HUGH HOPPER WiLDERNESS :: Rudersdorf 2oo5

Ernst provided me with a recording of project I never heard before. So here is a pretty wild one.

HUGH HOPPER WiLDERNESS :: RUDERSDORF 2005

Hugh Hopper - bass guitar

Andreas Schreiber - violin

Armin Pokorn - guitar

Wolfgang Reisinger - drums

1. improv 10:46

2. improv 58:27

Recorded on May 21, 2005 at Gasthaus Schabhüttl, Rudersdorf, Austria

(soundboard recording)

HOPPER / DEAN / TIPPETT / GALLiVAN : Live 1977

Sound taken from video at https://vimeo.com/81384676. Slightly remastered. Thanks to Aymeric Leroy for setlist. One 62 minute file. I am posting it

in flac and mp3, although original file from vimeo was mp3

Echoes / Footprints (W. Shorter) / Calyx / untitled improv 

HUGH HOPPER - bass guitar

ELTON DEAN - alto sax, saxello

KEiTH TiPPETT - piano, elctric piano

JOE GALLiVAN - drums, synthesizer

CLEAR FRAME :: Rote Fabrik, Zurich, 2oo7

 


Clear Frame
Rote Fabrik, Clubraum, Zürich, September 20, 2007 

Remastered version

Lol Coxhill - soprano saxophone
Hugh Hopper - electric bass
Charles Hayward - drums
Orphy Robinson - vibraphone, percussion

1. Improvisation (51:54)
2. Announcement > Lover Man (7:14)
3. Improvisation (11:35)
4. Announcement > Improvisation [encore] (6:50)

TT: 77:34

HUGH HOPPER MONSTER BAND :: French Tour 1974

Shortlived Monster Band was probably first HH's attempt to work with two bass format, what he did most succesfully many years later with Hughscore. The band sounds strong on Paris recording and also on unknown piece from Bordeaux, pairing of Elton Dean and Lol Cohxill works very well. Rest of audience recording from Poitiers I am sharing for posterity only (as it was seeded alltogether on Dime by our freind Propylaen in 2o12), because the amount of backround noise on these is really boring. First 4 recordings went through my mastering with much better result. Also included is single track of Paris FM recording from different source, which has some damage throughout, but is more complete and clean than Propylaen's version.


HUGH HOPPER MONSTER BAND - FRENCH TOUR 1974

1. Facelift (6:45)
2. Golden Section (7:50)
3. Lily Kong (5:34)
4. Oyster Perpetual (4:24)
5. Facelift (6:38)
6. Golden Section (7:32)
7. Oyster Perpetual  (4:23)
8. Sliding Dogs (4:46)
9. Lily Kong (fades out) (1:29)

1-3 Paris 12 March 1974, José Arthur's Pop Club, Bar Noir de la Maison de la Radio, FM
4 Bordeaux 20 March 1974 (same show as official LP - unreleased track), SBD
5-9 Poitiers 16 March 1974, Kosmess '74 Festival, Les Arčnes de Poitiers, AUD

Hugh Hopper - bass
Elton Dean - alto sax & saxello
Lol Coxhill - soprano sax
Jean-Pierre Carolfi - keyboards
Jean-Pierre Weiller - bass
Laurie Allan - drums (1-3, 5-9)
Mike Travis - drums (4)

Received in a trade many years ago.
CDR > EAC (secure) > WAV > FLAC (L8)
Uploaded to DIME by propylaen in November 2012.
Remastered and converted to FLAC (L5) by miloo2, January 2o19.

Enjoy!

ELTON DEAN MEMORiAL CONCERT, 100 Club, London, 9 May 2006

This was sent to me by new facebook friend and photographer Pete Woodman, who received it from another friend as found through torrents, mp3 only as it was seeded. I enhanced sound and volume. Pete also sent his photos from the gig, they are included in package.

ELTON DEAN MEMORiAL CONCERT, 100 Club, London, 9 May 2006

CD 1:

01. Intro banter - John Jack

02. Abide With Me / Trunk Call
03. Call The Devil
04. And So Tibet

-- DREAMTiME:
GARY CURSON - alto sax
JiM DVORAK - trumpet
NiCK EVANS - trombone
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano
ROBERTO BELLATALLA - bass

JiM LE BAiGUE - drums

05. Banter - John Jack

06. Improvisation

MARK HEWINS - guitar
MARK SANDERS - drums

07. Banter - John Jack, Julie Tippetts

-- DARTiNGTON iMPROViSERS TRiO:
PAUL DUNMALL - saxes
JULiE TIPPETTS - voice
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano

CD 2:

1. Banter - John Jack, Hugh Hopper

2. Seven For Lee
3. Drum Solo
4. Baker's Treat

-- SOFT MACHiNE LEGACY:
THEO TRAViS - saxes
JOHN ETHERiDGE - guitar
HUGH HOPPER - bass guitar
JOHN MARSHALL - drums

