{"product_id":"scorpions-blackout-1","title":"Scorpions - Blackout [10]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scorpions - Blackout\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1982, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Hanover, Germany 10\/26\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMatrix #:\u003c\/strong\u003e SRM-1-4039 (Mercury, label cat #)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e VG+++ (LM) | \u003cstrong\u003eMembers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scorpions (N\/A) | \u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dieter Dierks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e      [10]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKlaus Meine Offered to Quit:\u003c\/strong\u003e While the band was writing Blackout in 1981, Klaus Meine lost his voice and offered to step aside so he would not hold the Scorpions back. Rudolf Schenker and the band refused to replace him. After two operations on his vocal cords and long vocal retraining, he came back with a wider range than before.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDon Dokken Sang the Placeholders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Don Dokken, then an unknown LA singer, was cutting his own album Breaking the Chains in the same studio. He laid down quick scratch vocals on a couple of songs, about 20 minutes of work, just to get the melodies on tape while Klaus healed. None of it was used, and Dokken ended up credited only for backing vocals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Screaming Man Is the Artist:\u003c\/strong\u003e The cover is a self-portrait of Austrian painter Gottfried Helnwein, his head wrapped in bandages with forks bent into his eyes. Rudolf Schenker later dressed up as that same character in the \"No One Like You\" video, and the image became one of the band's best-selling T-shirts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42998343794875,"sku":"","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/files\/744tjl3cytjeihmx6xdw35pfd.jpg?v=1793057709","url":"https:\/\/powerplantrecords.com\/products\/scorpions-blackout-1","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}