Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Roxy Music - Roxy MusicRoxy Musics 1972 debut album was an instant classic, heralding in an extraordinary manifesto which pulled in influences as diverse as pop art, vintage Hollywood glamour, progressive rock, R&B and campy science fiction. In the process of plundering the past this revolutionary album single handedly kicked off the 1970s.

But with the long-awaited reissue of their first album

And with every listen you’ll discover something new

Transparent turqoise vinyl

Maybe I had the presence of mind when I was writing Quietly Blowing It to know that this was the time to go as deep as I needed to in order to make a record like this

The title track that follows features a Fripp solo that is regarded by fans as one of his most beautiful performances

The dream factory itself gets called out in the fun

and Jlin — pushed him to tinker with the micro-sounds that surround the songs here

rock critic Greil Marcus puts it succinctly

I had to stay active

the ‘I’m New Here’ 10th Anniversary Edition features two unreleased tracks - a cover of Richie Havens’ ‘Handsome Johnny’ and a previously unheard Scott-Heron song ‘King Henry IV’ - as well as a selection of other recordings from the original ‘I’m New Here’ sessions that were only previously available on a rare

reissue Sign O’ The Times

Flying Teapot kicked off the eccentric Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy