UFO

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2793 Age : 66

Strangers was the best live album ever, and I was lucky enough to see them on that tour (with Priest opening with the Unleashed set). Can't top that!

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

SAHB Healer wrote:: Strangers was the best live album ever, and I was lucky enough to see them on that tour (with Priest opening with the Unleashed set). Can't top that!

Yeah, I'm not normally a fan of live albums but Strangers is great. And I wish I had seen that show; damn I'm jealous.

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2793 Age : 66

tohostudios wrote:: I wish I had seen that show;.

UFO opened with "Electric Phase" off Lights Out, which wasn't on the Strangers album. Priest opened with "Exciter". One of the best nights of my life, I still get goose bumps.
I've mentioned this here before, but the old Met Center in Bloomington MN was only half full that night. It wasn't Hockey so nobody came.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6393 Age : 44

That does sound like an amazing night.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6393 Age : 44

I got the 5-disc box set, but it's missing Force It! Oddest thing, since the box was factory sealed and the CD sleeve for the disc was in there. I will return it and get a new one.

I gave Phenomenon a quick listen though, and it's pretty much what I remembered it to be - a coupla classic killer tracks, and then some dull generic mellow tracks.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6393 Age : 44

I got the box set replaced and I've been listening to Force It lately. I recognised a lot of the songs from the Covenant bonus live disc - (which my copy of Covenant oddly enough seems to place in an incorrect order, or rather, the tracklist is wrong, causing me to confuse myself over if I know a song or not... bizarre).

Anyway, Force It, I really like it a lot. Great 70's ballsy, heavy shit, and Schenker sounds amazing. "This Kid's" sounds like it could be penned by Hendrix.

Metal master Number of posts : 689 Age : 104

One of my favorite bands of all time! One of my automatic buys when they release a new record.

Metal master Number of posts : 689 Age : 104

Runicen wrote:: On Misdemeanor now and really enjoying this stuff as muc has I did their 70s stuff.

I always liked this record but most die hards don't. It started out as a solo release for Phil but the label said no. Somewhat like 7th Star Iommi/Sabbath..

Janitor of the Void Number of posts : 3361 Age : 56

Love the Schenker era of course, but the Chapman era is a VERY close second.

Metal student Number of posts : 145 Age : 52

This Thread / Topic I think would belong to the "Heart of Metal" session of the board , since UFO is (as far as I´m concerned) Hard Rock.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6393 Age : 44

Yeah, I'd say it's both hard rock and heavy metal.

To somehow label it as not hard rock/heavy metal is definitely confusing.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

I started to get into these guys a few years back (due in large part to Eddie Trunk's incessant lobbying on TMS) and I really like them. I have Phenomenon up to Making Contact and a 5 Disc Box Set of the most recent. And I find I like the non Schenker stuff as much as the classic material. Scored a pair of albums this past weekend at a Newbury's in MA; Live in Tokyo and High Stakes and Dangerous Men.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6393 Age : 44

SAHB Healer wrote:: Strangers was the best live album ever, and I was lucky enough to see them on that tour (with Priest opening with the Unleashed set). Can't top that!

Mailman brought me this today:

A mere 8CD box set.