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Be-Bop Deluxe - Third Floor Heaven (1974)
Before going headlong into prog rock, Bill Nelson and company were clearly enthralled with David Bowie (though Bill Nelson denies it). Whatever his intentions, this is first rate glam rock with some great guitar playing.
UNDERRATED BRITISH ROCK WITH A "GLAMMY" SUPER-SEVENTIES SOUND.
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a '70s gem of a rock band/album that I really got into criminally late in life (not even five years ago!) -- "Axe Victim" is the debut album by English rock band BE-BOP DELUXE, released in June 1974 under the Harvest label.
OVERVIEW: "When Be Bop Deluxe's first album was released during the glam rock wave in 1974 and the band (then comprised of Bill Nelson and Ian Parkin on guitars, Robert Bryan on bass, and Nicholas Chatterton-Dew on drums) turned up on the back of the record cover in heavy makeup, it was viewed as being in the David Bowie mold, which certainly took in Nelson's thin but confident tenor vocals and the uptempo rock approach, and even ballads like "Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape" that sounded a lot like Bowie's "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide."
But it was already obvious that Nelson was an unusually lyrical guitar slinger, and in fact the tunes often took a back seat to his sometimes jazzy, sometimes metal-ish excursions. He was, as he sang, "an axe victim," but at the same time, Be Bop Deluxe's musical identity was uncertain."
-- ALLMUSIC (review by William Ruhlmann)
Sources: www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/4662738013 & Allmusic.
Be-Bop Deluxe Axe Victim 1974 Harvest ——————————————————————— Tracks: 01. Axe Victim 02. Love Is Swift Arrows 03. Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus 04. Third Floor Heaven 05. Night Creatures 06. Rocket Cathedrals 07. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape 08. Jets at Dawn 09. No Trains to Heaven 10. Darkness (L’immoraliste) ———————————————————————
Robert Bryan
Nicholas Chatterton-Dew
Bill Nelson
Ian Parkin
* Long Live Rock Archive
Be Bop Deluxe - Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus (1974)
In 1974, everyone wanted to be Bowie, I guess, even art rock group Be Bop Deluxe. While obviously inspired by Ziggy Stardust, it’s Bill Nelson’s crystalline guitar playing that lift this from homage to something spectacular.
Floating out your window On the streams of purest sound
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I’m really behind. Epic guitar jam by Bill Nelson and Bebop Deluxe.
SONG OF THE DAY - January 15, 2023
Be Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim, 1974.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q15OQlH2CRE
Be Bop Deluxe
