ROBERT WYATT MINT 'ROCK BOTTOM' A CANTERBURY PROG ART-ROCK CLASSIC PRESSWELL

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ROBERT WYATT MINT VINYL 'ROCK BOTTOM'

A CANTERBURY PROG

ART-ROCK CLASSIC!

Rock Bottom Review

by Jim Powers

All Music.com

Rock Bottom, recorded with a star-studded cast of Canterbury Prog musicians, has been deservedly acclaimed as one of the finest art rock albums. Several forces surrounding Wyatt's life helped shape its outcome. First, it was recorded after the former Soft Machine drummer and singer fell out of a five-story window and broke his spine. Legend had it that the album was a chronicle of his stay in the hospital. Wyatt dispels this notion in the liner notes of the 1997 Thirsty Ear reissue of the album, as well as the book Wrong Movements: A Robert Wyatt History. Much of the material was composed prior to his accident in anticipation of rehearsals of a new lineup of Matching Mole. The writing was completed in the hospital, where Wyatt realized that he would now need to sing more, since he could no longer solely be the drummer. Many of Rock Bottom's songs are very personal and introspective love songs, since he would soon marry Alfreda Benge. Benge suggested to Wyatt that his music was too cluttered and needed more open spaces. Therefore, Robert Wyatt not only ploughed new ground in songwriting territory, but he presented the songs differently, taking time to allow songs like "Sea Song" and "Alifib" to develop slowly. Previous attempts at love songs, like "O Caroline," while earnest and wistful, were very literal and lyrically clumsy. Rock Bottom was Robert Wyatt's most focused and relaxed album up to its time of release. In 1974, it won the French Grand Prix Charles Cros Record of the Year Award. It is also considered an essential record in any comprehensive collection of psychedelic or progressive rock.

Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom

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Label: Virgin – VR 13-112 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Presswell Pressing Country: US Released: 1974 Genre: Rock Style: Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde, Prog Rock, Art Rock

Tracklist

Hide Credits A1 Sea Song Bass Guitar – Richard Sinclair Voice, Keyboards, Percussion [James' Drum] – Robert Wyatt Bass Guitar – Richard Sinclair Voice, Keyboards, Percussion [James' Drum] – Robert Wyatt 6:30 A2 A Last Straw Bass Guitar – Hugh Hopper Drums – Laurie Allan Voice, Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion [Delfina's Wineglass] – Robert Wyatt Bass Guitar – Hugh Hopper Drums – Laurie Allan Voice, Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion [Delfina's Wineglass] – Robert Wyatt 5:44 A3 Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road Bass Guitar – Richard Sinclair Trumpet – Mongezi Feza Voice – Ivor Cutler Voice, Keyboards, Percussion [James' Drum, Delfina's Tray And A Small Battery] – Robert Wyatt Bass Guitar – Richard Sinclair Trumpet – Mongezi Feza Voice – Ivor Cutler Voice, Keyboards, Percussion [James' Drum, Delfina's Tray And A Small Battery] – Robert Wyatt 7:40 B1 Alifib Bass Guitar – Hugh Hopper Voice, Keyboards – Robert Wyatt Bass Guitar – Hugh Hopper Voice, Keyboards – Robert Wyatt 6:55 B2 Alife Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Gary Windo Bass Guitar – Hugh Hopper Voice – Alfreda Benge Voice, Keyboards, Percussion [James' Drum] – Robert Wyatt Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Gary Windo Bass Guitar – Hugh Hopper Voice – Alfreda Benge Voice, Keyboards, Percussion [James' Drum] – Robert Wyatt 6:17 B3 Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road Bass Guitar – Richard Sinclair Drums – Laurie Allan Guitar – Mike Oldfield Viola – Fred Frith Voice – Ivor Cutler Voice, Keyboards – Robert Wyatt Bass Guitar – Richard Sinclair Drums – Laurie Allan Guitar – Mike Oldfield Viola – Fred Frith Voice – Ivor Cutler Voice, Keyboards – Robert Wyatt 6:19

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Virgin Records
Record Company – Warner Communications
Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
Published By – Almo Music
Recorded At – The Manor
Recorded At – CBS Studios, London
Recorded At – Delfina's Farm
Recorded By – Manor Mobile
Pressed By – Presswell

Credits

Cover – Alfreda Benge
Engineer [CBS Studios, Assistant] – Toby Bird
Engineer [CBS Studios] – Dick Palmer*
Engineer [Manor] – Steve Cox
Producer – Nick Mason
Songwriter [Songs By] – Robert Wyatt

Notes

Presswell pressing.

Label variation with "DIST. BY ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP., 75 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, N.Y., N.Y." on bottom of label.

Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, 75 Rockfeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019.
A Warner Communications company.

℗ © 1974 Virgin Records Ltd.