What does it sound like?:

In 1972, Roxy Music spent two weeks recording their debut album. 1972. It seems like yesterday. Listening to it 46 years later, it still sounds phantasmagorically space age and deservedly gets the super deluxe treatment of three CDs and a DVD in a glossy box.

Even before hearing a single note, the gatefold sleeve is full of wonder, especially for an impressionable teenage boy. The glamour model, Kari-Ann, in her pastel blue and pink, her gaze bold and direct, appears to be snarling. Her luscious legs unfurl as the sleeve is opened out. Inside, the band are dressed in their stage finery. Phil Manzanera sports his bug-eye glasses. Eno and Ferry compete with big cat tops but Bryan’s scythe-sharp quiff wins the hair contest easily. Judging by his vampiric smile, he knows it, too. Paul Thompson looks sweetly innocent, Graham Simpson has wandered in from the seventeenth century and Andy MacKay evokes a fifties rocker. Simon Puxley’s florid sleeve notes are knowingly arch. Antony Price is credited with clothes, make up & hair and there is a dedication to Susie, their previous drummer.

The album itself starts with the clearest statement of intent … Continue reading Roxy Music 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition