SCORPIONS - WORLD WIDE LIVE - COLLECTORS original ANALOG 1985 POLYGRAM MERCURY RECORDS 824 344-1 M-2 RELEASE pressing with a small cutout thru the original sealed jacket. THIRTY YEARS OUT OF PRINT. STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE YELLOW MARKETING STICKER ATTACHED TO THE SEALED PLASTIC WRAP.

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The Scorpions Virgin Killer Numbered Limited Edition 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE LIMITED EDITION LP

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SCORPIONS - WORLD WIDE LIVE - COLLECTORS original 1985 POLYGRAM MERCURY RECORDS 824 344-1 M-2 RELEASE - Out of Print original FACTORY SEALED Analog LP with small cutout on jacket out of print for decades.

"Do you see the microphones up in the air? Do you see them? Do you know what we're doing tonight? We're doing a live recording tonight!"

Those words spoken by Scorpions' lead singer Klaus Meine are ingrained in my mind and my ears. Hearing him address his captivated audience always brings a smile to my face as I attempt to mimic his German accent by repeating his lines. When I think of the greatest live albums from the Silver Age of Heavy Metal (the 80's), only two come to mind, Iron Maiden's Live After Death and the Scorpions' World Wide Live. I've already given Live After Death its due, so now it's time to lend my thoughts on the other stellar live album by the most famous hard rock band to come out of Germany.

Following the release of their previous studio effort, Love At First Sting, the Scorpions embarked on their most successful world tour to date. Although not quite as extensive as Iron Maiden's legendary World Slavery Tour, the '84-85 Sting Tour was still impressive. Spanning 152 dates, the Scorpions performed for thousands of fans throughout Europe, Japan, South America, Canada and 41 states in the USA. World Wide Live captures not only the intense energy of this quintet but the enthralled fans as well. The entire tour is encapsulated on this one record.

"Year after year out on the road

It's great to be here to see you all

I know for me it is like coming home"

Released in the same year as Live After Death in 1985, World Wide Live touches on all the most popular tracks from the Scorpions four best albums; Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism, Blackout, and Love At First Sting. The period during which those four records were made (between 1979 and 1984), the Scorpions created their most lasting music and established themselves as one of the true hard rock heavyweights of the 80's. Each track is a lesson in Simple Songwriting 101 - melodic rhythms marked by memorable lyrics that will stick in people's minds ("Rock You Like A Hurricane", anyone?). Their sizzling grooves and irresistible hooks are executed to perfection and highlighted by the cheering crowds. Their showmanship is nearly upstaged by the excitement of their fans.

"Day after day out on the road

There's no place too far that we wouldn't go

We go wherever you like to rock'n roll"

More than just a cassette tape...

When I was in high school, this was the tape my friends and I would to take down to Riverside Park next to the Mississippi River. We'd hang out all night, shoot the breeze and listen to World Wide Live on continuous playback. As the prototypical teenagers cutting our teeth on various post-puberty crises, we were indestructible and on top of the world. Our anxieties were always more important than anything else and the only things that mattered more were our self-declared independence and our music. In 1985, World Wide Live become the soundtrack for our lives and took us away to place we would only dream about.

"Year after year out on the road

It's great to be here to rock you all

I know, for me it is like coming home

Like coming home..."

We wanted to be rock stars like the Scorpions. We wanted to come home to the stage like they did night after night. We wanted an entire audience in Paris, France singing the lyrics to "Holiday" back to us. In a way, the Scorpions allowed us to live our fantasy through them. Though unrealized, World Wide Live kept our dream alive and gave us hope. When I hear this album now, I am quickly returned to that park pavilion where the moon dances off the slick picnic tables providing the only light. My friends entertain with cigarette tricks as the music blares from the first generation jam box. For a few moments, we are rock stars.

"Let me take you far away

You'd like a holiday

Exchange the cold days for the sun

Good times and fun

Let me take you far away

You'd like a holiday"

Scorpions' fans know that World Wide Live capped off a series of their finest work. This album is as good as it gets and will have a permanent place in the heavy metal history books. Sadly, this record will be dog-eared because it ended a marvelous run that the Scorpions would never come close to duplicating. Although, it should be remembered for more. The Scorpions will be forever defined by their 80's brand of AOR hard rock/heavy metal and the enthusiasm of their fans world over. World Wide Live demonstrates both equally. I cannot recommend this album high enough to fans of 80's hard rock and heavy metal.   Track Listings -  Selections:
LP 1
Side A:
1. Countdown
2. Coming Home
3. Blackout
4. Bad Boys Running Wild
5. Loving You Sunday Morning
6. Make It Real
Side B:
1. Big City Nights
2. Coast To Coast
3. Holiday
4. Still Loving You

LP 2
Side C:
1. Rock You Like A Hurricane
2. Can't Live Without You
3. Another Piece of Meat
4. Dynamite
Side D:
1. The Zoo
2. No One Like You
3. Can't Get Enough Pt. 1
4. Six String Sting
5. Can't Get Enough Pt. 2

The Scorpions Virgin Killer Numbered Limited Edition 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE LIMITED EDITION LP

 

Numbered, Limited Edition 180g Pure Virgin Vinyl! Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio!

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Virgin Killer is the first of four studio releases that really defined the Scorpions and their highly influential urgent metallic sound. It was released in 1976 and was the first album of the band to attract attention outside Europe. The album was a step in the band's shift from psychedelic music to hard rock. For the first time in the band's career, the line-up stayed the same with Klaus Meine on vocals, Uli Jon Roth on lead guitar, Rudolf Schenker on rhythm guitar, Francis Buchholz on bass, and Rudy Lenners on drums. The nine tracks were laid down with Dieter Dierks producing.

The band is in top form and churns out some melodic yet blistering heavy rock. Virgin Killer is full of heavy songs and exceptionally fast, innovative guitar leads by Uli Jon Roth. These songs are infectious and Uli's guitar solo on the Jimi Hendrix inspired "Polar Nights" exhibits the thunder-heavy riffs and grooves that make it a classic.

Virgin Killer should have made the band superstars, the recording draws the line of what was classic hard rock and true heavy metal. The metal is so clear cut and state-of-the-art, but since metal was still very much an underground movement, the Scorpions would have to wait until the '80's when the band cranked out their first hits.

The Hendrix comparisons are endless, Virgin Killer is simply essential listening; a landmark album for the genre's development that made Uli Jon Roth a guitar legend.

Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• 180g Pure Virgin Vinyl
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
• Gatefold Jacket
• Specially remastered for this LP

Selections:
Side A:
1. Pictured Life
2. Catch Your Train
3. In Your Park
4. Backstage Queen
5. Virgin Killer
Side B:
1. Hell-Cat
2. Crying Days
3. Polar Nights
4. Yellow Rave

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