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By the time "For Your Pleasure" (1973) gave Roxy Music their U.S. album-chart debut, they had already become stars in the UK and Europe—thanks to this debut LP, which cracked the Top 10 in the UK. Combining melodic passages with bursts of atonality and pairing traditional rock instruments with an unwavering avant-garde approach, this 1972 LP was like nothing that came before it and gave future rock bands all sorts of adventurous ideas. Those who prize vinyl need the new limited-edition LP of "Roxy Music" offered here, cut from a half-speed master and sounding better than ever. The 2-CD edition adds rare 1972 Peel Session and BBC "In Concert" performances from the Paris Theatre: "The Bob (Medley)," "Would You Believe?," "If There Is Something," "Sea Breezes," "Re-Make/Re-Model," "Virginia Plain," "Chance Meeting" and more including previously unavailable recordings. Super-fans are gonna need to go super-deluxe, though, to also get alternate session versions of every album track and of the single "Virginia Plain." The DVD in that set brings you the album remixed in 5.1 by Steven Wilson, and you can also watch 1972 performances on "Top of the Pops" ("Virginia Plain"), on "The Old Grey Whistle Test" ("Ladytron"), at the Royal College of Art ("Re-Make/Re-Model") and more including four rare performances at the Bataclan Club in Paris. A 136-page book features rare and unpublished photographs plus an essay by journalist Richard Williams, who first extolled Roxy Music in the pages of "Melody Maker" in ’71! Virgin.