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Released on April 29, 1981,  Fair Warning remains the darkest in the band’s catalog and worst-selling LP by the original lineup featuring singer David Lee Roth. Still, it managed to climb to No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and eventually reach double-platinum status. More importantly, its a fan favorite, partly because the record is so different from what preceded and followed. Women and Children First (from 1980) was a breezy and familiar blast of jungle rhythms, carefree blues and thick...

Released on April 29, 1981,  Fair Warning remains the darkest in the band’s catalog and worst-selling LP by the original lineup featuring singer David Lee Roth. Still, it managed to climb to No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and eventually reach double-platinum status. More importantly, its a fan favorite, partly because the record is so different from what preceded and followed. Women and Children First (from 1980) was a breezy and familiar blast of jungle rhythms, carefree blues and thick...

Van Halen Longboxes and Deluxe Packages: Photo Gallery Longbox editions of Van Halens CDs have become rare and expensive collectors items over the past quarter century. The bands first nine albums were released in the long-forgotten format, and well-preserved copies are now sold for hundreds of dollars on eBay. Cardboard longboxes were a foot tall and almost 6 inches wide, and created to help record stores transition from vinyl records to compact discs. The jewel boxes that hold CDs are less ...

Released on April 29, 1981,  Fair Warning remains the darkest in the band’s catalog and worst-selling LP by the original lineup featuring singer David Lee Roth. Still, it managed to climb to No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and eventually reach double-platinum status. More importantly, its a fan favorite, partly because the record is so different from what preceded and followed. Women and Children First (from 1980) was a breezy and familiar blast of jungle rhythms, carefree blues and thick...