801 Live

801 Live is the first live album by 801. It was originally released by Island Records in the UK in November 1976. It was subsequently released by Polydor Records in North America in March 1978. In 1976, while guitarist Phil Manzanera's band Roxy Music was on hiatus, 801 got together as a temporary project and began rehearsing at Island Studios, Hammersmith, about three weeks before their first concert. 801 performed three concerts: in Norfolk, at the Reading Festival, and on 3 September at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. The final concert was recorded and released as the album 801 Live. The music consisted of selections from albums by Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno and Quiet Sun, plus covers of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" and The Kinks' "You Really Got Me". Released at the height of the punk rock revolution in the UK, the LP was not a major commercial success, but it sold well internationally, particularly in Australia, where it was heavily promoted by the ABC's new 24-hour rock station Double Jay, and because it gained rave reviews from critics both for the superb performances by the musicians and for its groundbreaking sound quality. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/801_Live) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)