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Roxy Music

The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label TAKRL 1978 DISCS: 1 LP

Track Listing

Mother Of Pearl
Out Of The Blue
Do The Strand
The Pride and The Pain
Hula-Kula
Re-Make/Re-Model

If It Takes All Night
Virginia Plain
Editions Of You
Re-Make/Re-Model
Your Application's Failed
Pyjamarama

Writing Credits

All Songs Written By Bryan Ferry except "The Pride and the Pain" (Mackay), "Hula-Kula" (Manzanera), "Your Application's Failed" (Thompson) and "Out Of The Blue" (Ferry/Manzanera)

Musicians

Bryan Ferry vocals and keyboards
Eno synthesisers
Phil Manzanera guitar
Paul Thompson drums
Andrew Mackay saxophone and oboe

Eddie Jobson keyboards/violin
Sal Maida bass
Rik Kenton bass
John Porter bass

Details and Ratings by Simon Galloway

Source

Soundboard, official and FM Newcastle 1974, official releases and BBC radio session.
1 - 3 & 7 - 10: Newcastle City Hall, 28 October 1974.
4/5/11: Roxy Music b-sides 1973 & 1974.
10: Bryan Ferry b-side, 1975.
12. BBC radio session, recorded 5 March 1973.

Details

"If youre very lucky you might be on our next album which is a live album being recorded here tonight and last night. So there!"

(Bryan Ferry, Newcastle City Hall, 28 October 1974).

The Newcastle 1974 concert is the same show that is used on part of the Viva! album, in particular Out Of The Blue and Do The Strand (with Ferrys dedication of Eskimos and Geordies - Geordies are residents of Ferry's home town of Newcastle). However, upon comparison the versions that appear on Viva! were touched-up in the studio, Jobsons violin solo on Out Of The Blue being an obvious example. The other songs from this show demonstrate that Roxy were the strongest they had ever been (or ever would be) as a live band. The album also features tracks from officially released singles, including Ferrys solo reworking of Re-Make/Re-Model, plus the BBC session version of Pyjamarama.

Rating (out of 10)

Sound		8
Performance		10
Overall		9