The Canterbury Discography Returns!
Richard Michael Todd
net.discography returns to the net. It is, alas, even more badly in need
of added information than usual, due to the long time since the last update.
I tried to add all the recent releases I know of, but almost certainly missed
some, and have incomplete information on others; also, I've decided that the
coverage of the discography needs to be a little wider -- Camel and Henry
Cow and its offshoots really ought to be better represented here, and aren't.
Anyway, here it is.
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Discography of the Canterbury Bands:
[ If you have any changes/additions to this list, *please* send them to
rmt...@chinet.chi.il.us, rmt...@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu, or
rmt...@servalan.servalan.com ]
The format for the listing is: name of artist, title, date of the record,
and the record label (when known), followed by a list of the musicians playing
on the record (important, since as Canterbury fans know, the lineup changes on
practically every record :-). On some of the listings for albums, the list of
musicians may be absent or incomplete; either I haven't heard anything about
this album or the record company never listed it in the first place. (If you
know who's on some of these records, let me know at the address above). The
characters [#] in a listing means I actually have the album (as opposed to
just having heard about its existence or having gotten a listing from one of
my informants). [CD] indicates that an album is available on CD.
Allen, Daevid: Banana Moon, 1971 (Byg)
Daevid Allen: gtr,vocals Wyatt: drums,gtr,vocals Archie Legget: bass
Gary Wright: piano Pip Pyle: drums Christian Tritsch: gtr,bass
Nick Evans: trombone Gerry Fields: violin Maggie Bell, Barry St. John,
and Gilli Smyth: additional vocals.
Allen, Daevid and Euterpe: Good Morning, 1976 [CD]
Daevid Allen: gtrs,vocals Gilli Smyth: vocals Pepe Milan: mandolin,
glockenspiel,gtrs Toni Pascual: gtr,kybds Ana Caups: vocals
Toni Ares: bass Toni Trees Fernandez: gtrs
Allen, Daevid: Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life, 1977 (Affinity) [CD]
Daevid Allen: gtr,vocals Juan Biblioni: gtr Sam Gopal: percussion
Victor Peraino: keyboards Xaver Riba: violin Vera Violin (?) :Violin
Allen, Daevid: N'existepas!, 1979 (Charly)
Allen, Daevid: Dividedalienplaybax80, 1980 (Charly)
Allen, Daevid: Alien In New York, 1983 [EP] (Charly)
Allen, Daevid: The Death of Rock and Other Entrances, 1984? (Shanghai)
Allen, Daevid: Don't Stop, 1984 (Shanghai)
Allen, Daevid: Ausralia Aquaria, ?
Allen, Daevid: Seven Drones, ? (Voiceprint)
Allen, Daevid: The Australian Years, ? (Voiceprint)
Allen, Daevid: The Nuclear Mystery Temple Of Tibet, ?
<has Harry Williamson and Gilli Smyth.>
Arzachel: Arzachel, 1969 (Egg/Roulette) [#]
Steve Hillage: gtr, vocals Dave Stewart: keyboards
Clive Brooks: drums Hugo Montgomery Campbell: bass
<Really Uriel (the forerunner of Egg) under an assumed name for silly
contractual/legal reasons. I gather this one was recorded after Uriel
had already split (Hillage left to go back to university), and they got
back together to record this one album.>
Ayers, Kevin: The Joy of A Toy, 1969 (Harvest) [CD]
Robert Wyatt: drums Rob Tait: drums Mike Ratledge: keyboard
Hugh Hopper: bass David Bedford: arrangements Kevin Ayers: gtr, vcls, bass
Ayers, Kevin and The Whole World: Shooting At The Moon, 1970 (Harvest) [CD(BGO Records),#]
Ayers: gtr, vcls, bass Bedford: piano, keyboards, arrangements
Lol Coxhill: saxes Mick Fincher: drums Mike Oldfield: bass, gtr
Robert Wyatt: vcls Bridget St. John: vcls
<The above two albums were rereleased in a two-album package on Harvest
in 1975.>
Ayers, Kevin and The Whole World: Whatevershebringswesing, 1972 (Harvest) [CD]
Ayers: gtr,vcls,bass David Bedford: piano,keyboards Mike Oldfield: bass,gtr
Didier Malherbe: sax,flute Dave Dufort: drums Wyatt: vcls
Gerry Fields: violin Tony Carr: drums William Murray: drums
Johnny Van Derek: violin
Ayers, Kevin: Bananamour, 1973 (Harvest) [CD]
Archie Legget: bass, harmony vocals Eddie Sparrow: drums,percussion
Kevin Ayers: guitars,vocals. Guest appearances by Robert Wyatt (vocals),
Steve Hillage (gtr), Mike Ratledge (kybds), David Bedford (orchestral
arrangements).
Ayers, Kevin: The Confessions Of Dr. Dream, 1974 (Island) [CD]
Ray Cooper: Percussion Lol Coxhill: Sax Mike Giles: drums
Ollie Halsall: bass, gtr Trevor Jones: bass Sean Milligan: vcls
Mike Moran: piano Nico: vcls Mike Oldfield: gtr, bass, vcls
Joanne Williams: vcls Cal Batchelor: gtr Henry Crallan: piano
John Gustavsen: bass Rosetta Hightower: vcls Rupert Hine: keyboards
Sam Mitchell: guitar Steve Nye: organ John G Perry: bass
Mike Ratledge: keyboards Doris Troy: vcls
Ayers, Kevin: June 1,1974 , 1974 (Island) [CD, #]
John Cale: viola Nico: vcls, harmonium Kevin Ayers: vcls, gtrs, bass
Robert Wyatt: percussion Brian Eno: vcls, synth Rabbit Bundrick: organ
Mike Oldfield: gtrs Ollie Halsall: gtr, piano Eddie Sparrow: drums
Archie Leggatt: bass backing vocals by Liza Strike, Irene Chanter,
Doreen Chanter
<This was a concert performed at "The Rainbow" on June 1, 1974.>
Ayers, Kevin: Sweet Deceiver, 1975 (Island)
Ayers, Halsall: gtr, bass Jacob Magnusson: Organ Freddie Smith: drums
John Altman: clarinet Elton John: piano Fuzzy Samuels: bass
Chili Charles: drums
Ayers, Kevin: Yes We Have No Mananas/So Get Your Mananas Today, 1976 (Harvest)
Rob Townsend: drums Charlie McCracken: bass Billy Livsey: keyboards
Roger Saunders & Kevin Ayers: rhythm gtr Ollie Halsall & Ayers: Lead gtr.
Ayers, Kevin: Odd Ditties, 1976 (Harvest)
<compilation album of B-sides & outtakes>
Ayers, Kevin: Rainbow Takeaway, 1978 (Harvest)
<Lineup same as on "Yes We...">
Ayers, Kevin: That's What You Get, Babe 1980 (Harvest)
Kevin Ayers: bass,gtr,vocals. Not sure who else (if anyone) plays on this
one....
