Roxy Music - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, Paris Theatre, London 72 | Albums That Should Exist

Roxy Music - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, Paris Theatre, London, Britain, 8-3-1972

Paul says :Here's the second album of Roxy Music performing for the BBC. This time, it's a concert.

This concert, recorded for BBC radio, took place a couple of months after the release of the band's first album, "Roxy Music." It also took place just after the release of the band's first hit single, "Virginia Plain," which was not included on the album. The songs are mostly from the first album, plus the single. However, they also played a song introduced as "The Bogus Man, Part 2." In fact, the song was an early version of "Grey Lagoons," which would appear on the band's 1973 album "For Your Pleasure."

Most of the songs here were officially released as part of the "super deluxe edition" of the "Roxy Music" album. However, the song "The Bogus Man, Part 2" was not included, probably because it was significantly different from the final version. Furthermore, none of the BBC DJ chatter between songs were included. But I wanted to include that, because it was actually part of the concert, with the DJ talking on stage as it happened. In this case, the DJ was Bob Harris, known for his quiet voice. Luckily, I was able to find a bootleg version with the extra song and all the banter.

The last song here, "Ladytron," was not part of the concert. Instead, it was from an appearance on the BBC TV show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" in June 1972. I've included it here because there was another version of that song in Volume 1 and the song wasn't performed in the concert here.

This album is 41 minutes long. 

01 The Bob [Medley]
02 talk 
03 The Bogus Man, Part 2 [Early Version of Grey Lagoons] 
04 talk
05 Sea Breezes 
06 talk 
07 Virginia Plain
08 talk 
09 Chance Meeting 
10 talk 
11 Re-Make-Re-Model
12 Ladytron

John Peel introduces Roxy Music 1972