From the First Sting (black with white spots)

~ Release by Scorpions (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Annotation

40 pages bookpack includes photos, lyrics.

Made in Germany.

Sticker:
Scorpions 60th Anniversary. Celebrating 6 decades of rock - own the legacy!
With their biggest hits, fan favorites and hidden gems from 1972-2022.
Including 2 unreleased versions. BMG Bookpack 964161050

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC19813
Matrix / Runout (Side A (Etched)): BP42419-01 A1 SST* 964177111 A
Matrix / Runout (Side B (Etched)): BP42419-01 B1 SST* 964177111 B
Matrix / Runout (Side C (Etched)): BP42419-02 C1 SST* 964177121 C
Matrix / Runout (Side D (Etched)): BP42419-02 D1 SST* 964177121 D
Matrix / Runout (CD1): 964161070 AP44265-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L576
Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 9757
Matrix / Runout (CD2): 964161070 AP44285-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L578
Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 9757
Rights Society: BIEM

Tracklist

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1Rock You Like a Hurricane (live 1985)
engineer:
Mike Beiriger, Dieter Dierks, David Hewitt and Gerd Rautenbach
producer:
Dieter Dierks
mixer:
Mike Beiriger, Dieter Dierks and Scorpions
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Rudolf Schenker (in 1984)
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz (in 1984)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Herman Rarebell (in 1984)
electric guitar [lead guitar] and electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Matthias Jabs (in 1984) and Rudolf Schenker (in 1984)
slide guitar:
Matthias Jabs (in 1984)
background vocals:
Francis Buchholz (in 1984), Matthias Jabs (in 1984), Klaus Meine (in 1984), Herman Rarebell (in 1984) and Rudolf Schenker (in 1984)
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine (in 1984)
arranger:
Dieter Dierks
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Rights Management GmbH (in 1984, in 2018), Breeze Music (in 1984), EMI (in 1984), The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 1984) and BMG Rights Management GmbH (in 2015)
recorded at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (from 1983 until 1984)
part of:
Alan Cross: Hurricane Songs (number: 5), VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (number: 18) and Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 36)
recording of:
Rock You Like a Hurricane (in 1984)
lyricist:
Klaus Meine and Herman Rarebell
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Music Edition München, Arabella Musikverlag GmbH and Universal Music Publishing
Scorpions4:16
2Believe in Love (1988)
recorded in:
Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (in 1988)
engineer:
Dieter Dierks, Gerd Rautenbach and Ian Taylor
producer:
Dieter Dierks
assistant mixer:
Peter Brandt and Jürgen Joisten
mixer:
Dieter Dierks, Nigel Green, Scorpions and Mike Shipley
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz (in 1988)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Herman Rarebell (in 1988)
guitar:
Matthias Jabs (in 1988) and Rudolf Schenker (in 1988)
background vocals:
Francis Buchholz (in 1988), Matthias Jabs (in 1988), Klaus Meine (in 1988), Herman Rarebell (in 1988) and Rudolf Schenker (in 1988)
guest background vocals:
Peter Baltes (in 1988)
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine (in 1988)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Rights Management GmbH
additionally recorded at:
Scorpio Sound Studios in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany (in 1988)
recorded at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (in 1988)
mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
recording of:
Believe in Love (in 1988)
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
Scorpions5:23
3Send Me an Angel (1990)
assistant engineer:
Shay Baby, Attie Bauw, Albert Boekholt and Tom Fletcher
engineer:
Erwin Musper and Keith Olsen
producer:
Keith Olsen and Scorpions
mixer:
Shay Baby, Erwin Musper and Keith Olsen
acoustic guitar, electric guitar [lead guitar] and electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Herman Rarebell
electric guitar and slide guitar:
Matthias Jabs
guest keyboard:
Jim Vallance
background vocals:
Francis Buchholz, Matthias Jabs, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell and Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. and The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 1990)
recorded at:
Goodnight LA Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States and Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
mixed at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Send Me an Angel (Scorpions song)
