UFO
No Place To Run [album]
The Wild,
The Willing And The Innocent [album]
Mechanix
[album]
“The
other-worldly hard rock pioneers
UFO has landed back in 2009 with the
EMI Records New Catalogue Release of
three divine albums: No Place To Run;
The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent
and Mechanix...”
ONE OF THE UK'S MOST PROLIFIC AND INFLUENTIAL rock bands, UFO has built
up an extremely loyal and dedicated fan base. The band's musical influence
can be seen across a host of modern metal artistes — proving
that it's not just the fans that have their eyes on UFO's abilities!
Blasting their way into hearts and ears everywhere comes the phenomenal UFO
with all the energy the band could muster when they released these three wonderful
albums: No Place To Run; The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent
and Mechanix, all shining examples of UFO's remarkable talent.
2008 saw two sets of UFO reissues, with combined OTC sales currently standing
at 21,000 units. The third set is now ready for release and features three albums
from their most commercially successful period. The original albums —
No Place To Run; The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent; and Mechanix
— have all been digitally remastered, now contain previously unreleased
bonus material and are accompanied by sixteen-page booklets housing extensive
inner notes, rare photos, press clippings and much more.
NO PLACE TO RUN was UFO's eighth studio album and the first
featuring Paul Chapman on guitar as Michael Schenker's replacement. These
changes signalled a fresh new sound (aided by none other than superstar producer
George Martin) and consequently the album reached Number 11 in the January of
1980. This remaster now includes four previously unreleased tracks and it is
wildly beautiful — we'll have more of this please…
Rocking the floor and rolling those drums is Lettin' Go, a track that
must surely notch up a special place for UFO, but it is the brilliant Mystery
Train with its showcase of musical ability that is one of the all-time greats
for us. No Place To Run has a good, very American sort of sound and two
lovely tracks are Take It Or Leave It and Gone In The Night. Isn't
it great when a track gives you a perfect closing line? The Fire Burns…
No Place To Run Tracklisting
1 Alpha Centauri (2009 Digital Remaster) | 2 Lettin' Go (2008
Digital Remaster) | 3 Mystery Train (2009 Digital Remaster) | 4 The
Fire Burns Tonight (2009 Digital Remaster) | 5 Gone In The Night
(2009 Digital Remaster) | 6 Young Blood (2009 Digital Remaster) | 7
No Place To Run (2009 Digital Remaster) | 8 Take It Or Leave It (2009
Digital Remaster) | 9 Money Money (2009 Digital Remaster) | 10 Anyday
(2009 Digital Remaster).
Bonus Tracks (All Previously Unreleased)
11 Gone In The Night (Alternative Studio Version) | 12 Lettin' Go
(Recorded live at the Marquee, London 16 November, 1980) | 13 Mystery Train
(Recorded live at The Marquee, London, 16 November, 1980) | 14 No Place To
Run (Recorded live at The Marquee, London 15 November, 1980).
Catalogue Number: CHRX 1239.
UFO'S NEXT ALBUM — The Wild, The Willing And
The Innocent — was self-produced and represented a move
back to the basics of their hard rock tradition, reaching Number 19 in January
1981.
The album is full of beautiful numbers and the bonus material on the remaster
includes previously unreleased live tracks taken from concerts at the time.
Among such greats it's difficult to choose the special tracks, but the musically-accomplished
title track, The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent is one and It's Killing
Me and Makin' Moves are two more than are created in the true spirit of rock
'n' roll — this is what makes it all worthwhile. The emotive rock
track Lonely Heart and melodic Profession Of Violence are both terrific.
The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent Tracklisting
1 Chains Chains (2008 Digital Remaster) | 2 Long Gone (2009 Digital
Remaster) | 3 The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent (2009 Digital Remaster)
| 4 It's Killing Me (2009 Digital Remaster) | 5 Makin' Moves (2009
Digital Remaster) | 6 Lonely Heart (2009 Digital Remaster) | 7 Couldn't
Get It Right (2009 Digital Remaster) | 8 Profession Of Violence (2009
Digital Remaster).
Bonus Tracks (All Previously Unreleased)
9 Long Gone (Recorded live at The Hammersmith Odeon 29 January, 1981)
| 10 Lonely Heart (Recorded live at The Hammersmith Odeon 29 January,
1981) | 11 Makin' Moves (Recorded live at The Marquee, London, 15 November,
1980).
Catalogue Number: CHRX 1307.
THE THIRD REMASTER IN THIS SET (and UFO's tenth studio album) signposted
the departure of a founding member and bassist, Pete Way. With that change came
a new, cleaner sound and their highest chart success to date at Number 8 in
Feb '82. Again, the Mechanix album is a collection of great numbers
with three of the four rare bonus tracks previously unreleased live tracks.
Great tracks abound but The Writer really rocks. Doing It All is
a fantastic, creative track and the whole album sits nicely together as a superb
whole. With a great American sound, Let It Rain pours out with ease and
Terri is a fine, slow beat track that has its merits. One really tremendous
track is Dreaming; that makes you want to get up and dance. Heel Of
A Stranger is given a more unusual, rock ballad treatment that stops you
in your 'tracks'. And, as usual with live recordings, you are brought just that
little bit closer to UFO.
Mechanix Tracklisting
1 The Writer (2009 Digital Remaster) | 2 Somethin' Else (2009
Digital Remaster) | 3 Back Into My Life (2009 Digital Remaster) | 4 You'll
Get Love (2009 Digital Remaster) | 5 Doing It All For You (2009 Digital
Remaster) | 6 We Belong To The Night (2008 Digital Remaster) |
7 Let It Rain (2008 Digital Remaster) | 8 Terri (2009 Digital
Remaster) | 9 Feel It (2009 Digital Remaster) | 10 Dreaming (2009
Digital Remaster)
Bonus Tracks
11 Heel Of A Stranger (Non album B-side of the Chrysalis 45 Let It
Rain) | 12 We Belong To The Night* (Recorded at Oxford 25 March,
1983) | 13 Let It Rain* (Recorded at Oxford 25 March, 1983) | 14 Doing
It All For You* (Recorded at the Soundcheck, Birmingham Odeon 26 March,
1983)
*previously unreleased
Catalogue Number: CHRX 1360.
• UFO's EMI Records New Catalogue Releases
No Place To Run; The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent and Mechanix
are out now (Release Date: 19 January 2009).
"Blasting their way into hearts and ears everywhere comes the phenomenal UFO
with all the energy the band could muster when they released these three wonderful
albums: No Place To Run; The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent
and Mechanix, all fine examples of UFO's remarkable talent" —
Maggie Woods, MotorBar
