Floatsam Jetsam
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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Not for the neophytes, this is a spectacular collection of unreleased oddities that span the years 1968-1990. Included are Wyatt's work with Jimi Hendrix (Soft Machine toured America as Hendrix's...
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Going Back a Bit: A Little History of Robert Wyatt
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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A wonderfully compiled 28-track, two-CD set that includes some of Wyatt's work with Soft Machine and his short-lived band of radical politicos Matching Mole (who, frankly, are not very...
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Mid-Eighties
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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Basically, this is an expanded version of the 1985 album Old Rottenhat, with the addition of eight extra tracks from the period: the four-song Work in Progress EP, two songs from the B-side of...
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Peel Sessions
Released: 1987
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Released: 1987
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This appearance on John Peel's BBC Radio show promoted Robert's then-current single "I'm a Believer" and his Rock Bottom album. The versions on this disc are minimal compared to the original album...
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Nothing Can Stop Us
Released: 1982
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Released: 1982
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This compilation of early-'80s singles includes some of Wyatt's finest work. Aside from "Born Again Cretin" (whose vocals recall the Beach Boys at their most experimental), all of it's non-original...
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The End of an Ear
Released: 1971
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Released: 1971
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Of all the projects Robert Wyatt created apart from his tenure with Soft Machine and Matching Mole, The End of an Ear has to be the strangest, and among the most beautiful and misunderstood...
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Rock Bottom/Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
Released: 1981
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Released: 1981
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The CD era makes these two hard-to-find recordings available on one disc. Of the two, Rock Bottom is the most intense, and perhaps the most odd -- the songs are repetitive, meditative and spacy in...
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Dondestan
Released: 1991
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Released: 1991
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For half of these songs, Wyatt put music to the poetry of his wife Alfreda Benge; he wrote both words and music for the remainder (with the exception of "Lisp Service," whose music was written by...
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