Roxy Music | Love is the Drug | Live at Wembley | 18 October 1975

A new restoration and edit of live footage and high quality audio, from the Roxy Music Siren tour, recorded at Wembley in 1975.

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The Roxy Music Siren tour commenced in the UK on October 2nd 1975. The tour ran for almost 6 months, including three dates in Scandinavia, and many shows in the US and Canada. Andy MacKay: “(In the States) we played mainly theatres which suited us. In the UK we were playing arenas, but the audience were great in both”.

Roxy’s Siren album was released on October 31st, 1975. Therefore, on many of the early shows of the tour, including all the UK dates, the audience had not heard the new material. Despite that, Roxy played much of the new album, often starting the set with two new songs, Sentimental Fool and Love is the Drug.

Love is the Drug became a hugely successful single for Roxy Music, reaching number 2 in the UK, and number 30 in the US charts. It has been said to have been a progenitor of future new wave and funk sounds and a big influence on acts such as Simple Minds, Gang of Four, Public Image Ltd. and the Human League. Nile Roger’s of Chic was hugely influenced by seeing Roxy on the Siren tour, and has stated that John Gustafson's bassline on Love is the Drug, was a major influence on his Chic classic, "Good Times". Love is the Drug also seems to point the way forward to the future Roxy of the Manifesto and Flesh and Blood eras.

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It seems apposite timing to put out new Roxy Music videos now, with the band reforming for their upcoming 50th anniversary tour next month. Alas, the band aren’t coming to my part of the world, so I won't get to see one of the shows.

Since making a previous Roxy live at Wembley ‘75 video a few years ago [Both Ends Burning https://youtu.be/EB7z-FxeKyo] I’ve been wanting to create a better version of the Love is the Drug live video. The original clip has been on YouTube for many years, but the sound and edit aren’t that great. And moreover, the uploads have not been in very good quality. I finally found some okay sources to work with, and I have now been able to create something I’m quite satisfied with.

It has often been said that Roxy Music songs are better live than the original studio versions. I think that is very much the case here - the groove that Paul Thompson and John Gustafson lay down is absolutely killer, and Ferry's vocal is wonderful.

And the footage is great! Which begs the question - when will the Roxy powers-that-be release the complete footage from the Wembley ‘75 shows? Treasure such as this must not be left on the shelf! And if the footage needs editing, then Roxy HQ need look no further than Nacho’s Videos!

Anyway, in the meantime here’s one truly golden nugget from those shows.

Thanks for watching, I hope you dig it!

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Video Source:
October 17th, 18th 1975 | Wembley Empire Pool | London, UK | From the Love is the Drug Live video | 1975 | All You Need is Love episode 15 | US TV | 1977

Audio Source:
Roxy Music | Love is the Drug | Wembley Empire Pool | London | October 18th 1975 | From the live at Wembley soundboard bootleg

Personnel:
Bryan Ferry | Vocals
Paul Thompson | Drums
Phil Manzanera | Guitar
Andy Mackay | Saxophone
Edie Jobson | Keyboards
John Gustafson | Bass
Jacquie Sullivan | Vocals
Doreen Chanter | Vocals

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