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| Released | October 8, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1975–1980 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 52:01 | |||
| Label | EMI Special Products | |||
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Classic Masters is a Sammy Hagar compilation album in the Classic Masters series. The track listing is identical to The Best of Sammy Hagar (1992) albeit with 24-bit digital remastering.
Sam Roy Hagar, also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose before launching a successful solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with "I Can't Drive 55". He enjoyed further commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead vocalist of Van Halen in 1985, but left in 1996. He returned to the band from 2003 to 2005. In 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen. His musical style primarily consists of hard rock and heavy metal.
OU812 is the eighth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. It was released in 1988 and is the band's second album to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar. Van Halen began work on the album in September 1987 and completed it in April 1988, one month before its release.
Denny Carmassi is an American drummer most notable for playing with many rock bands.
Nine on a Ten Scale is the debut studio album by American musician and songwriter Sammy Hagar, released in May 1976 by Capitol Records. It was his first release as a solo artist after his departure from Montrose in 1975. It was announced in Billboard magazine that Hagar was signed to Capitol Records in January 1976. Nine on a Ten Scale was slated for a February 9 release date.
Musical Chairs is the third studio album by American rock vocalist Sammy Hagar, released in October 1977 by Capitol Records. The lineup features three quarters of the classic Montrose lineup, sans Ronnie Montrose. The album peaked at No. 100 on the Billboard 200.
Red Hot! is one of the many Sammy Hagar compilation albums from his Capitol Records era. This one compiling material from his two live albums released for the label, All Night Long and Live 1980. Tracks 1-6 were taken from All Night Long and tracks 7-11 were taken from Live 1980.
All Night Long is Sammy Hagar's first live album, released in 1978. The album was recorded during concerts in San Francisco, San Antonio, San Bernardino, Santa Cruz and Santa Monica.
Unboxed is a compilation album of Sammy Hagar's recording career at Geffen Records. It features two previously unreleased songs, "High Hopes" and "Buying My Way Into Heaven". It was released on March 15, 1994.
David Lauser is an American rock drummer, who is most famous for playing with Sammy Hagar.
Red Voodoo is the eleventh studio album by American rock musician Sammy Hagar, and his first album to feature his band the Waboritas. This album was released on March 23, 1999, by MCA Records. When Hagar finished touring in support of his Marching to Mars album, he recorded this album. Red Voodoo is an extension of the party atmosphere that permeated Hagar's concerts on that tour and the album contains a party-vibe. "Mas Tequila" was the lead single and alluded to Hagar's other career endeavor, as his Cabo Wabo tequila was being distributed throughout the United States.
The Best of Sammy Hagar is a Sammy Hagar compilation album.
Jesse Harms is an American musician and songwriter. He has worked with Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth, Eddie Money, REO Speedwagon, Bad English, Guitar Shorty, Patty Smyth, and McAuley Schenker Group.
Turn Up The Music! is a Sammy Hagar compilation album and is named after one of his early fan favorite tracks. It is available with at least two different covers.
"Best of Both Worlds" is a song by American rock band Van Halen on their album 5150 that was later released as a single in October 1986. A music video taken from the Live Without a Net concert video was in heavy rotation on MTV.
Rematch is the first US-released Sammy Hagar compilation album. After Sammy left Capitol Records for Geffen in 1981, and after Rick Springfield had a hit with the Hagar-penned "I've Done Everything for You", this collection was released to capitalize on that momentum.
The Anthology is a unique Sammy Hagar compilation album, in that it combines tracks from both of his Capitol Records and Geffen Records eras. Additionally, four tracks from his two Montrose albums on Warner Bros. Records are included.
The Best of Sammy Hagar is a Sammy Hagar compilation album. The album's track listing incorrectly lists "Red" as a live track when it is, in fact, the studio version.
John S. Carter Jr., better known as simply Carter, was an American music producer, writer, arranger, instrumentalist, and A&R man.
Sammy Hagar & Friends is the sixteenth studio album by American hard rock musician Sammy Hagar, released on September 24, 2013, by Frontiers Records.
Crazy Times is a 2022 studio album by hard rock supergroup Sammy Hagar and the Circle. The album follows 2021's covers album Lockdown 2020 and continues themes related to the confusion and historic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as critiques of corporate greed and reflections on aging.
