BRAND X – MOROCCAN ROLL LP – Nr MINT PROG JAZZ FUSION GENESIS

Brand X – Moroccan Roll
(Passport Records  1977  PP98022)

Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners and some scuffing along spine edge & some ringwear

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Brand X was a jazz fusion band active 1975–1980 and 1992–1999. Noted members included Phil Collins (drums), Percy Jones (bass), John Goodsall (guitar) and Robin Lumley (keyboards). In 1992, original members Goodsall and Jones formed a new trio version of Brand X, with drummer Frank Katz.

Moroccan Roll (1977) is the second studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: “more rock and roll”.

Track listing

Side one

1. “Sun in the Night” (Goodsall) – 4:25
2. “Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You’ve Broken Yours Off Already)…” (Collins) – 11:16
3. “…Maybe I’ll Lend You Mine after All” (Collins) – 2:10
4. “Hate Zone” (Goodsall) – 4:41
5. “Collapsar” (Lumley) – 1:33

Side two

1. “Disco Suicide” (Lumley) – 7:55
2. “Orbits” (Jones) – 1:38
3. “Malaga Virgen” (Jones) – 8:28
4. “Macrocosm” (Goodsall) – 7:24

Personnel

• John Goodsall – guitar, bass, vocals (1), sitar, echo
• Robin Lumley – keyboards, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Clavinet, vocals
• Percy Jones – bass, autoharp (7), marimba (8)
• Phil Collins – drums, vocals (1,3), piano (3)
• Morris Pert – percussion and a vast number of bits and things that he hit while the tape was running, including: The QE2, Idi Amin, and undiscovered parts of Scotland

Production

• Produced by Dennis MacKay
• Engineered and mixed by ‘Perdurabo’ Stephen W. Tayler
• Mastered by Ray Staff
• Album artwork by Hipgnosis