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Yngwie J. Malmsteen - The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection
   
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection
Line Up:
Vocals: Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Boals, Joe Lynn Turner, Goran Edman
Guitars: Yngwie Malmsteen
Drums: Barriemore Barlow, Anders Johansson, Michael Von Knorring
Keyboards: Jens Johansson, Mats Olausson
Bass: Marcel Jacob, Svante Henrysson, Barry Dunaway, Bob Daisley

Track List
1. Black Star
2. Far Beyond The Sun
3. I'll See The Light Tonight
4. You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
5. Liar
6. Queen In Love
7. Hold On
8. Heaven Tonight
9. Deja Vu
10. Guitar Solo - (live)
11. Spanish Castle Magic - (live)
12. Judas
13. Making Love (extended guitar solo)
14. Eclipse
Just like Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and Edward Van Halen; Yngwie Malmsteen took the world of guitar by surprise with his superb technique. Although there are a lot of imitators, he remain the main Neoclassical metal pioneer and best performer.
 
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Instead of basing his playing in the usual pentatonic and blues scales, he used different modes and scales more familiar with baroque music than with rock, making his guitar sounding more like a violin, specially the vibrato.
 
Most of his best recordings from 1984 to 1990 are here, but this collection lacks his greatest moments with Steeler and Alcatrazz before he turned into a solo artist (the song Hot on your heels should have been here, since it includes an excelent and complex guitar solo from a very young Yngwie)
 
Besides Yngwie´s guitar skill Is amazing hear his song on the voice of some of the best singers of hard rock worldwide like Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Boals, Joe Lynn Turner and Goran Edman
 
The Collection is a great start for those who are not familiar with his music, along with his "Rising Force" album.