Британская группа The Wilde Flowers (названа в честь Оскара Уайлда) относится к числу коллективов из когорты кентербери. Она просуществовала недолго (1964-1967 гг.) и не оставила после себя ни одной грампластинки, но зато из лона этой команды потом вышли такие легендарные команды как Soft Machine и Caravan. В состав группы в разные годы входили музыканты, один другого знаменитее - Brian Hopper, Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Graham Flight, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings, David Sinclair, Richard Coughlan. Согласно данным Википедии в 1994 г. был выпущен CD «Wilde Flowers», куда вошли некоторые из обнаруженных старых записей группы. На Amazon.com. есть иная информация - об издании в 1996 г. вышеуказанного сборника на CD и виниле. Подробнее с этой информацией можно ознакомиться на сайте.
A Brief History
Whenever one reads about the Canterbury musical scene from the late Sixties / early Seventies, one is bound to come across the name of a group called The Wilde Flowers. From within the ranks of this group there would emerge a core of musicians that would lead a number of bands that would be considered the cream of progressive rock such as Soft Machine, Caravan andMatching Mole just to mention a few. To add further to the myth of this infamous band, they never got down to recording an album! Finally in 1995, Voiceprint Records managed to get together a collection of recordings and demos that the group had made throughout their short history and release them on a single CD. Some other demos have been released on a series of compilations by the same record company. The origins of the band date to June 1963, lasting for about four years. In that time the number of musicians that went in and out of the band was numerous,but the original line-up consisted of Brian Hopper (guitar,saxophone,flute, vocals), Hugh Hopper (bass), Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Richard Sinclair (guitar, vocals) and Kevin Ayers (vocals).
