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Phil Manzanera

801 Live (Collector's Edition)

Description:

In 1976, while Roxy Music had temporarily disbanded, 801 (the name of the band was taken from the Eno song "The True Wheel", which appears on his 1974 solo album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)) got together as a temporary project. The original sextet included Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno, Bill MacCormick, Francis Monkman, Simon Phillips and Lloyd Watson, and after a warm up show in Cromer in Norfolk, that line-up played just two gigs - at the Reading Festival (with John Peel acclaiming them 'the musical high point of the weekend') and at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. This memorable concert was subsequently released as '801 Live'. The music consists of more or less mutated selections from albums by Manzanera, Eno, and Quiet Sun, plus a full-scale rearrangement of Lennon-McCartney's "Tomorrow Never Knows" and an off-the-wall excursion into The Kinks' 1964 hit "You Really Got Me". Released at the height of the punk rock revolution in the UK, the LP nevertheless sold well throughout the world, particularly because it received rave reviews from critics, both for the superb performances by the musicians and for its groundbreaking sound quality.

Track Listing

Disc 1: Lagrima T.N.K. East of Asteroid Rongwrong Sombre Reptiles Golden Hours The Fat Lady Of Limbourg Baby's On Fire Diamond Head Miss Shapiro You Really Got Me Third Uncle Disc 2: Lagrima T.N.K. East of Asteroid Sombre Reptiles The Fat Lady Of Limbourg Baby's On Fire Diamond Head Miss Shapiro You Really Got Me Third Uncle Lagrima (Reprise)