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album of cover songs by the

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. Originally planned by Schenker as a collection of covers featuring himself and a "revolving all-star cast of guest musicians," the album was labeled and marketed as an MSG album, with the result that Schenker received only a flat fee. In 2008, it was re-released as a Michael Schenker solo album under the title ''Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions'' and included four additional tracks (1-2 and 13-14). A Deluxe Digital version of this release is available under the "Guitar Masters: The Kulick Sessions" title. This contains instrumental versions of all the songs on the album except 'Save Yourself'. The album was re-issued again in 2011 with the title ''By Invitation Only'' by the Store For Music label, including the song "

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", which Schenker and McAuley had recorded for the

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Track listing and instrumental contributions

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cover) #* Leslie West - vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Bob Kulick - rhythm guitar #*

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- bass #* Simon Wright - drums # " Doctor Doctor" (Michael Schenker; Phil Mogg) - 6:07 (

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Jeff Scott Soto Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and (briefly) the lead vocalist for Journey in 2006–2007. Soto also sa ...

- vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Bob Kulick - rhythm guitar #* Jeremy Rubolino -

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- bass #* Brent Chassen - drums # " War Pigs" ( Bill Ward; Geezer Butler;

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cover) #* Tim "Ripper" Owens - vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Bob Kulick - rhythm guitar #* Mike Inez - bass #* Aynsley Dunbar - drums # "I'm Not Talking" (

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Mark Slaughter Mark Allen Slaughter (born July 4, 1964) is an American singer and musician, and one of the founders of the glam metal band Slaughter. Career Slaughter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 4, 1964. Before the formation of Slaughter, he fr ...

- vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Bob Kulick - rhythm guitar #* Jeff Pilson - bass #* Aynsley Dunbar - drums # "

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cover) #* Tommy Shaw - vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Edgar Winter - sax #* Tony Levin - bass #*

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Out in the Fields "Out in the Fields" is a song by Irish musicians Gary Moore and Phil Lynott, who had previously been bandmates in Thin Lizzy. Written by Moore and released as a single in 1985, the song was also featured on his album '' Run for Cover'' in the sa ...

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) - 4:25 (Gary Moore cover) #* Gary Barden - vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Bob Kulick - rhythm guitar #*

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- bass #* Brent Chassen - drums # " Hair of the Dog" (

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Pete Agnew Pete Agnew (born 14 September 1946) is a Scottish bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Nazareth. Born in Dunfermline, he is the sole continuous member who still is performing with the band, which released its first album '' Nazar ...

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- vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Bob Kulick - rhythm guitar #*

Phil Soussan Philip Raphael “Phil” Soussan (born 23 June 1961, London, England) is a British bass guitarist, songwriter and producer who has gained notoriety as a member of a host of famed rock and roll bands, including some who have been frontman, front ...

- bass #* Vinny Appice - drums # "

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- vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Bob Kulick - rhythm guitar #* Tony Franklin - bass #*

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- drums # "Politician" ( Jack Bruce;

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cover) #* Jeff Pilson - vocals, bass #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Brent Chassen - drums

Track Listing from ''Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions'' (2008 re-release)

# "Save Yourself" (

Robin McAuley Robin McAuley (born 20 January 1953) is an Irish singer. He is best known as the vocalist for the rock band McAuley Schenker Group from 1986 to 1993, which saw the band release three studio albums: '' Perfect Timing'', '' Save Yourself'', '' M.S ...

; Michael Schenker) - 5:55 (with Robin McAuley) # " Finding My Way" ( Alex Lifeson; Geddy Lee) - 5:19 (

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cover) #* Sebastian Bach - vocals #* Michael Schenker - lead guitar #* Bob Kulick - rhythm guitar #* Tony Franklin - bass #* Eric Singer - drums # "All Shook Up" # "Blood of the Sun" # "Doctor Doctor" # "War Pigs" # "I'm Not Talking" # "Money" # "Out in the Fields" # "Hair of the Dog" # "I Don't Live Today" # "Politician" # "Doctor Doctor" - 6:16 (

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version) # "War Pigs" - 7:25 (instrumental version)

Track Listing from ''Guitar Masters - The Kulick Sessions (Deluxe Digital Version)''

# "Save Yourself" # "Finding my Way" # "All Shook Up" # "Blood of the Sun" # "Doctor Doctor" # "War Pigs" # "I'm Not Talking" # "Money" # "Out in the Fields" # "Hair of the Dog" # "I Don't Live Today" # "Politician" # "Doctor Doctor" (instrumental version) # "War Pigs" (instrumental version) # "Hair of the Dog" - 4.14 (Instrumental version) (Bonus Track) # "I Don't Live Today" - 4.20 (Instrumental version) (Bonus Track) # "All Shook Up" - 4.26 (Instrumental version) (Bonus Track) # "Money" - 6.10 (Instrumental version) (Bonus Track) # "Blood of the Sun" - 3.57 (Instrumental version) (Bonus Track) # "Out in the Fields" - 4.30 (Instrumental version) (Bonus Track) # "I'm Not Talking" - 4.16 (Instrumental version) (Bonus Track) # "Politician" - 5.49 (Instrumental version) (Bonus Track)

Track Listing from ''By Invitation Only'' (2011 re-release)

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Steve Harris Steve Harris may refer to: * Steve Harris (musician) (born 1956), founder member and bassist of the band Iron Maiden * Steve Harris (actor) (born 1965), American film and TV actor * Steve Harris (basketball) (1963–2016), American basketball playe ...

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cover) #*Robin McAuley – lead vocals #*Michael Schenker – lead guitar #*Pete Fletcher – rhythm guitar #*Tony Franklin – bass #*

Brian Tichy Brian Tichy (born August 18, 1968) is an American musician, best known as having been the drummer for Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Foreigner (band), Foreigner, Sass Jordan, and Ozzy Osbourne. He was the drummer of Whitesnake from 2010 to 2013. His s ...

– drums # "Save Yourself" # "Finding My Way" # "All Shook Up" # "Blood of the Sun" # "Doctor Doctor" # "War Pigs" # "I'm Not Talking" # "Money" # "Out in the Fields" # "Hair of the Dog" # "I Don't Live Today" # "Politician"

Credits

*Bob Kulick - producer, arrangements, mixing *Brett Chassen - producer, engineer, mixing *Jeremy Rubolino - keyboards, strings production, digital editing *

Bruce Bouillet Bruce Allan Bouillet (; born February 3, 1965, in Memphis, TN) is an American guitarist. He has played guitar for a variety of bands, most notably Racer X, The Scream, DC-10, and Epidemic. Bouillet is known for his technically proficient play ...

, Bob Held,

Billy Sherwood William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes (band), Yes as guitarist and ke ...

- engineers *Kris Solem - mastering *Brian Perera - executive producer

References

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