The End of an Ear

by Robert Wyatt

The End of an Ear cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 December 1970
  • Label: CBS
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:00
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded shortly before his departure from Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt's solo debut is a wildly experimental, fiercely uncompromising exploration of avant-garde jazz-rock. 'The End of an Ear' relies heavily on intense vocal manipulation and wonderfully dense free-jazz improvisations, forging a deeply psychedelic, highly progressive instrumental journey.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, improvisation, progressive, instrumental, eccentric, experimental, improvised, free-rhythm

Tracklist

  1. Las Vegas Tango, Pt. 1 (Repeat) (8:13)
  2. To Mark Everywhere (2:26)
  3. To Saintly Bridget (2:21)
  4. To Oz Alien Daevyd and Gilly (2:09)
  5. To Nick Everyone (9:12)
  6. To Caravan and Brother Jim (5:20)
  7. To the Old World (Thank You for the Use of Your Body, Goodbye) (3:17)
  8. To Carla, Marsha and Caroline (For Making Everything Beautifuller) (2:47)
  9. Las Vegas Tango, Pt. 1 (11:13)

Credits

  • Robert Wyatt - primary artist, drums, piano, organ, voice [mouth], producer, written-by
  • Elton Dean - alto saxophone [alto], saxello
  • Neville Whitehead - bass
  • Mark Charig - cornet
  • Lipscombe Lubbock Ewart And Hollands - cover, design
  • Vic Gamm - engineer
  • David Sinclair - organ
  • Cyril Ayers - percussion [assorted]
  • Mark Ellidge - piano
  • Gil Evans - written-by

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