Product Description
Rare & Highly Sought After Actual 1975 Japanese First Pressing ~ Still In Great Condition! Includes Inner Sleeve With Lyrics In English & 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In Japanese, Labels Are Clean. Cover Is The Photo Which Was Censored In Many Countries, Featuring German Models, Constanze Karoli & Eveline Grunwald. The Fourth Roxy Music Album, ‘Country Life’ Features “The Thrill Of It All”, “Out Of The Blue”, “All I Want Is You” & “Prairie Rose”.
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Some very light surface marks, which do not affect play.
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT!
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. Original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Bryan Ferry – Voice, Keyboards
Phil Manzanera – Guitar
Andy MacKay – Oboe, Saxophone
Paul Thompson – Drums
Eddie Jobson – Strings, Synthesizers, Keyboards
John Gustafson – Bass
Side 1:
The Thrill Of It All
Three And Nine
All I Want Is You
Out Of The Blue
If It Takes All Night
Side 2:
Bitter-Sweet
Triptych
Casanova
A Really Good Time
Prairie Rose
AMG –
Country Life showcases Roxy Music's deft instrumental execution and their textured, enthralling songwriting. Continuing with the stylistic developments of Stranded, Country Life finds Roxy Music at the peak of their powers, alternating between majestic, unsettling art rock and glamorous, elegant pop/rock. At their best, Roxy combine these two extremes, like on the exhilarating opener "The Thrill of It All," but Country Life benefits considerably from the ebb and flow of the group's two extremes, since it showcases their deft instrumental execution and their textured, enthralling songwriting. And, in many ways, Country Life offers the greatest and most consistent set of Roxy Music songs, illustrating their startling depth. From the sleek rock of "All I Want Is You" and "Prairie Rose" to the elegant, string-laced pop of "A Really Good Time," Country Life is filled with thrilling songs, and Roxy Music rarely sounded as invigorating as they do here.