- robert wyatt: '68
(2013, cd, usa, cuneiform)
Solo recording artist and founding member of
Matching Mole.
Collaborated with Henry Cow, Hatfield and the North,
David Gilmour and Björk to name just a few.
His name is Robert Wyatt and he's one of the founding
fathers of the Canterbury scene.
From the Cuneiform website:
In September, 1968, the Soft Machine had just finished
their second, exhaustive tour of the USA supporting the Jimi Hendrix
Experience. At the conclusion of the tour, vocalist/drummer/multi-instrumentalist
Robert Wyatt stayed, working on recordings in Hollywood and New York City. Upon
Robert's return to England, these documents lay forgotten...
Now, for the first time, all four of the recordings
Robert made in '68 are collected together and released, all carefully worked on
and presented in the best possible sound quality - and the recorded sound here
is surprisingly excellent overall!
The bulk of the material - the two long suites - were
later re-recorded by the Soft Machine; ‘Rivmic Melodie’s later became the basis
of side one on Volume II (1969) and ‘Moon In Jun’e showed up as Robert's
showcase on Third (1970).
These tracks serve as a template for the
post-psychedelic Soft Machine's career as founders of European jazz/rock and
the entire release is a precursor to Robert's post-band, solo career.
Out on the Cuneiform label
www.cuneiformrecords.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
Available from Mandaï
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