Year : 1970-1975 (Repertoire Records Edition 2025)
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 130 mb
Bio:
UFO are an English Hard rock band that was formed in 1969.UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. UFO were ranked No. 84 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"Singer Phil Mogg, guitarist Mick Bolton, bassist Pete Way, and drummer Andy Parker formed the band in August 1969. Originally taking the name Hocus Pocus, the group changed their name in October 1969 to UFO in honour of the London club where they were spotted by Noel Moore, who signed them to Beacon Records label, which was headed by Antiguan-born Milton Samuel. Their eponymously titled first album debuted in 1970 and was a typical example of early hard rock including a heavy version of the Eddie Cochran's classic "C'mon Everybody". Both UFO 1 and its follow-up UFO 2: Flying, were successful in Japan (especially the single "C'mon Everybody" which became a huge hit there) and Germany (the song "Boogie For George," also from the first album, reached No. 30 in German singles charts as well as "Prince Kajuku" from Flying reached No. 26), but generated poor interest in Britain and America. Consequently, their third effort, Live (later re-issued as UFO Lands In Tokyo), was originally only released in Japan in 1971.Part of UFO's early work was strongly influenced by space rock (their second album, including a 26-minute title track and a 19-minute-long opus "Star Storm", was subtitled One Hour Space Rock) that was modestly popular at the time, but the band soon realised the style was somewhat limited. In January 1972, Mick Bolton left the group, and UFO set out to find a guitarist who could provide the band with a more standard rock sound.
Album:
Repertoire Records is releasing “UFO 1970-1975″, comprising early recordings from legendary British hard rock act UFO, a collectible archival live performances of the band released for the first time completely remastered and restored. This CD has a much better sound quality than the digi download, which oddly seems unmastered.Founded in London in 1968 by singer Phil Mogg, bassist Pete Way, guitarist Mick Bolton and Andy Parker on drums, UFO are considered one of the best classic hard rock acts to date, and a key influence on many of the 1980s and 1990s hard rock and heavy metal bands. The group have undergone many line-up changes with singer Phil Mogg as the sole constant until April 2024, and sold over 20 million albums worldwide, achieving their biggest success between 1973 and 1978 with young guitar wizard Michael Schenker, and world hits such as ‘Doctor Doctor,’ ‘Rock Bottom’ and ‘Only You Can Rock Me.’”UFO LIVE” offers a glimpse into some of UFO’s mesmerizing live performances in the group’s early career; with excerpts from their TV appearances at Germany’s legendary Beat Club on Dec 31st, 1970; France’s Rock En Stock Festival of October 1972, to the band’s show at the world famous Funkausstellung in Berlin in September 1973 (broadcast at Music Today on October 13th, 1973), and an energetic performance at the Roundhouse in London on Dec 18th, 1975, broadcast by French TV’s Juke Box on Aug 12th, 1976.Includes the iconic live version of the German Top 30 hit song ‘Boogie For George’ from UFO’s first album UFO 1; the band’s fan-favourite heavy version of the Eddie Cochran classic ‘C’mon Everybody,’ and ‘Prince Kajuku’ from their UFO 2: Flying album, which reached #26 in the German charts in 1971 featuring guitarist Michael Schenker’s very first TV-appearance with UFO at the Funkausstellung Berlin 1973.There’s a very early version of ‘Rock Bottom’ from 1973 with completely different lyrics, and most of songs present other arrangement sections.Repertoire did a great job with the sound quality considering these are 50+ year-old recordings. Not so convinced with the CD cover art but… any self respecting UFO / classic hard rock fan should have this CD in their collection.
Line Up:
Phil Mogg – vocals
Pete Way – bass
Michael Schenker – guitar
Andy Parker – drums
Additional musicians:
Chick Churchill – keyboards
James Dewar – backing vocals
Tracklist:
01. Boogie For George (Beat Club, 22 December 1970)
02. Come Away Melinda (Beat Club, 22 December 1970)
03. Rock Bottom (Music Today, Berlin, 13 October 1973)
04. Prince Kajuku (Concert In Rock, Berlin, 13 October 1973)
05. C’mon Everybody (Concert In Rock, Berlin, 13 October 1973)
06. Silver Bird (Rock En Stock, 14 October 1972)
07. C’mon Everybody (Rock En Stock, 14 October 1972)
08. Out In The Street (Roundhouse, London, 1975)
09. All Or Nothing (Roundhouse, London, 1975)
10. This Kid’s (Roundhouse, London, 1975)
11. Shoot, Shoot (Roundhouse, London, 1975)
12. C’mon Everybody (Roundhouse, London, 1975)
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