Following the July release of their first 3 albums, Cherry Red have released the last 3 albums from rock band Be Bop Deluxe. The Albums 1976-1978 featuring the two latter-day studio records, Modern Music and Drastic Plastic, as well as their 1977 live work, LIVE! In the Air Age.
Recorded in June and July 1976 at Abbey Road Studios, Modern Music was the fourth album by Be Bop Deluxe and the second to feature the line-up of Bill Nelson (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Charles Tumahai (bass, vocals), Andy Clark (keyboards) and Simon Fox (drums). A top twenty hit in the UK, the album followed on from the success and critical praise for the band’s previous album Sunburst Finish and was once more co-produced by Bill Nelson and John Leckie.
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…features the albums ‘Axe Victim’, ‘Futurama’ and ‘Sunburst Finish’.
Be-Bop Deluxe was the creative vision of Bill Nelson, one of Britain’s most creative and enduring musicians. Thanks to the championing of DJ John Peel (who had been an advocate of Bill Nelson’s work since the release of Bill’s rudimentary self-released solo album Northern Dream in 1971), Be Bop Deluxe signed to EMI Records in 1974 and their debut album Axe Victim was issued in June of that year, featuring fine material such as ‘Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape ‘Jets at Dawn’ and ‘Darkness (L’Immoraliste)’.
The 1975 album Futurama saw a new line-up of the band with the arrival of Charlie Tumahai on bass and Simon Fox on drums.