BE BOP DELUXE – MODERN MUSIC AIRPLAY VERSION LP – EXC+ 1976 BILL NELSON

Be Bop Deluxe – Modern Music
(Harvest Records  1976  SPRO8483  US Press)
Airplay Version – Specially Banded For Airplay

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– import punch hole top right corner and a little rubbing near top
“SPECIALLY BANDED FOR AIRPLAY” sticker on front
Inner Sleeve has ringwear mark one side but no splits

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(Vinyl surface seems to have a mottled effect and there is a little rumbly surface noise)

Be-Bop Deluxe were an English progressive rock band who achieved critical acclaim and moderate commercial success during the mid to late 1970s.

Modern Music is the fourth studio album by the British progressive rock group Be-Bop Deluxe. It was produced by band leader Bill Nelson and producer/engineer John Leckie. As AllMusic reviewer William Ruhlmann states in his review, “the album charted high in England and made the Top 100 in the U.S., but it was Be Bop’s peak, not its breakthrough.”

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bill Nelson.

Side one

1. “Orphans of Babylon” – 3:15
2. “Twilight Capers” – 4:25
3. “Kiss of Light” – 3:11
4. “The Bird Charmer’s Destiny” – 1:20
5. “The Gold at the End of My Rainbow” – 3:54
6. “Bring Back the Spark” – 3:38

Side two

1. “Modern Music” – 3:40
2. “Dancing in the Moonlight (All Alone)” – 2:09
3. “Honeymoon on Mars” – 1:22
4. “Lost in the Neon World” – 0:48
5. “Dance of the Uncle Sam Humanoids” – 2:12
6. “Modern Music (reprise)” – 1:39
7. “Forbidden Lovers” – 5:03
8. “Down on Terminal Street” – 4:00
9. “Make the Music Magic” – 1:53

Personnel

• Bill Nelson – lead vocals, guitars, percussion
• Andrew Clark – keyboards, percussion
• Charlie Tumahai – bass, backing vocals, percussion
• Simon Fox – drums, percussion