Roxy Music - Greatest Hits (1977) (LP) - €10,00

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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the English band Roxy Music. It was released in 1977, when the band were on hiatus.

The first Roxy Music hits collection, released during the hiatus that divided Siren from Manifesto, was a straightforward rendering of all but one ("Both Ends Burning") of the band's UK hits, buoyed by an intelligent selection of key album tracks - US radio fave "Do The Strand", the pulsating "Editions Of You" and so on.

Divided neatly between the Eno and Eddie Jobson eras of the band, Greatest Hits was most valuable at the time for finally placing "Virginia Plain" and "Pyjamarama" on a British album release (the former was included on the American edition of the band's debut) - hopes that the set might also find room for the string of non-album b-sides that graced the band's 45s were, however, dashed as Greatest Hits went for the commercial, rather than the collectible jugular.

The band's first hit, "Virginia Plain", was re-released ahead of the album, peaking at number 11 in the UK (the original 1972 release had peaked at number 4). 

The edited version of "The Thrill of It All" is unique to this release, while the released single version (3:20) is available the 2012 boxed set Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings. "Mother of Pearl" is an edit in that it does not crossfade into the next song, as it does on the 1973 album Stranded. 

The version of "Pyjamarama" on this collection is a remix of the original 1973 single which is also available on The Complete Studio Recordings, as well as the 1977 Polydor reissue of the "Virginia Plain" single.

Still, it's a nice introduction for those who needed one, a smart souvenir for everyone else, and a vivid reminder that, for five years through the early-mid 1970s, Roxy really did release some phenomenal 45s. 

Side one

1.  Virginia Plain - 2:56  

2.  Do The Strand - 4:00  

3.  All I Want Is You - 2:51  

4.  Out Of The Blue - 4:48  

5.  Pyjamarama - 2:52  

6.  Editions Of You - 3:47  

Side two

1.  Love Is The Drug - 4:07  

2.  Mother Of Pearl - 6:45  

3.  A Song For Europe - 5:45  

4.  The Thrill Of It All - 4:20  

5.  Street Life - 3:24 

Roxy Music

• Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards, guitar on "Pyjamarama"
• Andy Mackay – oboe, saxophone
• Phil Manzanera – electric guitar
• Paul Thompson – drums, percussion
• Brian Eno – keyboards, backing vocals (tracks 1-2 and 5-6 on side one)
• Rik Kenton – bass (track 1 on side one)
• John Porter - bass (tracks 2 and 5-6 on side one)
• John Gustafson – bass (tracks 3-4 on side one, all tracks on side two)
• Eddie Jobson – keyboards, violin (tracks 3-4 on side one, all tracks on side two)

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – E.G. Records Ltd.
• Copyright © – E.G. Music Ltd.
• Lacquer Cut At – EMI Studios
• Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Polydor Limited (London)
• Distributed By – Polydor Limited (London)

Credits

• Cover – Bryan Ferry, Deirdre Morrow, Freddie Valentine, Mick Haggerty
• Instruments – Andrew MacKay, Eno, Bryan Ferry, Edwin Jobson, John Gustafson, John Porter, Paul Thompson, Phil Manzanera, Rik Kenton
• Mastered By – HTM
• Producer – Chris Thomas, John Anthony, John Punter, Peter Sinfield, Roxy Music
• Written-By – MacKay (tracks: B1, B3), Ferry, Manzanera (tracks: A4

Notes

Release:  1977

Format:  LP

Genre:  Art Rock

Label:  Polydor Records 

Catalog#   2310575 

Vinyl:  Excellent

Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00