Roxy Music Live - S/D

Just picked up a vinyl of Viva the other day; not a superb recording but a great performance.

What a great gig! Smoother, more elegant Roxy-mode than the band killing it on Viva, but still awesome. What a fab band!

also who is the woman on the cover of Viva? Loads of info on every other album but not this one.

Always thought that's Jacqui Sullivan, one of "The Sirens" along with Doreen Chanter.

the Viva chick is one of the '75 tour backup singers...she is also in the Love is the Drug top of the pops performance (lip sync), killing in a powder blue WWII style pencil skirt suit type thing--unbelievably hot. If you don't own this, you're nuts

http://www.amazon.com/Thrill-All-Visual-History-1972-1982/dp/B000JLQT3M/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1376503308&sr=1-1&keywords=roxy+music

http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/102299596-english-singer-bryan-ferry-with-roxy-music-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=R4V%2fQay2ANwpmCZhkZDSEtJ%2fNB9CuZA6P62eiqU%2bI8uoJC4wu0mD06oG3nrdoCtUrt32SQS0DBuf%2fOeIK6gOxg%3d%3d

eh I'll dissent. The backup singers are too zealous or perhaps mixed too zealously esp on "Both Ends Burning."

Is there an official release of the BBC material yet. Just listening to the '72 In Concert show and it sounds fantastic. So surprised it hasn't come out in a legit way.

― Stevolende, Saturday, September 29, 2012 9:26 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

still no official release. Eno goes wonderfully over the top on a lot of these. 'First Kiss' is a good sounding boot.

http://www.discogs.com/Roxy-Music-First-Kiss/release/4454187
http://www.roxyrama.com/releases/unauthorised/cd/firstkiss.shtml

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYgVORvXGAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jS_AmSNUel4&t=52

the Manifesto tour had terrific performances.

^^^ the only two times I saw Roxy were Siren and Manifesto tours. I give the nod to the former, because it was my first time, and because I can still clearly remember so many details of that show.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyogdngZ5P1qilqg8.png

Could anyone ever be cooler?

the lady on the right is the one on the viva cover, akm

What's up with the eyepatch? The pad suggests it was more than a fashion statement.

well we know he's no stranger to danger!

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00438/news-graphics-2008-_438878a.jpg

Reminds me of nothing more than the Nazi alternate dimension Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart from the 1970 Doctor Who serial, Inferno.

Ferry wears the same expression on a plummeting plane that we'd see on stage.

Can anyone sort of the Musikladen appearances? I think there were 3, which tracks were performed when?

Wow didnt realise there was any pics of the plane incident

he was right about the socks

Btw the Frejus appearance from '82 is/was on BBC4, iplayer now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoVNmiBS65U

Fabulous. Bryan Ferry is such a weird frontman.

Was that guy ever young?

What a great band.

that is fantastic, thank you

There is a recording from Denver, 1979, which has been released under various names in the past few years, that I just heard for the first time this week, and it's incredible. It's on Apple Music as just "Denver 1979"

yeah they were on fire on the Manifesto tour. Many clips on YouTube.

loool the screen capture on that 1973 vid.

sweating pancake makeup

that is incredible, thank you

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/566943d25a5668b614270ff9/1510354687583-3BGT35UHWOUY0G872ZO9/930ee188c4f954e425100346e79f9962--classic-monsters-halloween-photos.jpg?content-type=image%2Fjpeg

That show is right before Eno left iirc.

Believe that Denver '79 show was a King Biscuit broadcast.

I didn't listen to the box set of their first album because at this point Super Deluxe box sets are burning me out, but I tried the smaller deluxe set for the second disc - half John Peel sessions, half live show from 1972 (probably a soundboard tape) - and it's pretty great! If it was a bootleg, I could see people grading the sound as an A or A-, but not surprisingly it's not on par with the professional recordings and mixes you'd expect for an official live album.

It kind of hit me that I don't own any live Roxy Music concerts from the Eno years, just a few TV one-offs. What's here isn't that long but it's worth it - Eno in particular goes wild, and he adds something remarkable and different from song-to-song. The John Peel sessions do sound like rougher, less developed versions of the songs - whether they all are, I'm not sure, but it has that feel to it, and the live concert recordings sound like a big step forward as a result.

I've heard the two-disc version, too. Most unlikely highlight: the rocked-up concert version of "The Bob".

Yeah, that was a nice surprise!

In Chicago, Roxy is part Live Nation's $80 for 4 concerts deal with no additional fees!

Direct link if interested:
https://www.livenation.com/promotion/summerslive/venue/KovZpa2M7e

Aw, crap all gone. Never mind.

There are soooooo many tickets left.

