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Live: Right Here, Right Now.
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Live album by
Van Halen
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1993 (1993-02-23)
RecordedMay 14–15, 1992
Venue Selland Arena, Fresno, California
Genre
Length141:29
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Van Halen chronology
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
(1991)		Live: Right Here, Right Now.
(1993)		 Balance
(1995)
Sammy Hagar chronology
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
(1991)		Live: Right Here, Right Now.
(1993)		 Balance
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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CD Review Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly C [3]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Live: Right Here, Right Now. is the first live album by American rock band Van Halen, released in 1993. It is the band's only live album featuring Sammy Hagar and the only live album by Van Halen until the release of Tokyo Dome Live in Concert in 2015.

Contents

History

The album combines songs performed over two nights in May 1992 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. Most of the songs on the album were from the first night, such as the solos performed by Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar. There is much debate as to whether or not the songs on this album have been doctored in the studio, as the original 1992 broadcast of the concert was much more raw and unmixed, sounding truer to the band's live sound than the recording that was ultimately released. Sammy Hagar confirms in his book, Red, My Uncensored Life in Rock that he had to "go into the studio vocal booth at 5150 with a video of the concert playing on a TV and had to re-sing the whole show". This was due to the brothers correcting things in post production that either changed the speed of his vocals or the key he was in.

The album contained only four David Lee Roth-era songs (including Van Halen's arrangement of "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks), one song from Sammy Hagar's pre-Van Halen solo career and 1 song from his 1987 album I Never Said Goodbye which was released while he was in the band. It also featured drum and bass solos and a cover of a song by The Who, one of the band's influences. As was the case with all tours with Hagar, the band focused on songs from the new album, Hagar's solo material and covers. The then-current album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge is very well represented, with ten of the eleven songs originally featured on that album. ("The Dream Is Over" was the only track not included on the album, but it was included on the DVD release.)

The album cover photo was taken in June 1988, after a tornado touched down in Smyrna, Delaware.

For the 30th anniversary of the album, it was reissued on vinyl for the first time ever as a Record Store Day exclusive. It included 3 bonus tracks: The Dream Is Over, Eagles Fly, and Mine All Mine. The bonus tracks The Dream Is Over and Eagles Fly were the versions that were originally included on the DVD release but not the album, while the bonus track Mine All Mine was originally the B side to the Jump single from this album.

Recording

Most of the tracks were recorded at the 1992 Fresno shows, as evidenced by both a 1992 Westwood One radio presentation and the DVD live video release. Studio fixes, however, were admittedly present on the album. Says Hagar,

"The problem was they re-recorded almost the entire live album, because Eddie was out of tune, or Al had sped up or slowed down. They fixed everything. Only now that Eddie was playing in tune, my singing's off-key. And where Al sped up in "Runaround", now I'm singing ahead of the beat. Now I had to go back in the studio and redo all my vocals. I wanted to kill those guys. They put me in a room with the video of the concert, gave me my microphone, and I stood there and sang the whole fucking concert one time through. Just like it was a live performance." [6]

Roth-era representation

Hagar sang four David Lee Roth era Van Halen songs on the album, "Panama" and "Jump" from 1984 , and "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" and "You Really Got Me" from Van Halen . "You Really Got Me" is stopped before the 2 minute mark and starts "Cabo Wabo", a Hagar-era song. "You Really Got Me" picks up again when "Cabo Wabo" is finished, thus making the two songs one track on the album.

Also, during the "316" track, Eddie plays portions of three instrumentals from the Roth-led years. They include "Cathedral" from Diver Down , "Eruption" from Van Halen and the intro to "Mean Street" from Fair Warning .

The "Ultra Bass" track is Michael Anthony's bass solo, occasionally accompanied by Alex Van Halen's drums. During his solo, Anthony plays a portion of the Fair Warning track "Sunday Afternoon in the Park", which originally was a keyboard track performed by Eddie.

