Standing Hampton is another Sammy Hagar album that was never released in Brazil by record labels or radio stations here, but which I launched at my rock club in 1982. By that time, Sammy Hagar was very famous among the guys that went to our rock club, and Sammy Hagar's songs from all the albums until Standing Hampton's release were played every weekend there. Standing Hampton, like all Sammy Hagar records, brings great memories to Brazilian fans. In 1982 it was easier to buy vinyl records imported in Brazil although we are at the end of the military government that censored and prohibited everything foreign. It was from this time that other rock houses emerged in Brazil and the rocker public could buy imported records after listening to them at these nightclubs, especially the Hagar records, because my sound team and I did a work in Brazil that should be the responsibility of the mainstream media, but unfortunately neither radio stations nor record labels nor TV did not do this work. This has happened to several rock bands that have not had their albums released in Brazil or that were released up to 6 years late here, such as: Aerosmith, AC / DC, Queen, Foghat, Ted Nugent, Scorpions, UFO, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, among other bands. Only me and my team played imported rock records from bands previously unknown to Brazilian audiences in our little pub where we played mechanical music (vinyl records) for years and years (3 decades), doing gigantic outreach work after all. . At that time Sammy Hagar was already well known by Brazilian rock fans because the success of his songs spread like fever among lovers of rock music. So many fans still prefer Sammy's solo albums more than Hagar's albums he later released with Van Halen. In 1982 the Britsh Heavy Metal wave invaded the planet, including Brazil, but we still had to import records from good bands.
Imported vinyl records were expensive and kept like pearls by DJs and collectors like me. Getting a simple picture of our rock heroes was almost impossible, but from the 1980s onwards this began to change with the arrival of the Heavy Metal wave and the WEB worldwide. Sammy Hagar's songs played a pivotal role for rock fans around the world because undoubtedly Sammy Hagar and his band have acted as a bridge between generations, different eras and music waves. Sammy Hagar was the bridge between 1970s music and the new wave of the coming 80s, just as Sammy Hagar has been another bridge between the 1990s and 2000s after Van Halen.
I would say that Sammy Hagar's music speaks exactly the language of youth in every decade and reflects everything young people want to hear.
There's Only One Way to Rock, translates this feeling and was one of the songs I promoted in Brazil along with Baby, It's You, Heavy Metal and Piece of My Heart from this album. Great album by Sammy Hagar.

I waited years for Sammy to sign this record. I kept it in a plastic sleeve since it was released and it was in PERFECT condition. 1998......Finally met Sammy and passed it off to him with a red sharpie.. Some dude rips it out of his hands before he inked it. Security then escorts him away. I picked up the record off of the ground. It was trampled and bent, but the vinyl was not trashed......thank God. I could tell he felt bad as he looked back at me while security basically picked him up and whisked him away. Still play that record to this day.

I got this an tape when I was at college and it was on most of time but I have just got it on cd and I love it but I miss the extra tracks only on the tape in the UK . Sweet hitchhiker and can't get loose are my fav traks and I saw Sammy when he played in Manchester Uk with Deff Leppard backing him up , and they both are just getting better all the time .

This is the album that i bought in sound city records in Nyc at 10yrs old...got me hook line and sinker ....30 yrs later....Still rockin.........thanks Sammy.......

BABY'S ON FIRE is the shiznet!!!