UFO---Big Apple Encounters

Is Big Apple Encounters worth the £11.99 price tag? No it is not. Schenker’s overall performance is plodding, sloppy, and truly uninspired. I feel sorry for the rest of the band because they so obviously want to play well---and do---but it means nothing in face of the fact that the star of the show ain’t pulling his weight. And I’m not being picky here, either. I’m no graduate from the Guitar Institute of Technology and don’t need to be one in order to discern when a performer is playing miles below his capabilities. Do you understand? On this particular night Schenker stank. He seems timid, hesitant, and just plain out of it. Maybe he was ill or drunk or depressed? You never know... He could’ve been. It’s not fair to assume that he would sometimes play poorly just to punish Phil Mogg or someone else associated with the band…Here’s the set list:

LET IT ROLL
DOCTOR DOCTOR
OH MY
BUILT FOR COMFORT
OUT IN THE STREETS
SPACE CHILD
MOTHER MARY
ALL OR NOTHING
THIS KIDS
SHOOT SHOOT
ROCK BOTTOM

I found tracks 1-8 weak & uninteresting. The last few tracks are okay but only in contrast to the previous ones. They do not make this cd worth owning. Nothing does ---not even the brilliant sound quality.