Chrysalis Records has announced the upcoming arrival of UFO’s classic 1980 album No Place To Run, newly remastered from the original production tapes, transfers at AIR Mastering, and reissued on stunning 3LP tri-fold sleeve 180g vinyl and 2CD Digipak formats on August 15th, 2025. Pre-order it here.
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 forty five years later Phil Mogg said: “The thing that sticks in my mind from recording No Place To Run was the complete miss match 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 eleven 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.
Brian 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.”
Both formats feature new liner notes by Michael Hann featuring interviews with front-man vocalist Phil Mogg and drummer Andy Parker.
LP1 / CD1: No Place To Run – 2025 Remaster:
- Alpha Centuri
- Lettin’ Go
- Mystery Train
- This Fire Burns Tonight
- Gone In The Night
- YoungBlood
- No Place To Run
- Take It Or Leave It
- Money, Money
- Anyday
LP2 & LP3 / CD2: Live at The Marquee, London, November 16th, 1980 – Newly Mixed / Previously Unreleased:
- Introduction (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Chains Chains (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Lettin’ Go (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Long Gone (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Cherry (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Only You Can Rock Me (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- No Place To Run (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Love To Love (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Hot And Ready (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Mystery Train (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Too Hot To Handle (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Lights Out (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Rock Bottom (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
- Doctor Doctor (Live at The Marquee London 16th November 1980)