Track listing

All songs credited to Edward Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleOriginal album (year)Length
1."Poundcake" For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)5:28
2."Judgement Day"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)4:52
3."When It's Love" OU812 (1988)5:22
4."Spanked"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)5:08
5."Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (E. Van Halen, A. Van Halen, Anthony, David Lee Roth) Van Halen (1978)4:37
6."In 'n' Out"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)6:21
7."Dreams" 5150 (1986)4:49
8."Man on a Mission"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)4:50
9."Ultra Bass" (Michael Anthony bass solo) 5:15
10."Pleasure Dome/Drum Solo"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)9:38
11."Panama" (E. Van Halen, A. Van Halen, Anthony, Roth) 1984 (1984)6:39
12."Love Walks In"5150 (1986)5:14
13."Runaround"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)5:21
Total length:73:34
Disc two
No.TitleOriginal album (year)Length
1."Right Now"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)6:13
2."One Way to Rock" (Hagar) Standing Hampton (1982)4:58
3."Why Can't This Be Love"5150 (1986)5:22
4."Give to Live" (Hagar) I Never Said Goodbye (1987)5:39
5."Finish What Ya Started"OU812 (1988)5:50
6."Best of Both Worlds"5150 (1986)5:00
7."316"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)11:37
8."You Really Got Me / Cabo Wabo" (Ray Davies / Hagar, E. Van Halen, A. Van Halen, Anthony)Van Halen (1978) / OU812 (1988)7:58
9."Won't Get Fooled Again" (Pete Townshend) 5:41
10."Jump" (E. Van Halen, A. Van Halen, Anthony, Roth)1984 (1984)4:26
11."Top of the World"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)4:59
Total length:67:43

On the German and Japanese versions of the album and in the Van Halen Box: 1986–1993 (only available in Japan), a bonus disc is included which includes the B-sides to the "Jump" single.

  1. "Eagles Fly" (Hagar) – 6:03 (Sammy Hagar solo song, from I Never Said Goodbye ) (appears on the Live: Right Here, Right Now. video album)
  2. "Mine All Mine" – 5:27 (from OU812) (recorded in Tokyo on February 2, 1989, as part of the OU812 Tour)

† denotes a single

On the 2023 reissue of the album on vinyl, 3 bonus tracks are included on side 2 of the fourth LP.

  1. "The Dream Is Over" - 4:19 (Appears on the Live: Right Here, Right Now. video album)
  2. "Eagles Fly" (Hagar) - 4:56 (See above)
  3. "Mine All Mine" - 5:24 (From the Live: Jump CD single)

Track timings are adapted from the label on side 2 of the fourth LP.

Home video

Live: Right Here, Right Now.
Video by
Van Halen
ReleasedJanuary 26, 1993 (1993-01-26) [7]
RecordedMay 14–15, 1992
Venue Selland Arena, Fresno, California
Genre Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal
Length120:00
Label Warner Reprise Video
Van Halen chronology
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
(1991)		Live: Right Here, Right Now.
(1993)		 Balance
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

The footage was filmed with 15 cameras over two nights, May 14 and 15, 1992 and mixed together by editor Mitchell Sinoway, with the bulk of the footage and music coming from the second night. The DVD is single-sided but dual-layer format, running approximately 120 minutes long. The only non-musical items are optional subtitles or closed captioning (DVD) plus a brief clip of each performer (not in concert) talking about music in general. 15 of the songs here were part of the 27 recordings from the live double-CD album with the addition of two songs which were not on the audio album: "The Dream Is Over" and "Eagles Fly".

Track listing

  1. "Poundcake" – 5:28
  2. "Judgement Day" – 4:52
  3. "Man on a Mission" – 4:49
  4. "When It's Love" – 5:22
  5. "In 'n' Out" – 6:20
  6. "Right Now" – 6:13
  7. "Ultra Bass" – 5:15
  8. "Pleasure Dome/Drum Solo" – 9:38
  9. "Spanked" – 5:08
  10. "Runaround" – 5:21
  11. "Finish What Ya Started" – 5:50
  12. "Eagles Fly" (Hagar) – 6:03
  13. "316" – 11:37
  14. "You Really Got Me/Cabo Wabo" (Ray Davies / Anthony / Hagar / A. Van Halen / E. Van Halen) – 7:58
  15. "The Dream Is Over"
  16. "Jump" (Anthony / Roth / A. Van Halen / E. Van Halen) – 4:26
  17. "Top of the World" – 4:59

Personnel

Van Halen

Additional personnel

Technical

Charts

Album

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 30
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [11] 15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 8
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [13] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 30
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [15] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 24
US Billboard 200 [19] 5
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [20] 12

Singles

YearTitleChartPosition
1993"Won't Get Fooled Again"US Mainstream Rock Tracks [21] 1
1993"Dreams" (Live)US Bubbling Under Hot 100 [22] 11

Certification

Audio
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [23] Gold50,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [24] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [25] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

1993 VHS
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [26] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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