UFO Strangers In The Night 1978

Strangers In The Night is a live album by UFO recorded on their 1978 US tour to promote the Obsession album. Guitarist Michael Schenker left before recording another album.

Unlike Deep Purple or even Uriah Heep, it’s hard to pick out a classic studio album by UFO that is essential listening.

They are all good but there’s no In Rock, Machine Head or Demons & Wizards. I have the five recorded with Michael Schenker after they moved away from space rock and I think they are all good rather than great.

But UFO nail it with Strangers In The Night.

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Budgie Radio Sessions 1974 & 1978

Radio Sessions 1974 & 1978 is a live album by Budgie which consists of two concerts recorded by the group and broadcast on the radio. The first in London in 1974 and the second in Los Angeles in 1978.

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AC/DC If You Want Blood You’ve Got It 1978

If You Want Blood You’ve Got It was the first live album by AC/DC recorded in April 1978 at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow on the Powerage Tour.

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Aerosmith Live Bootleg 1978

Live Bootleg is a live album by Aerosmith recorded from concerts in 1977 and ’78 with two songs from a radio broadcast in 1973.

This represents the group after their first peak of success with the heavy metal/sleaze rock classic albums Toys In The Attic and Rocks which were strongly influenced by Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.

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Talking Heads The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads 1977 to 1981

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is a live compilation album from Talking Heads spanning the years from 1977 to 1981.

This represents the time when Talking Heads were at their most innovative, coming out of the punk movement at the CBGBs club but sounding nothing like punk. In my classification system I’m treating talking Heads as both a new wave band and an art rock band.

This album represents Talking Heads at their brilliant, quirky best and in my opinion is even more exciting than Stop Making Sense.

If you’re wondering about the title, the group were often incorrectly called The Talking Heads. David Byrne would often introduce songs with the phrase “The name of this song …”

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My Rating – 29 out of 30 – an outstanding live album

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Be Bop Deluxe Tremulous Antenna Radioland 1976 &1978

Tremulous Antenna and Radioland: BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert are basically the same album which brings together two radio broadcasts by Be Bop Deluxe from 1976 and 1978.

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Neil Young Live Rust 1978

Live Rust is a live album by Neil Young recorded in 1978 and some of the songs were used in the film Rust Never Sleeps.

I get confused with how Live Rust fits in with the Rust Never Sleeps album which was also partially recorded live at San Francisco’s Cow’s Palace and later had the audience noise removed.

Live Rust starts with an acoustic set and climaxes with an all-out electric rave. That worked particularly well on a double LP where you could choose which version of Neil Young you wanted.

Controversially the album was squeezed on to a single CD by editing out about 90 seconds of guitar from Cortez The Killer. This horrifies purists but I don’t think it is noticeable when you listen to it.

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My rating – 28 out of 30 (9 +10 +9)

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David Bowie Stage 1978

David Bowie Stage is a live album of the 1978 tour promoting Low and Heroes from his Berlin phase with Brian Eno.

It was his second live album after the disappointing reception to David Live from 1974’s Diamond Dogs tour.

I’ve bought Stage twice – first as a double LP when it first came out and then much later as a CD when I really wanted at least one David Bowie live album in my collection. It seemed to an obvious album to buy because I struggle to like his Berlin studio albums.

David Bowie Stage Overall Rating – 22/30

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