Ayers, Kevin: The Kevin Ayers Collection, 1983 (See For Miles)
<a compilation of various Kevin Ayers songs>
Ayers, Kevin: Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain, 1983 (Charly) [#]
Ayers: vocals,gtr Halsall: gtr,vocals
Zarna Gregmar: vcls Carlos Garcia Vaso: gtr, keyboards
Joaquin Montoya: keyboards Manola Aguilar: bass Javier de Juan: drums
Ayers, Kevin: As Close As You Think, 1986 (Illuminated)
Ayers, Halsall, Poli Palmer, Pat Crumly
Ayers, Kevin: Falling Up, 1988 (Virgin) [CD]
Ayers, Halsall, and a bunch of unknown Spaniards.
Ayers, Kevin: Still Life with Guitar, 1992
Bedford, David: Nurses Song with Elephants, 1972 (Dandelion)
Kevin Ayers: vcls David Bedford: keyboards Mike Oldfield: Gtr,bass
Sebastian Bell: Flute Gilbert Biberian: gtr
Bedford, David: Stars End, 1974 (Virgin)
David Bedford: orchestra Mike Oldfield: gtr Chris Cutler: drums
Blake,Tim: Crystal Machine, 1977 (Egg) [#] [CD(Mantra)]
Tim Blake: synths Patrice Warrener: argon laser, crystal machine
Blake, Tim: Blake's New Jerusalem, 1978 (Egg) [#] [CD(Mantra)]
Tim Blake: synths, gtrs, vocals. Jean-Phillipe Rykiel: mini-moog
Blake, Tim: Magick, 1991 (Voiceprint) [#,CD]
Tim Blake: synths
Blegvad, Peter: The Naked Shakespeare, 1983 (Virgin)
Peter Blegvad: vocals, gtr Jakko M.Jakszyk: gtr Anton Fier: drums
Colin Moulding: bass Andy Partridge: synth, gtr, backing voc. David
Land: synth John Greaves: kybds. Guests include Barbara Gaskin: vocals
and Dave Stewart: kybds.
Blegvad, Peter: Knights Like This, ? (Virgin)
Blegvad, Peter: Downtime, ? (Recommended Records) [CD]
Peter Blegvad: voc., gtr. Chris Cutler: drums John Greaves: bass Tony
Maimone: bass Kristoffer Blegvad: gtr, backing voc.
Camel: I Can See Your House From Here, 1979 (Decca) [#] [CD]
Andrew Latimer: gtrs Andy Ward: drums,perc. Jan Schelhaas: piano,
kybds Kit Watkins: kybds Colin Bass: bass
Camel: Nude, 1981 (Decca) [#,CD]
Andrew Latimer: gtrs,voc.,flute,koto,kybds Andy Ward: drums,perc.
Colin Bass: bass,voc. Mel Collins: flute,piccolo,sax Duncan Mackay: kybds
Jan Schelhaas: piano Chris Green: cello Gasper Lawal: perc.
Herbie Flowers: tuba
Caravan: Caravan, 1968 (Verve/MGM)
Richard Sinclair: guitar,bass,vocals David Sinclair: organ,piano,voc.
Pye Hastings: guitar,bass,voc. Richard Coughlan: drums
Caravan: If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You, 1970 (Decca)
[#, CD(Mantra)]
Richard Sinclair: guitar,bass,vocals David Sinclair: organ,piano,voc.
Pye Hastings: guitar,bass,voc. Richard Coughlan: drums
Brother James (aka Jimmy Hastings): sax,flute
Caravan: In the Land of Gray and Pink, 1971 (Deram) [#,CD (Mantra)]
Richard Sinclair: bass,guitar,voc. David Sinclair: organ,piano,mellotron,voc.
Pye Hastings: guitar,voc. Richard Coughlan: drums
Jimmy Hastings: flute, tenor sax, piccolo. David Grinsted: cannon,bell, and
wind
Caravan: Waterloo Lily, 1972 (Deram) [#,CD (Mantra)]
Richard Sinclair: vocals,bass Pye Hastings: guitars,vocals
Steve Miller: piano,harpsichord,organ Richard Coughlan: drums
Guests include Lol Coxhill (sax), Phil Miller (guitar), and Jimmy Hastings
(flute and sax, as usual).
Caravan: For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night, 1973 (Deram) [#] [CD]
Richard Coughlan: drums Pye Hastings: guitar,vocals John Perry: bass
Geoffrey Richardson: viola Dave Sinclair: keyboards
<Rupert Hine, Jimmy Hastings appear as guests playing kybds, flute respectively>
Caravan: Caravan and the New Symphonia, 1973 (Deram) [#] [CD (Mantra)]
<Caravan has same lineup as on "For Girls Who...">
<Jimmy Hastings guests on this one too.>
Caravan: Cunning Stunts, 1975 (BTM) [#] [CD]
Richard Coughlan: drums Pye Hastings: guitar,vocals Mike Wedgwood: bass
Geoffrey Richardson: viola,guitars,flute Dave Sinclair: keyboards
<One of my correspondents says this one's on Deram, but my copy's from BTM.
What's the scoop?>
<Mike Wedgwood was bassist for Curved Air before he joined Caravan.>
Caravan: Blind Dog At St. Dunstans, 1976 (BTM)
Richard Coughlan: drums Pye Hastings: elec. & acous. gtr
Mike Wedgwood: bass,congas,voc. Geoffrey Richardson: viola, elec. gtr,
flute, night-shift whistle Jan Schelhass: piano, elec. piano, organ,
Arp, MiniMoog.
Caravan: Canterbury Tales, 1976 (Decca) [double album, CD]
Compilation.
Caravan: Better By Far, 1977 (Arista) [#]
Richard Coughlan: drums Pye Hastings: guitar,vocals Dek Messecar: bass
Geoffrey Richardson: viola Jan Schelhaas: keyboards
<Dek Messecar was in Darryl Way's Wolf before Caravan.>
Caravan: The Best Of, 1978 (London)
Yet another compilation.
Caravan: The Album, 1980 (Kingdom)
Pye Hastings: gtrs, voc. Richard Coughlan: drums David Sinclair: kybds
Dek Messecar: bass, voc. Geoffrey Richardson: guitar,viola,flute,voc.
Caravan: The Best of Caravan Live, 1980 (Kingdom)
features Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richardson, David Sinclair, and Mike
Wedgwood.
Caravan: Back to Front, 1982 (Kingdom)
Richard Coughlan: drums Pye Hastings: gtrs,vocals David Sinclair: kybds
Richard Sinclair: vocals,bass Mel Collins: sax
Caravan: The Collection, ? (Kingdom)
<reportedly compilation of material from _The Album_ and _Back to Front_.>
Caravan: Looking Back, 1988 (Disky B.V.) [CD]
<compilation from Holland of material from the first few Caravan albums>.
Clearlight Symphony: Clearlight Symphony, 1975 (Virgin) [CD, #]
Martin Isaacs: bass Steve Hillage: gtr Tim Blake: synth Didier Malherbe:
sax Cyrille Verdeaux: keyboards Christian Boule: gtr
Gilbert Artmaun: drums
<Note: Mantra Records also has a CD rerelease of this album out, but
apparently instead of the original Side 2 of the record they have some
unreleased live material instead.>
Clearlight Symphony: Forever Blowing Bubbles, 1975 (Virgin) [CD, #]
Francois Jeanneau: synth, flute, sax Bob Boisadan: el. piano, organ,
synth Cyrille Verdeaux: piano, harpsichord, synth, organ, glockenspiel,
mellotron, gongs, congas Jean Claude d'Agostini: gtrs, flute
Christos Stapinopoulos: drums Joel Dugrenot: bass, vocals. David Cross:
violin Christian Boule: gtr Gilbert Artmaun: perc., maracas, vibraphone
Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthal: vocals Bruno Verdeaux: synth.
