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^Pip is one of my favorite drummers. I miss him.

He has three solo and two live albums. Three stars seems like a fair rating.
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PIP PYLE (1950-2006) Broken Heart      Drummer Pip Pyle has been in more Canterbury Scene bands than you can shake a drumstick at. Just take a look at Pip's long roll-call of honour on his PA bio page. And so, inevitably, when Pip Pyle came to record his two "solo" albums, they turned out to be anything but solo efforts, with a veritable Who's Who of Anglo-French Canterbury Scene luminaries listed on the album cover of his 1998 album, "Seven Year Itch". Okay, deep breath, here goes..... Dave Stewart, Barbara Gaskin, Phil Miller, Jakko M. Jakszyk, Richard Sinclair, John Greaves, Freddy T. Baker, Hugh Hopper, Paul Rogers, Didier Malherbe, Elton Dean, Michel Goddard, Jean Francois Canape, Francois Ovide, Yves Favre, Alain Guillard, Yvon Guillard, Pierre Marcault & Lydia Doancich. 
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Egg had such a unique sound that they could never be accused of poaching songs from other bands.
Maybe not poaching. But there is some scrambled, or over-easy, ELP in Egg's music.

There goes my hard-boiled theory. Tongue
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Egg had such a unique sound that they could never be accused of poaching songs from other bands.
Maybe not poaching. But there is some scrambled, or over-easy, ELP in Egg's music.
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THE POLITE FORCE     Egged on by their mutual appreciation of Canterbury Scene music, this short-lived British quartet of Canterbury Knights only stayed together long enough to record one jazzy album, and if the name of the band sounds strangely familiar, The Polite Force  also happens to be the the name of an album by Canterbury Scene band Egg, an experimental early-1970's threesome who preferred not to be yolked by more traditional forms of music. In fact, Egg had such a unique sound that they could never be accused of poaching songs from other bands.  Smile

3 stars 1996: The Polite Force - Canterbury Knights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaPD6Ounuw
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PICCHIO DAL POZZO (Woodpecker from the Well) are one of the more avanguardia Canterbury Scene bands, so this Italian band from Genoa may not be to everyone's tastes (unlike Genoa cake) and they're definitely not for the uninitiated. Picchio dal Pozzo's first self-titled album is regarded as a classic of the genre though, in England as well as in Italy. Pasta la vista, baby! Smile

 3 stars 1976: Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InqNhh79or0
 2 stars 1980: Picchio dal Pozzo - Abbiamo Tutti Suoi Problemi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZQMoOG4wCI
 2 stars 2001: Picchio dal Pozzo - Camere Zimmer Rooms
 2 stars 2004: Picchio dal Pozzo - Picnic at Valdapozzo - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoRNXsrOuZ-X3fZrGNe-ZEtF6c5ERi7zV
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JOHN G. PERRY       A musical nomad who's been involved with several Canterbury Scene bands over the years, most notably with Caravan and Quantum Jump, who are coming up here shortly.
 John J. Perry was the Lone Ranger, and Kimosabe say fill up your heap big pipe of peace for Tonto. Smile



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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I wonder why it is that many of the best Canterbury Scene bands featured here so far are from nowhere near the dreaming spires of Canterbury? Ermm

For instance:- 

HenryTennis (Japan)
The Lodge (United States)
Moleslope (Japan
Mr. Sirius (Japan)
Pantheon (Holland)
Pazop (Belgium)

And still to come...

Zyma (Germany)


Well that clearly needs a large IMHO, if I look at the Canterbury chart the top 20 albums are covered by:-

Caravan (3)
Robert Wyatt (1)
Khan (1)
Gong (2)
Hatfield & The North (2)
National Health (2)
Soft Machine (2)
Supersister (1)
Moving Gelatine Plates (1)
Egg (1)
Steve Hillage (1)
Quiet Sun (1)
Picchio Dal Pozzo (1)
Cos (1)

75% of those are associated with the original Canterbury bands.
 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I wonder why it is that many of the best Canterbury Scene bands featured here so far are from nowhere near the dreaming spires of Canterbury? Ermm

Because the Canterbury Scene has been horribly mislabeled: it should be a Style, not a scene, because it represents a particular sound and style far more than a Cathedral town in which a few musicians passed through during the 1960s.
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I wonder why it is that many of the best Canterbury Scene bands featured here so far are from nowhere near the dreaming spires of Canterbury? Ermm

For instance:- 

HenryTennis (Japan)
The Lodge (United States)
Moleslope (Japan
Mr. Sirius (Japan)
Pantheon (Holland)
Pazop (Belgium)

And still to come...

