Not one consistent bass player in the whole darn catalog yet slick bass licks….until Avalon. Can anyone please explain? Granted I’m a nube hear but it’s an interesting question for me. Thanks!
I found this when looking for another BF rarity.
For Your Pleasure is one of my FAVORITE albums, and yeah - I'll be buying. Probably both versions because I'm an absolute freak for this era of the band and its my favorite RM album.
I question, however, the release strategy of leaving the Blu-ray as an SDE exclusive instead of adding it to the box. It forces me to purchase both versions, whereas I'd have been happy to drop a nice chunk of change on the box with the surround mix. I wish they'd taken the Frankie Goes to Hollywood route of including the blu-ray in both the box AND as an SDE exclusive. As it stands, its nice to have some extras on the SDE blu-ray but bafflingly its missing the song "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" from the 73 Peel session. Am I happy there's extras on the BR at all? Certainly - none of the other RM blu's have included extras. I'm also excited that we have two immersive mixes on offer.
In the following video, I explain the differences between the two versions, elaborate further on my concerns and attempt to provide some buyer's advice and guidance.
I'm 43 and a huge music fan (or so I thought). In my mind, for whatever reason, Roxy Music was a totally different band than they are in reality. I suppose it's because I so closely associated them with 'More Than This,' that they were kinda straight pop and even soft rock. I loved the track but had never really considered diving deeper.
Then I randomly heard Virginia Plain and thought 'hmmm, this is not how I thought Roxy Music sounded. This is badass' I then realized that Bryan Ferry was the singer on the cover of Johnny and Mary with Todd Terje. I thought 'this guy is way more interesting than I thought.' I then listened to In Every Dream Home a Heartache, and my mind was officially blown.
I'm now in month 3 of listening nonstop to their entire discography and I've decided they are the coolest and most interesting band of all time, and, at least in America, easily the most underrated band from the 70s and it's not close.
Shorter Version: I discovered that Roxy Music fucking rules at the age of 43.
Getting back into Eno and revisit the first 2 Roxy Music albums again which those 2 great,weird albums especially when Eno can bring the experimental touches to the music.
Love his touches on the debut and his work on the side 2 of For Your Pleasure is freaking great Eno work so hard to choose yet I love re-make/re-model,Ladytron,2HB,Do the Strand,Editions of You,In Every Dream Home a Heartache,and Grey Lagoons