5. Banter - John Jack

6. Improvisation 1
7. Improvisation 2

MAGGiE NiCOLS - voice
JiM DVORAK - trumpet
ROBERTO BELLATALLA - bass
TONY LEViN - drums

CD 3:

1. Banter - John Jack

2. Improvisation

EVAN PARKER - tenor sax
LARRY STABBiNS - tenor sax
MARK CHARiG - cornet
PAUL RUTHERFORD - trombone
JOHN EDWARDS - bass
LOUiS MOHOLO - drums

3. Banter - John Jack

4. Improvisation

HARRY BECKETT - trumpet
LOL COXHiLL - soprano sax
ALEX MAGUiRE - piano
MARCiO MATTOS - bass
TONY MARSH - drums

5. Closing banter - John Jack, Pip Pyle

Recorded by unknown, shared on torrent. mp3@320

Soft Mountain - Soft Mountain - Hux Records 2003

After leaving Soft Machine, Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper tried to recreate groups in the same spirit like Soft Head or Soft Heap. All of these groups were interesting but none of them managed to reach the level of energy and creativity of Soft Machine Third. When I first listened to Soft Mountain I immediately felt that the energy of this band and its power was clearly close to the great era of Soft Machine even though the music is different. Tatsuya Yoshida and Hugh Hopper are particularly impressive during this powerful session.

-Part 1 : 30.40 mn

-Part 2 : 27.55 mn

-Hugh Hopper : bass

-Tatsuya Yoshida : drums

-Hoppy Kamiyama : keyboards 

-Elton Dean : alto saxophone, saxcello

Recorded in Tokyo august 10, 2003

Hux records hux084 cd rip

HOPPER, DEAN, TiPPETT, GALLiVAN - Stadt Theatre, Radio Bremen 1977

HOPPER, DEAN, TiPPETT, GALLiVAN - Stadt Theatre, Radio Bremen 1977

01 Echoes  7.21
02 Seven Drones 10.58
03 Naima  12.29
04 Soul Fate  8.26

Hugh Hopper, bass guitar
Elton Dean, alto sax, saxello
Keith Tippett, piano
Joe Gallivan, drums, moog synthesizer

This was posted few years ago in Contributions section (by Nod Y? Anyway thank you to original contributor). I converted original mp3 files to wav, set appropriate tracking and then converted to flac and mp3. Picture above is from 1 hour long performance of the quartet, published on Vimeo by CCA: Glasgow as follows.

HOPPER / DEAN / TiPPETT / GALLiVAN - Live in Paris 1977

Paris, Theatre Campagne, 1977-04-22

Elton Dean, as, saxello
Keith Tippett, p
Hugh Hopper, bg
Joe Gallivan, dr , moog synth

1 Echoes 10:35
2 Seven Drones 11:17
3 Naima (fade-out) 8:44
4 Footprints (Wayne Shorter) 11:01
5 Gallivan solo > Gualchos theme ? 9:07
6 unknown title 10:15

Lineage: aud > cdr trade > flac > dime

61:01, Sound Rating: Sound Board A-

UPLOADED BY JAZZRITA 09-07-18, remastered July 2o14 by miloo2

***

This recording was previously shared as Hugh Hopper Quartet on IS contributions section. I think Elton is playing excellently here. I did what I can with improving muddy sound of this recording. Sadly, Keith's piano is underamplified, so we will probably never hear it as we want, but in the end it sounds surprisingly good to me. And more surprisingly, theme at the end of track 5 seems to me like being Gualchos from EDQ Silent Knowledge 1995 album!

I would also like to remind two albums that quartet made: 1976 Cruel But Fair on Compendium label (reissued on CD by One Way Records, now probably OOP) and 1977 Mercy Dash, which remained unsissued until 1985 release on Culture Press (which made also first CD reissue, second is out now by Gonzo Multimedia).

And coincidentally, I've just got the answer to my question, from where this good quality live recording on YT is originated. It was released as a bonus on Japanese paper-sleeve CD Cruel But Fair. So obviously there is another stuff!

Hugh Hopper-Lol Coxhill, Mad Axe Quartet-Bull and Gate-London , 3-9-1985, Aud

A slight change of pace .... (4..Andy and lucky)
here is an ecclectic typically canterbury style ,at times bucolic romp through the sublime and the ridiculous..
in the Form of the one and only performance ever by Mad axe, a band convened by the Late Hugh hopper ..

This sits stylistically somewhere between the frolicsome free floating RnB of Delivery , and the more complex less whimsical more intensely organic 'free' fusion of soft heap (another Hopper band, which Hewins was also in for a time...)

