Bryan Ferry - In Your Mind (1977) - €10,00

In Your Mind is the fourth solo studio album by English singer and songwriter Bryan Ferry. It was his first solo album of all original songs.

As Ferry's first solo all-original LP effort, released after Ferry's band Roxy Music went on a four-year hiatus, it was supported by an extensive tour.

With Roxy Music set aside for the time being, Ferry took the solo plunge with an album of totally original material. 

As such, the underrated In Your Mind makes a logical follow-on from Roxy's Siren, especially since usual suspects -- Thompson, Manzanera, Wetton, and many more -- assist him in the brief eight-song effort. While lacking early Roxy's long-gone freakouts In Your Mind still burns more fiercely than both the later solo and group albums, at least on certain tracks - like Siren, it balances between rockier and smoother paths, most often favoring the former. Ferry's lyrics remain in his own realm of intelligent, romantic dissipation, and are some of his best efforts. 

The strong opener "This Is Tomorrow" starts with Ferry and keyboards before moving into a big, chugging full band arrangement and a wistful chorus: "This is tomorrow callin'/Wish you were here." When Ferry aims for a calmer mood, rather than stripped-down melancholia, he lets everyone play along. Sometimes the arrangements almost swamp the songs, but "One Kiss'" combination of female backing vocals, sax, and straight-up rock for instance, make it a great woozy, end-of-the-night singalong before the bars close. 

There are a few blatant misfires -- "Tokyo Joe" has the chugging, dark funk/rock beat down cold, but the lyrics play around too much with Asian stereotypes (and let's not mention the opening gong and all too obvious attempts at "atmosphere" via the strings). 

On balance, though, In Your Mind remains the secret highlight of Ferry's musical career, an energetic album that would have received far more attention as a full Roxy release. 

Side A

A1.  This Is Tomorrow  (3:40)

A2.  All Night Operator  (3:08)

A3.  One Kiss  (3:35)

A4. Love Me Madly Again  (7:26)

Side B

B1.  Tokyo Joe  (3:55)

B2.  Party Doll  (4:32)

B3.  Rock of Ages  (4:31)

B4.  In Your Mind  (5:18)

Notes

Release: 1977

Format: LP 

Genre: Pop, Rock

Label: Polydor Records

Catalog# 2310502

Vinyl: VG

Cover: VG

Prijs: €10,00

Bryan Ferry - Let´s Stick Together (1976) - Lp

Release:  1976
Genre:  Pop
Format:   LP
Label:   Island Records
Catalog#  27953 XOT
Prijs:  €10,00


Let's Stick Together is a 1976 album by Bryan Ferry. His third solo release, it was his first following the disbanding of Roxy Music earlier in the year. Unlike Ferry’s two previous solo recordings, Let’s Stick Together was not a dedicated album project, instead being made up of material released as singles, B-sides and an EP. It had a generally favourable critical reception, but only just made the UK Top 20.

Five of the tracks on the album were remakes of Bryan Ferry songs previously recorded with Roxy Music. "Re-Make/Re-Model", "2HB", "Chance Meeting" and "Sea Breezes" were from the band's eponymously titled debut album (1972), while "Casanova" was taken from Country Life (1974). In most cases the re-recordings were smoother and more oriented to jazz and R&B than the original Roxy Music versions.

The other six tracks on the album were covers. The sax-driven "Let's Stick Together" was written and originally recorded by Wilbert Harrison. It was remixed in 1988 for the compilation The Ultimate Collection. Other up-tempo numbers were The Everly Brothers' "The Price of Love" and Jimmy Reed's "Shame, Shame, Shame" (which includes a counter-vocal by the backing singers which quotes Marvin Gaye's "Can I Get A Witness"). The remaining covers, which included The Beatles' "It's Only Love", were performed in a mellow cabaret style.

"2HB" (a tribute to Humphrey Bogart) had been released as the B-side of Ferry's single "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" in September 1973. "Chance Meeting" was the B-side of "The 'In' Crowd" in May 1974. "You Go to My Head" b/w "Re-Make/Re-Model" had been released as a single in June 1975, making #33 in the UK charts. "Let’s Stick Together" b/w "Sea Breezes" was released in June 1976, making #4. The Extended Play EP, featuring "The Price of Love" and "Shame, Shame, Shame" b/w "Heart on My Sleeve" and "It’s Only Love", was released in August 1976, making #7.
"Casanova" - the only recording that had not been released in some other form prior to the album - was recorded in the "Another Time, Another Place" sessions in 1974 and eventually issued as the B-side of Ferry’s cover of The Velvet Underground’s "What Goes On" in May 1978. The song "Let's Stick Together" was re-released in 1988 as "Let's Stick Together '88", making #12.

Various Roxy Music members were involved in the recordings, including Paul Thompson on drums, Eddie Jobson on violin and synthesizer, John Gustafson and John Porter on bass, and Phil Manzanera and David O'List on guitar. Although Ferry’s fiancee Jerry Hall made an appearance in tiger skin costume, complete with tail, on the title track's video clip, the song's yelps were performed by an unnamed member of the backing chorus.


Side A
A1.  Let’s Stick Together  (3:00) 
A2.  Casanova  (2:45) 
A3.  Sea Breezes  (6:10) 
A4.  Shame, Shame, Shame  (3:15) 
A5.  2 HB (3:50)

Side B
B1.  The Price Of Love  (3:25) 
B2.  Chance Meeting  (3:35) 
B3.  It’s Only Love  (3:45) 
B4.  You Go To My Head  (2:50) 
B5.  Re-Make/Re-Model  (2:40) 
B6.  Heart On My Sleeve  (3:30)

Vinyl:  Goed
Hoes:  Goed