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Released
  
November 1972

Artist
  
Matching Mole

Producer
  
Robert Fripp

Length
  
42:56

Release date
  
November 1972

Label
  
CBS Records International

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Recorded
  
July–August 1972 at CBS Studios, London

Matching Mole's Little Red Record (1972)
  
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1975)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Canterbury scene

Similar
  
Canterbury scene albums, Other albums

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Matching Mole's Little Red Record (1972) is the second album of the English Canterbury Scene band Matching Mole. The band was formed in 1971 by Robert Wyatt after he left Soft Machine. Compared to their first album, Little Red Record was more of a team effort, with Wyatt taking a less involved role. It was produced by Robert Fripp of King Crimson, and features Brian Eno as a guest musician.

Contents

The album title refers to Chairman Mao's Little Red Book (1964). This reference is also carried over to the faux-Chinese style of the album cover, which is reminiscent of posters created during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Track listing

  1. "Starting in the Middle of the Day We Can Drink Our Politics away" (MacRae, Wyatt) – 2:31
  2. "Marchides" (MacRae) – 8:25
  3. "Nan True's Hole" (Miller, Wyatt) – 3:37
  4. "Righteous Rhumba" (aka "Lything and Gracing") (Miller, Wyatt) – 2:50
  5. "Brandy as in Benj" (MacRae) – 4:24
  6. "Gloria Gloom" (MacCormick, Wyatt) – 8:05
  7. "God Song" (Miller, Wyatt) – 2:59
  8. "Flora Fidgit" (MacCormick) – 3:27
  9. "Smoke Signal" (MacRae) – 6:38

For the BGO (Beat Goes On Records) CD edition Robert Wyatt asked that the album be rearranged so that Side 2 (of the vinyl album) came first as he thought in retrospect that this created a better flow to the album so it became:

  1. "Gloria Gloom" (MacCormick, Wyatt) – 8:05
  2. "God Song" (Miller, Wyatt) – 2:59
  3. "Flora Fidgit" (MacCormick) – 3:27
  4. "Smoke Signal" (MacRae) – 6:38
  5. "Starting in the Middle of the Day We Can Drink Our Politics away" (MacRae, Wyatt) – 2:31
  6. "Marchides" (MacRae) – 8:25
  7. "Nan True's Hole" (Miller, Wyatt) – 3:37
  8. "Righteous Rhumba" (aka "Lything and Gracing") (Miller, Wyatt) – 2:50
  9. "Brandy as in Benj" (MacRae) - 4:24

The 2013 Sony Music (Japan) Blu-spec CD reissue follows the original LP's running order, and includes the following bonus tracks:
10. "Starting in the Middle of the Day We Can Drink Our Politics Away" (take 1)
11. "Flora Fidgit" (take 8)
12. "Smoke Signal" (take 4)
13. "Mutter" (MacCormick)

Disc 1

  1. "Starting in the Middle of the Day We Can Drink Our Politics away" (MacRae, Wyatt) – 2:31
  2. "Marchides" (MacRae) – 8:25
  3. "Nan True's Hole" (Miller, Wyatt) – 3:37
  4. "Righteous Rhumba" (aka "Lything and Gracing") (Miller, Wyatt) – 2:50
  5. "Brandy as in Benj" (MacRae) – 4:24
  6. "Gloria Gloom" (MacCormick, Wyatt) – 8:05
  7. "God Song" (Miller, Wyatt) – 2:59
  8. "Flora Fidgit" (MacCormick) – 3:27
  9. "Smoke Signal" (MacRae) – 6:38

Disc 2

  1. "Instant Pussy/Lithing and Gracing" (Wyatt, Miller) – 7:56 BBC Radio One 'In Concert
  2. "Marchides" (MacRae) – 10:30 BBC Radio One 'In Concert
  3. "Part of the Dance/Brandy as in Benj" (Miller, MacRae) – 4:24 BBC Radio One 'In Concert
  4. "Starting in the Middle of the Day We Can Drink Our Politics away (take 1)" (MacRae, Wyatt) – 2:35
  5. "Smoke Signal (take 4)" (MacRae) – 6:44
  6. "Flora Fidgit (take 8)" (MacCormick) – 6:38
  7. "Mutter" (MacRae) – 3:23
  • Tracks 1-1 to 1-9, 2-4 to 2-7 recorded at CBS Studios, London in the Summer of 1972
  • Tracks 2-1 to 2-3 recorded at the Paris Theatre, London on 27 July 1972 (BBC Radio One 'In Concert)

    • Personnel

  • Phil Miller – guitars
  • Dave MacRae – Fender Rhodes electric piano, piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Bill MacCormick – bass
  • Robert Wyatt – drums, vocals

    • Guests:

  • Brian Eno – synthesizer (on "Gloria Gloom")
  • Ruby Crystal (pseudonym for Julie Christie) – additional vocals (on "Nan's True Hole")

    • Songs

    1Starting in the Middle of the Day We Can Drink Our Politics Away2:31
    2Marchides8:25
    3Nan True's Hole3:36

    References

    Matching Mole's Little Red Record Wikipedia
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