Alcatrazz Girlschool / England, UK 2021

The new ALCATRAZZ with Doogie White and GIRLSCHOOL, who continue to extend the longest record for a female band despite the departure of Enid Williams, are here with a live set that allows you to experience the latest tour where the two share the stage. This work is recorded from the “Stoke-on-Trent performance on November 18, 2021”. It is a super-class audience recording. While lagging behind the US, the UK scene is also aiming to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. ALCATRAZZ and GIRLSCHOOL have started a coupling tour as if they were leading the way. First of all, let’s start with the latest situation of both of them.・November 4: Oslo performance (GIRLSCHOOL)・November 11: Great Yarmouth performance (ALCATRAZZ)・November 17: Milton Keynes performance・November 18: Stoke-on-Trent performance ←★This work★・November 19: Blackpool performance・November 20: Swansea performance・November 21: Grimsby performance・November 24: Chesterfield performance・November 25: Edinburgh performance・November 26: Bradford performance・November 27: Troon performance・November 28: Newcastle performance・December 1: London performance・December 2: Wolverhampton performanceThis is the schedule that has been announced so far. Both bands started their coupling tour with one warm-up gig earlier this month. The Stoke-on-Trent performance in this work was the second concert. This work, which recorded the scene, is the best audience of the “super” moon. The sense of closeness of the club scale is tremendous, and there is no sense of distance. It is a super direct recording that goes on the so-called “sound board” ground. Let’s leave the sound here and move on to the show contents that are attracting attention. Let’s organize each set and introduce them individually. [DISC 1: GIRLSCHOOL with Tracy Lamb’s return] DEMOLITION (5 songs) Demolition Boys / Nothing To Lose / Take It All Away / Race With The Devil / Emergency HIT AND RUN (7 songs) C’mon Let’s Go / The Hunter / Hit And Run / Future Flash / Kick It Down / Watch Your Step / Tush Others (5 songs) ・ 80’s: Bomber / Screaming Blue Murder / Action ・ GUILTY AS SIN: Guilty As Sin / Take It Like A Band First up is GIRLSCHOOL, whose founder Enid Williams has left. However, the replacement was Tracy Lamb, who had also participated in the 80s and 90s. There was no sense of incongruity, and you could enjoy a show that was typical of GIRLSCHOOL. In fact, the set was a golden greatest hits set, concentrating and reducing the two great masterpieces “DEMOLITION” and “HIT AND RUN”, sprinkling “Action” from “TAKE A BITE”, in which Tracy also participated, and “Guilty As Sin” and “Take It Like A Band” from the latest work “GUILTY AS SIN”. The explosive “Bomber”, which makes you flash back to the memories of the collaboration EP, is also a close-knit and thick sound. [DISC 3-4: ALCATRAZZ with Doogie White] New songs (4 songs) Five: Grace Of God/Sword Of Deliverance/Target/Turn Of The Wheel Classics (ALCATRAZZ side: 4 songs) No Parole From Rock’n’Roll: Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live/Island In The Sun/Jet To Jet Disturbing The Peace: God Blessed Video Classics (Doogie side: 6 songs) Rainbow related: Wolf To The Moon/Ariel/Black Masquerade/The Temple Of The King Schenker related: The Girl With The Stars In Her Eyes/Vigilante Man This is the ALCATRAZZ set. When divided into three parts like this, Doogie’s selection is the most. Although it can’t be helped that there are only four songs on the new “V” album, it’s still more than the masterpieces from the first and second albums. Graham has also sung songs by RAINBOW and MSG in ALCATRAZZ, so it shouldn’t be strange, but Dougie has been in many bands and projects, and his own songs have hardly been featured anywhere. It’s an exceptional privilege to be treated on an equal footing with Graham. Moreover, it was surprising to select “The Girl With The Stars In Her Eyes” and “Vigilante Man” with Michael Schenker, and the best of all was “The Temple Of The King.” He certainly sang them live in the RAINBOW era, and Ronnie also did “Mistreated” with DIO, so it’s not impossible. It’s not impossible, but… it’s a bold selection that makes it seem like Dougie’s solo band rather than ALCATRAZZ. Also, the latest information seems to have been a member change. Mark Benkechea, who was the drummer on the album, has left the band, and Larry Patterson is sitting on the stool in this work. Although he is a veteran with a history in various bands, his most famous band in our shop is BLAZE BAYLEY BAND… it is a tough choice (although the personnel is not reflected on the official website, it is published on SNS, so there is no doubt about it). Anyway, the new ALCATRAZZ was not actually “taking over Dougie” but “partnering with Dougie on an equal footing”. This work is the latest and best full live album that allows you to witness its unexpected stance and true value. GIRLSCHOOL, which continues to protect the taste of the long-established, and the new ALCATRAZZ, which is surprising beyond freshness. Although they are almost opposites, both are live sets that allow you to fully experience the coupling show that only veterans can have. A three-disc set that allows you to be at the forefront of the revived British scene with superb sound. A live set that conveys the coupling tour of the new ALCATRAZZ with Dougie White and GIRLSCHOOL with the return of Tracy Lamb. This is a super-class audience recording of the “Stoke-on-Trent performance on November 18, 2021”. You can experience the full show of the much-anticipated, super direct sound recording that goes to the ground with a tremendous sense of intimacy on a club scale, “like a sound board”. You can experience the full show of two heroes with different personalities, ALCATRAZZ, who plays Doogie’s songs on a large scale, such as RAINBOW and Michael Schenker, and GIRLSCHOOL, who stubbornly protects the taste of a long-established establishment. Eleven, Stoke-on-Trent, UK 18th November 2021 ULTIMATE SOUND GIRLSCHOOL Disc 1(75:04) Girlschool 01. Intro 02. Demolition Boys 03. C’mon Let’s Go 04. The Hunter 05. Guilty As Sin 06. Hit And Run 07. Action 08. Future Flash 09. Kick It Down 10. Nothing To Lose 11. Take It Like A Band 12. Watch Your Step 13. Take It All Away 14. Race With The Devil 15. Bomber 16. Emergency 17. Screaming Blue Murder 18. Tush Kim McAuliffe – vocals, guitar Jackie Chambers – guitar, vocals Tracey Lamb – bass Denise Dufort – drums ALCATRAZZ Disc 2(44:38) 1. Intro 2. Grace Of God 3. Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live 4. Wolf To The Moon 5. Sword Of Deliverance 6. Target 7. Island In The Sun 8. Ariel 9. Jet To Jet Disc 3(37:57) 1. MC 2. Turn Of The Wheel 3. The Girl With The Stars In Her Eyes 4. Black Masquerade 5. God Blessed Video 6. Vigilante Man 7. The Temple Of The King Doogie White – vocal s Joe Stump – guitar Gary Shea – bass Jimmy Waldo – keyboards, vocals Larry Paterson – drums