Roxy Music formed in London in the early seventies around Bryan Ferry, with Andy Mackay on saxophone and oboe, Phil Manzanera on guitar, Paul Thompson on drums and Brian Eno on synthesizer and tape treatments. The first two albums, Roxy Music (1972) and For Your Pleasure (1973), mixed art-school glamour, fifties pastiche and VCS3 noise. Eno left in 1973, Eddie Jobson took his place, and the sound grew smoother up to Avalon (1982), their last studio album.
Roxy Music's 1973 second album, the last with Brian Eno, remastered on 140g black vinyl with a second disc of unreleased AIR Studios outtakes and the Eno tapes of the title track, in a gatefold sleeve curated by Bryan Ferry.
Stranded gave Roxy Music their first UK No’1 album and brought with it an undeniable presence that would eventually see Roxy Music’s American audience take note! It was becoming all too clear that Roxy Music were indeed a band ahead of their time.
Falling halfway between musical primitivism and art rock ambition, Roxy Music's eponymous debut remains a startling redefinition of rock's boundaries. Simultaneously embracing kitschy glamour and avant-pop, Roxy Music shimmers with seductive style an…
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music’s eponymous debut album, which the band are celebrating with a North America and UK tour, their first in over a decade. To coincide with this milestone, we are proud to present a one-of-a-kind historical …