Artist: SCORPIONS
Album: LONESOME CROW VINYL (LP)

Release date: 1972/ 2009
EAN/UPS: 0042282573919
Media type: LP

In 1972, the Scorpions released their remarkable debut album, Lonesome Crow, produced by Conny Plank in Hamburg. The vocal and instrumental ingredients, which over the years were to develop into the unmistakable Scorpions sound, were already recognizable: uncompromising, guitar-orientated hard rock, along the lines of what Jimmy Hendrix, Cream and Led Zeppelin generated in the mid-1960s. The distinctive Scorpions sound came from the combination of two electric guitars, a fusion of fabulously forceful power riffs with dazzlingly exuberant guitar solos... added to which was the instantly recognizable voice of singer and front man Klaus Meine with his highly expressive and polished delivery.

The album was used as the soundtrack to the German movie "Das Kalte Paradies". The album had several different cover art sleeves and was re-titled Action for some releases.

All music written by Rudolf Schenker & Michael Schenker. All lyrics written by Klaus Meine, Wolfgang Dziony & Lothar Heimberg.

SIDE 1:

01 "I'm Goin' Mad" – 4:53
02 "It All Depends" – 3:30
03 "Leave Me" – 5:06
04 "In Search of the Peace of Mind" – 5:00

SIDE 2:

05 "Inheritance" – 4:41
06 "Action" – 3:56
07 "Lonesome Crow" – 13:31

LINE-UP:

Klaus Meine - lead vocals
Michael Schenker - lead guitar
Rudolf Schenker - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Lothar Heimberg - bass, backing vocals
Wolfgang Dziony - drums, percussion