''World Wide Live'' is a live album by German

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band

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, released in 1985. The original audio recording was produced by

Dieter Dierks Dieter Dierks (born 9 February 1943) is a German record producer, sound engineer, music publisher, studio owner and musician. He became well known as producer of the rock band Scorpions who were signed to him between 1975 and 1988. Before that ...

. A VHS was released at the same time with footage of Scorpions' world tour. The live album was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set, in a gatefold-sleeve, and a cassette. The liner notes contain a crew member list, tour date information and when the shows were recorded: *Bercy, Paris, France (1984-02-29) *The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1984-04-24 & 1984-04-25) *Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA (1984-04-26) *Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, USA (1984-04-28) *Sporthalle, Cologne, West Germany (1984-11-17) The initial CD release featured 15 tracks (dropping "Another Piece of Meat", "Six-String Sting" and "Can't Get Enough", parts 1 & 2, due to time constraints), but the remastered edition of 1997 features the original album in full.

Track listing

Audio

Side one # "Countdown" ( Klaus Meine,

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 '' Lovedri ...

) - 0:41 # "Coming Home" (

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 Sc ...

, Meine) - 3:17 (original studio version appears on ''

Love at First Sting ''Love at First Sting'' is the ninth studio album by German rock band Scorpions. It was released on 27 March 1984 on Harvest/ EMI in Europe and Mercury in the US. The album contains "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Still Loving You", and " Big C ...

'', 1984) # "Blackout" (Schenker, Meine,

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 ...

, Sonja Kittelsen) - 4:11 (original studio version appears on '' Blackout'', 1982) # "Bad Boys Running Wild" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) - 3:45 (original studio version appears on ''Love at First Sting'') # "Loving You Sunday Morning" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) - 4:41 (original studio version appears on ''

Lovedrive ''Lovedrive'' is the sixth studio album by German band Scorpions, released in 1979. Considered by some critics to be the pinnacle of their career, ''Lovedrive'' was a major evolution of the band's sound, exhibiting their "classic style" that wo ...

'', 1979) # "Make It Real" (Schenker, Rarebell) - 3:51 (original studio version appears on '' Animal Magnetism'', 1980) Side two #

" Big City Nights" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:49 (original studio version appears on ''Love at First Sting'') # "Coast to Coast" (Schenker) – 4:40 (original studio version appears on ''Lovedrive'') # "Holiday" (Schenker, Meine) – 3:12 (original studio version appears on ''Lovedrive'') # " Still Loving You" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:44 (original studio version appears on ''Love at First Sting'') Side three # "

Rock You Like a Hurricane "Rock You Like a Hurricane" is a song by the German hard rock band Scorpions, considered their signature song. The song was released as the lead single from their ninth studio album, '' Love at First Sting'' (1984). It was written by Klaus Meine, ...

" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) – 4:04 (original studio version appears on ''Love at First Sting'') # "Can't Live Without You" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:28 (original studio version appears on ''Blackout'') # "Another Piece of Meat" (Schenker, Rarebell) – 5:36 (original studio version appears on ''Lovedrive'') # "Dynamite" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) – 7:05 (original studio version appears on ''Blackout'') Side four #

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" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:46 (original studio version appears on ''Animal Magnetism'') # " No One Like You" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:07 (original studio version appears on ''Blackout'') # "Can't Get Enough", Pt. 1 (Schenker, Meine) – 1:59 (original studio version appears on ''Lovedrive'') # "Six String Sting" (Matthias Jabs guitar solo) – 5:18 # "Can't Get Enough", Pt. 2 (Schenker, Meine) – 1:52 (original studio version appears on ''Lovedrive'')

Video

# "Coming Home" # "Blackout" # "Big City Nights" # "Loving You Sunday Morning" # " No One Like You" # "Holiday" # "Bad Boys Running Wild" # " Still Loving You" # "

" # "Dynamite" # "I‘m Leaving You" (Studio version which plays over credits)

Personnel

Scorpions * Klaus Meine – lead vocals, rhythm guitar on "Coast to Coast"Liner notes *

– rhythm guitars, lead guitars on "Big City Nights", "Coast To Coast", "Holiday" and "Still Loving You",

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–

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s, rhythm guitars on "Big City Nights", "Coast To Coast", "Holiday" and "Still Loving You",

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on “The Zoo”, backing vocals *

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– bass, backing vocals *

– drums, backing vocals Production *

– producer, audio mixing *Mike Beiriger – engineer, mixing *David Hewitt – engineer *Gerd Rautenbach – engineer

Charts

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Singles

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References

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