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King Diamond in Concert 1987 - Abigail Mp3, Flac, Wma King Diamond In Concert 1987 - Abigail mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Rock Album: In Concert 1987 - Abigail Country: Netherlands Released: 1997 Style: Heavy Metal MP3 version RAR size: 1542 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1239 mb WMA version RAR size: 1941 mb Rating: 4.3 Votes: 986 Other Formats: MIDI XM ASF AHX AU AIFF DXD Tracklist 1 Funeral 1:52 2 Arrival 5:25 3 Come To The Sabbath 5:49 4 The Family Ghost 4:29 5 The 7th Day Of July 1777 4:18 6 The Portrait 4:29 7 Guitar Solo Andy 3:16 8 The Possession 3:53 9 Abigail 4:45 10 Drum Solo 3:25 11 The Candle 5:20 12 No Presents For Christmas 5:05 Companies, etc. Copyright (c) – Roadrunner Productions B.V. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Roadrunner Productions B.V. Published By – Roadster Music B.V. Pressed By – Sonopress – F-6738 Marketed By – Roadrunner Productions B.V. Distributed By – Sony Music Distributed By – Intercord Distributed By – Disctrade Distributed By – Non Stop Distributed By – Dro, S.A. Distributed By – Anonima Distributed By – Musidisc Distributed By – Pinnacle Distributed By – Metal Sales Distributed By – Steinar Distributed By – Unitor Oy Distributed By – F.M. Records S.A. Distributed By – Nika Distributed By – Shock Records Pty. Ltd. Distributed By – Jayrem Credits Bass – Timi Hansen Drums – Mikkey Dee Engineer [Live Sound Engineer Europe] – M. Böttzauw* Engineer [Live Sound Engineer USA] – V. Polselli Guitar – Andy LaRocque, Michael Moon Music By – La Rocque* (tracks: 5, 7), Diamond* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 9, 11, 12), Denner* (tracks: 8, 12), Dee* (tracks: 10) Photography By [Front Cover & Mikkey Dee Photo] – Ira Rosenson Photography By [King Diamond, Michael Moon & Andy LaRocque Photos] – John Mortensen Photography By [Timmi Hansen Photo] – Bjarne Vang Producer – King Diamond , Roberto Falcao Vocals, Lyrics By – King Diamond (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) Notes © & ℗ 1991 Roadrunner Productions B.V. "This live album was recorded at various King Diamond shows during the 1987 "Abigail Tour", and is LIVE in the true sense of the word." KD Manufactured in Germany Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 0 16861-9287-2 8 Matrix / Runout: SONOPRESS F-6738 / RR 92872 A Label Code: LC 9231 Rights Society: STEMRA Other: D. INT 846.268 Other: 79287 2 Distribution Code: MU 760 SPARS Code: AAD Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year King In Concert 1987 - Roadracer RRD 9287 RRD 9287 US 1991 Diamond Abigail (CD, Album) Records In Concert 1987 - King none Abigail (Cass, Album, Not On Label none Bulgaria 1991 Diamond Unofficial) In Concert 1987 - King Roadrunner Unnoficial Abigail (LP, Album, Unnoficial South Korea 1991 Diamond Records Unofficial) King In Concert 1987 - Roadrunner RR 9287 4 RR 9287 4 Netherlands 1991 Diamond Abigail (Cass, Album) Records In Concert 1987 - King Roadrunner RR 9287 2 Abigail (CD, Album, RR 9287 2 Germany Unknown Diamond Records RP, ) Related Music albums to In Concert 1987 - Abigail by King Diamond Mercyful Fate / King Diamond - A Dangerous Meeting King Diamond - The Dark Sides The Sonic Walthers - Medication King Diamond - Fatal Portrait King Diamond - Abigail Heads Up! - Duke King Diamond - The Eye Deicide / Amon - Amon: Feasting The Beast.
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