UFO – Seven Deadly 2012

This album is the band’s fourth with guitarist Vinnie Moore, and the years of song writing and extensive touring together have borne fruit in a deliciously well constructed and varied album (it goes without saying that Mogg, Parker and Raymond were already a well oiled package). For me the last couple of albums have been missing something, they’ve been good,…

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Michael Schenker Portfolio 1987

 After having finally found a CD version of one of my favourite vinyls on Amazon, I thought is was worth a quick review. Released in the year Michael Schenker in some sense reinvented himself with the McAuley Schenker Group’s “Perfect Timing” album (showcasing the talents of new vocalist Robin McAuley, who would remain with Michael until well into the 90s)…

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UFO – Try Me

Gettin’ Ready for the UFO gig in Leamington Spa tonight I stumbled upon this on YouTube (taken from the second disc of the Showtime DVD (2005) with Phil Mogg, Paul Raymond, Vinnie Moore, Jason Bonham and string section (Pete Way is not involved in this track but is in the background). Nice rendition of Try Me (from 1977’s Lights Out),…

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