In 1975, The Scorpions were at the make-or-break point in a career that had kicked off a decade earlier in Hannover, northwestern Germany.
The band's debut album, Lonesome Crow – produced by Krautrock pioneer Conny Plank and featuring a very young Michael Schenker – was a psychedelic curio, but it was very much the sound of a band searching for a direction. The follow-up, Fly To The Rainbow, was self-produced, and an improvement. With new guitarist Uli Jon Roth on board the sound widened in scope, and opener Speedy's Coming found the band coming to grips with their own style.
