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Hot & Slow: Best Masters of the 70's

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Many people that know Scorpions only know of their "mercury years." (The albums they released here in the states.) Well you've got another thing coming. The scorpions with Klauss Meine, and Uli Roth created some of the hottest tunes while establishing their career in Germany. This collection of their greatest hits from the early years (70's) includes some of their finest work like "Pictured Life," Robot Man," In Trance," "Virgin Killer," "Yellow Raven," etc. If you like scorpions American debut albums like Blackout, Savage Amusement, and Pure Instinct, I strongly urge you to get their early albums. Its heavy-metal at its finest. This album is a perfect place to start because it will give you samples from their early years. So Enjoy!

For those who are not sure whether to buy this compilation of seventies Scorpions? Here's some help.

Tracks 1-5 are taken from the 1974 album "Fly To The Rainbow".
Tracks 6-11 are taken from the 1975 album "In Trance".
Tracks 12-17 are taken from the 1976 album "Virgin Killer".

One thing I don't understand is how come this compilation did not feature anything from "Taken By Force" and "Tokyo Tapes-Live" (both released in 1978)? I mean it was the Scorpions last two albums on RCA before signing to Mercury to make "Lovedrive" (1979).

As for the sound quality? The sound is pretty good. Don't expect Rhino Records remastering sound. Remember these songs were made in the mid seventies.

Highlight rockers off this album : "Speedy's Coming", "Virgin Killer" and "Catch Your Train"

As I've written in other reviews of CD's released that contain songs from their past, the songs are outstanding, and a good representation of their roots, but its release wasn't necessary to hold their fans over until they released an all NEW CD. It's a money making proposition for the band. That said, I still bought it to add to my collection of their body of work and to encourage the band (via record sales) to keep rockin'!

You gotta have this!!!!!!!!!!

This cd contains pretty much the best of the best from the Scorpions early days. It's missing a few gems, theirs no doubt about that. Tunes like He's A Woman She's A Man, Steamrock Fever and The Sails Of Charon should be on here. They were really the last tunes from the older style of music the band used to play. Ulrick was still around as well, so those added songs would have really completed this Best Of compilation. However, having said that, the tunes that are here are great songs and deserve our respect. This 70's best of is a darn good one. The packaging is no big deal with no pics or anything like that, but the sound is very good so it gets a 4 stars.

Check it out!

... at probably their very best. A lot of people remember Scorpions just because of hits like "Blackout", "Rock You Like A Hurricane", "Wind Of Change", "You And I" etc.

Well, that's not a bad thing. But check out their earlier albums! You'll be blown away! This complilation plays a role in that. While I'll admit that IMHO, they left out some great songs, I also realise that it is a compilation disc and they can't fit EVERYTHING in it.

I recommend this CD. It'll broaden your horizon as regards Scorpions.

It has all the best songs from the Scorpions in the 70's. It contains five songs out of the all the Scorpions albums from the 70's, from the album "Fly to the Rainbow" to "Virgin Killer" which in all would be 17 songs(2 of the songs in there, I don't know what album they came from, I think they're bonuses). Though they didn't put the songs from their first album in there or the songs from their last two 70's album which contained Ulrich Jon Roth in one of them, I would recommend this album if you are a fan of the Scorpions songs from the eighties such as Rock you like a hurricane or Big City nights. You would definetely love this CD then.

This is it! This cd is all you need. The only problem is there's no songs from Lovedrive. However, this seems to concentrate only from the RCA era. (a.k.a.- The Uli Roth Days!!) After Lovedrive, the Scorpions were more interested in making money than good music. Although, who can really blame them? Even though their commercial success came from Blackout thru Crazy World, a "real" Scorpion fan knows that this is the best of their best!