On This Day 22/09/1974 Roxy Music

On this day, 22 September 1974, pioneering art rock band Roxy Music played the last of two nights at Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre. Support was provided by the Jess Roden band.

The tour took them around Europe, Australia and USA where they were seen on USA TV's Midnight Special perfroming 'A Really Good Time' & 'Out Of The Blue'.

The band were about to release their fourth studio album Country Life, which peaked at number three on the UK albums chart.and was the first Roxy Music album to enter the US Top 40, albeit at No. 37.

Country Life was met with widespread critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone referring to it "as if Ferry ran a cabaret for psychotics, featuring chanteurs in a state of shock".

The cover image was controversial in some countries, including the United States and Spain, where it was censored for release. As a result, early releases in the US were packaged in opaque shrink wrap; a later American LP release of Country Life (available during the years 1975–80) featured a different cover shot. Instead of Karoli and Grunwald posed in front of some trees, the reissue used a photo from the album's back cover that featured only the trees. In Australia, the album was banned in some record stores, while others sold each copy inside a black plastic sleeve.

Author Michael Ochs has described the result as the "most complete cover-up in rock history".

Jim Miller, in a 1975 review for Rolling Stone, wrote that "Stranded and Country Life together mark the zenith of contemporary British art rock."

Tour Musicians

Bryan Ferry - Vocals & Keyboards

Phil Manzanera - Guitars

Andy Mackay - Sax & Oboe

Paul Thompson - Drums

Eddie Jobson - Violin & Keyboards

John Wetton - Bass

On This Day 15/04/1973 Roxy Music

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On this day, 15 April 1973, legendary rock band Roxy Music played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre on the bands For Your Pleasure tour. Support was provided by rock band The Sharks, a newly formed band that included former Free bass player Andy Fraser and guitarist Chris Spedding.

Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure, was released in March 1973. It marked the beginning of the band's long, successful collaboration with producer Chris Thomas, who worked on all of the group's classic albums and singles in the 1970s. The album was promoted with the non-album single "Pyjamarama"; no album track was released as a single. At the time Ferry was dating French model Amanda Lear; she was photographed with a black jaguar for the front cover of the album, while Ferry appears on the back cover as a dapper chauffeur standing behind a limousine.

Soon after the tour to promote For Your Pleasure ended, Brian Eno left Roxy Music amidst increasing differences with Ferry. He was replaced by 18-year-old multi-instrumentalist Eddie Jobson, formerly of progressive rockers Curved Air, who played keyboards and electric violin.

Although some fans lamented the loss of the experimental attitude and camp aesthetic that Eno had brought to the band, the classically trained Jobson was an accomplished musician. John Porter also left at this time and for the next three years Roxy would undergo several more changes in bassist, with John Gustafson, Sal Maida, John Wetton and Rick Wills all passing in and out of the band during this period.

Setlist

Do the Strand

Beauty Queen

Editions of You

In Every Dream Home a Heartache

For Your Pleasure

Grey Lagoons

The Bogus Man

Encore:

Virginia Plain

On This Day 12/02/1977 Bryan Ferry

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On this day, 12 February 1977, Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre on his In Your Mind tour, first World solo tour. Support in the UK was provided by illusion.

In Your Mind was Ferry’s fourth solo studio album and It was his first solo album of all original songs. It was released after Ferry's band Roxy Music went on a four-year hiatus, it was supported by an extensive tour.

His band included Roxy bandmates Phil Manzanera & Paul Thompson and performed mainly tracks from his solo albums and a few tracks from Roxy's catalouge.

Chris Spedding joined Bryan for this tour after making a deal with Bryan's management to help promote his next album 'Hurt'

One of the Japanese shows were captured on film and has been shown on Japanese TV

The Junior Walker song 'Roadrunner' was part of the live set though Ferry had never recorded it before and The Beatles 'Ticket To Ride' was performed at some USA shows.

Typical Set List

Let's Stick Together

Shame, Shame, Shame

Roadrunner

All Night Operator

Party Doll

You Go To My Head

Could It Happen To Me

In Your Mind

Casanova

Love Me Madly Again

Love Is The Drug

Tokyo Joe

This Is Tomorrow

The 'In' Crowd

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

The Price Of Love

It's My Party (Selected Shows)

Tracks Of My Tears (Selected Shows)

Ticket To Ride (Selected Shows)

Tour Musicians & Credits

Bryan Ferry Vocals

Paul Thompson Drums

Phil Manzanera Guitars

Chris Spedding Guitars

Ann O'Dell Keyboards

John Wetton Bass

Dyan Birch Backing Vocals

Frank Collins Backing Vocals

Mel Collins Sax

Paddie McHugh Backing Vocals

Martin Drover Brass

Chris Mercer Brass

On This Day 21/09/1974 Roxy Music

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On this day, 21 September 1974, rock band Roxy Music played the first of two nights at Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre. It was the first gig of their Country Life tour. They were supporetd by the Jess Roden Band.

The tour took them around Europe, Australia and USA where they were seen on USA TV's Midnight Special perfroming 'A Really Good Time' & 'Out Of The Blue'.

Country Life, peaked at number three on the UK albums chart.and was the first Roxy Music album to enter the US Top 40, albeit at No. 37.

Country Life was met with widespread critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone referring to it "as if Ferry ran a cabaret for psychotics, featuring chanteurs in a state of shock".

The cover image was controversial in some countries, including the United States and Spain, where it was censored for release. As a result, early releases in the US were packaged in opaque shrink wrap; a later American LP release of Country Life (available during the years 1975–80) featured a different cover shot. Instead of Karoli and Grunwald posed in front of some trees, the reissue used a photo from the album's back cover that featured only the trees. In Australia, the album was banned in some record stores, while others sold each copy inside a black plastic sleeve.

Author Michael Ochs has described the result as the "most complete cover-up in rock history".

Tour Musicians

Bryan Ferry - Vocals & Keyboards

Phil Manzanera - Guitars

Andy Mackay - Sax & Oboe

Paul Thompson - Drums

Eddie Jobson - Violin & Keyboards

John Wetton - Bass

Setlist

Prairie Rose

Beauty Queen

Mother of Pearl

All I Want Is You

A Song for Europe

Three and Nine

Out of the Blue

In Every Dream Home a Heartache

If It Takes All Night

If There Is Something

Street Life

Virginia Plain

Editions of You

Encore:

Do the Strand