Lyn Dobson - flute, soprano sax
released as Breda Reactor (Voiceprint 2005 CD)
Cover of "Keith Tippett Group - You Are Here... I Am There"
1/1970, Keith Tippett, Advision Studios, London, sessions for "You Are Here.. I Am There" LP
- 1. This Evening Was Like Last Year (To Sarah)
- 2. I Wish There Was A Nowhere
- 3. Thank You For The Smile (To Wendy and Roger)
- 4. Three Minutes From An Afternoon In July (To Nick)
- 5. View From Battery Point (To John and Pete)
- 6. Violence
- 7. Stately Dance For Miss Primm
- 8. This Evening Was Like Last Year (Short Version)
- Keith Tippett - piano, electric piano
- Elton Dean - alto sax
- Mark Charig - cornet
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Jeff Clyne - bass, double bass
- Alan Jackson - drums, glockenspiel
- Giorgio Gomelsky - bells
released as You Are Here... I Am There (Vertigo 1970 LP/Disconforme 2000 CD)
10/2/1970, Kevin Ayers, Maida Vale, London, BBC Top Gear recording
- 1. Stop This Train
- 2. Clarence In Wonderland
- 3. Why Are We Sleeping?
- 4. The Oyster And The Flying Fish
- 5. Hat Song
- 1.
- Kevin Ayers - vocals, guitar
- David Bedford - piano
- Mike Ratledge - organ
- Lol Coxhill - soprano sax
- Elton Dean - alto sax
- Lyn Dobson - soprano sax, harmonica
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- 2.
- Kevin Ayers - vocals, guitar
- David Bedford - electric piano
- Lol Coxhill - soprano sax
- Robert Wyatt - piano, harmony vocals
- 3.
- Kevin Ayers - vocals, guitar
- David Bedford - piano
- Mike Ratledge - organ
- Lol Coxhill - soprano sax
- Elton Dean - alto sax
- Lyn Dobson - flute
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums, harmony vocals
- 4.
- Kevin Ayers - vocals, guitar (?)
- 5.
- Kevin Ayers - vocals, guitar
- Robert Wyatt - trumpet, harmony vocals
Broadcast 28/02/1970
tracks 3&5 released on Kevin Ayers - Singing The Bruise (Band Of Joy 1996 CD)
, tracks 1-3&5 on The BBC Sessions 1970-1976 (Hux 2005 CD)
Insert of "Third" LP (ltr. Elton, Hugh, Mike, Robert)
10/4/1970 and 6/5/1970,
Soft Machine,
I.B.C. Recording Studio, sessions for "Third"
LP
- 1. Slightly All The Time (Ratledge)
- Noisette (Hopper)
- Backwards (Ratledge)
- 2. Moon In June (Wyatt)
- 3. Out-Bloody-Rageous (Ratledge)
- 1.
- Mike Ratledge - organ, piano, elc. piano
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Jimmy Hastings - flute, bass clarinet
- 2.
- Mike Ratledge - organ (only in the last part)
- Hugh Hopper - bass (only in the last part)
- Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals, piano, organ, bass
- Rab Spall - electric violin
- 3.
- Mike Ratledge - organ, piano, elc. piano
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
released on Third (CBS 06/06/1970 LP - Beat Goes On/Columbia CD)
24/4/1970,
Soft Machine,
Ronnie Scott's Club, London
- 1. Slightly All The Time
- 2. Out-Bloody-Rageous
- 3. Eamonn Andrews
- 4. Mousetrap
- 5. Noisette
- 6. Backwards
- 7. Mousetrap - reprise
- 8. Hibou Annemone & Bear
- 9. Facelift
- 10. Moon In June
- 11. Esther's Nose Job
- 12. Pigling Bland
- 13. Cymbalism
- 14. Esther's Nose Job - reprise
- Mike Ratledge - organ, piano, elc. piano
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
released as Somewhere in Soho (Voiceprint 2004 CD)
Cover of Facelift CD (Voiceprint)
26/4/1970,
Soft Machine,
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
- 1. Slightly All The Time
- 2. Out-Bloody-Rageous
- 3. Moon in June
- 4. Mousetrap
- 5. Noisette
- 6. Backwards
- 7. Mousetrap - reprise
- 8. Hibou Annemone & Bear
- 9. Facelift
- 10. Eamonn Andrews
- 11. Esther's Nose Job
- 12. Pigling Bland
- 13. I Should've Known
- 14. Esther's Nose Job - reprise
- Mike Ratledge - organ, piano, elc. piano
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
released as Facelift (Voiceprint 2002 CD)
4/5/1970,
Soft Machine,
Maida Vale, London, BBC Top Gear recording
- Slightly All The Time-Out-Bloody-Rageous-Eamonn Andrews (Ratledge)
- Mike Ratledge - organ, piano, elc. piano
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Broadcast 16/05/1970
released on Triple Echo (Harvest 3/1977 LP) and on The Peel
Sessions (Strange Fruit 10/1990 LP/CD), also on BBC Radio 1967-1971 (Hux 2003 CD)
21/5/1970
Soft Machine
Paris Theatre, BBC In Concert recording
1. Facelift
2. Moon in June
3. Esther's Nose Job
- Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
- Elton Dean - alto sax
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals
Broadcast 31/05/1970
released on Backwards (Cuneiform 2002 CD)
28/6/1970, Soft Machine, Holland Pop Festival, Kralingen
Park, Rotterdam, Holland
1. Esther's Nose Job (Ratledge)
Robert Wyatt - drums
Mike Ratledge - organ
Hugh Hopper - bass
Elton Dean - sax
released on Kralingen Pop-Festival (bootleg CD)
Cover of Live 1970 (a.k.a. Live at the Proms) from Voiceprint.
