Strangers in the Night (UFO album)

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Strangers in the Night is a live album by British hard rock band UFO, released in January 1979, through Chrysalis. The original double LP was recorded at shows in Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky in October 1978. Chicago, recalled bassist Pete Way, "was the first city that we could play arenas in. We'd opened there for Kiss and their audience took to us. Every time we went to Chicago, it became an event." (UFO actually opened for Kiss in Nashville, on the Destroyer Tour. UFO and Kiss were both support acts for Marc Bolan's T. Rex at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in 1974.) Some of the songs were recorded at a show on UFO's tour with Blue Öyster Cult. Guitarist Michael Schenker left the band during the tour and was replaced, for a second time, by Lone Star's Paul Chapman. It has been rumoured that Schenker refused to record overdubs for the album, which would make this an accurate account of his live guitar work. Schenker has spoken of disappointment with the tracks chosen, saying...

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