Rock band Roxy Music have released a previously unheard 1971 demo of "Grey Lagoons," originally titled "The Bogus Man Part 2," and announced an expanded reissue of their 1973 album For Your Pleasure, NME reported on August 13. The record marked the band's ambitious second act, expanding on their glam rock sound, producing the breakthrough single "Virginia Plain" and outselling its predecessor.
Singer Bryan Ferry recalled the pressure of following a well-received debut. "It was a good pressure," he said. "I felt a responsibility for the work that I hadn't for the first album, certainly with regard to the lyrics." Ferry wrote much of the record alone at a Derbyshire cottage lent to him by Nick de Ville, packing his Renault 4 with keyboards, a guitar, an amp and tape recorders. "I was completely alone out there," he said, recalling sheets of paper covering the floor as he worked on songs including "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" and "Editions Of You."
The 2026 reissue draws on those fragile cassettes, recorded in Derbyshire and in Ferry's London flat, which have survived for more than 50 years. The Super Deluxe Edition spans three discs: the original album; a second disc of demos, rehearsals and AIR Studios outtakes, including the 1971 "Grey Lagoons" demo itself, first captured on the homemade tape that originally brought Roxy Music to the music press's attention; and a third disc of 14 previously unheard live sessions, singles and instrumentals, including the song's first-ever live performance at the BBC Paris Theatre in August 1972 and a Peel Session from March 1973.
The release comes in formats including 2LP, with a Blue Pearl Vinyl direct-to-consumer exclusive, 2CD, digital, Blu-Ray and Dolby Atmos mixes by Steven Wilson, along with the 3CD-plus-1DVD Super Deluxe Edition, remastered by Bob Ludwig, featuring 20 unheard songwriting sketches, a 116-page book with a 7,000-word essay built from new band interviews, and a separate essay on the band's visual world by Nick de Ville, Ferry's longtime friend from Newcastle University who became the band's de facto art director.
No release date for the reissue itself has been given. MusicSuey separately covered Roxy Music expanding For Your Pleasure with demos nobody has heard. The reissue sits within rock and the release calendar.
The facts
- The demo is called Grey Lagoons and dates from 1971
- It was originally titled The Bogus Man Part 2
- An expanded reissue of For Your Pleasure is announced
- For Your Pleasure came out in 1973 and outsold its predecessor
- The reissue includes a 3CD plus 1DVD Super Deluxe Edition remastered by Bob Ludwig
- Grey Lagoons was first performed live at the BBC Paris Theatre in August 1972
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