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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Why am I not surprised you hate Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom and rate Zopp ahead Hatfield and National Health. Zopp is a nice album but c'mon!

At least I'm predictable. I've tried to like Robert Wyatt by listening to all of his albums again yesterday, but I'm afraid he still remains at the rock bottom of my Canterbury Scene pile, alongside Hugh Hopper. Ribbit. 🐸

Paul, have you tried playing Robert Wyatt backward, on a Thursday morning? Wink

I love the new Zopp album.  I'll compare it with my favorites from my Canterbury collection.  Get ready to rumble with tea and crumpets and Canterbury. 


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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Why am I not surprised you hate Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom and rate Zopp ahead Hatfield and National Health. Zopp is a nice album but c'mon!

At least I'm predictable. I've tried to like Robert Wyatt by listening to all of his albums again yesterday, but I'm afraid he still remains at the rock bottom of my Canterbury Scene pile, alongside Hugh Hopper. Ribbit. 🐸
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Prog Archives' Top 30 Canterbury Scene Albums

01. 5 stars 1971: Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mFz0nR_h7FWnmMQ90QMaMVh7Gadk3hA8k
05. 3 stars 1974: Hatfield & the North - Hatfield & the North - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3DLr_YoS0ajnLFLlOvU1thTyyfg6UfW0
06. 4 stars 1970: Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtsoUorBySZ8GsEIMLVrI2R
07. 3 stars 1978: National Health - Of Queues & Cures - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_myZQbKnm05Sy8B5o_yKKi_twz1SkhSWu8
09. 3 stars 1975: Hatfield & the North - The Rotters' Club - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5QfBixT2KGcYZx5VS6IBhHN1XKnQYuT4
10. 4 stars 1973: Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nRDGZ_xGZ-OPCjQTlT_IVG7XdzoldlbGY
11. 3 stars 1971: Supersister - To the Highest Bidder - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU5026Bj3S0
12. 3 stars 1973: Daevid Allen's Gong - Angel's Egg - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCPZ-35b9RZgaAcPp5SW2ga
13. 3 stars 1972: Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ml5nVP3Lkkn7YlSinSadzytnnTbSb8JN4
15. 4 stars 1978: National Health - National Health - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu0nRyTGpqxRgBhsQ5fjoan
19. 3 stars 1976: Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InqNhh79or0
22. 5 stars 2023: Zopp - Dominion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvqUDj1Iy54
23. 4 stars 2020: Zopp - Zopp - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ2Lx6HDorQ
24. 3 stars 1968: Soft Machine - The Soft Machine - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu2Lq_DV8ksSBDAsKQTWLQh
25. 3 stars 1970: Supersister - Present from Nancy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SurjxwfHNu8
27. 3 stars 1973: Daevid Allen's Gong - Flying Teapot - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCkdxUoZ65KgEAxUk0AuSmC
28. 3 stars 1971: Moving Gelatine Plates - Moving Gelatine Plates - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lcyR8RvLW41ztn8ou18nHE1wbkOoT8GPM
29. 3 stars 1976: Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Gazeuse! - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCZijlNll9ZUqIi4A2w7bzG
30. 3 stars 2023: Amoeba Split - Quiet Euphoria
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Thanks for doing this, Paul. Very complete and informative.

The Canterbury genre is still one of my faves after 48 years of listening.

It's been a pleasure. Now seems like a good time to put together a list of my Canterbury Scene 5-star favourites, so here goes:-


5 stars 1969: Arzachel - Arzachel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRW8bkl33yU
5 stars 1971: Caravan - In the Land of Pink and Grey - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuvsF8fnd5IFaqvwNUGPObK
5 stars 1972: Catapilla - Changes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woesy-QYiEg
5 stars 1972: Nicholas Greenwood - Cold Cuts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWP9qeM8_0
5 stars 1987: Mr. Sirius - Barren Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDfZo7wThFw
5 stars 1990: Mr. Sirius - Dirge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZAi2zyNLdY
5 stars 1972: Pantheon - Orion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSaaCDBYF3M
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^Thanks for doing this, Paul. Very complete and informative.

The Canterbury genre is still one of my faves after 48 years of listening.
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A-Z of Canterbury Scene Artists

ZYMA      Finally, four years, 90+ artists and 300+ albums later, it's the last but not least Canterbury Scene artist, and what a great way to finish! Zyma are one of only two German Canterbury Scene bands, alongside Tortilla Flat. They may be at the end of the alphabet, but Zyma are leaders of the pack in terms of musical ability, but then again, we wouldn't expect anything less from the Germans. Danke Schoen und Guten Nacht. Thumbs Up

4 stars 1979: Zyma - Brave New World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJbotZE5lV4


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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^It is a good album. And a six star rating is impressive!

