12019 - PHIL MANZANERA - THE MANZANERA COLLECTION, DISC TWO (1995)

PHIL MANZANERA
''THE MANZANERA COLLECTION, DISC TWO''
1995
143:42
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DISC ONE
01 - Tomorrow Never Knows-801 Live 06:43
02 - Over You-Roxy Music 03:23
03 - Out Of The Blue-Roxy Music 04:39
04 - Fat Lady Of Limbourg-801 Live 06:03
05 - Impossible Guitars-Roxy Music 03:41
06 - Charlie-Tim Finn 04:27
07 - Take A Chance With Me-Roxy Music 04:56
08 - Frontera-with Robert Wyatt 04:02
09 - Diamond Head-801 Live 06:18
10 - Needle In A Camel's Eye-Eno 03:05
11 - Miss Shapiro-801 Live 06:19
12 - The End-Nico 09:29
13 - Gun-John Cale 04:48
14 - Europe 70-1 -Phil Manzanera 03:40
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DISC TWO
01 - Leyenda - Guitar Legends '91 01:34
02 - Frontera '91 - Guitar Legends '91 04:34
03 - Southern Cross - Guitar Legends 03:38
04 - Sphinx - Guitar Legends '91 03:19
05 - Amazona - Roxy Music 04:13
06 - A Million Reasons Why - Manzanera 03:56
07 - Fifth Wheel - Tim Finn 04:14
08 - It's Just Love - Wetton Manzanera 03:15
09 - Talk To Me - Wetton Manzanera 04:00
10 - Suzanne - Wetton Manzanera 03:22
11 - Black Gang Chine - MacKay Manzanera 04:40
12 - Lorelei - The Explorers 03:57
13 - Criollo - Phil Manzanera 05:12
14 - Mama Hue - Mancada Manzanera 04:50
15 - Corazon Corazon - Mancada Manzanera 07:38
16 - Flor De Azalea - Tania Libertad 03:14
17 - Espiritu - Sergio Dias Manzanera 06:20
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
The longtime guitarist for legendary British art pop sophisticates Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera was born Philip Targett-Adams in London on January 31, 1951. The child of an English father and Colombian mother, he was raised in various spots, including Hawaii and Cuba, and while living in Venezuela began playing guitar at the age of eight. Profoundly influenced by both Latin music and rock & roll, while attending school at London's Dulwich College in 1966 Manzanera co-founded the psychedelic band Pooh and the Ostrich Feather, later rechristened Quiet Sun concurrent with a move toward a more avant-garde approach. When the group dissolved in 1972, Manzanera replaced guitarist Dave O'List in Roxy Music, joining in time to record their self-titled debut LP. A series of classic albums followed and upon completion of 1974's Country Life, Manzanera returned to the studio to record his first solo effort, the largely instrumental Diamond Head. Around that same time, he contributed to solo efforts from fellow Roxy Music alums Bryan Ferry (Another Time, Another Place) and Brian Eno (the groundbreaking Here Come the Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain [By Strategy]), and even cut a Quiet Sun reunion LP, Mainstream.

Manzanera continued balancing his Roxy Music duties with solo projects and session dates, in 1975 producing the up-and-coming New Zealand group Split Enz; with Roxy Music entering a state of suspended animation a year later, he formed the short-lived 801 before touring with Ferry. The 801 aegis was revived for 1977's Listen Now!!; upon completing the follow-up, K-Scope, Manzanera joined the revived Roxy Music for Manifesto, their best-selling album in the U.S. He remained with the group through their last studio album, the 1982 masterpiece Avalon, and following their final tour he reunited with ex-Roxy saxophonist Andy Mackay as the Explorers, also recording a 1986 LP with onetime Asia frontman John Wetton. While 1990's Southern Cross featured extensive vocal contributions from onetime Split Enz member Tim Finn, Manzanera was largely absent from the studio during much of the decade to follow, primarily focusing on live performances (including appearances at the Guitar Legends and WOMAD festivals). In 1999, he issued the Latin-influenced Vozero, closing out the year by backing Ferry at the British Gas Millennium Concert, their first joint performance in 18 years.
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12018 - PHIL MANZANERA - THE MANZANERA COLLECTION, DISC ONE (1995)

PHIL MANZANERA
''THE MANZANERA COLLECTION, DISC ONE''
1995
143:42
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DISC ONE
01 - Tomorrow Never Knows-801 Live 06:43
02 - Over You-Roxy Music 03:23
03 - Out Of The Blue-Roxy Music 04:39
04 - Fat Lady Of Limbourg-801 Live 06:03
05 - Impossible Guitars-Roxy Music 03:41
06 - Charlie-Tim Finn 04:27
07 - Take A Chance With Me-Roxy Music 04:56
08 - Frontera-with Robert Wyatt 04:02
09 - Diamond Head-801 Live 06:18
10 - Needle In A Camel's Eye-Eno 03:05
11 - Miss Shapiro-801 Live 06:19
12 - The End-Nico 09:29
13 - Gun-John Cale 04:48
14 - Europe 70-1 -Phil Manzanera 03:40
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DISC TWO
01 - Leyenda - Guitar Legends '91 01:34
02 - Frontera '91 - Guitar Legends '91 04:34
03 - Southern Cross - Guitar Legends 03:38
04 - Sphinx - Guitar Legends '91 03:19
05 - Amazona - Roxy Music 04:13
06 - A Million Reasons Why - Manzanera 03:56
07 - Fifth Wheel - Tim Finn 04:14
08 - It's Just Love - Wetton Manzanera 03:15
09 - Talk To Me - Wetton Manzanera 04:00
10 - Suzanne - Wetton Manzanera 03:22
11 - Black Gang Chine - MacKay Manzanera 04:40
12 - Lorelei - The Explorers 03:57
13 - Criollo - Phil Manzanera 05:12
14 - Mama Hue - Mancada Manzanera 04:50
15 - Corazon Corazon - Mancada Manzanera 07:38
16 - Flor De Azalea - Tania Libertad 03:14
17 - Espiritu - Sergio Dias Manzanera 06:20
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
The longtime guitarist for legendary British art pop sophisticates Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera was born Philip Targett-Adams in London on January 31, 1951. The child of an English father and Colombian mother, he was raised in various spots, including Hawaii and Cuba, and while living in Venezuela began playing guitar at the age of eight. Profoundly influenced by both Latin music and rock & roll, while attending school at London's Dulwich College in 1966 Manzanera co-founded the psychedelic band Pooh and the Ostrich Feather, later rechristened Quiet Sun concurrent with a move toward a more avant-garde approach. When the group dissolved in 1972, Manzanera replaced guitarist Dave O'List in Roxy Music, joining in time to record their self-titled debut LP. A series of classic albums followed and upon completion of 1974's Country Life, Manzanera returned to the studio to record his first solo effort, the largely instrumental Diamond Head. Around that same time, he contributed to solo efforts from fellow Roxy Music alums Bryan Ferry (Another Time, Another Place) and Brian Eno (the groundbreaking Here Come the Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain [By Strategy]), and even cut a Quiet Sun reunion LP, Mainstream.

Manzanera continued balancing his Roxy Music duties with solo projects and session dates, in 1975 producing the up-and-coming New Zealand group Split Enz; with Roxy Music entering a state of suspended animation a year later, he formed the short-lived 801 before touring with Ferry. The 801 aegis was revived for 1977's Listen Now!!; upon completing the follow-up, K-Scope, Manzanera joined the revived Roxy Music for Manifesto, their best-selling album in the U.S. He remained with the group through their last studio album, the 1982 masterpiece Avalon, and following their final tour he reunited with ex-Roxy saxophonist Andy Mackay as the Explorers, also recording a 1986 LP with onetime Asia frontman John Wetton. While 1990's Southern Cross featured extensive vocal contributions from onetime Split Enz member Tim Finn, Manzanera was largely absent from the studio during much of the decade to follow, primarily focusing on live performances (including appearances at the Guitar Legends and WOMAD festivals). In 1999, he issued the Latin-influenced Vozero, closing out the year by backing Ferry at the British Gas Millennium Concert, their first joint performance in 18 years.
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12017 - PHIL MANZANERA & ANDY MACKAY - MANZANERA & MACKAY (1989)

