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Roxy Music revisited we’ve been involved with the Roxy Music tribute album

album now out (Sept 2009)

Burning Sky Records are releasing a 3 CD set of Roxy Music tribute tracks from artists around the world including two bands at Nigel’s old school: The Grammar School At Leeds

one-disc release

This will be first, including War Brides arranged by Oliver Whawell and recorded by GSAL’s Out Of The Blue on Saturday 22 November 2008

3-CD “Deluxe & Delightful” release

Disc 1: Early Roxy Music

Disc 2: Later Roxy Music

Disc 3: Progeny (solo work)

Disc 3 will include Skill and Sweat arranged by Oliver Whawell and recorded by GSAL’s Jazz In Sixths on Sunday 23 November 2008

Listen

to samples

Skill & Sweat

War Brides

Nigel took these photos during the recording sessions in The Tebb Room at GSAL.

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Oliver Whawell arranged the songs and looks after the two bands. He has been playing and teaching sax and piano professionally since he was 16. He is a founder member of the Strawberry Thieves - a song writing partnership and "thinking man's" pop group - who have also contributed the Phil Manzanera track "Frontera" to the Roxy Revisited album. Their website is:

www.strawberrythieves.co.uk

Paul Gowlett engineered and mixed the recordings. He runs his own commercial recording studio, and as Paul Stewart is a popular singer on the Yorkshire cabaret circuit.

The albums are now on sale

I have the ‘Deluxe and Delightful’ 3CD package. It’s beautifully laid out. I can’t comment on the GSAL tracks - I was too close to their creation, but the rest is extraordinary. Alan Heaton has played safe by only pressing 1000 copies initially (CDs don’t do Print on Demand yet) but let’s hope enough people hear this music to justify a second run.

I’ve reviewed the album on my blog here.

One correction to the booklet notes: the GSAL bands were recorded and mixed by Paul GOWLETT (as below).

Hey, everyone involved, well done! Thank you for the fun, and thank you to Oliver for his great arrangements.