Folly Bololey: Songs From Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom

by North Sea Radio Orchestra, John Greaves & Annie Barbazza

Folly Bololey: Songs From Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 May 2019
  • Label: Dark Companion
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 56:47
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This stunningly arranged live tribute masterfully reinterprets Robert Wyatt鈥檚 seminal 1974 masterpiece 'Rock Bottom'. Featuring Wyatt's former Henry Cow bandmate John Greaves, the recording beautifully balances delicate chamber instrumentation with the deeply eccentric, jazz-inflected spirit of the Canterbury Scene.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, chamber, tribute, progressive, reworkings

Tracklist

  1. Sea Song (5:53)
  2. A Last Straw (5:26)
  3. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road (5:03)
  4. Alifib (7:44)
  5. Alifie (5:19)
  6. Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road (5:17)
  7. The British Road (6:24)
  8. Maryan (5:40)
  9. Shipbuilding (4:46)
  10. O Caroline (5:09)

Credits

  • North Sea Radio Orchestra - primary artist
  • John Greaves - primary artist, bass guitar, vocals [vocal], voice [spoken word]
  • Annie Barbazza - primary artist, lead vocals [lead vocal], electric organ [farfisa organ]
  • Craig Fortnam - arranged by, directed by, guitar, electric organ [farfisa organ], vocals [vocal]
  • Daniel C. Whitfield - artwork by [whaleman, reproduced on front cover]
  • Lino Budano - artwork [artworks]
  • Luke Crookes - bassoon
  • Harry Escott - cello
  • Nicola Baigent - clarinet [bb clarinet], bass clarinet, voice [spoken word]
  • Cheb Nettles - drums
  • Massimo Marchini - executive-producer [executive production], liner notes, graphics, design [cover design]
  • Jonathan Coe - liner notes [inside notes by]
  • Robert Wyatt - liner notes [inside notes by], songwriter [all songs by], written-by
  • Franz Soprani - photography by
  • William D. Drake - piano, electric organ [farfisa organ], vocals [vocal]
  • Alberto Callegari - recorded by [live], mixed by, mastered by
  • Michele Lombardelli - typography, design concept [fold-out cover concept]
  • Tommaso Franguelli - vibraphone [vibes], percussion
  • Laurent Val茅ro - violin, viola, recorder, recorder [bass recorder]
  • Philip Catherine - written-by
  • Clive Langer - written-by
  • Declan Patrick Aloysius Macmanus - written-by
  • David Sinclair - written-by

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