UFO. lights out / only you can rock me

[carysatch]

Where's the love button?

[Dobimation]

Forgotten what a superb rock album this is cheers Planet Rock

[genxxxersize]

Is this the BEST live album ever? probably so! ;o)

[1888casper]

worked in apollo glasgow as stage crew done ufo amazing band

[4doors4ever]

Thank you Eddie Trunk!

[MMRJL]

side one of this album from the 70s was perfection: '...Chicago.. would you please welcome from England:U...F..O' - Natural Thing, leading into something else (lovely keys), then You Can Rock Me & Dr Dr.What a side one.

[van440]

Rock on!!

[guitardude57]

Interesting to hear so many comments on airbrushed live albums. UFO claim that was one of the (many) beefs Schenker had to cause him to leave, the producer wouldn't let him fix his mistakes.

I don't know, obviously, if that's true or not but I will say this, you can't airbrush how tight they obviously were.

My all time favourite live album by a country mile.

[D1Gr8hansGraf]

@guitardude57 I second that sentiment with Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous as my second favorite!

[Nikkymomo]

But, but, but... what about Justin Bieber?

[SoManicas]

THEM BROTHERS R SUMUT ELZZZZZZ.

[scrabblejangzzzzz]

Eddie Trunks favorite band.

[AlexStageName]

@scrabblejangzzzzz

True That

[66aprilwine]

Yes it is!! thats really great Rock-Music-Stuff...

..."Ladys Man" Live 1982 , ( for example)yer know???

[pickypete0]

Scorpions- Tokyo Tapes.....Strangers In The Night and Deep Purple- made in Japan the best 3 live albums Uli Jon Roth....Michael Schenker... Richie Blackmoore Great guitarists.....but it's all team work in a great band and these bands had it too bad the world didn't get to know the old Scorpions and UFO in their prime......sad sad

[66aprilwine]

@pickypete0 jepp,you speaks the truth,it's a shame,

but we cannot change!!! :(

....greets from North-Germany:)

[pickypete0]

@66aprilwine Grettings from Canada...Are you an April Wine fan too?

[Nikkymomo]

@pickypete0 Heck yea!!!

[24547377]

i agree a brilliant live album. Not my favorite live album but its up there.

[billgeezeriommi]

at the moment my favorite live album is kiss alive but im not so sure itll stay that way after i hear this whole album

[steve1nova]

One of my favourite rock albums. Class track, class band. Schenker is simply awsome...

[wobo1961]

Best rocknumber of all time

[nitramyor1961]

Best live album of all time (yes - it has been "airbrushed") but there isn't any new bands that can touch this shit!!!

[lmghoy12]

my personal opinion best focal rift

[estinky]

I was a senior at high school when this album was released. They were on top of the rock world after this release. Pound for pound, song for song, solo to solo, this album can stand up to anything ever recorded in "rock" history, live or studio. That includes Elvis, to Zeppelin.

[PumpkinPuffer]

@estinky Yeah I agree, this album rocked. UFO kicked ass in the 70's, funny how nobody in my circle of friends or in school knew who UFO was in those days. Everyone was into Styx,Bruce Springstein,Led Zepplin. Always thought Michael Schenker blew Jimmy Page away on the guitar.

[chinnythewarrior]

I've got this Chicago album. By far the best Live performance I have ever seen/heard.

[MsEarthangel666]

Y'know what I absolutley love about this video, Lights out finishes and I'm all sad for a minute until Only you can rock me comes on and I'm all happy again! Ahhhhh, the magic of good music ;)

[PMFan]

awesome live album, metal up yoür ass..........

[bop517]

This, is the rock I am into. You can still find stuff like this, but it's difficult. This album just kills. I had a buddy of mine burn it down for me a few months ago...I knew a few of the songs and loved them, but this whole thing is a listen from beginning to end. As for the air brushed live stuff, doesn't matter. Those, for me, are some of the best albums...the live albums from the 70's/early 80's.

[MrCelticcc1]

Still to this day - the BEST hard rock/metal guitarist out there! - bar none (and I've listened to quite a few)!

Mad Metal Mickey had it all...and the rest! - and he feckin' threw it all away in his early 20s after this brilliant effort!

Still waitin' though for someone to come along who can put so much feel, passion and emotion into their guitar playing as this man once did back in his day.

