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Bryan Ferry “Royal Albert Hall 2020” vinyl record album, signed on the front cover in silver marker by Bryan Ferry.
Bryan released this album during Covid and all of the proceeds went to support out of work music industry employees.
NOTE: There is a crease running along the top of the album — straight across about 3 cm from the top. This must have happened when it shipped from London.
Sold with a Certificate of Authenticity from independent third-party authenticator Beckett Authentication Services.
The last full-capacity show at London’s Royal Albert Hall before Covid lockdown was in March of 2020 – by Bryan Ferry and his band!
Ferry’s two night gig at the world famous venue has now been commemorated on an excellent live album, ‘Royal Albert Hall 2020’ with all proceeds going to the singer’s currently inactive touring musicians and road crew. It makes a good companion to his previous album ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1974’, which captured his first solo tour.
This release focused heavily on classic Roxy Music material (12 out of 18 tracks) and Ferry has ensured no songs feature on both this and last year’s album. Throughout, Ferry curates his Roxy legacy – a heady cocktail of art-rock, Fifties revivalism and kitsch Hollywood glamour – with a fine ear for detail plus respect. ‘The Thrill Of It All’ – one of three songs here from 1974’s ‘Country Life’ album – is greeted by the live audience with enthusiastic applause before its driving grooves of sound drown out all crowd reaction. ‘The Bogus Man’ from 1973’s ‘For Your Pleasure’ is a futuristic jazz-rock number that retains its power to surprise and delight almost five decades after it was first recorded. And Roxy’s smoother later hits including ‘Avalon’, ‘Same Old Scene’ and ‘Dance Away’ all stand the test of time really well. There are also two Dylan covers, ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right’ and ‘Make You Feel My Love’ both featuring Ferry’s tuneful harmonica – and Ferry delivers these songs as impressively as Bob Dylan himself. The album ends with songs from Roxy’s golden age. ‘Street Life’ manages to achieve the quality of the studio original whilst ‘Virginia Plain’ adds a rocking finale and features more sophisticated backing vocals than the original version. Clearly time has not dimmed Ferry’s style. His appeal is undiminished.
Track Listing:-
1 The Thrill Of It All
2 You Can Dance
3 Pyjamarama
4 Out of the Blue
5 The Bogus Man
6 Casanova
7 Limbo
8 Just Like You
9 Same Old Scene
10 Hiroshima Mon Amour
11 Your Painted Smile
12 Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright
13 Make You Feel My Love
14 Dance Away
15 Avalon
16 Street Life
17 Virginia Plain
18 Editions of You
