801
Billed as "Phil Manzanera featuring Eno, Bill MacCormick, Lloyd Watson, Simon Phillips"
Reading Festival
Reading Rock '76
16th Annual Jazz Blues and Rock Festival
Reading, England, UK
August 28, 1976 - Saturday 7:25 pm
(2nd day of 3 day event)

A Remastered Average Audience Recording

Phil Manzanera - Gibson Firebird and Yamaha Lead Guitars
Eno - Farfisa Organ, Minimoog Model D, Starway Guitar, Tape Echo, Tapes, Lead Vocals
Lloyd Watson - Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster slide Guitars, Vocals
Francis Monkman - Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet
Bill MacCormick - Fender Precision Bass, Vocals
Simon Phillips - Ludwig Drums, Roland Rhythm Box

1. Walk On (0:26)
2. Lagrima (Manzanera) (1:59)
3. T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows) (Lennon/McCartney) (6:18)
4. East of Asteroid (Manzanera/MacCormick) (5:24)
5. The Fat Lady of Limbourg (Eno) (7:32)
6. Diamond Head (Manzanera) (6:16)
7. Third Uncle (Eno) (5:45)

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1ec902a220573734cb135c79f4f339b9 *2_Lagrima.flac
3a9e52cfc8e4383e70e26bb6d1444e86 *3_Tomorrow Never Knows.flac
7aa858ea4367903ea396a96f424a7de7 *4_East of Asteroid.flac
7179abc041bea046d2547a15413c0d79 *5_The Fat Lady of Limbourg.flac
50a9330186d240af0e4e39f1f65797ee *6_Diamond Head.flac
2eed8e2ee0e36407ca1fd53397f45968 *7_Third Uncle.flac

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Lineage/Technical Notations :
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Cassette (Unknown generation) > CDR > EAC > wave format >
Wavelab 4.01 > Pitch Correction (-100 cents = running a full semi-tone too fast) >
Channels balanced and fixed > Stereo field widened >
Freefilter Light EQ Bass Boost and very selective EQ to reduce tape noise >
Light Compression via Loudness Maximizer > Flac8

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Other Notations :
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This original 801 lineup only performed three times. This is the complete 2nd performance. The 1st was a warm-up gig in Norfolk of which no known recording has surfaced. The 3rd was the officially released "801 Live" version at Queen Elizabeth Hall on September 3, 1976 which can be bought here (with 2 bonus tracks !)
http://www.manzanera.com/801Live1.htm

Visiting this site is strongly recommended as there is a wealth of additional photos and tons of information and reviews of the show. In addition to that information, I've combined some of my own knowledge. Simon's drums are Ludwig (not Pearl) as seen on the LP rear photo. Eno's guitar is a Starway (I own one) Eno's keyboard is a Minimoog Model D (I own one of these too !) and I'm quite sure the Minimoog is on top of a Farfisa organ).

Other stuff on the 1976 Reading Festival in general can be found here :
http://www.strictlyreading.co.uk/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=241
http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/reading.htm
http://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/collections/festival/search.asp

The Fat Lady of Limbourg has appeared previously on numerous bootlegs (most notably the Eno bootleg entitled "Dali's Car"), but never officially. The entire concert however is much less widely circulated.

A very short insignificant tape splice appears between The Fat Lady of Limbourg and Diamond Head. An announcement is made by Phil naming the previous track as well as the upcoming track confirming that no music was lost during the splice.

The rare photos I've included in the cover art are the best I could do with some low res scans donated to me from a guy who paid a small fortune for the actual photos on eBay. They were taken at this Reading Festival show. Normally I would have made a more balanced band representation, but all of these rare unpublished photos were of Eno only. It's no surprise that Eno was the focus of much attention, (due to the rarity of his post-Roxy public appearances) despite it being rightfully billed as "Phil Manzanera" featuring Eno et al.


Enjoy !