13/8/1970, Soft Machine, Henry Wood
Promenade Concert, Royal Albert Hall
- 1. Out-Bloody-Rageous (Ratledge)
- 2. Facelift (Hopper)
- 3. Esther's Nose Job:
- a. Pig (Ratledge)
- b. Orange Skin Food (Ratledge)
- c. A Door Opens And Closes (Ratledge)
- d. Pigling Bland (Ratledge)
- e. 10-30 Returns To The Bedroom (Ratledge/Hopper/Wyatt)
- Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals on 3
- Mike Ratledge - organ
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
released As Live At The Proms (Reckless 10/1988 LP/CD) & on Live 1970 (Voiceprint 8/1998 CD)
25/8/1970, Keith Tippett Group, BBC, Top Gear
1. Thoughts to Geoff
2. Five After Dawn
3. Green & Orange Night Park
Keith Tippett - piano, electric piano
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Marc Charig - cornet
Nick Evans - trombone
Roy Babbington - double bass, bass
Bryan Spring - drums
unreleased recording
Cover of Wyatt's "End of an Ear"
8/1970,
Robert Wyatt,
Sound Techniques, sessions for "the End Of An
Ear" LP
- 1. Las Vegas Tango Part I (Gil Evans)
- 2. To Mark Everywhere (Ellidge) (Wyatt)
- 3. To Saintly Bridgit (St. John) (Wyatt)
- 4. To Oz Alien Daevid And Gilly (Allen/Smyth) (Wyatt)
- 5. To Nick Everyone (Evans) (Wyatt)
- 6. To Caravan And Brother Jim (Hastings) (Wyatt)
- 7. To The Old World (The Whole World) (Wyatt)
- 8. To Carla, Marsha And Caroline (Bley/Hunt/Coon) (Wyatt)
- 9. Las Vegas Tango Part II (Gil Evans)
- on all tracks:
- Mark Ellidge - piano
- Cyril Ayers - assorted percussion
- Robert Wyatt - drums, mouth, piano, organ
- on 2-5:
- Marc Charig - cornet
- Elton Dean - alto sax/saxello
- Neville Whitehead - double bass
- plus:
- Elton Dean - mouthpiece on 7
- David Sinclair - organ on 6 & 8
released as The End Of An Ear (CBS 4/12/1970 LP - Columbia CD)
17/9/1970,
Soft Machine,
Camden Theatre, BBC Sounds Of The 70's recording
1. Out-Bloody-Rageous-Slightly All The Time-Mousetrap-
Esther's Nose Job (Ratledge)
- Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
Broadcast 25/09/1970 (except Esther's Nose Job 30/10/1970), unreleased recording
Cover of "Keith Tippett Group - Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening"
9/1970,
Keith Tippett Group,
Phillipps Studios, sessions for "Dedicated To You,
But You Weren't Listening" LP
- 1. This Is What Happens (Evans)
- 2. Thoughts To Geoff (Tippett)
- 3. Green And Orange Night Park (Tippett)
- 4. Gridal Suite (Dean)
- 5. Five After Dawn (Tippett)
- 6. Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening
(Hopper/Charig/Dean)
- 7. Black Horse (Evans)
- Keith Tippett - piano, electric piano
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
- Marc Charig - cornet
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Gary Boyle - guitar
- Neville Whitehead - double bass
- Roy Babbington - double bass, bass
- Tony Uta - congas, cow bell
- Robert Wyatt - drums on 1, 3-5 and 7, vocal on 5
- Bryan Spring - drums
- Phil Howard - drums
released as Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening
(Vertigo 1/1971 LP - Repertoire CD)
13-16/10/1970, 27-28/10/1970, 9/11/1970 and 16-18/11/1970
Soft Machine,
Olympic Sound, sessions for "Fourth" LP
- 1. Teeth (Ratledge)
- 2. Kings And Queens (Hopper)
- 3. Fletcher's Blemish (Dean)
- 4. Virtually Part 1 (Hopper)
- 5. Virtually Part 2 (Hopper)
- 6. Virtually Part 3 (Hopper)
- 7. Virtually Part 4 (Hopper)
- on all tracks:
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Mike Ratledge - organ, piano
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- plus:
- 1.
