1979-02-28  Berlin, Germany, Neuwelt

 

Setlist:

Pictured Life
Backstage Queen
We'll Burn The Sky
Loving You Sunday Morning
Lovedrive
In Trance
Is There Anybody There?
Always Somewhere
Lipstick Traces
Fly To The Rainbow
Doctor, Doctor
He's A Woman, She's A Man
Another Piece Of Meat
Top Of The Bill
Robot Man
Kojo No Tsuki
Steamrock Fever
Can't Get Enough

Line up:

Klaus Meine - vocals
Rudolf Schenker - rhythm guitars
Michael Schenker - lead guitars
Francis Buchholz - bass
Herman Rarebell - drums

Total time: 90 minutes

Comment:

Another show from the European leg of the Lovedrive-tour. Michael Schenker's playing the guitar. His solos are incredible and he plays most of them very differently compared to the records. I'm not complaining about Matthias' playing, but he does play most of the solos note for note. Also I hear some jamming here too. 'Doctor Doctor', the UFO-song, is a great addition to this setlist and also there are Michael's own 'Lipstick Traces' with our Scorpions backing him up. Audience response is excellent on any song they play. This shows the band really going for the big league and it's not a wonder. Very tight performance. Klaus' voice is superb and he makes no mistakes here. Beautiful 'Kojo No Tsuki' is also played during this early part of the Lovedrive-tour and it was dropped after Michael left (of course during the Japanese-tour it was there again).

Quality:

Not so great quality but a little bit better than the Paris 79 show. Unfortunately a little distorted in places; bass goes quite a bit over from time to time. Still enjoyable to listen. During 'Always Somewhere' the patteries of the recording device seem to have faded, since there quite a bit of that waving effect on it. On the next song the problem's solved. It's possible that this damage has happened during the many copying procedures also. Performance quality with Michael Schenker on lead guitar is maybe the best you can get.