UFO

UFO
UFO 2: FLYING,
ONE HOUR SPACE ROCK (1971)
REMASTER
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UFO 2 - Flying (sometimes simply UFO 2 or Flying; also subtitled One Hour Space Rock) is the second album by UFO released in 1971. This album is distinctive for its title track, which is the longest song the band ever recorded. The track finishes with a backmasked reading from Rudyard Kipling's Gunga Din: "Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!" and a slowed phrase "Yes we know, it's all been done before before before".
This record seems to form a literal sonic bridge between the Krautrock/British Psych Underground of the late '60s and the Hard Rock/Proto-Heavy Metal of the '70s. You can actually hear the transition between the two eras as the disc plays.
This sounds nothing like the subsequent recordings by this band and will probably not appeal to fans of their later, more famous work. However, fans of Hawkwind, Blue Cheer, Ash Ra Tempel, Black Sabbath and the Stooges need to give it a spin.
In short, this is to UFO what Lonesome Crow is to Scorpions: an incredible and unique perspective that may disappoint fans but will please many others.

1. Silver Bird
2. Star Storm
3. Prince Kajuku
4. The Coming of Prince Kajuku
5. Flying