Van Halen - Van Halen (Lmt Ed UltraDisc One-Step 45rpm Vinyl 2LP Box Set) - Music Direct

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Van Halen - Van Halen (Lmt Ed UltraDisc One-Step 45rpm Vinyl 2LP Box Set) - Music Direct

Van Halen – UltraDisc One-Step - 234180 - Diverse Vinyl

Limited 180 gm vinyl LP pressing. With their 1978 eponymous debut, Van Halen simultaneously rewrote the rules of rock guitar and hard rock in general. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen redefined what the electric guitar could do, developing a blindingly fast technique with a variety of self-taught two-handed tapping, hammer-on's, pull-offs, and effects that mimicked the sounds of machines and animals.

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