Released in 1980, “No Place To Run” marked the start of a new era for UFO. In the absence of a guitar hero after Michael Schenker had jumped ship, the British ensemble found themselves on a much more even keel, with Phil Mogg and Pete Way’s creative partnership ably supported by input from two Pauls, Raymond and newcomer Chapman, the latter six strings serving songs rather than going for vanity flash. No less important seemed the fact that their nine originals and a cover of “Mystery Train” got produced and mixed by former BEATLES studio team of George Martin and Geoff Emerick which made the results brilliant and commercially successful. And this is why it’s good to hear about the classic album prepared to hit the shelves as a deluxe edition.
Following the example of previous UFO reissues, apart from the “Strangers In The Night” box set, what’s scheduled to see the light of day on August 15th, will be out as double-CD and three-LP sets, where the recently remastered, from the original production tapes, longplay is augmented with three bonus cuts and an entire 1980 concert from the “Marquee” club – the gig of which only a few numbers appeared on the platter’s 2008 re-emergence. Worth pursuing.
No Place To Run
CD 1 – No Place To Run – 2025 Remaster:
1. Alpha Centauri
2. Lettin’ Go
3. Mystery Train
4. This Fire Burns Tonight
5. Gone In The Night
6. Young Blood
7. No Place To Run
8. Take It Or Leave It
9. Money, Money
10. Anyday
bonus tracks:
11. Young Blood (single version)
12. Gone In The Night (alt. version)
13. No Place To Run (alt. version)
No Place To Run –
Deluxe Edition
CD 2 – Live at The Marquee – November 16th, 1980:
1. Introduction
2. Chains Chains
3. Lettin’ Go
4. Long Gone
5. Cherry
6. Only You Can Rock Me
7. No Place To Run
8. Love To Love
9. Hot ‘n’ Ready
10. Mystery Train
11. Too Hot To Handle
12. Lights Out
13. Rock Bottom
14. Doctor Doctor
