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Van Halen ??/??/39
1980-1985 PAL Rarities (Disc 1) 2007 Upgraded Edit, Various, Various
Set I
1. Rock Pop - ZDF TV Germany 21/6/80 - You Really Got Me (lip-sync) - DVD master of Nov. 2003 re-broadcast. (A+) 3.01

2. Rock Pop - ZDF TV Germany 21/6/80 - And The Cradle Will Rock (lip-sync).VHS master>DVD of 90s re-broadcast. (A) 2.47

3. Loss of Control - Promo - colour version - from Australian TV 1980 - a bit glitchy but the best version available. 1 gen lower than version used on original PAL Rarities. Re-synced stereo audio from the WACF CD. (B+) 3.14

4. 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 ñ much lower gen than original PAL Rarities version, with more stable colour. (B+) 4.00

5. Countdown Dutch TV 1981 ñ whole band messing around and interviewing people and themselves on the streets of Amsterdam. Includes some clips from the live Oakland 81 promos. A few gens down but pretty good for its age (B+) 7.17

6. Generation 80, Belgian TV 1981. 2 lip-syncs in a TV studio ñ Unchained and Hear About it Later. 3rd gen VHS I would guess, a few glitches but not bad. (B+) 8.50

7. Studio 3 TF1 French TV 1981. Unchained (lip-sync) quite glitchy but watchable. (B) 3.32

8. Applauso Spanish TV 1981. Mean Street and Unchained (lip-syncs). From 2 different sources. (B/B+) 7.42.

9. Music Box - German TV 1981 - Unchained + short interview ñ (lip-sync) 2nd/3rd gen? (B+) 4 mins

10. San Remo Festival, Italy 1982 ñ Pretty Woman (lip-sync) ñ VHS master>DVD this is from the same source as the version on Rare Roth Re-masters, but this is it without conversion to NTSC (A) 2.58

11. US Festival San Bernadino 29/5/83 - recent re-broadcast on RAI TRE Italian TV - RWTD, Pretty Woman, YRGM + Happy Trails VHS TV master>DVD 1 gen lower than original PAL Rarities version (A) 13.01

12. Ear Say - UKTV 1984 - Dave interview + I'll Wait - promo (no band appearance, filmed by TV station) - VHS master > DVD (A) 6.21

13. 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) VHS master>DVD - (A) 6.22

14. BBC Old Grey Whistle Test - Castle Donnington Monsters of Rock Fest. Leicestershire, UK 18/8/84 - Hot For Teacher - live ñ VHS master>DVD - (A) 4.34

15. 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+) 3.32

16. Nuremburg, Germany 2/9/84 German TV news report - clip of Jump live + interviews with fans - (B) 1.47

17. 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). Much lower gen version than on original PAL RaritiesÖ. Slightly shorter though. (A-) 7.44
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Comment
Contains Pro-shot TV appearances from European and Australian TV
Quality varies A+ (at best) to B (at worst)

Items 2, 3, 4, 11, 15 & 17 are all upgrades on the original 2003 PAL Rarities disc.

Items 5, 6, 7, 8, & 10 are all new additional titles which did not appear on the original version.
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