VAN HALEN / DIVER DOWN (ONE-STEP ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING)

Van Halen – Diver Down (Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set)

Van Halen’s Diver Down (1982) captures the band at its loosest, most playful, and most unpredictable. Pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing and limited to 7,500 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity’s UltraDisc One-Step 45RPM box set delivers explosive energy, stunning separation, and concert-level immediacy — the definitive way to experience this diverse, hit-packed album.

Sourced from the original analog master tapes, this pressing magnifies every tonal nuance: Eddie Van Halen’s innovative guitar textures, David Lee Roth’s gleeful swagger, and the rhythm section’s muscular snap. Covers like “(Oh) Pretty Woman,” “Dancing in the Street,” and “Where Have All the Good Times Gone!” stand alongside inventive originals such as “Cathedral” and “Little Guitars,” each presented with newfound openness and dynamic scale.

Housed in deluxe foil-stamped packaging, this UD1S edition showcases Diver Down’s freewheeling spirit — a mix of hard-rock precision, humor, and experimentation that helped define Van Halen’s legend. It’s the band’s most underrated record, now revealed in its full, turn-it-up glory.