Studio Album, released in 1971
Vinyl Reissue  Akarma Records
Gatefoldcover 180g vinyl
sealed !


Songs / Tracks Listing

1 This is What Happens (5:45)
2 Thoughts to Geoff (10:19)
3 Green and Orange Night (8:12)
4 Gridal Suite (6:13)
5 Five After Dawn (5:24)
6 Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening (0:36)
7 Black Horse (5:53)

Line-up / Musicians

Keith Tippet / Piano, keyboards
Nick Evans / trombone
Mark Charig / Cornet
Elton Dean / sax
Jeff Clyne, Roy Babbington / bass
Robert Wyatt, Phil Howard / drums

The Keith Tippett Group's excellent 'Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening' occupies the upper echelons of British jazz-fusion and is rightfully hailed as a classic album by fans and critics alike. No doubt one of many who was inspired by the superlative experimental sounds of American innovators Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Herbie Hanock et al, The Keith Tippett Group produced just two studio albums proper but, in the process, proved to be a breeding ground for many of the top young jazz talents of the time. As well as Tippett, 'Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening' featured a quartet of soon-to-be Soft Machine-bound members in Robert Wyatt(drums), Marc Charig(cornet), Roy Babbington(bass) and Elton Dean(sax), as well as Nick Evans(trumbone), Jeff Clyne(bass), and Australian drummer Phil Howard who would eventually replace Wyatt in Soft Machine several years down the line. Considering the line-up on show, it's no surprise that this sophomore effort from the group has proved to be so popular. Unlike The Keith Tippett Group's debut, this follow-up is a much more radical affair which embraces the fusion furiosity of 'Bitches Brew'-style Miles Davis and the more progressive rock sounds that were eminating from both Britain and America. This is very much jazz-rock, but not quite fusion, as there is, on this album at least, a clear distinction between the two genre's despite the fact they are mixed so seemlessly.