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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 8 months

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BORN ON THIS DAY -- HAPPY 78th B-DAY, '70s GLAM ROCK/AVANT-POP ICON, BRYAN FERRY!

NOTE: Born September 26, 1945 -- OTD! 🎂

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on vocalist/songwriter Bryan Ferry of English glam/art rock/avant-pop band ROXY MUSIC, holding an Action Man at a studio photo shoot in West London, UK, on September 18 1972. 📸: Brian Cooke.

VULTURE: "How do you define ROXY MUSIC's manifesto?"

BRYAN FERRY: "It’s trying out different things — experimenting and exploring sounds and textures. Trying out combinations of instruments and so on. With writing in particular, trying to go to different places and creating a body of work that’s interesting to perform. So when we do the anniversary tour, we will hopefully be representing different aspects of the band and periods from all the albums. But at its core, it’s experimenting with musical styles. We didn’t want to be a one-trick pony."

Sources: https://twitter.com/dark_shark/status/680904008161050624, Getty Images, & www.vulture.com/2022/08/bryan-ferry-roxy-music-superlatives.html.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 year

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"TAKE ME ON A ROLLER COASTER, TAKE ME FOR AN AIRPLANE RIDE..." -- TO JAPAN.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a Japanese pressing of the "Virginia Plain"/"Pyjamarama" 7 inch 45 rpm vinyl single by English glam rock/art pop band ROXY MUSIC, released under the UK's Island label in 1974.

Sleeve photo by Karl Stoeker, lyrics/sleeve concept by Bryan Ferry.

Source: www.discogs.com/release/17269219-Roxy-Music-Virginia-Plain-Pyjamarama.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 year

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"THE CLOTHES WE WERE WEARING AT THAT TIME WOULD HAVE PUT OFF QUITE A LARGE CHUNK OF PEOPLE."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a quiffed-up Bryan Ferry, singer-songwriter of English glam rock/art pop band ROXY MUSIC, as he appeared inside the gatefold to their 1972 self-titled debut LP. 📸: Karl Stoecker.

“The clothes we were wearing at that time would have put off quite a large chunk of people. What I liked about the American bands, the Stax label and Motown, they were into presentation and show business, mohair suits, quite slick. And the cover art, I thought of all the American pop culture icons, Marilyn Monroe: selling cigarettes or beer with a glamorous image. But it was a bit off-kilter as well; there was something a bit strange about it, futuristic as well as retro. All that, instead of a picture of the band, in a dreary street, looking rather sullen. Which was the norm.”

-- BRYAN FERRY to the Guardian, "Bryan Ferry on how ROXY MUSIC invented art pop: "We were game for anything," February 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/01/bryan-ferry-roxy-music-invented-new-pop-game-for-anything.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 year

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SCORED THIS ON DISCOGS EARLIER TODAY -- I ABSOLUTELY GOTTA OWN THOSE BBC/PEEL SESSIONS.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1200x1200 -- Spotlight on the digitally remastered 2xCD Deluxe Edition of ROXY MUSIC's 1972 self-titled debut album, released as a digipak by Virgin/EMI Records in 2018 to commemorate the album's 45th anniversary.

DIGIPAK OVERVIEW: "ROXY MUSIC release an expanded edition of their ground-breaking debut album to mark its 45th anniversary. The 2-CD package features rare and previously unavailable material never-heard-before outside of Roxy’s inner circle, including tracks taken from the band’s John Peel Radio Session (1972) and their BBC “In Concert” performance from Paris Theatre (1972)."

-- RECORD STORE DAY, c. 2018

Source: https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/602547343949.

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