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    Posted: October 19 2005 at 10:57

hi people!!

Soft Machine and Caravan are the most known but...

I think Hatfield & the North is the sumum of this musical scene. Intrincate and delicate songs, Stewart and Sinclair in their best moments of creativity, and Miller's guitar is amazing!!!

My vote for them.
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Canterbury it's a very interesting argument, and really progressive! In my opinion there's not a real main band in these scene but I think there are some very important albums (I also think of Catapilla and more Canterbury Camel discography...). For these reasons there's for me an ex aequo between Wyatt and Hatfield (I'm agree, Sinclair- Stewart are spectacular)
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I did a similar pole to this a few months back, so you might want to search for it (sadly, it did'nt receive as many responses as I had hoped for).  My favorite is still Soft Machine, although I truly like them all.
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Points: 2808 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2005 at 11:29

Good poll.

 

Damn, can only vote once.

Has to be Soft Machine I guess (first & second album era)as this is where the Canterbury scene started for me; followed by Gong, Egg and Caravan. Although I really like Hatfield, Bob Wyatt and matching mole as well. I could vote for them all



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I like Caravan!!!!

But I admit my Canterbury knowledge is not great (only owing Caravan and Hatfield and the North cds and some Matching Mole and Gong mp3)Embarrassed
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I believe that Hathfield and the North and National Health are the fore runner, I also feel that the two band are very similar sound...I could easily confuse them.

Caravan and Camel were probably the most famous of all Canterbury bands. Soft Machine came from Canterbury and memebers played in Canterbury bands but I would hardly consider the music they played Canterbury, they were more to the JAZZY edge...free jazz for that matter.

Oh and the fact tht many state that Camel are the outcasts of Canterbury...Pooh on them, They are canterbury. ready for the arguments.
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Originally posted by flying teapot flying teapot wrote:

 


Oh and the fact tht many state that Camel are the outcasts of Canterbury...Pooh on them, They are canterbury. ready for the arguments.



Of course they are, I was more prudent than you and I just referred to some more Canterbury album (MIrage in the central part is completely Canterbury) but I recognize they save a canterbury-like sound in all the album I have from them(from Camel to Breathless)
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National Health is the creme de la creme  of Canterbury.
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I like National Health, too. "Tenemos Roads" makes my top ten list, and that's just a beginning.

Bruford should probably be listed as a Canterbury band. I would be inclined to vote for them, if it were. Bruford, Holdsworth and Dave Stewart all in one band. How could they be overlooked?!
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Matching Mole get's my vote they're worth it... very underrated band though.

This is the genre that I've got the most problem with, I mean with Caterbury polls... so many good bands I get all sweaty 

I've got albums with all of them and love them deeply, this is too hard for me 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Soft Machine, Matching Mole
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Originally posted by flying teapot flying teapot wrote:


I believe that Hathfield and the North and National Health are the fore runner, I also feel that the two band are very similar sound...I could easily confuse them.

well, they are more or less the same band, except for the bass player; the rest of the musicians stayed the same


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There are all essential of course, except Gilgamesh IMO

-Kevin Ayers, for the pop-decadent side of Canterbury.

-And Henry cow, for the complex/free/cerebral side of Canterbury.


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And what about this italo-canterburyan effort?

With reminiscences of Rock Bottom, Gong/you...




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From your list, Soft Machine.

My all time favourite Canterbury band is Henry Cow.
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to the already rich among us...'

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Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

And what about this italo-canterburyan effort?

With reminiscences of Rock Bottom, Gong/you...










Ditto! A wonderful recording!

Speaking of Italian.........Would anyone consider Area to be a bit Canterbury-ish? I certainly enjoy them, regardless of classification!


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Yes, sir!
You also have some Zappa, Henry cow, and even slight Oldfield influences into . Plus an italian pastoral flavour !





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there were times when National Health and Gilgamesh did concerts as an 8-piece band (2 drummers, 2 bass players, 2 keyboarders and 2 guitar players). I would have liked to see one of them. this is of course also an argument against Gilgamesh not being essential . sadly the keyboarder of Gilgamesh, Alan Gowen, died of leucemia (which is why Hatfield and the North recorded "D. S. Al Coda", an album consisting only of Alan Gowen compostions (the front cover of that album is a photo of Alan Gowen). he (Alan Gowen) also played in the bands Soft Head and Soft Heap

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