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Although Euro-rockers UFO had built a solid fan base worldwide amongst metal heads with such releases as PHENOMENON, FORCE IT, and NO HEAVY PETTING, the band had yet to issue a solid album from beginning to end. This changed with their 1977 ... Full Descriptionrelease, LIGHTS OUT.
As with the aforementioned titles, guitarist Michael Schenker's six-string heroics are the real determining factor to UFO's sound--look no further than his fluid soloing skills on the barnstorming title track. But you'll find other metallic standouts throughout LIGHTS OUT, such as the album-opening good times anthem "Too Hot to Handle," and the Zeppelin-esque "Electric Phase," as well as more subdued fare such as "Try Me." LIGHTS OUT remains one of UFO's finest recordings.
1999 digitally remastered edition of the group's sixth full length studio album, their third recorded for the Chrysalis label. Many fans advocate this set as their best time in the studio, with singer Phil Mogg hitting his stride as a confident vocalist rivalling all his peers and former Scorpion Michael Schenker's guitar playing showing consistent flashes of brilliance, accenting the peaks of every track. Includes the FM radio staples of "Just Another Suicide", "Too Hot To Handle", "Getting Ready" and the title track of "Lights Out".
U.K. remaster
UFO: Paul Raymond (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Phil Mogg (vocals); Michael Schenker (guitar); Pete Way (bass); Andy Parker (drums). Hide Description U F O Lights Out Songs | Song Title | | | 1. | Too Hot to Handle - (remix) |
| 2. | Just Another Suicide - (remix) |
| 3. | Try Me - (remix) |
| 4. | Lights Out - (remix) |
| 5. | Gettin' Ready - (remix) |
| 6. | Alone Again Or - (remix) |
| 7. | Electric Phase - (remix) |
| 8. | Love to Love |
Purchase Lights Out CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | U F O Strangers In The Night CD (1979)
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Recorded live at The Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois; The Gardens, Louisville, Kentucky and in Youngstown, Ohio. Includes liner notes by Jon Sutherland.
One of the premier live rock albums of the '70s, STRANGERS features a band at its peak performing all its hits and fan favorites. The album was recorded during two nights in Ohio in 1978, when the band opened for Blue Oyster Cult. This reissue features remastered sound, extended liner notes, and the correct track sequencing.
The album's two bonus tracks, "Hot 'N' Ready" and "Cherry," get the album started in supreme hard-rock fashion. "Out in the Street" shows why Phil Mogg is overlooked as one of the premier hard-rock vocalists of his era, while "Only You Can Rock Me" features the guitar prowess of Michael Schenker. "Doctor Doctor" is probably the band's most well-known song, and this live version is more powerful than the studio original. The same can be said of "Lights Out," the title track of the band's most successful album. The band comes together and kicks it hard on the thunderous "Rock Bottom." Combining elements of metal, hard rock, and progressive rock, UFO's well-crafted compositions are every bit as good as those of lauded peers like Blue Oyster Cult and Thin Lizzy.
Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg (Capitol Mastering).
UFO: Paul Raymond (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Phil Mogg (vocals); Michael Schenker (guitar); Pete Way (bass); Andy Parker (drums).
Producer: Ron Nevison.
Reissue producer: David K. Tedds.
| | Rainbow Rising CD (1976) Remastered
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As the drums kick into the fierce opener "Tarot Woman," it's obvious that RISING delivers directly to your door. It is the band's second release, and a vast improvement over RICHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW. With a revamped lineup that sounds like it had been touring together for years, the album takes no prisoners. "Starstruck" is a classic groove reminiscent of guitarist Blackmore's ex-band Deep Purple. Blackmore replaced everyone from the first album's lineup except vocalist Ronnie Dio with Jimmy Bain (bass), Tony Carey (keyboards), and Cozy Powell (drums). Dio shows what he's got with a stellar performance on "Do You Close Your Eyes." "Stargazer" is the band's "Kashmir," an epic eight-minute track that could stand as its signature song. "A Light in the Black" features the skin bashing of the late, great Mr. Powell.
RISING is a must-have for any fan of Dio, Blackmore, or classic metal. Five musicians came together for a one-shot moment that won't be duplicated. The album is magic.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Rainbow: Ronnie James Dio (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Jimmy Bain (bass); Tony Carey (keyboards); Cozy Powell (drums).
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This remastered edition of UFO's 1975 album FORCE IT contains "Let It Roll," "Mother Mary," Shoot Shoot," and more.
If UFO has one addition to rock's pantheon of classic albums, this is it. FORCE IT is the one time that their songwriting kept pace with their dynamic energy and guitar dexterity for the course of an entire long-player. Including one previously unreleased studio track--"Million Miles"--and five live versions of album cuts, this reissue provides the perfect snapshot for when post-Zeppelin hard rock morphed into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
Remastered reissue. Package comes with sleevenotes and a high quality booklet.
| | U F O No Heavy Petting CD (1976) (Import) Japan; Remastered
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NO HEAVY PETTING was the 1976 release by U.K. hard rockers UFO, featuring "Natural Thing."
Digitally remastered, Japanese reissue of British spacemetal act's 1976 album for Chrysalis. 2000 release. Standard jewelcase.
Japanese remaster.
| | U F O Phenomenon CD (1974) Remastered
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Up until their 1974 album, PHENOMENON, England's UFO had issued several albums that did little to expand their cult fan base at home, let alone worldwide. But through an early-'70s tour with German metallists the Scorpions, they finally found the missing piece to the puzzle--guitar wizard Michael Schenker. UFO convinced Schenker to leave the Scorpions (which wasn't an easy task, since his older brother Rudolf was a member), and their '74 release sounds like a band reborn.
