Michael Schenker MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - Vinyl

Personnel: Michael Schenker (guitar); Gary Barden (vocals); Paul Raymond (guitar, keyboards); Chris Glen (bass); Cozy Powell (drums).Additional personnel: Billy Nichols (background vocals).Engineers include: Ron Nevison, Rick Isbell, David Woolley.Recorded at Air Studios, London, England and Air Montserrat, West Indies.Michael Schenker Group: Michael Schenker (guitar); Gary Barden (vocals); Mo Foster (bass); Don Airey (keyboards); Simon Phillips (drums).Recorded at The Wessex Studios, London, England between May & July 1980.Michael Schenker Group: Michael Schenker (guitar, background vocals); Robin McAuley (vocals); Jeff Pilson (bass); James Kottack (drums).Additional personnel: Steve Mann (keyboards); Kevin Beamish, Rocky Newton (background vocals).Recorded at Rumbo Recorders, Preferred Sound, Sound City and Track Recorders, Los Angeles, California.Personnel: Michal Schenker (guitar); Gary Barden (vocals); Chris Glen, Mo Foster (bass); Simon Phillips, Cozy Powell (drums).Recorded in 1980. Includes liner notes by Jerry Ewing.After his lengthy stints with the Scorpions and UFO, Michael Schenker could be forgiven for indulging his incendiary fretboard skills throughout the entirety of this 1980 solo debut. Instead, it's a solid group effort that has aged surprisingly well, with Schenker artfully deploying his talents on full-bodied hard rock outings such as the opening "Armed and Ready" and the riff-heavy "Victim of Illusion." Vocalist Gary Barden proves himself more than able to withstand Schenker's pyrotechnics, while the whole enterprise is propelled by the remarkable percussive dexterity of the veteran British drummer Simon Phillips.

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Rock