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A big thank you to Lou for his hard work in putting this great set together!

This is a 4 DVD FLAC set. If you sign up as a branch, please post whether you have this already or not.

Van Halen: The Interviews & More
4 DVD FLAC set
Liberated at diamonddavidleeroth.com, January 2006
All circulating interviews of all band members through 1985
All circulating EVH solo performances through 1985

Notes by Lou:

These are all of the circulating interviews, as well as some Eddie Van Halen solo stuff outside of VH, through 1985 before Van Hagar was formed. Prior to this release, I spent about 10 months trying to amass a "mother" compilation of everything Van Halen, mostly from FM radio, that took place away from the concert stage. A lot of people played a role in putting this together. They are as follows, in alphabetical order:

Rodney C.
Ron H.
Chris J.
Mark P.
Scott O.
Tim O.
Greg R.
Norm R.
Josh S.

Everything that came from Tim O. was transferred by Lou from his tapes which he lent me, except for the Miami 8/9/80 interview which he personally transferred.
Everything that came from Mark P. was transferred with a Sony tape deck>TDK standalone burner>CDR.
Everything that came from Greg R. was transferred by Lou with a Sony TC-WE635 tape deck>Sony RCD-W500C standalone burner>CDR

I cannot give precise lineage on everyone else's efforts, other than that they gave me a rip from a silver, or transferred it themselves from their own tapes. Or in the case of Norm R., his own vinyls.

Finally, I ripped a handful of interviews from well-circulating CDR's, for the purpose of rounding up everything in one place.

Below are how the files are spread across the discs. Each clip has the name of the person who gave it to me, as best as I can recall.

I sincerely apologize to anyone whom I have forgotten to credit for helping me out.

FLAC Fingerprints and shntool results are included on each disc.

Without further ado, here is all of the circulating audio that didn't take place at a Van Halen concert:

Disc 1

xx/xx/xx Ed & Dave talking about recording 3 min. (ripped from "Pasadena Hilton" silver, Ron H.)
KROQ FM 12/14/76 Interview w/RWTD demo 6 min. (ripped from "Goldenwest Ballroom Deluxe")
xx/xx/78 Van Halen I commercial 1 min. (Mark P.)
"Runnin' With Van Halen" xx/xx/78 FM Radio Special 50 min. (Greg R.)
BBC Radio FM, Glasgow 5/18/78 DLR & AVH 35 min. (Greg R.)
6/xx/78 Japanese radio interview w/Mike 2 min. (Mark P.)
KZEW FM promo 7/1/78 Texxas Jam 1 min. (Scott O.)
London 10/22/78 FM promo 1 min. (ripped from "Live at the Rainbow Theater")
KROQ FM 12/xx/78 Interview DLR & The Runaways 10 min. (ripped from "Goldenwest Ballroom Deluxe")
"Rock Years Interview" xx/xx/79 FM 4 min. (Rodney C.)
Great American Int. w/Roth 4/xx/79 10 min. (Rodney C.)
KSJO FM San Jose, CA 4/7/79 25 min. (Mark P.)
KISW FM Seattle 4/19/79 & 4/4/80 interviews (rebroadcast) 24 min. (Greg R.)
Kalamazoo 5/2/79 concert report 3 min. (Greg R.)
Beton Show, Dutch Radio FM 6/xx/79 15 min. (Greg R.)
Radio One FM, AVH & DLR 6/xx/79 11 min. (Greg R.)
KZEW FM promo #1 6/9/79 Texxas Jam 1 min. (Scott O.)
KZEW FM promo #2 6/9/79 Texxas Jam 1 min. (Scott O.)
Amsterdam 6/15/79 FM Interview 31 min. (Greg R.)
"Profiles In Rock" FM xx/xx/80 23 min. (Greg R.)
KGON FM Portland 4/3/80 English & Dutch 29 min. (Greg R.)
WMMS FM Cleveland 4/xx/80 15 min. 1st gen (Mark P.)
Milwaukee 4/14/80 FM "Concert Watch" 10 sec. (Mark P.)
WABX FM Detroit 4/27/80 15 min. (Mark P.)
Geleen, Holland FM 5/25/80 4 min. (Greg R.)
Lou Garou Show, Paris FM 6/2/80 56 min. (Rodney C.)
SDR Germany int. w/DLR & AVH FM 6/10/80 10 min. (Rodney C.)
WIOT FM Toledo 7/11/80 int. w/Dave 12 min. (ripped from "Have You Seen Junior's Grades?")
Chicago FM Interview 7/29/80 8 min. (Greg R.)
WSHE FM Miami, FL 8/9/80 18 min. (Tim O.)
Hollywood, FL 8/9/80 FM promo 3 sec. (Scott O.)
"Innerview" Jim Ladd w/ DLR 9/21/80 45 min. (Mark P.)
WMMR FM Philadelphia "Rocktober" 10/xx/80 55 min. (Rodney C.)
KSJO FM San Jose 10/10/80 DLR 45 min. (Mark P.)
WLUP FM Chicago Roth plays DJ 10/27/80 18 min. (Mark P.)
WLUP FM Chicago Roth plays DJ 10/27/80 66 min. (rebroadcast) (Rodney C.)
Amsterdam TV Special 1981 9 min. (Greg R.)
BBC radio int. w/Dave 6/xx/81 50 min. (Rodney C.)
KGON FM Portland 6/9/81 4 min. (Greg R.)
WMMR FM Philadelphia 7/22/81 AVH & DLR 25 min. (Tim O.)
KLAQ FM El Paso, TX 10/7/81 int w/Alex 15 min. (Mark P.)

