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Yngwie Malmsteen, who started a guitar revolution with ALCATRAZZ and quickly transitioned to a solo career, is just 20 years old. An official treasure trove of his youthful enthusiasm is set to be released. The true identity of this work is the official promotional LP “RADIO SPECIAL (MI 4137)” produced by POLYDOR Records. This is a direct CD release from that top-quality version. This LP is an interview album produced at the time of the release of his solo debut album “RISING FORCE.” While playing the studio tracks (5 songs) from “RISING FORCE,” the young Yngwie talks in between with Japanese guitarist T○K Yonemochi as the listener. The highlights of the album are, of course, the comments of the hot-blooded 20-year-old Yngwie. Let’s briefly introduce the contents of the interview. —How is “RISING FORCE”? What is your favorite song? YM: It’s all great! I was able to do everything I wanted, and in a way it exceeded my expectations. Among them, “Far Beyond The Sun” and “Black Star” are special. But I like all the songs. —How do you write your songs? What inspires you? YM: I get inspiration from books and movies. But most of the songs just come to me naturally when I’m playing the guitar. —Your new group is also RISING FORCE, right? A reunion of your old Swedish band? YM: We had the same name in Sweden, but it’s a new group. We played locally with some of the members, but at different times. Jens Johansson is just an amazing keyboard player. It’s really fun to work with him. His brother Anders is the drummer. We found the vocalist Jeff Scott Soto through MTV. He’s very young and a good singer. Marcel Jacob is the bassist who I used to play with in RISING FORCE for about two years. —What kind of music do you want to play with your new group RISING FORCE? YM: When we start touring, we want to play something really heavy and melodic. It’s sophisticated but energetic heavy rock… it might have a different vibe from the first album. I thought of “RISING FORCE” as a completely instrumental piece. It’s not that commercial. But I already had the songs for the band’s album (which was followed by “MARCHING OUT”) written, and I just added some interesting guitar solos to it. Cheers! (he gulps beer) —Do you have any special practice methods? Did you study music theory or anything? YM: I don’t practice! I just play for fun. It’s the same with composing. I just play and play and play, and it comes together. I’ve never had any training, and I’ve never gone to school. But I only listen to classical music. The classical music on the album is self-taught. I can play like a classical guitar, but I think my style is closer to violin. I can’t play a real violin. I can read music, but I think it’s when I compose that I need the basics. Harmony, structure, and things like that to create a classical atmosphere. —Do you refine your solos? Or do you improvise? YM: I completely improvise! I never play the same solos even in rehearsals. So the recordings are fresh. 90% of the songs on (the first album) were first takes. When I listen to the album again, there are times when I want to play a solo that I like again, but I only do a part of it on stage. I never feel the same attraction to all of them. That’s not creative. –What made you start playing guitar? YM: My mother gave me a guitar when I was five years old. I didn’t play until I was seven or eight, but then I saw Jimi Hendrix on TV and thought, “I’ll play too. I’ll destroy the guitar too!” Besides Jimi, I also liked Ritchie Blackmore. But we’re not similar, right? Whether that’s good or bad, we’re not similar, right? Classical music is what influenced me the most. Recently, I like to go see bands with skilled violinists. Jean-Luc Ponty, for example. And Keith Emerson, who has been quiet lately. I don’t like guitarists these days. It would be too long to transcribe the whole thing, so I’ve just roughly translated it, but that’s it. Whether it’s his praise of the band members at the time or his voice expressing excitement about his first solo album, he exudes a strong scent of “1984”. And when you listen to the music while listening to his comments, the masterpieces of “RISING FORCE” sound even more powerful. The “revolution in guitar playing” in ALCATRAZZ was a shock, but the “creation of neo-classical music” in “RISING FORCE” was even more intense. This is a great album that fuses rock and classical music not at the phrase level but at the composition level, and is packed with instrumental songs that even people who don’t play instruments can be moved by. This is a piece that really lets you feel the passion of Yngwie, who was in the midst of such a great revolution. Taken from the original Japanese promotional record “Radio Special” (Polydor, MI 4137)(38:11) 1. Yngwie Malmsteen Interview 2. Black Star 3. Yngwie Malmsteen Interview 4. As Above, So Below 5. Yngwie Malmsteen Interview 6. Evil Eye 7. Yngwie Malmsteen Interview 8. Icarus’ Dream Suite Op.4 9. Yngwie Malmsteen Interview 10. Far The Sun Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, bass Jens Johansson – keyboards Barriemore Barlow – drums Jeff Scott Soto – vocals
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