Diamond Head (Phil Manzanera album)

Diamond Head
Studio album by Phil Manzanera
Released	April, 1975
Recorded	December 1974–January 1975
Studio	Island Studios, London
Genre	Art rock
Length	42:28
Label	Island, Atco, Polydor, E.G.
Producer	Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera chronology
Diamond Head (1975) Mainstream (1975)

Diamond Head is the first studio album by the rock artist Phil Manzanera. It was released in 1975, originally on Island Records in the UK (who was handling all E.G. recordings) and in the US on Atco Records. The sound quality on the US album was deemed to be worse than the UK album, so the UK import became a popular seller in the speciality record shops who sold Roxy Music and other UK bands.

Unlike other solo albums issued by an instrumental member of an existing band (Manzanera was Roxy Music's lead guitarist), Diamond Head featured a number of vocal songs performed by guest musicians.

Metal band Diamond Head took their name from the album.

Track listing

All songs by Phil Manzanera, except where noted.

1. "Frontera" sung in Spanish by Robert Wyatt (Manzanera, MacCormick, Wyatt)
2. "Diamond Head" (instrumental)
3. "Big Day" sung by Brian Eno (Manzanera, Eno)
4. "The Flex" (instrumental)
5. "Same Time Next Week" sung by John Wetton and Doreen Chanter (Manzanera, Wetton)
6. "Miss Shapiro" sung by Brian Eno (Manzanera, Eno)
7. "East of Echo" (instrumental, performed by Manzanera's earlier group Quiet Sun)
8. "Lagrima" (instrumental)
9. "Alma" sung by Bill MacCormick (Manzanera, MacCormick)

• bonus track on remastered CD and deluxe edition CD:

10 "Carhumba" (instrumental – originally issued as "Car Rhumba" as the B-side to "Flight 19")

• bonus track on deluxe edition CD:

11 "Corazon Y Alma" (originally issued on the Rare One CD)

Track-By-Track Personnel

"Frontera"

• Robert Wyatt - lead vocals, timbales, cabasa, backing vocals
• Brian Eno - backing vocals
• Phil Manzanera - guitars
• John Wetton - bass
• Paul Thompson - drums

"Diamond Head"

• Eddie Jobson - all strings, Fender piano
• Phil Manzanera - guitars
• John Wetton - bass
• Paul Thompson - drums
• Brian Eno - guitar treatments

"Big Day"

• Brian Eno - vocals
• Phil Manzanera - guitars, tiplé, fuzz guitar
• Brian Turrington - bass
• John Wetton - bass
• Paul Thompson - drums

"The Flex"

• Andy Mackay - soprano and alto saxophones
• Phil Manzanera - guitars
• Eddie Jobson - electric clavinet
• John Wetton - bass
• Paul Thompson - drums
• Sonny Akpan - congas

"Same Time Next Week"

• John Wetton - lead vocals, bass, mellotron
• Doreen Chanter - lead vocals
• Andy Mackay - saxophones
• Phil Manzanera - guitars
• Paul Thompson - drums
• Sonny Akpan - congas
• Charles Hayward - tree bells

"Miss Shapiro"

• Brian Eno - vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, handclaps
• Phil Manzanera - guitars, organ, piano, bass, handclaps
• Brian Turrington - bass
• Paul Thompson - drums
• Bill MacCormick - handclaps

"East of Echo"

• Quiet Sun:
  • Bill MacCormick - fuzz bass themes
  • Charles Hayward - percussion
  • Dave Jarret - keyboard themes
• Phil Manzanera - guitars
• Ian MacDonald - bagpipes
• John Wetton - bass
• Paul Thompson - drums, extra drums
• Brian Eno - guitar treatments

"Lagrima"

• Andy Mackay - oboe
• Phil Manzanera - guitar

"Alma"

• Bill MacCormick - vocals
• Phil Manzanera - guitars, organ, tiplé, string synthesizer, vocals, fuzz bass
• Eddie Jobson - synthesizer
• John Wetton - bass
• Paul Thompson - drums^[1]

• Phil Manzanera — electric 6 and 12 string guitars, tiple, acoustic guitar, synthesized guitar, bass, string synthesizer, organ, piano, vocals
• Robert Wyatt — vocals, timbales, cabasa, background vocals
• Brian Eno — vocals, treatments, rhythm guitar, piano, percussion
• Eddie Jobson — strings, fender piano, electric clavinet, synthesizer
• Dave Jarrett — keyboards
• Andy Mackay — soprano and alto saxophone, oboe
• Ian MacDonald — bagpipes
• John Wetton — bass, vocals, mellotron
• Bill MacCormick — bass, vocals
• Brian Turrington — bass
• Paul Thompson — drums
• Danny Heibs — percussion
• Chyke Madu — percussion
• Sonny Akpan — congas, percussion, bongos, big gong, maracas
• Charles Hayward — percussion
• Doreen Chanter — vocals

Technical

• Rhett Davies — engineer
• Robert Ash — assistant engineer
• Jon Prew — photography

References