Van Halen III Liner Notes May 27, 2008
Here are the liner notes to the album “Van Halen III.” Check out the “special thanks” section. Yeah that makes sense.
Release Date: March 17, 1998
Band: Gary Cherone (Lead Vocals), Edward Van Halen (Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals), Michael Anthony (Bass, Vocals), and Alex Van Halen (Drums, Percussion)
Recording Time: N/A
Copies Sold (US): 549,095
Highest Chart Position (US): 4
Lyrics: Yes
Complete Track Listing:
1. Neworld (1:45)
2. Without You (6:28)
3. One I Want (5:31)
4. From Afar (5:19)
5. Dirty Water Dog (5:24)
6. Once (7:40)
7. Fire In The Hole (5:27)
8. Josephina (5:38)
9. Year To The Day (8:32)
10. Primary (1:27)
11. Ballot Or The Bullet (5:37)
12. How Many Say I (6:04)
All songs written by Van Halen
©1998 Van Halen Publishing, LLC ASCAP
Produced by: Mike Post and Edward Van Halen
Mixed and Fixed by: Robbes and Edward
Studio: 5150 (where else?) also Renegade And Westwind Studios, Burbank
Mastered at: Oasis by Eddy Schreyer, Robbes and Edward
Programming: Ian Dye, Ed Rogers and Paul Wight
Additional Programming: Florian Ammon
Recorded by: Erwin (Mucho Mic’s) Musper and Edward Van Halen
Studio Manager: Ken Deane
Guitars and everything from here to the moon: Matthew Bruck
Tour Manager: Scotty Ross
Art Direction: Stine Schyberg
Photography: Dan Chavkin, Color: F. Scott Schafer
Agency: CAA (Los Angeles), The Agency (London, England)
Management: Ray Danniels, SRO Management Inc., Toronto, Canada
Special thanks to: Chris Bellman, Richard Alexander, Mark Baxter, Les Bider, Al Cafaro, Pegi Cecconi, C.J. Devillar, Kevin Dugan, Ian Dye, Pete Elia, Jason Gladden, Steve Hoffman, Michael Karlin, Rob Kern, Drew Lavyne, Colleen Lightfoot, Steve Lukather, Shelly Nott, Barbara Page, Aaron Postil, Ed Rogers, George Saer, Jane Scobie, Shad Scott, Rick Shoemaker, Roger Sommers, R.C. Sproul, Kimberley Sylvester, Paul Wright, Steven Zeitel, the entire staff at Warner Bros. Records, past and present–thanks for all your support and friendship.
Love to: Valerie and Wolfie, Sue, Elisha and Taylor, Aric and Stine, The Cherone and Glynn Family, Kelly’s kids Andrew, Michael and Richie, and Sat-Kaur Khalsa.
Dedicated to our fans.
Singles: “Without You,” (2/19/98), “Fire In The Hole,” (4/16/98) and “One I Want” (7/27/98)
Videos: “Without You,” “Once,” and “Fire In The Hole”
Where (why?) DO you find this minutia? You fascinate me.
Where? Ligon Duncun posted it in a blog today. It seems that the lead singer of Van Halen (at the time) was a big fan of R.C. I always thought YOU introduced me to Sproul … apparently it was Van Halen. It turns out that all those hours in Jr. High listening to their albums was actually “pre-evangelism” to reformed theology.
Why? I’m just trying to fill space between edifying posts by the rest of you. I’m kind of like the elevator music of the family blog.
Is Mrs. Sproul’s first name Josephine?
I heard the reason David Lee Roth left was over the infralapsarianism debate… could be a rumor.
1998…. junior high….let’s be honest you were rocking out to van halen in between chemistry labs at cornell…or maybe whitman.
6 comments!! The secret to our family is finding links between 80’s rock and reformed theology! I will keep that in mind.
Matt, half of them are yours.
not anymore….o man i did it again!
From:http://www.forerunner.com/blog/2007/12/rc-sproul-alice-cooper-van-halen-axis.html
But guess who is R.C. Sproul’s most famous convert?
Shock rocker Alice Cooper.
Although he isn’t the most vocal Christian, Alice has confirmed in interviews that he is in fact born-again. How did his conversion come about? As though being a Christian isn’t oxymoronic enough, it turns out that Alice Cooper is also an avid golf fan. Both he and his wife are preacher’s kids too. Alice Cooper’s father is a Reformed missionary to the Navajo Indians. Sheryl Cooper’s father is a Baptist preacher in California and an avid R.C. Sproul fan.
The following is the story found on several message boards:
As it turns out, R.C. Sproul is also an avid golfer. R.C. did a small promo spot on a Golf My Way video on how to improve your game. Sheryl’s father had been sending them R.C. Sproul books on a regular basis. However, Alice and Sheryl chucked them in a box, never thinking of them again. Then one day, Alice is watching this Golf My Way video with R.C. doing a promo spot. At that very point, Sheryl walks into the room and says “Hey! That’s the guy on those books that Daddy keeps sending us!” Alice’s reply was something to the effect “Yeah, sure…” Anyway, they go to the box, and pull out the books and sure enough it’s the same guy. They hop on the phone to Sheryl’s father to see what this guy is all about. Sheryl’s father says to them to register for the upcoming convention in San Diego, and see for themselves what he’s all about - So they did.
At the convention, Alice Cooper comes to the registration desk and registers as Vince Cooper, but pays with his VISA card, which says Alice Cooper. The guy on registration recognizes him right away, and lets the rest of the staff know he’s there. So, after the day is done, people are starting to realize who this guy is. They’re asking question after question and Alice says, “Yeah, I’m trying to see what the Lord wants me to do in life.”
The following is from Wikipedia.com
Alice has avoided “celebrity Christianity” because, as he states: “It’s really easy to focus on Alice Cooper and not on Christ. I’m a rock singer. I’m nothing more than that. I’m not a philosopher. I consider myself low on the totem pole of knowledgeable Christians. So, don’t look for answers from me.”
When asked by the British Sunday Times Magazine in 2001 how a rebellious shock-rocker could be a Christian, Alice is credited with providing this response “Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s real rebellion!”