From the smouldering ashes of Ora, Robin Sylvester's thirst for further folk-inspired manipulations lay conscious amidst the aftermath of Tangerine's rushed release of the band's demo material in 1969. However, Ora's brief existence would have significant repercussions reaching far beyond the complex histories of a good number of their contemporaries, namely in London hopefuls, Byzantium. Aside from their two albums for A&M in 1972 and 1973, their BBC session for John Peel from April 1974 also stands as official testament to their work. However, their legacy also exists in the band's self-financed Live & Studio LP, a collection of demos and live recordings that span their entire existence from 1971 to 1974, allowing the listener a generous perspective of their work. Prog Temple's retrospective viewpoint reveals the complete story of Byzantium and their relationship with iconic names such as Rory Gallagher, Bruce Springsteen and Ian Dury.
01 Flashing Silver Hope 02 Cowboy Song 03 Feel It 04 What A Coincidence 05 Something You Said 06 I Can See You 07 Morning 08 I'll Just Take My Time 09 Surely Peace Will Come To Those Who Try 10 If You Wanna Be My Girl 11 Oh Darling 12 Move With My Time
13 Credits 14 Bass 15 Vocals - Robin Lamble 16 Drums - Stevie Corduner* 17 Engineer [equipment] - M. Westwood* 18 Guitar 19 Vocals - Mick Barakan 20 Piano 21 Lead Guitar 22 Vocals - Chas Jankel 23 Producer 24 Engineer [operator] 25 Effects [echplex] - Robin Sylvester 26 Synthesizer - David Hentschel 27 Robin Sylvester 28 Vocals 29 Guitar [12-string] - Jamie Rubinstein 30 Written-by - Byzantium (2) 31 Notes 32 1971 - 1974 Recordings 33 Barcode And Other Identifiers 34 Barcode: 4753314803213 35 Reviews 36 Use English Only. View Help.