Various Artists
To Canterbury And Beyond
A Tribute To The Canterbury Scene
Mellow Records MMP 361 A/B (1999)
Disc 1 (72'34")
[1] ZOO LUNAIRE (Italy)
The isle of everywhere (7'54")
Taken from GONG "You"
Gianluca Milanese (fl,sax), Massimo Pinca (b,key), Roberto Duma (ds)
[2] CHAMELEON (Sweden)
Crumble / Didn't matter anyway (9'42")
Crumble from HUGH HOPPER"Hopper Tunity Box"
Didn't matter anyway from HATFIELD AND THE NORTH "The Rotters' Club"
Patrick Sundkvist (ds), Arne Jonasson (b,g,vo,vib)
[3] PHIL MERCY (UK)
The Bryden 2-Step (for Amphibians) (10'05")
Taken from NATIONAl HEALTH "Of Queues and Cures"
Arranged, played, and produced by Phil Mercy
[4] ARBOGAST (Italy)
Ride (7'09")
Taken from "Caravan"
Marco Masoni (vo,b,org), Daniele Caputo (vo,ds,perc), Riccardo Comparini (g), Alessandro Toniolo (fl)
[5] MARCO MASONI (Italy)
Radio Gnome Invisible (6'13')
Taken from GONG "Flying Teapot"
including
I've bin stone before from "Camembert Electrique"
The Pot Head Pixies from "Flying Teapot"
Marco Masoni (vo,b,org,etc.), David Vecchioni (ds,perc), Simone Piccarducci (g)
[6] PATRICK FORGAS (France)
Ethec Naturel (6'44")
including
Hope for happiness
Joy of a toy from "The Soft Machine"
French lyrics by Patrick Forgas
Patrick Forgas (vo,key,programming)
[7] HOSTSONATEN (Italy)
Sea Song (4'21")
Taken from ROBERT WYATT "Rock Bottom"
Fabio Zuffanti (vo,g,moog), Osvaldo Giordano (org,synth-b,programming)
[8] ASHQELON QUILT (Israel)
Dedicated to you but you weren't listening (2'43")
Taken from THE SOFT MACHINE "Volume Two"
Ori Hendel (vo,g), Shachar Hendel (key,ds,b-programming), Corinne Schlomovitch (vln)
[9] SYNTHETIC BLOCK (USA)
The soft weed factor (8'04")
Taken from SOFT MACHINE "Six"
All instruments by Jonathan Block
[10] DAVID BAGSBY (USA)
Hell's Bells (5'55")
Taken from BRUFORD "One of a Kind"
including
Paracelsus from NATIONAL HEALTH "Complete"
Sample and hold from "The Bruford Tapes"
Beelzebub from "Feels Good To Me"
The towplane and the glider from NATIONAL HEALTH "Missing Pieces"
Your Majesty is like a cream donut from HATFIELD AND THE NORTH "The Rotters' Club"
All instruments by David Bagsby
[11] NOTTURNO CONCERTANTE (Italy)
Hello Hello (3'39")
Taken from CARAVAN "If I could do it all over again, I'd do it all over you"
Lucio Lazzaruolo (p,synth,sampler), Raffaele Villanova (g,b,vo), Patrizio Palladino (ds), Geppino Borriello (g,mellotron)
Disc 2 (75'56")
[1] THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (USA)
Wring out the gound (loosely now) (11'06")
Taken from EGG "The Civil Surface"
Bill Pohl (g,vo), Kurt Rongey (key,ds,vo), Matt Hembree (b,back-vo), John Livingston (ds)
[2] TILION (Italy)
Can't be long now / Francoise / For Richard / Warlock (11'11")
