Track listing
- 1.1 801 - Tomorrow Never Knows
- 1.2 Roxy Music - Over You
- 1.3 Roxy Music - Out of the Blue
- 1.4 801 - Fat Lady of Limbourg
- 1.5 Roxy Music - Impossible Guitars
- 1.6 Tim Finn - Charlie
- 1.7 Roxy Music - Take a Chance With Me
- 1.8 Phil Manzanera & Robert Wyatt - Frontera
- 1.9 801 - Diamond Head
- 1.10 Brian Eno - Needle in a Camel's Eye
- 1.11 801 - Miss Shapiro
- 1.12 Nico - The End
- 1.13 John Cale - Gun
- 1.14 Phil Manzanera - Europe 70-1
- 2.1 Guitar Legends '91 - Leyenda
- 2.2 Guitar Legends '91 - Frontera 91
- 2.3 Guitar Legends '91 - Southern Cross
- 2.4 Guitar Legends '91 - Sphinx
- 2.5 Roxy Music - Amazona
- 2.6 Phil Manzanera - A Million Reasons Why
- 2.7 Tim Finn - Fifth Wheel
- 2.12 The Explorers - Lorelei
- 2.13 Phil Manzanera - Criollo
- 2.16 Tania Libertad - Flor de Azalea
- 2.17 Phil Manzanera & Sérgio Dias - Espiritu
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This double cd does a more than adequate job of summarizing the legendary guitarist's career. But there's no way anyone will find this compilation satisfyingly consistent.
The disc opens with a few live songs from a then-recent concert. Fantastic opening! From there, the way this compilation is ordered may not please all Manzanera fans. Many of the studio tracks are from the period spanning his debut (1975) through the early 80's. In addition, there are a couple of token Roxy tracks (such as "Amazona"), and a few interesting collaborations with Tim Finn.
The flow is rough also due to non-English songs. But hey, that's Phil's heritage, which helped him forge styles that distinguished him from hordes of other axe-men. Not necessarily essential for fanatics, but good to own and then loan to someone to turn them on to Phil. Just make sure to explain that far too little of Manzanera's best guitar work with Roxy Music is present.
The disc opens with a few live songs from a then-recent concert. Fantastic opening! From there, the way this compilation is ordered may not please all Manzanera fans. Many of the studio tracks are from the period spanning his debut (1975) through the early 80's. In addition, there are a couple of token Roxy tracks (such as "Amazona"), and a few interesting collaborations with Tim Finn.
The flow is rough also due to non-English songs. But hey, that's Phil's heritage, which helped him forge styles that distinguished him from hordes of other axe-men. Not necessarily essential for fanatics, but good to own and then loan to someone to turn them on to Phil. Just make sure to explain that far too little of Manzanera's best guitar work with Roxy Music is present.
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Catalog
9 May 2021
4 Aug 2020
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1.2 Roxy Music - Over You
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1.3 Roxy Music - Out of the Blue
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1.4 801 - Fat Lady of Limbourg
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1.5 Roxy Music - Impossible Guitars
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1.7 Roxy Music - Take a Chance With Me
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1.9 801 - Diamond Head
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1.10 Brian Eno - Needle in a Camel's Eye
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1.11 801 - Miss Shapiro
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1.14 Phil Manzanera - Europe 70-1
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2.1 Guitar Legends '91 - Leyenda
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2.2 Guitar Legends '91 - Frontera 91
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2.3 Guitar Legends '91 - Southern Cross
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2.4 Guitar Legends '91 - Sphinx
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2.5 Roxy Music - Amazona
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2.6 Phil Manzanera - A Million Reasons Why
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2.16 Tania Libertad - Flor de Azalea
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2.17 Phil Manzanera & Sérgio Dias - Espiritu
16 May 2020
8 May 2020
14 Nov 2019
21 Jan 2019
16 Aug 2017
25 Mar 2015
26 Aug 2013
24 Aug 2013
9 Jul 2013
9 Sep 2012
10 Jun 2012
13 Mar 2011
22 Oct 2009
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