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Wyatt recalls the 'freak-outs' and 'happenings' he played at, often at underground club UFO. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Wyatt perfects his drumming style, even practicing at the Mallorca home of poet Robert Graves.

Then he gets married and afterwards it's the emergence of The Soft Machine, playing psychedelic pop 'happenings' and 'freak outs' - often at an underground club called UFO.

Marcus O'Dair's biography of Robert Wyatt, a musical cult cum national treasure,

Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Abridged in five parts by Katrin Williams:

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2015.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Julian Rhind-Tutt
Author Marcus O'Dair
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull

Broadcasts

  • Tue 6 Jan 2015 09:45
  • Wed 7 Jan 2015 00:30
  • Tue 17 Sep 2019 14:45
  • Wed 18 Sep 2019 02:45

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