Artist: AXEL RUDI PELL
Album: THE BALLADS VI ORANGE/ BLACK VINYL (2LP)

Release date: 21.04.2023
EAN/UPS: 886922477713
Media type: LP

- "The Ballads VI" is an absolute priority at SPV-Steamhammer!
- First new ballads album for 6 years. 1 brand new track, 2 brand new cover versions, 2 brand new instrumentals.
- High class digipak with poster.
- High class double gatefold LP in trans orange black.
- Produced by Axel Rudi Pell, mixed by Tommy Geiger (Blind Guardian).
- Cover by Thomas Ewerhard (Gotthard, Edguy, Sons Of Apollo).

LINE-UP:
Axel Rudi Pell - Lead, Rhythm and Acoustic Guitars
Johnny Gioeli (Ex-Hardline, band with Neal Schon of Journey)
Ferdy Doernberg (Rough Silk, he also played with Uli Jon Roth, Therion and many others)
Volker Krawczak (he played also bass in Steeler)
Bobby Rondinelli (he played with Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Blue Öyster Cult)

- AXEL RUDI PELL celebrated last year his 34th anniversary as a solo artist with an overall of 1.500.000 copies sold CDs/DVDs since 1989. More than enough reason therefore, why fans of the Bochum guitarist and songwriter regularly push for a continuation of this release series. Successfully: On April 21, 2023 ‘The Ballads VI’ will be released on CD, double vinyl LP and as digital download, as always via Steamhammer/SPV. And – as expected – the release will come with a few small surprises. Not only is ‘The Ballads VI’ the latest edition of the popular ARP ‘The Ballads’ series, but also the direct successor of the studio album ‘Lost XXIII’, which managed to rank 2nd in German sales charts in April 2022.

Side 1
1) Revelations 2:34
2) Diamonds And Rust 5:19
3) Morning Star 7:34

Side 2
1) Dust In The Wind 4:33
2) Hidden Secrets 6:05
3) Gone With The Wind 8:56

Side 3
1) She's A Lady 4:04
2) Room With A View 4:12
3) Fly With Me 5:42
4) As Blind As A Fool Can Be 6:14

Side 4
1) I Put A Spell On You 4:24
2) Beyond The Light 7:45
3) Quarantined 1 7:03