tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24448931606580491712024-03-13T09:20:42.592-07:00Canterbury SoundwavesMatthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-49273898668510178092013-03-25T04:49:00.001-07:002013-03-25T04:54:41.593-07:00new podcast: Canterbury Sans Frontières<p align="center"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-11KdFERIV0w/UVA5vBPH79I/AAAAAAAAAcE/GznM8ww32Yg/s320/old-canterbury-map2.jpg"></p>
<p>Today sees the launch of my new podcast, <i>Canterbury Sans Frontières</i>. As with <i>Canterbury Soundwaves</i>, a new three-hour episode will be released with each full moon.
<p>I decided to wind down <i>Canterbury Soundwaves</i> so that I didn't end up (i) repeating myself, (ii) scraping the bottom of the Canterbury barrel, or (iii) becoming increasingly tangential.
<p>This new podcast broadens the musical remit, so it'll be about one-third 'Canterbury sound', together with progressive/psychedelic/experimental music from the Canterbury of today, the remainder being a mix of music from various times and places which I feel to be in a similar spirit of creative adventurousness. I'll be doing a lot less talking, and the programme will be less expository – so no interviews, barely-listenable bootlegs, <i>etc.</i>
<p>I also plan to include guest one-hour mixes from various musicians from the current music scene in Canterbury (Episode 2 will feature a mix from Neil Sullivan from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lapislazuliband.co.uk/">Lapis Lazuli</a>). This episode, however, is dedicated to Kevin Ayers who passed away less than two weeks after the final episode of <i>Canterbury Soundwaves</i> went out, so there's an hour of his finest work embedded in the middle of the programme:
<p align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="http://canterburywithoutborders.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/episode-1.html"><i>Canterbury Sans Frontières</i>: Episode 1</a></b></p>
<p>Enjoy!
<p>p.s. Those of you who use social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter: any help spreading the word about this series would be greatly appreciated...thanks!Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-66247764442127757772013-03-15T06:54:00.000-07:002017-01-01T08:57:19.120-08:00More thoughts on KevinThis appeared on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.planetgong.co.uk">Planet Gong</a> website:
<p><i>Kevin Ayers died on the 18th February at his home in Montolieu, France. He was 68. He was a dear friend of Daevid and Gilli, well, forever. His life both musical and personal intertwined closely with theirs particularly in the 60's and 70's. They lived together, made music together, had adventures and just experienced it all together in those days. Despite some of the many obituaries denying the fact, Kevin was to all intents and purposes a member of Gong in 1971 when the band first toured the UK. He also played an instrumental role in
Steve Hillage appearing in Gong's Universe in 1972 while Steve was touring France as a member of Kevin's band.
Daevid told me on hearing the news of Kevin's passing he and Gilli thought, 'If the situation was reversed what would Kevin do?' Easy, a bottle of the best red wine affordable was purchased, Kevin's music went on heavy rotation and stories of the good times, full of good thoughts were shared with close friends and
family in Australia. When all is said and done they simply loved him.'</i>
<p>And here is what appears on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.caravan-info.co.uk/">official Caravan website</a>:
<p><i>It was with great sadness to hear that Kevin Ayers, a legend of the Canterbury scene has passed away aged 68.
Kevin was a founder member of Soft Machine and played on their first two albums. He had a varied and prolific solo career producing memorable LPs such as 'Joy Of A Toy' and 'Shooting At The Moon'. His backing band included Mike Oldfield and Andy Summers. Kevin was very well known and a friend of Caravan during their early years and
he will be greatly missed.</i>
<p>One commentator has pointed out that Kevin's contribution to two Soft Machine albums is an error unless
<i>Jet Propelled Photographs</i> is considered an official Soft Machine release. Also "<i>No mention on the Caravan site that it was Kevin who taught Pye Hastings his first guitar chords. Where But For Kevin...</i>".
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Maconie">Stuart Maconie</a> had a lovely chat over the phone with Robert Wyatt about Kevin as part of his BBC Radio 6 "Freak Zone" programme (click on image to stream):
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<p align="center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ajY-NKquD6s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-30418891360467277752013-02-24T07:32:00.001-08:002017-01-01T08:59:56.056-08:00Kevin Ayers RIP<p align="center"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8MdNQpnruHM/USovFdf7TzI/AAAAAAAAAaM/WHw_X7EbdFM/s320/kev1.jpg"><br></p>
<p>The Web and (more surprisingly) the UK media have been awash with coverage of <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ayers">Kevin Ayers'</a> recent passing (he died at home in southern France on 18th February, seemingly peacefully in his sleep). I don't think there's much I can add to what's already been said, apart from noting that with all the discussion of his character, voice, lyrical quirkiness, lifestyle, Englishness, <i>etc.</i>, it's largely been overlooked that he was a <i>fantastic bass player</i> with the early Soft Machine. Live material from that era (especially the 1968 American tour when the trio were truly on fire) is sadly quite limited, but some excellent examples can be found if you search through the various episodes of <i>Canterbury Soundwaves</i>.
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<p align="center"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FD636zIQ-9o/UTj-BvwvSII/AAAAAAAAAa0/B6WAfOD6h3M/s320/kevbass121.JPG"></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5xl7cX0j6tI/UTj-QEpDOSI/AAAAAAAAAa8/bPqdRLI-FPQ/s320/kevbass145.JPG">
<br><span style="font-size:78%;">excerpts from Graham Bennett's <i>Out-Bloody-Rageous</i>, pp. 121 and 145</span></p>
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<p>I was tempted to put together an extra episode of the podcast as a tribute to his music (despite having announced Episode 28 to be the final one)...but, no, I've decided to stick with my original decision and instead dedicate the first episode of the forthcoming <i>Canterbury Sans Frontières</i> podcast to him — that should be out in late March and will be announced here.
<p>RIP Kev and...<a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkNtZXd_LTM"><i>thank you...very...much</i></a>!
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Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-85782579817536129202013-01-22T07:02:00.000-08:002013-03-19T06:57:45.984-07:00Episode 28<center>the final episode: a day out with Daevid Allen in the Canterbury area!
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<b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://canterburysoundwaves.podomatic.com/entry/2013-01-27T08_22_38-08_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center>
<p>1. Daevid Allen and Euterpe — "Wise Man In Your Heart" (from <i>Good Morning</i>, 1976)
<p>2. Daevid Allen Trio — "Love Is a Careless Sea" (from <i>Live 1963</i>, recorded at the Marquee Club, London, 1963-06-03)
<p>3. Daevid Allen — "Madame Zero" (poem read in the chapel of Our Lady of the Undercroft, Canterbury Cathedral crypt, 2012-09-11)
<p>4. Robert Wyatt — spoken excerpt (from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=89973">"The Voices of Robert Wyatt"</a>, BBC radio documentary, 2012)
<p>5. Soft Machine — "A Certain Kind" (from <i>The Soft Machine</i>, 1968)
<p>6. The Magick Brothers — "Garden Song" (live at St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich, 2012-09-21)
<p>7. Gong — "Voix Lactée" → "Outer Vision" → "Inner Vision" (from <i>Live on TV 1990</i>, recorded Central TV studios, Nottingham 1990-04-24, released 1993)
<p>8. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lukesmithmusic.com/Menu.html">Luke Smith and The Feelings</a> — "Canterbury Girls" [excerpts] (live at the Cherry Tree, Canterbury, 2012-10-03)
<p>9. Beggars Farm — "You Forever" [excerpt] (from <i>With Brian Hopper</i>, recorded 1969 or '70, Coach and Horses pub, Whitstable, Kent, released 1997)
<p>10. Spirogyra — "Cogwheels, Crutches and Cyanide" (from <i>St. Radigunds</i>, 1971)
<p>11. Khan — "The Cobalt Sequence" → "March of the Sine Squadrons" (from <i>Space Shanty</i>, 1972)
<p>12. Steve Hillage Band — "Salmon Song" (live at University of Kent, Canterbury, 1979-02-28)
<p>13. Daevid Allen and Nicoletta Stephanz — "Unriddle Me This" (from <i>Live @ The Knit NYC</i>, 2004, recorded at The Knitting Factory, New York, date unknown)
<p>14. Gong — "Isle of Everywhere" [excerpt] (from <i>You</i>, 1974)
<p>15. Caravan — "Feelin' Reelin' Squealin'" (from <i>Green Bottles For Marjorie</i>, recorded at BBC studios, London, 1968-12-31)
<p>16. University of Errors — "Feelin' Reelin' Squealin'" (from <i>Jet-Propelled Photographs</i>, 2004)
<p>17. Gong — "I Am Your Pussy" [excerpt] (live on French TV programme <i>Rockenstock</i>, 1973-09-18)
<p>18. Gong — "Tropical Fish" → "Selene" (live at New Morning, Paris, 2012-10-15)
<p>19. Robert Graves — "To Juan at the Winter Solstice" (origin unknown)
<p>20. Soft Machine — "As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still" (from <i>Volume Two</i>, 1969)
<p>21. The Wilde Flowers — "Parchman Farm" (from the 1994 <i>The Wilde Flowers</i> compilation, recorded 1965-03-16)
<p>22. Soft Machine — "Memories" (from <i>Jet-Propelled Photographs</i>, recorded April 1967, released 1976)
<p>23. Daevid Allen — "Stoned-Innocent Frankenstein...And His Adventures in the Land of Flip" [brief excerpt] (from <i>Banana Moon</i>, 1971)
<p>24. Gong — "The Pot Head Pixies" (from <i>Flying Teapot</i>, 1973)
<p>25. Robert Wyatt (feat. Ivor Cutler) — "Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road" (from <i>Rock Bottom</i>, 1974)
<p>26. Gong — "Inner Temple" [brief excerpt] (from <i>Live, etc.</i>, 1977, recorded at BBC studios, London, 1974-01-15)
<p>27. Duke Ellington — "Madam Zzaj" → "Ballet of the Flying Saucers" (from <i>A Drum Is A Woman</i>, 1956)
<p>28. Thelonius Monk — "Brilliant Corners" (from <i>Brilliant Corners</i>, 1957)
<p>29. Sonny Rollins — "Way Out West" (from <i>Way Out West</i>, 1957)
<p>30. Daevid Allen Trio — "The Song of the Jazzman" [excerpt] (from <i>Live 1963</i>, recorded at the Marquee Club, London, 1963-06-03)
<p>31. Robert Wyatt — spoken excerpt (from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=89973">"The Voices of Robert Wyatt"</a>, BBC radio documentary, 2012)
<p>32. Terry Riley — "In C" [excerpt] (from <i>In C</i>, 1964)
<p>33. <a taret="_blank" href="http://www.arlet.co.uk/">Arlet</a> — "Medway Services" (live at Stepping Stones, Maidstone, Kent, 2013-01-18)
<p>34. Daevid Allen — "Yum Yum Tree" (sung unaccompanied in Rev. Beverage's car while driving around Sturry, near Canterbury, 2012-09-11)
<p>35. Soft Machine — "Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening" (from <i>The Peel Sessions</i>, 1991, recorded at BBC studios 1971-06-01)
<p>36. Acid Mothers Gong — "Bellyful of Telephone/Why Do?" (from <i>Live in Nagoya</i>, 2006, recorded Tokuzo, Nagoya, Japan, 2003-04-09)
<p>37. Gong — "Magick Mother Invocation" → "Master Builder" (live at Canterbury Fayre, Mount Ephraim Gardens, Kent, 2000-07-30)
<p>38. Gong — "Occupy" (live at New Morning, Paris, 2012-10-15)
<p>39. Brainville — "Hope For Happiness" (from <i>Live In The UK</i>, 2004, recorded at The Lanterns, Ashburton, Devon 1998-06-18)
<p>40. Gong — "Isle of Everywhere" [excerpt] (live at Lounge on the Farm festival, 2009-07-10)
<p>41. Gong — "You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever" (from <i>You</i>, 1974)
<p>42. Kevin Ayers — "Joy of a Toy Continued" (from <i>Joy of a Toy</i>, 1969)
<p>[voiceover ambience: Daevid Allen and Euterpe — "Wise Man In Your Heart" (from <i>Good Morning</i>, 1976)]
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<p><b>clarifications/errata:</b> I mistakenly gave the name of Duke Ellington's "Ballet of the Flying Saucers" as "Flying Saucer Ballet". The French TV recording of Gong which Daevid mentioned over lunch appears to have been autumn 1973 rather than 1974.