Yet, is it better than Khan "Space Shanty" that we both rate highly?

At this moment in time, I'd say Zopp's Dominion album is by far the best of the 300+ Canterbury Scene albums I've listened to in total over the last four years, but that all may change in a year's time once the novelty has worn off, in the same way as The Quest no longer comes Close to the Edge of being my favourite YES album two years on. Embarrassed
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Why am I not surprised you hate Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom and rate Zopp ahead Hatfield and National Health. Zopp is a nice album but c'mon!
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^It is a good album. And a six star rating is impressive!

Yet, is it better than Khan "Space Shanty" that we both rate highly?
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Nah, not better than Hatfield or Health, but Caravan maybe.

Zopp's Dominion album may be the best album in the entire dominion of Canterbury Scene music. No, not even maybe... It IS the best Canterbury Scene album I've ever heard! Star Star Star Star Star Star
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^Nah, not better than Hatfield or Health, but Caravan maybe.
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ZOPP      Finally, this is what I've been waiting for! In the Dominion of Canterbury Scene bands, Zopp are one of the best British bands who barely anyone has ever heard of. Zopp may be new to the Canterbury Scene, but they're better than Hatfield & the North, better than National Health, and dare I say it, better than Caravan too! Geek



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ROBERT WYATT     Robert Wyatt is to Canterbury Scene music what Steve Davis is to snooker: interesting but not particularly exciting.... Robert Wyatt was a founder member of Soft Machine and Matching Mole whose career as a band drummer hit Rock Bottom after a fall from a window in 1973 left him wheelchair-bound for life. That marked the start of Robert Wyatt's somewhat eccentric 40-year solo career though - with offbeat music that often strayed into cloud Cuckooland - up until announcing his retirement from the music business in 2014 when he stated, "I didn't want my music to go off."  Confused

1 stars 1970: Robert Wyatt - The End of an Ear - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtPEKcZDgbs
2 stars 1975: Robert Wyatt - Ruth is Stranger Than Richard - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8NWrcyeMh-cWhuqoX-RnNeQyyup3Wbmc


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THE WINSTONS      One of three Italian Canterbury Scene bands, alongside Homunculus Res and Picchio dal Pozzo, although you'd never guess The Winstons were Italian from their name or their music, when  they sound as British as spaghetti bolognese and chips. Arrivederci amici. Smile



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THE WILDE FLOWERS     The very first Canterbury Scene band, featuring a whole Caravan full of future legends of the genre, including Richard Sinclair, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Pye Hastings, Hugh Hopper and Richard Coughlan.

 3 stars 1994: The Wilde Flowers - The Wilde Flowers (compilation) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nKOpfSECbrtzW-LuI08MK0oStYn0wPyV8
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VOLARE      A band from the United States, not from Italy, and named after an American motor car, not an operatic aria. Smile

3 stars 1997: Volare - The Uncertainty Principle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOr-KLU6z88
3 stars 1999: Volare - Memoirs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BkIAL4qQ8s
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TRAVELLING    Tres Bon! We're on the road again with Travelling, one of three Gallic (or garlic-flavoured) Canterbury Scene bands, and if you're au fait with the Canterbury Scene, you'll already know the other two French bands are Ocarinah and Moving Gelatine Plates, but why is it that all of the best Canterbury Scene artists are from overseas!? Oh well, C'est La Vie, as we say in England. Confused

4 stars 1973: Travelling - Voice La Nuit Tombee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUGwXVBIEw


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TORTILLA FLAT     Named after an early John Steinbeck novel, German band Tortilla Flat are flat out one of the best Canterbury Scene outfits you're ever likely to hear, especially for those of us who've experienced the height of sophistication in Leeds city centre at night. Tongue

4 stars 1973: Tortilla Flat - SWF Session - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSE59YdEbZM
4 stars 1974: Tortilla Flat - Fur Ein 3/4 Stundchen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0hb7M5fzmI
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 Temple of Shibboleth (billiebottle.co.uk)

An all-female, contemporary, Canterbury style band from Devon UK. Billie bottle has played with David Sinclair from Caravan and Richard Sinclair guest on their debut lp on Bass. These gals are fab and should be much better known in the (predominantly all male) prog world!

Excellent! I really like Temple of Shibboleth. It sounds unlike any Canterbury Scene album I've ever heard before. It's daring and adventurous, just like a midnight swim at Michael Barrymore's house. Tongue
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 Temple of Shibboleth (billiebottle.co.uk)

An all-female, contemporary, Canterbury style band from Devon UK. Billie bottle has played with David Sinclair from Caravan and Richard Sinclair guest on their debut lp on Bass. These gals are fab and should be much better known in the (predominantly all male) prog world!

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