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Air Treatments
Roxy Music
WRMB 324 - DISCS 1 LP

Track Listing

1 Street Life
2 Amazona
3 Psalm
4 Pyjamarama 2

1 Pyjamarama 1
2 Mother Of Pearl
3 The Numberer

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Writing Credits

All Songs Written By Bryan Ferry except "Amazona" (Ferry/Manzanera) and "The Numberer" (Mackay)

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Musicians

Bryan Ferry vocals and keyboards
Eno synthesisers
John Porter bass
Paul Thompson drums
Andrew Mackay saxophone and oboe
Phil Manzanera guitar
Sal Maida bass
Eddie Jobson violin, synthesiser and keyboards
John Porter bass
Rik Kenton bass

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Details and Ratings by Simon Galloway

Source

TV and official. Musikladen 1973 and official releases
1- 5: Musikladen, German TV, November 1973.
6 & 7: Officially released versions

Details

The sleeve for Air Treatments claims that these tracks are outtakes recorded at Air Studios in autumn 1973. They are not. The main part of the album is the November 1973 'Musikladen' performance taped for German TV. It would appear that they are taken from an unedited tape of the performance as between songs there is lots of chat and tuning up. The record also plays at the wrong speed (too slow) and is very muffled. By contrast, The Numberer and Pyjamarama sound tinny. Those two songs are taken directly from the official releases

Rating

SOUND: 3
PERFORMANCE: 4
OVERALL: 3.5

See also:

FOR ELI AND LI
MUSIKLADEN