Rising Up From The Ashes, we are back again !!

I can't say for how long.....

Dear "dime" members,
We hope by now you have been following along again with us as we explore more new uncirculated Audience Masters from our friends in Europe.

"William Tell" is the name of the person who is providing the recordings and transfers of his various friends in the "European Taping Community".
Several tapers including "William Tell" himself have recorded a wide range of various artists from the 70's, 80's and beyond.

Thanks to all of you who downloaded these shows in the past and left "thanks" etc....
Thanks to "William Tell" and ALL his Swiss, German & Italian taper friends.

We would like to dedicate this on going series with no end insight, again to our original inspiration, "team lampinski".


Special dedication from "Lucifer Burns" to old friends "sunvenusmoon", "KRW&CO, "arcme262", "electric" & "ritchfan" for their patience with Me for waiting 11 years.

Extra Speical thanks to "tonsofsobs" for constantly reaching deeper and pushing Me to get this finally let out to all the Scorpions fans around the World !!


Once again i would like to ask those that still have such "treasures" tucked away,
to please consider sharing them the way these generous people have.
None of us are getting any younger and what good will any of your recordings be when you're DEAD!


So Ladies & Gentleman, Boys & Girls, Brothers & Sisters,
For your entertainment & "earjoyment"
I present to you;

"WILLIAM TELL EDITION" 139 (After ALPHA & OMEGA) With a story that night from taper himself below !!

SCORPIONS
1973-04-19
Grille
Minden
West Germany


Opening for ELOY (WTE #29) & UFO with Bernie Marsden on Guitar (Not Recorded)



Recorded by; "Herb Smith"(from original taper with his consent)

Originally Recorded on; UHER 714 Reel to Reel Deck > "Quelle" Single Dynamic Cardioid Mic


Recording provided by; "William Tell"

Uploaded by; "Lucifer Burns"


See IMPORTANT lineage notes below*


Setlist;

1. Intro: HEY LITTLE WOMAN
2. FAR AWAY (Power Outtage Occurs)/Drum Solo
3. Improv/Jam
4. LONESOME CROW (23 minutes !!)
5. JOURNEY FOREVER
6. IT ALL DEPENDS incl. Bass & Dum Solo's (Fades Out...)



Musicians;

KLAUS MEINE - Vocals
MICHAEL SCHENKER - lead Guitar (18 YEARS OLD)
RUDOLF SCHENKER - Guitar
LOTHAR HEIMBERG - Bass
JOE WYMAN - Drums



In Herb's original words ...

In the afternoon of 19 April 1973 my friend and me arrived at the local ballroom � Zur Grille� in Minden, Germany.
The location had a capacity of 900 listeners, standing. It had a long tradition for dancing on weekends with local
bands playing live.
From around 1970 more and more progressive bands payed a visit to Minden, in 1973 I already had seen Ton, Steine, Scherben
and Nektar, ( missed Status Quo, Franz K, Birth Control, Alexis Korner) .
We were in time for the soundcheck, positioned my Uher reel to reel machine in the middle of the hall, next to me my microphone
on its stand, high above the heads of the audience. A normal situation in those days, all bands I had recorded so far were very
supportive and seemed to be flattered, that I wanted to record them live.
The bands announced for that evening were Hannover based Eloy and Scorpions, headliner were UK band UFO, who had have a minor hit
in Germany with their single Prince Kajuku.
From what I know, this was the very first date of the tour, a warm up in a small town with low risks.
During the soundcheck we had an very unpleasant meeting with the tour promoter, in harsh words he let us know, that we had to leave
immediately and that he did not tolerate any recordings. My friend and me were very disappointed but also offended by the guy�s bad
behaviour and packed our equipment in anger.
Right hand, on the back of the hall, there was a bar, closed for that night, and hidden behind a heavy curtain.
When we felt unobserved, we set off to leave the hall, but turned left in time and disappeared behind the curtain.
I installed the tape machine and climbed up on the counter, with a few grips the mic was attached to the curtain rod and
we were ready for the concert evening.
Ok,the view in the middle of the hall would have been perfect, but anything was better than going home empty-handed.
I knew all three bands by name, but musically I only knew UFO, but I didn't like them.
At that time, I was only 15 years old, I took every opportunity to see a band play live, I was very enthusiastic !
The Scorpions opened the evening, with their album Lonesome Crow they had just established themselves among
the progressive Kraut bands, my expectations were low,
I'd seen their name on posters in the region many times, so they hardly were superstars.
Their first song, a rock & roll number, took away my last hopes of musical delicacy. But right after that, a catchy motif caught my attention,
the guitar solo in the same piece, hardly to be surpassed in melodic elegance, made a look over the curtain urgently necessary !
A guitarist very young in appearance, just 18 years old was the origin
of these tones, which made not only me sit up and take notice.
Eloy, who played afterwards, were much more to my taste at the time,
but the Scorpions had gained a lot in my esteem and Michael Schenker and Lothar Heimberg, their bass player, became real heroes for me!
The fact is, and this was also mentioned again and again in interviews:
Ufo discovered Michael Schenker for themselves that evening, because they also needed an urgent replacement for Bernie Marsden,
who had been refused entry to Germany for lack of valid papers.
I can't say whether Schenker was really on stage with Ufo that evening. After endless breaks, it must have been almost midnight when the Brits played
could finally begin, my musical interest in them was more than low,
I was satisfied to have secured Eloy on tape, so we took advantage of the darkness and the commotion in the hall to leave the bar unseen.
What remains is a unique document of the old Scorpions in the original line-up
live on stage.

P.S. I just asked my colleague from that night, he said that it was Bernie Marsden on the guitar in UFO thaT night in Minden - NOT Michael Schenker.



Few notes of interest about the rarity of this performance/recording;

1. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the SCORPIONS

2. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of MICHAEL SCHENKER

3. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the song "Hey Little Woman" latter played Live in 1974 - 1975 with Ulich Roth on Guitar.

4. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of the song "Far Away" latter released on "Fly To The Rainbow" in 1974 with Ulich Roth on Guitar.

5. Earliest "known" Live Recording Of all the other songs !!



*Here is the orignal lineage for the die-hard collector as well as the average listener;

Master Reel>Sony CDR-W66 Standalone CD Burner w/"super bitmapping on">CDR

CDR>Plexwriter Premium II CD-Transport>iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo with iTunes 9.2.1 into WAW>DVDR.

DVDR>WAV>TLH>FLAC>DIME



Feel free to remaster or matrix the show and to provide artwork (please naming source and all involved) � and then please RE-SEED here on DIME and share!

Please thank the gentleman that recorded the show; "Herb Smith" and his friend "William Tell" for providing the recording.


PLEASE ENJOY THE MUSIC, WHILE YOU STILL CAN, BEFORE YOU'RE DEAD! AND WE'RE ALL DYING IN HERE, BUT YOU'RE NOT DEAD YET, BUT YOU WILL BE SOON AND AND WHAT GOOD WILL YOUR RECORDINGS BE THEN WHEN YOU'RE DEAD AND GONE AND YOU'RE NO LONGER HERE TO ENJOY THEM ANYMORE WITH ANYONE ELSE....