''Live Bites'' is a
live album
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by the
German
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**Ger ...
hard rock
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band
Scorpions
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, released in 1995.
It was recorded between 1988 and 1994 in Leningrad (Russia), San Francisco (US), Mexico City (Mexico), Berlin (Germany) and Munich (Germany).
Track listing
International version
US version
Personnel
;Scorpions
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Klaus Meine
Klaus Meine (born 25 May 1948) is a German singer and songwriter, best known as the longtime frontman of the hard rock band Scorpions. Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album, ...
– vocals
*
Rudolf Schenker
Rudolf Schenker (born 31 August 1948) is a German guitarist and founder of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter and longest-serving original member of the band. He is also the CEO/owner-manager of the Sco ...
– rhythm guitar, lead guitar, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, backing vocals
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Matthias Jabs
Matthias Jabs (born 25 October 1955) is a German guitarist and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist in the hard rock band Scorpions. He has played on all but the first five Scorpions studio albums starting with ''Lovedrive ...
– lead guitar, rhythm guitar, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, backing vocals
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Herman Rarebell
Herman Rarebell (born 18 November 1949 as Hermann Josef Erbel) is a German musician, best known as the drummer for the hard rock band Scorpions from 1977 to 1995, during which time he played on eight studio albums. Aside from playing drums, Rare ...
– drums, keyboards on "Concerto in V"
*Ralph Rieckermann – bass guitar, upright bass, backing vocals
;Additional musician
*
Francis Buchholz
Francis Buchholz (born 19 February 1954) is a German musician best known as the bass guitarist of German rock band Scorpions from 1973 until 1992. Since leaving Scorpions he has been a member of Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock.
Biography
Born ...
– bass on "Rhythm of Love" and "Living for Tomorrow"
;Studio session musicians
*Luke Herzog – keyboards on "Edge of Time"
*
Richard Baker – orchestration programming on "Heroes Don't Cry"
*
Fred White,
Linda McCrary, Alfie Silas, Ricky Nelson – choir on "Heroes Don't Cry"
*Kinderchor Majell Lustenhouwer – children's choir on "White Dove"
*Rocq-E Harrel – additional vocals on "White Dove"
;Production
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Keith Olsen
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– producer (studio tracks)
*
Erwin Musper
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– engineer, mixing
*Sander van der Heide – mastering
Charts
Album
Singles
References
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Scorpions (band) live albums
1995 live albums
PolyGram live albums
Mercury Records live albums