801
Live

EG    EGCD 26  (1976)
Recording Date   9/3/1976

Rock/Pop
CD, 10   Tracks, 46:30  Length
01 Lagrima Phil Manzanera 02:34
02 T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows) John Lennon; Paul McCartney 06:14
03 East Of Asteroid Phil Manzanera; Bill MacCormick 04:58
04 Rongwrong Charles Hayward 05:10
05 Sombre Reptiles Brian Eno 03:14
06 Baby's On Fire Brian Eno 05:02
07 Diamond Head Phil Manzanera 06:21
08 Miss Shapiro Phil Manzanera; Brian Eno 04:20
09 You Really Got Me Ray Davies 03:23
10 Third Uncle Brian Eno 05:14
Music Details
Product Details
Venue Queen Elizabeth Hall
City, State/Country London, England
Packaging Jewel Case
Live Yes
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Guitar Phil Manzanera
Synthesizer Brian Eno
Bass Bill MacCormick
Keyboards Francis Monkman
Drums Simon Phillips
Guitar Lloyd Watson
Musician 801
Engineer Rhett Davies
Personal Details
Index # 1028
Owner Dave
Tags Art Rock, Prog Rock
User Defined
Purchased New
Notes
801 provided Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera with one of his most intriguing side projects. Although the band only played three gigs in August and September 1976, this album captures a night when everything fell right into place musically. That should only be expected with names like Eno and Simon Phillips in the lineup. (Still, the lesser-known players -- bassist Bill MacCormick, keyboardist Francis Monkman, and slide guitarist Lloyd Watson -- are in exemplary form, too.) The repertoire is boldly diverse, opening with "Lagrima," a crunchy solo guitar piece from Manzanera. Then the band undertakes a spacey but smoldering version of "Tomorrow Never Knows"; it's definitely among the cleverest of Beatles covers. Then it's on to crisp jazz-rock ("East of Asteroid"), atmospheric psych-pop ("Rongwrong"), and Eno's tape manipulation showcase, "Sombre Reptiles." And that's only the first five songs. The rest of the gig is no less audacious, with no less than three Eno songs -- including a frenetic "Baby's on Fire," "Third Uncle," and "Miss Shapiro"'s dense, syllable-packed verbal gymnastics. There's another unlikely cover of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me," while Manzanera turns in another typically gutsy instrumental performance on "Diamond Head." This album marks probably one of the last times that Eno rocked out in such an unself-consciously fun fashion, but that's not the only reason to buy it: 801 Live is a cohesive document of an unlikely crew who had fun and took chances. Listeners will never know what else they might have done if their schedules had been less crowded, but this album's a good reminder.