Michael Schenker Group - 'Live At Rockpalast 1981' (Full Concert Video)

Στις 24 Ιανουαρίου το 1981 οι M.S.G. (Michael Schenker Group), η μπάντα του "θρυλικού" κιθαρίστα Michael Schenker δηλαδή, έδωσαν συναυλία στο Markthalle του Αμβούργου (Γερμανία). Από εκείνο το live προέκυψε το "ζωντανά" ηχογραφημένο album "Live At Rockpalast: Hamburg 1981".

Βλέπουμε και ακούμε τους Michael Schenker (κιθάρα), Gary Barden (φωνητικά - εκτός από τους M.S.G. τραγούδησε -εκτός των άλλων- και σε δύο albums των Praying Mantis), Chris Glen (μπάσο), Paul Raymond (πλήκτρα) και τον τιτάνα Cozy Powell στα τύμπανα. Απολαύστε ελεύθερα, δίχως ενοχές...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Michael Schenker has always been an artist who never made false compromises. Even when he was the guitarist in world famous bands such as The Scorpions or UFO, his unique style soon became the trademark sound at the time for each of these bands.

By the end of the seventies, the typical confines of being in a band began to limit Michael Schenker more and more. So he took the obvious logical step to quit UFO, and to form his own band - The Michael Schenker Group.

Together with Billy Sheehan (bass), Denny Carmassi (drums) and singer Gary Barden he recorded the self-titled MSG debut in 1980, which to this day remains one of the strongest albums Schenker has recorded.

However, for the following tour, the line-up had already been changed, and few fans today would not regard this later personnel as in fact the most perfect: Schenker and Barden were joined by Chris Glen (bass), Paul Raymond (keyboards) and last but not least the legendary Cozy Powell who already had played drums with Rainbow, and later with Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Brian May or Gary Moore, just to name a few.

It was Cozy Powell’s drumming especially, that crafted and stabled the performance of this formation - and this Rockpalast concert remains one of the outstanding performances before his death in 1998.

Recorded on January, 24th 1981 at the Markthalle in Hamburg, this concert presents the first MSG album almost in its entirely (and almost in the same running order) including the two greatest songs Michael Schenker has created with UFO: “Doctor Doctor” and “Rock Bottom”.

After more than 20 years this brilliant and intense hard rock document finally is available to all fans in perfect quality.»

Setlist:
01. Intro (0:00:01)
02. Armed And Ready (0:00:28)
03. Cry For The Nations (0:04:41)
04. Victim Of Illusions (0:10:06)
05. Natural Thing (0:15:26)
06. Feels Like A Good Thing (0:19:02)
07. Intro The Area (0:23:53)
08. Rock Bottom (0:28:33)
09. Lookin´ Out From Nowhere (0:38:48)
10. Lost Horizons (0:44:19)
11. Doctor Doctor (0:52:03)
12. Lights Out (0:58:53)

Line-up:
Michael Schenker - guitar
Gary Barden - vocals
Chris Glen - bass
Paul Raymond - keyboards
Cozy Powell - drums