Product Overview
Gamma Ray : Heading for the East / Introduction and track-by-track audio review from journalist Malcolm Dome / Producer: Peter Ernst / Executive Producer: Mike Smith / Director: Steve Payne / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 55 Minutes
UPC: 5050361730196
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.47 x 0.55 x 7.72 inches; 3.84 Ounces
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Date First Available : September 23, 2014
- Number of discs : 1
Following a thoroughly promising career start, their debut Heading For Tomorrow having caused an international stir and netted phenomenal sales fi gures in February 1990, Gamma Ray embarked on a major tour only a few months after the album release. As Heading For Tomorrow turned into a commercial success particularly in Asia, Gamma Ray were still on their European tour when they received invitations to Japan:a total of four shows in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. This offer inspired their record company to have producer Steve Payne accompany the band members and their crew to the Land of the Rising Sun to record the two shows in Tokyo for a live DVD (back then, sound and image storage media were still called VHS cassettes). Japan welcomed the new act with open arms. During the four shows in Japan, the new Gamma Ray line-up proved to be a homogenous unit and dynamic live act. They played two nights in a row in Tokyo in front of more than 3,000 fans each and delivered the hoped-for fi rst-rate material for their live DVD Heading For The East, which arrived at the stores in December 1990. The shows set list consisted mainly of tracks from the debut album Heading For Tomorrow as well as the Helloween tracks I Want Out, Ride The Sky, Save Usand Freetime, a composition which vocalist Ralf Scheepers had brought with him from his former band Tyran Pace. Thanks to the 2015 anniversary re-release Heading For The East, the legendary Tokyo concert from 1990 is now available on CD for the fi rst time, perfectly remastered by producer/sound engineer Eike Freese (Dark Age, Deep Purple)."
- Lust For Life Heaven Can Wait Space Eater
- Freetime Who Do You Think You Are • The Silence
- Save Us I Want Out Ride The Sky / Hold Your Ground
- Money Heading For Tomorrow.
- Ralf Scheepers - lead vocals
- Uli Kusch- drums, vocals
- Dirk Schlächer - guitars, bass, vocals
- Kai Hansen - guitars, vocals
- Uwe Wenzel - bass, guitars, vocals
- Jøm Ellerbrock - keyboards
