The Wilde Flowers

The Wilde Flowers

The Wilde Flowers was a popular music group based in the vicinity of Canterbury, England, during Late 1964- June 1967. The group never released any records during its existence, but it spun off two other groups that became well-known and influential, Soft Machine and Caravan.

Band members included, at various times Hugh Hopper (bass), Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Kevin Ayers (vocals), Graham Flight (vocals), Richard Sinclair (rhythm guitar, vocals), Pye Hastings (guitar, vocals), David Sinclair (keyboards) and Richard Coughlan (drums) and Brian Hopper (lead guitar, alto saxophone, vocals).

Recordings

A compact disc of previously unreleased recordings by the Wilde Flowers was issued in 1994. It is now available from Voiceprint Records (Blueprint BP123CD).

1. Impotence
2. Those Words They Say
3. Memories
4. Don't Try to Change Me
5. Parchman Farm
6. Almost Grown
7. She's Gone
8. Slow Walkin' Talk
9. He's Bad For You
10. It's What I Feel
11. Memories (Instrumental)
12. Never Leave Me
13. Time After Time
14. Just Where I Want
15. No Game When You Lose
16. Impotence
17. Why Do You Care (With Zobe)
18. The Pieman Cometh (With Zobe)
19. Summer Spirit (With Zobe)
20. She Loves To Hurt
21. The Big Show
22. Memories

See also

• Canterbury scene