Monday, March 10, 2008

THE WILDE FLOWERS

Left to Right: Brian Hopper, Richard Sinclair, Robert Wyatt, Hugh Hopper and Kevin Ayres (Canterbury in 1963)

The Wilde Flowers were essentially the first Canterbury band ever. When the group split, Kevin Ayres, Robert Wyatt (who also would form Matching Mole), and Hugh Hopper would form Soft Machine and Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair, David Sinclair, and Richard Coughlan (who all had played in the group at some point in the past) would form Caravan.

They never released an album, but a collection of raw recordings and demos was released in 1993:

The Wilde Flowers- Tales of Canterbury (1993)

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