PHIL MANZANERA & ANDY MACKAY
''MANZANERA & MACKAY''
1989
53:03
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01 - Black Gang Chine 05:00
02 - Free Yourself 04:30
03 - Built For Speed 03:53
04 - Many Are The Ways 04:55
05 - I Can Be Tender 04:17
06 - Dreams Of The East 04:49
07 - Sacrosanct 07:04
08 - Every King Of Stone 03:37
09 - Men With Extraordinary Ways 05:01
10 - Safe In The Arms Of Love 05:23
11 - Forgotten Man 04:28
All Tracks By Manzanera, MacKay, Wraith
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Phil Manzanera - Guitar, Keyboards
Andy MacKay - Sax, Oboe, Keyboards
James Wraith - Vocals, Keyboard
Featuring:
Blair Cunningham - Drums
John Mackenzie - Bass
Carol Kenyon - Backing Vocals
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG/MANZANERA
Jason Ankeny
The longtime guitarist for legendary British art pop sophisticates Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera was born Philip Targett-Adams in London on January 31, 1951. The child of an English father and Colombian mother, he was raised in various spots, including Hawaii and Cuba, and while living in Venezuela began playing guitar at the age of eight. Profoundly influenced by both Latin music and rock & roll, while attending school at London's Dulwich College in 1966 Manzanera co-founded the psychedelic band Pooh and the Ostrich Feather, later rechristened Quiet Sun concurrent with a move toward a more avant-garde approach. When the group dissolved in 1972, Manzanera replaced guitarist Dave O'List in Roxy Music, joining in time to record their self-titled debut LP. A series of classic albums followed and upon completion of 1974's Country Life, Manzanera returned to the studio to record his first solo effort, the largely instrumental Diamond Head. Around that same time, he contributed to solo efforts from fellow Roxy Music alums Bryan Ferry (Another Time, Another Place) and Brian Eno (the groundbreaking Here Come the Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain [By Strategy]), and even cut a Quiet Sun reunion LP, Mainstream.

Manzanera continued balancing his Roxy Music duties with solo projects and session dates, in 1975 producing the up-and-coming New Zealand group Split Enz; with Roxy Music entering a state of suspended animation a year later, he formed the short-lived 801 before touring with Ferry. The 801 aegis was revived for 1977's Listen Now!!; upon completing the follow-up, K-Scope, Manzanera joined the revived Roxy Music for Manifesto, their best-selling album in the U.S. He remained with the group through their last studio album, the 1982 masterpiece Avalon, and following their final tour he reunited with ex-Roxy saxophonist Andy Mackay as the Explorers, also recording a 1986 LP with onetime Asia frontman John Wetton. While 1990's Southern Cross featured extensive vocal contributions from onetime Split Enz member Tim Finn, Manzanera was largely absent from the studio during much of the decade to follow, primarily focusing on live performances (including appearances at the Guitar Legends and WOMAD festivals). In 1999, he issued the Latin-influenced Vozero, closing out the year by backing Ferry at the British Gas Millennium Concert, their first joint performance in 18 years.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG/MACKAY
Michael Sutton
Andy Mackay (saxophone, oboe) is the forgotten member of Roxy Music. Although he helped compose a number of the group's songs -- including "Love Is the Drug," one of their biggest hits -- Mackay's contributions to Roxy Music are usually neglected, overshadowed by the dominating presence of vocalist Bryan Ferry and guitarist Phil Manzanera. Born in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, on July 23, 1946, Mackay traded his beloved childhood telescope for an alto sax and then joined a college band called Nova Express. He met Brian Eno at Reading University and considered forming a band with him. However, Mackay flew to Rome, Italy, to teach English, and the two were separated for a short while. When he returned he learned that Ferry was searching for a keyboard player. Mackay explained to Ferry that he could assist in shaping his group's sound with oboe and saxophone; Ferry agreed, and the pieces that would form Roxy Music were beginning to be filled. After a chance reunion with Mackay on a bus, Eno was eventually added to the band. Mackay worked as a teacher during the day and performed with Roxy Music at night. He managed to find time to record a solo album of instrumentals, In Search of Eddie Riff, in 1974; he also married his girlfriend, Jane, that year. In the mid-'70s, Mackay wrote and produced the music for Rock Follies, a British TV series about a fictional female rock group. There were two Rock Follies LPs, the first debuting on the U.K. charts at number one. Mackay continued to work with Roxy Music while releasing his own projects, such as another solo record, Resolving Contradictions, in 1978 and even a book, 1981's Electronic Music: The Instruments, the Music & the Musicians. Roxy Music broke up in 1983, and Mackay left for Ireland with his family. A year later he collaborated with Manzanera and singer James Wraith as the Explorers. The Explorers didn't even come close to matching Roxy Music's commercial and critical success; by 1986 the band was no longer together. Mackay went on to record as a solo act.
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12016 - THE EXPLORERS (1985)