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<p align="center"><b>Daevid Allen — <a target="_blank" href="http://www.planetgong.co.uk/bazaar/books/carelesssea.shtml"><i>Love Is A Careless Sea</i></b></p>
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<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HM5hMe3FekM/UP6mjKyoy-I/AAAAAAAAATs/kFYr999UsjM/s400/P1000274.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LfIRSxS7LK0/UP6mj8kogsI/AAAAAAAAAT4/hUgg6EAYAc4/s400/our_lady_chapel.jpg" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LiJrkOI3Qjw/UP6mkqy1_7I/AAAAAAAAAUE/bysrelVxnWk/s400/our_lady_closeup.jpg" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="400" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cV2bYMyeAdc/UP6pNDFf-BI/AAAAAAAAAV0/BxZBz0LtCuw/s400/our_lady.jpg" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g6SkhYkPhsA/UP6mlJAi01I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/ZJRyMJVnhMI/s400/P1000275.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UwuVLujZSm4/UP6nonV5cvI/AAAAAAAAAUs/byLrs9uM9Y8/s400/P1000277.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t2-CVN9a37c/UP6mlocI7kI/AAAAAAAAAUc/dv_3LNtH6Ow/s400/P1000278.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ws6MXhXgUPQ/UP6npS5AK-I/AAAAAAAAAU4/EoC3KZvEFCE/s400/P1000279.JPG" /></a>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ws3iLsdBqZQ/UP6roR0n5vI/AAAAAAAAAYU/xgrXdNc_tvM/s400/P1000280.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="339" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PrMi-hBnUrQ/UP6nquYuV4I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/8lrVQsVdXh8/s400/daevid%2Band%2Brobert%2B1.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SFF04PkgXeE/UP6nrmcFJII/AAAAAAAAAVc/GCD4g_ARTkA/s400/daevid%2Band%2Brobert%2B2.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewysstencils/7234670538/in/set-72157627268505484/"><b>Stewy's Robert Wyatt stencils</b></a></p>
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<p align="center"><img border="0" height="309" width="357" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4OkBqm5Bcg/UP6qTDbo0MI/AAAAAAAAAYE/AeZz3HTHguk/s400/Daevid%2BHope%2BInn.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0cyA9NEE74w/UP6pN8o4k-I/AAAAAAAAAWM/yWK9RqFuhR4/s400/P1000290.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="331" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s11BruH4pZ0/UP6tR6dW_qI/AAAAAAAAAYs/KioKQLV4zoQ/s400/1961%2Bwellington%2Bhouse.jpg" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="110" width="169" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NY9dsbL_4vE/UP6qSQ_F6BI/AAAAAAAAAX4/rxOrsYOvji4/s400/This%2BGate%252C%2BLike%2BShutsville%2BBa-aby%2Bfor%2BReally%2BYEAH%2521.jpg" /> <img border="0" height="110" width="169" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NY9dsbL_4vE/UP6qSQ_F6BI/AAAAAAAAAX4/rxOrsYOvji4/s400/This%2BGate%252C%2BLike%2BShutsville%2BBa-aby%2Bfor%2BReally%2BYEAH%2521.jpg" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ALUCEJtbBu8/UP6puA0p6rI/AAAAAAAAAWw/kxOpcSH5aPI/s400/P1000294.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NofohekNrRY/UP6pOmyo0XI/AAAAAAAAAWY/D6oV7aqJMl8/s400/P1000292.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYDZH0nwgh4/UP6pulnF7WI/AAAAAAAAAW8/66R_vxc-1J0/s400/P1000296.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MdVBUaHb2YQ/UP6pvY_e_4I/AAAAAAAAAXI/hvQqZTuX5Wg/s400/P1000297.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H7lsKDcTPAY/UP6pvwoWjlI/AAAAAAAAAXU/Nh-V-_UA6cY/s400/P1000298.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" height="101" width="133" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lZ3ZgS6d7F0/UP6qQn5H4_I/AAAAAAAAAXg/0AcJ8zT0dl0/s400/teapot-thumbnail.JPG" /> <img border="0" height="97" width="133" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j6OF5_OL6EI/UP6qRiM70sI/AAAAAAAAAXs/8_9fSBIv4Y8/s400/teapot-thumbnail2.JPG" /></p>
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<p align="center"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4ZL9UWl2ie8/UUhsf1YssZI/AAAAAAAAAbc/oySPNzjhais/s320/ELIZA1.jpg">
<br><span style="font-size:78%;">Not the one Daevid and I encountered, but another impressive tag by Canterbury graffitista Eliza/Elisa/ELISR/ELIZR/LISR</span></p>
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<br><span style="font-size:78%;">Another in the Wincheap roundabout subway – lovely flow</span></p>
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<br><span style="font-size:78%;">!</span></p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z2BbBzq_NZw/UUhsoh5Io5I/AAAAAAAAAb0/T7LQEojY-e4/s320/ELIZA4.jpg">
<br><span style="font-size:78%;">An early piece(?) on the Causeway bridge</span></p>
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<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/8w22ijBLGn8">Gong Live on TV 1990 (1)</a>
<br><a target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/2drSP4wyNLQ">Gong Live on TV 1990 (2)</a>
<br><a target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/l-9VV4vhBMk">Gong Live on TV 1990 (3)</a>
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<p align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Henry">Ernie Henry (sax player on <i>Brilliant Corners</i>)</a></b></p>
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Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-58580144615179901012012-12-27T07:55:00.001-08:002013-03-07T10:37:10.287-08:00Episode 27<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive27.podomatic.com/entry/2013-01-23T06_09_05-08_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center>
<p>0. current events sound collage
<p>1. Ivor Cutler — "Women of the World" (BBC Radio One session, 1983-03-23) → Ivor Cutler and Linda Hirst — "Women of the World" (7" single, 1983)
<p>2. Gilli Smyth and Gong — Great Mother Goddess invocation (live at Koncorde2, Brighton, 2012-11-01)
<p>3. Henry Cow — "Living in the Heart of the Beast" (recorded live for Swiss TV's <i>Kaleidospop</i>, Vevey, 1976-09-25, available on <i>Anniversary Box Set</i>, Vol. 9, released 2009)
<p>4. Humi [Hugh Hopper and Yumi Hara Cawkwell] — "Wind that Divides" (live at Club Integral, London, 2007-11-01)
<p>5. Robert Wyatt and Karen Mantler — "Beware" (from <i>Cuckooland</i>, 2003)
<p>6. The Carla Bley Band — "Wrong Key Donkey" (from <i>European Tour 1977</i>, 1978)
<p>7. Hugh Hopper and Lisa S. Kloessner — "Red Poppies in the Corn" [excerpt] (from <i>Parabolic Versions</i>, 2000)
<p>8. Hatfield and the North [feat. "The Northettes"] — "Son of 'There's No Place Like Homerton" [excerpt] (from <i>Hatfield and the North</i>, 1974)
<p>9. National Health [feat. Amanda Parsons] — "Clocks and Clouds" (recorded 1976-09-21, released on <i>Missing Pieces</i>, 1996)
<p>10. News From Babel — "Arcades (of Glass)" (from <i>Work Resumed on the Tower</i>, 1984)
<p>11. Lindsay Cooper and the Gold Diggers — "Plate Dance" [excerpt] (recorded at Taktlos Festival, Zürich, 1985-03-09)
<p>12. The Raincoats — "Dancing in My Head" (from <i>Odyshape</i>, 1981)
<p>13. Professor Georgina Born speaking on "The Arts and Humanities" (Cambridge University, 2011-02-25)
<p>14. Lady June — "Some Day Silly Twenty Three" (from <i>Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy</i>, 1974)
<p>15. Gong — "Zero the Hero and the Orgasm Witch" [excerpt] (BBC Radio One session 1973-05-29, released on <i>Pre-Modern Wireless</i>, 1995)
<p>16. Kevin Ayers and Bridget St. John — "Jolie Madame" (recorded 11/1970, released on <i>Odd Ditties</i>, 1976)
<p>17. Slapp Happy/Henry Cow — "In the Sickbay" (from <i>Desperate Straights</i>, 1975)
<p>18. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.arlet.co.uk">Arlet</a> — "Para Lucia" (from <i>Arlet</i> EP, forthcoming)
<p>19. Miquette Giraudy with Steve Hillage — "Garden of Earthly Delights" (from <i>Rainbow Dome Musick</i>, 1979)
<p>20. Lady June — "To Whom it May Not Concern" (from <i>Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy</i>, 1974)
<p>21. Lady June — "Optimism" (from <i>Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy</i>, 1974)
<p>22. Feminist Improvising Group — "The Seventh Kisser Sisters"(?) (improvising live on NDR Radio, Hamburg 1980-10-03)
<p>23. Lady June [feat. Cathy Berberian] — "Reflections" (Neville Harson remix — listener submission)
<p>24. Robert Wyatt — excerpts from <i>Wire</i> salon, London, 2012-04-12
<p>25. Annie Whitehead's Soupsongs [feat. Julie Tippetts] — "The Sight of the Wind" (from <i>Soupsongs Live</i>, recorded at Live and Direct Festival, Newark-on-Trent, 1999-10-10)
<p>26. Annie Whitehead interview excerpt (from <i>Canterbury Soundwaves</i> episode 13)
<p>27. National Health [feat. Barbara Gaskin] — "Starlight on Seaweed" (recorded 1995, released on <i>Missing Pieces</i>, 1996)
<p>28. Spirogyra — "Time Will Tell" (from <i>St. Radigunds</i>, 1971)
<p>29. unknown harmonium player [feat. Lila] — "Women of the World" (uploaded to YouTube 2010-10-16)
<p>[voiceover ambience: Gong [feat. Mireille Bauer] — "Percolations" (from <i>Angel's Egg</i>, 1973)]
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<p><b>clarifications/errata:</b> I should have mentioned the fact that Michael Mantler (Karen's father) was part of the Carla Bley Band which we heard, as was Gary Windo. I should also have mentioned the (unrecorded) Ottawa Music Company which involved members of Egg, Henry Cow, Steve Hillage and the Northettes.
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<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_Improvising_Group">Feminist Improvising Group</a> [Wikipedia article]</p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://womensliberationmusicarchive.wordpress.com/f/">Feminist Improvising Group</a> [Women's Liberation Music Archive — scroll down]</p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_Born">Georgina Born</a> [Wikipedia article]</p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://breakingconvention.co.uk/">Breaking Convention 2013</a>: interdisciplinary conference on psychedelic consciousness
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Berberian">Cathy Berberian</a> [Wikipedia article]</p>
<p>British Library's "Oral history of jazz in Britain" series: Val Wilmer interviews Lindsay Cooper [<a target="_blank" href="http://sounds.bl.uk/Jazz-and-popular-music/Oral-history-of-jazz-in-Britain/021M-C0122X0142XX-0100V0">1</a>] [<a target="_blank" href="http://sounds.bl.uk/Jazz-and-popular-music/Oral-history-of-jazz-in-Britain/021M-C0122X0143XX-0100V0">2</a>] [<a target="_blank" href="http://sounds.bl.uk/Jazz-and-popular-music/Oral-history-of-jazz-in-Britain/021M-C0122X0143XX-0200V0">3</a>] (requires UK higher education login for access).
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<p>1. Lady June (and friends) — "Bars" (from <i>Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy</i>, 1974)
<p>2. Delivery (feat. Carol Grimes) — "Miserable Man" (from <i>Fools Meeting</i>, 1970)
<p>3. Gong — "Blues for Findlay (instrumental)" (from <i>Continental Circus</i>, 1971)
<p>4. National Health — "Tenemos Roads" (from <i>National Health</i>, 1977)
<p>5. Khan — "Stargazer" (from <i>Space Shanty</i>, 1972)
<p>6. Dashiell Hedayat — "Cielo Drive, 17" [excerpt] (from <i>Obsolete</i>, 1971)
<p>7. Daevid Allen — "It's the Time of Your Life" (from <i>Banana Moon</i>, 1971)
<p>8. Kevin Ayers — "Strange Song" (from <i>Rainbow Takeaway</i>, 1978)
<p>9. Robert Wyatt — "'Round Midnight" (from the <i>Shipbuilding</i> EP, 1982)
<p>10. Caravan — "For Richard" (from <i>If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You</i>, 1970)
<p>11. Hatfield and the North — "Nan's True Hole" (recorded live in Nancy, France 1975-07-02)
<p>12. Short Wave — "Nan's True Hole" (recorded live at The Forum, London, 1994-10-08)
<p>13. Brainville — "Shadow" (recorded live at The Lanterns, Ashburton, 1998-06-18, released on <i>Live in the UK</i>, 2004)
<p>14. Pip Pyle's Equipe'Out — "Hanello" (from <i>Pip Pyle's Equipe'Out</i>, 1987)
<p>15. Gong — "Tried So Hard" (from <i>Camembert Electrique</i>, 1971)
<p>16. National Health — "Squarer For Maud (part one)" (live in Bryn Mawr, PA, 1979-11-26, released on <i>Playtime</i>, 2011)
<p>17. Hatfield and the North — "To Mum and The Gongs" → "Brandy As In Benji" → "Going Up To People And Tinkling" → "Calyx" (recorded live at Birmingham Town Hall, 1974-04-24)
<p>19. Soft Heap — "Petit 3's" (from <i>Soft Heap</i>, 1978)
<p>20. Soft Heap — "A Flap" (recorded live at A L'Ouest de la Grosne, Bresse-sur-Grosne, France, March 1982, released on <i>A Veritable Centaur</i>, 1995)
<p>21. Soft Machine — "Neo-Caliban Grides" → "Out-Bloody-Rageous" (live in Høvikodden, Norway, 1971-02-28, released on <i>Live at Henie Onstad Arts Centre</i>, 2009)
<p>22. Gilli Smyth — "I Am a Fool" → "Back to the Womb" (from <i>Mother</i>, 1978)
<p>23. Hatfield and the North — "Big Jobs" → "Calyx" (live at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, 2006-06-26)
<p>24. <a target="_blank" href="http://thedeltasleep.tumblr.com/">Delta Sleep</a> — "Dust" (from forthcoming EP)
<p>25. National Health — "Phlákatön" (from <i>Of Queues and Cures</i>, 1978)
<p>26. some Canadian National Health audience members — "Phlákatön" (recorded somewhere in Canada, 1979, released on National Health's <i>Missing Pieces</i> 1996)
<p>27. Adam, Matthew and Matt — "Phlákatön" (undisclosed location near Barham, Kent, 2012-11-22)
<p>[voiceover ambience: Centipede — "Septober Energy — Part 1" (from <i>Septober Energy</i>, 1971)]
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<p><b>Errata/clarifications</b>: The drummer with Khan on that album track was Eric Peachy — what became of him? I mentioned that I was going to "focus on" Gong's <i>Continental Circus</i> album, but only played one track — I'd originally intended to include "What Do You Want?" (a version of "Fohat Digs Holes in Space") as well, but had to cut that due to time constraints. Dashiell Hedayat's real name appears to have been Jack-Alain Léger. The first Soft Heap track is called "Petit 3's", not "Petit"
<p>There wasn't time to mention a number of Pip's other projects:
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<li>All Wet and Dripping (a shortlived "Canterbury-influenced band in which he replaced Charles Hayward")
<li>The Weightwatchers (unrecorded touring band with Elton Dean and Keith Tippett)
<li>Phil Miller's In Cahoots (Pip was the drummer for many years)
<li>Rapid Eye Movement (with Dave Stewart, Jakko Jakszyk and Rick Biddulph)
<li>T-Mit (with Mark Hewins, Richards Sinclair and Vince Clarke)
<li>Absolute Zero
<li>Pip Pyle's Bash!
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<p>Also Pip's composition/songwriting with Hatfield, <i>etc.</i> should have got a mention, as drummers who can write music are few and far between.
