UFO On Air At The BBC 1974 – 1985

UFO On Air At The BBC 1974 – 1985 is a collection of audio and visual recordings made by the BBC.

In total, there are five CDs and a DVD in the box set. These are:

• CD 1 – In Concert at the Hippodrome, Golders Green on June 6, 1974 plus three live in the studio session tracks for Bob Harris.
• CD 2 – In Concert at the Paris Theatre show on December 11, 1975 plus session tracks for John Peel.
• CD 3 – In Concert at the Hammersmith Odeon on 4 February 1980.
• CD 4 – live in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon on 28 January 1984.
• CD 5 – live at Knebworth on 22 June 1985.

The DVD includes performance from the Old Grey Whistle Test and Top Of The Pops.

Songs On UFO On Air At The BBC 1974 – 1985

CD 1

1 to 5 In Concert Hippodrome, Golders Green 1974
6 to 8 Bob Harris session

Oh My – 3:45
Built for Comfort – 3:53
Space Child – 4:04
Rock Bottom – 8:52
Doctor Doctor – 4:25
Rock Bottom – 7:09
Time On My Hands – 3:14
Give Her the Gun – 4:11

CD 2

1 to 6 In Concert Paris Theatre 1975
7 to 9 John Peel session

Let It Roll – 4:58
Doctor Doctor – 4:42
Mother Mary – 4:04
Out in the Street – 5:12
Shoot Shoot – 3:48
Rock Bottom – 7:07
Too Hot to Handle – 3:50
Lights Out – 4:57
Try Me – 4:45

CD 3

All tracks are live in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1980.

Lettin’ Go – 3:45
Young Blood – 4:43
No Place to Run – 4:45
Out in the Street – 4:58
Cherry – 4:09
Only You Can Rock Me – 4:20
Love to Love – 8:15
Mystery Train – 5:44
Doctor Doctor – 5:47
Too Hot to Handle – 4:59
Lights Out – 6:20
Rock Bottom – 12:43

CD 4

All songs live in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1984.

We Belong To The Night – 4:20
Let It Rain – 2:59
Long Gone – 4:52
The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent – 4:55
Only You Can Rock Me – 4:21
No Place To Run – 5:13
Love To Love – 8:18
Doing It All For You – 3:58
Makin’ Moves – 4:48
Too Hot To Handle – 6:16
Mystery Train – 8:37

CD 5

Blinded By a Lie – 4:34
Heavens Gate – 5:12
Wreckless – 6:26
Love to Love – 7:39
Night Run – 5:43
Only You Can Rock Me – 6:46
Lights Out – 5:57
Doctor Doctor – 8:52

The BBC has released some outstanding collections of live music and this is another to add to the list. The Michael Schenker period of UFO rightly receives a lot of attention but this shows that the band weren’t a spent force after he left.

Strangers In The Night is widely recognised as the classic live album by UFO but this is such exceptional value that this looks like an essential purchase for anyone with an interest in classic hard rock from the 1970s and ’80s. The only slight complication is that there are other live box sets by UFO which include some of these tracks.

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