Clearlight Symphony: Les Contes Du Singe Fou, 1976 (Isadora)
Has Blake.
Clearlight Symphony: Visions, 1978 (LTM)
Has Malherbe.
Coxhill, Lol: Ear of the Beholder, 1971 (Dandelion)
Kevin Ayers: guitar Lol Coxhill: Sax David Bedford: Organ
Robert Wyatt: percussion,vcls Phil Miller: guitar
Pierre Courbois: drums Edward Ted Speight: guitar
Jasper Van't Hof: piano
Coxhill, Lol: Toverbal Sweet, 1972 (Mushroom)
Coxhill, Lol & Stephen Miller: Coxhill/Miller, 1973 (Caroline)
<with Richard Sinclair, Pip Pyle, Archie Legget>
Coxhill, Lol & Stephen Miller: The Story So Far .. Oh Really?, 1974 (Caroline)
Lol: Sax Stephen Miller:piano Laurie Allan: drums Archie Leggett: bass
Robert Wyatt: Percussion, vcls Kevin Ayers: Guitar
Coxhill, Lol: Lol Coxhill & Welfare State, 1975 (Caroline)
Coxhill, Lol: Fleas In the Custard, 1975 (Caroline)
Coxhill, Lol: Diverse, 1976 (Ogun)
Coxhill, Lol: The Joy of Paranoia, 1978 (Ogun)
Coxhill, Lol: Moot, 1978 (Ictus)
Coxhill, Lol: Lid, 1978 (Ictus)
Coxhill, Lol: Murder In The Air, 1978 (Chiltern Sound)
Coxhill, Lol: Digwell Duets, 1979 (Random Radar)
Coxhill, Lol: Slow Music, 1980 (Pipe)
Coxhill, Lol and Fred Frith: The French Gigs
Dean, Elton: Elton Dean, 1971 (CBS)
Roy Babbington: bass Elton Dean: Sax Marc Charig: cornet
Phil Howard: drums Mike Ratledge: keyboards Neville Whitehead: bass
Dean, Elton: They All Be On This Old Road, 1977 (Ogun)
Dean, Elton: Cruel But Fair, 1977 (Compendium)
Hugh Hopper: bass
Dean, Elton: El Skid, 1978 (Vinyl)
Dean, Elton: Cheque is in The Post, 1977 (Ogun)
Dean, Elton: Ninesence, 1977 (Ogun)
Dean, Elton: Happy Days, 1978 (Ogun)
Dean, Elton: Duets, 1989 [cassette-only]
features Keith Tippett, Marcio Mattos
Dean, Elton: Trios, 1989? [cassette-only]
features Tippett, Mattos, and John Etheridge.
Egg: Egg, 1969 (Nova/Deram) [CD]
Dave Stewart: organ, piano, tone generator Mont Campbell:bass, voc.
Clive Brooks: drums
Egg: The Polite Force, 1970 (Deram) [CD]
<same line-up as above>
Egg: The Civil Surface, 1974 (Caroline) [CD (Virgin), #]
Dave Stewart: organ, piano, tone generator Mont Campbell:bass, voc.
Clive Brooks: drums Steve Hillage: gtr Lindsay Cooper: oboe,bassoon
Tim Hodgkinson: clarinet. Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthol, Barbara Gaskin:
vocals.
Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh, 1975 (Caroline)
Jeff Clyne: bass Alan Gowen: kybds Phil Lee: gtrs Amanda Parsons: voc.
Mike Travis: drums
Gilgamesh: Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into, 1978 (Charly) [#,CD]
Alan Gowen: kybds Hugh Hopper: bass Phil Lee: gtrs Trevor Tomkins: drums
<Note: the CD is a Japanese 2-albums-on-1 release, with Soft Heap being
the other album (see below). And liner notes all in Japanese--sigh.>
Gong: Magick Brother, Mystic Sister, 1970 (Byg) [CD (Charly),#]
<The original release (on Byg) was credited to Allen/Smyth, later rereleases
were credited to Gong>.
Daevid Allen: vcls, guitar (& bass) Gilli Smyth: vcls Didier
Malherbe: Flute, Sax Rachid Houari: drums Dieter Gewissler: bass
Earl Freeman: bass, piano Burton Green: bass
Gong: Camembert Electrique, 1971 (Byg/Caroline) [#, CD(Charly)]
Didier Malherbe <Bloomdido Bad de Grasse>: sax,flute Christian Tritsch: bass
Pip Pyle: drums Daevid Allen <Bert Camembert>: guitars, vocals
Gilli Smyth <Shakti Yoni>: vocals,space whispering <Venux De Luxe> Francis
Linon: switch doctor
<The members of Gong seem inordinately fond of appearing under rather bizarre
aliases. The real names of the musicians are always given here, followed or
preceded by the alias in angle brackets. >
Gong: Continental Circus, 1971 (Philips)
Daevid Allen: guitars,vocals Gilli Smyth: vocals. C. Tritsch: bass
Pip Pyle: drums Didier Malherbe: sax,flute
Gong: Greasy Truckers:Live At Dingwall's Dance Hall, 1973
<Bloomdido Bad de Grass> Didier Malherbe: Sax
<Stevie Hillside Village> Steve Hillage: guitar
<Pierre de Strasbourg> Pierre Moerlen: drums
<Mr. T. Being> Mike Howlett: bass
<Hi T. Moonweed the Favourite> Tim Blake: synth
<Dingo Virgin> Daevid Allen: guitar.
[1 side is Gong; the other three sides are by Camel, Henry Cow and the
Global Village Trucking Co., all of whom were bands on the periphery of
the Canterbury scene, though never quite properly in it:
Richard Sinclair played on Camel albums; Lol Coxhill, Robert
Wyatt, Mike Oldfield appeared on Henry Cow, Lindsay Cooper played on all
albums (the core line-up being Chris Cutler, Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson);
The Global Village Trucking Co played at many of the same gigs as the main
Canterbury bands.]
<I am told that Jan Schelhaas of Caravan also appeared on two Camel albums,
"I Can See Your House From Here" and "Nude" -- RMT>
Gong: Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1-Flying Teapot, 1973 (Virgin) [#] [CD]
<Dingo Virgin> Daevid Allen: gtrs,voc. Gilli Smyth <Good Witch Yoni>:
vocals <Hi T. Moonweed> Tim Blake: synth, voc. Stevie <Hillside> Hillage:
gtrs <Francis Bacon> Francis Mose: bass,kybds <Venux de Luxe> Francis
Linon: switch doctor (engineer) <Lawrence the Alien> Laurie Allan(?):drums
<Submarine Captain> Tritsch: gtr
Gong: Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2-Angel's Egg, 1973 (Virgin) [#,CD]
Didier Malherbe: sax <Shakti Yoni> Gilli Smyth: vocals
<T. Being esq.> Tritsch: gtr, bass Steve Hillage: gtrs
<Hi T. Moonweed> Tim Blake: synth <Pierre de Strasbourg> Pierre Moerlen:drums
<Mireille de Strasbourg> Mireille Bauer: Percussion,
<Dingo Virgin> Daevid Allen: gtrs,voc.
