UFO – The Chrysalis Years (1973-1979)

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This is an expansive 5CD and digital collection spanning UFO’s Chrysalis Records tenure.  Across 81 tracks, UFO’s The Chrysalis Years (1973-1979) collects all of the songs the band recorded for Chrysalis during the 1970s. Fans will want this for sure.

From the press release:

The Chrysalis Years (1973-1979) chronologically charts UFO’s career, from the obscure 1973 German single “Give Her The Gun” to 1979’s hit single version of “Doctor Doctor,” backed with its live B-side, “On With The Action” (available on CD for the first time). Collecting all five studio albums to feature wunderkind guitar virtuoso Michael Schenker, who was only 18 when he originally joined the band for 1974’s Phenomenon, this anthology also includes, in their entirety, Force It (1975), No Heavy Petting (1976), Lights Out (1977) and Obsession (1978).  In addition to BBC Radio sessions recorded for Bob Harris and John Peel, single edits and rare remixes, this collection boasts a previously unreleased 45-minute concert recording from UFO’s first U.S. tour.

Recorded in 1974 at Atlanta’s Electric Ballroom, the multi-tracks for this concert were recently discovered in the Chrysalis vaults, and have been given a brand new mix at Abbey Road Studios. Featuring rare live outings of “Give Her The Gun,” the pre-Chrysalis song “Prince Kujuku,” and most interestingly, UFO’s eight-minute interpretation of John Lennon’s “Cold Turkey,” this gig offers unique insight into the early days of this important and influential British rock institution. Completed by the U.K. Top 10 breakthrough double live album, Strangers In the Night, recorded on Michael Schenker’s “farewell” tour, the package also includes liner notes based on a recent interview with UFO vocalist, Phil Mogg.

Track listings:

DISC ONE

1. Give Her The Gun (Single A-Side)

2. Sweet Little Thing (Single B-Side)

Phenomenon

3. Oh My

4. Crystal Light

5. Doctor Doctor

6. Space Child

7. Rock Bottom

8. Too Young To Know

9. Time On My Hands

10. Built For Comfort

11. Lipstick Traces

12. Queen Of The Deep

Bonus Track

13. Doctor Doctor (Single Edit)*

Bob Harris session (28th October 1974)

14. Rock Bottom

15. Time On My Hands

16. Give Her The Gun

DISC TWO

Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA 5th November 1974**

(Previously Unreleased)

1. Oh My

2. Doctor Doctor

3. Built For Comfort

4. Give Her The Gun

5. Cold Turkey

6. Space Child

7. Rock Bottom

8. Prince Kujuku

Force It (Side One)

9. Let It Roll

10. Shoot Shoot

11. High Flyer (4:09)

12. Love Lost Love (3:22)

13. Out In The Street

DISC THREE

Force It (Side Two)

1. Mother Mary

2. Too Much Of Nothing

3. Dance Your Life Away

4. This Kid’s (Including ‘Between The Walls’)

No Heavy Petting

5. Natural Thing

6. I’m A Loser

7. Can You Roll Her

8. Belladonna

9. Reasons Love

10. Highway Lady

11. On With The Action

12. A Fool In Love

13. Martian Landscape

Lights Out (Side One)

14. Too Hot To Handle

15. Just Another Suicide

16. Try Me

17. Lights Out

DISC FOUR

Lights Out (Side Two)

1. Gettin’ Ready

2. Alone Again Or

3. Electric Phase

4. Love To Love

Lights Out Bonus Track

5. Try Me (Single Remix)*

John Peel session (27th June 1977)

6. Too Hot To Handle

7. Lights Out

8. Try Me

Obsession

9. Only You Can Rock Me

10. Pack It Up (And Go)

11. Arbory Hill

12. Ain’t No Baby

13. Lookin’ Out For No 1

14. Hot ‘N’ Ready

15. Cherry

16. You Don’t Fool Me

17. Lookin’ Out For No 1 (Reprise)

18. One More For The Rodeo

19. Born To Lose

Bonus Track

20. Only You Can Rock Me (Single Version)*

DISC FIVE

Strangers In The Night

1. Natural Thing

2. Out In The Street

3. Only You Can Rock Me

4. Doctor Doctor

5. Mother Mary

6. This Kid’s

7. Love To Love

8. Lights Out

9. Rock Bottom

10. Too Hot To Handle

11. I’m A Loser

12. Let It Roll

13. Shoot Shoot

Strangers In The Night Bonus Tracks

14. Doctor Doctor (Live Single Edit)

15. On With The Action (Live Single B-Side)*

*Available on CD for the first time

**Previously unreleased

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