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There really isn't any reason to give this review less than 5 stars. The performances from Uli are better than ever and the rest of his band is fantastic. I was initially a little surprised to see two other guitarists but it didn't take anything away from Uli and they are outstanding in their own right. When many bands extend songs beyond their original format for live performance, sometimes it just drags and becomes an exercise in self-indulgence. In most of the cases here, that isn't true which definitely makes these songs an improvement over their studio counterparts. The song selection was great but if I had to be negative about anything, it wouldn't be the selection as much as it would be calling this Tokyo Tapes Revisited. With a title like that, you would expect almost a carbon copy of the original Tokyo Tapes with (maybe) a few exceptions. This is not the case. I counted 6 songs on this release that were not on Tokyo Tapes originally (Longing for Fire, Crying Days, Sails of Charon, Sun in my Hand, Virgin Killer, and I've Got to be Free). If you go by the true original release, you would have to add Catch Your Train also. Extra songs are never a bad things and some of these songs are my favorite Scorpions tracks from the early days. However, it is not just the added songs, it is the songs missing from the original (Backstage Queen, Suspender Love, In Search of the Peace of Mind, He's A Woman She's a Man, Speedy's Coming, Steamrock Fever, Robot Man, and if you go by the extended release, Hell Cat. I'm not sure if the songs were based on who wrote the songs since Hell Cat is a Uli Jon Roth song while a song like Catch Your Train is not. So, it's not really a matter of having bad song selection, it's just a matter of the title Tokyo Tapes Revisited. I understand it was recorded in the same venue which is a nice touch and for these reasons, I wouldn't deduct a star.
I would deduct maybe 1/2 star for something that many groups are guilty of. I hate cover versions. I can maybe understand why All Along the Watchtower and Little Wing were chosen but I would rather have had either some of the Scorpions songs listed above, or even better, an Electric Sun song or two. How great would it have been to see Earthquake performed, especially with Ule Ritgen there? I would also have loved to see Drifting Sun performed. One of my favorite Uli Jon Roth/Scorpions songs and one that actually has keyboards (I wasn't really sure a keyboard player was needed for this performance.). Evening Wind, Your Light, and Night Lights would have been a nice interlude if he was going to add more Roth-composed tracks.
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