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://calyx.perso.neuf.fr/mus/pyle_pip.html">Calyx website biography of Pip</a>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.burningshed.com/hatfield/pip.html">Dave Stewart's "In Memoriam" piece</a>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_Pyle">Wikipedia entry for Pip</a>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/sep/20/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries"><i>Guardian</i> obituary</a>
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<p>If you want to try recording or performing your own version of "Phlákatön", here are the lyrics!
<p>"<i>Phlak
<br>phlakka phlakka
<br>phlakaton cash!
<br>ker-chaffa, ker-chaffa
<br>oum-ka-ka oum-er-ka-kaf-dof
<br>flibbet, flibbet, flibbet, flibbet
<br>raka-taka raka-taka
<br>BISH!</i>"
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<p>Some YouTube comments have questioned the thinking behind putting the following footage from Pip's funeral in the public domain, but it appears to have been cleared by his family. The general feeling seems to be that he would have wanted people to have enjoyed themselves at the event.
<p>[from the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.burningshed.com/bands/bandpage.asp?id=9&page=news">Pip Pyle homepage</a>, 2006-09-11]: <i>"Pip's funeral will be held in England in a week or so (the date has not been fixed yet). Pip's children are planning to decorate Pip's coffin with the type of stickers he had on his drum cases, and have asked that if anyone has any Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong, Chicken Shack, L'Equipe Out, Soft Heap, Bash!, Musicians' Union or 'Keep Music Live' (etc.) stickers they would like to donate, could they kindly send them now to the Funeral Directors...
<p>Alternatively, bearing in mind that these stickers are often treasured possessions, you can scan them and send the image to Sam Ellidge and Sam will make them into stickers. All submissions are welcome. Please feel free to send anything that tickles your fancy, however daft or irreverent — Pip had a wicked sense of humour and would have liked the idea of people having a bit of a laugh at his funeral."</i>
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<p>1. Delivery — "Is It Really The Same" (from <i>Fools Meeting</i>, 1970)
<p>2. Lol Coxhill — "Piccadilly With Goofs" (from <i>Ear of the Beholder</i>, 1971)
<p>3. Kevin Ayers — "Shooting at the Moon" (from <i>Shooting at the Moon</i>, 1970)
<p>4. Caravan — "Songs and Signs" (from <i>Waterloo Lily</i>, 1972)
<p>5. Steve Miller and Lol Coxhill — "Chocolate Field" (from <i>Coxhill/Miller/Miller/Coxhill</i>, 1973)
<p>6. Gong — "Tropical Fish" → "Selene" (from <i>Camembert Electrique</i>, 1971)
<p>7. Hugh Hopper — "Miniluv Reprise" (from <i>1984</i>, 1973)
<p>8. Lindsay Cooper — "Horse Waltz" (from <i>The Golddiggers</i> soundtrack, 1982)
<p>9. Steve Miller — "G Song" (from <i>"The Story So Far..."/"...Oh Really?"</i>, 1974)
<p>10. Fred Frith and Lol Coxhill — "Limoges 2" (recorded Limoges, France in October 1978, from <i>French Gigs</i>, 1983)
<p>11. Caravan — "Any Advance on Carpet" (outtake, recorded 1972-03-01, released on <i>The World Is Yours</i>, 2010)
<p>12. Delivery [proto-Hatfield] — "Betty (You Pays Your Money, You Takes Your Chances)" (recorded live at Playhouse Theatre, London, 1972-11-23)
<p>13. Clear Frame (feat. Robert Wyatt on cornet) — "High Rate" (from <i>Clear Frame</i>, 2007)
<p>14. Lob (feat. Lol Coxhill) — "04S-14 S-110-095" (from <i>Geography</i>, 2002)
<p>15. Lol Coxhill (feat. Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, David Bedford, <i>et al.</i>) — "A Collective Improvisation" (from <i>Ear of the Beholder</i>, 1971)
<p>16. Kevin Ayers — "Reinhardt and Geraldine" (BBC session for Alan Black Show, 1970-05-20)
<p>17. Robert Wyatt — "Was a Friend" [Pmff remix] (remixed 1997, from <i>eps</i>, released 1999)
<p>18. Banco de Gaia — "Harvey and the Old Ones" (from <i>The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia</i>, 1999)
<p>19. Loop Guru — "Bangdad" (from <i>Duniya</i>, 1994)
<p>20. Loop Guru — "Gianyar" [excerpts] (from <i>Amrita (...All These And The Japanese Soup Warriors)</i>, 1995)
<p>21. Terry Riley — unknown piece (live somewhere in the 1970s)
<p>22. Lol Coxhill — "Oh, DO I Like to Be Beside the Seaside?" (from <i>"The Story So Far..."/"...Oh Really?"</i>, 1974)
<p>23. Tim Blake — "Last Ride of the Boogie Child" (from <i>Crystal Machine</i>, 1977, recorded live at Seasalter Free Festival 1976-06-21)
<p>24. Soft Machine — "We Did It Again" (recorded at Middle Earth, London 1967-09-16, from <i>Middle Earth Masters</i>, released 2006)
<p>25. System 7 — live at Boom Festival, 2010-08-25
<p>26. System 7 — interview (Glade Festival 2012)
<p>27. Steve Miller — "God Song" (recorded live Nijmegen, Holland, 1972-10-21)
<p>28. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/speakers.quartet">Speakers Corner Quartet</a> — "Afro" (recorded live in a woodland location near Canterbury, 2012-10-07)
<p>28. Lol Coxhill — "A Series of Superbly Played Mellotron Codas" (from <i>Heart of the Beholder</i>, 1971)
<p>[voiceover ambience: Lol Coxhill — "Maggots" (from <i>Miller/Coxhill/Coxhil/Miller</i>, 1973)]
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<p><b>Errata/clarifications</b>: Steven Miller died December 9th, 1998. I said The Whole World was Lol Coxhill's first outing into the world of rock music, completely overlooking Delivery, with whom I started the programme...d'oh! "Was a Friend" is indeed from Robert Wyatt's 1997 <i>Shleep</i> album. <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_de_Gaia">Banco de Gaia</a> is Toby Marks. I forgot to mention that Pye Hastings played (very unusual) guitar on Hopper's "Miniluv Reprise", another Coxhill—Caravan crossover. I also failed to mention a number of other notable and innovative projects Lol was involved in, e.g. <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_of_breath">Brotherhood of Breath</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMM_%28group%29">AMM</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedication_orchestra">Dedication Orchestra</a> and Welfare State.
<p>The Delivery piece "Betty" features just Roy Babbington on bass. Richard Sinclair supplied vocals at that gig, but not on that track. Coxhill and Babbington left soon after and Sinclair took over on bass, resulting in that proto-Hatfield lineup who played at The Tower of London in July '72 (see Episode 11).
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<p>1. Kevin Ayers — "Lady Rachel" (live at Paris Theatre, London, January 1972, from <i>BBC Live in Concert</i>, 1992)
<p>2. Gilgamesh — "Notwithstanding" (recorded at BBC Studios, London, 1975-09-03, from <i>Arriving Twice</i>, 2000)
<p>3. National Health — "Agrippa" (recorded BBC Maida Vale Studio, 1976, from <i>Missing Pieces</i>, 1996)
<p>4. Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen — "Waltz for Nobby" (from <i>Two Rainbows Daily</i>, 1980)
<p>5. Gong — "Magdalene" (live at Canterbury Sound Festival, Mount Ephraim Gardens, Kent, 2000-07-30)
<p>6. National Health — "Borogroves (excerpt from part two)" (from <i>National Health</i>, 1977)
<p>7. Soft Heap — "Sleeping House" (live at Phoenix Club, London 1978-11-22, from <i>Al Dente</i>, 2008)
<p>8. Gilgamesh — "Extract" (recorded BBC Studios London, 1974-10-02, from <i>Arriving Twice</i>, 2000)
<p>9. Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen - "A l'Ouest" [extract] (recorded Bresse-sur-Grosne, France, May, 1978, from <i>Bracknell-Bresse Improvisations</i>, 1980)
<p>10. Soft Machine — "You Don't Remember" → jam → "10.30 Returns to Bedroom" (live Columbia, MD, 1968-08-16)
<p>11. Soft Heap — "Shorthand" (from <i>Soft Heap</i>, 1979)
<p>12. Robert Wyatt — "The Duchess" (from <i>Shleep</i>, 1997)
<p>13. Robert Wyatt talking about "The Duchess" (from <a href="http://thewire.co.uk/articles/8909/" target="_blank"><i>The Wire</i> Salon, Café Oto, London, 2012-04-12</a>)
<p>14. Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen — "Six Cream Bombs from Beaune" (recorded Bresse-sur-Grosne, France, May, 1978, from <i>Bracknell-Bresse Improvisations</i>, 1980)
<p>15. Caravan — "Green Bottles for Marjorie" (recorded BBC Studios, London, 1968-12-31, from <i>Green Bottles for Marjorie: The Lost BBC Sessions</i>, 2002)
<p>16. Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, Trevor Tomkins — "Nowadays a Silhouette" (from <i>Before a Word is Said</i>, 1981)
<p>17. Gilgamesh — "Island of Rhodes/Paper Boat/As If Your Eyes Were Open" (recorded BBC Studios, London 1975-09-03, from <i>Arriving Twice</i>, 2000)
<p>18. Soft Head — "Seven Drones" (recorded Bresse-sur-Grosne, France, May 1978, from <i>Rogue Element</i>, 1978)
<p>19. Gilgamesh — "Just C" (from <i>Gilgamesh</i>, 1975)
<p>20. Gilgamesh — "Darker Brighter" (from <i>Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into</i>, 1979)
<p>21. Hugh Hopper, Alan Gowen and Nigel Morris — "Soon to Fly" (recorded Bracknell Jazz Festival, May 1978, from <i>Bracknell-Bresse Improvisations</i>, 1996)
<p>22. Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, Trevor Tomkins — "Before a Word is Said" (from <i>Before a Word is Said</i>, 1981)
<p>23. Hatfield and the North — "Song for all our Mums" → "Extract" (live in the Netherlands, June 1974, from <i>Hattitude (1973–75)</i>, 2006)
<p>24. Henry Cow — "Came to See You" (recorded 1972-02-28, from <i>Beginnings</i> [Vol. 1 of <i>The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set</i>])
<p>25. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lapislazuliband.co.uk/">Lapis Lazuli</a> — "Doppleganger" (from <i>Reality Is...</i>, 2012)
<p>26. National Health — "Tales of a Damson Knight" [excerpt] (from <i>D.S. Al Coda</i>, 1982)
<p>[voiceover ambience: Robert Wyatt — excerpt from <i>The Animals Film</i> soundtrack (1982)]
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<p><b>Errata/clarifications</b>: "Borogroves (excerpt from part two)" from the first National Health album was written by Dave Stewart, not Alan Gowen. Gowen did write "Brujo" and co-write "Elephants" from that album, though.
<p>Edmund in Estonia adds: <i>A coupla more corrections: the Gilgamesh/Hatfield double quartet gigs took place not in 1975, but in November 1973. It's interesting to note that there is one element "double" in Gilgamesh's single group version: keyboards. Peter Lemer was Gilgamesh's second keyboardist and he plays a solo on what sounds like RMI Electra-Piano. He's also on the BBC version of "Island of Rhodes", which should date from 1974, not '75.</i>
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<p>1. Gong — "Radio Gnome Invisible" (Canterbury Sound Festival, Mount Ephraim Gardens, Kent, 2000-07-30)
<p>2. Kevin Ayers — "All This Crazy Gift of Time" (from <i>BBC Live in Concert</i>, live at the Paris Theatre, London, January 1972)
<p>3. Soft Machine — "Out of Tunes" (from <i>Volume 2</i>, 1969)
<p>4. Led Bib — "Engine Room" (from <i>Bring Your Own</i>, 2011)
<p>5. Tom Jackson and Robert Stillman (with Sam Bailey) — "The Sound of Two Musicians Meeting (with piano interludes)" [excerpt] (live at Free Range, Veg Box Cafe, Canterbury, 2012-02-16)
<p>6. Spock — improvisation excerpt (live at Free Range, Veg Box Cafe, Canterbury, 2012-03-22)
<p>7. <a target="_blank" href="http://the-quartet.co.uk/">the-quartet</a> (feat. Simon Smith and David Herd) — "Rote-Thru" [excerpt] (from forthcoming album)
<p>8. Aidan Shepherd, Frances Knight and Vince Clarke — "Arrival" (live at Free Range, Veg Box Cafe, Canterbury, 2012-03-15)
<p>9. Dean/Hopper/Clarke/Knight — "For Small Mercis" (from <i>The Mind in the Trees</i>, 1997)
<p>10. Brian Hopper (feat. Frances Knight) — "Sometimes It Is" (from <i>If Ever I Am</i>, 2004)
<p>11. Evan Parker and Matt Wright — <i>Trance Map</i> improvisation excerpt (live at Free Range, Veg Box Cafe, Canterbury, 2012-01-12)
<p>12. Sebastian Lexer and Jerry Wigens — improvisation excerpt (live at Free Range, Veg Box Cafe, Canterbury, 2012-06-21)
<p>13. Mr. Lovebucket — "Shakara" [except] (live at Lounge on the Farm festival, Canterbury, summer 2008)
<p>14. Hatfield and the North — "Big Jobs" → "Part of the Dance" → "Going Up To People And Tinkling" → "Calyx" → "There's No Place Like Homerton" → "Shaving Is Boring" → "Big Jobs" (live at Theatre Present de La Villette, Paris, 1973-09-25)
<p>15. Caravan — "The Dabsong Conshirtoe" [excerpt] (from <i>BBC Live in Concert</i>, live at the Paris Theatre, London 1975-03-21)
<p>16. Robert Wyatt — "Unmasked" (from <i>A Short Break</i>, 1996)
<p>17. Lol Coxhill — "Edited Half Handclap" → "Apres" (from <i>Frog Dance</i>, 1986)
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Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-83912829587722213652012-08-05T11:31:00.001-07:002013-04-26T09:31:27.672-07:00has someone nicked the 'Tanglewood' sign?I was walking past Tanglewood the other day, the house on Giles Lane where <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hopper">Hugh</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hopper">Brian Hopper</a> grew up, where the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilde_Flowers">Wilde Flowers</a> rehearsed, and where both <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wyatt">Robert Wyatt</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ayers">Kevin Ayers</a> lived briefly. I'm not sure when the Hopper family left the house but by the 80's it had been subsumed into the University of Kent campus (it's the Hospitality Services office). I must have walked and cycled past it many hundreds of times before I read Graham Bennett's Soft Machine book and worked out which house it was.