[Note, some members had several aliases, notably Didier, who was Bloomdido
Bad de Grass (a play on his name, in French Malherbe translates literally
as 'bad grass'), Bloomdido Bad de Glis (glis being a Steve Hillage word for
the musical term 'glissando' ), Bloomdido Glid de Breeze, Bloomdido Glad
de Brass, Gnome Pipo Bal de Glass.]
Gong: Radio Gnome Invisible Part 3-You, 1974 (Virgin) [#,CD]
Mike Howlett: bass Pierre Moerlen: drums Steve Hillage: gtr
Didier Malherbe: sax <Hi T. Moonweed> Tim Blake:synth
<Dingo Virgin> Daevid Allen: gtr,voc. <Shakti Yoni> G.Smyth: vocals
<Bambaloni Yoni> Miquette Giraudy: voc. Mirielle Bauer: perc.
Benoit Moerlin: perc.
Gong: Shamal, 1976 (Virgin) [#,CD]
Mirielle Bauer: perc. Patrice Lemoine: kybds Pierre Moerlin: drums
Miquette Giraudy: voc.,kybds Steve Hillage: gtrs Mike Howlett: bass
Didier Malherbe: sax Jorge Pinchevsky: violin
Gong: Gazeuse!, 1977 (Virgin) [CD]
Mireille Bauer: percussion Allan Holdsworth: guitar Pierre Moerlen: drums
Benoit Moerlen: perc. Didier Malherbe: sax Mino Cinelon: perc.
Francis Moze: bass
Gong: Gong Live Etc, 1977 (Virgin) [double album, #] [CD]
Allen & Smyth: the usual. Malherbe: flute, sax. Steve Hillage: gtr
Mike Howlett: bass Pierre Moerlin: drums Rob Tate: drums Mirielle
Bauer: perc. Dianne Stewart: voc. Patrice Lemoine: kybds. Miquette
Giraudy: vocals.
Gong: Vive Gong/Gong est Mort, 1977 (Tapioca) [double album]
Daevid Allen: gtr, voc. Gilli Smyth: voc Steve Hillage: gtr
Tim Blake: synths Didier Malherbe: sax Pierre Moerlin: drums
<Monsieur T Shirt> (either Howlett or Tritsch): bass
Gong: Expresso II, 1978 (Virgin) [#] [CD]
Mireille Bauer: percussion Allan Holdsworth: guitar Pierre Moerlen: drums
Benoit Moerlen: percussion Francis Causse: congas Darryl Way: violin
Hanny Rowe: bass Mick Taylor: guitar
<Darryl Way was the violinist for Curved Air and Darryl Way's Wolf.>
Gong: Floating Anarchy, 1978 (Charly) (recorded as 'The Planet Gong') [CD,#]
Daevid Allen: gtr,voc. Gilly Smyth: voc. Sam Gopal: perc., synth,
Pepe Milan: guitar, vcls Juan Biblioni: guitar, vocals
<The CD is another 2-on-1 deal, with the other one being
New York Gong.>
Gong: Downwind, 1979 (Arista) [#]
Mirielle Bauer: perc. Francis Causse: congas Allen Holdsworth: gtr
Pierre Moerlen: drums Terry Oldfield: flute Mike Oldfield: gtr
Didier Malherbe: sax Steve Winwood: keyboards Mick Taylor: guitar
Hanny Rowe: bass Didier Lockwood: violin
Gong: Time is the Key, 1979 (Arista)
Allan Holdsworth: gtr Pierre Moerlen: drums Darryl Way: violin
Hanny Rowe: bass Nico Ramsden: gtr Didier Malherbe: sax
Peter Lemer: kybds Joe Kirby: bass
Pierre Moerlen's Gong: P. Moerlen's Gong Live, 1980 (Arista) [#] [CD]
Pierre Moerlen: drums Benoit Moerlen: perc. Hanny Rowe: bass
Francis Causse: congas
Gong: Leave It Open, 1981 (Arista)
Charlie Mariano: sax, flute Hanny Rowe: bass Francis Chausse: congas
Brian Holloway: gtr
New York Gong: About Time, 1980 (Charly) [CD,#]
Daevid Allen: gtr, voc. Bill Laswell: bass Bill Bacon: drums
Fred Maher: drums Cliff Cultreri: gtr Gary Windo: sax
Michael Beinhorn: synth Don Davis: sax Mark Kramer: organ
<The CD is another 2-on-1 release, with the other one being
_Floating Anarchy_ aka _The Planet Gong.>
Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Breakthrough, 1986 (ARC) [#]
Hansford Rowe: bass Lena Andersson: vocals Nina Andersson: sax,vocals
Christer Rhedin: moog Ake Zieden: elec. gtr Dag Westling: acoustic gtr
Michael Zykla: Chapman Stick Pierre Moerlin: synth,vibraphone,xylophone,
drums, timpani, vocals, gong
Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Second Wind, 1989 (Line) [CD]
Pierre Moerlen: drums, synthesizer Hansford Rowe: bass guitar
Ake Zeiden: acoustic & electric guitars Benoit Moerlen: Kat vibrapho
synthesizer, marimba Stefan Traub: vibraphone, synthesizer
Frank Fischer: synthesizer, Steinway grand piano special guests:
Alex Sanguinetti: drums Simon Pomara: percussion
Gong: Wingful of Eyes, ? (Virgin) [CD]
<Compilation from Shamal, Gazeuse, Expresso II.>
Gong: The History and Mystery of the Planet Gong, 1989 (Demi-Monde) [#,CD]
<CD-only release of rare Gong live material and outtakes, plus some of
Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth's recent solo material. Contains a
recording of "Love Makes Sweet Music" by the Daevid Allen-era Soft
Machine.>
Gong: Live au Bataclan '73, 1990 (Mantra) [#,CD]
Daevid Allen: gtr, vocals Gilli Smyth: space whisper Tim Blake: synth.
Steve Hillage: gtr. Mike Howlett: bass Pierre Moerlen: drums Didier
Malherbe: sax, flute.
<CD release of a previously unreleased Gong concert in Paris in 1973.
Includes a nice 18-page booklet with a recent interview of Daevid
Allen. Alas, it's all in French...>
Gong: Live at Sheffield '74, 1990 (Mantra) [CD]
Gong: Gongmaison, 1991? [CD]
Dennis Gonzalez Dallas-London Sextet: Catechism, 1987 (Daagnim) [#,CD]
<What's a Dallas-based trumpeter doing in this list? Recording with
Elton Dean, that's what.>
Dennis Gonzalez: trumpet Keith Tippet: piano Elton Dean: saxello, alto
sax Rob Blakeslee: trumpet, flugelhorn Marcio Mattos: bass
Louis Moholo: drums Kim Corbet: trombone
Gowen, Alan and Hugh Hopper: Two Rainbows, 1980 (Red, later rereleased by Europa)
Gowen, Alan, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, Trevor Tomkins: Before a Word Is
Said, 1981 (Europa)
Alan Gowen: kybds Phil Miller: gtrs Richard Sinclair: bass
Trevor Tomkins: drums
<Recorded one month before Alan Gowen died of leukemia.>
Hatfield and the North: Hatfield and the North, 1973 (Virgin) [CD]
Richard Sinclair: bass,voc. Phil Miller: gtrs Pip Pyle: drums
Dave Stewart: organ,piano,tone generator. Guests include Geoff Leigh
of Henry Cow.
