Robert Wyatt

Nothing Can Stop Us (1982) ...

Robert Wyatt came out of retirement and recorded a string of singles for the new Rough Trade lable in 1979 - 1981... These were released as a compilation album in 1982 ...

Arauco (1980)... Violeta Parra song ...

Caimanera (1980) ... original Carlos Puebla version of Guantanamera, about the Guantanamo Bay US Navy Base ...

Strange Fruit ... Billy Holliday's haunting hit ...

At Last I Am Free (1980) ...   Chic song as hymn ...

Stalin Wasn't Stallin (1981) ...US propaganda song celebrating their ally in the East of Europe ...


Shipbuilding (Old Grey Whistle Test 1983) ... Elvis Costello's anti-war song ...

Robert Sandall's review of Shipbuilding ...