{"product_id":"van-halen-women-and-children-first","title":"Van Halen – Women And Children First","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"252\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"92\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Van Halen – \u003cem data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"131\"\u003eWomen And Children First\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"134\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"154\"\u003eYear\/Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1980, Hard Rock, Pasadena, California\u003cbr data-start=\"192\" data-end=\"195\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"208\"\u003eMatrix #:\u003c\/strong\u003e HS3415\u003cbr data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"218\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"232\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e VG+, sounds great\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"273\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"273\"\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"504\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"293\"\u003eAll Originals:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the first Van Halen LP that’s \u003cem data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"337\"\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e original material—no old rock ’n’ roll cover thrown in—so it reads like the moment they fully committed to being a writing band, not just a live-band-with-classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"735\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"523\"\u003eBand Tension:\u003c\/strong\u003e By album three, the “how commercial should we be?” push-pull was real—this era is often framed as the start of Van Halen testing darker\/weirder ideas while still trying to keep the party-image machine running.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"967\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"752\"\u003eEra Marker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dropping in 1980, it lands right as hard rock is about to pivot into the 1980s mainstream (bigger tours, bigger budgets, bigger personalities)—and Van Halen are one of the bands that made that jump feel inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"967\"\u003e1\/2-26 TC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43280497868987,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/products\/R-1162380-1327648825.jpg?v=1661558416","url":"https:\/\/power-plant-records.myshopify.com\/products\/van-halen-women-and-children-first","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}