THE EXPLORERS
''THE EXPLORERS''
1985
53:48
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01 - Ship Of Fools 05:29
02 - Lorelei 03:59
03 - Breath Of Life 03:41
04 - Venus De Milo 03:16
05 - Soul Fantasy 04:14
06 - Crack The Whip 04:56
07 - Prussian Blue 05:55
08 - Two Worlds Apart 05:17
09 - Robert Louis Stevenson 05:15
10 - You Go Up In Smoke 05:14
11 - Falling For Nightlife 06:26
All Tracks By The Explorers
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James Wraith - Vocals
Andy Mackay - Sax, Oboe
Phil Manzanera - Guitar
More:
Steve Gadd - Drums
Gerry Morrotta - Drums
Tony Levin - Bass Guitar
Alan Spenner - Bass Guitar
Guy Fletcher - Keyboards
Paul Carrack - Piano
The Blue Wavettes (Eddy Grant, Justin Hayward, Eric Stewart) - Backing Vocals On 11
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Michael Sutton
The arty progressive rock of Roxy Music slid into a decidedly poppier direction when former members Phil Manzanera (guitars, keyboards) and Andy MacKay (sax, oboe, keyboards) collaborated as the Explorers. After Roxy Music's demise in 1983, MacKay moved to Ireland, developing a fondness for traditional Irish music. Wanting a respite from the studio, MacKay formed the Explorers with Manzanera and vocalist James Wraith. The Explorers started recording a year later, debuting with the snappy synth-pop track "Lorelei" in June 1984. On "Lorelei," Manzanera and MacKay peeled away Roxy Music's lush, dreamy arrangements but retained their original band's funky grooves. The Explorers performed for BBC Radio One in December 1984, the group's first concert. In 1985, Virgin Records released the Explorers' self-titled LP; the band also toured the U.K. However, the Explorers couldn't sell records; the group began recording a second album at Gallery Studios in October 1985, but the band's lack of success had it shelved. The Explorers split up in 1986. In 1989, Manzanera's Expression Records issued the Explorers' second LP, Manzanera & MacKay; the album was credited to Manzanera & MacKay as well and not the Explorers. After the breakup of the Explorers, Manzanera and MacKay started solo careers.
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8992 - PHIL MANZANERA – THE SOUND OF BLUE (2015)

PHIL MANZANERA
''THE SOUND OF BLUE''
MARCH 23 2015
45:01

1 Magdalena 03:50
2 1960 Caracas 04:15
3 The Sound Of Blue 04:15
4 Rosemullion Head 04:54
5 Halmstad 03:59
6 Tramuntana 03:48
7 High Atlas 04:06
8 Mi Casa 04:06
9 In Conversation With Andy Mackay 07:19
10 No Church In The Wild 04:06

ABOUT THE ALBUM
by vivaroxymusic.com
Phil Manzanera, musician, lead guitarist with Roxy Music and record producer, releases ‘The Sound of Blue’ his new album, on his own label Expression Records, licensed to Universal Music Catalogue, on 23 March. ‘The Sound of Blue’ is an instrumental memoir with one song, a cover of the track, ‘No Church in the Wild’ by Jay Z and Kanye West, who sampled Manzanera’s guitar riff for the opening track of their 2012 smash album, ‘Watch the Throne’. The Sound of Blue’s 10 tracks are a musical memoir of this singular musician’s life. Each track is illustrated by a short film created by Manzanera using personal iphone and super 8 footage. The album is produced by Manzanera and mastered by Pink Floyd soundman, Andy Jackson.

Phil Manzanera said: “When I write instrumental music I think about a possible narrative for each track. During the writing of The Sound of Blue it started evoking memories and emotions that I hadn’t revisited in years: my 60’s childhood in Latin America, Magdalena, my Colombian mother, the heady days in the 70’s of early Roxy Music, music adventures in Spain and Sweden, days spent exploring Cornwall…..and the unlikely musical coming together with two global rap stars. The Sound of Blue and its short films is in effect a sort of musical memoir.”

