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MSG(1981)

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So For This Week Mikey Ladano Issued A Challenge To All Of Us Blogger’s To Write A Few Reviews And Not To Go Over 200 words! 200 On The Dot Folk’s

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OK….200 word count starts below…….NOW!

1981 and Michael Schenker releases the superb MSG Album which features some serious players! Check out the list below….

Michael Schenker – lead guitar
Gary Barden – vocals
Chris Glen – bass
Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar
Cozy Powell – drums

MSG was  my first dabble in the term Supergroup and like many Supergroups these guys dissolved after there next  release the fantastic double live One Night At The Budokan.

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “Are You Ready to Rock” Michael Schenker, Gary Barden 3:26
2. “Attack of the Mad Axeman” Schenker, Barden 4:17
3. “On and On” Schenker, Barden 4:41
4. “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” Barden, Chris Glen, Cozy Powell, Paul Raymond, Schenker 5:21

Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
5. “But I Want More” Schenker, Barden 6:56
6. “Never Trust a Stranger” Raymond 4:24
7. “Looking for Love” Schenker, Barden 4:03
8. “Secondary Motion” Schenker, Barden 3:42
Total length:
36:47

The album is lock stock and barreled with a ton of Mikey’s fantastic soloing while Cozy Powell Drives the bus with his drumming! Gary Barden sings for his supper on this album…..

The album is of the 8 tracks 7 are flat-out rock tracks while Never Trust A Stranger is the lone slow mo like tune but good nevertheless!

A shame really Mikey could not keep this unit together!

Classic!