![]() It’s a recording from the Roundhouse in 1976, while Peyronel was still in the band, and although it has been available before, it makes complete sense to include it in this set, and it’s a marvellous show. The bonus disc is probably the main selling point of this edition. ![]() It’s also interesting to hear another Danny Peyronel song which didn’t make the original album, All the Strings, which is an accomplished and tasteful ballad. It doesn’t eclipse the original of course, but it’s fun to hear. Their version is not at all bad, as is their cover of the Small Faces’ wonderful All or Nothing. On this edition, there are some bonus tracks, some of which were previously issued on the 2007 expended edition, but added for the first time here is an acoustic demo of the Frankie Miller song Have You Seen Me Lately Joan. On With the Action sounds rather like a sequel to their earlier epic Out in the Street, and final song Martian Landscape has some gorgeous electric piano from Peyronel and guitar theatrics from Schenker. They could pull off ballads as well, with the rather lovely Belladonna being a prime example, and the rocking but reflective I’m A Loser shining brightly from the gutter of life.Įlsewhere, they were starting to experiment with more progressive sounds. The album is packed with hard rocking tracks, with such gems as Can You Roll Her, Reasons Love and Highway Lady. Phil Mogg had such an affable and natural vocal style, and the young Michael Schenker was a guitarist whose lightning fast fret runs were unheard of at the time. Andy Parker and Pete Way were a rhythm section to be reckoned with, and when they rocked out, they were up there with the best. Natural Thing is an explosive opener, and remains one of my favourite UFO rockers to this day. The sound is crisp and meaty, with each player clearly cutting through the mix, and the heady mix of hard rock and more reflective moments defining their sound. Listening back to this deluxe expanded edition of the album, it is clear that it helped lay the foundations for their future success, and the addition of keyboards was an important step. Apart from adding keyboard textures, Peyronel was also a songwriter, co-writing some of the material on No Heavy Petting, and writing Highway Lady. The resulting record saw UFO expanding their horizons somewhat with the recruitment of a full-time keyboard player for the first time, Danny Peyronel, who had previously played with the Heavy Metal Kids. So in January 1976, the band reconvened with Leo Lyons at Morgan Sound Studios to record their fifth album, No Heavy Petting. Since acquiring the services of the young guitar maestro Michael Schenker in June 1973, they had recorded two well received albums, Phenomenon and Force It, produced by Ten Years After’s Leo Lyons, and were gathering a following with their live shows. At the start of 1976, UFO were a band on the way up.
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