On this day in 1979, Van Halen release ‘Van Halen II’. The recording happened at Sunset Studio less than a year after the release of the band's 1978 debut album, Van Halen. Tracking happened just one week after completing their first world tour, and was complete within a week. The band used a Putnam 610 console to record the album, similar to the console Eddie would later install in his home studio in 1983. Many of the songs on Van Halen II are known to have existed prior to the release of the f

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