Any fans of UFO?

UFO was one of the best underappreciated hard rock bands ever. The period from the first album to the live album is the first run with the classic line-up which included Michael Schenker. My opinion is that period had the strongest individual songs but was not quite as consistent in overall quality as the subsequent years with Paul Chapman on guitar. I usually don't get much agreement on that, but whatever.

Lights Out is a fantastic album but the real payoff is the live album which to me is easily one of the best live albums ever made. Schenker is just a beast.

My older brother saw UFO open up for some more popular band back in the day when I was too young to start going to concerts yet. We just figured this out a couple years ago. He barely remembered. My mind was blown; I couldn't imaging seeing them live and then forgetting about it. He said "Yeah I remember they had this blonde-haired guy on guitar who was pretty good". No shite, huh? Pretty good?

I have their first 2 albums from 1970 & 1971. The band was still in their teens. That first album was on Rare Earth label, yes, offshoot of Motown, if you can believe it! Mick Bolton was the guitarist. I figure that 1st album is worth some $$ today as I have never seen another copy other than mine. The 1st album was raw sounding, but I used to enjoy the hell out of it. The 2nd album was long (as in very long) spacey jams. If I recall, one side of their 2nd album was over 29 minutes, which meant of course, you had to turn up the volume because it exceeded the usual length limits.

I actually prefer the Paul Chapman era over the Schenker era, but just barely. It was hit or miss after that IMO, though. I about vomited when I heard the 'Misdemeanor' album for the first time, lol. I tried giving it another shot years later, when I re-purchased the 'Making Contact' CD, and it was bundled together with it....nope, just as bad as I remembered

My first introduction to UFO was when a friend played me "Alpha Centuri>Letting Go", and I signed on after that.