Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals
released on Live 1970 (Voiceprint 8/1998 CD)
Insert photo of Third (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
- Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello (?)
- 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 6/6/1970 LP - Beat Goes On/Columbia CD)
Cover of Facelift CD
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 16/5/1970
released on Triple Echo (Harvest 3/1977 LP) and on The Peel
Sessions (Strange Fruit 10/1990 LP/CD)
21/5/1970
Soft Machine
Paris Theatre, BBC In Concert recording
Facelift-Esther's Nose Job (Hopper/Ratledge)
- Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
- Elton Dean - alto sax
- Hugh Hopper - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals
Broadcast 31/05/1970
6/1970,
Kevin Ayers and the Whole World,
Abbey Road, sessions for "Shooting At The Moon" LP
- 1. May I
- 2. Rheinhardt And Geraldine
- 3. Colores Para Dolores
- 4. Lunatics Lament
- 5. Pisser Dans Un Violon
- 6. The Oyster And The Flying Fish
- 7. Underwater
- 8. Clarence In Wonderland
- 9. Red Green And You Blue
- 10. Shooting At The Moon
- 1.
- Kevin Ayers - guitar, vocals
- David Bedford - piano, accordion
- Lol Coxhill - saxes
- Mike Oldfield - bass
- Mick Fincher - percussion
- 2.
- Kevin Ayers - guitar, vocals
- David Bedford - organ, piano
- Lol Coxhill - saxes
- Mike Oldfield - bass
- Mick Fincher - drums
- 3.
- Kevin Ayers - guitar, vocals
- David Bedford - organ, piano
- Lol Coxhill - saxes
- Mike Oldfield - bass
- Mick Fincher - drums
- Robert Wyatt - backing vocals
- 4.
- Kevin Ayers - bass, vocals
- David Bedford - organ
- Lol Coxhill - saxes
- Mike Oldfield - guitar, vocals
- Mick Fincher - drums
- 5.
- Kevin Ayers - bass
- David Bedford - organ
- Lol Coxhill - electric sax
- Mike Oldfield - guitar
- 6.
- Kevin Ayers - guitar, vocals
- David Bedford - jangle piano
- Bridget St. John - vocals
- 7.
- Kevin Ayers - guitar, bass
- David Bedford - guitar
- Lol Coxhill - sax
- 8.
- Kevin Ayers - guitar, vocals
- David Bedford - piano, marimbaphone
- Lol Coxhill - zoblophone
- Mike Oldfield - bass
- Mick Fincher - bottles, ashtrays
- The Whole World Girly Chorus feat. Robert Wyatt - backing
vocals
- 9.
- Kevin Ayers - guitar, vocals
- David Bedford - organ
- Lol Coxhill - saxes
- Mike Oldfield - bass
- Mick Fincher - percussion
- 10.
- Kevin Ayers - guitar, vocals
- David Bedford - organ, piano
- Lol Coxhill - saxes
- Mike Oldfield - bass, vocals
- Mick Fincher - drums
released as Shooting At The Moon (Harvest 10/1970 LP - Beat Goes On CD)
6/1970 (?),
Amazing Band,
Pathway Studios, sessions for "Roar" LP
- 1. Roar Pt. I
- 2. Roar Pt. II
- Mal Dean - trumpet
- Veleroy (Rab) Spall - violin, accordion & flute on 1
- Mick Brannan - alto sax, piano on 2
- Miriam Spall - voice
- Jim Mullen - double bass, harmonica on 1
- Robert Wyatt - percussion, voice, synthesizer on 2
released as Roar (Future Music 11/1997 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)
18/7/1970, The Whole World, Blackhill's Garden Party, Hyde
Park
1. A Collective Improvisation
- Kevin Ayers - guitar (?)
- Mike Oldfield - bass (?)
- Lol Coxhill - sax
- Robert Wyatt - drums
- David Bedford - organ
released on Lol Coxhill - Ear Of The Beholder (Dandelion
6/1971 LP - See For Miles CD)
Cover of Live 1970 CD
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)
Cover of Wyatt's first solo-album "The 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)
26/9/1970, London Sinfonietta, Queen Elizabeth Hall, BBC Radio 3 recording
1. Garden of Love (words by William Blake, music by David Bedford)
- The London Sinfonietta:
- Sebastian Bell: flute
- Anthony Pay: clarinet
- Antonia Cook: horn
- Peter Reeve: trumpet
- Daryl Runswick: double bass
- David Atherton: conductor
- augmented by:
- David Bedford: organ, electric piano
- Kevin Ayers: guitar, vocals
- Lol Coxhill: soprano sax, tenor sax
- Mike Oldfield: bass
- Robert Wyatt: drums, percussion
Broadcast 20/10/1970 on BBC Radio 3 Music in our Time
released as Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield, Robert Wyatt (David Bedford, Lol Coxhill) - Garden of Love (Blueprint 1997 CD)
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)
11/01/71,
Symbiosis,
Maida Vale, London, BBC Top Gear recording
- 1. NTU (Gary Windo)
- 2. Volume 4: Bebop (?)
