ROBERT WYATT / RIVIERA ORGAN:
This little transistor organ is responsible for Robert's ethereal keyboard sounds starting back on "Rock Bottom" and "Ruth is Stranger than Richard", two truly amazing albums by Mr.
Wyatt.
It has such a soft and mystical sound that was a perfect instrument to accompany Robert's fragile and heartfelt vocals. Robert is an amazing songwriter, one of a kind and his music is a treasure.
It was a gift - shortly after the accident which forced Robert on wheel-chair - by his beloved Alfreda “Alfie” Benge while the couple was in Venice, Italy.
A (reportedly) sometimes annoyed Robert began writing the music of “Rock Bottom” lulled by the lapping of the canal water, clearly audible from the apartment in Giudecca, Venice where he lived - while Alfie was after a movie shooting in Venice…
The result was a timeless masterpiece... thanking RW’s magical compositions.
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