Audio CD review:
UFO - Flying: The Early Years 1970-1973

UFO - Flying: The Early Years 1970-1973

Band: UFO Title: Flying: The Early Years 1970-1973 Rating: Release Date: 06 September, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Unidentified Flying Object 2: Boogie for George 3: C'mon Everybody 4: Shake It About 5: (Come Away) Melinda 6: Timothy 7: Follow You Home 8: Treacle People 9: Who Do You Love 10: Evil 11: Prince Kajuku 12: Coming of Prince Kajuku 13: Star Storm 14: Silver Bird 15: Flying 16: C'mon Everybody [Live] 17: Who Do You Love [Live] 18: Prince Kajuku/Coming of Prince Kajuku [Live] 19: Boogie for George [Live] 20: Follow You Home [Live] 21: Galactic Love 22: Lovin' Cup

Customer Reviews first 3 michael schenker ruined the group. if you ask me. though he is a good guitarist,he took the groups more raw,harder edge away,. this double cd is the only U. F. O. recordings youll ever need. UFO - 'Flying: The Early Years 1970-1973' (Castle Music) Very nice. Wow!You get here the first three(3)of UFO's actual lp's remastered and repackaged on 2-CD's. The purchaser gets 'Flying'('71),'UFO 1'('71)and 'Live'('72). Unless I miss my guess,the five tracks that are live were taken from a many-times-released title that used to be available on cassette for $2. 99 at book stores,gas stations,grocers,anywhere that had budget tapes as such. It's JUST so good to have 'Live' on CD. I've seen it available before at a super-high price as an obvious bootleg CD,with a fancy ass cover and all. Simply a must-have. Top of the heap vintage early '70's heavy rock. An excellent collection - five stars all the way ) A UFO collection of the band's Decca Records material. Flying (Early Years) (2004. UFO was one of the greatest classic hard rock groups of the seventies, mostly due in part to a young, German guitar virtuoso named Michael Schenker. What many people don't realize, though, is that the band existed before Schenker's arrival. Before he defected from the Scorpions to join our beloved British space rockers, the band was much different than what it would become. In this time period, the group featured guitarist Mick Bolton. Since UFO's material (most of it) is not available in America, all of their albums are highly sought after by classic hard rock fans. And in 2004, the record company attempted to make the group's pre-Schenker material easier to get. Read on for my review of Flying: The Early Years. To put it simply, this is the COMPLETE pre-Michael Schenker UFO period. You get the two studio albums that the band recorded in this era - UFO 1, the group's 1970 debut, and the follow-up effort from 1971, UFO 2 - Flying. In addition to the studio albums, you get some very hard to come by BBC sessions, as well as the live album that the band recorded prior to Mick Bolton's departure from the group. All of this material has been hard to come by for a very long time, and it's great to see that the record company has brought it all together. Admittingly, I don't like this material as much as the Schenker stuff - but that doesn't mean it doesn't rock. Unfortunately, as good a set as this is, there is a problem - poor distribution in America. Unlike most other UFO CD released, I HAVE seen this one for sale in America, but so far, I have only seen one in a single retailer. This signifies that the package has been distributed poorly, and therefore, the band's genius is likely to remain underrated in the States. What a shame. If you're a fan of classic hard rock, and you find this collection, I strongly recommend purchasing it. No UFO collection is complete without the material from this often overlooked era of the band's history. . You can see a complete list of all UFO discography, or go back to the UFO tabs