McAuley Schenker Group
McAuley Schenker Group “Perfect Timing”
1. GIMME’ YOUR LOVE
2. HERE TODAY - GONE TOMORROW
3. DON’T STOP ME NOW
4. NO TIME FOR LOSERS
5. FOLLOW THE NIGHT 6. GET OUT
7. LOVE IS NOT A GAME
8. TIME
9. I DON’T WANNA LOSE
10. ROCK ‘TIL YOU’RE CRAZY
After making his debut at a mere 17 years of age on the Scorpions first album in 1972, mad axe-man and guitar maestro Michael Schenker spent five years as lead guitarist with Brit rockers UFO, before forming the Michael Schenker Group (MSG for short) with singer Gary Barden in 1979. After four studio albums and two live records, released on Chrysalis between 1980 and 1984, Michael returned in 1987 for the “Perfect Timing” album, but now fronted by former Grand Prix and Far Corporation singer Robin McAuley, with a change of name to the McAuley Schenker Group, but still conveniently shortened to MSG.
The new look MSG recorded a total of four albums, starting with the melodic “Perfect Timing” (1987), “Save Yourself” (1989), “M.S.G.” (1992) and finally with “Unplugged – Live” (1992).
“Perfect Timing” from 1987 features three singles; ‘Love Is Not A Game’, ‘Follow The Night’ and the US Hot 100 Hit ‘Gimme Your Love’. The set features an expanded 16 page booklet with period memorabilia and rare photos, plus a new essay from Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome based on brand new interviews with Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley, conducted in 2012 especially for this release.
McAuley Schenker Group “Perfect Timing”
1. EVE
2. PARADISE
3. WHEN I’M GONE
4. THIS BROKEN HEART
5. WE BELIEVE IN LOVE
6. CRAZY
7. INVINCIBLE
8. WHAT HAPPENS TO ME
9. LONELY NIGHTS
10. THIS NIGHT IS GONNA LAST FOREVER
11. NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE
A 17 year old Michael Schenker made his first recording appearance as lead guitarist with the Scorpions on their 1972 debut before recording five studio albums plus a double live LP with UFO for Chrysalis Records. After leaving UFO, he formed the Michael Schenker Group (MSG for short) with singer Gary Barden in 1979, releasing four studio albums and two live records between 1980 and 1984. Michael returned in 1987 with the “Perfect Timing” album fronted by former Grand Prix singer Robin McAuley, and a change of name to the McAuley Schenker Group (but still “MSG” for short). The new look MSG recorded a total of four albums, starting with the melodic “Perfect Timing” (1987), “Save Yourself” (1989), “M.S.G.” (1992) and finally with “Unplugged – Live” (1992).
1992’s “M.S.G.” is certainly a harder, grittier affair than the previous McAuley Schenker releases, and includes the single, ‘Never Ending Nightmare’.
The set features an expanded 16 page booklet with period memorabilia and rare photos, plus a new essay from Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome based on brand new interviews with Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley, conducted in 2012 especially for this release.
MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP “Unplugged - Live”
1. ANYTIME
2. WE BELIEVE IN LOVE
3. WHAT HAPPENS TO ME
4. BAD BOYS
5. GIMME YOUR LOVE
6. NATURAL THING
7. PERRIER
8. WHEN I’M GONE
9. NIGHTMARE
10. DOCTOR DOCTOR
11. LIGHTS OUT
BONUS TRACKS FROM “NIGHTMARE: THE ACOUSTIC MSG”
12. ANYTIME
13. WE BELIEVE IN LOVE
14. WHAT HAPPENS TO ME
15. BAD BOYS
After making his debut at a mere 17 years on the Scorpions first LP in 1972, guitar wunderkind and mad axe-man Michael Schenker spent five years as lead guitarist with Brit hard rockers UFO, before forming the Michael Schenker Group (MSG for short) with singer Gary Barden in 1979. With four studio albums and two live records under his belt, released between 1980 and 1984, he returned in 1987 for the “Perfect Timing” album, now with former Grand Prix singer Robin McAuley, with a change of name to the McAuley Schenker Group, but still conveniently shortened to MSG.
This new look MSG recorded a total of four albums, the last of which was “Unplugged Live” (1992). As well as key McAuley Schenker songs, recorded live in Los Angeles in 1992, the album features three UFO classics; ‘Natural Thing’, ‘Doctor Doctor’ and ‘Lights Out’. The bonus tracks are unique acoustic studio versions of ‘Anytime’, ‘We Believe In Love’, ‘What Happens To Me’ and ‘Bad Boys’, all taken from the “unplugged in the studio” Japanese only mini-album “Nightmare: The Acoustic MSG”.
The set features a 16 page booklet with a new essay from Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome based on new interviews with Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley, conducted especially for this release.
