Eno's solo debut, Here Come the Warm Jets, is a spirited, experimental
collection of unabashed pop songs on which Eno mostly reprises his Roxy
Music role as "sound manipulator," taking the lead vocals but leaving
much of the instrumental work to various studio cohorts (including
ex-Roxy mates Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay, plus Robert Fripp and
others). Eno's compositions are quirky, whimsical, and catchy, his
lyrics bizarre and often free-associative, with a decidedly dark bent in
their humor ("Baby's on Fire," "Dead Finks Don't Talk"). Yet the album
wouldn't sound nearly as manic as it does without Eno's wildly
unpredictable sound processing; he coaxes otherworldly noises and
textures from the treated guitars and keyboards, layering them in
complex arrangements or bouncing them off one another in a weird
cacophony. Avant-garde yet very accessible, Here Come the Warm Jets
still sounds exciting, forward-looking, and densely detailed, revealing
more intricacies with every play. Steve Huey
Tracklist :
1. Needles in the Camel's Eye 3:11
Brian Eno / Phil Manzanera
Bass Guitar – Bill MacCormick
Guitar – Chris 'Ace' Spedding, Phil Manzanera
Percussion – Simon King
2. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch 3:04
Brian Eno
Bass [Extra Bass] – Chris Thomas
Bass Guitar – Busta Cherry Jones
Guitar – Chris 'Ace' Spedding, Phil Manzanera
Percussion – Marty Simon
3. Baby's on Fire 5:19
Brian Eno
Bass Guitar – John Wetton, Paul Rudolph
Guitar – Paul Rudolph, Robert Fripp
Percussion – Marty Simon, Simon King
4. Cindy Tells Me 3:25
Brian Eno / Phil Manzanera
Bass Guitar – Busta Cherry Jones
Guitar – Phil Manzanera
Keyboards – Nick Judd
Percussion – Marty Simon
5. Driving Me Backwards 5:12
Brian Eno
Bass Guitar – John Wetton, Paul Rudolph
Guitar – Robert Fripp
Percussion – Simon King
6. On Some Faraway Beach 4:36
Brian Eno
Backing Vocals – Sweetfeed
Bass Guitar – Busta Cherry Jones
Keyboards – Andy Mackay
Percussion – Simon King
7. Blank Frank
Brian Eno / Robert Fripp
Backing Vocals – Sweetfeed
Bass Guitar – Bill MacCormick
Guitar – Robert Fripp
Keyboards – Nick Kool And The Koolaids
Percussion – Simon King
8. Dead Finks Don't Talk 4:19
Brian Eno
Arranged By – Eno, Jones, Judd, Thompson
Bass Guitar – Busta Cherry Jones
Keyboards – Nick Judd
Percussion – Paul Thompson
9. Some of Them Are Old 5:11
Brian Eno
Keyboards, Saxophone [Septet] – Andy Mackay
Slide Guitar – Lloyd Watson
10. Here Come the Warm Jets 4:04
Brian Eno
Bass Guitar – Paul Rudolph
Guitar – Paul Rudolph
Percussion – Simon King
22.3.26
BRIAN ENO — Here Come the Warm Jets (1974-2004) RM | Original Masters Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
4.6.25
FRIPP & ENO — (No Pussyfooting) (1973-2008) RM | 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
At the same time Brian Eno was working on Here Come the Warm Jets, he was flexing his experimental muscle with this album of tape delay manipulation recorded with Robert Fripp. In a system later to be dubbed Frippertronics, Eno and Fripp set up two reel-to-reel tape decks that would allow audio elements to be added to a continuing tape loop, building up a dense layer of sound that slowly decayed as it turned around and around the deck's playback head. Fripp later soloed on top of this. (No Pussyfooting) represents the duo's initial experiments with this system, a side each. "Heavenly Music Corporation" demonstrates the beauty of the setup, with several guitar and synth elements building on top of each other, the music slowly evolving, and Fripp ending the piece with low dive-bombing feedback that swoops over the soundscape, bringing the piece to its conclusion. "Swastika Girls," on the other hand, shows how the system can be abused. With too many disconnected sounds sharing the space, some discordant, some melodic, the resulting work lacks form and structure. Eno and Fripp later refined the system on Evening Star and Eno's solo album Discreet Music. Fripp would take the system and base whole albums and live appearances around it (particularly Let the Power Fall). But it was here on (No Pussyfooting) where it all started. Ted Mills
Tracklist 1 :