As great as the band is , the real interest for me is of course Lol Coxhills playing ,His distinctive trade mark slippery soprano, joyously romping and weaving insousciantly through every stylistic variation!..there are few things in this world more fulfilling and Beautiful!

from a purely technical standpoint Coxhill also registers,better than the others on these averagely, recorded but very listenable , highly entertaining 2 sets

recording is slightly reverberant and bright , but a whole lot better sounding than the later gen version thats been floating around on dime and elsewhere(as mp3's)

there are times when Hewins guitar tone sounds so much like an electric piano ,its uncanny .. that's mostly down to the sound quality of the acoustics of the room.

this must have been a Fun gig
Lol coxhill .. long may he Play !!!

ENJOY!!


Hugh Hopper, Mad Axe quartet

Bull and Gate-London , 3-9-1985
Hugh Hopper-e bass
Lol Coxhill-Soprano Sax, Voice
Mark Hewins-E Guitar
Dave Sheen-dr

2 sets , recieved in a trade ,


possibly from a first gen Master
or a good remaster of a Muddier version which was re-seeded on dime by someone(Lake Ogelton?)

Anyone wanting to hear more Coxhill, and Hopper together could do worse than checking out Hoppers 1984,which these days i think is reissued by Cuneiform... its superb.. one of the pieces played on this concert (miniluv.. is from that album)

New Jazz Meeting Baden Baden 1976 (MAINZ LIVE VERSION) 1976-November-00 Mainz, Kurfürstliches Schloss, 1976

I realized I have been here a long time and never posted anything. Here's something really good. All thanks and praise to the original seeder waaay back on DIME.
Enjoy! Bill

Mike Mantler,tp Albert Mangelsdorff,tb Roswell Rudd,tb Bob Stewart,tu
Gary Windo,ts Urs Leimgruber,ts,ss
Carla Bley,p Wolfgang Dauner,p,key,synthy Christy Doran,g
Hugh Hopper,b Bo Stief,b,e-b Aldo Romano,dr Edward Vesala dr,conga   

Announcements by Joachim Ernst Behrendt

CD1:

1 Announcement 0:51
2 Stand Fast (GW,comp) 7:00
3 Announcement 0:32 4 Paddy (CD,comp,g,UL,ts,ss,BS,e-b,AR,dr) 10:36
5 Announcement 0:44
6 Movie (MM,comp,tp,CB,p,GW,ts,CD,g,HH,e-b,EV,dr) 11:38
7 Announcement 0:33   
8 Wrong Key, Donkey
(CB,comp,MM,tp,GW,ts,UL,ss,BT,tu,WD,p,CD,e-g,HH,b,AR,dr,EV,conga) 12:49
9 Song Sung Long
(CB,comp,AB,tb,MM,tp,GW;ts,UL,ss,CD,g,BS,e-b,AR,dr,BS,tu,RR,tb) /
Announcement 14:26

Total Time: 59:09   


CD2:

10 Announcement 0:12
11 You Think You Know Me, But You Don’t Know Me (dedicated to MongeziFeza)
(MF,comp,GW,con) 7:59
12 Announcement 1:51   
13 Sometimes I Fell Like A Motherless Child (BS,tu,RR,tb,WD,p,BS,b,AR,dr) 14:34
14 Announcement 0:59
15 Toto (AB,tb,EV,dr) 7:46
15 0:36
16 I Love That Cannot Speak Its Name (WD,comp,p,synthy,BS,e-b,EV,dr) /
Applause / Announcement 9:58
17 Andiri (UL,comp) 12:24   
18 Announcement 1:08 19 Maine, Light In Power
(RR,comp,tb,AM,tb,BT,tu,WD,p,synthy,EV,dr) 8:33   

Total Time: 66:00

linage: fm > tape > cdr in trade > flac > dime

Sound Rating: A-

The Carla Bley Band - Live in Alassio '77

A concert that stuck in my mind, and now that i've digitized the tape, i hope you could enjoy it.
In my opinion this edition ("The European Tour 1977") remains among the best band Carla has ever led.

Dedicated to LYM

Rec. live in Alassio, Italy, on September 3rd, 1977

(mics recording)

Carla Bley,organ,piano,tenor saxophone,arranger,conductor
Michael Mantler,trumpet
Roswell Rudd,trombone
John Clark,French horn,electric guitar
Bob Stewart,tuba
Elton Dean,alto saxophone
Gary Windo,tenor saxophone
Terry Adams,piano
Hugh Hopper,electric bass
Andrew Cyrille,drums

1. Carla's Intro (02:37)
2. Drinking Music(07:30)
3. Song Sung Long ((09:44)
4. Dreams So Real (04:39)
5. Wrong Key Donkey (14:32)
6. Rose And Sad Song (10:00)
7. Spangled Banner Minor And Other Patriotic Songs (28:19)
8. A New Hymn (08:54)

Total Time 1:26:18

All compositions by Carla Bley