U.K. - Night After Night (1979/2014) [Hi-Res+SACD]

Night After Night is an album recorded live by the British band UK. Recorded in early June 1979 at Nakano Sun Plaza and Seiken Kan, Tokyo, Japan, it is UK’s third album and their first live album, released in September 1979 in support of the band’s US tour supporting Jethro Tull (which Eddie Jobson joined after UK’s split), and later headlining European tour. The title track and “As Long As You Want Me Here” do not appear on any studio release by the band. The title track was released also as a single (in a slightly edited version), with a non-LP studio track as a B-side titled “When Will You Realize?” that has yet to appear on any CD (although it was re-recorded with different lyrics on John Wetton’s solo album Caught In The Crossfire in 1980). This track is said to be the one that split up UK.
All Music Review
The third and final record by the progressive rock trio U.K. was recorded during a 1979 concert in Japan, although it was not released until after the group disbanded; by this time the group featured bassist and lead vocalist John Wetton with ex-Zappa sidemen Eddie Jobson (keyboards and electric violin) and drummer Terry Bozzio. “Night After Night” serves a driving opener, followed by “Rendezvous 6:02,” primarily a feature for Jobson’s keyboard wizardry. The instrumental “Alaska” is a bit bombastic on the scale of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, though the hard-rocking “In the Dead of Night” makes up for it. Jobson switches to violin for the high-energy closer, “Caesar’s Palace Blues” (which is not actually a blues). This is easily the best of U.K.’s rather small discography.