Genre: German pop/rock
Places I remember: King's Recording (Abu Dhabi)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Fly to The Rainbow (some great Hendrix inspired guitar from Ulrich Roth)
Gear costume: In Trance
Active compensatory factors: Although reissued in 2oo1, this originally comes from 1978.
I picked up a lot of this kind of thing in the Middle East while living there from 2009-2012. Strange, but they seemed to have a thing for hard rock/metal acts like Scorpions. Had to be aimed at the expat market, but who knows.
I played this and other Scorpions albums a lot as I pootled to Al Foah each day to go to work at Ali bin Abi Taleb school. Great times and the hard rock sound of Scorpions suited the manic motoring.
Makes less sense to me ten years later on an nearly autumn afternoon in Maungaturoto, I have to say.
As you know, I have a thing for double live albums. Every band worth its salt produced a double live in the seventies and Scorpions, a quality rock band, were no exception.
Recording a live album in Japan was also a no brainer in the seventies. Scorpions went over well, if this double live document is anything to go by. Weird.
Where do they all belong? Jump forward to the 2010 version of the band and their failed bid to retire gracefully which lead to a rejuvenated Sting In The Tail.
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