THIS IS A RARE HANDWRITTEN / AUTOGRAPHED LETTER FROM FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SCORPIONS, RUDOLF SCHENKER. IT IS DATED SEPT. 19, 1977 AND WAS SENT FROM HIS HOME CITY OF HANNOVER, GERMANY. THIS ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPHED LETTER BY RUDOLF SCHENKER AS WELL AS THE HAND AUTOGRAPHS OF KLAUS MEINE, ULRICH ROTH, FRANCIS BUCHHOLZ AND RUDY LENNERS ARE IN EXC. CONDITION. THEY HAVE BEEN IN CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE AND AWAY FROM DIRECT SUNLIGHT FOR THE LAST 44+ YEARS! MY BROTHER AND I WERE HUGE SCORPION FANS AT THE TIME, BEGINNING WITH THE "FLY TO THE RAINBOW" LP WHICH WE FOUND IN A RECORD STORE WHICH HAD MORE OBSCURE RECORDINGS BY UNKNOWN ARTISTS. WE WERE HOOKED IMMEDIATELY BY THEIR INCREDIBLE SOUND AND THE GUITAR WORK OF ULI ROTH! WE WERE PART OF A SELECT FEW IN THE UNITED STATES THAT EVEN KNEW WHO THE SCORPIONS WERE. WE WANTED DESPERATELY TO SEE A LIVE SHOW AND MY BROTHER DECIDED TO WRITE A LETTER AND THIS WAS THE RESPONSE. IN THIS REPLY LETTER, RUDOLF SCHENKER URGES US TO WRITE THEIR RECORD COMPANY, RCA, THAT A CONCERT TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES MAY BE ARRANGED. HE ALSO GRACIOUSLY SENT A HAND AUTOGRAPHED CARD(BACK SHOT OF THE "INTRANCE" LP) OF ALL THE BAND MEMBERS(RUDOLF SCHENKER, KLAUS MEINE, ULRICH ROTH, FRANCIS BUCHHOLZ AND RUDY LENNERS) AT THE TIME. FOR US, THIS WAS THE GREATEST INCARNATION OF THE BAND! ALSO INCLUDED ARE RARE "INTRANCE" AND ORIGINAL BANNED "VIRGIN KILLER" LP COVER DECALS. THESE STICKERS HAVE NEVER BEEN USED AND HAVE THE ORIGINAL BACKING. INFORMATION AND PRESS RELEASES ABOUT THE BAND WERE ALSO SENT, AS WELL AS A BLACK AND WHITE GLOSSY PHOTO OF THE BAND SHOWING NEW DRUMMER HERMAN RAREBELL. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1979 THAT THE SCORPIONS MADE THEIR CONCERT DEBUT IN THE UNITED STATES OPENING FOR HARD ROCKER TED NUGENT AT THE WORLD SERIES OF ROCK IN CLEVELAND'S MUNICIPAL STADIUM IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. FOLLOWING THAT PERFORMANCE, "LOVEDRIVE" ENTERED THE U.S. CHARTS AND STAYED THERE FOR 30 WEEKS. THE REST IS HISTORY!
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