RECORDED WHERE: Düsseldorf, West Germany
DATE: October, 17th, 1989
RELEASED ON: VHS & DVD
STAND-OUT TRACK(S): Conquistadores & Prisoners of our Time
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SETLIST:
Intro
Riding The Storm
Bad To The Bone
Raw Ride
Raging Fire
Tortuga Bay
Uaschitschun
Bass Solo
Final Gates
Conquistadores
Prisoner Of Our Time
ABOUT: Filmed live at Tor 3, Düsseldorf, West Germany on October, 17th, 1989, it was released on VHS in the US and Europe in 1990, and not on DVD until 2007.
The European VHS on the left, and the US version on the right side.
OPINION: In my opinion Running Wild deserved a much bigger spotlight in the 80’s than what they got. We get a lot of traditional metal and some in the vein of 1980’s Helloween. All there albums up until this point, Gates To Purgatory, Branded And Exiled, Under Jolly Roger, Port Royal and Death Or Glory are all really good. I wouldn’t rate any of them below GREAT. Personal favorites to me are Gates To Purgatory & Under Jolly Roger.
The concert as such is pretty entertaining, high energy and vocalist Rock 'n’ Rolf is charismatic. At around 15:50 we even get to see some Tipton/Downing "dancing”. Unfortunatly it’s cut down and several tracks is missing from what was played that night. Not sure why, but a guess is that it was supposed to fit on a 60 minute VHS tape.
As always I would wish for a 4k (or 2k) scan of the master for a blu-ray release, and the whole concert (if it’s available), but that will probably never happen. So I have to be satisfied with this great YouTube upload.