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
BMG Rights Management GmbH
Scorpions4:32
4Wind of Change (1990)
assistant engineer:
Shay Baby, Attie Bauw, Albert Boekholt and Tom Fletcher
engineer:
Erwin Musper and Keith Olsen
producer:
Keith Olsen and Scorpions
mixer:
Shay Baby, Erwin Musper and Keith Olsen
acoustic guitar:
Rudolf Schenker (in 1990)
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz (in 1990)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Herman Rarebell (in 1990)
electric guitar [lead guitar] and electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Matthias Jabs (in 1990) and Rudolf Schenker (in 1990)
guest keyboard:
Koen van Baal (in 1990)
slide guitar:
Matthias Jabs (in 1990)
background vocals:
Francis Buchholz (in 1990), Matthias Jabs (in 1990), Klaus Meine (in 1990), Herman Rarebell (in 1990) and Rudolf Schenker (in 1990)
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine (in 1990)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1990, in 1991) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 1990)
recorded at:
Goodnight LA Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States (in 1990) and Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1990)
mixed at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Wind of Change (in 1990)
lyricist and composer:
Klaus Meine
publisher:
BMG Rights Management GmbH, Copyright Control, PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., Polygram Music, PRI Music, Inc. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
Scorpions5:13
5Under the Same Sun (1993)
recorded in:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (in 1993)
engineer:
Erwin Musper and Mike Plotnikoff
assistant producer:
Peter Kirkman
co-producer:
Scorpions
producer:
Bruce Fairbairn and Scorpions
mixer:
Erwin Musper
bass guitar:
Ralph Rieckermann
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Herman Rarebell
guest keyboard:
John Webster
guitar:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
sitar:
Rudolf Schenker
background vocals:
Matthias Jabs, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Rudolf Schenker, Bruce Fairbairn (in 1993) and Mark Hudson (in 1993)
guest background vocals:
Mark Lafrance and Paul Laine
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1993)
recorded at:
Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (in 1993)
mixed at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Under the Same Sun (in 1993)
writer:
Bruce Fairbairn, Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker
Scorpions4:53
6Still Loving You (live at Taratata, 28 April 1996)
live recording of:
Still Loving You (on 1996-04-28)
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
Scorpions feat. Vanessa-Mae6:20
7Mind Like a Tree (1996)
engineer:
Paul Ericksen and Christian Leitgeb
producer and mixer:
Peter Wolf
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
bass guitar:
Ralph Rieckermann
drums (drum set):
James Kottak
mandolin and slide guitar:
Matthias Jabs
sitar:
Rudolf Schenker
background vocals:
James Kottak, Ralph Rieckermann and Rudolf Schenker
guest background vocals:
Herman Rarebell
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Little America Studios in Austria
recording of:
Mind Like a Tree
lyricist:
Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker
composer:
Rudolf Schenker and Peter Wolf
Scorpions5:35
8You & I (1996)
assistant engineer:
Evelien Tjebbes
engineer:
Attie Bauw, Erwin Musper and Peter Kirkman
producer and mixer:
Erwin Musper
bass guitar:
Ralph Rieckermann
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Curt Cress
ebow and background vocals:
Rudolf Schenker
guest keyboard:
Luke Herzog and Koen van Baal
guest percussion:
Pitti Hecht
guitar:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at:
Goodnight LA Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States, Magic Moments Studio, Scorpio Sound Studios in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany and Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
mixed at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
You and I
lyricist and composer:
Klaus Meine
publisher:
BMG Rights Management GmbH
Scorpions6:16
9Wind of Change (2000)
programming:
Stefan Schrupp
assistant engineer:
Christofer Frank, Kurt Richter, Thomas Wollner and Michael Tuschek
engineer:
Gert Jacobs, Martin Boehm, Mirko Bezzi, Rory Kushnen and Joerg Steinfadt
producer:
Christian Kolonovits
guest bass guitar:
Ken Taylor
guest drums (drum set):
James Kottak
guitar:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
guest background vocals:
Rita Campbell, Melanie Marshall, Zoe Nicholas and Susie Webb
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at:
