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SCORPIONS: Rare Demo Recordings For 'Love At First Sting' Album Posted Online - Apr. 30, 2008

Two rare 1983 SCORPIONS rehearsal/demo recordings for the "Love at First Sting" album have surfaced and can be found on YouTube (see below).

* "Heartbreaker" was the original title of the song "Bad Boys Running Wild"
* The demo version of "Big City Nights" features a guitar solo by Matthias Jabs while the final album version contains a solo by Rudolf Schenker

The lineup for this recording was as follows:

Klaus Meine - Vocals
Rudolf Schenker - Rhythm Guitar
Matthias Jabs - Lead Guitar
Jimmy Bain - Bass
Bobby Rondinelli - Drums

"Heartbreaker":

"Big City Nights":

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	COMMENT \| posted by : rds 4/30/2008 8:57:11 AM

	i want to hear some Lonesome Crow/ In Trance demos. those SABBATH/ Born Again Demos are Great too!!!

	COMMENT \| ^^ posted by : stubbylater 4/30/2008 8:57:56 AM

	Wow where did you hear Born Again demos?!

	COMMENT \| ^^ posted by : blacky656 4/30/2008 9:39:52 AM

	Born again demos immediatly!

	COMMENT \| Wow posted by : bagofsoup 4/30/2008 10:34:25 AM

	I wonder why they worked these up with bain and rondinelli instead of buccholz and rarebell?

	COMMENT \| Very Cool! posted by : ghodofthunder 4/30/2008 10:49:45 AM

	Born Again Demos would be cool to hear too!

	COMMENT \| ... posted by : tokyoblade 4/30/2008 10:50:03 AM

	In a brief period in '83 during love at first string recording sessions, Francis Bucholz & Herman Rarebell left the band, but shortly after they rejoined.

	COMMENT \| posted by : RiotAct666 4/30/2008 11:18:39 AM

	These demos sound pretty good. Hail Scorpions!!!!!!!!!!!!

	COMMENT \| BORN AGAIN! Godly!!! posted by : rds 4/30/2008 12:14:49 PM

	go and look it up, just type in Black Sabbath demos, and there you will find the whole record rough mix with the extra track that never made it on the record The Fallen (which should have made the record. Also posted is the Jeff Fenholt audition, The Star of India demo (aka Seventh Star) man those tracks are killer especially Danger Zone and Star of India. youtube is great!!!

	COMMENT \| if i remember posted by : mr.metalgod2u 4/30/2008 12:33:15 PM

	correctly reading the metal mags back in the day Herman Rarebell spent the whole recording in rehab and Bobby Rondenelli actually played on the record. Didnt know Frances wasnt involved in the band then. Maybe he didnt do the record niether. who knows

	COMMENT \| Fenholt, eh? posted by : Hawkwinder 4/30/2008 5:36:14 PM

	I'll have to check it out. I got a book by him talking about his conversion to Christianity and I knew a couple of guys who seen him speak at a church. I guess what he said was that stange experiences happenned when he was with w/ Sabbath. Whatever that means. My brother has the live Sab show w/ Halford singing. I'll have to check that one out. I remember seeing a UFO live VHS for sale and the description said that Phil Mogg wasn't on it. OK, Shenker missing, well OK I can see that, but how can you have UFO w/o Mogg? Anyway, I would like to see more demos become available esp. on cd. I have the Breaker demos on that Accept DVD/audio disc. I used to have Anthrax demo #1 w/ Pestilence and Satan's wheels(my tape broke!) and still have the Exodus demos. Plus others that DID make it to cd like the Armored Saint demos (Nod to the old school) and the Death Dealer demos I have but I guess they'll be out on cd (if I can easily order them in the U.S. I'll do it. And who's gonna put out that Priest song 'Mother's son' on cd? I have an old Scorps live show on cd (Uli years) maybe it's the same as a show I got on casette way back when, and I have the live JP from Reading on tape, so when will I get the CD???

	COMMENT \| Cool demos! posted by : MetalPause 4/30/2008 6:38:12 PM

	It is really cool to see how the songs come together. Armored Saint did a great job of this with Symbol of Salvation. Am I hearing cowbell in Big City Nights? Gotta have more cowbell!!!!

	COMMENT \| You tube has the Running wild demos posted by : Hawkwinder 4/30/2008 7:01:03 PM

	and the Exodus demos. Still waiting for the Anthrax and Trouble. Maybe the Grim Reaper demos are on there.

	COMMENT \| posted by : rds 5/1/2008 9:02:58 AM

	i need to hear those Running Wild demos. Gods of Iron...

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