Roxy Music share previously unreleased ‘Pyjamarama’ demo from expanded ‘For Your Pleasure’ reissue

Roxy Music have shared a previously unreleased early demo of ‘Pyjamarama’, taken from their forthcoming expanded reissue of ‘For Your Pleasure’. READ MORE: Roxy Music live in London: a Glastonbury Legends-slot worthy lesson in class Titled ‘Pyjamarama – guitar & vocal’, the stripped-back recording is the earliest known version of the 1973 single and has remained unheard for more than 50 years. Featuring only Bryan Ferry’s voice and acoustic guitar, it also documents the first time the Roxy Music frontman had written a song using the instrument. The demo was recorded while Ferry was staying alone at a remote cottage in the Derbyshire Dales, where he retreated amid the band’s hectic touring schedule to concentrate on writing their second album. “I went up there for maybe three or four days, with the sole purpose of writing,” Ferry recalled of the period. He brought keyboards, a guitar, an amp, tape recorders and writing materials with him to the cottage. “I was completely alone out there, and just really focused on writing,” he added. “Those few days in that cottage were crucial to the making of ‘For Your Pleasure’.” Listen to the previously unreleased demo here: Guitarist Phil M...