Roxy Music - BBC Sessions, Volume 7: In Concert, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, Britain, 6-11-2001

A few days ago, I posted the sixth volume of Roxy Music performing for the BBC. I found that at the last minute, having the one all ready to go. So here is it already. This is another BBC concert.

Roxy Music's prime period came to an end after the band's last studio album, "Avalon," in 1982, and then a tour that lasted into 1983. By then, there were only three members remaining, Bryan Ferry, Andy McKay, and Phil Manzanera. Nearly twenty years passed until the band reformed in 2001. The occasion was a tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the band. Since then, the band had occasionally regrouped to tour, with the most recent (and probably last) one taking place in 2022. The band did attempt a new album in the 2000s, but they decided not to finish it as they didn't feel it was strong enough to stand with the band's earlier albums.

For this 2001 tour, the three remaining members, Ferry, McKay, and Manzanera, were joined by another founding member, Paul Thompson. The only founding member not to take part was Brian Eno, who quit the band for good back in 1973.

This concert is essentially the band's best songs. Lead singer Bryan Ferry has had a successful solo career, but none of the songs are from his solo albums.

Everything here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent, as you'd expect from the BBC. I'm bummed that, once again, the band didn't play my favorite song by them, "More than This." It seems that was only played on about one out of five dates during their 2001 tour.

This album is an hour and 22 minutes long.

01 talk (Roxy Music)
02 Street Life (Roxy Music)
03 Ladytron (Roxy Music)
04 While My Heart Is Still Beating (Roxy Music)
05 Out of the Blue (Roxy Music)
06 A Song for Europe (Roxy Music)
07 Oh Yeah (Roxy Music)
08 Both Ends Burning (Roxy Music)
09 talk (Roxy Music)
10 Avalon (Roxy Music)
11 My Only Love (Roxy Music)
12 Is There Something (Roxy Music)
13 Mother of Pearl (Roxy Music)
14 Jealous Guy (Roxy Music)
15 Editions of You (Roxy Music)
16 Virginia Plain (Roxy Music)
17 Love Is the Drug (Roxy Music)
18 Do the Strand (Roxy Music)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/DCDkQRBL

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/5EKfE7oJ6ZATkgH/file

The cover photo shows lead singer Bryan Ferry at a concert in London in June 2001.

Roxy Music - BBC Sessions, Volume 6: The High Road, Arenes de Frejus, Frejus, France, 8-27-1982

I'm extra psyched to be posting this, because up until the very last minute, I didn't know this recording existed. What I mean is, I had looked for a BBC recording from the band's 1982 tour, and I couldn't find one. I was all set to post the next (and final) album in this series, a BBC concert from 2001. But as I was writing the write-up for the post, I Googled some information about that, and happened to come across a mention of this show.

One thing about BBC concerts is that it's sometimes hard to tell if a given show is from the BBC or not. People don't always keep track of the source, other than marking that it's "FM" if it's from a radio show. In this case, I didn't notice it until the last minute because it's closely related to, yet different from, one of the band's official live albums, "Heart Still Beating." It turns out that the BBC videotaped the band's 1982 concert in Frejus, France, and broadcast that on BBC TV. It later came out on VHS as a show apparently called "The High Road," which also was the name of the band's 1982 tour as a whole. Years later, that came out as the album "Heart Still Beating." However, the song order was mixed up, and some of the songs came from a concert in Glasgow, Britain, as well. 

I found the original video, which shows just the Frejus concert in whole, with all the songs in the correct order. I then converted that to audio and broke it into mp3s. There was a slight problem though. I found the lead vocals were low in the mix, and an analysis in the Audacity program confirmed that. So I remixed all the songs using the MVSEP program, specifically boosting the lead vocals relative to the instruments.

There was one other thing that I didn't like about the Frejus concert. Namely, that the song "More than This" wasn't included. That's my favorite Roxy Music song of all time. I thought for sure that would be included, because it was on the band's 1982 album "Avalon," which the tour was promoting, and it was the biggest hit from that album. But it turns out that for the entire tour, the band only played the song one time.

I found a way to include it though, although it's a bit sneaky. It turns out there's an excellent sounding bootleg of the band's tour rehearsal, which took place some time in the summer of 1982. That also included a cover of the Byrds classic "Eight Miles High," which was never performed during the tour. So I added those two at the end. I even patched in some cheering at the end of both songs to make them sound like a continuation of the concert. I think it makes a fitting end. It would have made perfect sense for the band to play "More than This" as the final encore, since it was their most recent big hit.

This album is an hour and 23 minutes long. Without the two extra songs at the end, it's an hour and 13 minutes.

01 The Main Thing (Roxy Music)
02 Out of the Blue (Roxy Music)
03 talk (Roxy Music)
04 Both Ends Burning (Roxy Music)
05 A Song for Europe (Roxy Music)
06 Can't Let Go (Roxy Music)
07 While My Heart Is Still Beating (Roxy Music)
08 Avalon (Roxy Music)
09 My Only Love (Roxy Music)
10 Dance Away (Roxy Music)
11 Love Is the Drug (Roxy Music)
12 Like a Hurricane (Roxy Music)
13 Editions of You (Roxy Music)
14 talk (Roxy Music)
15 Do the Strand (Roxy Music)
16 Jealous Guy (Roxy Music)
17 Eight Miles High (Roxy Music)
18 More than This (Roxy Music)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/Uewyczj9

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/X8bYvroRGBCT0d5/file

The cover image is from this exact concert. It's a screenshot I took from the video.

Roxy Music: BBC Sessions, Volume 4: In Concert, Hammersmith Odeon, London, Britain, 5-18-1979

The fourth volume in my series of Roxy Music performing for the BBC is a full concert from 1979.

There's a big time gap between the three previous volumes in this series I posted, all from 1972 and 1973, and this one. That's probably mostly because the band had periods of inactivity in those years, in part due to lead singer Bryan Ferry had a successful solo career going on at the same time. In fact, the band disbanded from 1976 to 1978.

At the time of this concert, the band was promoting their latest album, "Manifesto." It was their first album in four years. It contained the hits "Angel Eyes" and "Dance Away." Curiously, "Dance Away," wasn't performed at this concert, but some other songs from the album were, including "Trash," "Manifesto," "Ain't That So," and "Still Falls the Rain."

This album is an hour and 11 minutes long.

01 Manifesto (Roxy Music)
02 Trash (Roxy Music)
03 talk (Roxy Music)
04 Out of the Blue (Roxy Music)
05 A Song for Europe (Roxy Music)
06 talk (Roxy Music)
07 Still Falls the Rain (Roxy Music)
08 talk (Roxy Music)
09 Mother of Pearl (Roxy Music)
10 Ain't That So (Roxy Music)
11 talk (Roxy Music)
12 Angel Eyes (Roxy Music)
13 In Every Dream Home a Heartache (Roxy Music)
14 Casanova (Roxy Music)
15 Love Is the Drug (Roxy Music)
16 Re-Make-Re-Model (Roxy Music)
17 Editions of You (Roxy Music)
18 Do the Strand (Roxy Music)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ZfrNPTPv

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/7ejmQAZRc4KuBA5/file

The cover photo of lead singer Bryan Ferry is aaaalmost from this exact concert. It's from the same venue, but the night before. 

Roxy Music - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: 1972-1973

Here's a third album of Roxy Music performing for the BBC. This is an album of studio sessions.

The first two songs are from a July 1972 studio session. The first song, "Virginia Plain," made it onto a super deluxe edition of the band's debut album, "Roxy Music." But the second song, "If There Is Something," remains unreleased. It's quite a long song, about 12 and a half minutes long.

All the remaining songs are unreleased. "For Your Pleasure" is from the BBC TV show "Full House." The next three are from a March 1973 studio session. The final song, "In Every Dream Home a Heartache," was performed on the "Old Grey Whistle Test" BBC TV show.

