The Scorpions : Lonesome Crow

SUN IS DRYING 

OUT MY BRAIN

THE SMILE

AND INSTALLATIONS

ARE MY PAIN..

 Lonesome Crow

 is the

 debut

 studio album

 by the 

German

 Rock band 

The Scorpions

 It was recorded

 soon after

The Scorpions

 became a

 fully professional band

 under the production 

of Conny Plank,

 apparently in 

only six 

or seven days, 

and released on 

February,29th 1972 

in West Germany

 as the soundtrack

 to the German 

anti-drug movie 

Das Kalte Paradies, 

and May 1973

 in the United States.

 The album's style is 

darkly melodic, 

typical for early 

Scorpions 

but unlike

 their later work.

Background

It is the band's 

only album 

with

 lead guitarist 

Michael Schenker 

 just 16

 at the time 

of the recording

 as a 

full-time member. 

He soon left

 to join UFO

 and was

 replaced by

 Ulrich Roth. 

Schenker would, 

however, 

rejoin 

briefly 

during the

 recording and

 touring of

 1979's

 Lovedrive.

With Lonesome Crow, we were just a young band trying to find our way, trying to shape an artistic style to find the Scorpions DNA. There was a ballad with "In Search of the Peace of Mind", and a psychedelic rocker with the title track, "I’m Goin' Mad", [which] was a great rocker with Michael Schenker playing great solos. We were just a young band with talented guys, with no idea on where to go from here. For the subsequent album, Fly to the Rainbow, we brought in Uli Roth, who had a Hendrix influence, and Rudolf and I became a songwriter team. When Matthias Jabs joined the band, we found our style, fast riffs but great melodies, along with the power ballads.

— Klaus Meine

 I Also Added 

This 

Little Gem

It's 

The Scorpions

(AKA The Hunters)

Singing a Cover of 

The Sweet

A Side

(Fox on The Run)

Then B Side

(Action)

Singing in German 

https://mega.nz/folder/m65gxDRb#ZjQNLqEI0ShFwYhofW17Hw

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