Gave up on holdin' me breath a long time ago, though...

[MegaSeth91]

@MrCelticcc1 Give me a few more years I might take a crack at it.

[nitramyor1961]

All live albums are "air brushed". Michael Shenker kicks ass - no matter what...

[TheYugo80]

Hebaaaat..............!!!

[nitramyor1961]

It's a live album that has been "air brushed'. Still the best live EVER!!!

[909redbaloons]

I bought the album in 1980, not having heard of the band previously, but it looked "interesting". Completely blown away. One of my all time favourites.

[micago62]

I was there when they recorded this. The old Amphitheater in Chicago. My ears are still ringing.

[believer06]

Best guitar solo in Rock at 3:58

[INFINITEPUGGS]

\oo/____( '_' )____\oo/

[plopperrrrr]

I love this. I have it and love it!

[TheGoddessCaroline]

 LIKE!! LOVE!!! Love to love to love this!!

[sks6689]

Thank you so much this music and the post. I always loved UFO, I LIVE IN Oregon and not many people know who they are, why ? it stands up to anything out right now ,great live band, i also saw MSG unplugged it was amazing .

[ledzep0620]

Top 10 Best live albums from 60's to 80's (in my opinion): UFO - Strangers in the Night, Kiss - Alive, Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same, Grand Funk - Live Album, Thin LIzzy - Live and Dangerous, Deep Purple - Made in Japan, Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo, Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan, Aerosmith - Live Bootleg and Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East. (in no particular order).

[frogee4u2]

for sheer enthusiasm,KISS Alive 2 should be included in the discussio(even though a couple tracks were studio)

[majunior000]

fucking solid tracks! my god, light's out has one of the most brilliant solos in history

[MitcheruUSA62]

I love this album!! Even over 30 years it still better than the modern metal!!

[stevobath]

Slade Alive Vol 1,good live album of sorts! It was 'live in the studio'!

[Sniggudnhoj]

Easily ONE of the greatest live albums ever. However, let's not be too hasty to dismiss Deep Purple's Made in Japan, Emerson Lake & Palmer's Welcome Back My Friends, and YESSONGS

[partypianoplayer]

Great songs... :)



[profesional1313]

michael shenker estuvo aqui en mex muy chungon!!!!!!!! y saludos

[SuperSug2000]

This was my first concert at the Hammond Civic Center, December 1978! Rock On!

[sonofmann2691]

Hey thats Dean Mike and I out there in the crowd at the Amp in 78.....

[DEEHARDONE]

I still listen to this in my car..the absolute best live album ever recorded

[travkatz]

Shenker's solo in "Only You Can Rock Me" is one of the best leads EVER, executed hear to such perfection, it's hard to believe it's not overdubbed. (I know it's not)

[restlessbreed10]

the greatest live rock album period !!

[pixelvisions]

This song sounds futuristic even though it is 34 years old!

[www41WorldUSAcom]

UFO---"LIGHTS OUT"

[LivingAfterMetal]

doesn't get better than this-best live album

[marvy1118]

This album was a lot more meaty sounding than their studio albums, which sound thin.

[RaVeN85]

U.F.O. fother muckers \M/

[MultiMagnumforce]

Best live album, best voice at the time of recording and of course greatest guitar player on live recording ever Schenker. Plays like the guitar is singing.

From the Chicago Serb

[TheTfortwo]

i remember when i was 20 years of old at a friends party.This chap said to me have you heard of UFO and i replied no.He put this LP on his record player,Jesus it blew my mind away,Best underrated band ever, love them to this day

[universalself]

epic driving rock song infused with a wall of bass...magic

[smokinjoetinak]

I was there,IT was and will alway's be the one of the great show's by far..

[edgardickens]

this does not seem live

[kentishbloke]

@edgardickens which is precisely why it's so highly rated :))

[ifscott]

@kentishbloke

So true.

I used to go see UFO regularly in the late 70's and early 80's. They were always outstanding and always exceeded expectations.

A criminally under rated band - especially live.

[smokinjoetinak]

@edgardickens I was there in 1978 ,it was and alway's be a great heavy metal show....every thing was great atmosphere,warm drunk ass summer kickass showw..

[Defcon737]

@edgardickens you have no idea ! dude ..never post about u.f.o again .!