1-5. The Heavenly Music Corporation 20:55
Brian Eno / Robert Fripp
6-7. Swastika Girls 18:43
Brian Eno / Robert Fripp
8-12. The Heavenly Music Corporation (Reversed) (20:52)
Tracklist 2 :
1-5. The Heavenly Music Corporation (Half Speed) (41:49)
6-7. Swastika Girls (Reversed) (18:54)
Credits :
Composed, Producer By – Brian Eno, Robert Fripp
"The Heavenly Music Corporation"
Recorded at Eno's Studio 8.9.72
Equipment: Gibson Les Paul
The Fripp Pedalboard
2 Modified Revox A77 Tape Recorders
"Swastika Girls"
Recorded at Command Studios 4/5.8.73
Mixed at Air Studios 21/22.8.73
Equipment: Gibson Les Paul
Frizzbox/VCS3 Synthesizer with
Digital Sequencer/Modified Revox
A77 Tape Recorders
11.4.25
FRIPP & ENO — The Equatorial Stars (2004) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Almost 30 years on since Evening Star, Robert Fripp and Brian Eno resume
their collaboration, and remarkably, they seem to have picked up right
where they left off. Remarkably, because Fripp's more recent
soundscaping has had a different quality than either his collaborations
with Eno or his proper "Frippertronics" albums like Let the Power Fall
or the solo side of God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners. Surely
they're not back to using the old Revox tape machine setup, but having
Eno in the producer's chair (not to mention making his own musical
contributions) seems to add a warmth that's been missing from albums
like 1999. But much like Evening Star showed a progression from No
Pussyfooting, The Equatorial Stars is another step forward while
retaining all the same elements as their previous work together. On
"Meissa," there's just a bit of glitch periodically applied to the
background keyboards and guitar harmonics with Fripp soloing softly over
the top. "Lyra" is even prettier, and you can really hear Fripp's
guitar lines trailing off into the distance. His tone here is less
saturated than on the earlier albums, but there's just as much sustain
and his playing is beautiful and lyrical. "Ankaa" bears the strongest
resemblance to the material on Evening Star, with that classic
"Frippertronics" guitar tone. And just as their previous efforts were
mostly, but not entirely, placid, The Equatorial Stars takes on a
slightly more aggressive tone (if you can call it that) toward the end.
"Lupus" adds the pulse of a heartbeat and a bit of sonic scuzz to the
mix, and "Terebellum" takes on a slightly more ominous tone. Most
surprising is "Altair," which almost gets funky with a bit of bass and
some chicken scratch rhythm guitar work. While Fripp is nominally at the
forefront on The Equatorial Stars, Eno's contributions and excellent
production are just as important. There seems to be a genuine synergy
when these two work together, and The Equatorial Stars is a worthy
successor to their earlier brilliant albums together. Sean Westergaard
Tracklist :
1 Meissa 8:08
2 Lyra 7:45
3 Tarazed 5:03
4 Lupus 5:09
5 Ankaa 7:01
6 Altair 5:11
7 Terebellum 9:40
Credits :
Performer [Music Performed By], Composed By – Brian Eno, Robert Fripp
Producer [Produced], Design [Cover Design] By – Brian Eno 
27.2.24
ROBERT FRIPP — Exposure (1979-1989) RM | The Definitive Edition Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Conceived as the third part of an MOR trilogy that included Peter Gabriel's second album and Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs, Exposure is concerned with a marketplace that Fripp saw as hostile to experimentation and hungry for product. Strangely, then, Exposure is one of his most varied and successful rock albums, offering a broad selection of styles. "Water Music I and II" is pure Frippertronics; "Disengage" and "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You" are angular, jagged rock like he would make with the reformed King Crimson; "North Star" is a soulful ballad led by Daryl Hall on vocals, and a less bombastic version of "Here Comes the Flood" with Peter Gabriel singing makes a melancholic ending. Peter Hammill, Terre Roche, and Narada Michael Walden also add vocals to a pleasant experiment in pop, Fripp style. Ted Mills
ROBERT FRIPP | BRIAN ENO — Evening Star (1975-1989) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Robert Fripp's second team up with Brian Eno was a less harsh, more varied affair, closer to Eno's then-developing idea of ambient music than what had come before in (No Pussyfooting). The method used, once again, was the endless decaying tape loop system of Frippertronics but refined with pieces such as "Wind on Water" fading up into an already complex bed of layered synths and treated guitar over which Fripp plays long, languid solos. "Evening Star" is meditative and calm with gentle scales rocking to and fro while Fripp solos on top. "Wind on Wind" is Eno solo, an excerpt from the soon to be released Discreet Music album. The nearly 30-minute ending piece, "An Index of Metals," keeps Evening Star from being a purely background listen as the loops this time contain a series of guitar distortions layered to the nth degree, Frippertronics as pure dissonance. As a culmination of Fripp and Eno's experiments, Evening Star shows how far they could go. Ted Mills
Tracklist :
1. Wind on Water 5:30
2. Evening Star 7:48
3. Evensong 2:53
4. Wind on Wind 2:56
5. An Index of Metals 28:36
Robert Fripp – Guitar
Brian Eno – Tape loops, Synthesizer, Piano
BRIAN ENO — Before and After Science (1977-2004) RM | Original Masters Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Before and After Science is really a study of "studio composition"
whereby recordings are created by deconstruction and elimination: tracks
are recorded and assembled in layers, then selectively subtracted one
after another, resulting in a composition and sound quite unlike that at
the beginning of the process. Despite the album's pop format, the sound
is unique and strays far from the mainstream. Eno also experiments with
his lyrics, choosing a sound-over-sense approach. When mixed with the
music, these lyrics create a new sense or meaning, or the feeling of
meaning, a concept inspired by abstract sound poet Kurt Schwitters
(epitomized on the track "Kurt's Rejoinder," on which you actually hear
samples from Schwitters' "Ursonate"). Before and After Science opens
with two bouncy, upbeat cuts: "No One Receiving," featuring the offbeat
rhythm machine of Percy Jones and Phil Collins (Eno regulars during this
period), and "Backwater." Jones' analog delay bass dominates on the
following "Kurt's Rejoinder," and he and Collins return on the
mysterious instrumental "Energy Fools the Magician." The last five
tracks (the entire second side of the album format) display a serenity
unlike anything in the pop music field. These compositions take on an
occasional pastoral quality, pensive and atmospheric. Cluster joins Eno
on the mood-evoking "By This River," but the album's apex is the final
cut, "Spider and I." With its misty emotional intensity, the song seems
at once sad yet hopeful. The music on Before and After Science at times
resembles Another Green World ("No One Receiving") and Here Come the
Warm Jets ("King's Lead Hat") and ranks alongside both as the most
essential Eno material. David Ross Smith
Tracklist :
1 No One Receiving 03:52
Bass, Guitar [Rhythm] – Paul Rudolph
Drums – Phil Collins
Fretless Bass – Percy Jones
Performer [A Gong-gong And Stick] – Rhett Davies
Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion [Synthesized], Piano – Brian Eno
2 Backwater 03:43
Bass – Paul Rudolph
Drums – Jaki Liebezeit
Guitar [Rhythm], Brass, Piano – Brian Eno
Chorus, Piano ['jazz'], Synthesizer – Brian Eno
Drums – Dave Mattacks
Timbales [Brush] – Shirley Williams
Voice [From The Ur Sonata] – Kurt Schwitters
4 Energy Fools the Magician 02:04
Chorus, Keyboards, Vibraphone – Brian Eno
Drums – Phil Collins
Fretless Bass – Percy Jones
Guitar [Modified] – Fred Frith
5 King's Lead Hat 03:56
Bass – Paul Rudolph
Drums – Andy Fraser
Guitar [Guitar Solo] – Robert Fripp
Guitar [Rhythm] – Phil Manzanera
Performer [Metallics], Guitar [Rhythm], Piano [Piano Solo] – Brian Eno
6 Here He Comes 05:38
Bass – Paul Rudolph
Drums – Dave Mattacks
Guitar – Phil Manzanera
Synthesizer [Yamaha Cs80, Moog], Piano – Brian Eno
7 Julie with... 06:19
Bass, Bass [Harmonic] – Paul Rudolph
Bells, Synthesizer [Mini-moog, Cs80, Aks], Piano, Guitar – Brian Eno
