Old Rottenhat (Reissue)

VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 2000 copies; comes with a CD version of the album! It's far too easy to abuse the phrase "living legend," but when used to describe Robert Wyatt, you're in no danger of hyperbole: gifted songwriter; political activist; drummer in the Canterbury jazz/prog pioneers Soft Machine and contemporaries of the original lineup of Pink Floyd. Domino are incredibly honored to be releasing a near-complete re-issue series of Robert's solo recorded works in the form of these limited edition LP+CD versions!

'Robert Wyatt has been quoted as declaring that this record was "a conscious attempt to make un-misusable music," ie, music that couldn't be appropriated by the right or broadcast on Voice of America. VOA doesn't broadcast un-commercial music such as this in any case, but Wyatt did succeed in stating some of his political concerns - imperialism, the carnage in East Timor, the flaws of rigid political ideology - in an understated manner. He went back to writing his own material for this album, after having focused on eclectic "covers" in the early '80s, with fair success. It's perhaps an even moodier outing than usual for Wyatt, his melancholia amplified by the foggy, spooky keyboards.' - Richie Unterberger / All Music Guide