Andy
Mackay –
In
Search of Eddie Riff
Vinyl album, 1974
Island Records
Of all the Roxy Music
side-projects this is the most eccentric, due that it sounds like the
step-brother of the first Roxy album . Like that album its roots
are pre-rock, exotica, and a touch of Joe Meek. It is one of my
favorite albums due to its strangeness. Mackay is one of the
architects of the Roxy sound, and this album is the proof in the
cooking.
A mixture of camp is thrown in
into this mix, but it is also very heartfelt. As I mentioned that
are a lot of Meek touches through out the album. Specifically
“Walking The Whippet” which sounds like a Meek b-side. It is
simply lovely.
So
In
Search of Eddie Riff is
very much a throw-back to the rock instrumental album – and doing
so, it is also exposing the roots of Roxy Music, and why at that time
it was the most modern sound out there.
No comments:
Post a Comment