The Electric Sun Years Vol. I & II
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The Electric Sun Years Vol I & II is a DVD by Uli Jon Roth
. It was released in 2002 and features archive footage of the early years of his band Electric Sun
.
Electric Sun Era II
Ulrich Roth
Ulrich Roth , more commonly known as Uli Jon Roth, is a Germanguitarist and one of the earliest contributors to the neo-classical metal genre. He is also the founder of Sky Academy and inventor of the Sky Guitar. He is the older brother of fellow guitarist and artist Zeno Roth.-Career:In the early...
. It was released in 2002 and features archive footage of the early years of his band Electric Sun
Electric Sun
Electric Sun was a music group formed by Uli Jon Roth after his departure from the Scorpions in 1978. They recorded three albums between 1979 and 1985....
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Track listing
Electric Sun era I- AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
1979/1980
- LilacLilacSyringa is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering woody plants in the olive family , native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere....
1:34 - Electric Sun 5:12
- Sundown 4:06
- EarthquakeEarthquakeAn earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
(Part II) 6:07 - Japanese Dream 3:22
- Mulhouse 1982
- Fire Wind 5:37
- Virgin Killer 3:56
- Free Jam Encore (improvised) 4:35
- Mutron Jam (improvised) 2:07
- Red House Blues 4:03
Electric Sun Era II
- Sweden & UK May 1983
- IcebreakerIcebreakerAn icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
4:02 - What Is Love? 3:12
- Why? 6:02
- Enola GayEnola GayEnola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then-Colonel Paul Tibbets. On August 6, 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war...
- HiroshimaHiroshimais the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
Today? 11:22 - Angel of Peace 3:34
- Return 3:13
- Cast Away Your Chains 3:29
- Virgin Killer (II) 2:00
- Drum & Percussion Solo (Clive Bunker-Simon Fox) 7:20
- Electric Sun 4:23
- Polar Nights 12:01
- BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
ParaphraseParaphraseParaphrase is restatement of a text or passages, using other words. The term "paraphrase" derives via the Latin "paraphrasis" from the Greek , meaning "additional manner of expression". The act of paraphrasing is also called "paraphrasis."...
7:10 - Hell Cat 2:50
- Dark Lady 7:36
- Midnight Sun (Newcastle Jam) 8:46
- Special Features:
- The Documentary and Rehearsal -Tour Impressions- (28:03)
- Interview in TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
2001 (19:27) - Photographs
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Musicians
- Uli Jon Roth: GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Ule Ritgen: BassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
, Backing Vocals - Sidhatta Gautama: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(1979-1982) - Clive BunkerClive BunkerClive William Bunker is a British rock drummer. He was the original drummer in the British band Jethro Tull....
: Drums (1983) - Simon Fox: Drums, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
(1983) - David Lennox: keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
(1983) - Jenni Evans: Vocals (1983)
- Dorothy Patterson: Vocals (1983)