Live: Right Here, Right Now
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| Live album by Van Halen | |||||
| Released | February 23, 1993 | ||||
| Recorded | May 14–15, 1992 | ||||
| Venue | Selland Arena, Fresno, CA | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 141:17 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | ||||
| Producer | Van Halen, Andy Johns | ||||
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| Entertainment Weekly | C |
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| Video by Van Halen | ||||
| Released | January 23, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | May 14–15, 1992 | |||
| Venue | Selland Arena, Fresno, CA | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 120:00 | |||
| Label | Warner Reprise Video | |||
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Live: Right Here, Right Now. is the first live album by American hard 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.
The album combines songs performed over two nights in May 1992 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, CA. The bulk of the songs on this 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 these songs from Cabo Wabo were much more raw and unmixed sounding, and actually sounded more true to the band's live sound than the recording that was ultimately released.
The album contained only four David Lee Roth era songs (including Van Halen's arrangement of "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks), and two songs from Sammy Hagar solo years. It also featured drum and bass solos and a cover of a song by The Who. As was the case with all tours with Hagar, the band focused on songs from the new album, Hagar's solo material and covers for the tour's duration. 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. Though it was included on the DVD release.)
The bulk of the tracks were recorded at the 1992 Fresno shows, as evidenced by both a 1992 radio presentation and the DVD live video release. Studio fixes, however, were admittedly present on the album. Says Hagar,
Sammy 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.
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