801 Live

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801 Live
Live album by 801
Released	November 1976 (UK) March 1978 (North America)
Recorded	3 September 1976
Venue	Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Genre	Experimental rock, art rock, progressive rock
Length	46:26 (LP) 56:59 (1999 Reissue) 114:13 (Live Collectors Edition)
Label	Island, Polydor, Expression
Producer	801
801 chronology
801 Live (1976) Listen Now (1977)

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801 Live is the first live album by 801. It was originally released by Island Records in the UK (cat. no. ILPS 9444) in November 1976. It was subsequently released by Polydor Records in North America (cat. no PD-1-6148) in March 1978.

In 1976, while guitarist Phil Manzanera's band Roxy Music 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

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".^[citation needed] In April 2011, Burning Shed announced the availability of the double CD under the title 801 Live Collectors Edition.^[2] Material for the second CD was taken from a 23 August 1976 studio rehearsal on a sound stage at Shepperton Film Studios.

Track listing

1976 LP track listing

Side One

1. "Lagrima" (Phil Manzanera) – 2:34
2. "TNK (Tomorrow Never Knows)" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:14
3. "East of Asteroid" (Manzanera, Bill MacCormick) – 4:58
4. "Rongwrong" (
   Charles Hayward
   ) – 5:10
5. "Sombre Reptiles" (Brian Eno) – 3:14

Side Two

1. "Baby's on Fire" (Eno) – 5:02
2. "Diamond Head" (Manzanera) – 6:21
3. "Miss Shapiro" (Manzanera, Eno) – 4:20
4. "You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies) – 3:23
5. "Third Uncle" (Eno) – 5:14

1999 Reissue (Collectors Edition)

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

2009 Collectors Edition

Disc one: 3 September 1976 Queen Elizabeth Hall performance

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

Disc two: 23 August 1976 Shepperton Studios rehearsal

1. "Lagrima" (Manzanera) – 2:16
2. "TNK (Tomorrow Never Knows)" (Lennon, McCartney) – 6:46
3. "East of Asteroid" (Manzanera, MacCormick) – 4:46
4. "Rongwrong" (Hayward) – 5:43
5. "Sombre Reptiles" (Eno) – 3:56
6. "Fat Lady of Limbourg" (Eno) – 9:06
7. "Baby's on Fire" (Eno) – 5:21
8. "Diamond Head" (Manzanera) – 5:39
9. "Miss Shapiro" (Manzanera, Eno) – 3:56
10. "You Really Got Me" (Davies) – 3:02
11. "Third Uncle" (Eno) – 5:36
12. "Lagrima (Reprise)" (Manzanera) – 2:21

Charts

Personnel

• Phil Manzanera – guitar
• Lloyd Watson – slide guitar, vocals
• Francis Monkman – Fender Rhodes piano, clavinet
• Brian Eno – keyboards, vocals, synthesizers, guitar
• Bill MacCormick – bass, vocals
• Simon Phillips – drums, rhythm generator

Technical

• Rhett Davies – engineer
• Chris Michie – sound engineer
• Richard Wallis – photography

References