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AXEL RUDI PELL Releases ‘XXX Anniversary Live’ Album
June 7th, 2019

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell issued live album XXX Anniversary Live on June 7th, 2019 through Steamhammer / SPV.

XXX Anniversary Live consists of live recordings taken from touring commitments in support of Knights Call, which covered cities such as Bochum, Germany and Budapest, Hungary, among others.

The outing marks 30 years since the release of December 1989 debut full-length studio album Wild Obsession, which also saw release through the Steamhammer / SPV label.

The track listing is as follows;

CD1

01. ‘The Medieval Overture’ (intro)
02. ‘The Wild And The Young’
03. ‘Wildest Dreams’
04. ‘Fool Fool’
05. ‘Oceans Of Time’
06. ‘Only The Strong Will Survive’
07. ‘Mystica’ (incl. ‘drum solo)
08. ‘Long Live Rock’

CD2

01. ‘Game Of Sins’ / ‘Tower Of Babylon’ (incl. ‘keyboard solo)
02. ‘The Line’
03. ‘Warrior’
04. ‘Edge Of The World’ (incl. ‘band introduction)
05. ‘Truth And Lies’
06. ‘Carousel’
07. ‘The Masquerade Ball’ / ‘Casbah’
08. ‘Rock The Nation’

XXX Anniversary Live’s recording line-up was as follows;

Johnny Gioeli (lead and backing vocals)
Axel Rudi Pell (lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars)
Volker Krawczak (bass)
Bobby Rondinelli (drums)
Ferdy Doernberg (keyboards)

An official lyric video for the album’s live rendition of the track ‘Only The Strong Will Survive’ can be viewed below.

Seventeenth studio record Knights Call was released in March 2018 via Steamhammer / SPV.