Phil Manzanera / 801 – Listen Now! (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Polydor Records (1977)
$35.00
Hard to Find Actual 1977 Japanese First Pressing! Includes Insert & Inner Sleeve With Lyrics. Features Roxy Music Guitarist, Phil Manzanera, With Many Guest Players, Including Brian Eno, Simon Phillips, Mel Collins, Bill MacCormick, Plus Eddie Rayner & Tim Finn Of Split Enz.
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Hard to Find Actual 1977 Japanese First Pressing! Includes Insert & Inner Sleeve With Lyrics In English. Features Roxy Music Guitarist, Phil Manzanera, With Many Guest Players, Including Brian Eno, Simon Phillips, Mel Collins, Bill MacCormick, Plus Eddie Rayner & Tim Finn Of Split Enz.
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Some foxing, due to age.
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Nice condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Listen Now
Flight 19
Island
Law And Order
Side 2:
¿Que?
City Of Light
Initial Speed
Postcard Love
That Falling Feeling
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Different snapshots of Manzanera's graceful, intelligent guitar style. The sound is sleek and sophisticated; even lyrics aren't exempt from creative twists Phil Manzanera had no problem filling his mid-'70s downtime away from Roxy Music. His guitar graced some 20 albums, like John Cale's Fear, Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets, and Nico's The End. This outing from his all-star side group is slicker than his 1976 live debut album, but no less worthwhile; some 16 musicians are credited. The sound is sleek and sophisticated; even lyrics aren't exempt from creative twists, as shown on "Listen Now"'s glistening jazz-pop -- which cleverly juxtaposes its title against a bouncy "now, now, listen" chorus. The song also questions how people are living life in a repressive society, even as "Law and Order" and "City of Lights" ponder its breakdown. Other songs visit more personal turf. "Flight 19" details a young man's angst-filled reaction to his lover's injuries, "Postcard Love" dismisses the perils of on-road romances, and "That Falling Feeling" takes a more wistful look at how people grow apart -- over a gliding Manzanera guitar part. (Yet another sly twist shifts the chorus from "Can't you feel it moving in?" to "You can feel it moving in.") Three totally different instrumentals round out matters. The best one is the lilting "Island," anchored by a climbing Bill McCormick bassline, as Manzanera unleashes his full array of guitar-altering devices. "Initial Speed" and "Que?" take more of a jazz/fusion tack; they're different snapshots of Manzanera's graceful, intelligent guitar style. This album's one of the most absorbing entries of Manzanera's lengthy career.