Whats on your turntable tonight?

Thanks middlemass!

Death Vessel / Island Intervals

On deck:
Castanets / Cathedral
Castanets / In the vines 

+2 on Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure. I’ll be queuing that one up for tomorrow. Great choice.

I always had trouble explaining to people why I liked the early Roxy Music stuff so much. Very weird within the context of that time. A YouTube commenter has nailed it:

" This era. There is something undefinable. It's greasy. It's seedy. It's sophisticated. It's rough and slick at the same time. It's beautiful and weird. It's Roxy Music defined."

I've always been a fan of their first 2 albums (with Eno). They are one of a few bands that came on strong toward the end of their time together as well. That stated, with Avalon. 

" It's beautiful and weird. It's Roxy Music defined."

A lot of the experimental and visionary elements of Roxy Music were diminished when Brian Eno departed after the tour supporting "For Your Pleasure" in 1973.  It was still kind of there for "Stranded" but was sorely lacking by the time "Country Life" came along.  The glam rock element had become the dominant theme.  And that certainly didn't make Island Records mad since it sold a lot more records than experimental creativity ever did. 

The Amanda Lear jacket cover for "For Your Pleasure" is classic, along with the music.

I stopped buying Roxy Music albums after "Stranded".