Unfortunately, it seems Roxy Music stopped doing BBC studio sessions or TV appearances after this. However, they still did some BBC concerts much later, which I plan on posting here.

This album is 36 minutes long.

01 Virginia Plain (Roxy Music)
02 If There Is Something (Roxy Music)
03 For Your Pleasure (Roxy Music)
04 Editions of You (Roxy Music)
05 Do the Strand (Roxy Music)
06 Pyjamarama (Roxy Music)
07 In Every Dream Home a Heartache (Roxy Music)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ZUckLf5x

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/AaY1MSVof0easeX/file

The cover photo was taken in October 1973. From left to right: Paul Thompson, Bryan Ferry, Eddie Jobson, Andy Mackay, Sal Maida, and Phil Manzanera.

Roxy Music - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, Paris Theatre, London, Britain, 8-3-1972

Here's the second album of Roxy Music performing for the BBC. This time, it's a concert.

This concert, recorded for BBC radio, took place a couple of months after the release of the band's first album, "Roxy Music." It also took place just after the release of the band's first hit single, "Virginia Plain," which was not included on the album. The songs are mostly from the first album, plus the single. However, they also played a song introduced as "The Bogus Man, Part 2." In fact, the song was an early version of "Grey Lagoons," which would appear on the band's 1973 album "For Your Pleasure."

Most of the songs here were officially released as part of the "super deluxe edition" of the "Roxy Music" album. However, the song "The Bogus Man, Part 2" was not included, probably because it was significantly different from the final version. Furthermore, none of the BBC DJ chatter between songs were included. But I wanted to include that, because it was actually part of the concert, with the DJ talking on stage as it happened. In this case, the DJ was Bob Harris, known for his quiet voice. Luckily, I was able to find a bootleg version with the extra song and all the banter.

The last song here, "Ladytron," was not part of the concert. Instead, it was from an appearance on the BBC TV show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" in June 1972. I've included it here because there was another version of that song in Volume 1 and the song wasn't performed in the concert here.

This album is 41 minutes long.

01 The Bob [Medley] (Roxy Music)
02 talk (Roxy Music)
03 The Bogus Man, Part 2 [Early Version of Grey Lagoons] (Roxy Music)
04 talk (Roxy Music)
05 Sea Breezes (Roxy Music)
06 talk (Roxy Music)
07 Virginia Plain (Roxy Music)
08 talk (Roxy Music)
09 Chance Meeting (Roxy Music)
10 talk (Roxy Music)
11 Re-Make-Re-Model (Roxy Music)
12 Ladytron (Roxy Music)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/Z87TQESb

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/rj8DdSlvUfnJ0dY/file

The cover photo was taken on the set of the BBC TV show "Full House" in November 1972.

Roxy Music - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: 1972

I have so many hundreds of albums I want to post that it can feel overwhelming. For instance, I have five BBC albums by Roxy Music and another three by their lead singer Bryan Ferry. I just need time to make the cover art and write the write-up. Anyway, I've been sitting on this for ages; it's about time I post it. This is an album of BBC studio sessions by Roxy Music from their first year of success, 1972.

This album consists of two studio sessions, both hosted by BBC DJ John Peel. The first one, consisting of the first five songs here, took place in January 1972. The second one, consisting of the last four songs, took place in May 1972. All but the last song was officially released as part of the "super deluxe edition" of the band's debut album, "Roxy Music."

These sessions came very early in the band's career. Their first public concerts took place in December 1971, yet they were playing for the BBC less than a month later! Even the second session here took place a month before the band released their debut album in June 1972. Not surprisingly, the songs mostly come from that album.

The band's line-up was somewhat in flux during this time. For instance, guitarist David O'List played on the January 1972 BBC session here, but was replaced by Phil Manzanera a month later. Brian Eno was the synth player for all of this, even though he wouldn't stay in the band for long.

This album is 45 minutes long.

