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 Post subject: [2025-10-17] Scorpions "From The First Sting" 2CD compilation (BMG)
PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:55 pm 
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2CD Deluxe Edition
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To celebrate 60 years of Scorpions' incredible journey, 'From The First Sting' takes you through the band's most iconic and defining eras. Featuring 31 handpicked tracks, this comprehensive collection showcases the band's decades of work, shining a lasting light on the career of these influential masters of the genre.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind
2. This Is My Song (Rock & Pop, 09.11.1973) *
3. Speedy’s Coming
4. In Trance
5. Pictured Life
6. The Sails Of Charon
7. Top Of The Bill (Live)
8. Holiday
9. Always Somewhere
10. Lady Starlight
11. The Zoo
12. No One Like You
13. When The Smoke Is Going Down
14. Still Loving You
15. Rock You Like A Hurricane
16. Big City Nights

[CD2]
1. Rock You Like A Hurricane (Live)
2. Believe In Love
3. Send Me An Angel
4. Wind Of Change
5. Under The Same Sun
6. Still Loving You ( Taratata, 28 Apr 1996) – Scorpions & Vanessa-Mae *
7. Mind Like A Tree
8. You & I
9. Wind Of Change (Moment Of Glory)
10. Always Somewhere
11. Maybe I Maybe You
12. Humanity
13. The Best Is Yet To Come
14. House Of Cards
15. Rock Believer

* Previously Unreleased

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 Post subject: [2025-10-17] Scorpions "From The First Sting" 2CD compilation (BMG)
PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:58 pm 
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One of the previously unreleased tracks, "This Is My Song (Rock & Pop, 09.11.1973)":



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 Post subject: [2025-10-17] Scorpions "From The First Sting" 2CD compilation (BMG)
PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:26 pm 
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There is also going to be a 1 CD version. If I remember right, the 1 CD version is mostly (not all) "rockers," and the 2 CD version seemed to really pile in the "ballads."

Also, I had read that only the 1 CD version was being released in the USA. That seemed really odd, so the plans may have changed, but it's possible that the 2CD version may only be available through the UK link.

As a side note, I know that Scorpions were not in the same category as Bon Jovi and Def Leppard when it came to getting pop radio airplay in the USA. But when I first saw the track-listing a week ago, I was surprised that Rhythm of Love is not in there, so I went to Wiki to check out their singles history to see if there was anything else missing. I was very surprised to see that they only had 6 singles to hit the Hot 100, and only 2 top 40 hits (Rock You Like a Hurricane, Winds of Change). I would have thought there would be a few more in there.


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 Post subject: [2025-10-17] Scorpions "From The First Sting" 2CD compilation (BMG)
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:13 pm 
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What a stinker!

Only 2 CDs and you’re getting TWO versions of:

Still Loving You
Always Somewhere
Rock You Like A Hurricane

Also, they chose inferior songs from most albums and really went nuts with the ballads.

What a bizarre collection that nobody will buy.

There is a 3 CD comp called Box Of Scorpions which covers 1972-2002 and is very well done.

I think that’s OOP though.

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 Post subject: [2025-10-17] Scorpions "From The First Sting" 2CD compilation (BMG)
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:16 pm 
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JosephC wrote:
There is also going to be a 1 CD version. If I remember right, the 1 CD version is mostly (not all) "rockers," and the 2 CD version seemed to really pile in the "ballads."

Also, I had read that only the 1 CD version was being released in the USA. That seemed really odd, so the plans may have changed, but it's possible that the 2CD version may only be available through the UK link.

As a side note, I know that Scorpions were not in the same category as Bon Jovi and Def Leppard when it came to getting pop radio airplay in the USA. But when I first saw the track-listing a week ago, I was surprised that Rhythm of Love is not in there, so I went to Wiki to check out their singles history to see if there was anything else missing. I was very surprised to see that they only had 6 singles to hit the Hot 100, and only 2 top 40 hits (Rock You Like a Hurricane, Winds of Change). I would have thought there would be a few more in there.


I looked in my Rock Tracks book for Billboard and they had 19 Album Rock hits including 8 Top 10 hits, so that’s where they scored big, not the singles charts.

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 Post subject: [2025-10-17] Scorpions "From The First Sting" 2CD compilation (BMG)
PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:01 pm 
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Update: I've added pre-order links for the 1CD Standard Edition to the opening post.


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