1971-1979 The Band Years

Album: 1971-1979 The Band Years
Artist: Eddie Jobson
2018 Globe Music
CD: GMM 9170-2

Produced & remastered by Jobson
Graphics: Kevin Quinn
Photo by Brad Owen
Studio technologist: Hans Tobeason

The liner notes do not give complete performance credits, but in notes for each track, they mention:
Eddie Jobson: VCS3 (without keyboard: 1, with keyboard: 6, 12), piano (2, 6, 7, 9, 15, 19), violin (3-5, 7, 9, 15, 20), Mellotron (3, 9), Triadex Muse (4, 12, 14), electric piano (4, 7), Hohner Clavinet D6 (5, 7), harpsichord (6), synth (9), 'cello (9), Minimoog (10), Yamaha CS80 (11, 12, 14, 17), Hammond (14), ARP 2500 (16)
Sonja Kristina: vocals (2)
"Kirby" Gregory: guitar (2)
Simon Phillips: drums (4, 5)
Bryan Ferry: vocals (6-8)
Robert Fripp: guitar (6)
Frank Zappa: guitar (10)
Ruth Underwood: marimba (10)
The Brecker Brothers (10)
John Wetton: vocals (11, 15, 18, 19, 21)
Allan Holdsworth: guitar (11, 16)
Bill Bruford: drums (15)
Terry Bozzio: acoustic & electronic drums (18, 21)
orchestra (6)

Based on previous credits for albums:
Gregory: guitar (2, 3)
Mike Wedgwood: bass (2, 3)
Jim Russell: drums (2, 3)
Ferry: vocals (6-9), keys (7-9), harmonica (7-9)
John Gustafson: bass (7-9)
Andy Mackay: oboe (7-9), sax (7-9)
Phil Manzanera: guitar (7-9)
Paul Thompson: drums (7-9)
Zappa: conductor (10), lead guitar (10)
Ray White: rhythm guitar (10)
Patrick O'Hearn: bass (10)
Bozzio: drums (10, 17-21)
Ruth Underwood: percussion (10), synthesizer (10)
Lou Marini: alto sax (10), flute (10)
Mike Brecker: tenor sax (10), flute (10)
Ronnie Cuber: baritone sax (10), clarinet (10)
Randy Brecker: trumpet (10)
Tom Malone: trombone (10), trumpet (10), piccolo (10)
David Samuels: timpani (10), vibes (10)
Wetton: bass (17-21), vocals (17-21)
Bruford: drums & percussion (11-16)
Holdsworth: guitars (11-16)

Produced by Martin Rushent (2, 3), Ferry/Steve Nye (6), Chris Thomas (7, 8), Thomas/John Punter/Roxy Music (9), Zappa (10), UK (11-16), Jobson/Wetton (17-21)

Tracks:
CD1
1. "Spanish Dream" [Jobson]
2. "Metamorphosis" [mus: Jobson; lyr: Kristina]
3. "Armin" [Jobson/Gregory/Wedgwood/Russell]
4. "On a Still Night" [Jobson]
5. "Yesterday Boulevard" [Jobson]
6. "As the World Turns" [mus: Jobson; lyr: Ferry]
7. "She Sells" [mus: Jobson; lyr: Ferry]
8. "A Song for Europe" [Ferry/Mackay] (incorrectly credited in the liner notes to Ferry/Manzanera)
9. "Out of the Blue" [Ferry/Manzanera]
10. "Läther" [Zappa]
11. "In the Dead of Night" [Jobson/Wetton]
12. "By the Light of Day" [Jobson/Wetton]
13. "Presto Vivace & Reprise" [Jobson] (usually credited to Jobson/Wetton)

CD2:
14. "Alaska" [Jobson]
15. "Time to Kill" [Jobson/Wetton/Bruford]
16. "Nevermore" [Jobson/Holdsworth/Wetton]
17. "Danger Money" [Jobson/Wetton]
18. "The Only Thing She Needs" [Jobson/Wetton]
19. "Rendezvous 6:02" [Jobson/Wetton]
20. "Caesar's Palace Blues" [Jobson/Wetton]
21. "Carrying No Cross" [Jobson/Wetton]

Notes: This is the first of a series of 5 compilations of Jobson's music. Jobson first mentioned these in an autumn 2012 website update as "three compilation albums under a new title of "Retro." I am aiming to complete the first of these - "Retro 1972-1979 - in time for [...] late March [2013]". However, in Sep 2019, it was announced there would be "five planned compilation albums, one for each decade of Eddie Jobson's outstanding career". 1971-1979 The Band Years was released 26 Oct 2018.

(1) is a solo by Jobson from Fat Grapple's debut concert in 1971 at Newcastle University. (2, 3) are from Curved Air's Air Cut. (4, 5) are the b-side and a-side respectively of Jobson's 1976 solo single. (6) is the non-album b-side to Bryan Ferry's "This is Tomorrow". (7-9) are by Roxy Music: (7) is from Siren, (8) from Stranded and (9) from Country Life. (10) is a live track with Frank Zappa from Zappa in New York (where it was first called "I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth"). (11-16) are from UK and the remaining tracks are from Danger Money. Quite so much UK content seems a bit pointless: surely most people buying an Eddie Jobson compilation already have UK?

Jobson writes how he "wrote the majority of the music on both [UK] albums". He goes on that other than lyrics and "some melodic contributions" from Wetton, he presented the "In the Dead of Night" (11-13) suite to the rest of the band "essentially fully completed". He implies he composed (15), with lyrics coming from Wetton, while for (18) Wetton contributed "melodies and lyrics" and Jobson praises him for turning "an otherwise very technical tune into an actual song". Jobson wrote (19) before UK was formed, but the piece "had no obvious place on the first album"; Wetton added lyrics. (HP, 24 Nov 18)

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