Hatfield and the North: The Rotter's Club, 1975 (Virgin) [CD]
Richard Sinclair: bass, voc. Phil Miller: gtrs Pip Pyle: drums,perc.
Dave Stewart: organ,piano,tone generator. Guests include Jimmy Hastings.
Hatfield and the North: Afters, 1979 (Virgin)
<Compilation of 4 tracks from first LP, 7 tracks from second LP, 2 tracks
recorded live in France (previously unreleased), 2 tracks from their only
single, and one track from a live LP of various groups called 'Over the
Rainbow'. The CD releases of _Hatfield and the North_ and _The Rotter's
Club_ reportedly have the tracks from Afters that weren't on the original
LPs.>
Hedayat, Dashiell: Obsolete, 1971 (Shandar)
Daevid Allen: gtr, vcls William Burroughs: vcls Dashiell Hedayat: guitar,
vcls, keyboards Didier Malherbe: woodwind Pip Pyle: gtr, drums
Gilli Smyth: vlcs Sam Wyatt (son of Robert): vocals
Christian Tritsch: bass,gtr
Hillage, Steve: Fish Rising, 1975 (Virgin) [CD]
Hillage: gtr, vcls Pierre Moerlen: drums Dave Stewart: Organ, piano
Mike Howlett: bass Lindsay Cooper: basoon <Moonweed> Blake: synth, tambura
Didier Malherbe <Bloomdido Glid de Breeze>: sax, Indian flute Miquette
Giraudy <Bambaloni Yoni>: bells
Hillage, Steve: L, 1976 (Virgin) [CD]
Hillage: gtr,gtr synth,ARP&EMS synths,vocals,shenai Giraudy: vocals,isis
vibes. Don Cherry: trumpet,Tibetan trumpet,Tibetan bells,tambura,vocals.
Roger Powell: RMI kybd computer,moog,acoustic piano. John Wilcox: drums.
Kasim Sulton: bass Larry Karush: tabla Sonja Malkine: 15th century hurdy
gurdy.
Hillage, Steve: Motivation Radio, 1977 (Virgin) [CD]
Steve Hillage: gtr,gtr synth,vocals,shenai. Miquette Giraudy: synth,
saucersiser,vocals. Joe Blocker: drums Reggie McBride: bass
Malcolm Cecil: TONTO synth.
Hillage, Steve: Green, 1978 (Virgin) [CD]
Hillage: gtr,gtr synth,moog,voc. Giraudy: ARP and EMS synths,vocoder,vocals
Joe Blocker: drums,perc. Curtis Robertson,Jr: bass gtr
(co-produced by Nick Mason.)
Hillage, Steve: Open, 1978 (Virgin) [#] [CD]
Steve Hillage: gtr,vocals,sequencer,vocoder,moog. Andy Anderson: perc.
Dave Stewart: guitar,vocals,moog. Miquette Giraudy: synth,vocals,vocoder.
Paul Francis: bass
Hillage, Steve: Rainbow Dome Musick, 1979 (Virgin) [CD,#]
Hillage: gtr, synth, piano Giraudy: keyboards, bells
Rupert Atwill: harmoniser
Hillage, Steve: Aura, 1979.
<no info on players, but most songs were composed by Hillage/Giraudy.
Includes a cover of "Getting Better" by the Beatles.>
Hillage, Steve: Live Herald, 1979 (Virgin) [double album] [#,CD]
Hillage: gtr, vcls Miquette: keyboards Clive Bunker(of Jethro Tull): drums
Colin Bass: bass Basil Brooks: keyboards Joe Blocker: drums
Christian Boule: gtr Curtis Robertson: bass Philip Hodge: keyboard
Jahib: Percussion John McKenzie: bass
Hillage, Steve: For To Next, 1982 (Virgin)
<again, words and music by Hillage/Giraudy.>
Hillage, Steve: And Not Or, 1983 (Virgin)
Features Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, & Allen Howlett
Hopper, Hugh: '1984', 1973 (CBS)
Lol Coxhill: sax Hopper: bass Pye Hastings: guitar, and others
Hopper, Hugh: Hopper Tunity Box, 1977 (Compendium)
Hopper: bass Elton Dean: sax Keith Tippett: piano
Hopper, Hugh: Monsieur Band, 1979 (Atmosphere)
Hopper: bass Elton Dean: sax
Hopper, Hugh: Mercy Dash, ? (Atmosphere)
Hopper, Hugh: Meccano Pelorus, ? (Cuneiform)
Khan: Space Shanty, 1972 (Deram) [#,CD]
Steve Hillage: guitars,voc. Nick Greenwood: bass,voc.
Eric Peachey: drums Dave Stewart: organ,piano,skyceleste,marimbas
Malherbe, Didier: Bloom, 1980 (Charly)
Mason, Nick: Fictitious Sports, 1981 (Harvest)
Nick Mason: drums Robert Wyatt: vocals Karen Kraft: vocals
Chris Spedding: guitars Carla Bley: keyboards, etc.
Matching Mole: Matching Mole, 1972 (CBS) [CD]
Robert Wyatt: mellotron,piano,drums,voc. Dave Sinclair: piano,organ
Phil Miller: guitar Bill McCormick: bass
Matching Mole: Matching Mole's Little Red Record, 1972 (CBS) [CD]
Dave McRae: grand piano,elec. piano,organ Robert Wyatt: drums,voc.
Phil Miller: guitars Bill McCormick: bass. Brian Eno appears on one
track.
Phil Miller: Cutting Both Ways, 1987 (Cuneiform) [#]
Phil Miller:guitar Dave Stewart:keyboards Barbara Gaskin:vocals
Hugh Hopper:bass Elton Dean:sax Pip Pyle:drums Peter Lemer:keyboards
Phil Miller: Split Seconds, 1989 (Reckless) [CD]
Phil Miller: guitar, guitar synth Dave Stewart: keyboards, samples,
& percussion programming Elton Dean: alto sax, saxello Pip Pyle: dr
Steve Franklin: Prophet, Oberheim, DXII Fred Baker: bass guitar
Barbara Gaskin: backing vocals John Mitchell: keyboards, drum & perc
programming Richard Sinclair: bass guitar, voice
Phil Miller: Digging In, 1991 (Cuneiform) [CD]
Phil Miller: guitars, midi guitar Fred Baker: bass guitar
Pete Lemer: keyboards Pip Pyle: drum programs
Mother Gong: Mother Gong Live in USA, 1991 [CD]
National Health: National Health, 1978 (Affinity (UK), Visa (US))
Dave Stewart: organ, elec. piano, piano. Phil Miller: guitar
Neil Murray: bass Pip Pyle: drums, perc. Alan Gowen: kybds
Jimmy Hastings: flute, clarinet. John Mitchell: perc.
