Taken B-Side

Taken B-Side is an unofficial or bootleg compilation album by the German rock band Scorpions, released in 2009. It contains songs that were released only as bonus tracks of certain studio albums and includes new recordings, cover versions, live tracks and B-sides of some singles. Two of the tracks are not in the rock genre and were not performed by the band. One of them was based on a poem and it involved only the lead vocalist.

Track details
Disc 1 1. Bonus track on the Japanese edition of Humanity: Hour I

2. From the compilation albums Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell and Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads

3, 4. Bonus tracks on the Japanese edition of Unbreakable

5. Studio track on the US edition of Live Bites

6. Studio track on the non-US edition of Live Bites

7. Bonus track on the Japanese edition of Eye II Eye

8. Bonus track on the Japanese edition of Pure Instinct

9. From the "Hit Between the Eyes" CD single and Freejack soundtrack

10. Bonus track on the Japanese and European editions of Face the Heat

11. From the "White Dove" CD single

12. From the "Under the Same Sun" maxi single

13. From the "You and I" CD single

14. Bonus track on the Japanese edition of Face the Heat

15. Bonus track on the Japanese edition of Acoustica

16. From the "Humanity" CD single

17. Studio track on the non-US edition of Live Bites

18. From the Japanese mini album Wind of Change

19. From the "You Are the Champion" CD single

Disc 2 1, 4. From the compilation album Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions

2. From the "Alien Nation" maxi single

3. From the "When You Came Into My Life" CD single

5. From the "When Love Kills Love" CD single

6. From the European edition of Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads

7, 9. From the US edition of the compilation album Deadly Sting

8. From the "Veter peremen" CD single

10. Hidden track on the US edition of Face the Heat

11. From the "Miracle" CD single

12. From the "To Be No. 1" CD single

13. From the "Still Loving You" CD single

14. From the "10 Light Years Away" CD single

15. From the "When You Came Into My Life" CD single

16. From the Acoustica DVD

17. From the "Fuchs geh' voran" vinyl single

18. From the Moment of Glory DVD

19. From the Schönherz & Fleer album Rilke Projekt – "In meinem wilden Herzen"

Personnel
Band members Klaus Meine – lead vocals, tambourine

Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, acoustic guitar (disc 1 tracks 11, 15, disc 2 tracks 5, 10, 16), talk box (disc 2 tracks 1, 13), rhythm guitar (disc 2 track 3), backing vocals

Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (disc 1 tracks 4, 6, 10, 14, 15, 17, disc 2 tracks 3, 5, 10, 11, 16), co-lead vocals (disc 2 track 6), lead guitar (disc 2 track 8), backing vocals

Paweł Mąciwoda – bass guitar (disc 1 tracks 1, 3, 16, 19, disc 2 track 11), backing vocals

Past members Uli Jon Roth – lead guitar and co-lead vocals (disc 2 track 17)

Ralph Rieckermann – bass guitar (disc 1 tracks 5-8, 11-15, 17, disc 2 tracks 1-5, 7, 9, 12-16, 18), upright bass (disc 2 track 10), backing vocals

Francis Buchholz – bass guitar (disc 1 track 18, disc 2 tracks 6, 8, 17), backing vocals

James Kottak – drums and percussion (disc 1 tracks 1, 3, 4, 15, 16, 19; disc 2 tracks 1, 4, 5, 11-16, 18), backing vocals, rapping (disc 2 track 14)

Herman Rarebell – drums (disc 1 tracks 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18; disc 2 tracks 2, 6-10), backing vocals

Rudy Lenners – drums (disc 2 track 17)

Additional musicians

On "Edge of Time", "You and I" (single edit) and "When You Came Into My Life": Luke Herzog – keyboards

On "Heroes Don't Cry": Richard Baker - orchestration programming

Fred White, Linda McCrary, Alfie Silas, Ricky Nelson - choir

On "Alex & Julie's Love Theme": Brad Dechter – orchestrator

Artie Kane – conductor

Tom Boyd – oboe soloist

On "You and I" (single edit) and "When You Came Into My Life": Koen van Bael - keyboards

On "You and I" (both single edit and "Butcher" radio mix), "She's Knocking at My Door" and "Kiss of Borrowed Time": Curt Cress – drums, percussion

On "You and I" ("Butcher" radio mix): Unknown session musicians – ukulele, violin

On "White Dove": Kinderchor Majell Lustenhouwer - children's choir

Rocq-E Harrel - additional vocals

On "Veter peremen" and "Viento de cambio": Koen van Baal, Robbie Buchanan - keyboards

On "Humanity" (radio edit): David Campbell – orchestra conductor

On "You Are the Champion": Michael Kleitman – additional vocals

On "Marie's the Name (His Latest Flame)": Unknown session musicians – saxophone, trumpet

On "Rhythm of Love" and "Back to You": Christian Kolonovits – piano, Hammond organ

Johan Daansen – acoustic guitar

Mario Argandoña – percussion

Hille Bemelmanns, Liv Van Aelst, Kristel Van Craen − backing vocals

On "Fuchs geh' voran": Achim Kirschning – synthesizer, keyboards

On "We Don't Own the World": The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

On "Bis wohin reicht mein Leben": Senait – spoken word vocals

Zabine – additional vocals

Dawn-Faith Schönherz – choir

Ossi Schaller – guitars

Edvin Marton – violin

Richard Schönherz – arranger