View basket “Maxiumum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recording” has been added to your basket. 68 Robert Wyatt SKU: RUNE375LP Barcode: RUNE375LP 27.00 £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Cuneiform Released Date: 26th July 2016 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The missing links in my life’s work, no less!” – Robert Wyatt In September, 1968, the Soft Machine had just finished their second, exhaustive tour of the USA supporting the Jimi Hendrix Experience. At the conclusion of the tour, vocalist/drummer/multi-instrumentalist Robert Wyatt stayed, working on recordings in Hollywood and New York City. Upon Robert’s return to England, these documents lay forgotten… Now, for the first time, all four of the recordings Robert made in ’68 are collected together and released, all carefully worked on and presented in the best possible sound quality – and the recorded sound here is surprisingly excellent overall! The bulk of the material – the two long suites – were later re-recorded by the Soft Machine; Rivmic Melodies later became the basis of side one on Volume II (1969) and Moon In June showed up as Robert’s showcase on Third (1970). These tracks serve as a template for the post-psychedelic Soft Machine’s career as founders of European jazz/rock and the entire release is a precursor to Robert’s post-band, solo career. “By far one of the year’s best releases…. the album captures Wyatt laying down tracks that would later make up much of Soft Machine’s classic second and third albums, all in high fidelity, all marvelously creative, adventurous, humor-filled and, all things considered, rather stunningly ahead of their time.” – Rolling Stone “Cuneiform has delivered a Holy Grail with Robert Wyatt’s ’68 … The sound on ’68 is excellent; it was painstakingly cleaned up and remastered from original sources, making this a must for any Wyatt, Soft Machine, or prog head. The booklet also contains a lengthy interview with Wyatt by Aymeric Leroy with comments from Hopper. All killer, no filler.” – Thom Jurek/All Music Guide “After a half a dozen listens I am convinced this is of the very best archival releases EVER. The creativity was pouring out of RW at that time and the freedom he had doing these demos reveal a sense of freshness that is really exciting – also there is a feeling of warm intimacy like we get to be the fly on RW’s studio wall in 1968 – the interview is amazing too. Do not miss this.” – Udi Koomram Artist Robert Wyatt Genre Jazz , Progressive Label Cuneiform Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1. Chelsa 2. Rivmic Melodies 3. Slow Walkin' Talk 4. 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