Better Than Food

Roxy Music

Anti-Gravity Records RM 563 GLC (Great Live Concerts),
6012-4299 - DISCS 1 LP

Track Listing

1 Grey Lagoons
2 Sea Breezes
3 Virginia Plain
4 Chance Meeting

1 Re-Make/Re-Model
2 Pyjamarama
3 Editions of You
4 A Song For Europe
5 Do The Strand

Writing Credits

All Songs Written By Bryan Ferry

Musicians

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

Phil Manzanera guitar
John Porter bass
Rik Kenton bass

Details and Ratings by Simon Galloway

Source

FM broadcast BBC In Concert 1972, BBC radio session 1973 and In Concert from London US TV 1973
1 - 5: BBC Radio One In Concert, August 1972.
6: BBC Radio One session, recorded 5 March 1973.
7 - 9: In Concert from London, US TV 1973. Recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, November 1973

Details

The August 1972 concert has been touched up in several places. Firstly, a DJ introduction and applause is added to the start of Grey Lagoons which was actually the second song of the concert. Grey Lagoons also has an Eno-type solo dubbed on where Mackays sax solo should be. Listening to the original recording reveals that there was probably some sort of microphone trouble with the sax, as it is barely audible (but it is there). Sea Breezes has reverb and delay studio effects added to the now that we are lonely... section, and Re-Make/Re-Model has extra applause mixed in at the end. Better Than Food was reissued on coloured vinyl (blue/purple) as a limited edition of 100, and uses the back cover of the original pressing as an insert for the front.

Rating

Sound		6
Performance		8
Overall		7