Banquet (album)

Banquet

Studio album by Lucifer's Friend

Released

1974

Recorded

1974

Genre

Progressive rock
Jazz fusion

Length

40:35 (LP Release) , 37:17 (CD Release)

Label

Billingsgate Records (in the US)
Vertigo Records (in Europe)

Producer

Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend chronology

I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer
(1973)

Banquet
(1974)

Mind Exploding
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Banquet is the fourth album by German progressive rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1974. By this time there was no hard rock sound, it was now strictly progressive rock mixed with jazz fusion. The song "Our World Is a Rock 'n' Roll Band" was the opening track on some versions (i.e. the U.S. version) of the original LP release, but the only CD releases to date do not include this track, which can instead be found as a bonus track on the Repertoire Records CD release of their self-titled debut.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Spanish Galleon"	Hesslein, Lawton	11:50
2.	"Thus Spoke Oberon"	Bacardi, Docker, Hesslein, Lawton	6:44
3.	"High Flying Lady - Goodbye"	Bacardit, Hesslein, Lawton, O' Brian-Docker	3:40
4.	"Sorrow"	Hesslein, Lawton	11:36
5.	"Dirty Old Town"	Hesslein, Horns, Lawton	4:46

U.S. Vinyl Release

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Our World Is a Rock 'n' Roll Band"	Becker, O'Brian Docker	3:18
2.	"Spanish Galleon"	Hesslein, Lawton	11:50
3.	"Thus Spoke Oberon"	Bacardi, O'Brian Docker	6:44

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"High Flying Lady - Goodbye"	Hesslein, Lawton	3:40
5.	"Sorrow"	Hesslein, Lawton	11:36
6.	"Dirty Old Town"	Horns, Hesslein, Lawton	4:46

Personnel

Band

John Lawton – lead vocals
Peter Hesslein – electric and acoustic guitars, 12-string guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Dieter Horns – bass, backing vocals
Herbert Bornhold – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Peter Hecht – piano, organ, Moog synthesizer, electric piano (Fender Rhodes) ^[2]

Additional musicians

Herb Geller – alto saxsophone (track 1), flute (track 4)
Karl-Hermann Lüer – baritone saxophone
Stefan Dobrzynski – tenor saxophone
Wilfried Schoberanzky – bassoon
Klaus Holle – flute
Franz Behle – oboe
Rolf Lind – French horn
Hans Alves – English horn
Kurt Donocik, Luigi Schaufub, Walter Hillinghaus – cello
Günter Fulisch, Heinz Reese, Waldemar Erbe, Wolfgang Ahlers – trombone
Bob Lanese, Heinz Habermann, Manfred Moch – trumpet
Bruno Korzuschek, Günter Grünig, Werner Knupke – viola
Fritz Köhnsen, Günter Klein, Günther Zander, Heinz Donocik, Helmut Jochens, Helmut Rahn, Ingeborg Kaufmann, Otto Kaufmann, Reinhold Gabriel, Senia Daschewski – violin
Dave Brian, Elvira Herbert, Sheila McKinley – choir

Production

Lucifer's Friend – producer, arranger
Peter Hecht – horns & strings arrangement
Sebastian F.B. Dietrich – photography
Volker Heintzen – engineer

External links

"Lucifer's Friend - Banquet at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
"ProgArchives: Lucifer's Friend Banquet Review". progarchives.com. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

References

↑ Guarisco, Donald A (2011). "Banquet - Lucifer's Friend | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
↑ "Lucifer's Friend - Banquet (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

Lucifer's Friend

John Lawton Peter Hesslein Peter Hecht Dieter Horns Joachim Rietenbach Herbert Bornhold Curt Cress Mike Starrs Adrian Askew Andreas Dicke Jogi Wichmann Udo Dahmen

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As Lucifer's Friend II	Sumo Grip

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As Asterix	Asterix

Associated acts	Les Humphries Singers Uriah Heep Colosseum II James Last Orchestra The Rattles

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