Doctor, Doctor: The Kulick Sessions - Guitar Master

Michael Schenker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0011BJPX0
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,193 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Save Yourself

2. Finding My Baby

3. All Shook Up

4. Blood of the Sun

5. Doctor Doctor

6. War Pigs

7. Im Not Talking

8. Money

9. Out in the Fields

10. Hair of the Dog

11. I Don't Live Today

12. Politician

13. Doctor Doctor [*][Instrumental]

14. War Pigs [*][Instrumental]

Editorial Reviews

Review

An all-star lineup of platinum musicians featuring ex-Scorpions, ex-U.F.O. guitar slayer Michael Schenker pay tribute to some of the greatest rock songs ever!

Heart-pounding, fist shaking, all new renditions of rock classics such as War Pigs, Money and Hair Of The Dog just to name a few!

Features Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Tommy Shaw (Styx) and Robin McAuley (The McAuley-Schenker Group) PLUS members from Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Ozzy and more! --Official Press Release

Product Description

1. Save Yourself feat. Robin McAuley (The McAuley-Schenker Group)
2. Finding My Way feat. Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
3. All Shook Up feat. Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow)
4. Blood Of The Sun feat. Leslie West (Mountain)
5. Doctor, Doctor feat. Jeff Scott Soto (Yngwie Malmsteen)
6. War Pigs feat. Tim Ripper Owens (ex-Judas Priest)
7. I m Not Talking feat. Mark Slaughter (Slaughter)
8. Money feat. Tommy Shaw (Styx)
9. Out In The Fields feat. Gary Barden (Michael Schenker Group)
10. Hair Of The Dog feat. Paul Dianno (ex-Iron Maiden)
11. I Don t Live Today feat. Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
12. Politician feat. Jeff Pilson (ex-Dokken)

BONUS TRACKS
13. Doctor Doctor (Instrumental Version)
14. War Pigs (Instrumental Version)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great music, December 12, 2008

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Nick Ferrante Jr. (northern nj. usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor, Doctor: The Kulick Sessions - Guitar Master (Audio CD)

it is a cd with different singers and musicians. it is very good. if you like classic hard rock you will love this. also has tracks without the singer for a different variation. great cd. doctor doctor is the highlight. war pigs was done very nice in its own way. blood from the sun with leslie west was also very good. sebastian bach track was some cool guitar playing. overall i give it a thumbs up.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a reissued set of cover tunes, from the prodigious Mr. Schenker . . ., July 24, 2010

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trebe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor, Doctor: The Kulick Sessions - Guitar Master (Audio CD)

In a career that spans nearly forty years, Michael Schenker has been one of the most influential and productive guitarists in heavy rock and metal. An immensely talented musician, through the years Schenker has explored a number of styles from acoustic to electric, playing in bands like Scorpions and UFO, leading his own band MSG, and as a solo artist.

The Kulick Sessions (2008) contains the same material found on the 2005 MSG album Heavy Hitters, but with four additional tracks. The material is primarily cover tunes featuring the versatile guitarist playing some of his favorite songs, with an all star lineup of featured vocalists and musicians. The collection of rock classics is given the full Schenker treatment, as Michael stretches his musical wings, lacing the tunes with his blistering lead work.

Among the new tracks is a faster version more energized version of Save Yourself, with Robin McAuley on vocals, and Schenker providing supercharged leads that are more furious than the 1989 original. Another terrific addition is a cover of Rush's Finding My Way, with Sebastian Bach on vocals. The remaining bonus tracks are the album versions of Doctor Doctor and War Pigs, with the vocal tracks removed.

In general the guitars and vocals dominate in the mix, with the bass way back and hardly audible. Like most collections of cover tunes, there some hits and some misses, when it comes to capturing the spirit of the originals.

Pink Floyd's Money, features Tommy Shaw singing, and Edgar Winter on sax, but doesn't come close to capturing the vibe of the original. Elvis Presley's All Shook Up, is given a totally modern reworking with Joe Lynn Turner singing, but is something of an anomaly here. With so many other versions already recorded, unless vocalist Jeff Scott Soto absolutely insisted, selecting Doctor Doctor over all the other UFO songs available, seems like wasting an opportunity to do something really new.

An driving version of Nazareth's Hair Of The Dog, with aggressive vocals by Paul Di'Anno, reaches out and grabs you by the throat. Mountain's Blood Of The Sun, featuring Leslie West singing, has tons of Schenker's ultra smooth guitarwork. With Gary Barden's vocals, and minus the keyboards of the original, Gary Moore's Out In the Fields sounds stripped down, and quite edgy and energetic. Schenker's style doesn't have much in common with Tony Iommi, but featuring the screeching vocals of Tim "Ripper" Owens, War Pigs is far less dark, but is still a pretty interesting listen. Multi-talented Jeff Pilson is underrated as a singer, but he does a fine impersonation of Jack Bruce's singing style in Cream's Politician. For more of Jeff's singing look for the Lynch/Pilson album, Wicked Underground (2003).

Overall, this is still a solid collection with plenty of incendiary guitar from the mad axeman. Apparently there was an issue with releasing Heavy Hitters as an MSG album, which it clearly was not, hence this subsequent release under Michael Schenker's name. If you already have Heavy Hitters, a rebuy for essentially two songs, probably is not warranted, but for others interested in hearing Schenker doing more cover tunes (similar to the Endless Jam recordings), this might be worth checking out.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cover songs - great singers, March 17, 2008

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This review is from: Doctor, Doctor: The Kulick Sessions - Guitar Master (Audio CD)

This covers album is great and has many different singers. Sebastian Bach, Mark Slaughter, and Robin McAuley to name a few. You can't go wrong with this one.