Chrysalis Records Announces Details For Another UFO Album Re-Issue

By: Philip Sayblack

Chrysalis Records will release the third classic UFO record in two years this fall.
According to a news release distributed Tuesday, the label will re-issue UFO’s 1982 album, Mechanix Dec. 4. The record will be reissued separately on 3LP vinyl pressing and 2CD digipack.
Originally released in February 1982 via Repetoire Records, Mechanix would be the last on which bassist Peter Way would record. He left the band after the record’s supporting tour to join Fastway alongside Eddie Clarke (ex-Motorhead). The record peaked at No. 8 on the UK albums chart.
The forthcoming re-issue will be at least the second for the album, as it was also re-issued in 2009, also via Chrysalis Records.
The latest re-issue features a previously unreleased mix of the band’s Jan. 28, 1982 performance at the Hammersmith Odeon. The concert recording was restored by producer Brian Kehew.
Additionally, the re-issue will feature new liner notes penned by Micheal Hann that include interviews with the band members and previously unreleased photos.


The re-issue’s track listing is noted below. Pre-orders are open.
TRACKLISTING (3LP)

LP1 – Mechanix – 2026 Remaster

1. The Writer
2. Somethin’ Else
3. Back Into My Life
4. You’ll Get Love
5. Doing It All For You
6. We Belong To The Night
7. Let It Rain
8. Terri
9. Feel It
10. Dreaming
    
    

LP2 / LP3 – Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 28th January 1982 – Newly Mixed / Previously Unreleased

1. We Belong To The Night
2. Let It Rain
3. Long Gone
4. The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent
5. Only You Can Rock Me
6. No Place To Run
7. Love To Love
8. Doing It All For You
9. Makin’ Moves
10. Too Hot To Handle
11. Mystery Train

TRACKLISTING (2CD)

CD1 – Mechanix – 2026 Remaster

1. The Writer
2. Somethin’ Else
3. Back Into My Life
4. You’ll Get Love
5. Doing It All For You
6. We Belong To The Night
7. Let It Rain
8. Terri
9. Feel It
10. Dreaming
11. Heel Of A Stranger (B-Side)
12. Back Into My Life (Single Edit)

CD2 – Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 28th January 1982 – Newly Mixed / Previously Unreleased

1. We Belong To The Night
2. Let It Rain
3. Long Gone
4. The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent
5. Only You Can Rock Me
6. No Place To Run
7. Love To Love
8. Doing It All For You
9. Makin’ Moves
10. Too Hot To Handle
11. Mystery Train

More information on Chrysalis’ forthcoming re-issue of UFO’s Mechanix is available at:
Website: https://chrysalis-records.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ChrysalisRecs