''801 Live'' is the first live

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. It was originally released by

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in the UK (cat. no. ILPS 9444) in November 1976. It was subsequently released by

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in North America (cat. no PD-1-6148) in March 1978. In 1976, while guitarist

Phil Manzanera Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams (born 31 January 1951), known professionally as Phil Manzanera, is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801, and Quiet Sun. ...

's band

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was on hiatus, 801 got together as a temporary project and began rehearsing at Island Studios, Hammersmith, about three weeks before their first concert. 801 performed three concerts: in Norfolk, at the

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, and on 3 September at

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. The final concert was recorded and released as the album ''801 Live''. The music consisted of selections from albums by

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and

Quiet Sun Quiet Sun were an English progressive rock/jazz fusion band from the Canterbury scene consisting of Phil Manzanera (guitars), Bill MacCormick (bass), Dave Jarrett (keyboards) and Charles Hayward (drums). History Having originated from a Dulw ...

, plus covers of

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' "

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" and

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' "

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". The album was one of the first in which all outputs from the vocal microphones, guitar amps and other instruments (except the drums) were fed directly to the mobile studio mixing desk, rather than being recorded via microphones and/or signals fed out the front-of-house PA mixer. It was successful in many countries, including Australia, where it was heavily promoted by the

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's new 24-hour rock station Double Jay (2JJ). In 2006, the official Phil Manzanera Web site Manzanera.com reported that ''801 Live'' was soon to be reissued as a double CD with "minor tweaks" to the original recordings and restoration of the "proper ending" to the song "Third Uncle". In April 2011, Burning Shed announced the availability of the double CD under the title ''801 Live Collectors Edition''.801 Live Collectors Edition at burning shed
Material for the second CD was taken from a 23 August 1976 studio rehearsal on a sound stage at

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Track listing

1976 LP track listing

Side One

#"Lagrima" (

) – 2:34 #"TNK (

)" (

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Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

) – 6:14 #"East of Asteroid" (Manzanera,

Bill MacCormick William MacCormick (born 15 April 1951) is an English bassist and vocalist. He is also a politician and author. Early life He is the second son of Ewen and Olwen MacCormick who married in 1946 after serving together in the RAF. His older broth ...

) – 4:58 #"Rongwrong" ( Charles Hayward) – 5:10 #"Sombre Reptiles" (

) – 3:14

Side Two

Baby's on Fire "Baby's on Fire" is the third track on English musician Brian Eno's 1974 debut solo album ''Here Come the Warm Jets''. Writing and recording Eno recorded "Baby's on Fire" during the ''Here Come the Warm Jets'' sessions in September 1973 at Majest ...

" (Eno) – 5:02 #"Diamond Head" (Manzanera) – 6:21 #"Miss Shapiro" (Manzanera, Eno) – 4:20 #"

" (

Ray Davies Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing voca ...

) – 3:23 #"Third Uncle" (Eno) – 5:14

1999 Reissue (Collectors Edition)

#"Lagrima" (Manzanera) – 2:33 #"TNK (Tomorrow Never Knows)" (Lennon, McCartney) – 6:15 #"East of Asteroid" (Manzanera, MacCormick) – 4:56 #"Rongwrong" (Hayward) – 5:09 #"Sombre Reptiles" (Eno) – 3:12 #"Golden Hours" (Eno) – 4:30 #"Fat Lady of Limbourg" (Eno) – 6:02 #"Baby's on Fire" (Eno) – 5:02 #"Diamond Head" (Manzanera) – 6:21 #"Miss Shapiro" (Manzanera, Eno) – 4:21 #"You Really Got Me" (Davies) – 3:22 #"Third Uncle" (Eno) – 5:15

2009 Collectors Edition

Disc one: 3 September 1976 Queen Elizabeth Hall performance

#"Lagrima" (Manzanera) – 2:19 #"TNK (Tomorrow Never Knows)" (Lennon, McCartney) – 6:07 #"East of Asteroid" (Manzanera, MacCormick) – 4:54 #"Rongwrong" (Hayward) – 5:02 #"Sombre Reptiles" (Eno) – 2:52 #"Golden Hours" (Eno) – 4:33 #"Fat Lady of Limbourg" (Eno) – 5:51 #"Baby's on Fire" (Eno) – 4:59 #"Diamond Head" (Manzanera) – 6:18 #"Miss Shapiro" (Manzanera, Eno) – 4:18 #"You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies) – 3:20 #"Third Uncle" (Eno) – 5:12

Disc two: 23 August 1976 Shepperton Studios rehearsal

#"Lagrima" (Manzanera) – 2:16 #"TNK (Tomorrow Never Knows)" (Lennon, McCartney) – 6:46 #"East of Asteroid" (Manzanera, MacCormick) – 4:46 #"Rongwrong" (Hayward) – 5:43 #"Sombre Reptiles" (Eno) – 3:56 #"Fat Lady of Limbourg" (Eno) – 9:06 #"

" (Eno) – 5:21 #"Diamond Head" (Manzanera) – 5:39 #"Miss Shapiro" (Manzanera, Eno) – 3:56 #"You Really Got Me" (Davies) – 3:02 #"Third Uncle" (Eno) – 5:36 #"Lagrima (

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)" (Manzanera) – 2:21

Charts

Personnel

– guitar *

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– slide guitar, vocals *

Francis Monkman Francis Monkman (born 9 June 1949, in Hampstead, North London, England) is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of both the progressive rock band Curved Air and the classical/rock fusion band Sky. He is th ...

– Fender Rhodes piano, clavinet *

– keyboards, vocals, synthesizers, guitar *

– bass, vocals * Simon Phillips – drums, rhythm generator ;Technical *

Rhett Davies Rhett Davies (born 1949 in London) is an English record producer and engineer. Davies' father was trumpet player Ray Davies (no relation to Ray Davies of The Kinks). Davies became a studio engineer at Island Records studios in the early 1970s, a ...

– engineer *Chris Michie – sound engineer *Richard Wallis – photography

References

External links

Live Double CD Nears Completion801 Live at Expression Records
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