Live (UFO album)

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Live
Ufo live in japan cover.jpg
Live album by
UFO
Released20 December 1971 (Japan)
September 1972 (Germany)
1982 (UK)
RecordedSeptember 25, 1971
Venue Hibiya Park, Tokyo, Japan
Genre
Length45:24
Label
Producer
  • UFO
  • Milton Samuel
UFO chronology
UFO 2: Flying
(1971)
Live
(1971)
Phenomenon
(1974)
Singles from Live
  1. "Galactic Love" / "Loving Cup"
    Released: 28 September 1972 (Ger.) [1]

Live is the first live album by the British rock band UFO, recorded in Tokyo, Japan, on 25 September 1971. It was initially released exclusively in Japan in December 1971 entitled U.F.O. Landed Japan. It was later released abroad from 1972 onwards with different titles, such as UFO Live in Japan and UFO Lands in Tokyo.

Contents

The album features the original lineup of the band, with Mick Bolton on guitar, and consists of songs from their first two space-rock albums and cover versions of blues songs. All of the tracks are in a jam-oriented style that is very different from the aggressive, song-oriented style they would be later known for. It was the last album to feature Mick Bolton on guitar. He would be replaced with Michael Schenker.

The album was reissued on the Flying, The Early Years compilation, along with all of the band's other pre-Schenker work.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "C'mon Everybody" (Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran) – 4:10
  2. "Who Do You Love?" (Ellas McDaniel) – 9:00
  3. "Loving Cup" (Paul Butterfield) – 5:10
Side two
  1. "Prince Kajuku"/"The Coming of Prince Kajuku" (Mick Bolton, Phil Mogg, Andy Parker, Pete Way) – 8:20
  2. "Boogie for George" (Bolton, Mogg, Parker, Way) – 11:30
  3. "Follow You Home" (Way) – 6:00
Bonus track on Repretoire CD release
  1. "Loving Cup" (Single edit) – 3:59

Chart

Chart (1972)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [2] 23

Personnel

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References

  1. "UFO singles German cat no".
  2. "Offiziellecharts.de – UFO – Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 17, 2021.