The Best

~ Release by David Lee Roth (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Don’t Piss Me Off
engineer:
Freebo
bass guitar:
Freebo
drums (drum set):
Jack White (drummer)
guitar:
Steve Hunter (rock guitarist)
keyboard:
Brett Tuggle
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Don’t Piss Me Off
writer:
Monty Byrom, Freebo, Steve Hunter (rock guitarist), Brett Tuggle and Jack White (drummer)
4:28
2Yankee Rose
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
synthesizer:
Jeff Bova
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Yankee Rose
writer:
David Lee Roth and Steve Vai
3.83:50
3A Lil’ Ain’t Enough
producer:
Bob Rock
bass guitar:
Matt Bissonette
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jason Becker (shredding / progressive metal)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Steve Hunter (rock guitarist)
keyboard:
Brett Tuggle and John Webster (Canadian keyboardist)
percussion:
Jim McGillveray
background vocals:
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer), Matt Bissonette, Marc LaFrance, David Steele (Canadian session singer and songwriter) and Brett Tuggle
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
A Lil’ Ain’t Enough
writer:
Robbie Nevil and David Lee Roth
4:44
4Just Like Paradise
programming:
Brett Tuggle
engineer:
Magic Moreno, Doug Parry and Steve Vai
co-producer:
Steve Vai
producer:
David Lee Roth
bass guitar:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
keyboard:
Brett Tuggle
additional background vocals:
Tommy Funderburk and Tom Kelly (songwriter)
background vocals:
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer), Billy Sheehan and Brett Tuggle
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Just Like Paradise
writer:
David Lee Roth and Brett Tuggle
4.54:06
5Big Train
programming:
Richard Hilton
engineer and mixer:
Gary Tole
producer:
Nile Rodgers
bass guitar:
John Regan (songwriter/bassist)
guitar:
Terry Kilgore
keyboard:
Richard Hilton
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Big Train
writer:
Joey Hunting, Terry Kilgore, David Lee Roth and Preston Sturges (UK songwriter Warren Harry)
4:17
6Big Trouble
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Big Trouble
writer:
David Lee Roth and Steve Vai
33:59
7It’s Showtime
producer:
Bob Rock
bass guitar:
Matt Bissonette
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jason Becker (shredding / progressive metal)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Steve Hunter (rock guitarist)
keyboard:
Brett Tuggle and John Webster (Canadian keyboardist)
percussion:
Jim McGillveray
background vocals:
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer), Matt Bissonette, Marc LaFrance, David Steele (Canadian session singer and songwriter) and Brett Tuggle
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
It’s Showtime!
writer:
Jason Becker (shredding / progressive metal) and David Lee Roth
3:49
8Hot Dog and a Shake
co-producer:
Steve Vai
producer:
David Lee Roth
bass guitar and background vocals:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
keyboard:
Brett Tuggle
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Hot Dog and a Shake
writer:
David Lee Roth and Steve Vai
4.53:21
9Skyscraper
co-producer:
Steve Vai
producer:
David Lee Roth
bass guitar:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
keyboard:
Brett Tuggle
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Skyscraper
writer:
David Lee Roth and Steve Vai
3.53:41
10Shyboy
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar and background vocals:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
arranger:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Shy Boy
lyricist and composer:
Billy Sheehan
publisher:
Billy Sheehan Music, BMG Ruby Songs, Reservoir Media Music, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
33:25
11She’s My Machine
programming:
Richard Hilton
engineer and mixer:
Gary Tole
producer:
Nile Rodgers
bass guitar:
John Regan (songwriter/bassist)
guitar:
Terry Kilgore
keyboard:
Richard Hilton
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
She’s My Machine
writer:
Monty Byrom, David Neuhauser and David Lee Roth
3:55
12Stand Up
co-producer:
Steve Vai
producer:
David Lee Roth
bass guitar:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
keyboard:
Brett Tuggle
background vocals:
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer) and Billy Sheehan
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Stand Up
writer:
David Lee Roth and Brett Tuggle
3.54:43
13Tobacco Road
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar and background vocals:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
keyboard:
Jesse Harms
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
cover recording of:
Tobacco Road
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
42:30
14Easy Street
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar:
Willie Weeks (US bass player)
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
guitar:
Eddie Martinez (guitar) and Sid McGinnis (American musician and guitarist)
keyboard, saxophone and background vocals:
Edgar Winter
percussion:
Sammy Figueroa
synthesizer:
Brian Mann (keyboardist, accordionist, composer)
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
cover recording of:
Easy Street
lyricist and composer:
Dan Hartman
33:49
15California Girls
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar:
Willie Weeks (US bass player)
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
guitar:
Eddie Martinez (guitar) and Sid McGinnis (American musician and guitarist)
keyboard and saxophone:
Edgar Winter
percussion:
Sammy Figueroa
synthesizer:
Brian Mann (keyboardist, accordionist, composer)
background vocals:
Christopher Cross (US singer‐songwriter), Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) and Edgar Winter
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint), WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) and Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) (in 1985)
cover recording of:
California Girls
lyricist and composer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc. and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
4.652:52
16Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar:
Willie Weeks (US bass player)
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
guitar:
Eddie Martinez (guitar) and Sid McGinnis (American musician and guitarist)
keyboard, saxophone and background vocals:
Edgar Winter
percussion:
Sammy Figueroa
synthesizer:
Brian Mann (keyboardist, accordionist, composer)
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1985)
cover recording of:
Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody (Louis Prima medley)
lyricist:
Julius Brammer and Roger Graham
composer:
Leonello Casucci and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
arranger:
Louis Prima (in 1956)
translator:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Eschig Max. Soc., Warner/Chappell North America and Wiener Bohème Verlag GmbH
medley of:
Just a Gigolo (English version)
medley of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody
3.44:43
17Sensible Shoes
producer:
Bob Rock
bass guitar:
Matt Bissonette
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jason Becker (shredding / progressive metal)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Steve Hunter (rock guitarist)
keyboard:
Brett Tuggle and John Webster (Canadian keyboardist)
percussion:
Jim McGillveray
background vocals:
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer), Matt Bissonette, Marc LaFrance, David Steele (Canadian session singer and songwriter) and Brett Tuggle
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Sensible Shoes
writer:
Dennis Morgan (US songwriter), David Lee Roth and Preston Sturges (UK songwriter Warren Harry)
5:10
18Goin’ Crazy
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar and background vocals:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
keyboard:
Jesse Harms
percussion:
Sammy Figueroa
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Goin’ Crazy!
writer:
David Lee Roth and Steve Vai
33:10
19Ladies’ Nite in Buffalo?
engineer:
Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer)
producer:
Ted Templeman
bass guitar:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set):
Gregg Bissonette (US jazz & rock drummer)
guitar:
Steve Vai
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Ladies’ Nite in Buffalo?
writer:
David Lee Roth and Steve Vai
34:01
20Land’s Edge
programming:
Richard Hilton
engineer and mixer:
Gary Tole
producer:
Nile Rodgers
bass guitar:
John Regan (songwriter/bassist)
guitar:
Terry Kilgore
keyboard:
Richard Hilton
lead vocals:
David Lee Roth
recording of:
Land’s Edge
writer:
Terry Kilgore and David Lee Roth
3:14

Credits

Release

remastering:Dan Hersch (mastering engineer)
Bill Inglot (archival music producer/remastering engineer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/738470 [info]
ASIN:US: B00000345P [info]

Release group

Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/170714 [info]
Wikidata:Q3985882 [info]