UFO have announced an expanded reissue of “Mechanix.” The album was remastered from the original tapes and it will be available as a 3LP 180gm vinyl set and as a 2CD digipak on December 4. New liner notes, unreleased photographs, and a live set restored by Brian Kehew will be included.
Here’s the track listing:
“Mechanix” (2026 Remaster):
01. “The Writer”
02. “Somethin’ Else”
03. “Back Into My Life”
04. “You’ll Get Love”
05. “Doing It All For You”
06. “We Belong To The Night”
07. “Let It Rain”
08. “Terri”
09. “Feel It”
10. “Dreaming”
CD Bonus Tracks:
11. “Heel Of A Stranger” (B-Side)
12. “Back Into My Life” (Single Edit)
Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, January 28, 1982:
01. “We Belong To The Night’
02. “Let It Rain”
03. “Long Gone”
04. “The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent”
05. “Only You Can Rock Me”
06. “No Place To Run”
07. “Love To Love”
08. “Doing It All For You”
09. “Makin’ Moves”
10. “Too Hot To Handle”
11. “Mystery Train”
The 1982 album featured the official debut of multi-instrumentalist Neil Carter. Drummer Andy Parker said the following about that:
“He was so easy. He’s such a sweetheart and such a great musician. He pretty much had it all down.”
Singer Phil Mogg continued:
“It did occur to me that if I wasn’t gonna be the greatest singer in the world, maybe I could do some singing with some really okay lyrics. I can’t do wizards and castles… So that seemed like the only way to go.”
Carter added:
“Knowing I would be writing was like someone gave me a rush of adrenaline. I wanted to write riffs, I wanted to write songs… I did some demos in my room, so when it came to ‘Mechanix’, I had some things to offer.”
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