Robert Wyatt Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard 1st issue UK 1975 V 2034 NM Vinyl

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Robert Wyatt

Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

Label:Virgin V 2034  Format:Vinyl, LP, Album  Country:UK  Released:1975  Genre:Jazz, Rock  Style:Ethereal, Prog Rock, Avantgarde, Jazz-Rock

AllMusic:  There was no way that Wyatt's follow-up to Rock Bottom could be as personal and searching, but this album that came barely a year later instead collects some earlier material to be revamped for this release. "Soup Song," for instance, is a rewrite of "Slow Walkin' Talk," written before the forming of Soft Machine. "Team Spirit," written with Phil Manzanera and Bill MacCormick of Quiet Sun, would turn up the same year as "Frontera" on Manzanera's Diamond Head. While some of the songs tend to plod along, the dirge-like "Five Black Notes and One White Notes," a lethargic cover of Offenbach's "Baccarole," Charlie Haden's "Song for Che," and Fred Frith's piano team-up with Wyatt on "Muddy Mouth" are magical. As usual, the assembled band, including the underrated Gary Windo on sax and Mongezi Feza on trumpet, never dissapoint.

Tracklist

Side Ruth

A1 Soup Song

Baritone Saxophone – Nisar Ahmad Khan

Bass Guitar – Bill MacCormick

Drums – Laurie Allan

Tenor Saxophone – Gary Windo

Vocals [Mouth], Piano – Robert Wyatt

Written-By – Hopper, Wyatt

5:00

A2 Sonia

Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Gary Windo

Bass Guitar – John Greaves

Drums, Piano – Robert Wyatt

Trumpet – Mongezi Feza

Written-By – Feza

4:12

A3 Team Spirit

Bass Guitar – Bill MacCormick

Drums – Laurie Allan

Performer [Direct Inject Anti-jazz Ray Gun] – Brian Eno

Tenor Saxophone – Gary Windo, Nisar Ahmad 'George' Khan

Vocals [Mouth], Piano – Robert Wyatt

Written-By – MacCormick, Manzanera, Wyatt

8:26

A4 Song For Che

Bass Guitar – Bill MacCormick

Drums – Laurie Allan

Piano – Robert Wyatt

Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Gary Windo

Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Nisar Ahmad Khan

Written-By – Haden

3:36

Side Richard

B1 Muddy Mouse (A)

Piano – Fred Frith

Vocals [Mouth] – Robert Wyatt

Written-By – Frith, Wyatt

0:50

B2 Solar Flares

Bass – Bill MacCormick

Bass Clarinet – Gary Windo

Vocals [Mouth], Drums, Keyboards – Robert Wyatt

Written-By – Wyatt

5:35

B3 Muddy Mouse (B)

Piano – Fred Frith

Vocals [Mouth] – Robert Wyatt

Written-By – Frith, Wyatt

0:50

B4 5 Black Notes And 1 White Note

Bass Guitar – Bill MacCormick

Drums – Laurie Allan

Electric Piano [Imitation Electric Piano] – Robert Wyatt

Guitar, Synthesizer – Brian Eno

Tenor Saxophone – Nisar Ahmad Khan

Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Gary Windo

Written-By – Offenbach, Wyatt

4:58

B5 Muddy Mouse (C) / Muddy Mouth

Piano – Fred Frith

Vocals [Mouth] – Robert Wyatt

Written-By – Frith, Wyatt

6:11

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.

Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Published By – Cadillac Music Ltd.

Published By – E.G. Music Ltd.

Published By – Liberation Music

Recorded At – The Manor

Recorded At – CBS Studios, London

Mixed At – The Manor

Cover – Alfreda Benge

Engineer – Richard Palmer (tracks: A2), Steve Cox (tracks: A1, A3 to B5)

Engineer [Practical Assistance] – Malcolm Heeley

Producer – Nick Mason (tracks: A2), Robert Wyatt (tracks: A1, A3 to B5)

First issue with twin logo over a red dragon on the labels.

Inner sleeve is black paper over plastic polyethylene, white Virgin logo and data over black background.

On center label side B, track B5 is divided in two parts numbered 5 (Muddy Mouse (c)) and 6 (Muddy Mouth), but is actually only one band on the vinyl. On the record sleeve, track B5 is listed as "Muddy Mouse (c) which in turn leads to Muddy Mouth" (with the two song titles "Muddy Mouse (c)" and "Muddy Mouth" in italics) indicating that this track is two songs that segue (the linking phrase "which in turn leads to" being a reference to a lyric from Muddy Mouth).

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Recorded and mixed at the Manor, except A2, recorded at CBS London.

A1, B1 to B5 published by Virging Music (Publishers) Ltd

A2 published by Cadillac Music Ltd

A3 published by E.G. Music Ltd

A4 published by Liberation Music Co

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Thanks also to:

Bootleg, Beatrice and Florence Mutt for protecting

from wolves, wild boars, unicorns etc.

Ivor Cutler, Al Clark for Mental Health

Dave Macrae for Pacific Influence

Malcolm Ritchie for Paperweightlifting

Peter Schmidt, Brian Eno for Oblique Strategies

Mike, Steve, Steve, Susie and Barbara for letting

us use their wonderful hotel as a recording studio

Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A): V 2034 A-2U 1.1

Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B): V 2034 B-2U G 1.1

Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2, Side A, stamped): V 2034 A-2U GG 1

Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2, Side B, stamped): V 2034 B-2U H 1

CONDITION:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT in plastic-lined paper inner sleeve in hard card picture sleeve (VG - light ring/edge wear, corner bend)