The Early Years [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Roxy Music

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B00004TRE5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #70,341 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Import only collection of their first 3 studio recordings (Roxy Music, For Your Pleasure & Stranded). Includes the UK single only releases for 'Virginia Plain' & 'Pyjamarama'. All tracks are taken from the HDCD digitally remastered catalogue series launched in 1999. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last - a fine collection of the good old band, November 29, 2000

By	Arye Mirovski (Haifa Israel) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It took the record company more than 25 years to realize the well known fact to every Roxy Musics fan: You can't mix things of the band from the early 70s with titles from the 80s and Ferry solos. The music is different, the listeners are different. "Early years" includes titles from the 3 albums (Roxy Music, For your pleasure and Stranded) plus the 2 singles (Virginia and Pyjama). The collection is good and reflects well the brilliant music of the band in the years 1972-74. If you want to taste something else - try this. Virginia Plain sounds as green and fresh as it was almost 30 years ago.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't go wrong on this one., July 17, 2001

By	m_noland "m_noland" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

Few bands can lay claim to the the sort of creative run that Roxy Music had in 1972-73: in less than one year they released two extraordinary albums successfully integrating everything from vocal crooning to electronic experimentation into rock music. By the end of that first year, experimentalist Brian Eno's departure put the band onto a trajectory toward a much more conventional sound (and greater commercial success). These are the recordings of a young, aesthetically rambunctious, genre-busting band before they grew up and became pop stars. (And good ones at that.)

This compilation includes the highlights from the first three albums plus two singles. As another reviewer observed, there is no substitute for the first three albums in their entirety, but this is a great place to start. The tracks have been remastered, and those from the first eponymous album no longer sound like they were recorded in a shoe box filled with cotton.

There are a few recordings that I listen to and am continually astounded by how fresh and vital they sound, though they were recorded decades ago. The tracks here are among them.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An art school education, November 28, 2001

By	Doug Anderson (Miami Beach, Florida United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This collection surprised me. The fact that it exists I mean. I love the early Roxy records but never thought I would see them compiled into a package deal. It actually seems a pretty well selected group of songs. At first I thought well, where is Country Life, but after Early Years you can buy that in its entirety, and on two discs you will have the best. (And if you want to hear what this era Roxy sounded like live you can get Viva). Pretty attractive trio of CD's that would be.

The disc editors eliminated some of the experiments of Roxy One but retained almost all of For Your Pleasure except for a jam or two and just half of Stranded. That is getting it just about right. Plus you get the hit Pyjamarama which isn't on any original record(save the greatest hits).