[TheJasoncrosby]

@edgardickens this is live! most awesome live album ever ! virtually no overdubs. Classic UFO. do yourself a favor and get it

[edgardickens]

@TheJasoncrosby i knew it was live i sayed it as a complement

[lonelyboylv]

@edgardickens It's live, the only song they dubbed was a rhythm guitar part on Natural Thing.

[believer06]

@edgardickens 2 of my friends seen them at the Hammongd Civic Center, which was their gig right b4 the one you hear here. They both were blown away by the show. But, yeah Ive read that they doctored up the recording b4 it was released, as they do with all live albums. But what i think they did with this one was take tracks from other shows.For example, the verses and choruses of Lights out are probably truely live from chicago. But the solos could possibly be from the show my friends were at.

[believer06]

@edgardickens Pete Way mentions in this video that there are very few over dubs on the album. So it's essentially one of the very few truly live albums. run a search for this... "UFO [ ROCKUMENTARY,PART 5 OUT OF 5 ] " . It's also mentioned that Schenker was ticked off cuz the producer wouldnt allow him to redo any of his solos in the studio.

[1stpKlosr2]

"Force It" is the best UFO studio album by far IMO

[screwyootube1]

What I DON'T understand, is how UFO didn't really crossover to bigger success. Not even one gold album? I wonder how popular they were/are in the rest of the world? Someone mentioned they were a hit in Mexico... What about The UK? The rest of Europe?

[screwyootube1]

Amen, Tim! There's soooo many great (even legendary!) live albums, it's ridiculous to try to pick "the best live album"!

Having said that, THIS one is a masterpiece! Now, I gotta go get it out, and hear ALL of it! Thanks for posting this!

[rocknrollroy2007]

The best albums by UFO:

Lights Out

Phenomenon

Strangers In The Night

Michael Schenker is the BEST!

[BCFFCB]

Best Hardrock Live album ever !!!

[jeffsdolphin]

WOW---Strangers in the Night--------1 of the greatest Live albums,ever--------I live for this shit.......hardly anybody gets it........phil mogg/schenker rule when it came to building a gritty hard sound..Fuck

i made my own t-shirt

[GuitarArmy95]

My Dad is one of those screaming voices at 2:50 Talk about EPIC!

[rjst09]

Lights Out in Chicago!

[ozzfann]

Ok.....here's my 5 best "live" ones

!.) Kiss alive

2.) Ufo strangers...

3.)Zep song remains the same

4.)Rush exit stage left

5.) Priest...unleashed in the east

oops....6.)frampton  comes alive!!!!

[ozzfann]

oh yea,and...... song remainns the same;and frampton comes alive!

[ozzfann]

I agree....the 3 best "live" albums ever are...... Kiss alive,Ted gonzo,and "strangers"....

[rkelly62]

What great memories. I have not listened to this in over 25 years! What a great album. When you sound better live then you do in the studio, that is a special band! When I was a kid, this live album along with "All the worlds a stage" and "Frampton comes alive" were the best live albums of the time.

[1stpKlosr2]

Best all time live albums:

UFO-Strangers In The Night

Linkin Park-Live In Texas

Rush-Exit...Stage Left

[THRASHFKINFILLETS]

@1stpKlosr2 PLEASE SKIP LINKIN PORK!!

[mmm888777]

Class album...................

[FranciscoXavier7]

The Best of the BEST!.....This year miss you in tour!, from a fan.

[seeker6797]

Yes, this is a great album and I wore out my till I could't play it, anymore. But it isn't the best live album. Made in Japan by Deep Purple is better, but I'm not here to put this recording down. I love it to this day. Great memories..........old school stills rules...........the crap that is out now doesn't even come close to rocking.

[snkkreuzer]

badass break

[kingofthedeep]

Schenkers the lightening. The band is thunder. UFO and 70's Scorps rule. Melodic hard rock at it's best.

[dkitty8124]

big fan of kiss alive...aerosmith live bootleg...blue oyster cult some enchanted evening...this just bust ass every song orchestrated and full on energy... ...rock bottom version off this album is the most kickin ass "anthem" type song in rock history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UFO!!!