BIOGRAPHY
BY OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Phil Manzanera is one of the UK’s best-known musicians and record producers, having shot to prominence in the early ‘70’s as the lead guitarist with the seminal band, Roxy Music. He is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading guitarists and is in much demand both as a performer and record producer. In 2014 he co-produced Pink Floyd’s ‘The Endless River’, which was a global hit, achieving No 1 in over 20 countries. On 23 March he releases, ‘The Sound of Blue’, his new album, on his own label, Expression Records, licensed to Universal Music Catalogue.

‘The Sound of Blue’, Manzanera’s new album, is a musical memoir, mainly instrumental with two songs. The album features Andy Mackay his partner from Roxy Music on Sax and VCS 3 as well as ex-Stereophonics drummer Javier Weyler on drums and Yaron Stavi from Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble on electric and double bass. Sonia Bernardo is the singer on ‘1960 Caracas’ and Manzanera’s cover of ‘No Church in the Wild’. Phil’s guitar riff from 1978’s K-Scope can be heard on the Grammy winning smash hit ‘No Church in the Wild’ the first track on Jay Z and Kanye West’s multi-million selling album, ‘Watch The Throne.

Manzanera’s live work is as eclectic as his studio projects: his recent live performances include, in London, with Fernando Montano, the Colombian ballet soloist from the Royal Ballet, a performance with the late Jack Bruce at a Festival in Havana, some poetry gigs, four Firebird VII dates at Ronnie Scotts in London and in Poland, as well as a guest appearance with the Mexican Duo Rodrigo and Gabriela, followed by concerts with a Prog Orchestra in Sweden.

Phil Manzanera was born in London to a Colombian mother and English father, and spent most of his childhood in different parts of the Americas: Hawaii, Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba. It was in Cuba that the young Manzanera, aged six, encountered his first guitar, a Spanish guitar owned by his mother. Phil’s early musical accomplishments were Cuban folksongs learnt against the upheaval of the Cuban Revolution. In Venezuela the eight-year-old Phil started experimenting with the sounds of the electric guitar, a cello electric. During his teenage years Phil was absorbing and marrying the twin influences of 60’s rock and roll with the Latin -American rhythms of the merengue, cumbia and particularly the boleros of the Mexican, Armando Manzanero. Manzanera was determined to join a professional band and by the New Year of 1972, aged 21, he had joined the recently formed Roxy Music as lead guitarist – the line-up at this time was Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Paul Thompson and Andy Mackay. Roxy’s rise was meteoric, with the band being hailed as the stylistic influence of the early 1970’s. During the next 12 years, until 1983 when the band members went on a ‘long break’, Roxy Music released a series of international best selling albums, achieving ten UK top ten albums and touring extensively throughout the world. In parallel with Roxy Music, Manzanera has alway pursued solo projects, both recording his own albums and producing for others. All his previous solo albums have been digitally remastered and re-released with new artwork, available on his own label, Expression Records through his web-site, www.manzanera.com. As a writer, producer and solo artist, Phil Manzanera has worked with many of the luminaries of modern music, such as Steve Winwood, David Gilmour, John Cale, Godley and Creme, Nico (Velvet Underground) and John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia). He has co-written material with many artists, including Brian Eno, Tim Finn, Robert Wyatt and David Gilmour. Manzanera co-wrote Pink Floyd’s single ‘One Slip’ from their 1988 ‘Momentary Lapse of Reason’ album. In 2008 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour: Live in Gdansk as well as David Gilmour’s 2006 chart topping album, On An Island, he also toured with Gilmour playing concerts in Europe and North America. Also in 2008 his production of Enrique Bunbury’s album Hellville Deluxe, was no1 in Spain and Mexico.

The Roxy Music ‘long break’ came to an end in 2001 with a critically acclaimed, sellout 52-date world tour, featuring Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy MacKay and Paul Thompson. The world rediscovered Roxy Music and the band were shown to be as relevant and influential as ever. In the summer of 2003 Roxy played 10 dates in the US followed by 13 European gigs in 2004, including performing at Live 8 in Berlin. Summer 2010 saw Roxy Music thrilling fans at Festivals in the UK, Europe and Japan, which was followed by a Winter UK tour, and dates in Australia and New Zealand. At the end of 2014 Manzanera mused that Roxy Music had enjoyed 40 great years and ‘perhaps our job is done.’ Phil Manzanera has his state of the art Gallery Studios in West London. Artists that have recorded there include Robert Wyatt, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Hot Chip, David Gilmour, Annie Lennox, Paul Weller, Kevin Ayers, and Chrissie Hynde.

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