Canterbury Appreciation

Oh, don't worry about it, my friend!

I think I'm `One of the Few', to quote Mr Waters, who is not a fan of the vocal tones of Mr Wyatt on those early Soft Machine albums, even though I quite like the music. I think I much prefer the later instrumental period. All I was mentioning was his voice, nothing more, but I'm glad others can appreciate his work on other levels.

Kind of like Professor Frink on the Simpsons playing with that toy mower with the coloured balls in it!

Frink: Mwa-hey, bwa-hai. The compression and expansion of the longitudinal waves cause the erratic oscillation, you can see it there, of the neighbouring particles.

(A little girl attracts Professor Frink's attention.)

Frink: Yes, what is it, what, what is it?

Little Girl: Can I play with it?

Frink: No you can't play with it, you won't enjoy it on as many levels as I do... Mm-hai bw-ha whoa-hoa. The colours, children. Mwa-ha-lee.

been diggin this stuff more and more recently

Be interested to know what makes you think Zoppo Trump and Kandahar as having the Canterbury-sound.

Dr Wu, it's got a couple of longer extended pieces, with a whole bunch of little fragments/experimental pieces/short passages in between them, but it all flows beautifuly and runs through a lot of different moods and feelings. It's a terrific album, and I'm going to be giving it a real workout over the next few weeks!

Just drifting away from the recommendation posts for a second, I wanted to ask....has anyone else bought the new Soft Machine Legacy album `Burden Of Proof? I'd be interested in some opinions and thoughts!

I was a little surprised to find some Crimson and even blues influences worked into the usual Caterbury sound for this one! There's so many ideas and different sounds, perfect late night listening!

love everything into canterbury. my current favorite musical (sub)genre.

All those mentioned as well as the two Hatfield lp's. I find myself playing those more than Caravan , National Health, and Egg over the years.

Edited by dr wu23 - June 01 2013 at 22:36

^ Thanks guys for the suggestions, both sound good from what I have read.  Khan looks to be a challenge to find (without spending the wife's inheritance..), but the National Health one is quite available.

You'll be in for a treat the more you discover the Canterbury stuff, Jim! You've picked a great introduction, one of my absolute favourite albums, and it's probably THE Canterbury album proggers instantly think of when the genre is mentioned!

Many fans of the band will tell you that there's better Caravan albums than that (still no 1 for me, even though I love their other ones), but you've started well.

Hopefully others can suggest what band/album to look into next, but I'll get a head start and suggest the second, mostly intrumental National Health album `Of Queues and Cures'!

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=983