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Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad

1989 live album by Yngwie Malmsteen

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ1512239 ↗
Source-derived summary

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.

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.

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The public source identifies “Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad” as 1989 live album by Yngwie Malmsteen. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Trial, Fire and Live.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 1991, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1989-10-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Trial, Fire and Live providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1512239. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1989, 1991 and 2006.

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