Banquet is the fourth album by progressive rock band Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German Rock band. Allmusic author, Eduardo Rivadavia, noted the group as, "early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock." They also incorporated elements of jazz into their music. The band have also been cited as one of the pioneers of doom metal.-History:The...

, 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.

Side one

1. "Spanish Galleon" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 11:55
2. "Thus Spoke Oberon" (Bacardi, Docker, Hesslein, Lawton) – 6:45

Side two

1. "High Flying Lady - Goodbye" (Bacardit, Hesslein, Lawton, O' Brian-Docker) – 3:41
2. "Sorrow" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 11:49
3. "Dirty Old Town" (Hesslein, Horns, Lawton) – 4:44

U.S. release

1. "Our World Is A Rock 'N' Roll Band" – 3:18
2. "Spanish Galleon" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 11:55
3. "Thus Spoke Oberon" (Bacardi, Docker, Hesslein, Lawton) – 6:45
4. "High Flying Lady - Goodbye" (Bacardit, Hesslein, Lawton, O' Brian-Docker) – 3:41
5. "Sorrow" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 11:49
6. "Dirty Old Town" (Hesslein, Horns, Lawton) – 4:44

Personnel

• John Lawton
  John Lawton (musician)
  John Lawton is a rock and roll and blues vocalist best known for his work with Lucifer's Friend, Uriah Heep and the Les Humphries Singers.-Biography:...
  
   - Lead Vocals
• Peter Hecht - Keyboards
• Dieter Horns - Bass/Vocals
• Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals
• Joachim Reitenbach - Drums
• Herbert Bornhold - Percussion
• Herb Geller
  Herb Geller
  Herb Geller , is an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger.His musical abilities could have been inherited from his mother, Francis. She worked at the Hollywood neighbourhood cinemas playing piano, accompanying silent movies...
  
  - Soprane sax solo, track 1, and flute, track 4.