The Michael Schenker Story Live is a live album by the hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Michael Schenker Group

Michael Schenker Group

The Michael Schenker Group is a guitar-oriented hard rock band formed in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist, Michael Schenker. In 1986, Schenker and vocalist Robin McAuley formed the McAuley Schenker Group, which lasted until 1992. After that, the Michael Schenker Group was reformed.The...

, released in May 1997 through Michael Schenker's own record company.

This is a double-CD live album recorded during the March 1997 Japan tour. The recorded show was the last one of a series of 5 concerts and were all performed at the Nakano Sunplaza in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; 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...

 at March 19, 1997. The concert lasted three hours and the setlist contains 30 songs. As its title tells, it covers the entire history of Michael Schenker musical career - from the Scorpions

Scorpions (band)

Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...

 in 1969 to 1997.

The whole concert was filmed and released on VHS in 1999 and in 2005 on DVD with the title Live in Tokyo 1997. The DVD contains also footage from the Unforgiven World Tour of 2000.

Track listing CD1

1. "In Search of the Peace of Mind" - Scorpions - 4:18
2. "Doctor Doctor
   Doctor Doctor (UFO song)
   "Doctor Doctor" is a single released by the British hard rock band UFO. It's the band's first hit single in the UK. The song was written by Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg and is included in UFO's third album Phenomenon of 1974. It was released as a single in Europe, but not in the United Kingdom...
   
   " - UFO - 4:59
3. "Let It Roll" - UFO - 4:22
4. "Natural Thing" - UFO - 3:34
5. "Lights Out" - UFO - 5:17
6. "Only You Can Rock Me" - UFO - 4:07
7. "Another Piece of Meat" - Scorpions - 3:52
8. "Into the Arena" - Michael Schenker Group - 7:04
9. "Are You Ready to Rock" - Michael Schenker Group - 4:12
10. "Assault Attack" - Michael Schenker Group - 4:18
11. "Captain Nemo" - Michael Schenker Group - 3:12
12. "No Time for Losers" - McAuley-Schenker Group - 3:31
13. "Save Yourself" - McAuley-Schenker Group - 7:02
14. "All the Way from Memphis" - Contraband - 4:22
15. "Pushed to the Limit" - UFO - 3:54
16. "Written in the Sand" - Michael Schenker Group - 4:03

Track listing CD2

1. "Back to Life" - Michael Schenker Group - 6:26
2. "Love Never Dies" - Michael Schenker Group - 5:12
3. "Essence" - Michael Schenker Group - 6:21
4. "Never Ending Nightmare" - McAuley Schenker Group - 4:49
5. "Bijou Pleasurette" - Michael Schenker Group - 2:45
6. "Positive Forward" - Michael Schenker - 3:55
7. "Lost Horizons" - Michael Schenker Group - 5:41
8. "Too Hot to Handle" - UFO - 3:55
9. "Attack of the Mad Axeman" - Michael Schenker Group - 5:41
10. "Love to Love" - UFO - 8:02
11. "On and On" - Michael Schenker Group - 5:29
12. "Armed and Ready" - Michael Schenker Group - 5:12
13. "Feels Like a Good Thing" - Michael Schenker Group - 3:48
14. "Rock Bottom" - UFO - 10:21

Personnel

• Leif Sundin - lead vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars
• Michael Schenker
  Michael Schenker
  Michael Schenker is a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. He first rose to fame as a founding member of the Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid 1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the...
  
   - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Seth Bernstein - rhythm and acoustic guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Barry Sparks
  Barry Sparks
  Barry Sparks is the former bass player of Yngwie Malmsteen, UFO, Dokken, and Ted Nugent amongst others.-UFO:...
  
   - bass, acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Shane Gaalaas - drums, acoustic guitars
• David Van Landing - vocals, percussion

Release history

This album had 6 releases:

1. 1997 CD Michael Schenker
2. 1999 CD Michael Schenker 12
3. 2000 CD Cargo 992210
4. 2001 CD SPV 77267
5. 2001 CD Steamhammer/SPV SPV 085-72672 DCD
6. 2002 CD Import 77267

At the back of the booklet of the 2001 release of Steamhammer/SPV

SPV GmbH

SPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....

Shane Gaalaas is abusively noted as a bass guitar player. Instead he is the drummer. Another mistake is the listing of two songs not present on the second CD. The missing songs are "Bijou Pleasurette" and "Lost Horizons". Both songs are played on the concert, left out on the CD, but included on the video-registration available on the DVD Live in Tokyo 1997, released in 2005.

This is shown on the cd cover image of the backside.