Van Halen (Debut Album) Vintage Vinyl, Warner Bros. PROMO (1978) First Pressing

$

150

Selected titles from the private collection of a music business veteran are now being made available for the first time. Titles offered by this Seller are one-owner and came directly from the pressing plant, record company warehouse, other label reps or record store unless otherwise noted. 

Grading is based on visual inspection.

Album ships in a 2 MIL poly cover sleeve and a soft poly inner sleeve.

I package records outside the cover to avoid seam splits.

New and vintage vinyl is hard to grade strictly using eBay’s system because the record and the cover are two different components. Therefore, I call a record new and mint if it is opened but has never been played.  I use the grading category to describe the cover condition.

• This Promotional copy is a First Pressing of the original 1978 release.
• The Promo sticker is on the front cover.
• This copy has been played and it appears there are only a few cosmetic blemishes on the playing surfaces that should not affect the sound quality.
• The First Pressings all had the palm tree WB label. All subsequent pressings were on the beige/white WB label.
• Pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, L.A.
• The single piece board cover has tight seams and shows some storage wear around the edges. It does not have a barcode.
• The semi-gloss inner sleeve has credits, photos and a band logo. I have added a soft poly inner sleeve.
• This is a one-owner that the Seller and all his fellow WB employees waited two years for the initial release of this classic to be released. During that time they saw Van Halen perform around L.A. including at The Whisky A Go Go.
• This has been in storage for 42 years.
• R.I.P. Eddie.

Tracklist

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorders
• Mastered At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
• Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
• Published By – Van Halen Music
• Published By – Jay Boy Music
• Published By – Arc Music Corp.

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Dave Bhang
• Bass – Michael Anthony (3)
• Coordinator [Production Coordinator] – Beth Naranjo
• Drums – Alex Van Halen
• Engineer – Donn Landee
• Engineer [Second] – Kent Nebergall, Peggy McCreary
• Guitar – Edward Van Halen*
• Photography – Elliot Gilbert
• Producer – Ted Templeman
• Vocals – David Roth*
• Written-By – Alex Van Halen (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4, B6), David Lee Roth (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4, B6), Edward Van Halen* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4, B6), Michael Anthony (3) (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4, B6)

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; ? stamp [Var 1]): BSK-1 3075 LW5 #69 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; ? stamp [Var 1]): BSK-2 3075 LW5 #69 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; ? stamp [Var 2]): BSK-1 3075 LW5 #88 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; ? stamp [Var 2]): BSK-2 3075 LW5 #88 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; ? stamp [Var 3]): BSK-1 3075 LW1 ? F.E.
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; ? stamp [Var 3]): BSK-2 3075 LW2 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; ? stamp [Var 4]): BSK-1-3075 LW-9 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; ? stamp [Var 4]): BSK-2-3075 LW-8 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; 2 ? stamp [Var 5]): BSK-2-3075-LW16• 2 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; 4 ? stamp [Var 5]): BSK-2-3075-LW•8 4 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; 1 ? stamp [Var 6]): BSK-1-3075 LW•2• 1 ?
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; 2 ? stamp [Var 6]): BSK-2-3075 LW-2• 2 ?
• Rights Society (A1, A2, A4 to B4, B6): ASCAP
• Rights Society (A3, B5): BMI