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Phil Manzanera / 50 Years of Music

11CD box set

By Paul Sinclair

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50 Years of Music is a forthcoming 11CD deluxe set that charts the solo career of Roxy Music guitarist, record producer and musical collaborator, Phil Manzanera.

This new collection brings together all of Manzanera’s 10 solo albums, with bonus tracks. These discs feature contributions from the likes of Brian Eno, David Gilmour, Neil and Tim Finn, Andy Mackay, Robert Wyatt, Eddie Jobson, Godley & Creme and John Wetton.

50 Years of Music is an 11CD deluxe set

Long-players include Phil’s 1975 debut Diamond Head, the Orwell-inspired Listen Now from 1977, K-Scope, with the Finn brothers in 1978 and 1982’s Primitive Guitars that reflects Phil’s Latin and psychedelic roots, as well as having one foot on the dance floor.

Southern Cross from 1990 sees Manzanera explore his Cuban childhood (he spent time in South America and Hawaii with his Colombian mother and English father) and 1999’s Vozero was part one of what was known as ‘the white album trilogy’, with Phil singing as well as songwriting. 2004’s 6PM and 50 Minutes from 2005 completed this trilogy.

The last disc in this collection is a bonus disc of rarities, called Rare Two (it’s a follow-up to 2000’s Rare One). This features demos, live tracks and rarities, including PM 1 which is an early version of Pink Floyd’s One Slip (from 1987’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason) that Phil wrote with David Gilmour.

This deluxe set is presented as a 10” x 10” rigid board slipcase which contains three folio wallets which hold the 11 CDs. Also included is a 100-page hardcover book with photos, handwritten notes, tape boxes, scribbles, clippings, alternate artwork, lyrics and so on. The audio has been remastered by Barry Grint at London Air Studios.

50 Years of Music will be released on 1 November 2024, via UMR.

Tracklisting

50 Years of Music Phil Manzanera /

    • CD 1: Diamond Head (1975)
      1. Frontera
      2. Diamond Head
      3. Big Day
      4. The Flex
      5. Same Time Next Week
      6. Miss Shapiro
      7. East Of Echo
      8. Lagrima
      9. Alma
      Bonus Tracks
      1. Carhumba (previously released on 2011 re-issue)
      2. Corazon Y Alma (previously released on 2011 re-issue)
    • CD 2: Listen Now (801) (1977)
      1. Listen Now
      2. Flight 19
      3. Island
      4. Law and Order
      5. Rude Awakening
      6. Que?
      7. City Of Light
      8. Initial Speed
      9. Postcard Love
      10. That Falling Feeling
      Bonus Tracks
      1. Blue Gray Uniform (Demo @ PSL Studios) (previously only available on 2015 Japanese re-issue)
      2. Remote Control (Demo @ PSL Studios Psychedelic Version) (previously only available on 2015 Japanese re-issue)
      3. Island (Secret Fingers Remix) (previously only available on 2015 Japanese re-issue)
      4. Listen Now (Velvet Season and The Hearts of Gold Remix) (previously only available on 2015 Japanese re-issue)
    • CD 3: K-Scope (1978)
      1. Remote Control
      2. Cuban Crisis
      3. Hot Spot
      4. Numbers
      5. Slow Motion TV
      6. Gone Fishing
      7. N-Shift
      8. Walking Through Heavens Door
      9. You Are Here
      Bonus Tracks
      1. Remote Control (Live 801 Tour 1977) (previously available on 2000 reissue)
      2. It Don’t Matter To Me (Demo @ PSL Studios Manzanera) (previously available on 2000 reissue)
      3. Out Of The Blue (Live 801 Tour 1977) (previously available on 2000 reissue)
      4. Walking Through Heaven’s Door (ZSOU Remix) (previously only available on 2015 Japanese re-issue)
    • CD 4: Primitive Guitars (1982)
      1. Criollo
      2. Caracus
      3. La Nueva Ola
      4. Botaga
      5. Ritmo de Los Angeles
      6. Europe 701
      7. Impossible Guitar
      8. Big Dome
      9. Europe 80-1
      Bonus Tracks
      1. Impossible Guitars (Theo Parrish Feat. Duminie Deporres Remix) (previously only available on 2015
      2. Japanese re-issue)
      3. Caracas (Daniele Baldelli and Marco Dionigi Mental Remix) (previously only available on 2015 Japanese re-
      4. issue)
      5. Criollo (Kenji Takimi and Tomoki Kanda 'Being Borings' Remix) (previously only available on 2019 Japanese re-issue)
      6. Big Dome (Cos_Mes Remix) (previously only available on 2015 Japanese re-issue)
    • CD 5: Southern Cross (1990)
      1. Million Reason Why
      2. Tambor
      3. The Great Leveller
      4. Astrud
      5. Southern Cross (Instrumental)
      6. Blood Brothers
      7. Guantanamera
      8. The Rich and The Poor
      9. Dance Break This Trance
      10. Verde
      11. Fridel
      12. Vanceremos
      Bonus Tracks
      1. Southern Cross (Live in Havana Moncada Manzanera Live at the Karl Marx)
      2. (Previously Unreleased)
      3. Astrud (Live In Havana Moncada Manzanera Live at the Karl Marx) (Previously Unreleased)
    • CD 6: Vozero (1999)
      1. Vozero
      2. Mystic Moon
      3. Verdadero
      4. Tuesday
      5. Rayo De Bala
      6. The Art Of Conversation
      7. Vida
      8. Golden Sun
      9. Mundo Con Paz
      10. Hymn
      11. La Vida Moderna
      12. Tropical
    • CD 7: 6PM (2004)
      1. Broken Dreams
      2. Green Spikey Cactus
      3. Love Devotion
      4. Wish You Well
      5. 6PM
      6. Waiting For The Sun To Shine
      7. Manzra
      8. Cissbury Ring
      9. Porlock
      10. Shoreline
      11. Always You
      12. Sacred Days
      Bonus Track
      1. For You (previously only available on 2016 Japanese reissue)
    • CD 8: 50 Minutes Later (2005)
      1. Revolution
      2. Technicolor UFO
      3. That's All I know
      4. 50 Minutos Mas Trade
      5. Desaparecido
      6. Dusza
      7. One Step
      8. Swimming
      9. Bible Black
      10. Til The End Of The Line
      11. Enotonik Bible Black (Mainstream Version)
    • CD 9: Firebird V11 (2008)
      1. Fortunately I Had One With Me
      2. Cartagena
      3. Firebird
      4. Mexican Hat
      5. Firebird V11
      6. A Few Minutes
      7. After Magritte
      Bonus Track
      1. Cartagena (Live at Ronnie Scott’s) (Previously Unreleased)
    • CD 10: The Sound Of Blue (2015)
      1. Magdelena
      2. 1960 Caracas feat Sónia Bernado
      3. The Sound Of Blue
      4. Rose Mullion Head
      5. Halmstad
      6. Tramuntana
      7. High Atlas
      8. Mi Casa
      9. In Conversation with Andy Mackay
      10. No Church In The Wild feat Sónia Bernado
      Bonus Track
      1. High Atlas (Live in Tokyo with Hotei) (Previously Unreleased)
    • CD 11: The Manzanera Archives RARE TWO
      1. Que Fera Fera demo with Nfaly Kouyarte (Previously Unreleased)
      2. Spanish (Previously Unreleased)
      3. The Unknown Zone (previously only available as a download 2009)
      4. Demo PM 1 (One Slip) Pink Floyd (Previously Unreleased)
      5. Tre Amore (Previously Unreleased)
      6. Chan Chan (previously only available on Japan Live CD)
      7. Otra Vuelta (Previously Unreleased)
      8. All the While (Live at Hospital Club, London) (Previously Unreleased)
      9. Impossible Guitars (Live at Frejus with Roxy Music) (Previously Unreleased)
      10. Bala de Plata (Live at The CCK Buenos Aires) (Previously Unreleased)
      11. East of Asteroid (Live at Ronnie Scott’s) (Previously Unreleased)
      12. El Vlaje Demo (Previously Unreleased)

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  2. “The audio has been remastered by Barry Grint at London Air Studios.” That’s enough to give me pause after the brickwalled Soft Cell remasters.

  5. I’m certainly not an expert on Phil Manzanera (about all i know is that he was a member of Roxy Music) and this set at a price point of £150 certainly won’t change that but two things came to mind reading the post:

    Why isn’t the ‘Rare 1’ album included (are all the tracks from that album included in here as bonus tracks on the first 10 cds)? and

    Am i the only one who thinks it’s funny that the only way you can order this 11 cd set at the moment is from an outlet called ‘The Sound Of Vinyl’?

    1. Oh no! There is another outlet where you ever get the same stuff like on The Sound of Vinyl. It is called recordstore.co.uk In Germany you can get it at the UniversalBoxset store for only 80€.

    2. Hi Klaus — I’m not a Manzanera expert either, but took a quick spin by Discogs to answer your first question. Rare 1 is mostly tracks by Quiet Sun and 801. There are two tracks credited to Manzanera solo, one of which is included on Rare 2 (“Tre Amore” — is it the same version?) and one omitted (“Brokenhearted).
      Regards,
      Ex-Oligarch

  6. Do all the ex Roxy sit out on a porch somewhere discussing box sets. “Go on Bry you release yours first” “nah Phil me old china you should go first” “Better get in quick Bry, Eno is coming up the hill with his box set idea” “bugger”

    1. Maybe they do apart from Mr ferry he will no doubt be lying back on a chaise loung, smoking jacket on with a fag dangling from his mouth.

  7. Wow, what a difference from the Bryan Ferry disappointment in the last post! Full albums, bonuses – I’m in. It’s also better value than the Ferry set (although still not cheap). If they had included the 801 live recording it would have been even better, but this still looks great.

  8. When I saw the tweet advertising this, genuinely thought it was something by Russel Brand and was slightly confused as to why it was being shown on SDE.

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