Moroccan Roll

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Released April 1977 Producer Dennis MacKay Artist Brand X Label Passport Records		Length 49:30 Moroccan Roll (1977) Livestock (1977) Release date April 1977 Genre Jazz fusion

Recorded December 1976–January 1977 at Trident Studios, London Similar Brand X albums, Jazz fusion albums

1977 brand x moroccan roll full album

Moroccan Roll (1977) is the second studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. 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 & roll side of the fusion equation, but rather an experiment with Eastern sounds and softer textures. The album is mostly instrumental. "Sun in the Night" is the only track with vocals, containing lyrics sung in Sanskrit by Phil Collins. However, "Disco Suicide" also contains vocals, albeit wordless and syllabic.

Side one

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

Side two

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

Personnel

Based on the album credits of original vinyl release.

John Goodsall – guitar, bass, Dan Electro Guitar Sitar on Sun in the night, echo

Robin Lumley – keyboards, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Clavinet, vocals

Percy Jones – bass, autoharp (7), marimba (8)

Phil Collins – drums, lead vocals on Sun in the night, piano

Morris Pert – percussion and a vast number of bits and things that he hit while the tape was running, including: The QE2, Idi Amin, and undiscovered parts of Scotland