Amanda Parsons: vocals
National Health: Of Queues And Cures, 1978
Phil Miller: guitars Dave Stewart: kybds John Greaves: bass
Pip Pyle: drums, elec. drums. Guests include Jimmy Hastings, Peter
Blegvad, and Georgie Born on cello.
National Health: D.S. Al Coda, 1982 (Europa)
Phil Miller: guitars Dave Stewart: kybds John Greaves: bass
Pip Pyle: drums, elec. drums. Guests include Elton Dean: saxello
Ted Emmett: trumpet Barbara Gaskin: vocals Jimmy Hastings: flute
Amanda Parsons: voc. Richard Sinclair: voc. Annie Whitehead: trombone
National Health: Complete, 1990 (East Side Digital) [CD]
<Above 3 LPs on 2 CDs (the second CD is one of the longest known at 79'
plus 2 previously unreleased tracks. Includes a very informative book with
lyrics, photos and a history of the group written by Dave Stewart.>
Oldfield, Mike: Tubular Bells, 1973 (Virgin) [#,CD]
Mike Oldfield: piano, organs, gtrs, bass gtr, glockenspiel, percussion,
flageolet, concert timpani, tubular bells, piltdown man, moribund chorus
mandolin. Vivian Stanshall: master of ceremonies. Jon Field: flutes
Lindsay Cooper: string basses Steve Broughton: drums Sally Oldfield,
Mundy Ellis: voices Tom Newman: acoustic gtr on "The Sailor's Hornpipe".
Oldfield, Mike: The Orchestral Tubular Bells, 1973 (Virgin)
Oldfield, Mike: Hergest Ridge, 1974 (Virgin) [#,CD]
Mike Oldfield: gtr, mandolin, glockenspiel, gong, timpani, organ, and
a dozen other instruments. June Whiting,Lindsey Cooper: oboes
Ted Hobart: trumpet Chili Charles: snare drums Sally Oldfield: vocals
Clodagh Simmonds:vocals David Bedford: conductor of choir,strings.
Oldfield, Mike: Ommadawn, 1975 (Virgin) [#,CD]
Mike Oldfield: harp, gtrs, basses, mandolin, bodhran, bazouki, banjo,
spinet, piano, organs, synth, glockenspiel, percussion. Paddy Moloney:
uillean pipes Herbie: bagpipes Leslie Penning: recorders Terry Oldfield:
pan pipes Pierre Moerlen: timpani David Strange: cello Don Blakeson:
trumpet William Murry: perc. Julian Bahula et al.: African drums
Clodah Simonds, Bridget St John, Sally Oldfield: vocals.
Oldfield, Mike: Boxed, 1974 (Virgin) [CD,#]
<4 record box set with Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn (all remixed
in quadraphonic) and a bonus disc of singles and outtakes, supposedly
including "Don Alfonso" off 'V'. (I find this curious, since the CD
boxed set supposedly has all the extra tracks from the original, but
*doesn't* have 'V'. Weird.>
Oldfield, Mike: Five Miles Out, 1981 (Virgin) [CD]
Oldfield, Mike: Amarok, 1990 (Virgin) [#,CD]
Oldfield, Clodagh Simonds, Bridget St. John, Janet Brown, Paddy Moloney.
Oldfield, Mike: Heaven's Open, 1991 (Virgin) [CD]
Oldfield, Mike: Tubular Bells II, 1992 [CD]
Sinclair, Richard: Caravan of Dreams, 1992 [CD]
Smyth, Gilli: Mother, 1978 (Charly)
Daevid Allen: guitar,bass,vcls Gilli Smyth: vcls Taliesin Allen: vcls
Didier Malherbe: sax Christian Tritsch: bass Pip Pyle: drums
Juan Biblioni: guitar Sam Gopal: Tablas et al.
Smyth, Gilli: Fairy Tales, 1979 (Charly)
Gilli Smyth: vcls Harry Williamson: gtr <Gnome Pipo Bal de Glass> Didier
Malherbe: woodwind Ermano Ghisio-Erba: drums Trevor Darks: bass
Mo Vicarage: kybds Eduardo Niebla: guitar Ronnie Wathen: pipes
Marianne Oberasher: harp Nick Turner: Oboe Carrina : voices
Smyth, Gilli: Robot Woman 1
Smyth, Gilli: Robot Woman 2
Smyth, Gilli: Robot Woman 3
<Reportedly these three albums feature Malherbe.>
Stewart, Dave and Barbara Gaskin: Up From The Dark, 1985 [#,CD (Rykodisc)]
Dave Stewart: keybords,drums,perc.,vocoder,vocals. Barbara Gaskin: lead
and backing vocals, minimoog. Jakko: guitar, vocals. Pip Pyle: drums,perc.
Rick Rudolph: bass Amanda Parsons: backing vocals Bill Bruford: log drum
Phil Miller: guitar
Stewart, Dave and Barbara Gaskin: The Singles, 1986 (Line) [CD]
Dave Stewart: keybd, drum prog., drums, perc., vocals Barbara Gaskin: lead
and back. vocs, turtle splashing, speaking clock, temple block, cymbal
Jakko: gtr, back. voc. Rick Biddulph: bass, spoon, 12 string gtr
Pip Pyle: drums, perc. Amanda Parsons: add. back. voc. Ruth Holton: viola
<contains their first six singles>
Stewart, Dave and Barbara Gaskin: As Far As Dreams Can Go, 1987 (Line) [CD]
Dave Stewart: keybd, drum prog., drums, perc., vocals Barbara Gaskin: lead
and back. vocals Jimmy Hastings: sax Jakko: gtr, backing voc. Georgie
Born: cello Amanda Parsons: bkg vocals Bill Bruford: timbales, log drum
Phil Miller: drums Rick Rudolph: bass Andy Duncan: perc.
<contains their 7th single plus add'l material from 1982-1986>
Stewart, Dave and Barbara Gaskin: The Big Idea, 1990 (Rykodisc) [CD,#]
Dave Stewart: keybd, drum prog., drums, perc., vocals Barbara Gaskin:
lead and back. vocals Rick Biddulph: gtr Kristoffer Blegvad: back. voc.
Jakko: gtr, back. voc. Lyndon Connah: back. voc. Gavin Harrison: drum
kit, cymbals Robin Bould: gtr Andy Duncan: perc.
Soft Head: Rogue Element, 1978 (Ogun)
Elton Dean: sax Alan Gowen: kybds Hugh Hopper: bass Dave Sheen: drums
Soft Heap: Soft Heap, 1978 (Charly) [#,CD]
Elton Dean: sax Alan Gowen: kybds Hugh Hopper: bass Pip Pyle: drums
<The CD is a 2-albums-on-1-CD affair, with the other album being Gilgamesh's
_Another Fine Tune..._.>
Soft Machine: Rock Generation vols 7 & 8, 19?? (Byg)
Daevid Allen: guitar Robert Wyatt: drums, vocals Kevin Ayers: bass, vocals
Mike Ratledge: piano, organ
[Note: Two records, 1 side of each is Soft Machine sessions produced by
Giorgio Gomelsky April 1967 London - i.e. before the other albums. Most of
these songs were used again, many of them being stuck together to make
'Moon in June' on 'Third'.]