<p>There's been an old wooden "Tanglewood" sign above the door for some time — here's a Google Streetview shot from some time in the last year, I'd guess:
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<p>But it's gone now. Stolen by an obsessive Canterbury scene fan? Taken down for looking too irregular for an increasingly sterile and rectilinear University campus?
<p>I'm convinced that this sign wasn't a post-Hopper-family addition, as here's the picture Graham Bennett acquired from one of the brothers, presumably taken in the early 60's:
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<p>You can see the same sign, but placed to the right of the door rather than above it.
<p>Perhaps someone can be bothered to navigate the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kent.ac.uk">UKC</a> website and work out who to contact and ask if the sign was taken down by them, and if so, do they still have it? Someone might like to preserve that.
<p>[follow up 28/09/12] As suggested by the comment (link below) I contacted UKC Estates Dept. a while ago. As I'd rather expected, no reply — obviously not a major priority!
<p>[follow up 26/04/13] It's back! I was cycling by the other day and noticed that not only has the exterior of Tanglewood been cleaned and repainted, the sign has been retouched, varnished and replaced. The place just needs a <a target="_blank" hfef="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_plaque">blue plaque</a> now!Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-4560019532972644332012-08-01T02:40:00.002-07:002012-10-08T02:19:04.464-07:00Episode 22<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive21-22.podomatic.com/entry/2012-09-28T02_32_30-07_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center>
<p>1. Kevin Ayers and the Whole World — poetic introduction → "Why Are We Sleeping?" (live at Taverne d'Olympia, Paris, May 1970)
<p>2. Daevid Allen Trio (Quartet) — "Ya Sunne Wot" (from <i>1963</i>, live at the Marquee Club, London, 1963-06-03)
<p>3. Tim Munton — "Soundwave Lullaby" [© <a href = "mailto:mitnotnum@yahoo.co.uk">Tim Munton</a> 2012*] (recorded specially for this episode)
<p>4. Soft Machine — "Poem for Hoppy" (live at the UFO club, London, 1967-06-02)
<p>5. Soft Machine — "She's Gone" (alternate demo version, recorded June 1967, from <i>Triple Echo</i> compilation, 1977)
<p>6. Lady June — "Elastic Ice" (<a target="_blank" href="http://halsprogressiverockblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/daevid-allen-deya-french-restaurant.html">French Restaurant, Deya, Mallorca, 1978</a>)
<p>7. Caravan — "Magic Man" (from <i>Caravan</i>, 1968)
<p>8. Soft Machine — "Fred the Fish" (unreleased single, recorded January 1967)
<p>9. Kim Fowley — "The Trip" (single, 1965)
<p>10. Robert Wyatt — "Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road" (from <i>Rock Bottom</i>, 1974)
<p>11. Ivor Cutler — "The Anti-Empiricist" (date and origin unknown)
<p>12. Planet Gong — "Allez Ali Baba Black-Sheep Have You Any Bull Shit: Mama Maya Mantram" (from <i>Floating Anarchy Live 1977</i>, 1978)
<p>13. Gilli Smyth — Fire Poem/A Sea Poem/excerpt from <i>The Book of Taliesin</i> (<a target="_blank" href="http://halsprogressiverockblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/daevid-allen-deya-french-restaurant.html">French Restaurant, Deya, Mallorca, 1978</a>)
<p>14. Robert Graves — "To Juan at the Winter Solstice" (date and origin unknown)
<p>15. Soft Machine — "The Moon in June" (from <i>Third</i>, 1970)
<p>16. Lady June — "Anne Onymouse" (<a target="_blank" href="http://halsprogressiverockblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/daevid-allen-deya-french-restaurant.html">French Restaurant, Deya, Mallorca, 1978</a>)
<p>17. Robert Wyatt — "Las Vegas Tango (part one)" [excerpt] (from <i>The End of an Ear</i>, 1970)
<p>18. Robert Wyatt — "Catholic Architecture" (from <i>Dondestan Revisited</i>, 1998)
<p>19. Syd Barrett [feat. Ratledge, Hopper and Wyatt] — "Clowns and Jugglers" (from <i>Opel</i>, recorded 1968—69, released 1988)
<p>20. Daevid Allen — poem (<a target="_blank" href="http://halsprogressiverockblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/daevid-allen-deya-french-restaurant.html">French Restaurant, Deya, Mallorca, 1978</a>)
<p>21. Tim Munton with Luke Smith [and James Ross] — "The Comet's Tale" [ <a href = "mailto:mitnotnum@yahoo.co.uk">Tim Munton</a> and Luke Smith 2012*] (from forthcoming album, recorded live at Orange Street Music Club, Canterbury, 2008-10-29)
<p>22. <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallfilms">Smallfilms</a> soundtrack montage (theme from <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogles%27_Wood"><i>Pogles' Wood</i></a>/ragtime mice from <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpuss"><i>Bagpuss</i></a>/incidental music and sound effects from <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clangers"><i>The Clangers</i></a>, 1965—74)
<p>23. Egg — "Wind Quartet II" (from <i>The Civil Surface</i>, 1974)
<p>24. Kevin Ayers [with Bedford, Wyatt, Oldfield, Coxhill] — "The Garden of Love" (live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, September 1970)
<p>25. Gong — "Yoni Poem" (from <i>2032</i>, 2009)
<p>26. Lady June — "In-Famous" (<a target="_blank" href="http://halsprogressiverockblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/daevid-allen-deya-french-restaurant.html">French Restaurant, Deya, Mallorca, 1978</a>)
<p>27. Sigmatropic (feat. Robert Wyatt) — "Intro" (from <i>Sixteen Haiku and Other Stories</i>, 2004)
<p>28. Robert Wyatt — "Pigs...In There?" (from <i>Artists For Animals</i> compilation, 1986)
<p>29. Ivor Cutler [feat. Fred Frith] — "I Got No Common Sense" (from <i>Velvet Donkey</i>, 1975)
<p>[voiceover ambience: Egg — "Wind Quartet I" (from <i>The Civil Surface</i>, 1974)]
<p>*Any use of this material, in any form, must receive full and specific permission from the author. Tim would be please to hear from you at <a href = "mailto:mitnotnum@yahoo.co.uk">mitnotnum@yahoo.co.uk</a>.
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<p><b>Errata/clarifications</b>: Tim mentioned a track on Gilli Smyth's <i>Fairy Tales</i> album featuring parts of the <i>Book of Taliesin</i>, but he was mistaken — the track is on her <i>Mother</i> album (1978). Also, I'm starting to wonder if Robert Wyatt <i>was</i> still at Simon Langton Grammar School in June 1963 (he, and possibly Hopper, may have left at age 16...does anyone know?). I wrongly stated that Pip Pyle was from Maidstone (he was born in Hertfordshire), but I'm quite sure that he lived there with Pam Howard, the mother of Robert Wyatt's son...again, does anyone know? I said that Daevid and Gilli met in Paris in "1967 or '68", whereas they in fact met in 1964.
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<p>Sad news — Lol Coxhill passed away on July 10th [<a target="_blank" href="www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/11/lol-coxhill">here</a>'s the <i>Guardian</i> obituary].
<p>Unfortunately the next episode of <i>Canterbury Soundwaves</i> has already been recorded, otherwise a tribute to Lol would certainly have been included (as it happens, he shows up twice in the episode, including in the first piece). I shall put something worthy together for a future episode.
<p align = "center">RIP
<br>Lol Coxhill
<br>19/09/32—10/07/12</p>Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-58118890475265302732012-07-02T01:47:00.001-07:002014-12-16T04:31:13.237-08:00Episode 21<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive21-22.podomatic.com/entry/2012-08-25T11_13_45-07_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center>
<p>1. Steve Hillage — "Dervish Riff" → "Castle in the Clouds" (from <i>Live Herald</i>, 1979)
<p>2. Hugh Hopper and David Cross — "Miniluv" (live in Athens, 2008-01-19)
<p>3. Steve Miller — "Chocolate Field" (live in Nijmegen, 1972-10-21 from <i>The Story So Far...Oh Really?</i>)
<p>4. Soft Machine — "Lullaby Letter" (live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1967-12-10)
<p>5. Andy Summers and Robert Fripp — "Girl on a Swing" (from <i>I Advance Masked</i>, 1982)
<p>6. Kevin Ayers — "Girl on a Swing" (from <i>Joy of a Toy</i>, 1969)
<p>7. Lol Coxhill — "Bath '72" (from <i>The Story So Far...Oh Really?</i>, 1973)
<p>8. Liam Magill and Raven Bush — "Honest Land" (live in Littlehall Woods, near Canterbury, 2012-10-06)
<p>9. Henry Cow — "Nirvana For Mice" (from <i>Legend</i>, 1973)
<p>10. Lindsay Cooper — "Assassination Waltz" (from <i>Music for Other Occasions</i>, 1986)
<p>11. Robert Wyatt — "Masters of the Field" (from <i>Winged Migration</i> soundtrack, 2001)
<p>12. Caravan — "For Richard" (from <i>BBC Live In Concert</i>, recorded Paris Theatre, 1975-03-21, released 1991)
<p>13. George Duke — "Floop De Loop" (from <i>The Aura Will Prevail</i>, 1975)
<p>14. Matching Mole — "Flora Fidgit" (from <i>Matching Mole's Little Red Record</i>, 1972)
<p>15. King Crimson (feat. Keith Tippett) — "Cat Food" (from <I>In the Wake of Poseidon</i>, 1970)
<p>16. Centipede — "Part Two" [excerpt] (from <i>Septober Energy</i>, 1971)
<p>17. The Keith Tippett Group — "Stately Dance for Miss Primm" (from <I>You Are Here...I Am There</i>, 1970)
<p>18. Soft Machine — "Esther's Nose Job" (recorded in session for BBC Radio One, 1969-11-10)
<p>19. King Crimson (feat. Nick Evans and Mark Charig) — "Bolero" → "The Peacock's Tale" (from <i>Lizard</i>, 1970)
<p>20. Kevin Ayers (feat. Andy Summers) — "Didn't Feel Lonely" (from French TV, 1981)
<p>21. Steve Miller/Lol Coxhill/Richard Sinclair/Laurie Allan — "Coo-Coo-Ka-Chew" (improvisation recorded live at Royal College of Printing, London, 1974-12-09)
<p>22. Gong (feat. Bill Bruford) — "I Never Glid Before" (live in Oslo, 1974-12-15)
<p>23. Bruford — "Hell's Bells" (from <i>One of a Kind</i>, 1979)
<p>24. Hatfield and the North — "Farce Majeure" (from <i>Hatitude (1973—74)</i>)
<p>[voiceover ambience: Steve Hillage — "Castle in the Clouds" (from <i>Live Herald</i>, 1979)]
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<p><b>Errata/clarifications</b>: I claimed that Robert Wyatt drummed on a couple of Keith Tippett Group albums, but in fact he was only on one. I claimed Hugh Hopper replaced Jeff Clyne in Isotope, Nucleus and Gilgamesh, whereas Hopper was never in Nucleus. I also failed to mention that Bill Bruford drummed in National Health on and off in '75-'76 (nothing of this was recorded apart from a BBC radio session and some concert bootlegs, though). He was also part of Richard Sinclair's (unrecorded) project "Sinclair and the South" Other Crimson-Canterbury connections I overlooked were the fact that Mel Collins was in Camel at the same time as the Sinclairs, and that Jimmy Hastings, Geoff Richardson and Dave McRae all played on Michael Giles solo recordings.
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<br><br>And then there's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.caravantimes.co.uk/news/people/human-interest/granddad-s-lucky-escape-after-tornado-lifts-up-caravan-$21381536.htm">this</a>, from the <i>Caravan Times</i> website [thanks to Tim M for pointing this one out!]:
<p><i>David Sinclair revealed he felt 'like a tennis ball in a tumble dryer' when the storm hit his caravan, picking it up and flipping it through the air numerous times...
<P>'I was just sitting in my caravan when I heard a sudden downpour of rain...Then all of a sudden the wind started whipping around the caravan and all off a sudden the caravan lifted into the air.'
<P>Despite the caravan's violent acrobatics, Mr Sinclair escaped with just bruising and a cut to the head, though his injuries could have been much worse.</i>
<P><i>He was taken to [a nearby hospital]...for a precaution because a fridge landed on him during the ordeal, but his unlucky caravan appears to have borne the brunt of the damage and</i> is now a complete write-off.Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-67668480873885719662012-06-12T11:34:00.000-07:002012-06-13T04:12:29.956-07:00a stencil of Robert Wyatt that has appeared in Canterbury<center><img src = "http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/7234670538_0aee082a32_z.jpg"></center>
<p>This recently appeared in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=615213&Y=157504&A=Y&Z=110">Dover Street</a>, right next to what used to be The Beehive, the club where <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wilde_Flowers">The Wilde Flowers</a> regularly gigged, as well as early <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravan_%28band%29">Caravan</a> and Mr. Head (<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Machine">Soft Machine</a> before they were called that).