Schenker's stellar playing seems to have lit a fire under the compositions, many of which rank amongst UFO's all-time best--namely the soon-to-be live show-stoppers "Doctor Doctor," and "Rock Bottom" (as evidenced on UFO's classic STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT live set). PHENOMENON set the stage perfectly for such future hit UFO releases as LIGHTS OUT and OBSESSION.
Remastered Reissue. This Classic Album Comes With A Critique From A Key Rock Journalist & Includes Sleevenotes.
Recorded at Morgan Studios, London, England.
UFO: Phil Mogg (vocals); Michael Schenker (guitar); Pete Way (bass); Andy Parker (drums).
| | U F O Obsession CD (1978) (Import) Remastered; Sweden
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UFO had finally fulfilled their potential with 1977's exceptional hard rock tour de force, LIGHTS OUT, and released another prime slice of heavy metal just one year later, OBSESSION. While most '70s Euro-metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, etc., dealt largely with doom and gloom, UFO proved to have more in common with such US melodic hard rockers as Van Halen.
OBSESSION proved to be UFO's most successful studio album ever, on the strength of such hard rocking highlights as "Only You Can Rock Me" and "Ain't No Baby." Even though guitarist Michael Schenker again pushes the songs to the limit here with his superb playing, OBSESSION would prove to be his final studio album with UFO. After just one more release, the classic live set STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT, Schenker left to briefly rejoin the Scorpions, before launching the Michael Schenker Group.
Digitally remastered reissue of the British metal group's 1978 album for Chrysalis. Features the original cover art & all 11 of the cuts that first appeared on it. 1999 release.
Swedish remastered reissue contains the original album art.
Recorded at C.P. McGregor's and Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California and The West 3rd Carrier Station, Beverly Hills, California.
UFO: Phil Mogg (vocals); Michael Schenker (guitar); Paul Raymond (keyboards, guitar); Pete Way (bass); Andy Parker (drums).
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Track Listing of songs: La Guera Salome; El Chicle; Juana la Cubana; El Pum del Amor; Macorina; El Tizon; A Bailar Quebradita; La Bala; Camaron Pelao; El Negro Borrachon; Ven a la Playa; El Catre; Caballo Viejo; Bailemos Cumbia; Tongoneaito; Soy; El Baile; Me la Receto el Doctor; Anacleto; Maria Cristina;
| | Masters Of Rock-Best Of CD (2005) (Import) Germany
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This 14-song retrospective showcases the Masters of Rock's early career.
UK compilation for the metal guitar god (Scorpions, UFO). 14 tracks culled from the band's first three albums, Michael Schenker Group (1980), Mad Axeman (1981) & Assault Attack (1982), all of which are out-of-print domestically.2001.
| | Mantovani Ole/Latin Rendezvous CD (2001) (Import)
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Contains 2 LPs on 1 CD: MANTOVANI OLE/LATIN RENDEZVOUS.
2lps On 1 CD
| | Atreyu Fractures In The Facade Of Porcelain Beauty CD (2002) Extended Play
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Recorded at For The Record, Orange, California.
Atreyu: Brandon Kyle Saller (vocals, drums); Ektor Alexander Varkatzas (vocals); Daniel Louis Jacobs, Travis William Miguel (guitar); Christoper Gordon Thompson (bass).
| | Various Artists Standardtanze Prasentiert Von CD (2005)
$7.55 | | Bill Evans At Town Hall CD (2007) (Import) Japan
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CD contains 3 bonus tracks.
Additional Tracks
| | Grandmaster Flash Fresh And Furious: Hip Hop's Beginning CDs (2006)
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This double CD set collects the early Sugarhill recordings of one of the seminal architects of hip-hop. With the emphasis on original vocal tracks performed over down-and-dirty 1970s street funk, these Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five sides are a world away from the later sample-heavy efforts that came to typify the genre, but in timeless tracks like "The Message" and socially conscious cuts like "It's a Shame" lie the roots of more politically oriented acts like N.W.A. and Public Enemy.
(2-CD Set) Grandmaster Flash's first two albums: The Message (1982), They Said It Couldn't Be Done (1985) together is this nice price 2CD box set.
| | Cataract Kingdom CD (2006)
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With a crisp production and blistering beats, Swiss metal band Cataract play in the metalcore tradition of bands like Slayer, Hatebreed, and Pantera. Their fourth full-length release consolidates their aggressive attack on tracks like "War of Cultures" and "March With Your Battleforce," while the percussive onslaught that drives "Denial of Life" ("No escape for the human race!") must be heard to be believed.
| | Cheryl D Barnes Just Singing CD (2008)
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Lights Out Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews I lived the green and blue
I never understood why UFO was not bigger than they were. This band competed with any of them-from Sabbath to Tommy Bolin The mid to late seventies produced the widest variety of entertaning music never heard, and UFO was at the top of the ignored. Every album they made is better than any music put out today. This album is a classic example of the fun we had. People today have no concept of what it was like to have bands competing against each other, in a productive way, to put out the best music possible absent the grab for the almighty dollar. UFO actually loved what they were doing and rocked on for the sake of rocking on.
Submitted by mfoster2 (San Diego,CA USA)
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this is 70s rock at its best....classic tunes. the epic love to love. the aggressive lights out. ufo the most under rated band in rock history
Submitted by stevewilson750 (''chicago,il,usa)
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This is a very good album. Nice remastering. I think it would be all that much better with bonus tracks. I still say No Heavy Petting is just a little better!
Submitted by Moondog303 (Pensacola, FL USA)
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open your ears
this is 70s rock at its best....classic tunes. the epic love to love. the aggressive lights out. ufo the most under rated band in rock history
Submitted by stevewilson750 (''chicago,il,usa)
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One of their best, but nothing will ever top Obsession
Submitted by eddie (Nashville,Tn)
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