Pip Pyle

Pip Pyle was the drummer for Hatfield & the North and National Health two Canterrbury bands you should check out if you don't know them yet. In the beginning of the 90's PP tried to record a solo record and had bad luck with a record contract. It took him finally 7 years (1991-1997) to finish and release this record. Some of the compositions go back to the 70's. (He performed 'Seven sisters' already on the last National Health tour in 1979). The musicians who played on the record are those Pip Pyle played with at one point or another of his carreer. (they are all mentionned on the bottom of the sleeve) The tracks on the record are quite different and range from Prog (Canterbury) to Jazz ,up to straightforward Rock. There is even a Beatles Cover (Strawberry fields). And on 2 tracks you have Pip perform with R.Sinclair, D.Stewart, and P. Milller...yes the complete!!!! original Hatfields. A very nice record  with different moods.

MP3: Pip Pyle : Seven Sisters:

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34IOQS1I73A8E2AN4MX07V1MF 8

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34IOQS1I73A8E2AN4MX07V1MF 8

Thanx to Tony the link to the song works now:

Pip Pyle : Seven sisters (includind the complete original Hatfield)

BTW: The link expires friday 14/10

BaldFriede wrote: ... "Soft Heap" (the band name is a play on words with Soft Machine and the first names of the band members - Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, Alan Gowen and Pip Pyle).

Wow, another mystery resolved. I knew Matching Mole came from "Machine Mole", the French translation of Soft Machine, but I didn't know the etymological origin of Soft Heap. Thanks once again, Friede.