Saw/'experienced' them a few months later (Feb. '68) on tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience! They were incredible, and so was the light show!! Saw the same show again that following August...
Robert Wyatt always said that the fall from Ayers' window saved his life, cause he thinks he would have been dead already because of drug and drink abuse. He hit rock bottom, but managed to get his life in order, and is still making music today, 50 years later! Many of that scene are dead now, and it's great to see how someone like Daevid Allen always sang a lot like early Wyatt and made a lifetime of amazing music/art/performance art with the Gong projects and lots of other fantastic collaborations and bands..
Wyatt is one of the true monster musicians period. He said the best thing that ever happened to him musically, was getting paralyzed. He was such a phenomenal drummer, but played everything. His solo work is fantastic, but what a drummer!!
This is a great video, great that this early line up live performance has been captured. I am struck though though by how they are dominated by Wyatt and Ratledge, you'd not really know from this that Kevin Ayers was a massive talent who would go onto to produce a whole bunch of fabulous solo albums.
This is "Wyatt's" Soft Machine. love this period of the band, although I was a devoted fan until Ratledge left after their 8th album , I believe. my favorite singing drummer.
Just to say that the BBC and ITV completely failed to comprehend what was happening in music in the UK in the late 60s and early 70s. The only place you can find this is on German, French and other European channels. This is one French example of what they were producing. Yards, or metres ahead of the drivel that we and the musicians had to put up with on UK TV. Soft Machine, largely ignored by mainstream TV in the Uk were and remain remarkably brilliant and influential musicians.
Great show, but audio is not in sync? I tried to download the video and sync it manually but seems like it always comes apart, wonder if the video speed might be too fast/too slow for the audio
Saw/'experienced' them a few months later (Feb. '68) on tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience! They were incredible, and so was the light show!!
Saw the same show again that following August...
My favourite incarnation of Soft Machine. What a great drummer Robert Wyatt was. It's a shame his drumming career was cut short.
well, he never really quit playing the drums, he only adjusted !
@@Z-eb But it wasn't quite the same.
@@NicoMalcolm True, i just ordered the 2CD edition of Matching Mole Little Red Record ! Can`wait !!!
Robert Wyatt always said that the fall from Ayers' window saved his life, cause he thinks he would have been dead already because of drug and drink abuse. He hit rock bottom, but managed to get his life in order, and is still making music today, 50 years later! Many of that scene are dead now, and it's great to see how someone like Daevid Allen always sang a lot like early Wyatt and made a lifetime of amazing music/art/performance art with the Gong projects and lots of other fantastic collaborations and bands..
Wyatt is one of the true monster musicians period. He said the best thing that ever happened to him musically, was getting paralyzed. He was such a phenomenal drummer, but played everything. His solo work is fantastic, but what a drummer!!
This is a great video, great that this early line up live performance has been captured. I am struck though though by how they are dominated by Wyatt and Ratledge, you'd not really know from this that Kevin Ayers was a massive talent who would go onto to produce a whole bunch of fabulous solo albums.
This is "Wyatt's" Soft Machine. love this period of the band, although I was a devoted fan until Ratledge left after their 8th album , I believe. my favorite singing drummer.
Thanks for another great upload. Robert Wyatt is a global treasure!
It must be hard to drum and sing at the same time, obviously Robert has great talent.
Man... tysm for sharing this, Soft Machine is a great part of my life (I mean THIS Soft Machine)♥️🔥
Just to say that the BBC and ITV completely failed to comprehend what was happening in music in the UK in the late 60s and early 70s. The only place you can find this is on German, French and other European channels. This is one French example of what they were producing. Yards, or metres ahead of the drivel that we and the musicians had to put up with on UK TV. Soft Machine, largely ignored by mainstream TV in the Uk were and remain remarkably brilliant and influential musicians.
Couldn’t agree more!❤
Seems to me, they helped the stage for so much to come
Great show, but audio is not in sync? I tried to download the video and sync it manually but seems like it always comes apart, wonder if the video speed might be too fast/too slow for the audio
yeah probably old 6 mm video