- 3. Aura (Bass Variations) (?)
- 4. Standfast (Gary Windo)
- 1.
- Gary Windo - tenor sax
- Mongezi Feza - pocket trumpet
- 2-4.
- Gary Windo - tenor sax, flute
- Mongezi Feza - pocket trumpet, flute
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Steve Florence - guitar
- Roy Babbington - bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums
Broadcast 30/01/71
track 4 released on Flotsam Jetsam (Rough Trade 5/1994 CD) and
track 1 released on Gary Windo - His Master's Bones (Cuneiform 1996 CD)
1-2/1971,
Daevid Allen,
Marquee Studios, sessions for "Banana Moon"
LP
- 1. Time Of Your Life (Tritsch)
- 2. Memories (Hopper)
- 3. All I Want Is Out Of Here (Tritsch)
- 4. Fred The Fish (Allen)
- 5. White Neck Blooze (Allen)
- 6. Stoned Innocent Frankenstein (Allen)
- 7. & His Adventures In The Land Of Flip (Allen)
- 8. I Am A Bowl (Allen)
- Daevid Allen - guitar, vocals
- Archie Leggett - bass, vocals on 5
- Robert Wyatt - drums on track 2-8, guitar & vocals on 2, backing vocals on 3-4
- Gary Wright - piano
- Gerry Fields - violin
- Maggie Bell, Barry St. John - backing vocals
- Pip Pyle - drums on 1
- Christian Tritsch - rhythm guitar & bass on 1
- Nick Evans - trombone on 8
- Gilli Smyth - space whisper on 6, 7 & 8
released as Banana Moon (BYG France 1971 - Charly CD)
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. 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 26/03/1971
released as BBC Radio One Live In Concert (Windsong
3/1993 CD)
Robert in German studio 1971.
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 (Cuneinform 1/1998 CD)
Cover of Virtually
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)
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)
Autumn 1971,
Kevin Ayers,
Abbey Road, sessions for "Whatevershebringswesing" LP
- 1. There Is Loving
- Among Us
- There Is Loving
- 2. Margaret
- 3. Oh My
- 4. Song From The Bottom Of A Well
- 5. Whatevershebringswesing
- 6. Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes
- 7. Champagne Cowboy Blues
- 8. Lullaby
- Kevin Ayers - vocals, guitar, piano, bass
- Mike Oldfield - bass & lead guitar on 5
- David Bedford - keyboards, arrangements for 1
- Didier Malherbe - sax, flute
- Dave Dufort - drums
- Robert Wyatt - harmony vocals on 5
- Gerry Fields - violin
- Johnny Van Derek - violin
- Tony Carr - drums, percussion
- William Murray - drums, percussion
released as Whatevershebringswesing (Harvest 1/1972 LP - Beat Goes On CD)
7/11/1971, Don 'Sugar Cane' Harris, concert
1. Liz Pineapple Wonderful
2. Sugar Cane's Got The Blues
3. Song For My Father
4. Where's My Sunshine
Don Harris - electric violin, vocals
Volker Kriegel or Terje Rypdal - guitar
Wolfgang Dauner - keyboards
Robert Wyatt - drums
released as Sugar Cane Got The Blues (Polydor 1972 LP); tracks 1,3,4 released on Anthology Volume 1 (Past & Present 2000 CD)
7/11/1971, New Violin Summit, Berlin
1. Valium
2. Got My Mojo Working
3. Nuggis
4. Astrorama
5. Violin Summit Nr. II
Jean-Luc Ponty - violin
Don Harris - violin
Michael Urbaniak - violin
Nipso Branter - violin
Wolfgang Dauner - keyboards
Terje Rypdal - guitar
Neville Whitehead - bass
Robert Wyatt - drums on 1-5
released as Live At Berlin Jazzfestival (MPS 1972 LP)
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