I'm guessing the $20 ones were probably nosebleeds anyway. Just wait until the day of. At exactly 4pm CST or 5 pm or 6pm (most likely 4 but it's always right on the hour), TM will automatically slash prices in half. Unless a lot of people buy up those tix between now and then, I can't see that not happening.

Central for Chicago that is.

is this not selling well? that's a shame if so, hopefully the tour isn't in jeopardy as a result.

Would they cancel the tour due to sale? I've never had that happen before and that would really SUCK.

*sales

So apparently sales for Philadelphia and Boston were so slow that they've moved those shows to smaller venues. They had to reassign seats for everyone, and anyone who was unhappy with their new assigned seat could get a refund and return their tickets. I haven't heard of any other shows doing this, even though plenty of tickets remain for NY, Chicago, etc...may depend on venue availability I guess.

Kind of breaks my heart to say that - yeah tickets were overpriced but Roxy Music is also a 1000x better than a lot of bands that sell out arena shows.

Well, Roxy Music the band certainly is. Roxy Music, *this* band, right now, all in their '70s ... I guess we'll see. Bryan Ferry has been great the few times I've seen him but I did not see him in an arena, and it's been several years. I saw Roxy Music on one of its more recent reunion tours, in an arena, and I recall being a little let down, tbh.

Anyway, still have not bought tickets, will consider buying tickets the week of. I'm definitely not paying $100 to hang from the rafters of the United Center, though.

I got tix for the Madison Square Garden show. Any smaller venue they could relocate it to would be an improvement afaic.

I missed out on their earlier reunion tours, but I did catch Ferry in 2019 and I actually thought it was amazing. The knock I hear from some fans is that his voice is too whispery now, but I actually thought it worked great for the songs. The show itself just whetted my appetite for one more reunion tour, which at the time wasn't a given. Ferry was playing with a much younger band, so I don't know if that helped.

And yeah, I'm kind of hoping they rebook it for three nights at the Beacon. (Two may even be enough.)

Roxy is one of my all-time favorites (pre-Manifesto Roxy, that is), and I went through a months-long period where I listened to Stranded every single day. I can’t remember why I missed them in 2001, but I never forgave myself. And with Paul Thompson back in the lineup, no way am I missing this. And even though I managed to get a decent floor seat at MSG, yeah, the Beacon would be amazing.

Was Oliver what's-his-name still his lead guitarist? He was good.

Roxy I recall hearing (three or four or five songs) a pretty good deal on WMMR in Philly growing up. but I got into Roxy by way of Eno (though always saw "Avalon" on audiophile lists); I don't recall listening to solo Ferry until "Mamouna," and again I think that was due to Eno, who was in his imperial '90s phase and all over that album. Stuff like Sylvian I got into by way of Fripp. Bowie I likely got into by way of both, Fripp and Eno.

By the '90s I was in Chicago and recall hearing "Earthing" stuff a lot on XRT, though don't recall hearing much "Outside" stuff on the radio.

Did any of Bowie's '90s videos get much airplay? I remember getting that DVD set and thinking that I had never seen any of them before. (Which is a shame for many reasons - they clearly put in a lot of work into each of them.)

"Jump They Say" is top five Bowie videoe.

*Video

within my friendgroup roxy was kind of like a record nerd band. juts like the eno records. seeing them in the uk this tour seems like they were more like fleetwood mac are over here or something. the whole crowd knew every word from every song. also billy idol sat near me which i might have already said!

Hearing it in the wild today, I'm reminded what a different world this have been if Ferry had taken the "Don't You (Forget About Me)" assignment.

Also, re: '90s Radio & Bowie: Classic Rock radio never forgot "Fame", "Rebel Rebel" and "Let's Dance".

...and "Changes" too!

A song that was never a hit in the US was Life on Mars. It’s odd how well known it is now.

Sales figures would suggest that more Americans knew the Barbra Streisand version of "Life on Mars" until recently, as it was on her ButterFly album that charted at #13 and went gold.

Don't think Life On Mars had much recognition amongst the american general populace until a season of American Horror Story used it to death.

yes, that! it's kind of weird to see it retconned into one of his most iconic songs now but obv. the US is not the world (neither is it mars)

Hearing it in the wild today, I'm reminded what a different world this have been if Ferry had taken the "Don't You (Forget About Me)" assignment.

Yep. Ferry's top-button-buttoned-at-all-times ethos doesn't suit an arrangement meant to be bellowed.

Yeah, he's James Bond lounging by the pool at the casino (and still in a tux), not James Bond in tactical gear about to rappel down a tall building.