<This album has been rereleased under various titles, including _Faces and
Places, vol. 7_, _At the Beginning_, and most recently _Jet Propelled
Photographs_>
Soft Machine: Soft Machine, 1968 (Probe)
Mike Ratledge: organ Robert Wyatt: drums Kevin Ayers: lead gtr
<This album was only released in America. Strange.>
Soft Machine: Volume Two, 1969 (Probe)
Mike Ratledge: organ,flute,piano,harpsichord Robert Wyatt: drums,voc.
Kevin Ayers: lead gtr Hugh Hopper: bass Brian Hopper: sax
Soft Machine: Soft Machine, 1969 (Horzu)
Single album compilation of the 'first' 2 albums.
Soft Machine: Live at the Proms 1970, 1970 [CD (Reckless)]
Mike Ratledge: kybds Hugh Hopper:bass Elton Dean: alto sax,saxello
Robert Wyatt: drums, voc.
Soft Machine: Thirds, 1970 (CBS) [#, double LP] [CD]
Mike Ratledge: organ,piano Hugh Hopper: bass Robert Wyatt: drums,vocal
Elton Dean: saxes Rab Spall: violin Lyn Dobson: flute,soprano sax
Nick Evans: trombone Jimmy Hastings: flute,bass clarinet
Soft Machine: Fourth, (CBS) 1970 [CD]
Mike Ratledge: organ,piano Hugh Hopper: bass Robert Wyatt: drums
Elton Dean: alto sax,saxello Roy Babbington: double bass
Mark Charig: cornet Nick Evans: trombone Jimmy Hastings: alto flute,
bass clarinet. Alan Skidmore: tenor sax
Soft Machine: 5, 1972 (CBS) [CD]
Mike Ratledge: organ,elec. piano Hugh Hopper: bass Elton Dean: alto sax,
saxello, elec. piano Phil Howard: drums (on Side 1)
John Marshall: drums (Side 2) Roy Babbington: double bass
Soft Machine: Six Album, 1972 (CBS) [double LP]
Hugh Hopper: bass Karl Jenkins: oboe,baritone and soprano saxes,elec. and
grand piano,celeste John Marshall: drums,perc. Mike Ratledge: organ,elec.
and grand piano, celeste.
Soft Machine: Soft Machine Volumes 1 & 2, 1973 (Probe)
Double album repackage of the 'first' two albums.
Soft Machine: 7, 1973 (CBS) [CD]
Roy Babbington: bass guitar, acoustic bass Karl Jenkins: oboe, baritone
and soprano saxes,recorder,elec. piano Mike Ratledge: organ,synth,elec.
piano. John Marshall: drums,perc.
Soft Machine: Bundles, 1975 (Harvest) [CD]
Roy Babbington, Allan Holdsworth, Karl Jenkins, John Marshall, Mike
Ratledge.
Soft Machine: Architects of Space-Time, 1975 (?)
<Reportedly Yet Another Reissue of Soft Machine 1 and 2.>
Soft Machine: Softs, 1976 [CD]
Roy Babbington, John Etheridge, John Marshall, Alan Wakeman, Karl Jenkins,
Mike Ratledge.
<John Etheridge was another former member of Darryl Way's Wolf.>
Soft Machine: Triple Echo, 1977 (Harvest) [3 album boxed set]
[Devastatingly important: came with inners and booklet with 'family' tree
of Canterbury scene by Pete Frame. Contains their first (& only released)
single 'Love Makes Sweet Music' produced by Chas Chandler (the Softs toured
with Hendrix, then with Eire Apparent in the States in 1967), and the b-side
'Reelin and Squeelin'. Also has rare tracks, including "Moon in June"
recorded
in session for John Peel on Radio 1 (BBC) (a very different version to the
one on 'Third'). The rest of the album is a compliation of 'Soft Machine vol
1'
to 'Softs'.]
Soft Machine: Alive & Well in Paris, 1978 (Harvest) [CD]
John Etheridge: guitar Mike Ratledge Ric Sanders(later of the Fairport
Convention): violin Steve Cook: bass John Marshall: drums
Soft Machine: At the Beginning, 1980 (Oxford)
[One of the many repackages of Rock Generation.]
Soft Machine: Faces and Places Volume 7, ? (?)
<another repackaging of Rock Generation.>
Soft Machine: Land of Cockayne, 1981 (EMI)
John Taylor: keyboard Ray Warleigh: flute Jack Bruce: bass
Stuart Calver: vocals Allan Holdsworth John Marshall: drums
Soft Machine: Turns On Paradiso, 1988 [CD]
<Bootleg of a 1969 Softs concert.>
Soft Machine: Volumes 1 and 2, 1989 (Big Beat) [#,CD]
<Soft Machine's first two records on a single CD.>
Soft Machine: Jet Propelled Photographs, 1989 (Charly) [CD]
<CD rerelease of the Rock Generation tapes...>
Soft Machine: Live, ? (Oh Boy) [CD]
<Another CD bootleg.>
Soft Machine: In Concert, ? (Oh Boy) [CD]
<CD bootleg of live material from 1970>.
Soft Machine: The Collection, ? (?) [CD]
<Dunno what this one is--any takers?>
Soft Machine: The Peel Sessions Album, ? (?) [CD]
<Peel Sessions, obviously, but just what's on this one I don't know.>
Spirogyra: St. Radiguns, 1971 (?) [#,CD(Repertoire)]
Steve Borrill: lead guitar Martin Cockerham: guitar, vocals Julian
Cusack: violin,keyboards Barbara Gaskin: vocals
Spirogyra: Old Boot Wine, 1972 (?)
Steve Borrill: lead guitar Martin Cockerham: guitar, vocals Julian
Cusack: violin,keyboards Barbara Gaskin: vocals Mark Francis: voc.,gtrs,
organ,piano Alan Laing: cello Rick Biddulph: mandolin Dave Mattacks:
drums
Spirogyra: Bells, Boots, and Shambles, 1973 (?) [CD]
Steve Borrill: lead guitar Martin Cockerham: guitar, vocals Julian
Cusack: violin,keyboards Barbara Gaskin: vocals Stan Sulzman: flute
Henry Lowther: timpani John Boyce: cello Dave Mattacks: drums
Nik Turner's Sphynx: Xitintoday, 1978 (Charisma)
Nik Turner(of Hawkwind): sax, flute, vocals etc. Tim Blake: synth
Miquette Giraudy: synth Steve Hillage: guitar Mike Howlett: bass
and many others.
Wyatt, Robert: The End of An Ear, 1970 (CBS)
Robert Wyatt: drums, vocals, piano Mark Charig: cornet Mark Ellidge: piano
David Sinclair: organ Neville Whitehead: bass Elton Dean: Alto Saxello
Cyril Ayers: percussion
Wyatt, Robert: Rock Bottom, 1974 (Virgin) [CD]
lineup varies with each track, but main players include Richard Sinclair:
bass Robert Wyatt:voc,kybds Hugh Hopper:bass, and appearances by
Mike Oldfield and Laurie Allan, Fred Frith (viola), Gary Windo (clarinet),
and others.)