Galaxy Studios in Mol, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (from 2000-01 until 2000-04), Metropolis in London, England, United Kingdom (from 2000-01 until 2000-04), MG Sound Studio in Wien, Austria (from 2000-01 until 2000-04), Tonstudio Robert Hafner in Ebreichsdorf, Niederösterreich, Austria (from 2000-01 until 2000-04) and Umbi Studios in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (from 2000-01 until 2000-04)
recording of:
Wind of Change
lyricist and composer:
Klaus Meine
publisher:
BMG Rights Management GmbH, Copyright Control, PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., Polygram Music, PRI Music, Inc. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
Scorpions feat. Berliner Philharmoniker7:36
10Always Somewhere (live 2001)
recorded at:
Scorpions at Convento do Beato, Scorpions at Convento do Beato and Scorpions at Convento do Beato
recorded at:
Convento do Beato in Beato, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (from 2001-02-08 until 2001-02-10)
live recording of:
Always Somewhere (from 2001-02-08 until 2001-02-10)
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
Scorpions4:15
11Maybe I, Maybe You (2004)
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Erwin Musper
assistant mixer:
Arjen Mensinga and Huub Reijnders
bass guitar:
Paweł Mąciwoda
drums (drum set):
James Kottak
guest keyboard:
Koen van Baal
guitar:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
background vocals:
James Kottak and Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
arranger:
Erwin Musper and Koen van Baal
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Deutschland GmbH
recorded at:
Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
mixed at:
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Maybe I Maybe You
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Anoushiravan Rohani
publisher:
BMG Rights Management GmbH
Scorpions3:31
12Humanity (2007)
recording engineer:
Steve Churchyard, Jules Gondar, Matt Gruber and James Michael
assistant engineer:
Brendan Dekora, Nate Hertweck, Noah Passovoy and Noel Zancanella
engineer:
Dino Herrmann and Jon Vella
executive producer:
Desmond Child
producer:
Desmond Child and James Michael
mixer:
Greg Collins
bass guitar:
Paweł Mąciwoda
drums (drum set):
James Kottak
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
guest background vocals:
Desmond Child, James Michael, Jeanette Olsson and Jason Paige
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
mixed at:
The Nook in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Humanity
writer:
Eric Bazilian, Desmond Child, Marti Frederiksen and Klaus Meine
publisher:
Bad Candy Music, BMG Rights Management GmbH, Desmobile Inc., Edition Intro Meisel, Human Boy Music, Roba Music Verlag GmbH, Round Hill Works, Universal Music Corp., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH
Scorpions5:26
13The Best Is Yet to Come (2010)
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Micke “Nord” Andersson and Martin Hansen
engineer:
Hans‐Martin Buff
bass guitar:
Paweł Mąciwoda
drums (drum set):
James Kottak
guitar:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
background vocals:
James Kottak and Rudolf Schenker
guest background vocals:
Mikael
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
additionally recorded at:
Atlantisstudion in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden, Garage Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden and Vocal Land Studio in Germany
recorded at:
Scorpio Sound Studios in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
recording of:
The Best Is Yet to Come
lyricist:
Eric Bazilian, Rudolf Schenker, Fredrik Thomander and Anders Wikström
composer:
Eric Bazilian, Fredrik Thomander and Anders Wikström
publisher:
Bad Candy Music, BMG Rights Management GmbH, Edition Intro Meisel and Human Boy Music
Scorpions4:33
14House of Cards (2015)
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen
engineer and editor:
Hans‐Martin Buff
bass guitar:
Paweł Mąciwoda
drums (drum set):
James Kottak
guitar:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
background vocals:
James Kottak and Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recording of:
House of Cards
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
BMG Rights Management GmbH
Scorpions5:05
15Rock Believer (2022)
assistant recording engineer:
Jakob Himmelein
recording engineer and programming:
Hans‐Martin Buff
producer:
Hans‐Martin Buff and Scorpions
mixer:
Michael Ilbert
bass guitar:
Paweł Mąciwoda
drums (drum set):
Mikkey Dee
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
instruments arranger:
Rudolf Schenker
mixed at:
Hansa Mix Room in Berlin, Germany
recording of:
Rock Believer
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker
Scorpions3:57
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