Moroccan Roll Explained

Moroccan Roll
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Brand X
Cover:	Brand_X_Morrocan_Roll.jpg
Released:	April 1977
Recorded:	December 1976–January 1977
Studio:	Trident Studios and Morgan Studios (London, UK).
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	49:30
Label:	Charisma (UK) Passport (USA)
Producer:	Dennis Mackay
Prev Title:	Unorthodox Behaviour
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Livestock
Next Year:	1977

Moroccan Roll (1977) is the second studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X.^[1] The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more rock and roll", however, Moroccan Roll is not a step toward the rock and roll side of the fusion equation, but rather an experiment with Eastern sounds and softer textures.^[2] The album is mostly instrumental. "Sun in the Night" contains vocals sung by Brand X drummer Phil Collins in Sanskrit. "Disco Suicide" and "Maybe I'll Lend You Mine After All" also contain vocals, although they are wordless.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Sun in the Night" (John Goodsall) – 4:25
2. "Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)..." (Phil Collins) – 11:16
3. "...Maybe I'll Lend You Mine after All" (Collins) – 2:10
4. "Hate Zone" (Goodsall) – 4:41
5. "Collapsar" (Robin Lumley) – 1:33

Side two

6. "Disco Suicide" (Lumley) – 7:55
7. "Orbits" (Percy Jones) – 1:38
8. "Malaga Virgen" (Jones) – 8:28
9. "Macrocosm" (Goodsall) – 7:24

Personnel

Based on the album credits of original vinyl release.

• Robin Lumley – Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, Roland string synthesizer, clavinet, Pulsar, space echo, backing vocals, autoharp (5)
• John Goodsall – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, sitar (1), space echo, backing vocals
• Percy Jones – Fender bass, autoharp (7), marimba (8)
• Phil Collins – drums, lead vocals, acoustic piano (3)
• Morris Pert – percussion

Production

• Dennis Mackay – producer
• Brand X – associate producers
• Stephen W. Tayler – engineer, mixing
• Chris Tsangarides – tape operator
• John Brand – tape operator
• Geoff Leach – tape operator
• Neil Ross – tape operator
• Ray Staff – mastering
• Hipgnosis – sleeve design, cover photography
• George Hardie – sleeve design
• Rob Brimson – band photography

External links

• Web site: Brand X (3) - Moroccan Roll at Discogs . 1977 . www.discogs.com . 2010-01-09 .

Notes and References

1. News: Perrone . Pierre . Morris Pert . The Independent . 24 July 2010 . 46.
2. Web site: AOL Radio powered by Slacker . 2012-04-01 . 2012-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120401164957/http://aolradio.slacker.com/?aolid= . dead .
3. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Brand X - Moroccan Roll . . 2010-01-09 .