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Best of Musikladen: Roxy Music & T Rex

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Roxy Music: BLISTERING early 70's live versions of tunes from the first two Roxy Music albums. Neat to see Eno manipulating Phil Manzanera's "In Every Dreamhome..." guitar solo. A treat for Roxy/Eno fans. Great sound, good video quality. Amazing how boring these guys grew to be in later years -- they had so much energy back then! The very last Roxy track is from an Enoless, Jobson/Weton, version of the band. Not as great as the Eno era, but worthwhile.

T-Rex: Unlike the Roxy material which is all live and contains no overdubs, these segments from various appearances on Musikladen combine a live T-Rex take with extra lead guitar and vocal overdubs by Marc Bolan. Also unlike the Roxy material, the T-Rex segments have psychedelic blue screen effects throughout the songs which are kind of neat and appropriate for the time, but also a little distracting. Still, I like the T-Rex songs and the sound quality is excellent. T-Rex weren't really big in the US so its kind of a treat to see and hear something besides "Bang a Gong". Long live glam! This is a very cool, offbeat, DVD.

Since most single artist "MusikLaden" DVDs are so short, two bands which fell into the "glam rock" umbrella of the early '70s have been coupled on this disc. The T.Rex portion of this DVD features mainly songs from the "Electric Warrior" album. The visuals are typical for this TV show at the time - mainly psychedelic colours and shots of the band looming over the group on a chroma-key background. The performance is OK and, although the band are essentially playing live, there are some audio overdubs. The Roxy Music portion of this disc is what makes it a real find. Dating from a performance from late 1972 or early '73, the band is filmed on a set which resembles a music club. The most interesting part of this performance is that it was filmed while Brian Eno was still a part of the band. Five of the six songs are from this performance and the last tune feeatures Eno's replacement, Eddie Jobson (ex-Curved Air) in a 1973/74 performance. All the tracks are solid and the sound quality is very good (remixed for Dolby 5.1). A real highlight is the overdrive guitar solo by Phil Manzanera on "In Every Dream Home a Heartache". This DVD is an essential purchase for fans of early Roxy Music and Brian Eno. <Chris Meloche, London, Ont., Canada>

This video is well worth your time and money if you are a fan of either T-Rex or Roxy Music. They don't make 'em like this anymore. Marc Bolan and Bryan Ferry were incredibly charismatic frontmen. This DVD is a great showcase of the last years of rock before the corporations totally co-opted it. T-Rex has hard rocking power pop; really love "Jeepster for Your Love". Roxy Music has great music and marvelous silly glitter rock costumes. They really rock. Bryan croons and dances, Phil Manzanera burns it up on his guitar, Eno plays a wild synth, and Andy MacKay is an incredible sax/oboe player.

A Club/Concert video from Roxy Music's early days. The sound quality is excellent. Video footage is high quality and very well done. Songs include Do The Strand, Editions Of You, In Every Dream Home A Heartache, Remake Remodel, Virginia Plain and All I Want Is You. Reminded me of how much I enjoyed their first US tour.

Any serious Roxy Music fan must not pass on this DVD.I only purchased the DVD for the Roxy Music half,however I did also enjoy the T-Rex.
This is Roxy Music at their golden period and the fact that it is live is a real bonus.
The sound Quality is supurb and sounded fantastic through the sound system.
Well what are you waiting for? Buy it now!!You will thank me I'm sure.

This DVD takes me back to the days when my wife and I used to catch every T-Rex concert we could (along with The Who of course!) when we were living and working in London. Their music has held up really well -- and so have we! Despite the cheesy psychedelic filming, this performance is really great, capturing Marc Bolan and Micky Finn at their best. But the real punch comes with the Roxy Music set -- Glam Rock at its best, with the glitter underlaid by sensational musicianship -- it's a set you must have. This is one of the best rock or pop DVDs yet issued, up there with the Roy Orbison Anthology, Eurythmics Greatest Hits, Bob Dylan's Don't Look Back, and the fantastic Doors 2-DVD anthology. But we're still waiting for what will be the greatest of all when the powers-that-be finally decide to release it -- a DVD of Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music's Greatest Hits -- our video is just about worn out!

This is a very clear Roxy music video from their earlier years.Do the strand and Editions of you are amazing. If you are a big Eno fan then i strongly suggest this tape....

This DVD is a bit short (only one hour) but packs some thrilling, rare performances in its contents. The T.Rex side contains semi-live performances which trace Marc Bolan's development and rise to stardom within a two-year time period. The first two tracks, "Jewel" and "Ride A White Swan", mix swirling psychedelic blue-screen visuals to some stunning guitar work; on "Jewel" Bolan's voice, guitarwork and overall presence is just overwhelming--this session was filmed only weeks before massive stardom came his way. The performances of "Jeepster" and "Life's A Gas" which follow are tight and free of flamboyance, but when we switch to an early '73 rendition of "20th Century Boy" he is in full glam gear, delivering a raw, savage take which cuts the studio version to shreds.

The bulk of the Roxy Music material is of an early '73 live show supporting the "For Your Pleasure" album. The group were peaking at around this time, just before Eno's departure, and one can see the competition between him and Ferry for attention--frontman Ferry with his suave 30s-ish mannerisms and ironic glam swagger, the androgenous Eno with his outrageous costumes and equally mind-bending electronic knob-twiddling. The group's postmodern sound and style shine in definitive renditions of "Do The Strand", "Editions Of You", "Every Dream Home A Heartache" (with an achingly great Manzanera-Eno guitar solo), and the signature "Remake/Remodel". There's even a performance of their hit "Virginia Plain"--one of the best pop songs of its era--and then we're taken to 1974 for an Eno-less performance that is nonetheless still worthwhile. Both T.Rex and Roxy Music were instrumental in bringing rock music out of the blues-rock jamming doldrums of the early 70s; the music here is highly energetic, kinetic, stylish and artistic and looks as good today (if not better!) as it did nearly thirty years ago.

Unfortunately I never got to see either of these classic bands but this video gives me a taste of what I missed. The Roxy Music footage is amazing, especially because of the prescence of Brian Eno. He has a load of electronic gizmos on the side of the stage and adds cosmic layers of sound to the mix as well as treating the guitar with multilayered tape effects. This is Roxy Music at their peak as they do their classic tunes culled from the first two LP's.

The T. Rex portion is equally as entertaining with Marc Bolan singing and playing some of the band's great tunes. The psychedelic camera work adds to the feeling of the era.

The sound on both bands is surprisingly crisp and well mixed for being such an old show. A must have for fans of either band!!

Perfect time capsule of Roxy Music at the height of their Glitter Rock phase. Lots of songs off of the first and second records. Do the Strand opens and Bryan Ferry doesn't let down from there. A classic! Now if only The Midnight Special would release their 1975 University of Chicago performance...