ROXY MUSIC - Roxy Music

Item Description

Vinyl,
LP Compilation Promo Sampler

Ⓟ 1972-75 (Side 1) Ⓟ 1978-82 (Side 2)

Japanese DJ only promo sampler with white Polydor labels. "見本盤" (sample record) and "非売品" (not for sale) in Japanese, and "DJ COPY/NOT FOR SALE" in English appear on both labels. The label title translates as "Promotion Special Sample".

The jacket's back cover has song titles in English and Japanese, plus a "mini bio" and track-by-track information in Japanese.
"DJ COPY / NOT FOR SALE" appears in English bottom left.

A two-sided black and white insert is also included. The same "mini bio" reappears along with longer biographies of the three featured members (Bryan Ferry, Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams Manzanera [sic], and Andrew Mackay). No individual author credit is given, but the source is Fool's Mate magazine. ("資料提供 : フールズ•メイト" = "Material Provided by Fool's Mate"). On the reverse are illustrated album discographies for Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry's solo albums with then-current issue catalogue numbers.

Some copies came with a companion sixteen-page illustrated promotional booklet featuring identical member biographies; an additional feature on Bryan Ferry ("ラブ・ソングに寄せる男心" = "A Man's Love for a Love Song") by founder of Rockin' On magazine, Yoichi Shibuya; a "History of Roxy Music" timeline, annoted discographies of Roxy Music (eleven albums), Bryan Ferry (five), and Phil Manzanera (two); a "Roxy Music Single Collection" (six titles from Over You to Avalon); and an "Avalon Tour" report by founder of Fool's Mate magazine, Masato Kitamura, with photography by Y. Saito.

NB: Track B2 is the single version. B3 is the Bryan Ferry studio version.