Taken from CARAVAN "If I could do it all over again, I'd do it all over you"
Roberto Aiolfi (b), Alfio Costa (p,mellotron,org), Flavio Costa (g), Matteo Filippini (vo,g), Alberto Gaspari (ds)
[3] L'IMBROGLIO (Italy)
The Collapso / Squarer for Maud (6'43")
Taken from NATIONAl HEALTH "Of Queues and Cures"
Lucio Bonaldo (ds), Roberto Scala (b,g), Roberto Berto (g), Rocco Prete (key)
[4] MARY NEWLETTER (Italy)
A Last Straw / Box 25/4 lid (5'32")
A Last Straw from ROBERT WYATT "Rock Bottom"
Box 25/4 lid from "The Soft Machine"
Mario Valentino Brame (ds,vo), Massimiliano Galbani (vo), Marco Gusberti (key,p), Massimo Necchi (b), Davide Pisi (g)
[5] NOSTALGIA (Italy)
At last I'm free (4'37")
Taken from ROBERT WYATT "Nothing Can Stop Us"
Massimo Mazzeo (g,back-vo), Andrea Romano (key,programming)
with Paola Buscaglia (lead-vo)
[6] ALGEBRA (Italy)
DE-CONSTRUCTING WYATT (9'40")
- The British Road
- The Age of Self
- Speechless
- Gharbzadegi
All tracks from "Old Rottenhat"
Rino Pastore (synth,vo,etc,), Roberto Polcino (key,etc.), Maria Giammetti (fl,sax,vo), Franco Ciani (ds,perc), Mario Giammetti (vo,g,b)
[7] DONO CELESTE (Italy)
Alifib / Alifie (11'02")
Taken from ROBERT WYATT "Rock Bottom"
Antony Graham Milner (vo), Ignazio Serventi (g), Alessandro Buzzi (ds,perc), Giampaolo Piras (b), Enrico Ghezzi (key)
[8] PHIL BEANE (USA)
Spring any day now (3'00")
Taken from FRED FRITH "Gravity"
All instruments by Phil Beane
[9] MOONMADNESS OF DIVAE (Italy)
Sasquatch (3'54")
Taken from CAMEL "A Single Factor"
Ugo Vantini (ds), Enzo Di Francesco (key), Roberto Taccini (g), Omon Sandmens (b), Sandro Cofrancesco (key)
[10] ROTTERS' CLUB (UK)
Place of my Own (3'55")
Taken from "Caravan"
Nikki Brooks (vo), Tony Cortvriendo (g), Chris Coutts (g), Geoff Dennison (perc), Nick Loebner (b)
[11] TRAMA (Italy)
Unevensong (5'12")
Taken from CAMEL "Rain Dances"
Annalisa Accorsi (vo), Lorenzo Loria (g), Paolo Gaggero (ds), Luca Scherani (key), Gabriele Guidi Colombi (b)
イタリアを中心として世界各国の無名なミュージシャン／グループ（如何にも！なグループ名からしてアマチュアか？）がカンタベリー関連楽曲をカヴァーしたトリビュート・アルバム。曲目を見ただけでファンなら驚喜してしまうに違いない。
Robert Wyatt の曲が多く取り上げられていて、平均的に出来も良い。ロック的アレンジの MARY NEWLETTER "A Last Straw / Box 25/4 lid" がなかなかかっこいい。逆にイマイチなのが Dave Stewart 関係。DAVID BAGSBY "Hell's Bells" は必殺曲オンパレードのメドレーになってるが、あまり期待しない方がいい。ストリングス・シンセによる弦楽合奏風アレンジでサラッと流されてしまって拍子抜けする。このように次々に（脈絡なく？）メドレーでつなげて行くものや、曲のリフを使ってアドリブを繰り広げるもの（ZOO LUNAIRE "The isle of everywhere"、L'IMBROGLIO "The Collapso / Squarer for Maud"）など、それぞれ独自の（現代的）アレンジを施してある。
リズムがつっかかったりメロディ・ラインが怪しかったり、テクニックはオリジナルに及ぶべくも無い。その辺を演る側も聴く側もわきまえて、純粋なファンとして曲／オリジネイターに対する敬意／愛情を確認できることが、こうしたトリビュート作品の存在価値であり、楽しみ方なのだろう。初心者が手を出すべきではないが、一通り聴いてきた人なら、愛着の持てるアルバムになるかもしれない。
2000.3.20
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