Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad is the first live album by Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, recorded over several dates in February 1989 in Leningrad, Soviet Union, and released on 10 October 1989 through Polydor Records. The album reached #31 on the Swedish albums chart and #128 on the Billboard 200. A VHS video of the concert was released on 11 July 1991 through PolyGram, and a DVD edition was reissued in Japan on 12 December 2006 through Universal Music.
Contents
Track listing
Video release
Intro - Heaven Tonight
Rising Force
Liar
Queen In Love
Deja Vu
You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
Crystal Ball
Far Beyond the Sun
Dreaming (Tell Me)
Fury
Guitar Solo (Trilogy Suite Op. 5 / Spasebo Blues)
Heaven Tonight
Riot in the Dungeons
Black Star
Spanish Castle Magic
End Titles (Heaven Tonight)
Personnel
Yngwie Malmsteen – lead vocals (track 11), guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals, mixing, producer
Joe Lynn Turner – lead vocals (except track 11), backing vocals (track 11)
Jens Johansson – keyboard
Anders Johansson – drums
Barry Dunaway – bass, background vocals
Tony Platt – engineering
Mark Dearnley – mixing
Matthew Budd – mixing assistance
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Video credits:
Ralph Mastrangelo – sound engineer
Mike Downs – assistant sound engineer
Andrew Keightley – lighting designer
Graeme Kidd Stanton – lighting technician
Geoffrey Horne – guitar technician
Gareth Hughes – keyboard and bass technician
Russell Reader – drum technician
Neil Kirby – production manager