Phil Manzanera / 801

6-23-10

Phil Manzanera / 801

http://www.manzanera.com/home/index.html

I liked the first two Roxy Music albums when they were new releases – never quite sure if I could reconcile ‘the style vs. the content’ – I was very young, then. These days, I go for the first 4 x Roxy Music albums – and I am much less worried about ‘the style’.

CD DIAMOND HEAD ARCANGELO JPN ARC-7288

1975 10 TRKS (1 x bonus track) ('08 issue) kami sleeve

LP DIAMOND HEAD ISLAND UK ILPS 9315

1975 9 TRKS UK original issue

CD 801 LIVE CAROLINE US EGCD 26

1976 10 TRKS Live

LP 801 LIVE ISLAND UK ILPS 9444

1975 10 TRKS Live

CD LISTEN NOW ARCANGELO JPN ARC-7290

1977 12 TRKS (2 x bonus tracks) ('08 issue) kami sleeve

LP LISTEN NOW POLYDOR UK 2302 074

1977 9 TRKS UK original issue

7" FLIGHT 19 / CAR RHUMBA EG UK 2001 733

1977 2 TRKS no pic sleeve

LP K-SCOPE POLYDOR US PD-1-6178

1978 10 TRKS

CD K-SCOPE ARCANGELO JPN ARC-7291

1978 13 TRKS (3 x bonus tracks) ('08 issue) kami sleeve

7" REMOTE CONTROL / K-SCOPE POLYDOR AUS 2001 835

1979 2 TRKS no pic sleeve

CD PRIMITIVE GUITARS re EXPRESSION UK EXPCD 19

1982 11 TRKS (2 x bonus tracks) ('00 issue)

LP PRIMITIVE GUITARS EG US EGED 14

1982 9 TRKS

LP GUITARISSIMO EG US EGLP 69

1986 4 TRKS Collection

CD SOUTHERN CROSS EXPRESSION UK EXPCD 1CD

1990 12 TRKS

CD 801 LIVE @ HULL (1977) EXPRESSION UK EXPCD 23R

1997 14 TRKS Live 1977

CD 801 LIVE @ MANCHESTER (1977) EXPRESSION UK EXVP 2CD

1997 9 TRKS Live 1977 Manchester University

CD MANZANERA ARCHIVES - RARE ONE (Collection) EXPRESSION UK EXPCD 21

2000 11 TRK Collection; Quiet Sun etc.

CD 801 LATINO EXPRESSION UK EXPCD 24

2001 11 TRKS + CD-ROM

CD 6pm HANNIBAL US HNCD 1471

2004 12 TRKS

CD 50 MINUTES LATER HANNIBAL US HNCD 1503

2005 11 TRKS

I got interested in Phil Manzanera’s solo albums initially because both Robert Wyatt and Brian Eno sang on “Diamond Head”. I like “801 Live” (1975) better now than I did back then. I was delighted to get the “801 Live @ Manchester 1977” CD recently, really excellent sound, professional recording – just not as many songs as “Hull” – but a much better recording. Manzanera always seemed to work with very interesting vocalists: Bryan Ferry, Simon Ainley, Tim Finn, Godley & Crème etc. “6pm” and “50 Minutes Later” are both very good, too (again feat. Wyatt & Eno!). There are some I’m missing...