01 If There Is Something (Roxy Music)
02 The Bob [Medley] (Roxy Music)
03 Would You Believe (Roxy Music)
04 Sea Breezes (Roxy Music)
05 Re-Make-Re-Model (Roxy Music)
06 2HB (Roxy Music)
07 Ladytron (Roxy Music)
08 Chance Meeting (Roxy Music)
09 Bitter End (Roxy Music)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ud5GxWcP

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/l65PoCNLsqSN8Jm/file

The cover photo appears to be from a photo shoot done in a recording studio in 1972.

Live Aid - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain, 7-13-1985, Part 3: Howard Jones, Bryan Ferry, Paul Young with Alison Moyet, and U2

This is the third out of five parts of the London portion of Live Aid. I've previously posted all of the Philadelphia portion.

The first act in this set is Howard Jones. Unfortunately for him, he was only allowed one song. The song he chose, "Hide and Seek," was a hit in Britain, but he had five bigger hits at the time that he didn't get to perform.

Bryan Ferry was next. He'd alternated between being lead singer for the band Roxy Music and doing his own projects since the early 1970s. But Roxy Music broke up in 1983. Ferry's solo album "Boys and Girls" hit Number One in the British charts the month before this concert. Note that the lead guitarist in his band for his entire set was David Gilmour, formerly of Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd also broke up in 1983, and the band members were too upset with each other to reunite for Live Aid. So presumably this was how Gilmour found a way to take part. Pink Floyd lead singer Roger Waters attended the concert back stage, but wasn't considered popular enough as a solo act to get a performance slot.

Singer Paul Young was next. Like some other acts, such as Howard Jones and Nik Kershaw, his popularity seemed to peak right around the time of Live Aid. He'd had two massive albums in Britain in 1983 and 1985, but his popularity would go into decline after that. Apparently, Alison Moyet wasn't famous enough to get her own time slot, but she did perform a duet with Young.

The final act in this part of the concert was U2. Their set was widely considered one of the highlights of Live Aid, along with Queen's set. Proof of this could be seen in the fact that all of their albums available at the time went back into the charts following the concert. They only played two songs. That's because they were given a fifteen minute time slot, and their second song, "Bad," went on for 13 minutes. They were supposed to finish with the song "Pride (In the Name of Love)," but they got the hook before they could play it. 

However, they made the most of their time, especially with the song "Bad." Although it was just one song, it contained snippets of the classic songs "Satellite of Love," "Ruby Tuesday," "Sympathy for the Devil," and "Walk on the Wild Side." In addition, during the song, apparently lead singer Bono saw a girl in the crowd who was getting crushed by the people around her. He tried to motion for the security staff to help her, but nobody did. So he left the stage, grabbed the girl, and pulled her to the stage. He then danced with her a little while. She later credited him with saving her life. That may be an exaggeration, but it was a dramatic gesture just the same, and made a big impression on the audience.

This album is an hour and two minutes long.

051 talk (Andy Peebles)
052 talk (Howard Jones)
053 Hide and Seek (Howard Jones)
054 talk (Andy Peebles)
055 Sensation (Bryan Ferry)
056 Boys and Girls (Bryan Ferry)
057 Slave to Love (Bryan Ferry)
058 Jealous Guy (Bryan Ferry)
059 talk (Andy Peebles)
060 talk (Paul Young)
061 Do They Know It's Christmas (Paul Young)
062 Come Back and Stay (Paul Young)
063 talk (Paul Young)
064 That's the Way Love Is (Paul Young & Alison Moyet)
065 talk (Paul Young)
066 Everytime You Go Away (Paul Young)
067 talk (Tommy Vance)
068 Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2)
069 Bad (U2)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15748935/LveAidJFKStdiumLondnPA__7-13-1985_Part3.zip.html

As usual with this series, I divided the cover into four sections so I could feature four of the musical acts. That's Howard Jones on the top left, Bryan Ferry on the top right, Alison Moyet and Paul Young on the bottom left, and Bono of U2 on the bottom right.