After the overwhelming success of the last studio album LOVE AT FIRST STING and the live album WORLD WIDELIVE, the Scorpions were under enormous pressure in 1988. The musicians resisted and barricaded themselves inthe studio for almost three years, where they worked meticulously with producer Dieter Dierks on the successor.On SAVAGE AMUSEMENT, the Scorpions presented themselves more mature and demonstrated that theybelonged to the avantgarde of hard rock more than ever in terms of production technology. Despite all thechanges, the album was still a typical Scorpions work a good pinch of barely restrained aggression and dynamics,beautiful harmonies and melodies, brilliant guitars and of course Klaus Meines unique voice. No wonder thatSAVAGE AMUSEMENT, released on 16 April 1988, seamlessly continued the success of the previous albums andbecame another worldwide hit.SAVAGE AMUSEMENT is now released as a 180g 1LP, pressed on transparent light blue vinyl.
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In Trance Clear Heavyweight Vinyl by Scorpions
IN TRANCE is the Scorpions third studio album and the first album the band recorded together with producer Dieter Dierks, who later turned out to be a longtime companion of the Scorpions. The album was released on 17 September 1975 and provided the bands big breakthrough in Japan. Besides Klaus Meine, Uli Jon Roth can also be heard as a singer on the songs Dark Lady and Sun in My Hand, which he wrote himself. Besides the eponymous hit In Trance, the album contains Night Lights, the bands first purely instrumental piece composed by Uli Jon Roth. The legendary artwork of IN TRANCE was created by photographer Michael von Gimbut. IN TRANCE was remastered with special sensitivity from the original tapes and is now released as a 180g 1LP, pressed on transparent vinyl.
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Humanity – Hour I Gold Double Heavyweight Vinyl by Scorpions
HUMANITY HOUR 1 is the 21st studio album by the Scorpions and was produced by legendary star producersDesmond Child and James Michael in Los Angeles. The album is a concept album based on a novel by Liam Carlthat describes a war between humans and machines and deals with the overarching theme of humanity. KlausMeine pursued a very modern sound in the production of the album, which should sound uptodate withoutlosing the Scorpions character, and in a way combines the sound of the early Scorpions with the production ofthe late Scorpions.HUMANITY HOUR 1 was remastered with special sensitivity from the original tapes and is now released as acolored 180g gatefold 2LP, pressed on gold vinyl.
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Fly To The Rainbow Transparent Purple Heavyweight Vinyl by Scorpions
The Scorpions second studio album, FLY TO THE RAINBOW, was released on 01 November 1974 and is the first album produced by the members of the band themselves. The album was produced shortly after their LONESOME CROW tour, after which Michael Schenker left the band and was replaced by Uli Jon Roth. Stylistically, FLY TO THE RAINBOW deviated strongly from their debut album LONESOME CROW and moved in a more experimental direction, which nevertheless already showed strong hard rock influences at that time and already foreshadowed where the band would later go. Besides lead singer Klaus Meine, the album also features the voices of Rudolf Schenker They Need a Million and Uli Jon Roth Drifting Sun. To date, the album has sold more than a million copies worldwide. FLY TO THE RAINBOW was remastered with special care from the original tapes and is now released as a 180g 1LP, pressed on transparent purple vinyl.
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Blackout Clear Heavyweight Vinyl by Scorpions
The eighth studio album BLACKOUT, released in 1982, finally catapulted the Scorpions into the hard rock Olympus and is now considered one of the classics of the genre, just like the iconic artwork by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein. On BLACKOUT, the band manages to strike a perfect balance between highly energetic hard rock Blackout, China White, Now, Dynamite and soulful power ballads No One Like You, You Give Me All I Need, When The Smoke Is Going Down. This album has it all pure aggression, razorsharp guitars, strong emotions and terrific melodies BLACKOUT is now released as a 180g 1LP, pressed on crystal clear vinyl.