<p>I wasn't responsible, I hasten to add (although I'd be happy to see it preserved)! It seems to be a street artist operating under the name <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stewysstencils/">"Stewy"</a>.Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-55653069401642838692012-06-04T09:19:00.000-07:002012-08-25T11:54:14.817-07:00Episode 20<center>a tribute to Elton Dean (1945—2006)
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<p>1. Caravan — "Summertime" (live [rehearsal?] in Canterbury, 1970, from <i>Canterburied Sounds, Vol. 2</i>, released 1998)
<p>2. Soft Machine — "Slightly All The Time" (from <i>Third</i>, 1970)
<p>3. Bluesology — "Since I Found You Baby" [excerpt] (single, 1967)
<p>4. Elton Dean interview excerpt (unknown documentary)
<p>5. Soft Machine — "Hibou Anemone and Bear" [cut] (live Paris late November 1969, from <i>Backwards</i>, released 2002)
<p>6. Elton Dean interview excerpt (1970 documentary)
<p>7. Kevin Ayers — "Stop This Train (Again Doing It)" (BBC Radio One session, recorded 1970-02-10)
<p>8. Keith Tippett Group — "Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening" (from <i>Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening</i>, 1971)
<p>9. Elton Dean Quintet — "Fast News" (from <i>Boundaries</i>, 1980)
<p>10. Princess Flower and the Moon Rays (feat. Daevid Allen) — "Between Spirits" (from <i>Dreaming the Magic of Your Maya</i>, 1967)
<p>11. Daevid Allen — "Parody of the Hippy Singer" (French TV, March 1968)
<p>12. Gong Family Gliss Orchestra — drone jam excerpt (Gong Family UnConvention, The Melkweg, Amsterdam, 2006-11-03)
<p>13. Pip Pyle's Equip'Out — "Rumblestiltskin" (live in Montreuil, France, 1995-04-14, from <i>Instants</i>, released 2004)
<p>14. Delivery (proto-Hatfield: Sinclair/Miller/Miller/Pyle/Coxhill/Babbington) — "Bossa No Chance" → "Big Jobs" (live at Playhouse Theatre, London, 1972-11-23)
<p>15. National Health — "I Feel A Night Coming On" (from <i>D.S. Al Coda</i>, 1982)
<p>16. Elton Dean's Newsense — improvisation (Berlin Jazz Fest 1997-11-07)
<p>17. Elton Dean's Ninesense — "Seven For Lee" (from <i>Happy Daze</i>, 1978)
<p>18. Elton Dean interview excerpt (unknown documentary)
<p>19. Soft Machine — "Kings and Queens" (live Bremen, 1971-03-23, from <i>Virtually</i>, released 1998)
<p>20. Soft Machine — "As If" → "Dark Swing" → "Intropigling" → "Pigling Bland" (live Berlin, 1971-11-07, released 2008)
<p>21. Elton Dean interview excerpt (unknown documentary)
<p>22. Elton Dean (with Mark Hewins) — "He Who Dares" (recorded 1988 or '89, from <i>Two's and Three's</i>, 1995)
<p>23. Evan Parker and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-humanities/Music/Staff/matthew-wright/">Matt Wright</a> — "Trance Maps" improvisation (Veg Box Cafe, Canterbury, 2012-01-12)
<p>24. Soft Heap — "Tunnel Vision" → "Nutty Dread" (from <i>A Veritable Centaur</i>, recorded live in Bresse-Sur-Grosne, France, March 1982)
<p>25. John Greaves (feat. Robert Wyatt) — "Gegenstand" (from <i>Songs</i>, 1995)
<p>26. Elton Dean — "Biting Fear" (recorded at Mark Hewins' studio, Margate, Kent, 2006)
<p>27. Hopper, Dean, Tippett, Gallivan — "Seven Drones" (live, Oslo, October 1976, released on <i>Cruel But Fair</i>, 1977)
<p>28. Kevin Ayers — "Guru Banana" (from <i>Sweet Deceiver</i>, 1975)
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<p><b>Errata/clarifications</b>: It's been pointed out that Amsterdam's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.melkweg.nl">Melkweg</a> is no mere coffeeshop, but rather a large arts centre. Sorry!
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<p>1. Robert Wyatt — "Solar Flares" (from <i>Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard</i>, 1975)
<p>2. Caravan — "The Love in your Eye" (from <i>BBC Live in Concert</i>, 1991, recorded Paris Theatre, London, 1975-03-21)
<p>3. Matching Mole — "Immediate Kitten" (from <i>On the Radio</i>, 2007, recorded Playhouse Theatre, London 1972-01-17)
<p>4. The Polite Force — "Food of the Gods" (from <i>Canterbury Knights</i> 1997, recorded 1976)
<p>5. Egg — "Enneagram" (session for BBC Radio One's <i>Sound of the 70s</i>, recorded 1972-03-13, released on <i>The Metronomical Society</i>, 2007)
<p>6. Kevin Ayers and the Whole World — "Lunatics Lament" (from <i>Shooting at the Moon</i>, 1970)
<p>7. Gong — "Dreaming It" (live on French TV programme <i>Jazz Land</i>, 1971-05-08)
<p>8. Keith Tippett Group — "Black Horse" (from <i>Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening</i>, 1971)
<p>9. <a target="_blank" href="http://zooforyou.net">Zoo For You</a> — "My Moth" (from <i>Fast Dance on a Nail</i>, 2012)
<p>10. Gong — "You Never Blow Your Trip Forever" [excerpt] (from <i>You</i>, 1974)
<p>11. Quasimoto — "Bullyshit" [excerpt] (from <i>The Further Adventures of Lord Quas</i>, 2005)
<p>12. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson — "Morning Order" (from <i>Timeless: Suite for Ma Dukes</i>, 2010)
<p>13. <a target="_blank" href="http://robertstillman.blogspot.com/">Robert Stillman</a> — "Impossible Tree" (from <i>Machine's Song</i>, 2011)
<p>14. Lol Coxhill (with Pierre Schwartz) — "Doodlesop" (from <i>Frog Dance</i>, 1986)
<p>15. Hatfield and the North — "Mumps" [(a) "Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut (quiet)", (b) "Lumps"] (from <i>The Rotters Club</i> 1975)
<p>16. Hatfield and the North — "Al Clark Presents" (from <i>Hattitude</i>, released 2006, recorded Rainbow Theatre, London, 1975-03-16)
<p>17. Cos — "Post-Aeolian Train Robbery" (from <i>Post-Aeolian Train Robbery</i>, 1974)
<p>18. Ain Soph — "Little Pieces 1" (from <i>Hat and Field</i>, 1993)
<p>19. Pichio Dal Pozzo — "Merta" → "Cocomelastico" (from <i>Pichio Dal Pozzo</i>, 1976)
<p>20. Ain Soph — "Suite Hat and Field" [excerpt] (from <i>Hat and Field</i>, 1993)
<p>21. Manogurgeil — "Vesikävelijät Valtaavat Altaat" [excerpt] (live at Club Liberté, Helsinki 2007-08-30)
<p>22. The Battleship, Ethel — "Solar Ray Transitional Youth Program" (live in Toronto, 2008-11-06)
<p>23. Soft Machine — "I Should Have Known" (from <i>Middle Earth Masters</i>, 2006, recorded at Middle Earth, The Roundhouse, London, May, 1968
<p>24. Lindsay Cooper — "The Hanging Garden" (<i>An Angel on the Bridge</i>, 1991)
<p>25. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sydarthur.co.uk">Syd Arthur</a> — "Paradise Lost" (from <i>On An On</i> 2012)
<p>26. Spirogyra — "A Canterbury Tale" (from <i>Old Boot Wine</i>, 1972)
<p>27. Caravan — "The Fear and Loathing in Tollington Park Rag" (from <i>Cunning Stunts</i>, 1975)
<p>[voiceover ambience: Tim Blake — "Last Ride of the Boogie Child" (from <i>Crystal Machine</i>, 1977, recorded live at Seasalter Free Festival near Canterbury, 1976-06-21)]
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<p><b>Errata/clarifications</b>: Despite what I said, Lyn Dobson was <i>not</i> part of the Keith Tippett Group. Also, I should have mentioned that Robert Stillman's main instrument is tenor sax, which he can be heard playing on "Impossible Tree"
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1. Soft Machine — "Facelift" (live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1970-08-13, from <i>Live at the Proms 1970</i>, released 1988)<br />
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2. Daevid Allen Trio — "Love Is a Careless Sea" (live, Marquee Club, London, 1963-06-03)<br />
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3. early influences interview clip (interview by Mark Hewins, 2007)<br />
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4. Wilde Flowers — "Those Words They Say" (recorded spring 1966, from <i>The Wilde Flowers</i> compilation, released 1994)<br />
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5. Soft Machine — "Memories" (from <i>Jet-Propelled Photographs</i>, recorded 1967, released 1976)<br />
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6. Soft Machine — "Box 25/4 Lid" (from <i>The Soft Machine</i>, 1968) <br />
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7. Soft Machine — "Box 25/4 Lid" (from <i>The Soft Machine</i>, 1968) <br />
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8. Delta Saxophone Quartet with Hugh Hopper, Simon Pearson and Yumi Hara Calkwell — "Wrapped Box 25/4 Lid (with Ribbons)" (live Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 2008-02-08)<br />
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9. Soft Machine history interview clip (origins and date unknown)<br />
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10. Soft Machine — "Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening" (from <i>Volume 2</i>, 1969)<br />
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11. Hugh Hopper — "Minitrue Reprise" (from <i>1984</i>, 1973)<br />
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12. Hugh Hopper and Kramer — "John Milton is Dead" (from <i>A Remark Hugh Made</i>, 1995)<br />
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13. Damon and Naomi — "Memories" (live at Toadstool Books, Peterborough, NH, 2008-05-31)<br />
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14. effects pedals interview excerpt 1 <br />
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16. Hugh Hopper — "Lily Kong/12-8 Theme" (from <i>Monster Band</i>, 1978)<br />
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17. Soft Head — "C.R.R.C." (from <i>Rogue Element</i>, recorded live Bresse-sur-Grosne, France, May 1978)<br />
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18. effects pedals interview excerpt 2 (Mark Hewins interview, 2007)<br />
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19. Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt — "Was a Friend" (from <i>Parabolic Versions</i>, 2000)<br />
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20. Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen — "Morning Order" (from <i>Two Rainbows Daily</i>, 1980)<br />
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21. Common — "Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World)" [excerpt] (from <i>Like Water for Chocolate</i>, 2000)<br />
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22. creativity in looping interview excerpt<br />
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23. Terry Riley — "Music For the Gift III" (from <i>Music for the Gift</i>, 1963)<br />
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24. tape loops interview excerpt (Mark Hewins interview, 2007)<br />
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25. Gilgamesh — "Playtime" (from <i>Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into</i>, 1978)<br />
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26. lurching loops interview excerpt (Mark Hewins interview, 2007)<br />
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27. Soft Machine — "Spaced Four" [excerpt] (from <i>Spaced</i>, recorded 1969, released 1996)<br />
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28. Isotope — "E-Dorian" (from <i>Illusion</i>, 1975)<br />
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29. Caravan — "Nine Feet Underground" [excerpt] (from <i>In the Land of Grey and Pink</i>, 1971)<br />
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30. Kevin Ayers — "The Unfairground" (from <i>The Unfairground</i>, 2007)<br />
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31. Robert Wyatt & Friends — "Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road" (from <i>Theatre Royal Drury Lane</i>, recorded 1974-09-08, released 2005)<br />
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32. <a href="http://www.sydarthur.co.uk/" target="_blank">Syd Arthur</a> — "Dorothy" (from <i>On An On</i>, 2012)<br />
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33. Gong — "You Can't Kill Me" (from <i>Camembert Electrique</i>, 1971)<br />
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34. Brainville — "March of the Goodbyes" (from <i>The Children's Crusade</i>, 1999)<br />
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35. Lindsay Cooper and friends — "Liberty Bonds" (live at Lillian Bayless Theatre, London, 1993-22-05)<br />
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36. Hugh Hopper — "Lonely Woman" (from <i>Hopper Tunity Box</i>, 1977)<br />
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37. early jazz influences interview clip (origin and date unknown)<br />
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38. The Ornette Coleman Quartet — "Kaleidoscope" (from <i>This is Our Music</i>, 1961)<br />
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39. Soft Machine influence interview clip (origin and date unknown)<br />
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40. Soft Machine — "M C" (from <i>5</i>, 1972)<br />
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41. Hugh and Brian Hopper — "That's Alright Mama" (recorded summer 1962, from <i>Canterburied Sounds</i> vol. 3)<br />
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I gave the name of the Cameroonian sax player in the Polite Force as "Mark Metto" — I meant to say "Max Metto".<br />
