Michael Schenker Group – Assault Attack
Жанр: Hard Rock
Год выпуска: 1982
Лейбл: Chrysalis – CHR 1393
Страна-производитель: US
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks
Формат записи: 24/96
Формат раздачи: 24/96
Продолжительность: 39:52
Источник оцифровки: tombern @ May 17th, 2012
Треклист
A1 Assault Attack 4:16
A2 Rock You To The Ground 5:48
A3 Dancer 4:41
A4 Samurai 5:16
B1 Desert Song 5:51
B2 Broken Promises 6:21
B3 Searching For A Reason 3:46
B4 Ulcer 3:53
Album
Assault Attack is the third studio album from The Michael Schenker Group, and the only album to feature former Rainbow vocalist Graham Bonnet. The album was recorded in France at the Château d'Hérouville and was produced by Martin Birch.Band members
Michael Schenker - guitars
Graham Bonnet - lead & backing vocals
Chris Glen - bass
Ted McKenna - drums, percussion
Additional musicians
Tommy Eyre - keyboards
Production
Martin Birch - producer, engineer
Benedict Tobias Fenner, Patrick Drouget - engineers
Overview
After returning to the UK from Japan in August 1981, having recorded the live album One Night at Budokan, Schenker and his band played a short tour of the UK. After the tour Cozy Powell and Peter Mensch (MSG's manager) wanted a better singer for the band and suggested David Coverdale, but Schenker himself wanted Graham Bonnet. After some disagreements, which ultimately led to the termination of the cooperation between Mensch and MSG, Bonnet joined the MSG in February 1982. Meanwhile, Cozy Powell and Paul Raymond left the band for their own reasons and were replaced by ex-Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Rory Gallagher drummer Ted McKenna and session keyboardist Tommy Eyre (Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Alex Harvey, Greg Lake, Gary Moore, B.B. King, etc.). After four months the band went to France to commence the album that would became Assault Attack. As a producer they choose Martin (The Ninja) Birch who arrived fresh from Iron Maiden's album The Number of the Beast. The sessions took part at a French castle, called Château d'Hérouville. Nevertheless, the MSG-Bonnet cooperation would be short-lived, due to a serious incident caused by a drunk Bonnet who insulted Schenker especially and the rest of the band, in front of the audience in a warm up gig at the Sheffield Polytechnic, just before the appearance at the Reading Festival. That was the last time until the Tales of Rock'n'Roll album that Schenker and Bonnet cooperated. The BBC broadcast of the Reading Festival concert was released in 1993 as BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert.
Attracting mixed reviews on release, it is now looked on more favourably, and Schenker himself is considered by many to be in top form. More recent CD reissues contains the bonus track "Girl from Uptown," the b-side of "Dancer", the album's sole single.
Tech
Vinyl condition: VG
RCM - Disc Washer Manual
Rega 533 TT
RB250 Tonearm
ClearaudioCconcept MM Cartridge
Rega PP3 Preamp
Presonus Audiobox 22VSL USB Audio Interface
Audacity (24/96 capable ASIO BUILD) for recording
manually click repaired with RX2
For 16/44.1 - Dithered then resampled to redbook with RX2
Wavs converted to FLAC (at 24/96 and 16/44) with traderslittlehelperAnalyzed: Mchael Schenker Group / Assault Attack
DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -1.20 dB -16.18 dB 4:14 A1-Assault Attack
DR13 -1.55 dB -16.56 dB 5:40 A2-Rock You To The Ground
DR13 -1.16 dB -15.60 dB 4:38 A3-Dancer
DR13 -0.97 dB -16.21 dB 5:10 A4-Samurai
DR13 -0.89 dB -16.34 dB 5:46 B1-Desert Song
DR13 -0.89 dB -16.35 dB 6:18 B2-Broken Promises
DR13 -2.24 dB -16.72 dB 3:44 B3-Searching For A Reason
DR12 -1.48 dB -15.57 dB 3:52 B4-Ulcer
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR13