Cher Roxy,
Where on earth do you get this stuff from? What a gem!
Amazingly enough, I can actually remember reading this - love this album to death. As fresh today as it was back then.
Have a great New Year.
Regards,
Windswept.

Finally got round to listening to the Xmas Day broadcast today, before it disappears from iPlayer this evening.

I thought BF came across very well; his presentation style was more relaxed and conversational than I'd expected and it didn't seem overly scripted. His broad musical tastes made for an interesting couple of hours, although it may have helped that my love of jazz & blues runs deep.

It seems my comments about the NME hating These Foolish Things were unfair.

Yes, Smudge, a very relaxed Ferry on Radio 2. A bit too many "I'm Bryan Ferry and this is Radio 2" for my liking.

Yes, Smudge, a very relaxed Ferry on Radio 2. A bit too many "I'm Bryan Ferry and this is Radio 2" for my liking.

I suspect that was a BBC "contractual" thing; on commercial radio it would have been some jingle or other to the effect of "you're listening to Bryan Ferry rooting through his old record collection"!

I didn't find it distracting; indeed, I think his voice rather suits radio (much as my face does! ).

Some things in my "Roxy Cave" are easy to locate as I have been trying over time to put them all into chronological order. I'm pleased you enjoyed the read. There are a few more from that period which I can dig out.

Cher Roxy,
Please do - you would make this ageing hipster very happy.
How I wish I'd held on to stuff of significance. But there again, you are talking to somebody that gave away a load of Ian Fleming first editions!
Regards,
Windswept

Yes a very relaxed Bryan on the radio with that smooth drawling tone , very much in keeping with my physical state after a large Christmas dinner ! I must admit to sneaking in to catch up on crucial moments of Downton with my family but really I could not stay away from the radio.
Thanks for the article Roxy. My new year resolution is to search the attic for my scrapbook of BF gems when as a 14 year-old I used to scour the newsagents and buy every snippet of news about BF in NME, Sounds,Disc and Melody Maker ....... those were the days

Happy New Year Everyone - hope 2014 will be as BF packed as 2013

Music Scene, December 1973.





NME, 22nd September 1973.



NME, 13th October 1973.



Record Mirror, 22nd September 1973.



Record Mirror, 13th October 1973.

Cher Roxy,
Thanks for posting these gems.
Again, they took me back to those times and whilst reading them I couldn't help but reflect on how important the clothes were to the whole mix. Things changed quickly at the end of the sixties and as somebody who'd loved the whole Mod thing I was having a real problem with this hairy, dirty look. One of my favourite bands in the early '70s were 'Free'. I loved their music but hated the hairy image — what a relief it was when Roxy injected a bit of panache back into the whole thing.
Music and style are inextricably linked and watching Clapton play at the RAH in a great suit is different to watching him play in a lumberjacks shirt - I just don't understand why he doesn't realise that?
Happily our hero gets it big time and has turned the sartorial into an art form.
Regards,
Windswept.