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Soft Machine — "Noisette" (live at the Henie Onstadt Arts Centre, Høvikodden, Norway, 1971-02-28)<br /><br />6. Mike Ratledge "corporate sound" interview excerpt (from British TV documentary, c.1970)<br /><br />7. Caravan — "Nine Feet Underground" [excerpt] (from remastered/remixed 40th anniversary edition of <i>The Land of Grey and Pink</i>, 1971)<br /><br />8. The Polite Force — "Childsplay" (from <i>Canterbury Knights</i>, recorded 1976, released 1996)<br /><br />9. Soft Heap — "A Veritable Centaur" (from <i>A Veritable Centaur</i>, recorded Bresse-sur-Grosne, France, March 1982, released 1995)<br /><br />10. The Music Doctors (feat. Elton Dean and Lol Coxhill) — "Hugh's News" (from BBC Radio 3 broadcast, 1987)<br /><br />11. Elton Dean and Mark Hewins — "Golden" (unreleased, 1988)<br /><br />12. Hugh Hopper and Mark Hewins — "Vortex One" [excerpt] (from <i>Adreamor</i>, recorded at The Vortex Club, London 1994-04-03, released 1995)<br /><br />13. Mark Hewins — "Aquafricare" [excerpt] (from <i>The Electric Guitar</i>, 1987)<br /><br />14. Mashu — "Jus de Peche" (from <i>Elephants in Your Head?</i>, recorded live Paris, April 1995, released 1997)<br /><br />15. Steve Miller/Phil Miller/Mark Hewins — improvisation (recorded live at Harlow, sometime in the 1990s)<br /><br />16. Daevid Allen and Mark Hewins — improvised gliss/harmonic guitar duet (from Mexican Musicians Union seminar, Mexico City, 1999-06-07)<br /><br />17. Goddess T (feat. Gilli Smyth) — "It's a Strange Place Here" (from <i>Electric Shiatsu</i>, 1999)<br /><br />18. Lady June and friends — "Rebela" (from the work-in-progress album <i>Rebela</i>)<br /><br />19. Alex Maguire, Mark Hewins and Chris Gartner — "Phil's Fillip" (work in progress, February 2012)<br /><br />20. The Polite Force — "Birdsworld" (from <i>Canterbury Knights</i>, recorded 1977, released 1996)<br /><br />21. Hatfield and the North — "Aigrette" → "Rifferama" (from <i>Hatfield and the North</i>, 1974)<br /><br />22. Soft Machine — "Save Yourself" [excerpt/loop] (from <i>The Soft Machine</i>, 1968)<br /><br />23. Ghostface Killah and Trife da God — "Milk Em'" [sic] (12" single, 2005)<br /><br />24. Gong — "Hypnotise Yer" (B-side of "Est Que Je Suis" single, released in France, April 1970)<br /><br />25. <a target="_blank" href="http://zooforyou.net">Zoo For You</a> — "Shelves" (from <i>Fast Dance on a Nail</i>, 2012)<br /><br />26. Kevin Ayers and Archibald — "Queen Thing" (from session for BBC Radio 1's <i>Bob Harris Show</i>, 1972-17-05)<br /><br />[voiceover ambience: Hugh Hopper — "Churchy" (from <i>Monster Band</i>, recorded 1973, released 1978)]<br /><br /><br><hr><br /><b>errata and clarifications:</b><br /><br />It turns out that in that live Soft Heap piece, John Greaves was reading from <a target="_blank" href="http://scruss.com/wal/chapter3.html">Chapter III</a> of Lucas and Morrow's "1911 proto-dada classic" <a target="_blank" href="http://scruss.com/wal/index.html"><i>What a Life! An Autobiography</i></a>.<br /><br />I mistakenly claimed that the Ratledge interview excerpt was recorded at Bilzen Jazz Festival, and that this was in Germany. In fact, the interview comes from an unknown British TV documentary c. 1970 and Bilzen is in Belgium! Also, I mistakenly referred to the "1978 Soft Heap album", whereas it was in fact a 1979 album. My apologies to all Belgians and pedantic Soft Heap fans!<br /><br /><br><hr><br /><br /><center><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_hewins/sets/72157626033688027">Mark Hewins' photo archive</a></b></center><br /><center><b><a target="_blank" href="http://soundcloud.com/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=mark+hewins">Mark Hewins on Soundcloud</a></b></center><br /><br /><center><object width="500"><br /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/10150821039484488" /><br /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/10150821039484488" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="240"><br /></embed></object></center><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4d_z45sbfI/T1NgqSGgDoI/AAAAAAAAAFY/a0zw3bz72ts/s1600/softheapwikisnip.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4d_z45sbfI/T1NgqSGgDoI/AAAAAAAAAFY/a0zw3bz72ts/s400/softheapwikisnip.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716018631593168514" /></a><br /><br />From a <a target="_blank" href="http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6718-robert-wyatt/">Pitchfork interview with Robert Wyatt</a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tTrtjNlNeB8/T1NtPMbjfAI/AAAAAAAAAFk/cQjFmuwTy-U/s1600/wyattint.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tTrtjNlNeB8/T1NtPMbjfAI/AAAAAAAAAFk/cQjFmuwTy-U/s400/wyattint.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716032459865553922" /></a>Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-83020489311624678742012-01-11T03:46:00.001-08:002012-02-09T09:09:14.814-08:00Episode 16<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive15-16.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-09T08_43_53-08_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center><br /><br />1. Soft Machine — "Pataphysical Introduction Pt. 1" → "A Concise British Alphabet Pt. 1" → "Hibou, Anemone and Bear" (from <i>Volume 2</i>, 1969)<br /><br />2. Robert Wyatt (feat. Jimi Hendrix on bass) — "Slow Walkin' Talk" (recorded October 1968, Hollywood, CA, released on <i>Flotsam Jetsam</i> compilation, 1994)<br /><br />3. Robert Wyatt — memories of Jimi Hendrix (Q&A session, Purcell Room, London, 2007-10-15)<br /><br />4. Caravan — "Nothing At all" (from <i>Waterloo Lily</i>, 1972)<br /><br />5. Hatfield and the North — "Lything and Gracing" (live at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, 2006-06-25)<br /><br />6. National Health — "The Collapso" (live on BBC TV's <i>The Old Grey Whistle Test</i>, 1979-01-09)<br /><br />7. John Greaves (feat. Robert Wyatt) — "Kew. Rhone." (from <i>Songs</i>, 1995)<br /><br />8. Henry Cow — "Udine" (from <i>Concerts</i>, 1976)<br /><br />9. John Greaves, Peter Blegvad and Lisa Russell — "Kew.Rhone." (from <i>Kew. Rhone.</i>, 1977)<br /><br />10. Annie Whitehead (feat. Robert Wyatt) — "Before We Knew" (from <i>The Gathering</i>, 2004)<br /><br />11. The Happy End (feat. Robert Wyatt) — "Turn Things Upside Down" (from <i>Turn Things Upside Down</i>, 1990)<br /><br />12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (with Robert Wyatt on backing vocals) — "Day Tripper" (live at The Playhouse Theatre, London 1967-12-15)<br /><br />13. Kevin Ayers and the Soporifics — "Interview" (live in Hyde Park, London, 1974-06-29)<br /><br />14. Kevin Ayers interview excerpt (memories of Hendrix, date and origins unknown)<br /><br />15. Jimi Hendrix, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers and Zoot Money — studio jam (Hollywood, CA, October 1968)<br /><br />16. Soft Machine — "Lullabye Letter" → "Priscilla" → "We Did It Again" → "Why Are We Sleeping?" → "Joy Of A Toy" → "Hope For Happiness" → "Clarence In Wonderland" → "You Don't Remember" → improvisation → "10.30 Returns To The Bedroom" (live at Coliseum Ballroom, Davenport, Iowa, 1968-08-11)<br /><br />17. Hugh Hopper interview excerpt (memories of Hendrix, date and origins unknown)<br /><br />18. Soft Machine — "Have You Ever Bean Green?" [excerpt] (from <i>Volume 2</i>, 1969)<br /><br />19. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ledbib.com">Led Bib</a> — unknown piece [partial] (live at The Front Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 2008-04-08)<br /><br />20. Jimi Hendrix, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers and Zoot Money — studio jam (Hollywood, CA, October 1968)<br /><br />21. Steve Hillage — Last FM interview excerpt (memories of Hendrix, 2008-06-14)<br /><br />22. Gong — "Crystal Gnome" → "Dynamite" → "Gnomophone" (from <i>Live in Sheffield</i>, recorded 1973-10-08, released 1990)<br /><br />23. <a target="_blank" href="http://thebootlagoon.co.uk/">The Boot Lagoon</a> — "An Odd Owl" (from <i>The Boot Lagoon EP</i>, 2012)<br /><br />24. Soft Machine — "A Concise British Alphabet Pt. 2" → "Hulloder" (from <i>Volume 2</i>, 1969)<br /><br />[voiceover ambience: Daevid Allen and Mark Hewins — improvised guitar duet (part of a live Gong set, Mexico City, 1999-06-07)]<br /><br /><br /><b>Errata and clarifications:</b> Zoot Money was <i>definitely</i> part of Dantalian's Chariot (in fact it was his band, renamed from the earlier Big Roll Band). Udine is in northeastern Italy and you pronounce it "oodeenay" (audio <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/It-Udine.ogg" target="_blank">here</a>!) — the Henry Cow piece was recorded at its Palamostre Auditorium on 1975-10-13. "Rabbit"'s given name was "John Bundrick". The most likely drummer in Kevin Ayers band for that Hyde Park gig is Eddie Sparrow. The Boot Lagoon track was originally called "Woodland" (the title I give in the programme), but the band decided to rename it to the anagram "An Odd Owl". The EP comes out on Febuary 23rd and can be pre-ordered <a target="_blank" href="http://thebootlagoon.co.uk/album/the-boot-lagoon-ep">here</a>.<br /><br /><hr><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/V9XRWkIKTYU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VcDxyOHCiOc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KzsTdY5Xlwo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wylt0RTW1RU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aWiahiG4Yc4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vfTFIWmVDsM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LOJAZJCXs0E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cPsETOKHor4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br>look out for Robert Wyatt in his "<i>yellow suit that's made by Pam</i>"!</center>Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-37012672034438498432012-01-08T02:58:00.001-08:002012-07-23T09:46:21.808-07:00Episode 15<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive15-16.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-07T02_37_31-08_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center><br /><br />1. Gong — "You Can't Kill Me" (live at Eksit, Rotterdam, 1974-12-07, from G.A.S. tape <i>You Do Have To Give Up Dope</i>)<br /><br />2. Caravan — "Love Song With Flute" (from <i>Caravan</i>, 1968)<br /><br />3. Robert Wyatt (and Hugh Hopper) — "Blimey O'Riley" (from <i>Solar Flares Burn For You</i>, 2002)<br /><br />4. National Health — "Borogroves (Excerpt from Part 2)" (from <i>National Health</i>, 1978)<br /><br />5. Orchestre National de Jazz (feat. Rokia Traore) — "Alifib" (from <i>Around Robert Wyatt</i>, 2009)<br /><br />6. Egg — "Symphony No. 2" (First Movement/Second Movement/Blane/Third Movement/Fourth Movement) — (from <i>Egg</i>, 1970)<br /><br />7. Kevin Ayers — "Blue" (from <i>Yes We Have No Manañas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)</i>, 1976)<br /><br />8. Hatfield and the North — "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" → "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" → "The Yes/No Interlude" (from <i>The Rotters Club</i>, 1975)<br /><br />9. National Health — "Black Hat" (from <i>D.S. Al Coda</i>, 1982)<br /><br />10. Manogurgeil — "Sydämesi Suljettu Yrttitarha" (live at Lepakkomies, Helsinki, 2008-06-12)<br /><br />11. Caravan — "Memory Lain, Hugh" (from <i>For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night</i>, 1973)<br /><br />12. Geoffrey Richardson interview excerpt (BBC Kent, 2009)<br /><br />13. Soft Machine — "So Boot If at All" (from <i>The Soft Machine</i>, 1968)<br /><br />14. <a target="_blank" href="http://soundcloud.com/lapis-lazuli-1">Lapis Lazuli</a> — "Terminal Endearment" (rehearsal jam excerpt, late 2011)<br /><br />15. <a target="_blank" href="http://soundcloud.com/arlet">Arlet</a> — "Edinburgh Fringe" (live at St. Mary's Church, Sandwich, Kent, 2011-12-03)<br /><br />16. Caravan — "With an Ear to the Ground You Can Make It/Martinian/Cox/Reprise" (from <i>If I Could Do It All Over Again...</i>, 1970)<br /><br />17. Kevin Ayers and the Whole World — "Why Are We Sleeping?" (live in Hyde Park, London, 1970-08-17)<br /><br />18. Caravan — "Dabsong Conshirtoe" [excerpt] (from <i>Cunning Stunts</i>, 1975)<br /><br />19. Henry Cow — "Ruins" (from <i>Unrest</i>, 1974)<br /><br />20. Caravan — "Bobbing Wide" (from <i>Blind Dog at St. Dunstans</i>, 1976)<br /><br />21. J. Dilla — "Flyyy" [excerpt] (<i>The Official Jay Dee Instrumental Series Vol. 1</i>, 2003)<br /><br />22. Jamal — "Fades 'Em All (Pete Rock Remix)" [excerpt] (from <i>Last Chance, No Breaks</i>, 1995)<br /><br />23. Radiohead — "Life in a Glass House" (from <i>Amnesiac</i>, 2001)<br /><br />24. Soft Machine — "Virtually Part 1" (from <i>Fourth</i>, 1971)<br /><br />25. Caravan — "Limits" (from <i>If I Could Do It All Over Again...</i>, 1970)<br /><br />[voiceover ambience: Steve Hillage — "Swimming with the Salmon" from <i>Fish Rising</i>, 1975]<br /><br /><b>Errata/clarifications</b>: Jimmy Hastings <i>definitely</i> played bass clarinet on "Virtually Part 1". Rob, in a helpful comment below, has identified the origin of the live Gong "You Can't Kill Me" (Holland, not England), and explained how "Blane" ended up sandwiched between movements of Egg's <i>Symphony No. 2</i><br /><br /><hr><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GUGM7T6SZmc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3PrP_gxaa40" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/P_xQ5vEcNT4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-48738850557872198502011-12-08T09:51:00.000-08:002012-02-09T08:33:42.518-08:00Episode 14<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive13-14.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-06T02_15_30-08_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center><br /><br />1. Kevin Ayers — "Oh! Wot a Dream" (from <i>Bananamour</i>, 1973)<br /><br />2. Syd Barrett (with Soft Machine) — "Love You" (from <i>The Madcap Laughs</i>, 1970)<br /><br />3. The Pink Floyd Sound — "Lucy Leave" (unreleased demo, 1965)<br /><br />4. Mr. Head (Soft Machine) — "Contusions" (unreleased demo, summer 1966)<br /><br />5. Soft Machine — jam excerpt (live at The Speakeasy, London, spring 1967)<br /><br />6. Matching Mole — intro → "Marchides I" → "Smoke Rings" (from <i>March</i>, live 1972)<br /><br />7. Pascal Comelade — "O Caroline, parts I & II" (from <i>El Primitivismo</i>, 1987)<br /><br />8. Soft Machine — "Hope For Happiness" (live on the <i>Guy Béart Show</i>, French TV, recorded October 1967, broadcast 1968-08-25)<br /><br />9. Pink Floyd — "Pow R Toc H" (live at the Golden Circle, Stockholm 1967-09-10)<br /><br />10. Hugh Hopper — "Golden Section" (from <i>Monster Band</i>, 1985) <br /><br />11. <a target="_blank" href="http://soundcloud.com/arlet">Arlet</a> — "Para Lucia" (demo, 2011)<br /><br />12. Kevin Ayers (feat. Daevid Allen) — "Lady Rachel" (live, unknown location and date)<br /><br />13. Lol Coxhill and Didier Malherbe — jam (unknown location and date, from <i>Haunted Camembert</i> bootleg)<br /><br />14. Robert Wyatt — "A Last Straw" (from <i>Rock Bottom</i>, 1974)<br /><br />15. Gong — "Bambooji" (from <i>Shamal</i>, 1975)<br /><br />16. Steve Hillage — "Leylines to Glassdom" (from <i>Green</i>, 1978)<br /><br />17. Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (feat. Robert Wyatt) — "Wervin'" (from <i>Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports</i>, 1981)<br /><br />18. Caravan (with The New Symphonia) — "Introduction" (from <i>Caravan & The New Symphonia</i>, 1974) <br /><br />19. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sydarthur.co.uk">Syd Arthur</a> — "Black Wave" (B-side of "Ode to the Summer" single, 2011) <br /><br />20. Syd Barrett (with Soft Machine) — "No Good Trying" (from <i>The Madcap Laughs</i>, 1970)<br /><br />21. Soft Machine — "The Moon in June" [excerpt] (BBC radio session 1969-06-10)<br /><br />22. Kevin Ayers (feat. Syd Barrett) — "Singing a Song in the Morning" (studio outtake, 1969)<br /><br />23. Kevin Ayers interview excerpt (date and origin unknown)<br /><br />24. Soft Machine — "The Moon in June" (Actuel Festival, Amiouges, Belgium, 1969-10-28)<br /><br />25. Pink Floyd — "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Actuel Festival, Amiouges, Belgium, 1969-10-25)<br /><br />26. Caravan — "As I Feel I Die" (Actuel Festival, Amiouges, Belgium, 1969-10-26)<br /><br />27. David Gilmour (feat. Robert Wyatt on cornet) — "Then I Close My Eyes" [excerpt] (live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, May 2006)<br /><br />28. David Gilmour (feat. Robert Wyatt) — "Comfortably Numb" [excerpts] (live at Royal Festival Hall, London, 2001-06-22)<br /><br />29. Slapp Happy — "Tutankhamun" (from <i>Sort Of</i>, 1972)<br /><br />30. Gong — "Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen's Heads" → "Fohat Digs Holes in Space" (from <i>Camembert Electrique</i>, 1971) <br /><br />31. Hatfield and the North — "It Didn't Matter Anyway" (live at Central TV studios, Nottingham, 1990-03-30) <br /><br />32. David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Kevin Ayers, Vashti Bunyan, Robyn Hitchcock <i>et al.</i> — "Bike" (Syd Barrett tribute concert, The Barbican, London 2007-05-10)<br /><br />[voiceover ambience: Robert Wyatt — "For Carla, Marsha and Caroline" (from <i>The End of An Ear</i>, 1970]<br /><br /><b>Errata:</b> I stated a couple of times that Syd Barrett's <i>The Madcap Laughs</i> was his second solo album, whereas it was actually his first. I also claimed that Wyatt's cornet playing with Gilmour's band was part of the 2001 Meltdown concert at the Royal Festival Hall, when in fact it was from a separate Gilmour concert in 2006 at the Royal Albert Hall. The 1990 Hatfield reunion concert was recorded for Central TV, not Grenada TV. And <i>Camembert Electrique</i> was released in 1971, not 1970.<br /><br /><br><hr><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0p-KcM9YJC4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23399431?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VFvfFfh4RI0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w0S7ODG_HSo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vCo4Q821L3E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O1yC7WPDhsM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_YpfzmAQvoc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T2RpT-YtzjQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-88966311005405756702011-11-10T00:00:00.000-08:002012-01-08T04:53:15.235-08:00Episode 13<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive13-14.podomatic.com/entry/2012-01-08T04_35_47-08_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center><br /><br />1. Miller/Coxhill — "One For You" (from <i>Coxhill/Miller</i>, 1974)<br /><br />2. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sydarthur.co.uk">Syd Arthur</a> — "Ode to the Summer" (7" vinyl single, 2011)<br /><br />3. Soft Machine — "Save Yourself" → "Lullaby Letter" (live on the <i>Guy Béart Show</i>, French TV, recorded October 1967, broadcast 1968-08-25)<br /><br />4. Robert Wyatt — "Sea Song" (from BBC TV documentary <i>Free Will and Testament</i>, 2003)<br /><br />5. Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band — "A- That's Freedom" (from <i>Live at the Village Vanguard</i>, 1967)<br /><br />6. Working Week (feat. Robert Wyatt and Tracy Thorn) — "Venceremos (We Will Win)" (12" single, 1984)<br /><br />7. Robert Wyatt — "Out of Season" (from <i>Shleep</i>, 1997)<br /><br />8. Soupsongs (feat. Cristina Donà) — "Maryan" (live at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival 2008-10-31)<br /><br />9. Comicoperando — "Alliance" (live in Modena, Italy, 2010-03-01)<br /><br />10. Comicoperando (feat. Richard Sinclair) — "O Caroline" (live in Modena, Italy, 2010-03-01)<br /><br />11. Henry Cow — "Gretel's Tale" (from <i>Western Culture</i>, 1978)<br /><br />12. National Health — "Portrait of a Shrinking Man" [excerpt] (from <i>D.S. Al Coda</i>, 1982)<br /><br />13. Elton Dean's Newsense — improvisation [excerpt] (live at the Berlin Jazz Festival, 1997-11-07)<br /><br />14. The Wrong Object — "Platform One" (from <i>Platform One</i>, 2007)<br /><br />15. Robert Wyatt — "Foreign Accents" (from <i>Cuckooland</i>, 2003)<br /><br />16. The Zappatistas — "King Kong" (live at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival, 2003-10-03)<br /><br />17. Phil Miller/In Cahoots — "5's and 7's" (from <i>Conspiracy Theories</i> 2006)<br /><br />18. Penguin Cafe Orchestra — "Heartwind" (from <i>Broadcasting From Home</i>, 1984)<br /><br />19. The Orchestra That Fell to Earth (a.k.a. The Anteaters) — "Tropic of Cancer" (live in Annie and Jennifer's back garden, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Thanet">Thanet</a>, 2009)<br /><br />20. Disassembler — "Reggaeton" (from <i>What Is</i>, 2010)<br /><br />21. Robert Wyatt — "Stay Tuned" (from <i>Comicopera</i>, 2007)<br /><br />22. Gong — "Radio Gnome Invisible" (from <i>Flying Teapot</i>, 1973)<br /><br />23. Kevin Ayers — "Dreaming Doctor" (from <i>What More Can I Say</i> — private demo recording from early 70s, released 2009)<br /><br />24. Caravan — "Hello Hello" (from <i>If I Could Do It All Over Again...</i>, 1970)<br /><br />25. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury — thoughts on the "<a target="_blank" href="http://robinhoodtax.org/">Robin Hood Tax</a>" (from BBC interview, 2011-11-02)<br /><br />26. Gong — "Givin' My Luv To You" (from <i>Angel's Egg</i>, 1973)<br /><br />27. Neil — "Golf Girl" [excerpt] (from <i>Neil's Heavy Concept Album</i>, 1984)<br /><br />[voiceover ambience: National Health — "Elephants" (from <i>National Health</i>, 1977)]<br /><br /><hr><br /><br />Errata/clarifications: When giving a hint to Annie about the piece from <i>D.S. Al Coda</i>, I told her it was "1980, possibly 1979", whereas it was in fact recorded in October 1981 (thanks, Erkki!). Not <i>quite</i> so long ago.<br /><br /><br><hr><br /><br />[Robert Wyatt, from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mymatedavedevelopment.co.uk/bk/?p=21">a 1997 interview about the making of <i>Shleep</i></a>:] <br />"Annie Whitehead came in for one afternoon, and stayed the weekend to work on her trombone parts. She's wonderful because she listens. She's not thinking "...how can I do my own thing?", so much as "how can I help this song?", and her ears are extraordinary acute. She herself feels quite self conscious about the trombone — in that she's always saying: "put it down, I can hear it, I can still hear it, put it down" [in the mix]. But I love the sound of her trombone. I think it's got a really warm human sound, and I can't think of anybody else, even among the most famous trombonists, who could have actually helped the voice, and accompanied the voice so sympathetically as Annie did — on trombone."<br /><br /><br><hr><br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23399431?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2cWq3mIp4cU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LHsfN9W811I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-85633403651641754002011-10-09T04:33:00.000-07:002011-12-08T00:53:31.913-08:00Episode 12<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive11-12.podomatic.com/entry/2011-12-08T00_26_54-08_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center><br /><br />1. New York Gong — "Preface" (from <i>About Time</i>, 1979)<br /><br />2. Sebastian Berweck — "Terry Riley: Keyboard Study No. 1 (1964)" [excerpt] (from <i>American Trance Music</i>, 2002)<br /><br />3. Soft Machine — "Out-Bloody-Rageous" (from <i>Live at the Proms</i>, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1970-08-13)<br /><br />4. Robert Wyatt — "At Last I Am Free" (from <i>Nothing Can Stop Us</i>, 1982)<br /><br />5. Soft Machine — "Feelin' Reelin' Squealin'" (B-side of first single, "Love Makes Sweet Music", 1967)<br /><br />6. Daevid Allen — "Stoned Innocent Frankenstein" (from <i>Banana Moon</i>, 1971)<br /><br />7. Planet Gong — "Stoned Innocent Frankenstein" (from <i>Floating Anarchy Live 1977</i>, 1978)<br /><br />8. New York Gong — "Black September" (from <i>About Time</i>, 1979)<br /><br />9. Hatfield and the North (feat. Robert Wyatt) — "God Song" → "Fol De Rol" → "For Robert" → "A-Mewsing"(live on French TV programme <i>Rockenstock</i>, 1973-01-02)<br /><br />10. Caravan — "As I Feel I Die" (from <i>Songs for Oblivion Fishermen</i>, recorded at BBC 1970-08-19, released 1998)<br /><br />11. Caravan — "L'Auberge Du Sanglier/A Hunting We Shall Go/Pengola!/Backwards/A Hunting We Shall Go (reprise)" (live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 1974-09-01)<br /><br />12. Mr. Head (Soft Machine) — "Another Lover Has Gone" (rough demo tape, presumably recorded Sturry, Kent, July 1966)<br /><br />13. Soft Machine — "Soft Space" (12" single, 1978)<br /><br />14. Steve Hillage — "American funk apartheid" interview clip (from inteview with Captain SIB, 2010-09-09) → "Motivation" (from <i>Motivation Radio</i>, 1977)<br /><br />15. Soft Machine — "37-1/2" (from <i>Six</i>, 1973)<br /><br />16. Steve Hillage — 2009 BBC interview clip → "1988 Aktivator" (live at University of Kent sports hall, Canterbury, 1979-02-28)<br /><br />17. The Damned — "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" [excerpt] (live on BBC TV's <i>The Old Grey Whistle Test</i>, 1979)<br /><br />18. Supersister — "11/8" → "Dreaming Weelwhile" (from <i>Present From Nancy</i>, 1970)<br /><br />19. Kevin Ayers — "Animals" (Spanish single release, 1980)<br /><br />20. Gong — "Flying Teapot" jam (live in France, 1972)<br /><br />21. New York Gong — "Materialism" (from <i>About Time</i>, 1979)<br /><br />21. Zoo For You — "Cyriac Skinner" (demo, 2010)<br /><br />22. Delta Sleep — "Dustbusters" (feat. Alan Watts) (live in their back garden, Canterbury, 2011-08-11)<br /><br />23. Matching Mole — "Smoke Signals" (from <i>Matching Mole's Little Red Record</i>, 1972)<br /><br />24. Egg — "They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano" (from <i>Egg</i>, 1970)<br /><br />25. Hugh Hopper — "Minipax I" (from <i>1984</i>, 1973)<br /><br />26. The Pop Group — "Thief of Fire" (from <i>Y</i>, 1979)<br /><br />27. Henry Cow — "Slice" (from <i>Western Culture</i>, 1978)<br /><br />28. Henry Cow — "Slice" (from <i>Western Culture</i>, 1978)<br /><br />29. Slapp Happy — "Haiku" [excerpt] → haiku competition results<br /><br />30. Material — "Memories" (from <i>One Down</i>, 1982)<br /><br />31. The Wilde Flowers — "Memories" (demo recorded spring 1966, Broadstairs, Kent)<br /><br />32. Robert Wyatt — "punk" interview clip (from WTLV <i>Dondestan</i> documentary) → "The Whole Point Of No Return" (from <i>Shleep</i>, 1997)<br /><br />33. National Health — "Walking The Dog" (from <i>Missing Pieces</i>, 1994, recorded live 1979-11-30)<br /><br />[voiceover ambience: Gong — "A Sprinkling of Clouds" (from <i>You</i>, 1974)]<br /><br />Errata/clarifications: I forgot to mention the problems Soft Machine had with Ratledge's organ at the beginning of the Proms set (hence the shaky start) [<i>Correction!</i> Erkki in Estonia has informed me that the technical problems were in fact with Hugh Hopper's fuzz pedal — so perhaps the shaky start was just nerves?]. I also forgot to mention that I played that Egg track. Pye Hasting's sister Jane was married to <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aspinall_%28zoo_owner%29">John Aspinall</a>, if you're interested to find out more...<br /><br /><hr><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FvSFmZbrcbg?hl=en&fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IaSPYGBy8I0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jaYayknwQ0A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><hr> <br /><br /><b>[Hugh Hopper:]</b> "'Memories' was about the second song I ever wrote, around the end of 1964. Until then, Robert Wyatt, my brother Brian and I had been trying to be avant garde free-jazzers. We hated the Beatles and all that, but then suddenly realised what was good about it. I found I could fairly easily write songs and started churning them out. 'Memories' has been covered by several people — Damon and Naomi, Rainbirds, Robert Wyatt... The first time I heard the version with Whitney singing was down the phone from New York — the A&R person from Elektra played it to me and asked me what I thought, and who I thought the tenor sax player was. I said 'Dunno — Gary Windo?'. 'Archie Shepp' was his reply and in fact that knocked me out more than anything — Shepp had been one of our great free-jazz heroes! Whitney Houston was as yet unknown. (In fact, Laswell tried to get Fontella Bass for the vocal for this version for his Material project — someone suggested Cissie Houston's daughter could sing a bit!) If only she'd recorded it a couple of years later, I would now be a much richer person! My favourite version is the 1969 demo that appears on the Wilde Flowers CD, with Mike Ratledge on piano, Robert singing and me on bass and twelve-string."<br /><br />[<i>The full Hopper interview with Steve Aitch is <a target="_blank" href="http://steveaitch.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/memories-–-an-interview-with-hugh-hopper/">here</a>.