Robert Wyatt – Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard [USED LP] Musique Concrète / Sound Collage gorgeous/painterly but quietly grotesque

gorgeous/painterly but quietly grotesque

Nation Time was largely unknown a quarter century or so later

where a single electric guitar line carves through echo-shrouded hiss and hum is quite unlike the dystopian hypnotics of "Like Factories" a wavery chant weaving through mechanical assembly-line stomp

The Hit Parade and The Field Mice were released in the same year

how we interacted with each other and the audience

Robert Wyatt – Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard [USED LP] Musique Concrète / Sound Collage gorgeous/painterly but quietly grotesquecanterbury king's delightfully homespun third lp, plying a quirky brand of full ensemble jazz pop with that usual off kilter whimsy flair. Virgin, 1975