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This morning I did a bit of research on Roxy Music because, while I am aware of their influence, I don't actually know much more than their US hits.

Things I have learned:

- Their first album was back in 1972!? That's earlier than I thought. Also at least 1 or 2 tracks felt very proto-punk, which was surprising.

- Brian Eno was only with the band for the first 2 albums, neither of which had any songs I was familiar with going into this. Love is the Drug, Avalon, and More Than This... all of those were well after Eno had anything to do with the band.

- After RM broke up, David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) and 2 members of Dire Straits played on Bryan Ferry's 1985 solo album Girls and Boys.

23 March 1973 saw the release of Roxy Music's landmark second album, 'For Your Pleasure', the last to capture the intensity of two rapidly diverging creators, Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno together.

"For Your Pleasure walks the tightrope between the experimental and the accessible, creating a new vocabulary for rock bands, and one that was exploited heavily in the ensuing decade."

05. In Every Dream Home A Heartache

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Recorded #OnThisDay 53 years ago:

Roxy Music - Peel Session 1972

The complete session recorded by Roxy Music on 4 January 1972 for John Peel on the Friday Night Is Boogie Night show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 21st of that month.

Tracklist:

1. Remake Remodel (0:07)
2. B.O.B. Medley (5:05)
3. Would You Believe? (10:54)
4. If There Is Something (14:43)

vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2016

vibracobra23.blogspot.comRoxy Music - Peel Session 1972The blog for the uploads to the group of Vibracobra23 channels on YouTube, featuring thousands of John Peel Sessions.