McAuley Schenker Group: Unplugged - Live, CD

After making his debut at a mere 17 years on the Scorpions first LP in 1972, guitar wunderkind and mad axe-man Michael Schenker spent five years as lead guitarist with Brit hard rockers UFO, before forming the Michael Schenker Group (MSG for short) with singer Gary Barden in 1979. With four studio albums and two live records under his belt, released between 1980 and 1984, he returned in 1987 for the "Perfect Timing” album, now with former Grand Prix singer Robin McAuley, with a change of name to the McAuley Schenker Group, but still conveniently shortened to MSG.

 

This new look MSG recorded a total of four albums, the last of which was "Unplugged Live” (1992). As well as key McAuley Schenker songs, recorded live in Los Angeles in 1992, the album features three UFO classics; ‘Natural Thing’, ‘Doctor Doctor’ and ‘Lights Out’. The bonus tracks are unique acoustic studio versions of ‘Anytime’, ‘We Believe In Love’, ‘What Happens To Me’ and ‘Bad Boys’, all taken from the "unplugged in the studio” Japanese only mini-album "Nightmare: The Acoustic MSG”.

 

The set features a 16 page booklet with a new essay from Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome based on new interviews with Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley, conducted especially for this release.