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Nov 27, 2012 · “Then there’s this guy called Rik Kenton took over, he was only there a short while. He did play on one of the tracks, but he didn’t play on an album. He might have played on ‘Virginia Plain’,...
Episode 9: ENO and Rik Kenton in Roxy Music "We are going to discover America soon" 1972 Trent Poly. One Friday night in November 1972 a pioneering rock phenomenon came to Nottingham, providing...
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During the first half of 1972, bassist Graham Simpson became increasingly withdrawn and uncommunicative, which led to his leaving the band almost immediately after the recording of the debut album. He was replaced by Rik Kenton. To bring more attention to their studio album, Roxy Music decided to record and release a single.
Sep 3, 2021 · Rik tells us how he used to play in his school band, The Houndogs who supported Herman’s Hermits and The Animals. They both explain how they ended up in Roxy Music. For Rik he was asked by producer Pete Sinfield to join on bass when Graham Simpson left.
Led by bassist/songwriter Rik Kenton — one of the two bassists on the first Roxy Music album over a decade earlier — Savage Progress plays dance-rock with much the same loose and funky feel as the Thompson Twins.
placed by Rik Kenton, who would himself vanish by the time the band recorded album number two. Titled For Your Pleasure, and issued nine months after the band’s debut, Roxy’s second eŠort opened with “Do the Strand,” a single every bit as fetching and shocking as “Virginia Plain.” With its braying sax hook,
The original US release also featured a gatefold sleeve, but replaced Simpson's photo with that of Rik Kenton, who played bass on "Virginia Plain" following Simpson's departure from the group. US distribution of Roxy Music was transferred from Reprise to their affiliated company Atco Records in 1976, and back to Reprise in the mid-1980s.
