But behind the scenes, David Lee Roth was starting to make some noises. He was threatening to sue Warner Bros. At one point during the conversation, they actually asked Leffler if Sammy would consider re-recording some of the Roth-era songs with his own vocals.
Leffler told them that Sammy would be willing to sing Roth-era tunes, but only if they were recorded during a live concert. Leffler brought a compromise to the label that he was sure would make everybody happy.
A double live album, with Sammy singing songs from both eras? And the band would then go out and support the album with a tour. Warner Bros. Tour , had just ended. After three wildly successful albums and tours with Sammy Hagar, Van Halen finally was going to release an official live album, as well a their second live-in-concert video. The Westwood One radio network recorded the audio from both shows for a radio broadcast. The audio recordings were mixed by Ed, Alex, and Jon Ostrin at When the Fresno recordings were aired, the fan response was very positive.
David Lee Roth had said that Alex Van Halen had always blocked live recordings because Led Zeppelin at the time had never done a live record besides a lackluster soundtrack to their concert film. But at last, one of the greatest live acts in rock and roll was determined to finally release a live album! It would be their official answer to hundreds of unofficial bootleg releases. The album would also give the band an excuse to tour Europe without releasing a new studio album.
And perhaps most important of all, it would get Warner Bros off their back in regards to putting out a Roth-era Greatest Hits package. The home video was released on VHS and laserdisc the same day. Van Halen started to mix the live album by themselves. In interviews, the band said that they hired Johns partly to make sense of miles of disorganized tape from remote truck recordings.
They said they reached back as far as the and tours for good performances of a handful of songs. Everything released on the album was recorded in Fresno , or — believe it or not — inside the studio later that year.
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