Live: Right Here, Right Now

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Live: Right Here, Right Now. is the first live album by American rock band Van Halen, released in 1993. It was the only live album by Van Halen until the release of Tokyo Dome Live in Concert in 2015 featuring David Lee Roth and the band's only live album featuring Sammy Hagar until the release of Live in Dallas 1991 in 2025.

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 three bonus tracks: "The Dream Is Over", "Eagles Fly", and "Mine All Mine". "The Dream Is Over" and "Eagles Fly" were the versions that were originally included on the video release but not the album, while "Mine All Mine" was originally the B-side to the "Jump" single from this album, recorded on the Japanese leg of the OU812 tour.

Recording

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

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

† denotes a single

Home video

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Personnel

Van Halen

• Eddie Van Halen – lead guitar, keyboards, background vocals
• Alex Van Halen – drums, percussion
• Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Michael Anthony – bass guitar, background vocals
• Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards, background vocals (offstage, credited as "Eddie's keyboard tech")

Technical

• Producers: Van Halen, Andy Johns
• Live Recording Engineer: Biff Dawes
• Mobile Recording Facility: Westwood One Mobile Studio
• Mixing: Andy Johns
• Mixing assistant: Rail Jon Rogut
• Art direction: Jeri Heiden
• Design: Lyn Bradley, Jeri Heiden
• Photography: David Graham, John Halpern, Mark Seliger

Charts

Album

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Chart (1993)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>Template:Cite book</ref>	5
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">Template:Cite book</ref>	4

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Chart (2023)	Peak position

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1993	"Won't Get Fooled Again"	US Mainstream Rock Tracks<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1
1993	"Dreams" (Live)	US Bubbling Under Hot 100<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	11

Certification

Audio

1993 VHS

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