Old YJM

[dg]

Finally found a clip of Yngwie doing Now Your Ships are Burned, and it's really old. He was 18 or 19, and sang on this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnX4jtU3_gs

Here's a demo from around the same period (audio only):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLl36nhXl9g

[charvelguy]

Wow.. brilliant. Really on his game...very focused, major intensity and control goin on yet its got some great raw improv happening. Tight.. the others in his band aren't slouches either. Mustaine can eat his heart out. This was some great guitar playing.

[skorb]

that was fukken awesome, thanks for posting that!

wow we think that's amazing now, think about how insane it was to hear that in 1981 when no one had ever played guitar like that before.

Jimi in 67, Eddie in 78 and Yngwie in 83. the 3 major turning points of rock guitar where historic new playing styles were exposed upon an unsuspecting public.

[jwoods986]

That was really cool. I've never seen anything that early from Yngwie. And you're right on, skorb. There have been a lot of great guitarists but those 3 are the ones that changed rock guitar.

[sambencuda]

I remember hearing he Rising Force Album for he first time. Blew me away. It was the same hing as hearing Eddie for the first time. It's a shame that he didn't sustain that level of writing. Rising force and Marching Out were the best. After that it slowly went down hill IMO.

Is Rising Force still in print? I'd love to pick up a copy of that.

[slayer]

Yngwie rips big time. I still think he is one of the best ever Jack.

[Cleveland Metal]

I'd seen the YJM in the new player spotlight in Guitar Player magazine like in 81-82 I guess, and was really curious about him. Then the day I got the "Blackstar" single in a Guitar player magazine shortly after the Spotlight article, I was just blown away.

Steve Vai's "blue powder" was like the month before or after and it still didn't grab me anywhere close to the way that the YJM stuff did. I was just awed by it at that time. I truly wore that little free single out listening to that tune.

[RacerX]

I remember hearing the Rising Force Album for he first time. Blew me away.

+1

I'm old, too!

Is Rising Force still in print? I'd love to pick up a copy of that.

http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Force-Yngwie-Malmsteens/dp/B000001FDQ/sr=8-1/qid=1170138288/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1195661-4584717?ie=UTF8&s=music

[charvelguy]

I'd seen the YJM in the new player spotlight in Guitar Player magazine like in 81-82 I guess, and was really curious about him. Then the day I got the "Blackstar" single in a Guitar player magazine shortly after the Spotlight article, I was just blown away.

Steve Vai's "blue powder" was like the month before or after and it still didn't grab me anywhere close to the way that the YJM stuff did. I was just awed by it at that time. I truly wore that little free single out listening to that tune.

Pretty sure it was '83 (not solid on that tho as I'm a little shady on my dates of reading this stuff too). Yngwie really caught my eye for some reason.. probably because the name, but Varney also said he crossed Al Dimeola with Blackmore into 'neo classical' style and that he was a great showman.
I recall reading about Gilbert too when he was featured at 15 years!
I remember he caught my eye, not just because of the age (which is a feat in itself), but also because it said he was into everything musically from the Ramones to Classical.
Going back even more.. they used to review albums in the back of GP.
I recall seeing the first VH album.. it didn't make the primary spotlight, not even the sub primo mentions.. but more just an 'honorable' mention at the very tail of the reviews.. I just recall reading about how Eddie splattered his molten hot licks on the tracks... or something like that.
The next year? You can bet VH took prime review space.. front and center the biggest spot.

[jackson1]

As a guitar player newbie, I remember listening to Yngwie's first album in a record shop way back.
I sat there, frozen, in awe, with the headphones on for the whole album. When it finished, I felt like some devine entity had just shown me the true path to life. I swear I sat there only for a few minutes, but I listened to the whole album, start to finish, paralyzed.

Don't forget Tony Macalpine's: Edge of Insanity. Same era, fantastic player.

[Erez]

nice stuff.. thanks for the post

[jwoods986]

Alright, geek time It was the Feb. '83 issue. Featured an 18 year-old Yngwie and Gilbert (15) in the same spotlight column. Pretty cool.

[sonofspy]

Yep just pulled out my old issue...

BS detector...Zappa's on the cover
Scofield and Krieger listed below him.

Let's do the timewarp...

Y says of soloing:"Though it's much harder, Im always
improvising my solos because I think the present feeling
in your mind comes into the guitar and the result is more
honest."

Cheers!

Son Of Spy (Old F*rt)