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Animal Magnetism Red Heavyweight Vinyl by Scorpions
When the Scorpions went into the studio at the end of 1979 to record ANIMAL MAGNETISM between two tours, they were under a lot of pressure to write and record songs in a very short time. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, they succeeded in creating a masterpiece with ANIMAL MAGNETISM that still stands up decades later. It is one of the Scorpions most innovative albums. They anticipate developments that years later would lead to the formation of their own subgenre of heavy metal. A good ex&le of this is the title track. Its dragging, hypnotic and at the same time subliminally aggressive and powerful groove has all the ingredients of what would later become known as doom and groove metal. ANIMAL MAGNETISM captivates with its electrifying intensity, barely restrained aggression and brilliant guitar riffs as well as the creative desire with which the musicians explore and experiment with different musical styles. ANIMAL MAGNETISM is the first album that Matthias Jabs played a major role in shaping. His inspiring and technically excellent guitar work gives the songs their own spice. He also contributed his first original song, Dont Make No Promises Your Body Cant Keep, written together with Herman Rarebell. The album became another milestone for the Scorpions over the years. It was the first album to go platinum in the US, and it permanently established the Scorpions among the biggest rock bands in North America. ANIMAL MAGNETISM is now released as a 180g 1LP, pressed on red vinyl.
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Funky Nothingness Double Heavyweight Vinyl by Frank Zappa
Funky Nothingness, the working title Frank Zappa used for this project, is comprised of studio cuts from 1970. This release is basically the follow up to The Hot Rats Sessions. Frank Zappa used a very strippeddown combo featuring Don “Surgarcane” Harris on violin and vocals. The music concentrates heavily on instrumental and bluesoriented material. This album consists of many unreleased tracks that Frank Zappa bypassed but kept his eye on during his career. He just never got around to releasing them. Some of the tracks were almost included on The Lost Episodes album. 90 minutes of music will be mixed for the first time. The remaining music was mixed and edited by Frank Zappa. The vinyl will only contain the tracks FZ edited and mixed.
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Frozen Planet II Blue + Turquoise + Ice Coloured Triple Heavyweight Vinyl by Hans Zimmer
In 2011 the BBC series Frozen Planet, focusing on life and the environment in the Arctic and Antarctic won acclaim across the world and received four Emmy awards.Over a decade on from the original Frozen Planet, the sequel, Frozen Planet II tells the complete story of the entire frozen quarter of our planet that’ s locked in ice and blanketed in snow.Hans Zimmer is one of the most prolific and acclaimed film score composers with over 150 scores to his credit. He is the winner of four Grammy Awards, three Classical Brit Awards,two Golden Globes and two Academy Awards. His longstanding working relationship with BBC Earth has seen an incredible body of music including previousSilva Screen releases, Seven Worlds One Planet, Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II. Zimmer’ s handselected, exciting and diverse Emmy Award winning composer collective,Bleeding Fingers Music, embraces and nurtures a deep musical heritage to deliver a sonic depth that is second to none.The Frozen Planet II score is enriched by the ethereal voice of the Norwegian singer songwriter AURORA.“The Bleeding Fingers team and I feel incredibly privileged to be given the opportunity to score such a pioneering and important natural history landmark as Frozen Planet II.” – Hans Zimmer
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All Around Man – Live in London Triple Heavyweight Vinyl by Rory Gallagher
Triple Gatefold, 180g vinyl includes a previously unreleased concert from Rory Gallagher’ s late 1990 UK tour.Featuring a twentythreesong set of live career classics as well as material from his thenlatest albums ‘Fresh Evidence’ and ‘Defender’.This new album has been mixed from the recently found multitracks and mastered at Abbey Road.
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Baltimore Translucent Red Heavyweight Vinyl by Nina Simone
Nina Simones Baltimore can be seen as the one true hidden gem in her discography. Without any promotion or lead singles, Baltimore was a commercial failure with no chart position. In recent years, the album has been rediscovered and Baltimore has become one of her most popular songs of the internet era. The album is praised for its reggae production and the presence of beautiful vocal performances of songs originally by Judy Collins, Hall & Oates, and Randy Newman.Baltimore is available as a limited edition of 3000 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl and is housed in a gatefold sleeve.