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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''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.
*****
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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