Michael Schenker - One Night At Budokan (CD)

Two CD set. Kerrang's Malcolm Dome writes in the reissues' liner notes, "Opening with a thunderous version of "Armed And Ready", we get the clarion all of "Cry For The Nations" and the inevitable "The Attack Of The Mad Axeman". From here on in, it's a roller coaster ride through a classic hard rock performance: "I Want More" (listen to the almost telepathic way in which Schenker and Raymond combine), "Victims Of Illusion", the driving "Into The Arena", the epic "Lost Horizons", before the main set is brought to a climatic conclusion with arguably the ultimate version of UFO's "Doctor Doctor". One Night in Budokan is that rarity among albums: a release that perfectly sums up just why MSG are held in thrall by all those fortunate enough to see them in all their pomp. A giant of a band at the considerable height of their powers."