Banquet (album)

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Banquet
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Released1974
Recorded1974
Genre Progressive rock, jazz fusion
Length40:35 (LP Release), 37:17 (CD Release)
Label Billingsgate Records (in the US)
Vertigo Records (in Europe)
Producer Lucifer'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.

Contents

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

Additional musicians

Production

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