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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 also played saxophone on Soft Machine's album Volume Two and co-wrote several tracks on their eponymous debut. 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.[1]

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.

Discography

Year	Artist	Title
1962	Various Artists	Canterburied Sounds (volumes 1 to 4, released 1998)
1965	The Wilde Flowers	The Wilde Flowers (released 1994)
1969	Soft Machine	Volume Two
2003	Brian Hopper (with Robert Fenner)	Virtuality
2004	Brian Hopper	If Ever I Am
2006	Brian Hopper & Robert Fenner	Just Desserts[2]

Filmography

• 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)

References

External links

• Virtuality in the Voiceprint catalogue
• If Ever I Am in the Voiceprint catalogue
• Brian Hopper at Calyx, the Canterbury website
• Brian Hopper at AllMusic

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