Matching Mole's Little Red Record

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Matching Mole's Little Red Record
Studio album by Matching Mole
Released	November 1972
Recorded	CBS Studios, London, July-August 1972
Genre	Progressive rock (Canterbury Scene)
Length	42:56
Label	CBS
Producer	Robert Fripp
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Matching Mole chronology
Matching Mole (1972) Matching Mole's Little Red Record (1972) BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1975)

Matching Mole's Little Red Record (1972) is the second album of the British Canterbury Scene band Matching Mole. Compared to their first album, Little Red Record was more of a team effort, with Wyatt taking a less involved role. The band was formed in 1971 by Robert Wyatt after he left Soft Machine.

The album title references Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. This is responsible for the faux-Chinese style of the album cover, which is reminiscent of posters created during the Cultural Revolution.

[edit] 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) – 3:37
4. "Righteous Rhumba" (aka "Lything And Gracing") (Miller) – 2:50
5. "Brandy As In Benji" (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

[edit] Personnel

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

Guest:

• Brian Eno - synthesizer (on "Gloria Gloom")