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Rock Will Never Die

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Released
  
June 1984

Rock Will Never Die(1984)
  
Perfect Timing(1987)

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

Producer
  
Jack Douglas

Release date
  
1984

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Hard rock

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Recorded
  
Hammersmith Odeon, London, EnglandOctober 22–23, 1983

Length
  
41:1668:52 (2009 edition)

Rock Will Never Die(1984)
  
Written in the Sand(1996)

Artists
  
Michael Schenker, Michael Schenker Group

Similar
  
Michael Schenker Group albums, Hard rock albums

Rock Will Never Die is a Michael Schenker Group live album released in 1984 and recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London, over two nights in October 1983. The concert was also released in VHS with the same title. This is the last album recorded with Gary Barden before he rejoined the band in 2008.

Contents

The final track "Doctor Doctor", which Schenker originally recorded with UFO, features a guest appearance by Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions.

Track listing

See 2009 remastered version for songwriting credits.

  1. "Captain Nemo" - 3:42
  2. "Rock My Nights Away" - 4:05
  3. "Are You Ready to Rock" - 4:07
  4. "Attack of the Mad Axeman" - 4:10
  5. "Into the Arena" - 4:00
  6. "Rock Will Never Die" - 5:25
  7. "Desert Song" - 6:00
  8. "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" - 4:57
  9. "Doctor Doctor" - 4:50

2009 remastered edition

All songs written by Michael Schenker and Gary Barden unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Captain Nemo" (Schenker) - 3:42
  2. "Rock My Nights Away" (Barden, Andy Nye) - 4:05
  3. "Are You Ready to Rock" - 4:07
  4. "Cry for the Nations" - 5:12
  5. "Rock You to the Ground" (Schenker, Graham Bonnet) - 5:38
  6. "Attack of the Mad Axeman" - 4:10
  7. "Into the Arena" (Schenker) - 4:00
  8. "Courvoisier Concerto" (Schenker, Paul Raymond) - 2:13
  9. "Rock Will Never Die" - 5:25
  10. "Desert Song" (Schenker, Bonnet) - 6:00
  11. "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" (Schenker, Barden, Andy Nye) - 4:57
  12. "Red Sky" - 6:02
  13. "Looking for Love" - 3:45
  14. "Armed and Ready" - 4:46
  15. "Doctor Doctor" (Schenker, Phil Mogg) - 4:50

VHS track listing

  1. "Captain Nemo" - 3:42
  2. "Rock My Nights Away" - 4:05
  3. "Are You Ready to Rock" - 4:07
  4. "Attack of the Mad Axeman" - 4:10
  5. "Into the Arena" - 4:00
  6. "Courvoisier Concerto" - 2:13
  7. "Dream On (Rock Will Never Die)" - 5:25
  8. "Desert Song" - 6:00
  9. "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" - 4:57
  10. "Armed and Ready" - 4:46
  11. "Doctor Doctor" - 4:50

Personnel

  • Gary Barden - lead vocals
  • Michael Schenker - lead guitar
  • Derek St. Holmes - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" and "Rock You to the Ground"
  • Andy Nye - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Chris Glen - bass
  • Ted McKenna - drums, percussion
    • Additional personnel
  • Klaus Meine - co-lead vocals on "Doctor Doctor"
  • Rudolf Schenker - guitar on "Doctor Doctor"

    • Songs

    1Captian Nemo3:48
    2Rock My Nights Away4:13
    3Are You Ready to Rock4:34

    References

    Rock Will Never Die Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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