Alex Van Halen - ISOLATED "Somebody Get Me A Doctor" (ALT Version) from "Van Halen II" (1979)

Alex Van Halen - ISOLATED ALT Version of "Somebody Get Me A Doctor" from "Van Halen II (1979) 34 Somebody Get Me A Doctor (alt)-Ab-127bpm-442hz Van Halen II is the second studio album by American rock band Van Halen. Released by Warner Bros Records on March 23, 1979, it peaked at number six on the U.S. Billboard 200 and yielded hit singles "Dance the Night Away" and "Beautiful Girls." As of 2004, it's sold almost six million copies in the United States. Background and recording: Recording of the album took place at Sunset Studio less than a year after the release of the band's 1978 debut album, Van Halen. Recording of the album began on December 10, 1978, 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 first album, and are present on the demos recorded in 1976 by Gene Simmons, and in 1977 by Ted Templeman, including an early version of "Beautiful Girls" (then known as "Bring On the Girls") and "Somebody Get Me a Doctor." Artwork and packaging: The black-and-yellow guitar on the back of the album known as "Bumblebee" is buried with Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was killed December 8, 2004. Eddie Van Halen placed it in his Kiss Kasket at his funeral because Darrell had said it was his favorite. Eddie himself stated in an interview conducted in December 1979 by Jas Obrecht and published in the April 1980 edition of Guitar Player Magazine, that the guitar itself was not actually used on the tracking of Van Halen II, as it had only been completed just in time for the photo shoots for the album. However, the guitar was completed by Charvel, delivered to Eddie by Karl Sandoval in early October 1978 and was photographed in use on the 2nd European leg of Van Halen's 1978 tour. Despite this, there is no conclusive evidence that the guitar itself was or was not used for the tracking of the album. It is likely that Eddie had, in fact, taken the guitar apart and reassembled it just in time for the photoshoot, as there is evidence of swapped parts and a new guitar strap made from a lap-style seatbelt seen in the photos from the shoot. David Lee Roth is shown in a cast in the inner liner notes, as he allegedly broke his heel on the third try of the spread-eagle jump used on the back cover photo. In the liner notes, The Sheraton Inn of Madison, Wisconsin, is thanked. On Van Halen's first tour, they stayed at the hotel and destroyed the seventh floor, having fire extinguisher fights in the hallways and throwing televisions out windows. They blamed the incidents on their tour-mates at the time, Journey. Van Halen II is a studio album by Van Halen Released: March 23, 1979 Recorded: December 10–16, 1978 Studio: Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California Genre: Hard rock, heavy metal Length: 31:36 Label: Warner Bros. Producer: Ted Templeman Van Halen: David Lee Roth – Lead vocals Eddie Van Halen – Guitar, backing vocals Michael Anthony – Bass Guitar, backing vocals Alex Van Halen – Drums Production: Corey Bailey – Engineering, Dave Bhang – Artwork and Design, art direction Jim Fitzpatrick – Engineer Gregg Geller – Remastering Elliot Gilbert – Photography Donn Landee – Engineer Jo Motta – Project coordinator Ted Templeman – Production Neil Zlozower – Photography