Super Deluxe 3CD + DVD version. Roxy Music followed up their stunning debut with ‘For Your Pleasure’, an album that’s come to be regarded by many as the ultimate musical expression of Roxy Music’s early period. For this record the band found the freedom to develop the songs along experimental lines in the studio, resulting in an immensely satisfying musical statement. Added to Bryan Ferry’s alternately seductive and dystopian imagery, Eno’s other-worldly synth sounds and tape loop effects were propelled by the virtuoso musical powerhouse of Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson.
Ultimately, the sum of these parts continues to earn ‘For Your Pleasure’ a place in many ‘Best Albums Of All Time’ listings and its music is as timeless and fresh today as first heard back in 1973.
Includes the original album, singles and instrumentals; unheard songwriting demos, rehearsals and live sessions; TV and live performances from 1972-1973; plus a 116-page book with new essays and rare photography.
The last Roxy Music album with Brian Eno, newly curated in sound and image by Bryan Ferry. CD1: the original album remastered. CD2: twenty home songwriting sketches by Bryan Ferry, band rehearsals and AIR Studios outtakes, closing with the Eno tapes of For Your Pleasure. CD3: Peel Sessions and the BBC Paris Theatre recording from 1972-1973, the Pyjamarama single with its B-side The Pride And The Pain, and instrumental versions of the whole album. DVD: Top of the Pops, Full House, Old Grey Whistle Test, Montreux and Musikladen performances, 1972-1973.