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''In Search of Eddie Riff'' is an album by
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musician Andy Mackay, first released on Island Records in 1974. The album was released during a brief hiatus from
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's recording schedule. A first version came out in 1974, with nine tracks, and the lead-off single was a jazz cover of "
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". Later, after a single, "
Wild Weekend "Wild Weekend" is an instrumental written by Phil Todaro and Tom Shannon and performed by The Rockin' Rebels. It reached #8 on the U.S. pop chart and #28 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1963. The song was originally recorded as the theme for Shanno ...
", which was not on the original album was released in 1975, the album was re-released with a different track listing; this is the version that was issued on all other vinyl and cassette reissues of the album. Three songs were added to the new version (one slightly renamed and one very heavily edited), and two songs removed. A CD version released in 1999 contains all the songs (although the "Time Regained" b-side was not restored to its full five-minute length) with the addition of three live rehearsal tracks.


Background

Mackay has said that he intended for the album to showcase his different musical interests: "classical music, Motown, fifties rock and roll instrumentals, film music, electronic effects and partly for my wife Jane, who I had recently married, country and western."


Reception

Reviews were mixed, and the Trouser Press Record Guide has described it as "merely a display of his technical abilities." AllMusic, however, calls it "highly listenable" and "fun stuff from the artsy realm of serious U.K. musicians" which overall is "good background party music" with some moments of transcendent simplicity.


Track listings

Version 1 (1974) #"
Ride of the Valkyries The "Ride of the Valkyries" (german: Walkürenritt Ritt der Walküren, links=no) refers to the beginning of act 3 of '' Die Walküre'', the second of the four operas constituting Richard Wagner's '' Der Ring des Nibelungen''. As a separate pie ...
" ( Richard Wagner; arranged by Andy Mackay) #" The End of the World" ( Sylvia Dee,
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) #"The Hour Before Dawn" (Mackay) #"Past, Present and Future" (Mackay) #"Walking the Whippet" (Mackay) #"Summer Sun" (Mackay) #" What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" (
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, James Dean, William Weatherspoon) #"A Four Legged Friend" ( Jack Brooks) #"An Die Musik" (
Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...
; arranged by Andy Mackay) Version 2 (1976) #"
Wild Weekend "Wild Weekend" is an instrumental written by Phil Todaro and Tom Shannon and performed by The Rockin' Rebels. It reached #8 on the U.S. pop chart and #28 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1963. The song was originally recorded as the theme for Shanno ...
" (Phil Todaro, Tom Shannon) #" The End of the World" ( Sylvia Dee, Arthur Kent) #"Walking the Whippet" (Mackay) #" What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" (Paul Riser, James Dean, William Weatherspoon) #"An Die Musik" (
Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...
, arranged Mackay) #"Time Regained" (Mackay, Eno) (edited from the 7" B-side) #"The Hour Before Dawn" (Mackay) #"Pyramid Of Night (Past, Present and Future)" (Mackay) #"
The Long And Winding Road "The Long and Winding Road" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album '' Let It Be''. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. When issued as a single in May 1970, a month after the Beatl ...
" (
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) #"Ride Of The Valkyries" ( Richard Wagner, arranged Mackay) CD Version (2003) #"Wild Weekend" #"The End of the World" #"Walking The Whippet" #"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" #"An Die Musik" #"Time Regained" (edited) #"The Hour Before Dawn" #"Pyramid of Night (Past, Present and Future)" #"The Long and Winding Road" #"Ride of the Valkyries" #"Summer Sun" #"A Four Legged Friend" #"Ride of the Valkyries" (live rehearsal) #"The Hour Before Dawn" (live rehearsal) #"Walking The Whippet" (live rehearsal)


Personnel

*Andy Mackay - saxophone, oboe, voice *
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 Su ...
- guitar, saxophone, treatment * Lloyd Watson - slide guitar, guitar *
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- guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar on "The Hour Before Dawn" and "A Four Legged Friend" *
Roger Glover Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and R ...
- bass guitar on "Ride of the Valkyries", "The End of the World", "Past, Present and Future", "Walking the Whippet" and "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" *
Eddie Jobson Edwin "Eddie" Jobson (born 28 April 1955) is an English musician noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K. and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zap ...
- piano on "The End of the World", "Past, Present and Future", "Summer Sun" and "A Four Legged Friend", organ on "Past, Present and Future" and "A Four Legged Friend", synthesizer, glockenspiel, violin, strings, string arrangements * Brian Chatton - piano on "The Hour Before Dawn" and "An Die Musik", clavinet on "Ride of the Valkyries", "Past, Present and Future" and "Walking the Whippet", organ on "The Hour Before Dawn" * Paul Thompson - percussion * Bruce Rowland - percussion on "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" and "An Die Musik" *"Countess" Sadie MacKenzie: - ethereal voice Recorded and mixed and Island Studios in February 1974. Engineer:
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. Assistant engineers:
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, Richard Elen, Brian Pickering. Additional personnel listed on 1975 re-release... *Jane Riff * Brian Eno Added tracks on version 2 likely recorded in June 1975 in the same studio with the same engineers. *Theo Bergstrom - photography


References


See also

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