Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes

Title: Tokyo Tapes Artist: Scorpions Release Date: 1978 Re-Released On: 8/27/2001 Label: EMI Music Distribution, RCA Records Duration: 85:07 Album Type(s): live UPCs: 078635303926, 078635303940, 724353514921 Genre: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, Album Rock Moods: Dramatic, Energetic, Hedonistic, Rebellious, Intense, Party/Celebratory, Rowdy, Aggressive, Confident, Fiery, Raucous, Rousing, Sleazy, Theatrical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 9 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. All Night Long
2. Pictured Life
3. Backstage Queen
4. Polar Nights
5. In Trance
6. We'll Burn the Sky
7. Suspender Love
8. In Search of the Peace of Mind
9. Fly to the Rainbow

1. He's a Woman, She's a Man
2. Speedy's Coming
3. Top of the Bill
4. Hound Dog
5. Long Tall Sally
6. Steamrock Fever
7. Dark Lady
8. Kojo No Tsuki
9. Robot Man

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD EMI Music Distribution 5351492 1996 CD RCA Records 53039

Tokyo Tapes [Hip-O) Tokyo Tapes [Toshiba EMI]

If you played in a hard rock band during the '70s, what were you likely to be doing circa 1978? Why, recording a live album, of course. Preferably a double vinyl set, and in Japan to boot. The Scorpions were no exception, and in fact, their Tokyo Tapes were captured only days after Cheap Trick's At Budokan in April 1978. Though hardly as inspired or successful, the Tokyo Tapes set still serves as an ideal greatest-hits collection of the Scorpions' first decade. This recording also showcases the spectacular playing (and occasionally, the dreadful singing) of guitarist Uli Jon Roth, who would soon leave the band for a misguided solo career, but displays some jaw-dropping technique here, most notably on the epic "We'll Burn the Sky." The rest of the band also puts in competent performances on such early standards as "In Trance," "Fly to the Rainbow," and "Speedy's Coming." The material on disc one is consistently strong, and though a number of pointless covers ("Houng Dog," "Long Tall Sally") and that most dreaded concert spectacle -- the drum solo -- break the flow on disc two, the band still closes strong with the crowd-pleasing Japanese folk song "Kojo No Tsuki" and frenetic versions of "Dark Lady" and "Robot Man." Ultimately, if you have any curiosity about the Scorpions' early material, Tokyo Tapes provides the perfect introduction. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide

Name Credits Dieter Dierks Producer Francis Buchholz Guitar (Bass), Bass Hans G. Lehmann Photography Herman Rarebell Percussion, Drums Klaus Meine Vocals Rudolf Schenker Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals Scorpions Arranger Tamotsu Yoshida Engineer Uli Jon Roth Vocals, Guitar