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The Wilde Flowers years (1962-1966)

late 1962/early 1963, Brian & Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge & Robert Wyatt, private recording

1. Mummie

2. Man In A Deaf Corner

Brian Hopper - guitar, vocals on 1, alto sax on 2

Hugh Hopper -bass on 2

Mike Ratledge -piano on 2

Robert Wyatt - guitar & vocals on 1, drums on 2

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 1 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

Early 1963, Mike Ratledge & Robert Wyatt, private recording, London

1. Da-Da-Dee

Mike Ratledge - piano

Robert Wyatt - drums

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 1 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

3/6/1963, The Daevid Allen Trio, "Live New Departures", Marquee, London

1. Love Is (Allen)
2. My Head Is A Nightclub (Allen)
3. Capersity Travels (Four Imbalancing Constructions) (Allen)
4. The Song Of The Jazzman (Allen)
5. Little Rootie Tootie (Thelonious Monk)
6. Your Sun (Allen)
7. Carmen Mouse (Allen)

on all tracks:: Daevid Allen - guitar, voice, tapes; Hugh Hopper - bass; Robert Ellidge (=Robert Wyatt) - drums

plus:: Mike Ratledge - piano on 5 & 6; Mike Horovitz - voice, poem on 7

tracks 1-4 & 6 released as Live 1963 (Voiceprint 1993 CD)

Sometime in 1963, Robert Wyatt, private recording

1. Drum Solo

Robert Wyatt - percussion

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 2 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

Sometime in 1963, Robert Wyatt, Hugh & Brian Hopper plus unknown guitarist, private recording

1. Llu-Ba

Brian Hopper - acoustic guitar

Hugh Hopper - bass

Robert Wyatt - drums

unknown guitarist (= Daevid Allen?)

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 3 (Voiceprint 11/1998 CD)

Late 1963/early 1964, Brian & Hugh Hopper with Robert Wyatt, private recording

1. Belsize Parked

Brian Hopper - guitar, alto sax

Hugh Hopper - cello

Robert Wyatt - drums, cornet, vocals

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 1 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

Sometime in 1963/1964, Robert Wyatt and a guitarist, private recording

1. Stop Me And Play One

Robert Wyatt - drums

unknown guitarist

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 1 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

Sometime in 1963/1964, Robert Wyatt plus others, Dalmore Road, private recording

1. Love Song With Cello

Robert Wyatt - cello, vocals

unknown drummer

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 2 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

Sometime in 1963/1964, Mike Ratledge & Robert Wyatt, private recording

1. Frenetica

2. Idle Chat

3. 1/4 Blues Thing In F

Mike Ratledge - piano, chat

Robert Wyatt - drums, chat

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 3 (Voiceprint 11/1998 CD)

196?, Robert Wyatt, Brian & Hugh Hopper, private recording

1. Tanglewood Tails

Brian Hopper - guitar

Hugh Hopper - bass

Robert Wyatt - drums

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 3 (Voiceprint 11/1998 CD)

196?, Mike Ratledge & Robert Wyatt, private recording

1. Summertime

Mike Ratledge - piano

Robert Wyatt - drums

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 2 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

Summer 1964, Wilde Flowers, rehearsal

1. You Really Got Me

2. Thinking Of You Baby

Kevin Ayers - vocals

Brian Hopper - guitar

Hugh Hopper - bass

Robert Wyatt - drums

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 1 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

16/3/1965, Wilde Flowers, SRS, Broadstairs, demo recording sessions

1. Parchman's Farm (Booker White)
2. Memories (Instrumental) (Hugh Hopper)
3. She's Gone (Ayers)
4. Almost Grown (Chuck Berry)

on all tracks:: Richard Sinclair - rhythm guitar; Brian Hopper - guitar; Hugh Hopper - bass; Robert Wyatt - drums & percussion

plus:: Kevin Ayers - vocals on 1 & 3, backing vocals on 4; Richard Sinclair - backing vocals on 4; Brian Hopper - alto sax on 1, vocals on 4; Robert Wyatt - backing vocals on 4

released on The Wilde Flowers (Voiceprint 1993 CD)

4/1965, Wilde Flowers, SRS, Broadstairs, demo recording sessions

1. A Certain Kind

2. Memories

Richard Sinclair - rhythm guitar, vocals

Brian Hopper - guitar

Hugh Hopper - bass

Robert Wyatt - drums & percussion, vocals

unreleased recording

Wilde Flowers (ltr. Hugh Hopper, Richard Coughlan, Robert Wyatt (sitting), Brian Hopper). Photo from "Wrong Movements".

6-7/1965, Wilde Flowers, Sellindge, demo recording sessions

1. Slow Walkin' Talk (Brian Hopper)
2. He's Bad For You (Wyatt)
3. Don't Try To Change Me (Hugh Hopper)
4. It's What I Feel (A Certain Kind) (Hugh Hopper)

on all tracks:: Brian Hopper - guitar; Richard Sinclair - rhythm guitar; Hugh Hopper - bass; Robert Wyatt - drums, percussion

plus:: Graham Flight - vocals on 1-3, tambourine on 3; Brian Hopper - alto sax on 2, backing vocals on 4; Richard Sinclair - vocals on 4; Robert Wyatt - vocals on 2, backing vocals on 4

released on The Wilde Flowers (Voiceprint 1993 CD)

Late 1965, Brian Hopper & Robert Wyatt, private recording

1. Orientasian

Robert Wyatt - guitar

Brian Hopper - soprano sax

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 1 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

196?, Robert Wyatt & Brian Hopper, private recording

1. Moorish

Robert Wyatt - piano, cornet, guitar

Brian Hopper - guitar

released on Canterburied Sounds Volume 2 (Voiceprint 10/1998 CD)

Winter or Spring 1966, Wilde Flowers, SRS, Broadstairs, demo recording sessions

1. Memories (Hugh Hopper)
2. Never Leave Me (Hugh Hopper)
3. Time After Time (Hugh Hopper)
4. Just Where I Want (Hugh Hopper)
5. No Game When You Lose (Hugh Hopper)
6. Those Words They Say (Brian Hopper)
7. Impotence (Hugh Hopper)

on all the tracks:: Brian Hopper - guitar; Hugh Hopper - bass; Richard Coughlan - drums; Robert Wyatt - vocals

plus:: Brian Hopper - backing vocals on 2 & 6; Robert Wyatt - tambourine on 2, 5 & 7

released on The Wilde Flowers (Voiceprint 1993 CD)

Summer 1966, Kevin Ayers, sessions for Anim Publishing demos (studio unknown)

1. Contusions (Ayers)
2. Another Lover Has Gone (Ayers)

on all tracks:: Kevin Ayers - rhythm guitar; Larry Nolan - guitar; Daevid Allen - bass, vocals; Robert Wyatt - drums, harmony vocals on 2

2/11/1966, Jimi Hendrix Experience, De Lane Lea, London, sessions for "Stone Free" demo (unreleased)

Jimi Hendrix - guitar, vocals

Noel Redding - bass

Mitch Mitchell - drums

Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt - backing vocals

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