Zyma (Germany)



4 stars 1988: The Lodge - Smell of a Friend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu4nE6YBEuA

4 stars 2019: Moleslope - Slope - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afPFRAzn5lA

5 stars 1987: Mr. Sirius - Barren Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDfZo7wThFw
5 stars 1990: Mr. Sirius - Dirge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZAi2zyNLdY
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PAZOP       Belgium aren't just famous for their chocolates and Brussels sprouts. No, they're famous for their Canterbury Scene music too. Well, not really, but they ought to be after hearing the weird and wonderful sound of Pazop. Make no mistake - this is classic Canterbury Scene music. You don't have to take my word for it though. Just take a look at Pazop's far-out, psychedelic album title, and that'll give you some idea of the weird and wonderful delights to be heard on this unique, one-off album treasure. Listening to this marvellous album is the most pleasure you'll ever gain outside of the bedroom. An absolute delight of lunatic genius!  Clap



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PANTHEON       The best Canterbury Scene album you've never heard! Pantheon are the brightest stars in the Orion nebula, and in the vast Pantheon of Prog, what could be more obscure than a stellar album of Canterbury Scene music from The Netherlands!?? Pantheon may be a long way from the dreaming spires of Canterbury, but this album still sounds better than many well-known Canterbury Scene bands who are much closer to home - such as Hatfield & the North and National Health for instance. Wink

5 stars 1972: Pantheon - Orion  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSaaCDBYF3M
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The Muffins are a glorious band, you should check out their bandcamp pages. There is a wonderful 13 CD boxset of all the previously unreleased live material from their full history. 

Thanks for the info. I've never tried BandCamp though. I still remain inexplicably loyal to YouTube, despite them deleting three of my prog channels for no apparent reason. Ouch

I'm not sure that The Muffins are to my tastes anyway. I prefer crumpets. Smile
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

National Health is one of my favorite bands. Was lucky to see them live in 1979. All three studio releases get five stars from me.

Paul, they also had a live album "Playtime" released in 2001.

Thanks Will. I just found the full Playtime album on YouTube and I'll give it a listen later on today. I'm listening to National Health's "Of Queues and Cures" right now, which is the perfect prescription for a post-Covid world.   Smile

3 stars 2001: National Health - Playtime - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NeuRhBmYp4


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National Health is one of my favorite bands. Was lucky to see them live in 1979. All three studio releases get five stars from me.

Paul, they also had a live album "Playtime" released in 2001.
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 5 stars 1972: Pantheon - Orion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSaaCDBYF3M

 5 stars 1972: Pazop - Psychillis of a Lunatic Genius - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWVYV0xKxzGwaS5yFF_brsSDTF-onqe5I


 3 stars 1976: Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InqNhh79or0
 2 stars 1980: Picchio dal Pozzo - Abbiamo Tutti Suoi Problemi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZQMoOG4wCI
 2 stars 2001: Picchio dal Pozzo - Camere Zimmer Rooms
 2 stars 2004: Picchio dal Pozzo - Picnic at Valdapozzo - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoRNXsrOuZ-X3fZrGNe-ZEtF6c5ERi7zV

 3 stars 1996: The Polite Force - Canterbury Knights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaPD6Ounuw



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OCARINAH       French band Ocarinah's one and only album "Premiere Vision de L'etrange" literally translates as "First Vision of the Strange", and it is indeed my first sighting of this strange Gallic album. And just as this exotic,  garlic-flavoured album may not be to everyone's taste, the ocarina itself is a strange-looking musical instrument, looking like some kind of futuristic weapon in Star Trek, or resembling an Art Deco hair-dryer. Tongue

3 stars 1978: Ocarinah - Premiere Vision de L'etrange - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmdl73hVXrE




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National Health are one of the absolutely essential core Canterbury bands with Caravan, Hatfield, Gong & Soft Machine. First two albums are outstanding. Tenemos Road is the greatest opening track on a debut album by anyone, ever, IMHO.
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