Uli Jon Roth at Kasbah 1/12/18

 Kasbah nightclub in Coventry, well known tacky haunt of students from both the city’s Universities, seemed an unlikely place to host a Uli Jon Roth gig but turned out to me a nice intimate setting, with surprisingly good acoustics. One of the early dates of his 50th Anniversary tour, covering material from across his career Scorpions, Electric Sun (including a…

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Tokyo Tapes Revisited – Uli Jon Roth

Revisiting the awesome Scorpions live album of 1978, both the original and revisited recorded live at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Japan. The latter with Nathan James on vocals. A great live accompaniment to the Scorpions Revisited album, also by Uli Jon Roth released in 2015.  Line-up mostly the usual suspects: Uli Jon Roth (guitar) Nathan James (vocals) Jamie Little…

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Uli Jon Roth at the Robin 2 1/6/15

 This week Uli Jon Roth embarked on a mini tour of England as part of a wider tour to promote his latest album, “Scorpions Revisited“, with an appearance at the Robin 2 in Bilston. Rather than a full blown review, I just wanted to  share some photos I took on my phone that actually came out surprisingly well (mostly due to…

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Scorpions Revisted – Uli Jon Roth

 Released February 9th 2015, this double album from Uli Jon Roth is simply delightful. It has a very “live recording” feel to it, and gives a fresh look on old classics from Uli’s Scorpions days mid to late 70’s. The bulk of the tracks are taken from either In Trance (’75) or Virgin Killer (’76) with a smattering of songs…

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