Flying [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

UFO

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1971
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Repertoire
• ASIN: B00000I5MN
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #82,371 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Digitally remastered reissue of the British hard rock veterans second album for the Beacon label. Contains all five tracks from when it was first released in 1971, including 'Silver Bird'. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is real space rock, October 13, 2001

By	HarryAcid (Cologne, Germany) - See all my reviews

Marvellous music ist the stuff you love to hear for years again and again. 30 years ago I heard the first time UFO 2 and it was a revolution for my mind. Now - in 2001 - 30 years later - I think UFO 2 is great and modern stuff. It is like Psychedelic Trance with guitars (instead synthesizers) - a true feeling of psychedelic tunes. The only band you can compare with the early UFO is HAWKWIND (specially the albums DoReMiFaSoLaTiDo ans Space Ritual). In 1972 or 1973 Mick Bolton left the band. Michael Schenker came from the Scorpions and UFO became more mainstream rock - better for the US taste and better for economical success. But real Space Rock and Psychedelic Rock friends will never forget the legendary Mick Bolton in the early UFO days.
Check the track Flying and you know what I mean ...

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Space Metal Classic, November 18, 2004

By	ProEvil (MA) - See all my reviews

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that this record seems to form a literal sonic bridge between the Krautrock/British Psych Underground of the late '60s and the Hard Rock/Proto-Heavy Metal of the '70s. You can actually hear the transition between the two eras as the disc plays.

This sounds nothing like the subsequent recordings by this band and will probably not appeal to fans of their later, more famous work. However, fans of Hawkwind, Blue Cheer, Ash Ra Tempel, Black Sabbath and the Stooges need to give it a spin.

If you like this, also check out the first record by the Scorpions 'Lonesome Crow' for a similarly uncharacteristic record by a famous band.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars space rock extrodinaire, July 10, 2002

By	James G. Howard "Jimmi G" (Thomaston, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Myself am an UFO fan from way back when-for the era this was released this defined progressive space rock as it should be-it is easy to become highly involved within the confines of this recording-it has a quasi-chameleon effect as it goes along-quite original and expansive.The mainstream albums etched in stone are of course-Phenomenon-No Heavy Petting-Lights Out-and Force It;;ok so people it aint got that Schenkar sound then again what does-saw them in Atlanta more than once-personally i would have loved more UFO albums along this format in the later years but it is not exactly a comercial product-it is well worth a listen-a downside if any the bass can be a bit overpowering at moments otherwise a wild ecclectic ride to a cosmic dimension..