- Roy Babbington - double bass
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
- Jimmy Hastings - bass clarinet
- 2.
- Marc Charig - cornet
- Nick Evans - trombone
- 3.
- Roy Babbington - double bass
- Marc Charig - cornet
- 4.
- Roy Babbington - double bass
- Marc Charig - cornet
- Nick Evans - trombone
- 6.
- Roy Babbington - double bass
- Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
- Jimmy Hastings - alto flute, bass clarinet
released as Fourth (CBS 28/2/1971 LP - Columbia/One Way CD)
Oslo 1971
15/12/1970, Soft Machine, Maida Vale, London, BBC Top Gear recording
- 1. Virtually (Hopper)
- 2. Fletcher's Blemish (Dean)
- Mike Ratledge - organ, elc. piano on 1, piano on 2
- Elton Dean - alto sax
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
Broadcast 2/1/1971
track one released on Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit
10/1990 LP/CD), all tracks released on BBC Radio 1967-1971 (Hux 2003 CD)
Cover of BBC Radio One Live in Concert (currently out-of-print).
11/3/1971,
Soft Machine,
Paris Theatre, London, BBC In Concert
recording
- 1. Blind Badger (Dean) - Elton Dean Quintet
- 2. Neo-Caliban Grides (Dean)
- 3. Out-Bloody-Rageous-Eamonn Andrews-All White-Kings And
Queens (Ratledge/Hopper)
- 4. Teeth-Pigling Bland (Ratledge)
- 5. Slightly-All-The-Time (excerpt)/Noisette (Hopper)
- 1.
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
- Mark Charig - cornet
- Mike Ratledge - elc. piano, organ
- Neville Whitehead - contrabass
- Phil Howard - drums
- 2-5.
- Mike Ratledge - elc. piano, organ
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, elc. piano
- Plus on 2:
- Phil Howard - drums
- Plus on 4-5: The Heavy Friends
- Mark Charig - cornet
- Paul Niemann - trombone
- Ronnie Scott - tenor sax
- Roy Babbington - contrabass
Broadcast 26/03/71
tracks 1-4 released as BBC Radio One Live In Concert (Windsong 3/1993 CD) and all tracks on as Soft Machine and Heavy Friends (Hux 2005 CD)
Cover of Virtually (Cuneiform)
23/3/1971, Soft Machine, Gondel Filmkunst Theater, Bremen,
Germany
- 1. Facelift (Hopper)
- 2. Virtually (Hopper)
- 3. Slightly All The Time (Ratledge)
- 4. Fletcher's Blemish (Dean)
- 5. Neo-Caliban Grides (Dean)
- 6. Out-Bloody-Rageous (Ratledge)
- 7. Eamonn Andrews (Ratledge)
- 8. All White (Ratledge)
- 9. Kings & Queens (Hopper)
- 10. Teeth (Ratledge)
- 11. Pigling Bland (Ratledge)
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
released as Virtually (Cuneiform 1/1998 CD)
5/1971, Elton Dean, Advision Studios, London, sessions for "Elton Dean" LP
1. Ooglenovastrome
2. Something Passed Me By
3. Blind Badger
4. Neo-Caliban Grides
5. Part : The Last
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, electric piano
Mark Charig - cornet
Neville Whitehead - bass
Phil Howard - drums
Mike Ratledge - electric piano & organ on 3&4
Roy Babbington - double bass on 3&4
released as Elton Dean (CBS 1971 LP). The CD release (Cuneiform 8/9/1998) is called Just Us
Elton at the end of 1971 (from "Wrong Movements")
1/6/1971,
Soft Machine,
Maida Vale, London, BBC Top Gear recording
- 1. Neo-Caliban Grides (Dean)
- 2. Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening (Hopper)
- 3. Eamonn Andrews/All White (Ratledge)
- 1 & 3.
