Michael Schenker
Into The Arena 1972-1995
The Story
"Into The Arena 1972-1995" (subtitled "Highlights & Overtures") is a collection of 34 tracks spread over two CDs, featuring 150 minutes of music! The package is a retrospective of Michael Schenker's entire career through 1995, and draws together a selection of non-album rarities and previously Japanese only tracks. It features a deluxe 16 page booklet with extensive liner notes. This is the first time there has been an anthology covering his entire career from the Scorpions and UFO through to his days with M.S.G. and the McAuley-Schenker Group. "Into The Arena 1972-1995" counts eight instrumentals (including "Arbory Hill", "Ulcer" and "Captain Nemo"), and vocal highlights include, "Rock Bottom", "Lights Out","Save Yourself", "Here Today-Gone Tomorrow", "A Self-Made Man" and many, many more.
The Music
| === DISC 1 === | Vocal | |
| 03:59 | Give Her The Gun | Vocal |
| 06:32 | Rock Bottom | Vocal |
| 02:20 | Lipstick Traces | Instrumental |
| 06:13 | This Kids (Including Between The Walls) | Vocal |
| 04:35 | Lights Out | Vocal |
| 01:10 | Arbory Hill | Instrumental |
| 04:53 | Lovedrive | Vocal |
| 04:09 | Armed And Ready | Vocal |
| 02:18 | Bijou Pleasurette | Instrumental |
| 03:44 | Courvoisier Concerto (Live) | Instrumental |
| 07:10 | Lost Horizons (Live) | Vocal |
| 03:57 | Ulcer | Instrumental |
| 05:51 | Desert Song | Vocal |
| 03:23 | Captain Nemo | Instrumental |
| 04:39 | Here Today-Gone Tomorrow | Vocal |
| 04:31 | Lonely NIghts | Vocal |
| 06:23 | A Self-Made Man | Vocal |
| === DISC 2 === | Vocal | |
| 03:26 | It All Depends | Vocal |
| 03:52 | Sweet Little Thing | Vocal |
| 04:55 | On With The Action (Live) | Vocal |
| 05:14 | Cry For The Nations | Vocal |
| 04:40 | Armed And Ready (Live) | Vocal |
| 04:17 | Into The Arena (Live) | Instrumental |
| 05:21 | Girl From Uptown | Vocal |
| 04:16 | Don't Take It Out On Me | Vocal |
| 04:50 | Gimme Your Love | Vocal |
| 05:02 | Save Yourself (Single Edit) | Vocal |
| 01:49 | There Has To Be Another Way | Instrumental |
| 03:38 | Vicious | Vocal |
| 04:53 | Eve | Vocal |
| 04:08 | Nightmare (Single Edit) | Vocal |
| 05:48 | Anytime * | Vocal |
| 04:37 | Paradise (Live) * | Vocal |
| 04:27 | Only You Can Rock Me (Live) * | Vocal |
| * Acoustic | ||
The Artists
| Michael Schenker | Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Production |
| Rudolf Schenker | Rhythm Guitar |
| Paul Raymond | Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards |
| Mitch Perry | Guitar |
| Steve Mann | Guitars, Keyboards |
| Spencer Sercombe | Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals |
| Lothar Heimberg | Bass |
| Francis Bucholz | Bass |
| Pete Way | Bass |
| Mo Foster | Bass |
| Chris Glen | Bass |
| Rocky Newton | Bass |
| Jeff Pilson | Bass |
| Klaus Meine | Vocals |
| Wolfgang Dziony | Drums |
| Herman Rarebell | Drums |
| Phil Mogg | Vocals |
| Andy Parker | Drums |
| Chick Churchill | Keyboards |
| Gary Barden | Vocals |
| Don Airey | Keyboards |
| Simon Phillips | Drums |
| Cozy Powell | Drums |
| Graham Bonnet | Vocals |
| Ted McKenna | Drums |
| Tommy Eyre | Keyboards |
| Andy Nye | Keyboards |
| Robin McAuley | Vocals, Production |
| Bobo Schopf | Drums |
| James Kottak | Drums |
| Leo Lyons | Production |
| Ron Nevison | Production |
| Dieter Dierks | Production |
| Roger Glover | Production |
| David Wooley | Production |
| David Kirkwood | Production |
| Martin Birch | Production |
| Louis Austin | Production |
| Andy Johns | Production |
| Kevin Beamish | Production |
| Conrad Plank | Production |
| Frank Filipetti | Production |
| Warren Barnett | Mastering |
| Ian McFarlane | Conception, Compilation, Annotation, Track Notes, Project Co-ordination, Photographs |
| David Tyler | Conception, Compilation, Photographs |
| Glenn A. Baker | Project Co-ordination, Photographs |
| Additional production by M.S.G.
Recorded at Morgan Studios, London; AIR Studios, London; Dierks Studios, Cologne, Germany; Wessex Studios, London; Live at Budokan Hall, Tokyo; La Chateau, France; Ridge Farm Studios, London; PUK Studios, Denmark; Rumbo Recorders, Los Angeles; Star Studio, Hamburg, Germany; Live at the Amphitheater, Chicago; Live at the Apollo, Manchester; Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London; Right Track Studios, New York City; Studio 56, Hollywood; Anaheim Celebrity Theatre, CA. Mastered at Raven Labs. Art and design by Black Widow Graphic Design. |
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