Former SCORPIONS Drummer HERMAN RAREBELL – “I Understand Why We Had Success… We Were A Very Good Band”; Audio

Gegers from official Scorpions French fan club, Crazyscorps, recently conducted an interview with former Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell. The current drummer of Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock talked about the new reissues of the studio albums from 1878 to 1988, which include a lot of unheard demos and unseen videos.

Listen to the interview below:

1965 marks the starting point of one of the most successful rock bands of our time. Hailing from Hannover, Germany, the Scorpions embarked on a journey that would lead them around the globe and would establish them as one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

With the November 6th release of the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Editions, the Scorpions celebrate their impressive achievements and open their vaults to unleash hitherto unreleased songs, alternative versions of big hits, rough mixes and rare live concert footage. The tracklistings for each release has been revealed.

In addition to dozens of unheard studio tracks and live recordings, all CD releases are equipped with extended booklets featuring rare photos and, single covers, backstage passes and additional liner notes by Edgar Klüsener, a former editor in chief of Metal Hammer who has followed the band‘s career closely over several decades. Five of the eight albums are accompanied with a DVD that contains live concert footage from the respective period, together with TV- performances and in-depth interviews with the band. In these interviews they talk about the background history and the creative process of each of these albums: Lovedrive, Blackout, Love At First Sting, World Wide Live and Savage Amusement.

Blackout tracklisting (CD+DVD):

Disc 1:
“Blackout”
“Can’t Live Without You”
“No One Like You”
“You Give Me All I Need”
“Now!”
“Dynamite”
“Arizona”
“China White”
“When The Smoke Is Going Down”
“Blackout” (Unreleased demo)
“Running For The Plane” (Unreleased demo song)
“Sugar Man” (Unreleased demo song)
“All My Love” (Unreleased demo song)
“Searching For The Rainbow” (Unreleased demo song)

Disc 2:
“No One Like You” (Video clip)
“Arizona” (Video clip)
“Blackout” (Rock Pop In Concert)
“Loving You Sunday Morning” (Rock Pop In Concert)
“Coming Home” (Rock Pop In Concert)
“Always Somewhere” (Rock Pop In Concert)
“Holiday” (Rock Pop In Concert)
“Can’t Live Without You” (Rock Pop In Concert)
“Dynamite” (Rock Pop In Concert)
“Can’t Get Enough” (Rock Pop In Concert)
“Make It Real” (Not broadcasted/ Rock Pop In Concert)
“The Zoo” (Not broadcasted/ Rock Pop In Concert)
Interview special with R. Schenker, K. Meine, M. Jabs, H. Rarebell

Love At First Sting tracklisting (2CD+DVD)

Disc 1:
“Bad Boys Running Wild”
“Rock You Like A Hurricane”
“I’m Leaving You”
“Coming Home”
“The Same Thrill”
“Big City Nights”
“As Soon As The Good Times Roll”
“Crossfire”
“Still Loving You”
“Coming Home” (Unreleased demo)
“Living At Night” (Unreleased demo song)
“First Sting Jam No. 1” (Unreleased demo)
“Anytime (You Want It)” (Unreleased demo song)
“Still Loving You” (Unreleased demo)

Disc 2 (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York City (June 7th, 1984)
“Intro”
“Coming Home”
“Blackout”
“Bad Boys Running Wild”
“Loving You Sunday Morning”
“Big City Nights”
“Holiday (Acoustic)”
“Still Loving You”
“Rock You Like A Hurricane”
“The Zoo”
“Dynamite”

Disc 3:
“Rock You Live A Hurricane” (Video clip)
“I’m Leaving You” (Video clip)
“Big City Nights” (Video clip)
“Rock You Like A Hurricane” (TV Show Germany 1985)
“Still Loving You” (TV Show Germany 1985)
“Still Loving You” (TV Show Germany 1984)
“Big City Nights” (Monsters Of Rock Germnay 1986)
Interview special with R. Schenker, K. Meine, M. Jabs, H. Rarebell

World Wide Live tracklisting (CD+DVD):

Disc 1:
“Countdown”
“Coming Home”
“Blackout”
“Bad Boys Running Wild”
“Loving You Sunday Morning”
“Make It Real”
“Big City Nights”
“Coast To Coast”
“Holiday”
“Still Loving You”
“Rock You Like A Hurricane”
“Can’t Live Without You”
“Another Piece Of Meat”
“Dynamite”
“The Zoo”
“No One Like You”
“Can’t Get Enough (Part 1)”
“Six String Sting”
“Can’t Get Enough” (Part 2)”

Disc 2:
“Coming Home” (Originally only available on VHS)
“Blackout”
“Big City Nights”
“Loving You Sunday Morning”
“No One Like You”
“Holiday”
“Bad Boys Running Wild”
“Still Loving You”
“Rock You Like A Hurricane”
“Dynamite”
Interview special with R. Schenker, K. Meine, M. Jabs, H. Rarebell

Savage Amusement tracklisting (CD+DVD):

Disc 1:
“Don’t Stop At The Top”
“Rhythm Of Love”
“Passion Rules The Game”
“Media Overkill”
“Walking On The Edge”
“We Let It Rock…You Let It Roll”
“Every Minute Every Day”
“Love On The Run”
“Believe In Love”
“Taste Of Love” (Unreleased demo song)
“Edge Of Time” (Unreleased demo song)
“Don’t Wait Too Long” (Unreleased demo song)
“Fast And Furious” (Unreleased demo)
“Dancing In The Moonlight” (Unreleased demo)
“Living For Tomorrow” (Unreleased demo song)
“I Can’t Explain”

Disc 2:
“Rhythm Of Love” (Video clip)
“Passion Rules The Game” (Video clip)
“Believe In Love” (Video clip)
“I Can’t Explain” (Video clip)
Documentary with clips and live material To Russia With Love
Interview special with R. Schenker, K. Meine, M. Jabs, H. Rarebell

The remastered LP formats are released on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve replicating the first pressing. They also come with an audio CD, featuring the original track listing and the same bonus audio as the CD formats. A limited and numbered Deluxe Box Set will contain all remastered vinyl discs.

Scorpions said, “It’s hard to summarize 50 years in words, but listening back to all those songs – many of them them previously unreleased – recorded in one of our most creative periods, really took us back in time. This was a very heartfelt project for all of us. It brought back great memories whilst we rediscovered our musical DNA by listening to the archives, selecting dozens of unreleased songs and early versions of well-known Scorpions anthems. We really worked on the material to improve the sound quality, but always taking great care to preserve its original feel.”

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