I still hear tons of Bowie on the radio all the time. "Changes," "Space Oddity," "Ziggy," "Suffragette City," "Let's Dance," "Modern Love," "Jean Genie," "Diamond Dogs," "Heroes," "Starman," "Young Americans," "Fame," "Ashes to Ashes," "Golden Years," "Rebel Rebel," "China Girl," "Under Pressure." Rarely "Life on Mars," sometimes "DJ" or "Scary Monsters." Pretty impressive classic rock (and beyond) showing for a guy whose fame in the US was sort of simultaneously perennial and peripheral.

IIRC Kerr came up with the “Laaaa/Lalalalaaaa…” bit himself too. I can’t remotely imagine 80s Ferry singing that (tho These Foolish Things Ferry could’ve done wonders there, I suspect).

I am a sirius XM subscriber, and I note that Berlin/Scary Monsters DB as well as Peter Gabriel from Melt on fits the "First Wave" format, i.e. new wave and major label post-punk such as the Cure, REM, Smiths, Depeche Mode, New Order et al, as well as Classic Rewind, which approximates AOR from 1978-1986… the Genesis shit/"Solsbury Hill" and DB stuff going up to Young Americans resides on "Classic vinyl"… whereas any Roxy music and Ferry solo shit at all is formatted only on First Wave…granted, that's only "Love is the Drug" and the avalon material as far as Roxy (we have agreed on this thread that that material is what Roxy amounts to as far as the mass audience in America is concerned anyway), but Ferry is purely a classic alternative artist as far as Sirius, which while a deeper experience of commercial radio than, say, IHeartRadio is still very much a product of commercial radio…

I've always wanted to start a Sirius XM thread, as I do find the fragmenting and winnowing down of commercial radio formats so that deep cuts are regularly played to be interesting…not sure if anyone else would be interested…

I really enjoyed my trial of satellite radio that came with the car. I think I might have renewed once at a discounted rate? After the rates went up fully, and dismayed by all the bullshit political stuff they broadcast, I canceled it, but I really did like all the music stations. Not sure where I would have heard most Roxy, aside from the obvious stuff. Deep Tracks channel?

they also play Roxy on Deep Tracks

First time for me seeing this great 1973 show! posted today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LspMHCeyCw

whoah.

holy shit

Holy shit!

lol xp

Bryan Ferry on guitar.

Eno doing some Terry Riley-esque time lag accumulator tape delay on the reel to reel for Mckay's epic if there is something breakdown...

Eno and Mckay with arms outstretched for the harmony vocals during the ending. Never thought I'd see that.

Marvelous!

"Eno and Mckay with arms outstretched for the harmony vocals during the ending. Never thought I'd see that."

without a doubt, anyone who has ever cared about Eno or Ferry/Roxy MUST see this… it is some Wicker Man/ Midsommar shit and you will be scarred for the rest of your life…

Quick notes:

- Andy Mackay's three-finger organ jabbing is almost as inspired as Ferry's.

- Ferry sweats like a farm animal

- Manzanera doesn't play a single dull note.

BADGERS COULDN'T COMPENSATE AT TWICE THE PRICE

otm

holy shit x4 or whatever

Holy shit x5

what's her name? holy shit

without a doubt, anyone who has ever cared about Eno or Ferry/Roxy MUST see this… it is some Wicker Man/ Midsommar shit and you will be scarred for the rest of your life…

i hadn't seen the complete montreux set before, really cool! have folks seen the bataclan november '72 set that's on the deluxe s/t set? it's rather rougher, on-stage grainy film with lots of cuts, but it's got a great version of "would you believe" - prob. my fave eno backing vox on record. at bataclan mackay is more highlighted. the really frustrating thing is that i would _kill_ for a complete recording of a fall '72 show in good quality. "if there is something" reached truly epic heights live - the version on _viva!_ is nearly perfunctory compared to early versions. the BBC version from august '72 (unforgivably left off the deluxe set - i'd also kill for a really good recording of that) is fine enough. i could listen to eno treat mackay and manzanera's instrumental duo for hours. anyway the fall '72 version is only 18 minutes... the only complete recording i know of is a truly abysmal fidelity recording of croydon - one of the worst-quality bootleg recordings i've heard, and i've heard a _lot_ of bootleg recordings. the music, though? chef's kiss.

Watched this last night and it’s amazing - seems like they got much less rave-up/improvisatory after this. I love how the attention of the performances are about equally divided between all the members, almost like Can. Like an outfit where MacKay, Eno and Ferry are co-leaders.

Highlights of this, other than the appearance of Manzanera's fly's eye sunglasses at the end, were the interstitial/interlude bits where everyone else stands around waiting for one or two members to finish making a glorious racket before they all start back into the songs.