teacher – live – this and no. 7 are straight VHS TV master! - (A) 4 mins

9. Swedish TV news reports from Rasunda Stadium Stockholm, Sweden 25/8/84 (Monsters of Rock) – live clips and interviews w/Dave – some small tracking problems but still very viewable (B) 3 mins

10. German TV news report on a gig from September 84 (either Karlsruhe 1/9/84 or Nuremburg 2/9/84) – clip of Jump live + interviews with fans – (B) 2 mins

11. Danish TV 1984 - Short interview with Dave + a comment from Lars Ulrich in Danish! – (B+) – 1.5 mins

12. French TV 1985 – ‘Enfants Du Rock’ interview with Dave for his solo EP while he was still in VH , (interesting as he strongly hints that he will be departing from VH soon). – (B) 8 mins.

Disc 2 Sammy and Gary Eras (120 mins)
1. MTV Europe Headbangers Ball special – interviews with the whole band, live clips from secret club gig 27/1/95 Luxor Holland, Ed and Al on Dutch radio (Ed speaks a little Dutch) and a guided tour of Eds guitars, amps and effects rack by Eddie himself. – digitally edited (no ads or promos) SVHS>VHS>HD>DVD – (A) 59 mins

2. Milan Italy 30/1/95 – Italian TV special from a small club - 1st gen PAL Hi Fi Stereo VHS digitally edited (no ads or logos in middle of gig) > DVD – (A) 46 mins

3. Rock im Park Festival, Nuremburg, Germany 29/5/98 – 3 songs and a short interview (dubbed in German) from BR3 German TV – great outdoor daytime pro shot – 1st gen VHS > DVD (A) 15 mins