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UFO's best studio album

Infiltrator | 02/15/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"While "Strangers in the Night" was a great showcase for how great the Schenker edition of this band could be, their studio albums were inconsistent and always included a couple of weak songs. Not so this one. This album has ferocious rockers, a good ballad or two, and finishes off with a great instrumental to cool you down. Michael Schenker is brilliant on this album, and the production is solid (also unlike most of their other albums). Get it... The closest thing to a must-have there is "Between the Walls", so you have to let how bad you need this be decided by how much you love UFO. A UFO fan should not be without this album."

BEST!

Infiltrator | Radec | 06/24/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have owned about 8 versions of this ranging from 2 cassettes to 2 LPs and one CD. It is literally a masterpiece!"

DON'T PANIC! IT'S THE SAME REMASTER!

BOB | LOS ANGELES, CA | 02/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"So, you bought the 2000 EMI remaster & now you think you have to do it all over again?



Relax.



This is the same master used for the 2000 version. So, unless you're just dying to have the LP mini-sleeve for five times the price, don't knock yourself out.



WHAT IS A JAPAN "MINI-LP-SLEEVE" CD?



Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you.



Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics.



Then, there's the sonic quality: Often (but not always), mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering (20-Bit, 24-Bit, DSD, K2/K2HD, and/or HDCD), and can often (but not always) be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere.



Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded.



All mini-sleeve releases are limited edition, but re-pressings/re-issues are becoming more common (again, not always). The enthusiasm of mini-sleeve collecting must be tempered, however, with avoiding fake mini-sleeves manufactured in Russia and distributed throughout the world, primarily on eBay. They are inferior in quality, worthless in collectable value, a total waste of money, and should be avoided at all costs."