</i>]<br /><br /><br />"Hugh became interested in tape loops ten years before this album was created while living with Daevid Allen and Gilli Smythe in Paris." Daevid had already been exposed to the work of Terry Riley and was producing sound-pieces made up of repeated tape loops". Hugh was just 18 at this time and living outside of England for the first time. Hugh goes on to say: "For the next year or so i carried on assembling my own loop-pieces. Back in Canterbury Pye Hastings lent me his Ferrograph for a while. I tinkered also with eight-millimeter movies,filming Mike Ratledge and my brother Brian being poetic or Robert Wyatt playing trumpet while looning around in a field of yellow flowers. Occasionally when our parents were away on holiday we had Cultural Evenings — tape and movies together!" That's just priceless!"<br /><br />[<i>From <a target="_blank" href="http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=211323">http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=211323</a>, original source unknown.</i>]<br /><br /><br /><b>[Captain Sensible:]</b> "My favourite album though was Soft Machine III — amazing, uplifting stuff. Nobody has ever done as good an album as that. I remember me and some mates went to see Soft Machine at the Greyhound in Croydon. We were totally besotted with Mike Ratledge's image, so we all arrived in these long black wigs with the fringe at the front and those small round Mike Ratledge shades and false black moustaches. Not the type of thing to do at a Softs concert when you consider how serious and studious their audiences traditionally were. After the gig, the four of us were sitting in our Morris Traveller outside waiting for Ratledge to appear. When he drove off we followed him, and at every traffic light he stopped at we'd pull up alongside. So he'd look over to our car to see four Mike Ratledge's staring back at him... by about the 6th traffic light his nerve failed him and in a total panic he slammed his foot down and raced away with us in hot pursuit, determined to follow him home. Except that a Morris Traveller is only capable of luke-warm pursuit at the best of times, so he soon lost us."<br /><br />[<i>full piece <a target="_blank" href="http://www.terrascope.co.uk/MyBackPages/Captain%20Sensible.htm">here</a></i>]Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-2406703121352167902011-09-09T03:10:00.000-07:002011-11-10T02:48:04.645-08:00Episode 11<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive11-12.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-10T02_25_58-08_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center><br /><br />1. Caravan — "Place of My Own" (live, Strasbourg, 1972-12-05)<br /><br />2. Kevin Ayers and The Wizards of Twiddly — "Am I Really Marcel?" (live at Waterman's Arts Centre, Brentford, 1995-03-10, from <i>Turn The Lights Down</i>, 2000)<br /><br />3. Hugh Hopper and Richard Sinclair — "Long Lingers Autumn Time" (from <i>Somewhere in France</i>, recorded 1993, released 1996)<br /><br />4. Robert Wyatt — "Lisp Service" (from <i>Dondestan</i>, 1991)<br /><br />5. Lindsay Cooper and Maud Bauer — "Kromhout 2 Cyl. 80 Pk." (from <i>Canaille</i>, 1988 — compilation album recorded live at International Women's Festival of Improvised Music, Zürich, October 1986) [<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jennywoolworth.ch/deardiary/2009/08/canaille-festival-zurich-1986/">Jenny Woolworth's blog entry about this</a>]<br /><br />6. <a target="_blank" href="http://bullion.bandcamp.com/">Bullion</a> — Bullion's Canterbury Mix (2011)<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Hatfield and The North — "Aigrette" / "Intellectual Exercise" intro; Hatfield and The North — "Shaving Is Boring"; Hatfield and The North — "The Other Stubbs Effect" / "Captain Spillage" interlude (Daevid Allen); Steve Hillage — "Octave Doctors"; Lady June — "Everythingsnothing"; Caravan — "Be All Right"; Caravan — "Memory Lain, Hugh"; Matching Mole — "Instant Pussy"; Robert Wyatt — "Gharbzadegi"; Gong — "Radio Gnome Prediction" (Intro) / "And You Tried So Hard"; Gong — "Flying Teapot"'; Gong — "Pot Head Pixies"; Robert Wyatt — "Age Of Self"; Fred Frith — "Carnival On Wall St" / "Being Defined" Interlude; John Greaves — "Salt"; Gong — "Shamal"; Robert Wyatt — "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'"'; Caravan — "No Back Stage Pass"; Robert Wyatt — "To Carla Marsha And Caroline" / "Jolly Clever" interlude (Mike Ratledge, Kevin Ayers); Soft Machine — "Have You Ever Bean Green?" / "Pataphysical Introduction pt.1"; Kevin Ayers — "Goodnight Goodnight"</span><br /><br />7. Delivery — "One For You" → "Big Jobs no. 2" → "Finesse Is For Fairies" → "All Day Forever" → "Nan's True Hole" → "Shaving Is Boring "→ "God Song" (live at the Tower of London moat, 1972-07-21)<br /><br />8. Caravan — "The Love in Your Eye" (from French TV programme <i>Rockenstock</i>, 1972-12-08)<br /><br />9. Daevid Allen — "The Switch Doctor" (tape collage created 1966, broadcast 1968, released on <i>The Death of Rock and Other Entrances</i>, 1984)<br /><br />10. The Invisible Opera Company of Tibet (UK) — "Clarence In Wonderland" (live at the Wise Crone Cafe, Glastonbury Festival, 1993-06-24)<br /><br />11. Kevin Ayers and The Wizards of Twiddly — "See You Later" → "Didn't Feel Lonely Til I Thought of You" (live at Waterman's Arts Centre, Brentford, 1995-03-10, from <i>Turn The Lights Down</i>, 2000)<br /><br />12. Soft Machine — "Kings and Queens" (from <i>Fourth</i>, 1971)<br /><br />13. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sydarthur.co.uk/">Syd Arthur</a> — "Mystic Mole" (digital bonus track with preorders of the <i>Moving World</i> EP, 2011)<br /><br />14. The Oyster Band (feat. June Tabor) — "Dives and Lazarus" (from <i>Freedom and Rain</i>, 1990)<br /><br />15. Kevin Ayers — "The Teddy Bears Picnic" (live in Newcastle, 2003-06-11)<br /><br />[voiceover ambience: Caravan — "Reprise" (from <i>If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You</i>, 1970)]<br /><br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LuoZtEDm_S0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="345"></iframe></center><br /><br /><hr /><br /><br />As mentioned during the programme, the haiku competition has been extended for another lunar cycle (get your haiku in by 2011-10-12!). For more details, and to see the current list of entries, check the bottom of the <a target="_blank" href="http://canterburysoundwaves.blogspot.com/2011/08/episode-10.html">Episode 10 blog entry</a>.<br /><br /><br /><hr /><br />[presumably reproduced from the <i>Radio Times</i>, 1968]<br /><br /><b>10.25 THE SWITCH DOCTOR</b><br />A radio collage<br />based on material<br />written and assembled<br />by DAEVID ALLEN<br /><br />In this free-flowing treatment of poems, conversation, snatches of music and electronic sounds, Mr. Allen has constructed a radiophonic work in the borderland between literature and music. It takes its place alongside other recent experimental programmes, including Crook and Souster's <i>Seasons through the Day of a Town by the Sea</i> and Rosemary Tonk's [<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Tonks">sic</a>] <i>Sono-Montage</i>, but ultimately it should perhaps be listened to more in the spirit of a piece of music, such as John Cage's <i>Fontana Mix</i>.<br /><br />+ Introduced by GEORGE MACBETH<br />followed by an interlude at 10.55Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444893160658049171.post-24270206263110605612011-08-07T07:07:00.000-07:002011-10-09T05:20:43.168-07:00Episode 10<center><b><font size="+2"><a target="_blank" href="http://csw-archive9-10.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-09T05_05_01-07_00">Listen Here</a></font></b></center><br />1. Kevin Ayers — "Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong" (from <i>Joy of a Toy</i>, 1969)<br /><br />2. Six North — "The Enneagram" (from <i>Prayer</i>, 2003)<br /><br />3. Caravan — "It Doesn't Take A Lot" (outtake from <i>In the Land of Grey and Pink</i> recording sessions, December 1970)<br /><br />4. douBt (feat. Richard Sinclair) — "Over Birkerot" (live in Japan, 2010)<br /><br />5. Robert Wyatt — "Chairman Mao" (from <i>Re Records Quarterly Vol.2 No.2</i>, 1987)<br /><br />6. Matching Mole — "Marchides" (from <i>Matching Mole's Little Red Record</i>, 1972)<br /><br />7. Robert Wyatt — "Opium Wars" (from <i>Radio Experiment</i>, 2009, recorded in Rome, February 1981)<br /><br />8. Slapp Happy — "Haiku" (from <i>Casablanca Moon</i>, 1974)<br /><br />9. Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen — "Two Rainbows Daily" (from <i>Two Rainbows Daily</i>, 1980)<br /><br />10. Gilgamesh — "Playtime" (from <i>Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into</i>, 1978)<br /><br />11. National Health — "Flanagan's People" (from <i>Playtime</i>, recorded live 1979-04-27)<br /><br />12. Gong — "Isle of Everywhere" (from <i>You</i>, 1974)<br /><br />13. Manuel Göttsching, Steve Hillage, Elliot Sharpe and Zhang Shouwang — "Echo Waves" (live at Metamorphose festival, Japan, 2010-09-04)<br /><br />14. Acid Mothers Gong — "HoHoHo! (Avahoot Klaxon's Acidological Report)" [excerpt] (from <i>Live in Nagoya</i>, 2006)<br /><br />15. Clammbon — "As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still" (from Japanese TV, 2002?)<br /><br />16. Soft Machine — "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" (from <i>Volume 2</i>, 1969)<br /><br />17. Humi (Hugh Hopper and Yumi Hara Calkwell) — "The Shape of a Haze" (Club Integral, London 2007-11-01)<br /><br />18. Fred Frith — "Selluloid Restaurant" (from <i>Step Across the Border</i> documentary, 1990)<br /><br />19. Haco — "After Dinner" (from <i>Step Across the Border</i> documentary, 1990)<br /><br />20. Caravan — "Winter Wine" (recorded for Beat Club, German TV, 1971-07-24)<br /><br />21. Gong — "Outer Temple" (from <i>Angels Egg</i>, 1973)<br /><br />22. Soft Machine — "Mousetrap" → "Noisette" → "Backwards" → "Mousetrap (reprise)" (from <i>Breda Reactor</i>, recorded live in Breda, Holland 1970-01-31, released 2005)<br /><br />23. <a target="_blank" href="http://thebootlagoon.co.uk">The Boot Lagoon</a> — "Businessman" (from forthcoming EP, 2011)<br /><br />24. <a target="_blank" href="http://thedeltasleep.tumblr.com/">Delta Sleep</a> — "The Stamp" (from <i>Delta Sleep EP</i>, 2011)<br /><br />25. Cyann & Ben — "Alifib" (live in Ground Zero record shop, Paris, September 2006)<br /> <br />26. Hatfield and the North — "Blane Over the Low Countries" [end] → "Drowning" (reprise) → "Goodbye For Now" (from <i>Hattitude (1973-75)</i>, released 2005)<br /><br />27. Slapp Happy — "Haiku" (from <i>Live in Japan — May 2000</i>) <br /><br />[voiceover ambience: Matching Mole — "Instant Kitten" (from <i>Matching Mole</i>, 1972)]<br /><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EuNZEKJKCwY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CVYymfX9vrg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/q_r-uEgq4fw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FdfJV--YNcE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i7zcOlnEoRo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZewB7zf2-AM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br /><br /><br><hr><br /><br /><b>errata and clarifications:</b><br /><br />Alex Maguire wasn't part of the 1990 Hatfield reunion (Sophia Domancich played keyboards for that). He was part of the 2005 reunion. I should have mentioned that "The Enneagram" by SixNorth appears to be unrelated to Egg's "Enneagram". I also feel that I should have mentioned "Jean and Mary" who were responsible for the vocals on "Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong". I wonder who they were and where they are now (the thankyou list on the sleeve notes thanks "<i>Jean and Mary who had to sing in Malay — which is a fair achievement for two Scots girls.</i>")<br /><br /><br><hr><br /><br /><b>Canterbury Soundwaves 2011 Haiku competition!</b><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku">Haiku</a> syllable structure is 5-7-5. Entries should have a Canterbury music theme. The prize is three tracks of your choice to be broadcast on a future episode. Just submit your entry (and an email address) via the comment box below.<br /><br />Here are my entries, to get you started (and so that I win by default if no one enters!):<br /><br /><i>Whirr of run-out groove,<br />side two of Soft Machine's </i>Third<i><br />Put the kettle on!<br /><br />Richard Sinclair's bass<br />with cousin Dave's organ sound<br />Timeless perfection</i><br /><br /><br />Entries submitted as of 2011-08-16:<br /><br /><i>Alan Gowen's synth <br />with Dave Stewart's mad organ <br />that's keyboard heaven</i><br /><br />[Errki, Estonia]<br /><br /><br /><i>my flat in Herne Bay<br />listening to </i>Rock Bottom<i><br />Peter vomited</i><br /><br />[Andrew Nicol, Grimsby, UK]<br /><br /><br />Triple Echo <i>set<br />my first discs of Soft Machine<br />Been hooked ever since</i><br /><br />[Ted, Cleveland, OH, USA]<br /><br /><br /><i>the Kevin Ayers scene<br />the South of France, plush velvet<br />aback! aback! (-ah)</i><br /><br />[<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Smith">Mark E. Smith</a>, Salford] (thanks to Sir Robert Bunkum for pointing <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3dWfKn_Lo">this one</a> out!)<br /><br /><br />These three just in, too late to get mentioned in Episode 11, in which the Haiku competition is extended for another month [so get your haiku in by October full moon (2011-10-12)!]:<br /><br /><i>Swelling moon means we<br />meander down St Dunstans<br />No nostalgia trip<br /><br />Chaucer leads us south<br />and east to where the music<br />spirals heavenwards<br /><br />Pothead Pixies know<br />Octave Doctors softly glow<br />Would you like some tea?</i><br /><br />[Andy Letcher, Oxford, UK]<br /><br /><br />And this from a pseudonym'd author (a sly reference to the great Edo period haiku poet <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash%C5%8D">Bashō</a>) in the Canterbury area:<br /><br /><i>Blue sky through plum tree<br />Hammock swings, earphones on. Bliss!<br />No birdsong...just Gong</i><br /><br />["Hashō", Oare, Kent, September 2011]Matthew Watkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020901248989982916noreply@blogger.com0