801 LIVE

Phil Manzanera - guitar (Quiet Sun and Roxy Music)

Brian Eno - vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar and tapes (Roxy Music and Fripp & Eno)

Lloyd Watson - slide guitar and vocals (as solo artist support-act for Bowie, Roxy Music and King Crimson)

Francis Monkman - Fender Rhodes electric piano and Hohner D6 clavinet (Curved Air and Sky)

Bill MacCormick - bass and vocals (Quiet Sun and Matching Mole)

Simon Phillips - drums and rhythm box (The Who, Jeff Beck, Roxy Music, Mick Jagger, Toto, Mike Oldfield, Judas Priest, 10CC and flamenco guitarist Juan Martin)

The 10 songs on this live record are based upon the sparkling chemistry between six outstanding musicians, with many different musical backgrounds.

My highlights.

Lagrima - A short version, with an exciting distorted, very intense guitar sound, and some beeps and bleeps, in 1992 Phil Manzanera stunned the world with this composition on the Seville exhibition concert.

East of Asteroid - The moods shift frequently, fuelled by a powerful and dynamic rhythm-section, along fiery guitar leads.

Baby's on Fire - Now let's go funky, with the swinging Hohner clavinet sound, a powerful bass and great vocals by Lloyd Watson, halfway a biting guitar and then splendid work with the slide guitar (also Lloyd Watson). The interplay is amazing, what an awesome line-up.

Diamond Head - The focus is on wonderful, very moving electric guitar play with howling runs by Phil Manzanera, embellished with tender electric piano. How intense it sounds and what a build-up and climax, wow! Phil Manzanera his sound reminds me of David Gilmour, Steve Hackett and Andy Latimer, emotion, rather than scale-acrobatics, with the use of slide and sustain.

Miss Shapiro - This songs rocks with fiery guitar runs and a powerhouse rhythm-section, topped with excellent vocals.

You Really Got Me (The Kinks cover) - One of my favorite 60s rock songs, this is a great rendition, it sounds very inspired and powerful, all members rise to the occasion!

Third Uncle - A very dynamic goodbye with this encore, the rhythm-section Simon Phillips and Bill MacGormick (also vocals) really shines, in this exciting up-tempo song, embellished with harder-edged guitar work, Phil Manzanera rules on this live album.

EVERY SERIOUS PROGHEAD SHOULD HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE LISTENING SESSION WITH THIS ALBUM!

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