[Hempstem64]

This is a hard rock staple. UFO literaly flys under the radar. Song writing is top notch. Schenker is in his early 20's playing well beyond his yrs. All his solos and melodies seem to be the right choice for the given song. I will be seeing him for the first time since 1984 july 31 2010 in NYC. Looking foward to being blown away like i was 25 yrs ago. Seen him twice in club size venues. Both times he was 2 ft in front of me. Im 46 yrs old and will be fighting my way up front once again!

[rozozzy]

@Hempstem64 baby at your age, you can buy your way up front!!lol i am a fan also and will not give out my age!lol  keep doing you.....

[Sayzar909]

One of the best times i had was at this show in Chicago , LOL yes i was one of them guys screaming in the back round on this toon god we had so much fun back then . UFO was one of the best live rock bands to see .

[MrLes420]

@Sayzar909I was there also my first concert and NOTHING else has topped it since and I have been to about 500 concerts! Simply put THE BEST

[markco61]

This album came out during my high school graduation year and I must say we we're blown away by the music and the amazing sound quality of this hard rock fiesta. There was nothing else to compare it too. Two of my favorite songs from this collection as well Amazing rock...Lights Out!!!!

[ultrakool]

the way the bass, guitar and vocals mesh, as it goes into the chorus of only you can rock me, is one of the best hooks ever

[bigsk8ter1]

i cant remember but was michal shenker on this album or was he still with the scorpians

[kentishbloke]

@bigsk8ter1 Yep..Def Schenker :))

[ptlpn1997]

@kentishbloke I was there 5th row center for this show in Chicago 1978... it was definitely Michael Shenker!!! One of the best live bands ever! I have seen then 10 times from the mid 70's to the early 80's this is one of the top live albums ever in my opinion.

[seeker6797]

@bigsk8ter1 MS was with UFO when this was recorded. If you find the album cover you can see photos of him on the inside.

[OrisLover]

@bigsk8ter1 Micheal Shenker was with the Scorpions?  I thought that was his brother?

[bigsk8ter1]

@OrisLover ya he was at the begining of there carrer but i was told they kicked him out cause he was too young so he joined ufo.

[ytveo1]

@bigsk8ter1 UFO was well acepted in mexico,,,

[KingWTFuck]

@bigsk8ter1 This was michael schenker you were correct on that, but the scoirpions guitarist was rudolph schenker. (micheals brother)

[pizani666]

@KingWTFuck Michael was with scorpions before he joined ufo.

[MrLes420]

@bigsk8ter1 Scorpians were not even together yet!

[frogee4u2]

@bigsk8ter1 his brother Rudolf played for the Scorps.

[TL250Rider]

This song ranks up there with Crossroads, Cream Live at Winterland San Francisco

I'M Going home Ten Years After at Woodstock.

Great Song Great Band.

[MRLASH1000]

io love them

[krazypepsican]

just grove by 43rd and halsted too bad building is gone lots of good shows their

[MadEclectic]

God damn UFO rocks. Those were the days. Thanks for posting entire album. Yeah, they were called "albums" then. :)

[freakunt]

Dont care.....i.love ufo.....Lights out fuckin rules!!

[digest44]

One of the first bands I ever covered as a singer. One of the best songs ever with a fantastic lead. It is one of hard rocks best songs ever. Perfect keyboards, drums, vocals and bass. UFO fucken kicks some ass

[pablocruz12]

oh there's bad music, too much of it anymore.

[ztormar]

A live act that obviously stands the toth of time, the whole shit is so brilliant and overseen, this album must be put besides stuffs like Slades Alive, The Who´s Live at Leeds and Dylans Hard rain:)

[mevans92189]

I have to agree with you believer06, Strangers in the Night, in my humble opinion is probably the best live album I have ever heard. Some bands actually sound better live and UFO is definitely one of them. I think 'One For The Road' by The Kinks pulls a very close second.

[kentishbloke]

Oh I;m so glad I put This up. Sparked a whole bunch of debates. Who cares who's is the BEST LIVE ROCK album. Great Music IS great music !

[thingplate]

@kentishbloke we are all the best!

[seeker6797]

What am i the ONLY one who has listened to How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin? But your telling me Whitesnake, Grand Funk, Thin-Lizzy, Judas Priest, Scoprions, and Bob Seagar are all better than ZEP?!? Are you serious?

[kingofthedeep]

This album and Scorpions Tokyo Tapes are the 2 BEST HARD ROCK LIVE albums EVER. And I have heard them all. Lizzy,Priest,Purple etc.