8 By This River 03:03
Electric Piano [Bass Fender] – Möbi Moebius
Piano [Grand], Electric Piano – Achim Roedelius
Synthesizer [Cs80] – Brian Eno
Written-By [Co-written] – Moebius, Roedelius
Bass – Bill MacCormick
Guitar [Cascade] – Fred Frith
Keyboards, Bells, Guitar [Melody], Synthesizer [Moog] – Brian Eno
Performer [Time] – Shirley Williams
10 Spider and I 04:10
Bass – Brian Turrington
Keyboards, Synthesizer [Aks] – Brian Eno
17.5.20
QUIET SUN — Mainstream (1975-1989) RM | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless
Tracklist :
1. Sol Caliente 7:35
Phil Manzanera
2. Trumpets With Motherhood 1:47
Charles Hayward
3. Bargain Classics 5:48
Dave Jarrett
4. R. F. D. 3:23
Dave Jarrett
5. Mummy Was An Asteroid, Daddy Was A Small Non-stick Kitchen Utensil 6:01
Bill MacCormick
6. Trot 5:18
Phil Manzanera
7. Rongwrong 9:28
Charles Hayward
Credits :
Backing Vocals [Back-up Voices] – Ian MacCormick
Bass [Electric, Treated], Backing Vocals [Back-up Voices] – Bill MacCormick
Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Voice – Charles Hayward
Electric Guitar [6 & 12 String Guitars], Guitar [Treated Guitars], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Phil Manzanera
Grand Piano [Fender Rhodes, Steinway], Organ [Farfisa, Hammond], Synthesizer [Vcs 3] – Dave Jarrett
Producer – Quiet Sun
Synthesizer, Performer [Treatments & Oblique Strategies] – Eno

6.1.20
ROXY MUSIC – Roxy Music (1972-2015) RM | Platinum SHM-CD | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless
Tracklist :
1. Re-Make / Re-Model 5:10
2. Ladytron 4:21
3. If There Is Something 6:33
4. 2 H.B. 4:30
5. The Bob (Melody) 5:48
6. Chance Meeting 3:00
7. Would You Believe? 3:47
8. Sea Breezes 7:00
9. Bitters End 2:02
Credits :
Bass Guitar – Graham Simpson
Drums – Paul Thompson
Guitar – Phil Manzanera
Saxophone, Oboe – Andy Mackay
Songwriter [All Songs By], Voice, Piano, Cover – Bryan Ferry
Synthesizer [Synthesiser], Tape – Eno
ROXY MUSIC - For Your Pleasure (1973-2015) RM / SHM-CD / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
Tracklist:
1 Do The Strand
2 Beauty Queen
3 Strictly Confidential
4 Editions Of You
5 In Every Dream Home A Heartache
6 The Bogus Man
7 Grey Lagoons
8 For Your Pleasure
Credits:
Bass, Guest [Guest Artiste] – John Porter
Drums – Paul Thompson
Guitar – Phil Manzanera
Oboe, Saxophone – Andrew Mackay
Synthesizer, Tape [Tapes] – Eno
Voice, Keyboards – Bryan Ferry
Words By, Music By – Ferry
5.1.20
GENESIS — The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974-2014) RM | 2CD | SHM-CD | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
Tracklist :
1-1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4:52
1-2. Fly On A Windshield 2:45
1-3. Broadway Melody Of 1974 2:11
1-4. Cuckoo Cocoon 2:13
1-5. In The Cage 8:12
1-6. The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging 2:46
1-7. Back In N.Y.C. 5:45
1-8. Hairless Heart 2:10
1-9. Counting Out Time 3:41
1-10. The Carpet Crawlers 5:15
1-11. The Chamber Of 32 Doors 5:45
2-1. Lilywhite Lilith 2:49
2-2. The Waiting Room 5:17
2-3. Anyway 3:17
2-4. The Supernatural Anaesthetist 2:49
2-5. The Lamia 6:58
2-6. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats 3:01
2-7. The Colony Of Slippermen: (A.The Arrival; B: A Visit To The Doktor; C: The Raven) 8:12
2-8. Ravine 2:06
2-9. The Light Dies Down On Broadway 3:32
2-10. Riding The Scree 4:07
2-11. In The Rapids 2:22
2-12. It 4:19
Credits:
Bass, Twelve-String Guitar – Mike Rutherford
Featuring [Enossification] – Brian Eno (tracks: 1-6)
Guitar – Steve Hackett
Guitar, Keyboards – Tony Banks
Percussion, Backing Vocals [Voicing], Vibraphone – Phil Collins
Vocals, Flute – Peter Gabriel

23.4.17
ENO – Another Green World (1975-1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
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EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER — Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970-2010) RM | SHM-CD | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless
Lively, ambitious, almost entirely successful debut album, made up of keyboard-dominated instrumentals ("The Barbarian," "Thr...
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