FLOTSAM JETSAM "Flotsam Jetsam" is a compilation by English singer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Wyatt, released in 1994 by the independent label Rough Trade Records. The album collects significant tracks from the musician's career recorded between 1968 and 1989, some of which are unreleased. Most are attributed to Wyatt, while the remaining tracks come from bands he played with or musicians he collaborated with.
Particularly interesting are Slow Walkin' Talk, a duet with Jimi Hendrix, and a primitive unreleased version of the beautiful Moon In June, which would later appear in 1970 on the album Third, the masterpiece by the Soft Machine. These two tracks were recorded in Hollywood in the fall of 1968, when Wyatt stayed in the USA after the tour and the disbanding of the "Soft Machine." Standfast, played with Gary Windo and Mongezi Feza, two of Wyatt's favorite musicians, is also noteworthy, as is No 'Alf Measures, an unreleased track by Matching Mole.
The track selection was made by the author in collaboration with writer Michael King, who uncovered some of it during research for the biography Robert Wyatt: Wrong Movements, released the same year as the album by the British SAF Publishing. The album is dedicated by Wyatt to his semi-professional musician father, who passed away in 1963.
Tracks and musicians:
1. Robert Wyatt – Slow Walkin' Talk (Brian Hopper) – 2:58
(recorded in October 1968 in Hollywood, included in the 1992 Hendrix compilation Calling Long Distance)
Jimi Hendrix, bass
Wyatt, vocals, piano, organ, drums
2. Robert Wyatt – Moon In June (Wyatt) – 2:57
(recorded in October/November 1968 in Hollywood or New York)
Wyatt, vocals, electric piano, piano, organ, drums, flexatone
3. Symbiosis – Standfast (Gary Windo) – 11:51
(recorded on January 11, 1971 at the BBC and broadcast on January 30 in the program Top Gear)
Ray Babbington, bass
Robert Wyatt, drums
Steve Florence, guitar
Gary Windo, tenor sax, flute
Nick Evans, trombone
Mongezi Feza, trumpet, flute
4. Matching Mole – No 'Alf Measures (Kevin Ayers) – 6:57
(recorded on March 6, 1972 at the BBC and broadcast on March 24 in the program Sounds Of The 70's)
Bill MacCormick, bass
Robert Wyatt, drums
Phil Miller, guitar
Dave MacRae, electric piano
5. Robert Wyatt – God Song/Fol De Rol (Wyatt, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair) – 7:37
(recorded on December 5, 1972 at the BBC and broadcast on December 19 in the program Top Gear)
Francis Monkman, piano, synthesizer
Robert Wyatt, vocals, percussion, piano
6. Lol Coxhill – Soprano Deritavo/Apricot Jam (Lol Coxhill, Kevin Ayers) – 6:24
(recorded in the fall of 1973 at Kaleidophone Studios. Released in 1974 by Caroline Records on the album by Lol Coxhill and Stephen Miller (Lol Coxhill Oh Really?/Stephen Miller The Story So Far)
Archie Leggett*, bass
Kevin Ayers, guitar
Lol Coxhill, soprano sax
Robert Wyatt, percussion
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