Sold Date:
July 6, 2024
Start Date:
April 27, 2024
Final Price:
$55.00
(AUD)
Seller Feedback:
32
Buyer Feedback:
0
+++ BUY IT NOW +++
DAVID LEE ROTH: Eat Em and Smile Original Promotional Japanese Vinyl Pressing w/OBI
Cover NM Condition; Vinyl NM Condition
Eat 'Em and Smile is the debut studio album by former singer , released on July 7, 1986, after his unpredicted successful debut (1985).
After releasing , an EP of lounge standards that became a surprise hit during early 1985, and subsequently parting ways with while the band was at its commercial zenith, Roth assembled a new backing band: bassist (later of ); drummer (later of Ringo Starr's ); and virtuoso guitarist , who had played with , , and .
Roth later said that the songs written for the album were originally intended to form the soundtrack to a film, Crazy from the Heat, which was never made.
Both a critical and commercial success, Eat 'Em and Smile was praised by : "No song on the album was as slick as any of the singles from Van Halen's '' album" (which featured Roth's replacement, ) and also opined that Eat 'Em and Smile was much more "trashy fun".
Indeed, many of the reviews of Eat 'Em and Smile compared it directly with Van Halen's synth-heavy 5150, often favorably.
The extensive North American ran from mid-1986 through early 1987.
The phrase 'Eat ‘Em and Smile' was part of a trademark registered in 1928 by the now-defunct Ward-Owsley Co candy company in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
This vinyl format is a must-have for fans of the metal genre and record collectors worldwide.