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1974 studio album by Lucifer's Friend
Banquet
Studio album by Lucifer's Friend
Released1974
Recorded1974
GenreProgressive rock, jazz fusion
Length40:35 (LP Release), 37:17 (CD Release)
LabelBillingsgate Records (in the US)
Vertigo Records (in Europe)
ProducerLucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend chronology
I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer
(1973) 		Banquet
(1974) 		Mind Exploding
(1976)
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Banquet is the fourth album by German progressive rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1974. By this time there was no hard rock sound, it was now strictly progressive rock mixed with jazz fusion. The song "Our World Is a Rock 'n' Roll Band" was the opening track on some versions (i.e. the U.S. version) of the original LP release, but the only CD releases to date do not include this track, which can instead be found as a bonus track on the Repertoire Records CD release of their self-titled debut.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Spanish Galleon"Hesslein, Lawton11:50
2."Thus Spoke Oberon"Bacardi, Docker, Hesslein, Lawton6:44
3."High Flying Lady - Goodbye"Bacardit, Hesslein, Lawton, O' Brian-Docker3:40
4."Sorrow"Hesslein, Lawton11:36
5."Dirty Old Town"Hesslein, Horns, Lawton4:46

U.S. Vinyl Release

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our World Is a Rock 'n' Roll Band"Becker, O'Brian Docker3:18
2."Spanish Galleon"Hesslein, Lawton11:50
3."Thus Spoke Oberon"Bacardi, O'Brian Docker6:44
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."High Flying Lady - Goodbye"Hesslein, Lawton3:40
5."Sorrow"Hesslein, Lawton11:36
6."Dirty Old Town"Horns, Hesslein, Lawton4:46

Personnel

Band

  • John Lawton – lead vocals
  • Peter Hesslein – electric and acoustic guitars, 12-string guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Dieter Horns – bass, backing vocals
  • Herbert Bornhold – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Peter Hecht – piano, organ, Moog synthesizer, electric piano (Fender Rhodes)

Additional musicians

  • Herb Geller – alto saxophone (track 1), flute (track 4)
  • Karl-Hermann Lüer – baritone saxophone
  • Stefan Dobrzynski – tenor saxophone
  • Wilfried Schoberanzky – bassoon
  • Klaus Holle – flute
  • Franz Behle – oboe
  • Rolf Lind – French horn
  • Hans Alves – English horn
  • Kurt Donocik, Luigi Schaufub, Walter Hillinghaus – cello
  • Günter Fulisch, Heinz Reese, Waldemar Erbe, Wolfgang Ahlers – trombone
  • Bob Lanese, Heinz Habermann, Manfred Moch – trumpet
  • Bruno Korzuschek, Günter Grünig, Werner Knupke – viola
  • Fritz Köhnsen, Günter Klein, Günther Zander, Heinz Donocik, Helmut Jochens, Helmut Rahn, Ingeborg Kaufmann, Otto Kaufmann, Reinhold Gabriel, Senia Daschewski – violin
  • Dave Brian, Elvira Herbert, Sheila McKinley – choir

Production

  • Lucifer's Friend – producer, arranger
  • Peter Hecht – horns & strings arrangement
  • Sebastian F.B. Dietrich – photography
  • Volker Heintzen – engineer

External links

References

  1. Guarisco, Donald A (2011). "Banquet - Lucifer's Friend | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. "Lucifer's Friend - Banquet (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
Lucifer's Friend
  • John Lawton
  • Peter Hesslein
  • Peter Hecht
  • Dieter Horns
  • Joachim Rietenbach
  • Herbert Bornhold
  • Curt Cress
  • Mike Starrs
  • Adrian Askew
  • Andreas Dicke
  • Jogi Wichmann
  • Udo Dahmen
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