Robert Wyatt * Ruth is stranger than Richard

This is the third solo album from Robert Wyatt. One of the most beautiful voices of that time i think. His unique voice touches many strings of my heart. Over the years Robert Wyatt worked together with lots of now famous bands and co-musicians. Think Deavid Allen, The soft machine, Caravan and much more. I love the sleeve of this record. Such a wonderfull strange painting painted by his wife Alfreda Benge.

It isn't strange that the following song is one of my favourites from this record because he wrote it with Fred Frith, who i admire a lot. Robert Wyatt sings and Fred Frith on the piano. Very beautiful!

Musicians in this next song: Laurie Allan: drums ~ Brian eno: direct inject anti-jazz gun ~ Nisar Ahmad & George Kahn: tenor sax ~ Bill MacCormick: bass guitar ~ Gary Windo: tenor sax ~ Robert Wyatt: mouth, piano ~

This album doesn't contain my most favourite Robert Wyatt songs, so i don't play this LP very often.

ROBERT WYATT * RUTH IS STRANGER THAN RICHARD Virgin records 1975
SIDE RICHARD

1. Muddy mouse a)
2. Solar flares
3. Muddy mouse (b)
4. Five black notes and one white note
5. Muddy mouse (c)
6. Muddy mouth

SIDE RUTH

1. Soup song
2. Sonia
3. Team spirit
4. Song for Che

Henry Cow * In praise of learning

The Henry Cow sleeves are well known for their knitted plastic socks upon it. This record is brought in by my love Des Orient. Because of his taste of music i learned to enjoy this kind of music as well. Labelled as avantgarde, prog rock..... This is not a record you just play meanwhile doing other things. Therefore is the music too complex and too extand. The very intense voice of Dagmar Krause also forces you to listen. I like very much the influences of Fred Frith in this music. I think he's a genius and i just love his music, most he has done.
Here you can listen to the first song of the album and to the last song.

ART IS NOT A MIRROR - IT IS A HAMMER - JOHN GRIERSON





HENRY COW * In Praise of learning * Virgin Records 1975

I. WAR
II. LIVING IN THE HEART OF THE BEAST
III. BEGINNING: THE LONG MARCH
VI. BEAUTIFUL AS THE MOON. TERRIBLE AS AN ARMY WITH BANNERS
V. MORNING STAR

Henry Cow are: Tim Hodgkinson, Fred frith, John Greaves, Chris Cutler, Dagmag Krause, Peter Blegvad, Anthony Moore, Lindsay Cooper
For more information Google Henry Cow.