UFO: 'No Place to Run' to be expanded, remastered and reissued on double cd and triple vinyl
30-05-2025
Chrysalis Records will release UFO‘s classic 1980 album “No Place To Run”, newly remastered from the original production tapes transfers at AIR Mastering and reissued on stunning three-LP tri-fold sleeve 180gm vinyl and two-CD digipak formats, on August 15, 2025.
“No Place To Run” was the eighth studio album by UFO and the first with Paul Chapman on guitar, following the departure of Michael Schenker. It was produced by legendary BEATLES producer George Martin and recorded at his newly launched AIR Studios in Montserrat in the Caribbean, a stark difference from the band’s usual surroundings.
Reflecting on the album 45 years later, UFO singer Phil Mogg said: “The thing that sticks in my mind from recording ‘No Place To Run’ was the complete mismatch with UFO / George Martin (who was a lovely chap) and nothing summed it up more than when George would say to Geoff (sound engineer): ‘Well, Geoff, it’s six o’clock, time for a G&T out on the veranda.’ How very civilized!”
The reissue includes a new and previously unreleased mix of “Live At The Marquee, London, November 16th 1980”, mixed by revered engineer Brian Kehew from the original multi-track tapes, giving a powerfully fresh sound. Only three tracks have ever been officially released before (“Lettin’ Go”, “Mystery Train” and “No Place To Run”). The other 11 tracks from this legendary show have not been available until now. The set will take fans right back to the electric atmosphere of the Marquee, with a band at the very top of their game.
Kehew said: “Paul Chapman‘s guitar sound here is really superb, a thick and singing B.C. Rich-into-Marshall tone…
“‘No Place To Run’ is certainly a special time for the band, the peak of their public acceptance. With the music world shifting into new wave and synth-pop around them, they stayed true to their roots and delivered yet another classic album.” (Quote taken from liner notes.)
Both formats feature new liner notes by Michael Hann, featuring interviews with Mogg and drummer Andy Parker.
Track listing
LP1 / CD1: No Place To Run – 2025 Remaster
01. Alpha Centuri
02. Lettin’ Go
03. Mystery Train
04. This Fire Burns Tonight
05. Gone In The Night
06. YoungBlood
07. No Place To Run
08. Take It Or Leave It
09. Money, Money
10. Anyday
LP2 & LP3 / CD2: Live at The Marquee, London, November 16th, 1980 – Newly Mixed / Previously Unreleased
01. Introduction
02. Chains Chains
03. Lettin’ Go
04. Long Gone
05. Cherry
06. Only You Can Rock Me
07. No Place To Run
08. Love To Love
09. Hot And Ready
10. Mystery Train
11. Too Hot To Handle
12. Lights Out
13. Rock Bottom
14. Doctor Doctor
Mogg suffered a heart attack in August 2022. The now-76-year-old British-born musician was rushed to the hospital where he had two stents implanted into his coronary arteries. This is known medically as a coronary angioplasty and aims to re-open the blocked coronary artery by inserting one or more stents. This helps keep the narrowed artery open.
The UFO Facebook page shared the following update from Mogg:
“Dear Listeners, Thank you all for my Get Well messages. I am in the recovery position at the moment, which involves doing not very much and being catered for, which I shall probably drag out for as long as possible before I’m rumbled.
“I haven’t managed to get the full blanket bath yet – apparently I’m quite capable of washing my bits myself.
“Going for an assessment next month and have a bit of a sing in the studio, so fingers crossed, I might get a gig singing down the newly formed Stent Club… who knows what’s round the corner?”
UFO‘s farewell tour was scheduled to kick off on October 15, 2022 at the De Casino in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium and run through a final show at the Fuzz Club in Athens, Greece on October 29, 2022.
When the news of Mogg‘s heart attack was first made public, UFO said in a statement: “On Thursday September 1st, 2022 — after having performed several detailed examinations in the past days — the doctors pronounced a strict performance ban for Mogg until further notice. This is why the entire Last Orders farewell tour, which was supposed to lead across Europe from October 15 to 29, 2022 before ending in Athens, had to be cancelled.
“If and when the tour or — at the very least — individual shows can be made up for, is currently completely unclear and will depend on Mogg‘s recovery, among other things. His rehabilitation therapy will be starting in about six weeks. According to the doctors, it is not yet possible to give any concrete statements about the duration and scope of the treatment.”
In 2021, UFO announced that it would embark on its final tour featuring a series of exclusive concerts in summer 2022 to bid farewell to its fans in style. UFO was scheduled to play the very last concert of in Athens, where the band performed its first show featuring current guitarist Vinnie Moore in February 2004.
When UFO‘s final concert was first announced, Mogg was anticipating this very special farewell show with mixed feelings, while also very much looking forward to UFO once again meeting their extensive fan base between summer and autumn 2022.
Mogg, who turned 76 earlier this week, said: “After so many years with countless highlights, fantastic experiences and lots of beautiful memories — as well as some difficult moments, naturally — it’ll be a worthy finale to say goodbye to your fans in person. I know that there are bound to be some very emotional moments on both sides.”
In his original statement announcing UFO‘s final tour, Mogg said the decision was “a long time coming,” adding that while “being out on the road isn’t always tremendously luxurious and although the playing is as great as it ever was, the stuff that surrounds it becomes very tiresome. I always told myself that when I reached that stage, I would step down, and that’s what I’m going to do. This is the right time for me to quit.”
UFO guitarist/keyboard player Paul Raymond died in April 2019. He appeared on more than a dozen of UFO‘s albums, including “Lights Out” and the live classic “Strangers In The Night”.
UFO‘s most recent lineup included original members Mogg and drummer Andy Parker, as well as Moore, who joined in 2003, and Rob De Luca (bass),a member since 2012.
UFO‘s latest release was the 2017 covers collection “The Salentino Cuts”.
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