01	Frontera						04:04
	02	Diamond Head						04:28
	03	Big Day						03:46
	04	The Flex						03:34
	05	Same Time Next Week						04:48
	06	Miss Shapiro						06:32
	07	East Of Echo						05:49
	08	Lagrima						02:36
	09	Alma						06:46

Diamond Head
Date of Release 1975

Phil Manzanera's first post-Roxy foray into solo albums is a terrific all-star affair that still holds up enormously well. Calling on favors from Roxy members present and past, and those from the Cambridge/British art rock scene, Manzanera assembled a supergroup for every song. Robert Wyatt sings Spanish gibberish on the opener "Frontera," a rewrite of his own "Team Spirit." Brian Eno teams up for the sunny "Big Day" and the nonsensical "Miss Shapiro," both of which would not have been out of place on his own early solo albums. John Wetton (of several groups including Family and Asia) sings a duet with Doreen Chanter (of the Chanter Sisters and the Joe Cocker Band), and Bill MacCormick of Matching Mole and Quiet Sun sings his own "Alma," the album's closing ballad. Fans of any of the singers above, not to mention Manzanera, whose party this is, won't be disappointed. A majority of these tracks went on to form the set list for 801 Live. - Ted Mills


Eddie Jobson - Synthesizer, Piano, Strings, Keyboards, Clavinet, Fender Piano
Phil Manzanera - Organ, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Handclapping, Producer, Mellotron, Tiple, Fuzz Guitar, Synthesizer Strings
John Wetton - Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Mellotron
Robert Wyatt - Timbales, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Cabassa, Cabasa
Robert Ash - Assistant Engineer
Sonny Axpan - Percussion
Doreen Chanter - Vocals
Rhett Davies - Engineer
Brian Eno - Guitar, Piano, Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Handclapping, Treatments
Charles Hayward - Percussion, Bell Tree
Danny Heibs - Percussion
Dave Jarrett - Keyboards, Theme
Bill MacCormick - Bass, Vocals, Handclapping, Fuzz Bass
Iain MacDonald - Bagpipes
Andy Mackay - Oboe, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Wind
Chyke Madu - Percussion
Ian McDonald - Wind
Paul Thompson - Drums
Brian Turrington - Bass
Sonny Akpan - Conga
Eno - Guitar, Piano, Vocals (bckgr), Handclapping
Barry Sage - Assistant Engineer
D. Jarret - Keyboards
P. Thompson - Drums

1990 CD EG EGCD-19
1975 LP Atco 36113

CD Plan 9/Caroline 1576
2001 CD Expression 84575




Phil Manzanera
Born Jan 31, 1951 in London, England

The longtime guitarist for legendary British art pop sophisticates Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera was born Philip Targett-Adams in London on January 31, 1951. The child of an English father and Colombian mother, he was raised in various spots, including Hawaii and Cuba, and while living in Venezuela began playing guitar at the age of eight. Profoundly influenced by both Latin music and rock & roll, while attending school at London's Dulwich College in 1966 Manzanera co-founded the psychedelic band Pooh and the Ostrich Feather, later rechristened Quiet Sun concurrent with a move toward a more avant-garde approach. When the group dissolved in 1972, Manzanera replaced guitarist Dave O'List in Roxy Music, joining in time to record their self-titled debut LP. A series of classic albums followed and upon completion of 1974's Country Life, Manzanera returned to the studio to record his first solo effort, the largely instrumental Diamond Head. Around that same time, he contributed to solo efforts from fellow Roxy Music alums Bryan Ferry (Another Time, Another Place) and Brian Eno (the groundbreaking Here Come the Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain [By Strategy]), and even cut a Quiet Sun reunion LP, Mainstream.
Manzanera continued balancing his Roxy Music duties with solo projects and session dates, in 1975 producing the up-and-coming New Zealand group Split Enz; with Roxy Music entering a state of suspended animation a year later, he formed the short-lived 801 before touring with Ferry. The 801 aegis was revived for 1977's Listen Now!!; upon completing the follow-up, K-Scope, Manzanera joined the revived Roxy Music for Manifesto, their best-selling album in the U.S. He remained with the group through their last studio album, the 1982 masterpiece Avalon, and following their final tour he reunited with ex-Roxy saxophonist Andy Mackay as the Explorers, also recording a 1986 LP with onetime Asia frontman John Wetton. While 1990's Southern Cross featured extensive vocal contributions from onetime Split Enz member Tim Finn, Manzanera was largely absent from the studio during much of the decade to follow, primarily focusing on live performances (including appearances at the Guitar Legends and WOMAD festivals). In 1999, he issued the Latin-influenced Vozero, closing out the year by backing Ferry at the British Gas Millennium Concert, their first joint performance in 18 years. - Jason Ankeny


1975 Diamond Head EG
1976 801 Live EG
1976 801 Live EG
1977 Listen/Now Polygram
1977 Listen/Now EG
1978 K-Scope EG
1982 Primitive Guitars EG
1987 Wetton/Manzanera Geffen
1988 Crack the Whip Combat
1989 Up in Smoke Combat
1990 Southern Cross Agenda
1990 Mato Grosso Black Sun
1993 Live at the Karl Marx Alex
1997 One World Resurgent
1997 Mainstream Resurgent
1997 A Million Reasons Why Resurgent
1997 Manzanera & MacKay Resurgent
1998 Live at Manchester University Resurgent
1999 Nowomova: Wasted Lands Expression
1999 801 Live [Bonus Tracks] Expression
2001 Vozero Expression
2001 Manzanera Archives: 801 Live @ Hull Expression
2001 Manzanera Archives: Rare One Expression
2002 801 Latino [live] Import