UFO – Headstone -Best Of(1983)

Biography
UFO are an English rock band that was formed in London in 1969. They became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the new wave of British heavy metal. The band’s current lineup includes vocalist Phil Mogg, guitarist Vinnie Moore, bass guitarist Rob De Luca, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Paul Raymond and drummer Andy Parker. They have gone through several line-up changes, leaving Mogg as the only constant member, and had two hiatuses (1983–1984 and again from 1989 to 1991). The band are also notable for featuring former Scorpions guitarist and MSG founder Michael Schenker, who had been a member of UFO occasionally between 1973 and 2003, when Moore replaced him. Over a career spanning 48 years, UFO have released 22 studio albums, 14 live recordings and 16 compilation albums. They achieved moderate success in the late 1970s and early 1980s with several albums and singles (including their 1979 live album Strangers in the Night) in the UK and US Top 40 charts, and have sold over ten million records worldwide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO 

Album & Cover
Headstone is a compilation double album featuring songs by UFO and other groups featuring ex-members of UFO, including: Whitesnake, Scorpions, Lone Star, Michaek Schenker, and Wild Horses. The sleeve of which showed a headstone, denoting UFO with their formation date but an incomplete end date. The inner gatefold cover features a Pete Frame Family Tree of the band history.

Cover Location:
Who Did What: Cover Design – Hipgnosis/STD. Photography – A.Powell
Label: Chrysalis CTY1437(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell

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