Comicoperando: A Tribute to the Music of Robert Wyatt, by Various Artists

Comicoperando: A Tribute to the Music of Robert Wyatt

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	1.	Welcome* (by Richard Sinclair) 00:17
	2.	Pataphysical Introduction (arr. Alex Maguire, lead vocals Richard Sinclair) 01:17
	3.	September The 9th (arr. Annie Whitehead, lead vocals Dagmar Krause) 07:05
	4.	Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road (arr. Cristiano Calcagnile, lead vocals Dagmar Krause) 04:31
	5.	Just as You Are (arr. Gilad Atzmon, lead vocals Krause, Sinclair) 07:04
	6.	Calyx (arr. Phil Miller, lead vocals Richard Sinclair) 04:07
	7.	Memories (arr. Michel Delville, lead vocals Richard Sinclair) 04:59
	8.	Alifib* (arr. Annie Whitehead, lead vocals Dagmar Krause) 04:30
	9.	Double Bass Solo (arr. John Edwards) 03:24
	10.	Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road (arr. Annie Whitehead, lead vocals Dagmar Krause) 05:54
	11.	Guitar Noise* (arr. Michel Delville) 04:26
	12.	Piano Introduction (arr. Alex Maguire) 04:07
	13.	God Song (arr. Phil Miller, lead vocals Richard Sinclair) 05:11
	14.	Alliance (instrumental) 05:47
	15.	Maryan (arr. Cristiano Calcagnile, lead vocals Krause, Sinclair, Edwards) 04:58
	16.	Sea Song* (arr. Annie Whitehead, lead vocal Dagmar Krause) 04:51
	17.	Saxophone Introduction (arr. Gilad Atzmon) 02:55
	18.	Dondestan (lead vocals Dagmar Krause) 02:37
	19.	O Caroline* (arr. Dave Sinclair, lead vocals Richard Sinclair) 04:34
	20.	Band Presentation* 02:17
	21.	Forest* (arr. Annie Whitehead, lead vocals Sinclair, Krause)) 08:07
	22.	Soup Song (lead vocals Sinclair, Krause, Whitehead) 05:56

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COMICOPERANDO
A Tribute to the Music of Robert Wyatt
Original Production for L'Altro Suono Festival 2010
World Premiere
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comicoperando

"Comicoperando is dedicated to the music of Robert Wyatt, a singular voice in British music... Tonight, his eccentrically arranged songs will be performed by musicians and friends from like-minded groups like Henry Cow and Caravan. Featured singer Dagmar Krause is praised for her performances of the music of Brecht and Weill." (Bimhuis programme, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 19th, 2011).
www.bimhuis.nl/en/calendar/comicoperando-2/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tckYZT_lywU

Original Italian premiere (March 1st, 2010 with Richard Sinclair) presented here:
www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=568056
www.mixcloud.com/latislav-milo%C5%A1-karel/comicoperando-a-tribute-to-the-music-of-robert-wyatt/
halsprogressiverockblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/comicoperando-tribute-to-robert-wyatt.html

This show was broadcast by Dutch radio VPRO Jazz Live, but sadly, not in its entirety. Some songs and talks with the audience were left out of the broadcasts. I used audience recordings to "reconstruct" the whole show with the best sound available. Even the applause were carefully patched to remove the presenter speech over them.

A painful editing work was done to make transition between both sources very fluid and seamless. Of course you will notice a difference in sound quality between different sources, but the sound of of the audience source (of great quality I have to say) has been adjusted to match that of the broadcast. Also on some parts of "Maryan" and "O Caroline", Richard Sinclair sang completely out of time, so I couldn't resist to attenuate these vocals faults by using other parts of the songs.

So here you have the most complete and best quality recording of this great band. I think this is the most successful tribute of Wyatt that I have heard.

Note: the VPRO recordings are internet broadcasts, so they're most certainly mp3 sources. But for the editing process, a lossless format is required. So now I share this release on Flac to avoid re-compressing and further quality loss. Don't complain if you detect it as being "false lossless", and feel free to encode it to mp3 if you wish.

But most importantly, LISTEN to the music and ENJOY IT !
- original uploader (anonymous)

credits

released March 1, 2010

Richard Sinclair - vocals, bass guitar, whistling
Dagmar Krause - vocals
Gilad Atzmon - reeds and flutes
Annie Whitehead - trombone, voice
Alex Maguire - piano, keyboards
Michel Delville - guitars, electronics, voice
John Edwards - double bass, voice
Chris Cutler - drums
Cristiano Calcagnile - percussion

Recorded Sunday March 1st, 2010 at Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti, Modena, Italy
www.teatrocomunalemodena.it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNST8mLrBhg
Recorded and broadcast by VPRO Jazz Live, Radio 6, Netherlands
Except * audience recording (see above)

Audience recording by alifib
Recorder: Zoom H2
Mic: Sony ECM-717 Electret Condenser external Microphone

The audience recording has now been (mostly) replaced with the VPRO radio broadcast, intercut with audience recordings where the broadcast cut them.
www.vprobroadcast.com
www.vpro.nl/speel~POMS_VPRO_078669~vprojazzlive~.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPRO
Thanks to Joerg (Propylaen2001) for the improved masters

This is a "recording of indeterminate origin," i.e. a bootleg. If you buy it from me it'll be the first time anyone in the band has seen a quid from it.

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The leading voice of the Canterbury Scene. Beginning with the Wilde Flowers, on to Caravan, Hatfield & the North, Camel and all his recent group efforts, Richard Sinclair's singing and bass playing have been a constant source of delight for lovers of Canterbury music. A deep, low voice, a talent for memorable melodies few can match, plus an imaginative and fluid technique on the bass and guitar. ... more

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