[seeker6797]

You may have a good point with "HARD ROCK LIVE ALBUMS" but I like World Wide Live by they Scorpions, I was at that concert in San Diego. Made in Japan by Deep Purple rules.

[trashysinatra]

interesting debate.

now do you want the answer to the question?

best live album is in between every line by roy harper.

don't just believe me, check it out. you'll thank your ears.

[kentishbloke]

If it's as good as 'Beyond the Door' I won't argue :¬)

[trashysinatra]

excellent call.

Roy Harper is a living English national treasure. (And that is from me speaking as a Scot!)

Surfers by please do youtube the tracks - When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease & One of Those days in England.

by doing so your day will become more special.

Regards to lovers or any and all music

[kingofthedeep]

Not the same music. Not even close. You can't compare.

[jelsma]

Best live album ever: STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT UFO, best guitarist ever: MICHAEL SCHENKER!!

2.MSG- One night at Budokan. Other great live albums:Thin Lizzy-Live and dangerous, Rainbow-on stage,Scorpions- Tokyo Tapes, Judas Priest - Unleashed in the east.

[ullehat]

fucking awsome

[GhostriderDuck]

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Rainbow - Live On Stage

Whitesnake - In the Heart of the City 1979&1980

Scorpions - Tokio Tapes

Grand Funk Railroad - Caught in the Act

and a lot more Dudes ;)

[believer06]

Yeah, but Stranger in the Night tops them all by a mile

[ardyhead]

A great commentary on the genre and the situation in Great Britain at the time. The Sex Pistols had released "Never Mind The Bollocks" the same year marking the end of the era of British Metal.

[BRASSKNUCKLES757]

thin lizzy live and dangerous ranks right up there.too.

[kayykayyxoxxx]

I think the 2 best Live albums in rock are KISS Alive and Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo !

[teasalisa]

sorry dude,you are very wrong. its THE BEST live alblum!!! bob seagar has #2

[mjc455]

Schenker redifines a what a blistering solo is all about @ 2:12 !!

[believer06]

Best live rock LP of all time. The second solo is my all time fav to this day - 3:59

[kentishbloke]

Agreed....but  :)))keep an open mind . Never say never

[xritchyx]

great band. i played the record in the 80´s to death :-)

[bookofthedamned]

Absolute classic!

[Ken5244]

I love how Mogg forgets the words at 3:18 and sings, " ... moon in June," and THEY LEFT IT IN instead of having Mogg go back in later to overdub that line in the studio. How many bands would remain authentic like that?

I'd much rather have an honest, imperfect record than a 'fixed' perfect one that wasn't how they played it live. Bravo, lads.

[nirvgardengod]

crowd noise sounds realy canned after "chicago"

[czechrdrocks]

Two greatest hard/heavy rock driving hymns!!!!!!!

[Cirion3]

Best song ever.

[jelsma]

Michael Schenker in absolute top form.

Strangers in the night the best live album ever, due to Schenker.

[stickdog1000]

@jelsma wow, that frickin solo on lead,was killer. ALRITE

[travkatz]

@jelsma Yup. I have to agree. I can't ever think of a live album that comes close to this perfection. But not just cuz of Schenker. The whole band was PERFECT. Phil's voice is so awesome.

[Armando2012102]

Yes!! This is the best performance of "Lights Out" ever! Thank you for uploading.

I crank this shit up so loud in my car that the windows rattle! And if someone don't like it, they can get out of the car.

MS kicks major ass here, I think we all agree.

[artmaniac53]

My all time fav!

Thanks!

1000*

[PepWan]

Excellent Tim! I agree with Dave! 5* :)

[xxxstarmanxxx]

I love this band for one reason and one reason only - They used Terry Reid for loads of great backing vocals on 'High Stakes and Dangerous Men' - and he was fantastic!!!!!! 5* J :))

[folker2006]

one of great live performance recorded ever！

thank you for posting;)

[waitaniwha]

first impression; nice.

[PDXguitarlegend]

I never tire of that mid-rangey honk of a guitar tone that Schenker uses!

[nhito]

Awesome seventies live,best line-up of them!

My another greatest is "Live and Dangerous".

[garfield2279]

Spot on.Also try "Highway Song" by Blackfoot