Record Store Day is a week away, and Roxy Music live album Viva! Is being reissued on vinyl for the first time since 1989. This 50th anniversary edition is pressed on gold vinyl and includes an exclusive fold-out cover poster. Find a store at recordstoreday.co.uk
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Out today are new vinyl reissues of The Jazz Age and Bitter-Sweet, re-imagining Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry songs in a jazz-age style by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra. Available on limited edition colour vinyl, and mini-LP CD.
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Today we celebrate Neil Hubbard, legendary guitarist, living with Lewy Body Dementia. Here he is performing "Like A Hurricane" with Roxy Music in 1982. Anybody wishing to donate to Lewy Body Dementia research, please visit www.lewybody.org
Roxy Music's 1980 album Flesh + Blood has been mixed in Dolby Atmos by Bob Clearmountain, and will be released on 19 June. A limited-edition Blu-ray will be available via @super-deluxe.bsky.social available to pre-order now until 8 April only.
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Roxy Music's second album For Your Pleasure was released on 23 March, 1973, beginning with "Do The Strand", seen here live on the Old Grey Whistle Test
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Between their debut album and For Your Pleasure, Roxy Music released standalone single "Pyjamarama" on this day in 1973. This clip is from one of their many live performances on German music show Muzikladen.
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Roxy Music continued their Avalon world tour in 1983, beginning in Japan in January and February before heading to North America.
Roxy Music released "Jealous Guy", their tribute to John Lennon, in February, 1981. It has become a regular in both Roxy Music's and Bryan Ferry's live shows ever since, including this performance from Live Aid in 1985.
January 1981 saw the television broadcast of the PopRock Live concert that took place the month before in Germany, where Roxy Music shared the bill with Mike Oldfield, Talking Heads, and Dire Straits
Roxy Music frequently appeared on German music show Muzikladen. On this day in 1974, they performed "Psalm" live.
Roxy Music's cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" was featured on the year-end New Year's Eve edition of Top of the Pops in 1981
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The Psychedelic Furs have been covering "Pyjamarama" in their live sets on and off since 2010. This audience footage is from their 2023 US tour.
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Canadian synth-rockers Men Without Hats (who supported Roxy Music in Montreal in 1983) later made “Editions of You” a staple of their live set, eventually recording a version for their ‘Best Of’ album Collection
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In 2002 Jamiroquai threw their hat into the ring with this live version of "Love Is The Drug" from BBC's Re:covered show.
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In 1980 Grace Jones covered "Love is the Drug" on her album Warm Leatherette, which was later remixed on her Island Life compilation along with an official music video.
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Other artists have done more than "More Than This";
David Bowie and Tin Machine covered "If There Is Something" at their 'secret' gig at LAX airport in 1991
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Happy Christmas from Roxy Music! "Dance Away" was one of the 'Tracks of the Year' from Top On The Pops on Christmas Day, 1979
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While not strictly a 'cover version', we applaud Bill Murray's performance of "More Than This" from the Sofia Coppola film Lost In Translation
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"More Than This" was also covered by 10,000 Maniacs as the first single from their 1997 album Love Among the Ruins
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It's not just Prince that's covered "More Than This", in 2021 UK singer/songwriter Billie Marten released this version as a standalone single.
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In 2011, @prince added Roxy Music's "More Than This" to the setlist of his Welcome 2 America tour, where this clip is from
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"More than This", perhaps Roxy Music's most recognisable track, was released in March 1982 as the first single from their 8th album Avalon.
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Today the 50th Anniversary limited edition 12" vinyl of 'Love Is The Drug' is released. This 4-track EP features the original album track, Greg Wilson’s extended edit, Todd Terje’s Disco Dub, and the original B-side 'Sultanesque'. roxymusic.lnk.to/LITD50
A busy week in Roxy Music history, Country Life was released on 15 November, 1974, sealed in a green plastic wrap "for your protection" in some territories
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Roxy Music's 3rd album Stranded was released on 16 November, 1973, and became their first UK No.1 album, remaining in the charts for 4 months.
On this day in 1974, Roxy Music performed 3 tracks live on German TV show Musikladen, including "Out of the Blue" seen here.
Roxy Music released their third single "Street Life" on November 5th, 1973. This live performance from Stockholm Konserthuset was broadcast on Swedish television in 1976.
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"Same Old Scene", from Roxy Music's seventh album Flesh and Blood, was released on this day in 1980.
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