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
- Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- 2.
- Robert Wyatt - voice, piano
Broadcast 26/06/1971
tracks 1 & 2 released on Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit
10/1990 LP/CD), all tracks released on BBC Radio 1967-1971 (Hux 2003 CD)
Cover of Centipede's Septober Energy
16-19/6/1971,
Centipede,
Wessex Studios, sessions for "Septober Energy"
LP
- Centipede - Side I (Tippett)
- Centipede - Side II (Tippett)
- Centipede - Side III (Tippett)
- Centipede - Side IV (Tippett)
- Keith Tippett - piano
- John Marshall - drums, percussion
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- Tony Fennell - drums
- Roy Babbington - double bass, bass guitar
- Jeff Clyne - double bass
- Jill Lyons - double bass
- Harry Miller - double bass
- Dave Markee - double bass
- Brian Belshaw - double bass
- Brian Godding - guitar
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Dave Amis - trombone
- Dave Perrottet - trombone
- Paul Rutherford - trombone
- Karl Jenkins - baritone sax, oboe
- Dave White - baritone sax, clarinet
- John Williams - bass sax, soprano sax
- Brian Smith - tenor sax
- Larry Stabbins - tenor sax
- Gary Windo - tenor sax
- Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
- Jan Steele - alto sax, flute
- Ian McDonald - alto sax
- Dudu Pukwana - alto sax
- Marc Charig - cornet
- Mongesi Feza - pocket cornet
- Ian Carr - trumpet, flugel horn
- Peter Parks - trumpet
- Mick Collins - trumpet
- Maggie Nichols - vocal
- Julie Tippett - vocal
- Mike Patto - vocal
- Zoot Money - vocal
- Boz - vocal
- And a 19-piece string section
The following is a guide to enable identification of featured
solists.
However, musicians which you can identify readily
(e.g. (ii) Drumsolo on side 3) are not listed.
- Side I
- a) Trio:
- Mark Charig - cornet
- Elton Dean - alto sax
- Nick Evans - trombone
- b)
- Wilf Gibson - violin
- c) Duet:
- Gary Windo - tenor sax
- Mongesi Feza - pocket cornet
- d) Quartet:
- Elton Dean - alto sax
- Roy Babbington - bass
- John Marshall - drums
- Keith Tippett - piano
- Side II
- a) Duet:
- Dudu Pukwana - alto sax
- Larry Stabbins - tenor sax
- b)
- Ian Carr - flugel horn
- c)
- Alan Skidmore - tenor
- d)
- Brian Godding - guitar
- e) Quartet:
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Dave Amis - trombone
- Dave Perrottet - trombone
- Paul Rutherford - trombone
- f)
- Mark Charig - cornet
- g)
- Karl Jenkins - oboe
- h) Duet:
- Brian Smith - tenor
- Dave Amis - trombone
- Side III
- a) Quintet:
- Dave White - clarinet
- Jan Steele - flute
- Paul Rutherford - trombone
- John Williams - soprano sax
- Ian MacDonald - alto sax
- Side IV
- a)
- Keith Tippett - piano
- b)
- Elton Dean - saxello
- c) Duet:
- Mark Charig - cornet
- Keith Tippett - piano
released as Septober Energy (RCA 8/10/1971 LP - bootleg CD)
15/11/1971, Soft Machine, Maida Vale, London, BBC Top Gear recording
1. Drop
2. As If
3. Welcome to Frillsville
Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
Hugh Hopper - bass
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Phil Howard - drums
tracks 1-2 released on The Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit 10/1990 LP/CD)
, all tracks released on BBC Radio 1971-1974 (Hux 2003 CD)
16/11/1971, Soft Machine, BBC Sound of the Seventies Session
1. From A Work In Progress
2. As If/Pigling Bland
3. Neo-Caliban Grides
4. All White
5. Slightly All The Time
Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
Hugh Hopper - bass
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Phil Howard - drums
unreleased recording
Sometime in 1971 (?), Heads Hands & Feet, sessions for "Heads Hands & Feet" LP
1. I'm In Need Of Your Help
2. Send Me A Wire
3. Look At The World It's Changing You Because You Know Me
