Live (UFO album) explained

Live
Type:live
Artist:UFO
Cover:Ufo live in japan cover.jpg
Caption:Cover art of the 1972 Decca edition
Released:20 December 1971 (Japan)
September 1972 (Germany)
1982 (UK)
Recorded:September 25, 1971
Venue:Hibiya Park, Tokyo, Japan
Prev Year:1971
Next Title:Phenomenon
Next Year:1974

Live is the first live album by the British rock band UFO, recorded in Tokyo, Japan, on 25 September 1971. It was initially released exclusively in Japan in December 1971 entitled U.F.O. Landed Japan. It was later released abroad from 1972 onwards with different titles, such as UFO Live in Japan and UFO Lands in Tokyo.

The album features the original lineup of the band, with Mick Bolton on guitar, and consists of songs from their first two space-rock albums and cover versions of blues songs. All of the tracks are in a jam-oriented style that is very different from the aggressive, song-oriented style they would be later known for. It was the last album to feature Mick Bolton on guitar. He would be replaced with Michael Schenker.

The album was reissued on the compilation album of 2004, along with all the other recordings made with Bolton as the guitarist.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "C'mon Everybody" (Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran) – 4:10
  2. "Who Do You Love?" (Ellas McDaniel) – 9:00
  3. "Loving Cup" (Paul Butterfield) – 5:10
Side two
  1. "Prince Kajuku"/"The Coming of Prince Kajuku" (Mick Bolton, Phil Mogg, Andy Parker, Pete Way) – 8:20
  2. "Boogie for George" (Bolton, Mogg, Parker, Way) – 11:30
  3. "Follow You Home" (Way) – 6:00
Bonus track on Repertoire CD release
  1. "Loving Cup" (Single edit) – 3:59

Personnel