Release 2008 - Digipak
He was a member of the WILDE FLOWERS from 1963 till 1966 the soul and R&B influenced mother-band
of the Canterbury Scene.
After that he became a founding member of The SOFT MACHINE (1966-1971), followed by his own band
MATCHING MOLE (2 albums 1972-73), which came to end , when he got paralysed after a fall out of a window.
His first solo album , a mix from Freeform to Jazzrock was released in 1970 (it took me a long time -30 years-
- to understand it - now Im able to hear it) .
He had a break after the accident , but came back with his next effort in 1974.
Now on vocals and keyboards he released two great LPs on Virgin and even had a small single hit with
the NEIL DIAMOND song : Im a Believer.
It now became quiet till the 80s, when he started releasing some rare 7inches first and with :
Nothing Can Stop Us - a new album in 1982. In his break he took part on some sessions.
. Since this time he is very active releasing some great albums.
Style: Freeform-Jazzrock ; Psych ; Prog-Jazz-Rock
See - Canterbury Scene:
Wilde Flowers ; Soft Machine ; Matching Mole ; Daevid Allen ; Caravan ; Hatfield & The North ;
Syd Barrett ; Ben Watt ; Henry Cow ; Nick Mason ; Kevin Ayers ; Pink Floyd ; Roxy Music ;
Gong ; Matching Mole ; Julie (Driscoll) Tippetts ; 801 ;
Musicians:
1970 :
Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals, piano, organ; Mark Charig - cornet;
Neville Whitehead - bass; Elton Dean - sax ; Mark Ellidge - piano;
David Sinclair - organ; Cyril Ayers - perc.;
1973 :
Robert Wyatt - vocals, keyboards, cornet, guitar, perc.;
Hugh Hopper - loops, bass; Francis Monkman - synthesizers, piano, e-piano; Alfi Benge - vocals;
1974 & 1975 :
Robert Wyatt - vocals, keyboards, piano, guitar, perc.; Fred Frith - violin, guitar, viola;
Hugh Hopper, Richard Sinclair, Bill MacCormick - bass; Laurie Allan, Nick Mason - drums;
Gary Windo - reeds; Mongezi Feza - trumpet; Nisar Ahmad Khan (ex-Pete Brown) - tenor & sopran-sax;
Mike Oldfield - guitar; Dave Stewart, Julie Tippetts - keyb.; Brian Eno - synthesizer, guitar;
John Peel, Julie Tippetts, Ivor Cutler - voices, baritone concertina; Alfreda Benge - voice, illustrations;
1997:
Robert Wyatt - vocals, keyboards, perc.; Mogutsi Mothle - double bass;
Bill MacCormick - bass guitar; Harry Beckett - flugelhorn ; Frank Roberts - keyboard;
Esmail Shek, Disharhi - tablas; Kadir Durvesh - Shehnai;
Producers : Robert Wyatt & Nick Mason (Sonia) ; Engineer: Steve Cox;
Tracks :
SIDE RICHARD :
Muddy Mouse (a) (Frith-Wyatt) 00:50
Solar Flares (Wyatt) 5:35
Muddy Mouse (b) (Frith-Wyatt) 00:50
5 Black Notes and 1 White Note (Offenbach-Wyatt) 4:58
Muddy Mouse (c) which in turn leads to Muddy Mouth (Frith-Wyatt) 6:11
SIDE RUTH :
Soup Song (Hopper-Wyatt) 5:00
Sonia (Feza) 4:42
Team Spirit (MacCormick-Wyatt-Manzanera) 8:26
Song for Che (Haden) 3:36