Epitaph - Five Decades of Classic Rock '2020

Tracks list

In 2020 EPITAPH celebrated their 50th anniversary. Reason enough to celebrate
this with a new album and corresponding tour. The new album contains the best of
Five Decades of Classic Rock in a 3 CD box and is the culmination of their
50-year journey through the world of rock. This very varied and personal musical
statement takes the listener from the cellars of the Fantasio Club in Dortmund
to the leading rock and blues venues of Chicago, with all the trials,
tribulations, successes and broken dreams that have made EPITAPH what they are
today: a top-flight, classic rock band. Only a handful of German rock bands can
be described as legendary, and EPITAPH is definitely one of them. Founded in
1969, in the 70s they wrote music history. They were the first German band to
tour the USA several times, producing their album Outside The Law in Chicago in
1974. They made their name in Germany with TV appearances on Beat Club and
Rockpalast. Touring with Joe Cocker, Rory Gallagher, Golden Earring and ZZ-Top,
as well as countless festival appearances, EPITAPH became one of the most
popular German rock bands, quickly gaining a cult following. Over the past 50
years the band has released a total of 18 studio and live albums, 23 if you
count the digital re-releases. Things got a little quieter in the 80s and 90s,
but Epitaph returned in full swing in the new millennium. The 21st century
studio albums Remember The Daze, Dancing With Ghosts, Fire From The Soul and
Long Ago Tomorrow are albums of timeless rock music. Also a delight for fans is
the CD/DVD box Live At Rockpalast with all three Rockpalast concerts, plus the
Beat Club recordings as bonus material. The Acoustic Sessions album made Place
31 in Germanys ECLIPSED magazines top 100 rock and pop albums of 2014. EPITAPH
released a live CD/DVD box A Night At The Old Station in 2016. The current
line-up consists of the founding members Cliff Jackson (guitar/vocals) and Bernd
Kolbe (bass/vocals), as well as Heinz Glass (guitar), who joined the band back
in the 70s. The latest addition to the band is drummer Carsten Steinkämper. A
native of Dortmund, he studied percussion at the Maastricht Conservatory in the
Netherlands from 1997 to 2001.

1.01. Epitaph - Stop Look and Listen (Live, Hannover, 2012)
1.02. Epitaph - Visions (Acoustic) (Live, Hannover, 2012)
1.03. Epitaph - Early Morning (Live, Unna, 2000)
1.04. Epitaph - Crossroads (Live, Hannover, 2012)
1.05. Epitaph - Little Maggie (Acoustic)
1.06. Epitaph - Reflexion
1.07. Epitaph - Woman
1.08. Epitaph - Big City
1.09. Epitaph - In Your Eyes
1.10. Epitaph - Return to Reality
1.11. Epitaph - On the Road (Live, Cologne, 1979)
1.12. Epitaph - Bad Feeling (Live, Unna, 2000)
1.13. Epitaph - Summer Sky (Acoustic Version)
1.14. Epitaph - Heartless
1.15. Epitaph - Aint No Liar
2.01. Epitaph - Hole in My Head
2.02. Epitaph - Cold Rain
2.03. Epitaph - Evermore
2.04. Epitaph - Remember the Daze
2.05. Epitaph - Ships (In the Dark)
2.06. Epitaph - East of the Moon
2.07. Epitaph - Dancing with Ghosts
2.08. Epitaph - Ride the Storm
2.09. Epitaph - Cant You See (Live, Hannover, 2013)
2.10. Epitaph - Nightmare
2.11. Epitaph - One of These Days (Live, 2017, Anderten)
2.12. Epitaph - A Sad Song
2.13. Epitaph - Windy City
2.14. Epitaph - Lost in America
2.15. Epitaph - Keep Standing Like a Rock
3.01. Epitaph - Whats Going On (Taste Song)
3.02. Epitaph - Are You Ready
3.03. Epitaph - Sympathy (Acoustic)
3.04. Epitaph - Albatross
3.05. Epitaph - All Along the Watchtower (Acoustic)
3.06. Epitaph - Edge of the Knife
3.07. Epitaph - Villanova Junction (Acoustic Version)
3.08. Epitaph - Love Child
3.09. Epitaph - Good Times
3.10. Epitaph - Who Do You Love (Live, Hannover, 2012)
3.11. Epitaph - Train to the City
3.12. Epitaph - Outside the Law (Live)
3.13. Epitaph - Sad Song (Parambira Choir, A Capella)

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