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1705 - UFO - The Chrysalis Years (1973-1979), Disc One (2011)

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''THE CHRYSALIS YEARS: 1973-1979, DISC ONE''
JUL 2011
354:48

DISC ONE
1/Give Her The Gun [Single A-Side]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:59
2/Sweet Little Thing [Single B-Side]/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /3:50
3/Oh My/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /2:25
4/Crystal Light/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:47
5/Doctor Doctor/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:12
6/Space Child/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:01
7/Rock Bottom/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /6:29
8/Too Young To Know/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /3:09
9/Time On My Hands/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:12
10/Built For Comfort/Willie Dixon /3:08
11/Lipstick Traces/Michael Schenker /2:21
12/Queen Of The Deep/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /5:44
13/Doctor Doctor [Single Edit]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /2:51
14/Rock Bottom [Bob Harris Session, 28th October 1974]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /7:08
15/Time On My Hands [Bob Harris Session, 28th October 1974]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:14
16/Give Her The Gun [Bob Harris Session, 28th October 1974]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:10

DISC TWO
1/Oh My [Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, 5th November 1974]/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /3:39
2/Doctor Doctor [Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, 5th November 1974]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:05
3/Built For Comfort [Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, 5th November 1974]/Willie Dixon /4:23
4/Give Her The Gun [Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, 5th November 1974]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /5:17
5/Cold Turkey [Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, 5th November 1974]/John Lennon /8:36
6/Space Child [Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, 5th November 1974]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:32
7/Rock Bottom [Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, 5th November 1974]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /8:13
8/Prince Kujuku [Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, 5th November 1974]/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Larry Wallis / Pete Way /7:19
9/Let It Roll/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:56
10/Shoot Shoot/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /3:40
11/High Flyer /4:08
12/Love Lost Love /3:21
13/Out In the Street/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /5:14

DISC THREE
1/Mother Mary/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /3:50
2/Too Much of Nothing /4:02
3/Dance Your Life Away /3:35
4/This Kid's [Including 'Between the Walls']/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /6:15
5/Natural Thing/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /4:00
6/I'm a Loser/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:55
7/Can You Roll Her/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Danny Peyronel /2:59
8/Belladonna/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:32
9/Reasons Love/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:17
10/Highway Lady/Danny Peyronel /3:49
11/On With the Action/Phil Mogg / Danny Peyronel / Michael Schenker /5:03
12/A Fool In Love/Andy Fraser / Frankie Miller /2:50
13/Martian Landscape/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Danny Peyronel /5:08
14/Too Hot To Handle/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /3:37
15/Just Another Suicide/Phil Mogg /4:58
16/Try Me/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:49
17/Lights Out/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /4:30

DISC FOUR
1/Gettin' Ready/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:47
2/Alone Again Or/Bryan MacLean /3:00
3/Electric Phase/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:17
4/Love To Love/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /7:40
5/Try Me [Single Remix]/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /3:29
6/Too Hot To Handle [John Peel Session (27th June 1977)]/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /3:50
7/Lights Out [John Peel Session (27th June 1977)]/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /4:57
8/Try Me [John Peel Session (27th June 1977)]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:46
9/Only You Can Rock Me/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /4:07
10/Pack It Up (And Go)/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /3:14
11/Arbory Hill/Michael Schenker /1:11
12/Ain't No Baby/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /3:57
13/Lookin' Out For No. 1/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /4:34
14/Hot 'N' Ready/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:15
15/Cherry/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /3:34
16/You Don't Fool Me/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:23
17/Lookin' Out For No. 1 (Reprise)/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /1:14
18/One More For The Rodeo/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /3:45
19/Born To Lose/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /3:35
20/Only You Can Rock Me [Single Version]/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /3:30

DISC FIVE
1/Natural Thing/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /3:53
2/Out In the Street/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /5:15
3/Only You Can Rock Me/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /4:09
4/Doctor Doctor/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:42
5/Mother Mary/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /3:25
6/This Kid's/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /5:21
7/Love To Love/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /7:48
8/Lights Out/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /5:22
9/Rock Bottom/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /11:15
10/Too Hot To Handle/Phil Mogg / Pete Way /4:28
11/I'm a Loser/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:14
12/Let It Roll/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /4:48
13/Shoot Shoot/Phil Mogg / Andy Parker / Michael Schenker / Pete Way /4:11
14/Doctor Doctor [Live Single Edit]/Phil Mogg / Michael Schenker /3:43
15/On With the Action [Live Single B-Side]/Phil Mogg / Danny Peyronel / Michael Schenker /4:57

Chick Churchill /Keyboards
Alan McMillan /Conductor, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
Phil Mogg /Vocals
Andy Parker /Drums
Danny Peyronel /Keyboards, Vocals
Paul Raymond /Guitar, Keyboards
Michael Schenker /Guitar
Pete Way /Bass

REVIEW
by William Ruhlmann
The five-CD UFO box set The Chrysalis Years (1973-1979) chronicles the recordings that represent the British rock group's artistic and commercial peak. It's an era that corresponds exactly to the tenure of guitarist Michael Schenker, who joined UFO founding members Phil Mogg (vocals), Pete Way (bass), and Andy Parker (drums) after they had made two studio albums and a live disc with original guitarist Mick Bolton, and left after five more studio albums (Phenomenon, Force It, No Heavy Petting, Lights Out, and Obsession) and another concert collection (Strangers in the Night). Unlike the first three LPs (which were not released in America at the time), five of the six records with Schenker made the U.S. Top 200 chart, with Lights Out reaching the Top 30, while the band's early space rock style gave way to a hard rock sound that earned comparisons to the Who and Led Zeppelin. The Chrysalis Years (1973-1979) contains the complete contents of those six albums, plus an entire concert performed on the Phenomenon tour at the Electric Ballroom in Atlanta; an appearance with Bob Harris of the British TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test around the time of Phenomenon; a radio session with DJ John Peel around the time of Lights Out, and assorted tracks from singles. The German Schenker, who joined as a teenager, remains the phenom of Phenomenon, as well as the rest of the music, combining the blues attack of Jimmy Page with anticipation of the fast playing of followers like Eddie Van Halen. His talents are on display as early as an extended solo in "Rock Bottom" on Phenomenon, the first of four versions of that song in the box set, and he demonstrates how lyrical he can be on the acoustic ballad "Time on My Hands" from the same LP. Most of the material beyond the regular LPs comes toward the beginning, with the Electric Ballroom show (played before an enthusiastic, if apparently sparse crowd) particularly notable, with its eight-and-a-half-minute reworking of John Lennon's "Cold Turkey." As of No Heavy Petting, keyboardist Paul Raymond had joined, and the similarities to the Who and Led Zeppelin had become overt (along with occasional nods to Bad Company and Queen). The string-laden Lights Out continues to sound like UFO's best work, with Obsession also accomplished and Strangers in the Night a victory lap. There may have been a UFO before this period, and there has been one, off and on, since, but this lengthy collection presents the band at its best.

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