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| Released | June 14, 1985[1] | |||
| Recorded | Love at First Sting World Tour 23 January 1984 – 7 February 1985 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal[2] | |||
| Length | 77:27 | |||
| Label | Harvest/EMI (Europe) Mercury (US) | |||
| Producer | Dieter Dierks | |||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984–1985 World Tour | |||
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| Length | 60 min. | |||
| Label | PMI / Castle | |||
| Director | Hart Perry | |||
| Producer | Marty Callner, Hart Perry | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[4] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[5] |
World Wide Live is a live album by German rock band Scorpions, released in 1985. The original audio recording was produced by Dieter Dierks. A VHS was released at the same time with footage of Scorpions' world tour.
The live album was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set, in a gatefold-sleeve, and a cassette. The liner notes contain a crew member list, tour date information and when the shows were recorded:
- Bercy, Paris, France (1984-02-29)
- The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1984-04-24 & 1984-04-25)
- Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA (1984-04-26)
- Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, USA (1984-04-28)
- Sporthalle, Cologne, West Germany (1984-11-17)
The initial CD release featured 15 tracks (dropping "Another Piece of Meat", "Six-String Sting" and "Can't Get Enough", parts 1 & 2, due to time constraints), but the remastered edition of 1997 features the original album in full.
- ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 7 June 1985. p. 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Review: Scorpions - World Wide Live | Sputnikmusic". Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions World Wide Live review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ Holmes, Tim (12 September 1985). "Album Reviews: Scorpions - World Wide Live". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2012.