ULI JON ROTH – Scorpions Revisited Volume 1 (2015)

Legendary German guitarist ULI JON ROTH will release a new double album, “Scorpions Revisited – Volume 1“, next February 9, 2015.
Roth, one of Scorpion’s founder members, has freshly re-recorded songs from the band’s early period when he was the lead guitar and composer.

Uli states: “The material we recorded for this project will be released in two stages, beginning with a double CD, which was recorded last year in the same hall near Hanover that we used for the Scorpions rehearsals 1973-1978.
Together with an amazing bunch of very talented young musicians, I revisited my personal favourites from the early Scorpions period, some of which were written in that same hall.
It was an emotional few days and I am very pleased with the results in more ways than one.”

He continues: “The idea was to stay truthful to the original spirit of the music, while also putting a new slant on it whenever it felt like the right thing to do. I feel we succeeded in this.
It was a intense journey into the past and I think we really managed to bring the songs back to life with a vengeance. They seem to have a timeless quality and it was easy to revisit this music and fill the old songs with new life.”

Indeed, these songs from Scorpions’ early days from albums like “Fly To The Rainbow”, “In Trance”, “Virgin Killer” and “Taken By Force”, now in perspective, are amazing compositions.
With a strong hard rock foundation, Roth was the key factor to add a wonderful progressive touch to song such as “In Trance”, “We’ll Burn The Sky”, “Catch Your Train” or the awesome “The Sails Of Charon”.
These new versions are literally ‘reinterpretations’: Roth combines technical expertise with soulful sonic landscapes giving to the songs a revitalized feel.

The riffs and solos played with his home-built guitar Sky are more complete than the originals, while what he tickles from his dulcimer with a range of fabulous six octaves, has no equal.
Uli’s backing band here is fabulous, including ex- Zeno bass player / backing vocalist Ule W. Ritgen, and terrific British lead singer Nathan James, that sounds like a good mix of Michael Kiske, Tony Martin and Joe Lynn Turner.

“Scorpions Revisited” could easily have become a wallow in nostalgic mud, and sunk under the weight of the originals. But Uli Jon Roth has brought so much joy and style to these early Scorpions songs that they take on a new life.
It’s hard to believe that these songs have been composed four decades ago.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Disc 1:
1. The Sails Of Charon
2. Longing For Fire
3. Crying Days
4. Virgin Killer
5. In Trance
6. Sun In My Hand
7. Yellow Raven
8. Polar Nights
9. Dark Lady

Disc 2:
1. Catch Your Train
2. Evening Wind
3. All Night Long
4. We’ll Burn The Sky
5. Pictured Life
6. Hell-Cat
7. Life’s Like A River
8. Drifting Sun
9. Rainbow Dream Prelude
10. Fly To The Rainbow

Nathan James – Vocals
Uli Jon Roth – Guitars, Dulcimer
Niklas Turmann – Guitar, Vocals
Corvin Bahn – Keyboards, Vocals
David Klosinski – Guitar
Ule W. Ritgen – Bass
Jamie Little – Drums

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www.amazon.co.uk/Scorpions-Revisited-Uli-Jon-Roth/dp/B00R6627WA
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