Disc 2

"Off The Record" (Pts. I & II) FM 1981 95 min. (Greg R.)
xx/xx/82 Innerview w/Jim Ladd, Series #24, Show #12 55 min. (pre-FM vinyl) (Norm R.)
xx/xx/82 Innerview w/Jim Ladd, Series #24, Show #13 55 min. (incl. "79th and Sunset"). (pre-FM vinyl) (Norm R.)
Fast Forward int. w/Roth xx/xx/82 TV 25 min. (Mark P.)
Liner Notes xx/xx/82 TV 8 min. (Mark P.)
"One Minute With..." (The Source) xx/xx/82 FM DLR 5 min. (Mark P.)
Rockline 2/12/82 FM AVH & DLR 43 min. (Mark P.)
Dutch Radio FM Interview, EVH & AVH 6/25/82 4 min. (Greg R.)
Birmingham, AL 7/22/82 FM promo 1 min. (Greg R.)
Louisville, KY 7/30/82 EVH & Jas Obrecht phone conversation (ripped from unknown gen CDR)
"Off The Record" 8/xx/82 Show #82-33 60 min. (pre-FM vinyl) (Norm R.)
Rockline FM 8/9/82 71 min. (Rodney C.)
San Francisco 9/14 & 9/15/82 FM promo 30 sec. (Mark P.)
Uniondale 10/18/82 FM promo & EVH breaks wrist news 4 min. (Mark P.)
Montreal 10/27/82 FM promo 1 min. (ripped from "Floor 'em at the Forum")
Nightwatch 11/27/82 TV w/DLR 15 min. (Mark P.)
"A Portrait In Platinum" (The Source) 12/xx/82 2nd gen FM 90 min. (Greg R.)
"Rolling Stone History" xx/xx/83 FM 10 min. 1st gen (Mark P.)
Montevideo, Uruguay FM interview 2/4/83 33 min. (Greg R.)
Inside Track w/ Lisa Robinson, FM, DLR 6/xx/83 45 min. (Greg R.)

