The Wilde Flowers

The Wilde Flowers
The Wilde Flowers 1965
Background information
Origin	Canterbury, England
Years active	1964–1969
Labels	Voiceprint Records
Associated acts	Soft Machine Caravan
Past members	Hugh Hopper Robert Wyatt Kevin Ayers Graham Flight Richard Sinclair Pye Hastings David Sinclair Richard Coughlan Brian Hopper

The Wilde Flowers were the archetypal Canterbury scene music group based in the vicinity of Canterbury, England.

History

The group was active between 1964 and 1969 but never released any records during its existence; however former members went on to form two other groups that became central to the Canterbury scene: Soft Machine and Caravan. These bands spawned a vast number of Canterbury-related or Canterbury-sounding bands.

A compact disc of previously unreleased archival demo recordings (1965-1969) by the Wilde Flowers was issued in 1994,^[1] available from Voiceprint Records (Blueprint BP123CD).

Personnel

Band members included, at various times:

• Hugh Hopper – bass, alto saxophone (died 2009)
• Robert Wyatt – drums, vocals
• Kevin Ayers – vocals (died 2013)
• Graham Flight – vocals
• Richard Sinclair – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Pye Hastings – guitar, vocals
• David Sinclair – keyboards
• Richard Coughlan – drums (died 2013)
• Brian Hopper – lead guitar, alto saxophone, vocals ^{[2] [3]}

Timeline

Discography

Filmography

• 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)

References

External links

• The Wilde Flowers biography by Richie Unterberger, discography, album credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• The Wilde Flowers discography, album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• The Wilde Flowers biography, discography, album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• The Wilde Flowers biography, discography & album reviews at Dutch Progressive Rock Page (www.DPRP.net)
• The Wilde Flowers albums to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com