Hans Voigt sulla norvegese RadiOrakel ha dedicato ieri uno speciale di un'ora a Pip Pyle nell'ambito del proprio programma, Uhort; in scaletta brani da Fools Meeting, Camembert Electrique, Hatfield And The North, The Rotters' Club, Playtime, Live Tracks, Pip Pyle's Equipe Out e Belle Illusion.
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Ancora dalla sezione "guestbook" del sito di Pyle, dove amici e colleghi musicisti lasciano messaggi in suo ricordo:
Andy Ward: "Dear Pip - lovely man, great drummer. You will be missed. "
Kramer: "Pip was the best drummer I ever played with (in BRAINVILLE, with Hugh Hopper and Daevid Allen). I will forever mourn his absence."
Aymeric Leroy: "Hey Pip, just got this Equip'Out boot from '86 where you play a tune I don't recognise - can I play it over the phone so you can tell me what it is ? Oops, sorry, your line's been disconnected, it seems. Old habits die hard ! There's so much more I needed to know. And how can we come to terms with your absence when your music's such a strong presence in our lives ? You're immortal now, there was really no point in doing this to us. I just hope there really is an afterlife and that Elton, Alan, Steve M. and everyone else was really there waiting for you to join them in an eternal jam. So long, mate..."
Mike King: "October 94, Gong 25, London. I'm there from Canada to celebrate the big birthday and the publication of my book 'Wrong Movements - A Robert Wyatt History', and witness Pip's two day marathon with Gong and Shortwave. Hugh introduces me to Pip, who then leads me upstairs to the musicians lounge, where around a table with Hewins and Miller, Pyle and King hold court over all things historical on 'Delivery' for a future planned article. The stories and laughs flow...but I digress; in fact the very first thing Pip says to me post introduction is, "Where's your book? Get one." Pip rifles through it till he finds the photo of 17 year old Robert in Deya at Graves' guest home sunning himself, bare from the waist up. Pointing to it forcefully Pip exclaims, "There's a problem here. That's not Robert! That's Sam!" I chuckle, but Pip remained animated in his insistance, "That's Sam - exactly!" That was Pip. "
Rick Biddulph: "Hadn't seen you in a long while and now it's at a funeral instead of the Borderline gig we should have come to. Well, one more grande bouffe, and over 30 years' worth of tunes and tales to think of. Knowing first hand the mayhem you could cause at border crossings, I trust the processing at the Pearly Gates is now back to normal efficiency, and that HM Customs did not risk another 5 hours of the Spanish Inquisition tape on your final trip home. Thanks for all of it Pip."