Hugh Hopper: Jazzloops / The Stolen Hour

• Two rare solo albums from the late Hugh Hopper former member of Soft Machine.

• ‘Jazzloops’ and its sequel ‘The Stolen Hour’ features Hopper with special guest appearances by his fellow Soft Machine members and friends; Robert Wyatt, Elton Dean, revered jazz drummer John Marshall, Gong alumni Didier Malherbe, and French guitarist Patrice Meyer.

• Both discs have been remastered and the booklet features the original comic for ‘The Stolen Hour’.

Peter Pardo of Sea of Tranquillity’s reviews of the original releases concluded with this comment:

“Hearing Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, Robert Wyatt and John Marshall, all former Soft Machine members, jamming together again is another reason to celebrate…”

Track Listing:

DISC 1: JAZZLOOPS
1 T3
2 AFRIK
3 GARRISOI
4 SFRANKL
5 ACLOOP
6 CALMOZART
7 AINTPO
8 1212
9 DIGWOT
10 L4
11 NIGEPO

DISC 2: THE STOLEN HOUR
1 CRAIG’S DISTENDED TRAIN RIDE
2 COMPLICATIONS AT WORK
3 AN INESCAPABLE ENCOUNTER WITH MRS. PRY
4 YEARNING FOR THE STOLEN HOUR
5 THE LONG DRIVE
6 AN UNREGULATED SUNSET
7 A SIDEWAYS PEEK AT DREAMTIME
8 SNIDE WISDOM INVOLVING THE IMMATERIALITY OF TIME
9 THE STUFF HE SEES
10 MIA’S TIMELY EMERGENCE FROM THE EAST
11 COMPATIBILITY
12 SHARING THE STOLEN HOUR