Disc 3

US Festival 5/29/83 press conference w/Roth 3 min. (Mark P.)
US Festival 5/29/83 concert report FM edit (KRQR rebroadcast) 20 min. (incl. RWTD, Pretty Woman, YRGM/Happy Trails) (Mark P.)
xx/xx/84 "1984" album promo 1 min. (Mark P.)
xx/xx/84 Casey Kasem introduces Jump as #1 song 2 min. (Mark P.)
WDIZ FM Miami station promo 1/xx/84 1 min. (Greg R.)
Inside Track w/ Lisa Robinson, FM, EVH 1/xx/84 45 min. (Greg R.)
Inside Track w/ Lisa Robinson, EVH & DLR 1/xx/84 32 min. (Mark P.)
Dutch Radio Interview, FM, AVH 1/11/84 6 min. (Greg R.)
Entertainment Tonight TV 1/17/84 w/EVH 4 min. (Mark P.)
Liner Notes 1/24/84 TV 10 min. (Greg R.)
Roanoke 2/4/84 FM promo 1 min. (Tim O.)
DLR BBC Interview 2/5/84 45 min. (Rodney C.)
Rockline Interview FM 2/20/84 70 min. (Mark P.)
Toronto 4/10/84 FM review of Detroit 4/5/84 4 min. (Greg R.)
Toronto 4/17/84 FM concert report 2 min. (Mark P.)
Montreal FM interview w/ DLR 4/19/84 35 min. (Greg R.)
CHOM FM Montreal promo 4/19/84 10 sec. (Mark P.)
DLR on Friday Night Videos 5/4/84 TV 11 min. (Mark P.)
San Francisco 5/9, 5/10 & 5/11/84 various FM 10 min. (Mark P.)
Amsterdam 5/26/84 NCRV FM Interview 33 min. (Greg R.)
Memorial Day Party (The Source) 5/30/84 FM 40 min. (Greg R.)
DLR on "Entertainment Tonight" 6/1/84 TV 4 min. (Greg R.)
Leicestershire, England 8/18/84 FM 24 min. (Greg R.)
Stockholm 8/25/84 FM, DLR int. 2 min. (Greg R.)
Stockholm 8/25/84 FM press conference 28 min. (Scott O.)
Stockholm 8/25/84 FM Michael Anthony 10 min. (Greg R.)
Nuremburg 9/2/84 FM Michael Anthony 7 min. (Greg R.)
"We're An American Band" w/DLR FM 10/30/84 25 min. (Rodney C.)
"Legendary Performer" xx/xx/85 DLR 43 min. (Rodney C.)
Sweden, FM DLR 2/21/85 4 min. (Greg R.)

Disc 4

Bootlegger calling up a radio station, talking about a club days tape xx/xx/98 7 min. (ripped from "That's All Folks" silver, Josh S.)
"In The Studio for Van Halen I" (1998) (Pre-FM silver>FLAC) (Josh S.)
"In The Studio for Van Halen II, WACF & Fair Warning" (1998) (Pre-FM silver>FLAC) (Josh S.)
"In The Studio for 1984" (1999) (Pre-FM silver>FLAC) (Ron H.)
"Off The Record Classic" #00-04 (weekend of 1/22 & 1/23/00) (Pre-FM silver>FLAC) (Chris J.)

EVH performances outside of VH through 1985

xx/xx/78 "Get Away From You" (ripped from "That's All Folks" silver, Josh S.)
EVH & The Pretenders, Pauley Pavilion, UCLA 2/14/82 8 min. (Greg R.)
EVH & Allan Holdsworth, The Roxy, Los Angeles 4/23/82 7 min. (Greg R.)
"Beat It" solo overdub xx/xx/83 (ripped from "That's All Folks" silver, Josh S.)
"Starfleet" EP 4/21 & 4/22/83 vinyl>CDR (Norm R.)
"Seduction of Gina" soundtrack xx/xx/83 (Mark P.)
"Donut City" xx/xx/84 (ripped from "Sunset Sound" unknown gen CDR)
EVH w/John Waite xx/xx/84 10 min. (Scott O.)
EVH w/Michael Jackson, Dallas 7/13/84 TV 7 min. (ripped from "That's All Folks" silver, Josh S.)
EVH w/Scandal 4/xx/85 FM 45 min. (Scott O.)
EVH & Cheech Marin, Malibu, CA 5/12/85 (Greg R.)

