Experience the raw power and precision of one of rock’s greatest guitarists with this ultimate live anthology spanning the formative years of the Michael Schenker Group.

This 6-disc box set features four complete, career-defining performances:

Manchester Apollo – 1980
The explosive debut tour featuring early classics.

Nippon Budokan, Tokyo – 1981
A legendary show captured at the height of MSG's powers.

Hammersmith Odeon – 1983
Recorded at London’s Hammersmith Odeon with special guests including Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine of Scorpions, available in its entirety for the very first time.

Seibu Stadium, Tokyo – 1984
A powerhouse festival set showcasing MSG’s melodic metal mastery, previously only available on laserdisc in Japan.

An additional DVD includes the full visual concerts of Hammersmith Odeon – 1983 and Seibu Stadium, Tokyo – 1984.

The set is accompanied by a booklet featuring exclusive liner notes by acclaimed rock journalist Martin Popoff and a brand-new interview with Michael Schenker himself, offering personal insights into the era, the band, and these legendary performances. The booklet also includes previously unreleased photographs.

Housed in a premium two-part rigid box, this release is designed not only for fans of Michael Schenker and MSG, but also for serious collectors of classic rock and heavy metal history. With its wealth of unreleased material and expertly curated content, this box set serves as both a stunning time capsule and an essential addition to any rock archive.

The Michael Schenker Group – Live & Ready: 1980–1983
5CD / 1DVD Box Set

Two-piece slipcase box set.
Extensive collection, remastered at AIR Mastering.
Booklet featuring extensive liner notes by Martin Popoff, including an interview with Michael Schenker and rare photographs.

TRACKLISTING:

CD 1 – Manchester Apollo, Manchester
30th September 1980

Armed & Ready
Cry For The Nations
Victim Of Illusion
Natural Thing
Feels Like A Good Thing
Into The Arena
Looking Out From Nowhere
Rock Bottom
Tales Of Mystery
Lost Horizons
Shoot Shoot
Doctor Doctor
Lights Out

CD 2 – Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
12th August 1981

Introduction
Armed And Ready
Cry For The Nations
Attack Of The Mad Axeman
But I Want More
Victim Of Illusion
Into The Arena

CD 3 – Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
12th August 1981

On And On
Never Trust A Stranger
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Tales Of Mystery
Cozy Powell Drum Solo
Courvoisier Concerto
Lost Horizons
Doctor Doctor
Are You Ready To Rock

CD 4 – Hammersmith Odeon, London
22nd–23rd October 1983

Captain Nemo
Rock My Nights Away
Ready To Rock
Cry For The Nations
Rock You To The Ground
Attack Of The Mad Axeman
Into The Arena
Courvoisier Concerto
Rock Will Never Die
Desert Song
I'm Gonna Make You Mine
Red Sky
Looking For Love
Armed And Ready
Little Devil
Doctor, Doctor
Thank You

CD 5 – Seibu Stadium, Tokyo
12th August 1984

Captain Nemo
Rock My Nights Away
Cry For The Nations
On And On
Lipstick Traces
Bijou Pleasurette
Into The Arena
Courvoisier Concerto
Lost Horizons
I'm Gonna Make You Mine
Armed And Ready
Doctor, Doctor

DVD – Full Visual Concerts:

Hammersmith Odeon, London – 22nd–23rd October 1983
Seibu Stadium, Tokyo – 12th August 1984

Tracklist:

CD1: Manchester Apollo, Manchester, 30th September 1980
Armed ; Ready
Cry for the Nations
Victim of Illusion
Natural Thing
Feels Like a Good Thing
Into the Arena
Looking Out from Nowhere
Rock Bottom
Tales of Mystery
1
Lost Horizons
1
Shoot Shoot
1
Doctor Doctor
1
Lights Out
CD2: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 12th August 1981
Introduction
Armed and Ready
Cry for the Nations
Attack of the Mad Axeman
But I Want More
Victim of Illusion
Into the Arena
CD3: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 12th August 1981
on and on
Never Trust a Stranger
1
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
1
Tales of Mystery
1
Cozy Powell Drum Solo
1
Courvoisier Concerto
1
Lost Horizons
1
Doctor Doctor
1
Are You Ready to Rock
CD4: Hammersmith Odeon, London, 22ND-23rd October 1983
Captain Nemo
Rock My Nights Away
Ready to Rock
Cry for the Nations
Rock You to the Ground
Attack of the Mad Axeman
Into the Arena
Courvoisier Concerto
Rock Will Never Die
1
Desert Song
1
I'm Gonna Make You Mine
1
Red Sky
1
Looking for Love
1
Armed and Ready
1
Little Devil
1
Doctor, Doctor
1
Thank You
CD5: Seibu Stadium, Tokyo, 12th August 1984
Captain Nemo
Rock My Nights Away
Cry for the Nations
on and on
Lipstick Traces
Bijou Pleasurette
Into the Arena
Courvoisier Concerto
Lost Horizons
1
I'm Gonna Make You Mine
1
Armed and Ready
1
Doctor, Doctor
DVD: Full Visual Concerts: Hammersmith Odeon, London, 22ND-23rd October 1983Seibu Stadium, Tokyo, 12th August 1984

UPC: 840401722152
Label: Chrysalis
Release Date: 4.3.26
Format: CD

Michael Schenker - Live & Ready: 1980 - 1984 (CD)