4. Green Liquor
5. Country Boy
6. Tryin' To Put Me On
7. I Wish You Knew Me
8. Devil's Elbow
9. Pete Might Spook The Horses
10. Everybody's Hustlin'
11. Hang Me, Dang Me
12. Delaware
13. The More You Get, The More You Want
14. Song For Suzie
15. Tirabad
16. Little Bit Lonely
Tony Colton - vocals
Albert Lee - guitar, vocals
Elton Dean - alto sax
Mike O'Neil - keyboards
Ray Smith - bass, guitar, vocals
Charles Hodges - bass, guitar, violin, vocals
Pete Gavin - drums, vocals
released as Heads Hands & Feet (Capitol 1971 LP - See For Miles CD)
sometime in 1971 (?), Reg King, sessions for "Reg King" LP
1. Must Be Something Else Around
2. You Go Have Yourself a Good Time
3. That Ain't Living
4. In My Dreams
5. Little Boy
6. 10,000 Miles
7. Down The Drain
8. Savannah
9. Gone Away
Reg King - guitar, vocals
Elton Dean - alto sax on track 9
Marc Charig - trumpet
George Barker - trumpet
Paul Nieman - trombone
Doris Troy - vocals
Peter Dale - vocals
Brenda French - vocals
Peter Swales - vocals
Mick Taylor - guitar
Alan King - guitar
Martin Stone - guitar
Jo Wright - guitar
Kevin Westlake - guitar, drums
Brian Godding - guitar, vocals
Steve Winwood - keyboards
Brian Auger - keyboards
Danny McCulloch - bass
Michael Evans - bass
Frank Farrell - bass
Brian Belshaw - bass, vocals
Ian Whiteman - bass, flute, keyboards
Nic Jones - percussion
Roger Powell - drums
Barry Jenkins - drums
Dick Thomas - drums
released as Reg King (United Artists 1971 LP)
22-24/11/1971, 7/12/1971, 21-25/2/1972, Soft Machine, Advision Studios, London, sessions for "5" LP
1. All White
2. Drop
3. MC
4. As If
5. LBO
6. Pigling Bland
7. Bone
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, electric piano
Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
Hugh Hopper - bass
Phil Howard - drums on 1-3
John Marshall - drums on 4-7
Roy Babbington - double bass on 4-7
released as 5 (CBS 1972 LP - Columbia/One Way CD)
2/5/1972, Soft Machine, Olympia, Paris, France
1. Plain Tiffs
2. All White
3. Slightly All The Time
4. Drop
5. M.C.
6. Out-Bloody-Rageous
7. Facelift
8. And Sevens
9. As If
10. L.B.O.
11. Pigling Bland
12. At Sixes
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, electric piano
Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
Hugh Hopper - bass
John Marshall - drums
released as Live In France (One Way 1995 CD) and as Live in Paris (Cuneiform 2004 CD with new artwork)
27/6/1972, Elton Dean's Just Us, Gondel Filmkunsttheatre, Bremen, Germany
1. Banking On Bishopsgate
2. A.N.1.
3. Improvisation #1
4. Improvisation #2
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, electric piano
Phil Howard - drums
Jeff Green - bass
Nick Evans - trombone
track 1 released on Just Us (Cuneiform 8/9/1998 CD),
track 2 released on the Japanese release of Just Us (Cuneiform CD)
Just Us in 1972 (from booklet of "Just Us" (Cuneiform)
11/12/1972, Elton Dean's Just Us, London
1. Fun Cup
Elton Dean - electric piano
Mark Charig - cornet
Neville Whitehead - bass
Nick Evans - trombone
Jeff Green - guitar
Louis Moholo - drums
released on Just Us (Cuneiform 8/9/1998 CD)
Sometime in 1972 (?), Mike Hugg, sessions for "Somewhere" LP
1. Blue Suede Shoes again
2. Love is waiting
3. Sad Song
4. Everything Comes and Goes
5. Fool No More
6. Bonnie Charlie
7. Goodbye
8. Bessie Don't You Cry
9. Don't Keep Me Hanging On
10. Somewhere
Mike Hugg - keyboards, vocals
Brian Hugg - vocals
Judith Powell - vocals
Barry St. John - vocals
Liza Strike - vocals
Elton Dean - saxello on 1
Kevin Peek - guitar
Gerry Beckley - guitar
Terry Britten - guitar
Tom McGuinness - guitar
Caleb Quaye - guitar
Mick Rogers - guitar
Dave King - guitar
Manfred Mann - organ
Tweed Harris - strings
released as Somewhere (1972 LP)
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