Sunday Night at London Roundhouse

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Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse
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Live album by
ReleasedMay 1974
Recorded25 November 1973 (Side one)
27 March 1974 (Side two)
VenueLondon Roundhouse (Side one)
Chipping Norton Studios (Side two)
GenreProgressive rock, Space rock
Length36:55
LabelBacillus
ProducerPeter Hauke
Nektar chronology
Remember the Future
(1973)
Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse
(1974)
Down to Earth
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic3.5/5 stars Link

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.

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 25 November 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[]

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Desolation Valley"9:50
2."A Day in the Life of a Preacher (featuring the birth of Oh Willie)"11:30
Side two
No.TitleLength
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[]

Disc one
No.TitleLength
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
Disc two
No.TitleLength
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

References[]

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