To participate, in any TREE you must meet these requirements:

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5. You can only sign up as one and that's either a BRANCH or a LEAF
6. After your 3rd sign-up in a row as a LEAF you must be a BRANCH.
7. LEAFS will be required to trade disc/s to members who missed the sign-up or didn’t meet the requirements.

There is no more signing up as a BRANCH/LEAF, either or whatever needed and you must decide which one you can do for that specific TREE.
BRANCHES will have no more then 4 LEAFS.
Depending on the amount of BRANCHES that sign-up for the TREE the LEAFS may be on a first come first serve basis.
All the LEAFS may not be guaranteed a copy of the disc/s.
There will be a 7 day period for LEAFS to make contact with their BRANCH. If a LEAF fails to contact their BRANCH they are off the TREE. It's all about communication!!!

NAME
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LOCATION
BRANCH OR LEAF ( PICK ONLY ONE); if branch burn ability (+, -, both)
PREFS

All branches will get this from me on -R.

Tree will close on Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008.

[Mink]

Thanks for treeing this, what a compilation!

Mink
msacmink@verizon.net
Illinois
Branch: I do not have this
Burn: DVD+
Preference: either

[greenyVH5150]

Joe O
greeny5150@cox.net
Johnston,RI
Leaf
Burn: either
Preference: either

[mikevinyl]

MikeyV
m4i10k62e@aol.com
Mt Rushmore South Dakota
leaf (only because I'm not familiar with flac, I'm assuming I can covert through Goldwave)
+/-

MikeyV
The Ultimate in Van Halen Vinyl

[Muroh73]

Frank
frobo142@yahoo.com
PA
branch
either format

This looks really cool, thanks for all who are a part of getting this out.

[mr_mojo_halen]

mr_mojo_halen
tanningirish @ yahoo dot com
MICHIGAN
Branch
DVD - R

Thanks to everyone who has helped get this to the masses ! :dance:

[Moonbeam]

Moonbeam
brucesuskie@yahoo.com
Arkansas
Leaf
either version

[Guest]

Topic has been moved from forum CD-R Tree Signups to forum DVD Tree Signupsoryo

[oryo]

I moved this to DVD sign up since they are going to be on 4 DVDs and not on CDR...Ory

[Dr. Reynolds]

Robin Reynolds
rr1984@mchsi.com
Columbia, MO.
DVD-R

I don't know about converting FLAC ?
Or would this be a staight easy burn?
I'll be a "LEAF" to be on the safe side...

[Reddutchie]

Reddutchie
reddutchie2002 (at) yahoo (dot) com
The Netherlands
Leaf
Disc preference: doesn't matter

Thanks!!!

[unclehomey1]

Mark
unclehomey1@yahoo.com
Wisconsin
leaf - don't know if I could do FLAC conversion
either

merci beaucoup!!!

MZ

[vhroxu2]

Just to let everyone know, converting flac files to wav is very easy. I use Trader's Little Helper and it works like a charm. You can download it here:

http://tlh.easytree.org/

This would be a huge number of discs to burn to cd-r as wavs. I listen to the flac's with a cool app called Foobar2000. What I like about it is it takes up very little resources as it runs. Download here:

http://www.foobar2000.org/

Both programs are free.

Also to branch on this tree, all you have to do is copy the files on the discs. It's as easy as copying video dvd's.

[asdfanofpriest]

asdfanofpriest
PM @ VHT
California
LEAF
Either +R or -R

Thanks! I set up a trade, but the traders discs weren't copyable, so i will sign up here.... Thanks To All Involved!!! :) :)

[Jericho]

Thanks vhroxu2 & Lou

Jericho
PM @ VHT
MA
Branch
- R