SPIRIT OF ’79 PART 2
UFO STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
RELEASED: JANUARY 2
STANDOUT TRACK: “ONLY YOU CAN ROCK ME”
This double live album, selected from performances from six 1978 U.S. dates, spawned the minor hit singles “Doctor Doctor” and “Shoot Shoot.” This was the last UFO album to feature “mad axeman” Michael Schenker — who left at the end of the tour — until 1993. For many fans, these live takes of UFO classics have become the definitive versions, with their studio counterparts sounding limp by comparison. This, along with Judas Priest’s Unleashed in the East, is one of those “greatest live album of all time” contenders. For fans of Schenker, the obvious highlights are “Only You Can Rock Me” and “Rock Bottom,” where he demonstrates how to build a solo that has a beginning, middle and end, rather than a string of random licks. We recently caught up with Schenker and asked him to share a few Strangers in the Night-centric tidbits with us, and it went a little something like this:
What was your guitar, amp and effects setup for the album?