Van Halen - 5150 (Expanded Edition) (1986/2026)

Van Halen will celebrate 40 years of 5150 with a new five-disc super deluxe edition, in March. The 1986 album was Van Halen’s first with former Montrose singer Sammy Hagar on lead vocals – rock legend has it that he was recommended by a mechanic working on Eddie Van Halen’s Lamborghini – and the first without producer Ted Templeman. Engineer Donn Landee and Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones took over on production duties and, though 5150’s embrace of love songs unsettled some fans, it was a massive hit, selling over six million in the US alone.

The 5150 super deluxe includes
LP and CD1 – The original album remastered by engineer Donn Landee
CD2 – Single edits, extended versions and live tracks originally released as B-sides
CD3 – 12 tracks recorded at their 27 August 1986 concert in New Haven, Connecticut, originally released as the 1986 VHS Live Without A Net (the 2004 DVD release included the whole set)
Blu-ray – The full Live Without A Net film given a high-definition upgrade, promo videos for ‘Dreams’ and ‘Why Can’t This Be Love’

As with previous VH sets, the lack of any previously unreleased material will be a frustration to fans, not to mention the disc which is essentially an edited audio version of Live Without A Net. And of course the studio album is not includ

Tracklist
CD1
01 Good Enough (2023 Remaster)
02 Why Can't This Be Love (2023 Remaster)
03 Get Up (2023 Remaster)
04 Dreams (2023 Remaster)
05 Summer Nights (2023 Remaster)
06 Best of Both Worlds (2023 Remaster)
07 Love Walks In (2023 Remaster)
08 5150 (2023 Remaster)
09 Inside (2023 Remaster)

CD2
01 Best of Both Worlds (Edit) (2026 Remaster)
02 Dreams (Edit) (2026 Remaster)
03 Love Walks In (Edit) (2026 Remaster)
04 Why Can't This Be Love (Extended Version) (2026 Remaster)
05 Dreams (Extended Version) (2026 Remaster)
06 Best of Both Worlds (Live) (2026 Remaster)
07 Rock and Roll (Live) (2026 Remaster)
08 Love Walks In (Live) (2026 Remaster)

CD3
01 There's Only One Way to Rock (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
02 Summer Nights (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
03 5150 (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
04 Panama (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
05 Best of Both Worlds (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
06 Love Walks In (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
07 Good Enough (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
08 Guitar Solo (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
09 I Can't Drive 55 (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
10 AIn't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
11 Wild Thing (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
12 Why Can't This Be Love (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)
13 Rock and Roll (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8_27_1986) (2026 Remaster)