Bryan Ferry is giving his 1994 album Mamouna the Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition treatment on November 17 via BMG. It includes a “lost” album, Horoscope, that was intended to be the follow-up to his 1987 album Bête Noire, but when sessions stagnated he put it on hold and made 1993 covers album Taxi. He then started from scratch, rerecording a few Horoscope songs and new ones for Mamouna.

Horoscope includes “The Only Face” and “Gemini Moon,” songs which would end up on Mamouna, along with six others, closing with a reworked version of Roxy Music’s “Mother of Pearl.”

The Mamouna reissue also includes a third disc titled ‘Sketches” with first-draft recordings, instrumentals and more. You can listen to the instrumental first-draft version of “Your Painted Smile” from 1989 as well as the Mamouna version below.

Mamouna featured contributions from Ferry’s Roxy Music bandmates Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno (“Wildcat Days” was the first-ever Ferry/Eno co-write), Maceo Parker, Carleen Anderson, Steve Ferrone, David Williams, Nile Rodgers and more.

MAMOUNA 30th ANNIVERSARY REISSUE:

Disc 1 – ‘Mamouna’
Don’t Want to Know
N.Y.C.
Your Painted Smile
Mamouna
The Only Face
The 39 Steps
Which Way to Turn
Wildcat Days
Gemini Moon
Chain Reaction

Disc 2 – ‘Horoscope’
Where Do We Go from Here
The Only Face (Horoscope Version)
Desdemona
S&M
Loop De Li
Gemini Moon (Horoscope Version)
Raga
Mother of Pearl

Disc 3 – ‘Sketches’
Mamouna (Instrumental Edit ’89/’94)
Your Painted Smile (Instrumental – First Draft ’89)
Your Painted Smile (With Guide Vocal) (Later Version ’89)
Your Painted Smile (Piano and Vocal ’93)
NYC/Desdemona (Instrumental ’91)
Robot (Instrumental) [first Draft ’89]
The Only Face (Instrumental) (First Draft ’89)
The Only Face (Piano and Vocal ’93)
Loop De Li (Instrumental) (first Draft ’89)
Horoscope Strings (Instrumental ’90)

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