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Tokyo Tapes [Live]

Scorpions Audio CD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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“While we were working on our album these past few months, we could literally feel how powerful and creative our work was–and how much fun we were still having, in the process,” says SCORPIONS lead singer KLAUS MEINE about the band’s new album STING IN THE TAIL. “We want to end the SCORPIONS’ extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely gracious for ... Read more in Amazon's Scorpions Store

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  • Audio CD (27 Aug 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Live
  • Label: EMI Music UK
  • ASIN: B00005NGSE
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 69,930 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. All Night Long
2. Pictured Life
3. Backstage Queen
4. In Trance
5. We'll Burn the Sky
6. Suspender Love
7. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind
8. Fly to the Rainbow
9. He's A Woman, She's A Man
10. Speedy's Coming
11. Top of the Bill
12. Hound Dog
13. Long Tall Sally
14. Steamrock Fever
15. Dark Lady
16. (Kojo No Tsuki)
17. Robat Man

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album brought to a close the Uli Jon Roth (Ulrich Roth) era Scorions after which they changed tack slightly and went on to greater commercial success.
The album is dominated by Uli's magnificent guitar work and contains tracks from all of the previous four studio albums including the recently released, at the time, "Taken by Force".

Also thrown in for good measure are a couple of rock 'n' roll standards, a japanese folk song (given the scorpions treatment) and an early scorpions number - In search of the peace of mind.

If you are a fan of electric guitars , including feedback, wha-wah and tremelo arms then you will love this album. For those expecting, Wind of Change type melodic material, look elsewhere. This is an out and out guitar album like they don't make anymore and for devotees of the genre it is an essential purchase.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I'm not to go on bubbling over this.I'll be straight:if you want to hear what the Scorpions were playing in the 70's, meaning guitaristic-oriented hard rock, with really heavy riffs, astounding solos, melodies and songs bound to be considered classics for centuries and solos to be lessons for new guitarists, robust rythm section, vocals that make history, and all these delivered they way they do in Tokyo Tapes, amongst a warm audience, without studio processings, then buy this album.You will treasure it!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Except for UFO's Strangers In the Night this was one of the better Live discs in the 70s. Yes, everyone worships Kiss-Alive but not me. This set (in and out of print over the last 20+ years) is a pretty raw bit. Only the Rock'n'Roll standards bit weaken it for me. Added bonus of rare b-side "Suspender Love" getting the Live Treatment really seals the deal. Dark Lady is killer. Polar Nights is not to be missed. Funny bits...The English is mostly phonetic and I misunderstood Klaus for years when he said certain things.
Buy It.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars great live effort.
This one came out the year before "lovedrive' , that was a disc that really made them popular in a larger way. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael Dobey
4.0 out of 5 stars Good live sound
A live album where Klaus can barely speak in English but nevetheless it is a great listen
Published on 21 Sep 2010 by Ged
5.0 out of 5 stars Early Scorps Finest
Ah, the first rock LP I ever bought and still one of my favourites. Its the last record with a brilliant guitarist Uli Jon Roth before he went solo and is a live Best Of recorded... Read more
Published on 10 May 2010 by Alister King
5.0 out of 5 stars tokyo delight
Seminal live album from The Scorpions,was never particularly impressed by their studio output up to this point,however the live album changed everything,Uli Jon Roths hendrix like... Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by Mr Blackwell
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best live albums ever
This is in my top 5 live albums of all time (along with Ramones "It's Alive", Underworld "Everything, Everything", Hawkwind "Space Ritual", and AC/DC "If you want blood...."). Read more
Published on 1 April 2009 by Graham Cobley
4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing double live set from germany's best hard rock band
Think of it as a tribute to the soon to depart Uli Jon Roth (genius guitarist and founder of the neo-classical electric guitar movement; Michael Schenker and matthias Jabs... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2008 by Alister King
5.0 out of 5 stars Sayonara, Uli Jon
A perfect showcase of the Scorpions' live performance, `Tokyo Tapes' is also a fitting epitaph to the band's Uli Jon Roth era and would be an ideal purchase for anyone wishing to... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2007 by Nev Daimler
4.0 out of 5 stars Short-changed by the label but not the band.
For the album: 5 stars. I've always loved it, despite the RnR standards of 'Hound Dog' and 'Long Tall Sally'. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2007 by Alister
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than most
Tokyo Tapes was a cult classic in the late '70s, when I first got into the Scorpions. Dodgy lyrics and vocals from Klaus Meine (I never rated him), but Uli Jon Roth's guitar... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars Uli Roth absolutely shines! A great album
Matthias Jabs could never do these songs justice.... This album presents an authentic image of the sound of the 70's Scorpions. Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2001
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