UFO ?– Strangers In The Night Vinyl, LP
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UFO ?– Strangers In The Night Vinyl, LP Label: Chrysalis ?– CH2 1209
Matrix and other Stampings; Side 1. CH2-1209-A-1C TML-M A10 Side 2. CH2-1209-B TML-S 1B A6 1S Side 3. CH2-1209-C TML-M 1B A3 1S Side 4. CH2-1209-D TML-S 1B A1 1S Original Chryslis liners. Cover has light edge wear. Vinyl plays well with no skipping but does have visible surfaces scratchs/mars that does not affect the playback.
A1 Natural Thing A2 Out In The Street A3 Only You Can Rock Me A4 Doctor Doctor
B1 Mother Mary B2 This Kids B3 Love To Love
C1 Lights Out C2 Rock Bottom
D1 Too Hot To Handle D2 I'm A Loser D3 Let It Roll D4 Shoot Shoot
Strangers in the Night (with original subtitle A Double Live Album) is a live album by the British rock band UFO, first released in 1979 on the Chrysalis label.
The original double LP album was recorded in autumn 1978 at shows in Chicago, Illinois and Louisville, Kentucky. This was UFO's last concert recording with guitarist Michael Schenker before the band's reunion in 1993. Schenker left the band during this tour; this led to the band having to recruit former band mate & ex Lone Star guitarist Paul Chapman. It has been rumoured that Schenker refused to record any overdubs for the album,[2] which would make this an accurate account of his live guitar work. When he has discussed the album, Schenker has spoken of disappointment with the chosen tracks, saying "there were better takes they could've used".[3] In a Guitar Player Magazine interview, Schenker stated that it would not have been possible to overdub the guitars because they also came through the drum microphones.
Unfortunately, this concert album is often overlooked when discussions of the great live rock albums of the '70s arise. UFO's Strangers in the Night deserves to be right up there with Kiss' Alive! and Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous, based on the excitement the group and its audience generate and due to the quality of the hard rock compositions. This is a band at its peak, with its prime lineup (led by German guitar-monger Michael Schenker) and all of its best songs. The group paces itself at the beginning, opting for some lesser material, but begins to hit a stride on the early track "Doctor Doctor." "Mother Mary" and "This Kids" combine all the elements of Led Zeppelin's best rock (concise riffs, mammoth drumming, etc.), while the introduction to "Love to Love" displays the talent of the instrumentalists. "Lights Out" is probably the band's best-known song, while the guitar solo-soaked "Rock Bottom" was an oft-requested fan favorite. UFO closes their set with the let-the-good-times-roll singalong "Too Hot to Handle" and the then-state-of-the-art heavy metal of "Let It Roll." The group may have been at its peak at the time of Strangers in the Night, but Schenker had a falling out with singer Phil Mogg (whose vocals bear a resemblance at times to AC/DC's Bon Scott) soon after the album's completion, and promptly left UFO. Schenker pursued pop-metal in the '80s with the Michael Schenker Group/MSG (plus very short stints with both Aerosmith and the Scorpions), while UFO never recovered from losing him and sank into obscurity. Although the group is rarely mentioned anymore in America, UFO's mark has been left on bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Def Leppard, and the Smashing Pumpkins. A long-lost hard rock classic.
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