Wyatt, Robert: Ruth is Stranger Than Richard, 1975 (Virgin) [CD]
Laurie Allen: drums Brian Eno: keyboard Fred Frith: viola, piano
Bill McCormick: bass Robert Wyatt: vocals, keyboards, drums
John Greaves: bass George Khan: sax Gary Windo: woodwind
Wyatt, Robert: Las Vegas Fandango, 1981 (Penguin)
<Bootleg of a Wyatt concert at Drury Lane, Aug. 9, 1974.>
Wyatt, Robert: Nothing Can Stop Us, 1985 (Rough Trade) [CD]
Wyatt, Robert: Late 70's-Early 80's, 1985 [CD]
<contains all of Nothing Can Stop Us, plus stuff from 12" singles
(Shipbuilding, Yolanda, Te Recuerdo Amanda, Biko, Amber and the Amberines,
Memories of You, Round Midnight). >
Wyatt, Robert: Old Rottenhat, 1986 (Rough Trade) [CD]
All songs by Wyatt
Wyatt, Robert: The Peel Sessions, 1987 (Strange Fruit) [CD]
Wyatt, Robert: Dondestan, 1991 (Rough Trade) [CD]
Robert Wyatt: keyboards, vocals, drums
<various artists>: V, 1975 [#]
Features two Hatfield&the North songs:
'Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut'
'Oh What a Lonely Lifetime', Rec. October 1974
Phil Miller: gtr Dave Stewart: keyboards Pip Pyle: drums
R. Sinclair: bass, vcls (and Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthal,
Barbara Gaskin vcls).
one Steve Hillage song: 'Pentagramaspin' Sept. 1974
Steve: guitar Miquette: vcls Mike Howlett: bass
Pierre Moerlen: Percussion Dave Stewart: Organ
Tim Blake: synth Didier Malherbe: Sax
[This was recorded during the 'Fish Rising' sessions, but did not
appear on the album]
Robert Wyatt's "Yesterday Man" October 1974
Wyatt: drums Gary Windo : Alto Tenor Sax Mongezi Feza: trumpet
John Greaves: bass
Mike Oldfield: "Don Alfonso" October 1974
Kevin Ayers: Wine Bottles Oldfield: gtr, bass
David Bedford: vcls, piano accordion Chris Cutler: drums
<various artists>: Glastonbury Fayre, June 1972 (Revelation)
[A very rare album, a triple album set which came in a plastic sleeve
which re-assembled to make a pyramid.
It had Gong on side one, as well as the Grateful Dead, Bowie in
the studio, Bolan, Hawkwind performing "Silver Machine" and "7 by 7"
and many others. I won't guess at the line-ups.]
<various artists>: Re-records Quarterly vol 2 No 2, Autumn 1987 (Re)
[This is a magazine and record package, 1 track of which (entitled
'Chairman Mao') is by Robert Wyatt.
Robert Wyatt also wrote an article for this issue (and for others.)]
<various artists>: The Canterbury Tapes
<Very rare bootleg album; I know nothing else about it.>
---------Singles: (contains songs not available elsewhere) --------------
Ayers, Kevin: Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes (from Whatevershebringswesing)/
Stars (prev. unreleased), 1971 (Harvest)
Ayers, Kevin: Oh! Wot a Dream (from Bananamour)/ Connie On a Rubber Band
(reworking of Clarence in Wonderland from Shooting At the
Moon), 1972 (Harvest)
Ayers, Kevin: After the Show (prev. unreleased)/ Thank You Very Much, 1974
(Harvest)
Wyatt, Robert: I'm a Believer (Niel Diamond - the Monkeys' song)/ Memories (from
the Soft Machine sessions and Bananamoon), 1974 (Virgin)
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whose contributions have added ~300 more lines to this discography. Many
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my comments which are in <>.
steg...@cubldr.colorado.edu
> Yep, just when you thought it was dead and gone, the infamous Canterbury
> net.discography returns to the net. It is, alas, even more badly in need
> of added information than usual, due to the long time since the last update.
> I tried to add all the recent releases I know of, but almost certainly missed
> some, and have incomplete information on others; also, I've decided that the
> coverage of the discography needs to be a little wider -- Camel and Henry
> Cow and its offshoots really ought to be better represented here, and aren't.
> Anyway, here it is.
> ** Discography is listed **
I noticed that you left out quite a few Mike Oldfield albums. Your Oldfield
section seems to stop at BOXED and resumes somewhere in 1990. Here are some
items you could add (this includes all "proper" Mike Oldfield - albums only -
and not singles or related work).
Incantations (1978) Virgin VDT101 (Double Album)
Mike Oldfield - all instruments, except: Mike Laird - trumpet; Pierre
Moerlen - drums, vibraphones; Maddy Prior, Sally Oldfield, and the
Queens College Girls Choir - vocals; Terry Oldfield and Sebastian
Bell - flutes; Jabula - african drums; David Bedford - conductor.
Platinum (1979) Virgin 201206-610
Mike Oldfield - elec/acoustic guitars, piano & synth, vibes & marimba,
and vocals; Pierre Moerlen, Alan Schwartzberg, Maurice Pert - drums;
Neil Jason, Hansford Rowe, Francisco Centeno - bass; Nico Ramsden,
Peter Lemer - keyboards; Sally Cooper - tubular bells; Wendy Roberts -
vocals; Demalza - congas.
Exposed (1979) Virgin (Double Live Album of 1979 European Tour)
I don't have the album anymore, but if I recall correctly, the touring
band consisted of: Oldfield - guitar, vocal; Morris Pert - drums,
percussion; Maddy Prior - vocals; Nico Ramsden - guitar; Pekka Pijola -
bass; Pierre Moerlen - drums, vibes, percussion; can't remember
keyboard player - maybe Pete Lemer. Songs consisted of condensed
version of "Incantation" plus the whole "Tubular Bells".
QE2 (1980) Virgin/Epic 37358
Oldfield - all instruments except: David Hentschel - steel drums,
synthesized french horn, synths, vocals; Mike Frye - drums; Tim Cross -
piano, synths; Maggie Reilly - vocals; Phil Collins - drums; Morris
Pert - drums.
Five Miles Out (1982) Virgin/Epic 37983
This album calls the musicians "the Mike Oldfield Group".
Oldfield - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals; Morris Pert - drums,
keyboards; Tim Cross - keyboards; Rick Fenn - guitars; Maggie Reilly -
vocals; with Mike Frye - percussion; Paddy Moloney - uileann pipes;
Carl Palmer - percussion; Graham Broad - drums.
Crises (1983) Virgin V2262
Oldfield - all instruments except: Phil Spalding - bass; "Ant" -
guitars; Rick Fenn - guitars; Simon Phillips - tama drums; Maggie
Reilly - vocals; Jon Anderson - vocals; Roger Chapman - vocals;
Pierre Moerlen - vibraphone.
Discovery (1984) Virgin
Another one that I no longer have; contains the core team of
Oldfield, Maggie Reilly, and Simon Phillips, plus a few satellite
musicians.
At this point, I stopped following Oldfield and/or his disc releases. But this
should help in adding to the Oldfield section of the Discography.
Glen Stegner
University of Colorado at Boulder
STEG...@GOLD.COLORADO.EDU