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Hello All,

I was hoping to get recommendations for your top Ten MS albums-live, studio, etc.

I am also hoping Ionel lends his Top Ten for sure.

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See post 2.

Return to it often.

ZR Veteran HFCer

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THIS^^^^^^^^^^^

Nice list!

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Dave,

I really, really like Walk on Water. I didn't realize it was from '95.

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Dave,

I really, really like Walk on Water. I didn't realize it was from '95.

Yeah, that seems like a long time ago huh? Well, I guess it was! That was a very good album. The next one...swimming with sharks or something like that wasn't as strong but still had a few good tunes.

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Dave's list is awesome and contains everything that's essential. However, even if I do love all those classics, I tend to gravitate towards his more modern stuff.

So, this is the list I would have proposed:

1- "Assault Attack" (1982). Probably his heaviest, and Graham Bonnet on vocals is a big plus for me --I never liked that much Gary Barden anyway.

2- "Adventures of the Imagination" (2000). You might also want to check one instrumental album of him, right? Well, this is the one I would recommend.

3- "The Unforgiven" (1999), I like it very much...

4- ...as well as the live album that goes with it: "The Unforgiven World Tour" (1999).

Now some old fans will probably raise some flames, but Schenker's first three albums with Robin MacAuley are also in my own top ten list:

5- "Perfect Timing" (1987)

6- "Save Yourself" (1988) --IMHO, his most shred-oriented album, and as kick-ass as anything he has ever done.

7- "M.S.G." (1992) --Jeff Pilson (bass) and James Kottak.

While some say Robin MacAuley's verses were too long, he's to me the best vocalist Michael Schenker has ever played with. Also, some people say the production on the three albums above is too polished, that they sound like glam rock and that they are too commercial. Well, they still rock big time, you know? And Schenker's soloing never sounded so technically sharp to me. In short, if you are NOT following MS since his beginnings, you're gonna LOVE those three albums.

Now complete my list with UFO's "Strangers In The Night" and "Walk On Water", plus maybe "The Michael Schenker Story Live" and you'll get a hell of a collection.

But of course, get them all, ideally. :)

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One night at Budokan is pretty solid... like that lineup

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One of my Fave all time albums

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Dave's list is awesome and contains everything that's essential. However, even if I do love all those classics, I tend to gravitate towards his more modern stuff.

So, this is the list I would have proposed:

1- "Assault Attack" (1982). Probably his heaviest, and Graham Bonnet on vocals is a big plus for me --I never liked that much Gary Barden anyway.

2- "Adventures of the Imagination" (2000). You might also want to check one instrumental album of him, right? Well, this is the one I would recommend.

3- "The Unforgiven" (1999), I like it very much...

4- ...as well as the live album that goes with it: "The Unforgiven World Tour" (1999).

Now some old fans will probably raise some flames, but Schenker's first three albums with Robin MacAuley are also in my own top ten list:

5- "Perfect Timing" (1987)

6- "Save Yourself" (1988) --IMHO, his most shred-oriented album, and as kick-ass as anything he has ever done.

7- "M.S.G." (1992) --Jeff Pilson (bass) and James Kottak.

While some say Robin MacAuley's verses were too long, he's to me the best vocalist Michael Schenker has ever played with. Also, some people say the production on the three albums above is too polished, that they sound like glam rock and that they are too commercial. Well, they still rock big time, you know? And Schenker's soloing never sounded so technically sharp to me. In short, if you are NOT following MS since his beginnings, you're gonna LOVE those three albums.

Now complete my list with UFO's "Strangers In The Night" and "Walk On Water", plus maybe "The Michael Schenker Story Live" and you'll get a hell of a collection.

But of course, get them all, ideally. :)

Ionel, thanks for the post, especially going deeper into his catalogue!

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Off HardRadio;

"EMI has released a new set of MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP live material titled Walk The Stage: The Highlights. The live collection presents a single disc highlight of the 2009 four-CD release, collecting together live MSG classics from five different shows including Hammersmith Apollo, Reading Festival and Osaka Festival Hall in 1980 through 1982. The set is now bolstered with the previously unreleased track 'Lost Horizons' from a 1980 Manchester Apollo show which didn't appear on the original release. Walk The Stage: The Highlights tracklisting: 'Armed And Ready' 'Looking Out From Nowhere' 'Lost Horizons' (previously unreleased) 'Cry For The Nations' 'Attack Of The Axeman' 'Tales Of Mystery' 'Ready To Rock' 'Victim Of Illusion' 'Into The Arena' 'Never Trust A Stranger' 'Rock You To The Ground' 'Bijou Pleasurette' 'Feels Like A Good Thing' 'Doctor Doctor'."

Though I much prefer Strangers in the Night era...

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Dave's list is awesome and contains everything that's essential. However, even if I do love all those classics, I tend to gravitate towards his more modern stuff.

So, this is the list I would have proposed:

1- "Assault Attack" (1982). Probably his heaviest, and Graham Bonnet on vocals is a big plus for me --I never liked that much Gary Barden anyway.

2- "Adventures of the Imagination" (2000). You might also want to check one instrumental album of him, right? Well, this is the one I would recommend.

3- "The Unforgiven" (1999), I like it very much...

4- ...as well as the live album that goes with it: "The Unforgiven World Tour" (1999).

Now some old fans will probably raise some flames, but Schenker's first three albums with Robin MacAuley are also in my own top ten list:

5- "Perfect Timing" (1987)

6- "Save Yourself" (1988) --IMHO, his most shred-oriented album, and as kick-ass as anything he has ever done.

7- "M.S.G." (1992) --Jeff Pilson (bass) and James Kottak.

While some say Robin MacAuley's verses were too long, he's to me the best vocalist Michael Schenker has ever played with. Also, some people say the production on the three albums above is too polished, that they sound like glam rock and that they are too commercial. Well, they still rock big time, you know? And Schenker's soloing never sounded so technically sharp to me. In short, if you are NOT following MS since his beginnings, you're gonna LOVE those three albums.

Now complete my list with UFO's "Strangers In The Night" and "Walk On Water", plus maybe "The Michael Schenker Story Live" and you'll get a hell of a collection.

But of course, get them all, ideally. :)

Z, So the reason for your liking of some of MS' later work is that he incorporated some of the "modern" shredding techniques that players were developing at the time. Do you think his incorporation took anything away from his incredible feel for creating great rhythms and leads he exhibited so early on?

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