Van Halen
Diver Down (Remastered)

The early Van Halen remasters so far have been great and this is no exception to the rule. Re-Released on 180g vinyl by Warner Brothers this heavy vinyl is ultra quiet. The cover is made from heavy card stock and the original inner sleeve with artwork is included. Also as an extra bonus the record itself is in an audiophile quality while paper sleeve that is plastic lined.

After four classic albums under their belt, the kings of early 80's hard rock and party excess seem to have a dry run on this, their 5th album: Diver Down. Although it was more or less Warner Bros. fault, the band meant to take a deserved break after years of constant recording and touring and after their very serious and dark album Fair Warning which had only went platinum.

Diver Down so shouldn't have come as such a surprise - Van Halen's albums had come almost two-by-two in terms of character, VH & VHII contrasting with Women And Children First and Fair Warning and so something different was never too far around the corner. Highly recommended