McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP – PERFECT TIMING LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1987 UFO

McAuley Schenker Group – Perfect Timing
(EMI Records  1987  EMC3539)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– some wear to corners and a couple of small marks on back near top
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

McAuley Schenker Group (commonly abbreviated to as MSG) was a multi-national rock band based in Los Angeles featuring core members Robin McAuley (vocals) and Michael Schenker (guitar), a successor (and eventual predecessor) to Schenker’s earlier band Michael Schenker Group. McAuley was initially contacted to replace singer Gary Barden in MSG. However, the strong partnership immediately formed between McAuley and Schenker led to the change of the name from Michael Schenker Group to McAuley Schenker Group, retaining the same initials of the previous band MSG.

Perfect Timing is the debut album recorded by the McAuley Schenker Group. It was the first collaboration between Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley (ex-Grand Prix and Far Corporation), resulting in Schenker’s first top 100 US hit with the song “Gimme Your Love.”

• All songs written by Robin McAuley and Michael Schenker, except where noted.

1. “Gimme Your Love” (Rocky Newton, McAuley) – 4:52
2. “Here Today – Gone Tomorrow” – 4:38
3. “Don’t Stop Me Now” – 3:56
4. “No Time for Losers” – 4:13
5. “Follow the Night” – 4:39
6. “Get Out” – 4:07
7. “Love Is Not a Game” (Newton, McAuley, Alan Nelson) – 4:12
8. “Time” (Schenker, McAuley, Newton) – 4:00
9. “I Don’t Wanna Lose” 4:15
10. “Rock ‘Til You’re Crazy” 4:05

Band members

• Robin McAuley – lead vocals
• Michael Schenker – lead guitar
• Mitch Perry – rhythm guitar, additional lead guitar on tracks 1 and 6, backing vocals
• Rocky Newton – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Bodo Schopf – drums

Additional musicians

• Steve Mann – keyboards and rhythm guitars

Production

• Andy Johns – producer, engineer, mixing
• Henrik Nilsson, Frank Wuttke, Jan Nemec, John Hanlon, Mark Stebbeds – engineers
• Paul Wertheimer – mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering