Not "Strangers in the Night" but just as good...

Someone said this is a soundboard recording with no overdubs or anything done to it. That may be true; it doesn't have a large venue feel to it at all. I don't know the Wolverhampton venue at all, so I can't comment. I have Strangers in the Night and when I bought this I compared the two. It depends on what you like. Strangers has a large arena sound, but if you really want to hear Schenker's guitar loud and clear and up close (not in a ten thousand seat arena of screaming fans) this is a better CD. Further, the sound on this doesn't start to annoy you with crowd noise and overemphasized high hats on the drums like "Strangers" does the more you play it. I'm starting to like the sound of smaller venues recorded live rather than the large "arena" sound, which is what most live recordings are. This recording is pretty darn good to me. Schenker is on fire, Mogg sings well and the only song to my mind that is missing is "I'm a loser". Yes, not a flattering name for a song, but certainly possesses probably the best lead guitar break of any UFO song that Schenker did with the band. Simply breathtaking, but not on this compilation. Other than that, seeing as I do not own "Walk on Water" I feel confident that the three best songs from the disc are included on this live CD. This CD has almost all that you need from UFO, believe me. I would still own "Strangers" too, but this may be better because it has the three new hits "Self Made Man", "Venus", and the Schenker power chord driven "Pushed to the Limit". Also, I never liked Andy Parker's sound on the drums in "Strangers" and he doesn't play on this CD (ACDC's former drummer Simon Wright plays instead). The drumming on Stranger's sounded like the guy is wacking a couple of plastic rubber-made garbage cans.

ufo at their best

the best ufo cd ever. schenker has never sounded better.

worth if for hardcore fans

This is a soundboard recording w/ no overdubs, so it's a bit raw and unbalanced, but it's kinda interesting and the performances are sometimes inspired. Weird vibe on Rock Bottom; you can tell Schenker is a little bored of playing the old tunes at times, but other times, he's spot on and ripping. Doesn't have the magic of strangers, or the big venue sound, but i didn't feel ripped off. paul raymond is hard to hear on rhythm guitar and the drums and bass sound flat, but overall, much better than a bootleg. Schenker's volume dominates and phil's voice is pretty strong throughout (and he engages in some playful banter w/ the crowd). I just wished they'd recorded a live disc from the 95 tour, which seemed much more inspired.