Roxy Music Street Life Top of the Pops 22nd November 19

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Roxy Music • Street Life • Top of the Pops • 22nd November 1973

Audio:
Roxy Music • Street Life • From the album Stranded.
Video:
Roxy Music • Street Life • Top of the Pops • 22nd November 1973

Musicians:
Bryan Ferry – Vocals, Piano
Paul Thompson – Drums
Phil Manzanera – Guitars
Andy Mackay – Saxophone
Eddie Jobson – Keyboards / Violin
Chris Thomas – Bass
Produced by Chris Thomas

“Wish everybody would leave me alone,” were the first words of Roxy Music’s electrifying third single, “Street Life”. It was November 1973, and for Bryan Ferry and his outlandishly attired colleagues, there was zero chance of peace and quiet. Their new album, Stranded, was their second in eight months, while Ferry had complicated matters by starting a solo career, reaching the Top 10 in October with his cover of Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”.

But there were problems behind the scenes. Roxy were used to having short-term bassists (five came and went during 1971–’73), but a much more controversial personnel change occurred in July ’73 when Brian Eno, their leopardskin-clad synth operator, quit the band after clashing with the increasingly autocratic Ferry. Eno was replaced by Edwin (Eddie) Jobson, an 18-year-old violinist/keyboardist who’d played on Ferry’s 1973 solo LP, These Foolish Things. In a further change, Roxy abandoned their policy of not releasing singles from albums, and “Street Life” (a UK Top 10 hit) was also the opening track of Stranded. But how would their fanbase react to this post-Eno music?

David Cavanagh from The Making Of… Roxy Music’s ‘Street Life’ – from Uncut Magazine, November 2009
uncut.co.uk/features/the-making-of-roxy-music-s-street-life-28320

This is the recently surfaced footage of Roxy’s November ‘73 Street Life Top of the Pops appearance. In the absence of an official promo video, this mimed TOTP appearance is very valuable. Luckily, Roxy put on a great show, and the BBC production, editing and special effects are really good.
Working from several sources, I couldn’t fix every aspect, but this video is definitely an audio and a visual improvement on the poor quality uploads currently circulating.

Rather than cut the song off before it finishes, or have blank screen time, after the performance fades I edited in the scene of Ferry clicking his fingers from earlier in the song, adding some special effects to mimic the BBC style.

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