Sunday Night at London Roundhouse
Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse was the first live album by the English progressive rock band Nektar. It was released on vinyl in 1974 by Bacillus Records, and re-released with partially different content on CD in 2002.
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| Released | May 1974 | |||
| Recorded | November 25, 1973 (Side one) March 27, 1974 (Side two) | |||
| Venue | London Roundhouse (Side one) Chipping Norton Studios (Side two) | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, Space rock | |||
| Length | 36:55 | |||
| Label | Bacillus | |||
| Producer | Peter Hauke | |||
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Original release
The 1974 vinyl release included, on side 1, two songs recorded at a concert given by the band at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London on November 25, 1973: Desolation Valley and A Day in the Life of a Preacher. Side 2 was recorded at a live-in-studio jam. An expanded recording of the jam session was later released as a separate CD under the title Unidentified Flying Abstract- Live at Chipping Norton 1974.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Desolation Valley" | 9:50 |
| 2. | "A Day in the Life of a Preacher (featuring the birth of Oh Willie)" | 11:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 3. | "Oop's (Unidentified Flying Abstract)" | 6:37 |
| 4. | "Mundetango" | 6:25 |
| 5. | "Summer Breeze" | 2:40 |
2002 re-release
The 2002 release on CD featured the complete Roundhouse concert, recorded by Pye Records Mobile Studio and engineered by Vic Maile. All the tracks were mixed from the original 16-track master tapes by Paschal Byrne, Roye Albrighton, and Mark Powell at the Audio Archiving Company, London in March 2002.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Crying in the Dark/King of Twilight" | 12:10 |
| 2. | "Desolation Valley/Waves" | 8:58 |
| 3. | "A Day in the Life of a Preacher (inc. The Birth of Oh Willy)" | 19:50 |
| 4. | "Summer Breeze" | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Cast Your Fate" | 5:42 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Remember the Future, Part 1" | 18:47 |
| 2. | "Odyssee (Ron's On)" | 11:15 |
| 3. | "1-2-3-4" | 12:31 |
| 4. | "Remember the Future, Part 2 (Let it Grow)" | 5:14 |
| 5. | "What Ya Gonna Do?" | 6:09 |
Personnel
- Roye Albrighton - guitar, vocals
- Alan "Taff" Freeman - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, vocals
- Ron Howden - percussion, drums, vocals, Smurds
- Mick Brockett - lights
