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Brian Hopper

Brian Hopper is credited on 175 releases across 36 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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175

Pressings credited

36

Albums

7

Decades active

93

In collections

Biography

Brian Hopper (born 3 January 1943) is an English guitarist and saxophonist. Hopper was born in Whitstable, Kent, England, and is the older brother of the late bassist Hugh Hopper. With Hugh, he was a member in the early Canterbury scene band Wilde Flowers. He co-wrote several tracks on Soft Machine's 1968 debut album. After guesting on saxophone during the sessions for the follow-up album Volume Two in early 1969, he joined Soft Machine full-time for five months from May to October 1969. The death of two bandmates in the early 1970s discouraged Hopper from pursuing a proper career in music, so he went into agricultural crop protection research and development instead. Only in the latter part of the 1990s, did Hopper re-emerge as an artist of contemporary as well as historical significance. One of his projects was Canterburied Sounds, a four-CD compilation of archival Canterbury scene recordings from his private collection.

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175 releases · 36 albums · active 1968–2024

  • Performance · 423
  • Other credits · 18

Studios: The Manor · CBS Studios, London · Advision Studios · Olympic Studios

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