OMFG. I directed 'Music Alive'. The presenter there was Brian Kenny, whose brainchild the whole series was. It was for secondary school students and me, Brian and colleagues were ILEA school teachers on secondment. The studio crew were ex broadcast TV personnel plus trainees. Fun, fun, fun!
Great work, you should be proud of recording some important musicians and also challenging the T Rex and Donny Osmond fans in London Schools with Jazz Fusion Prog!!
@@matthewcoombs3282 I've still got the bizarre 'teachers notes' sheet that went out to schools who watched. Iconoclastic times. A subsequent ILEA series shot a live concert with Bob Marley and a whole load of top black musicians. When the ILEA was shut down we assumed all the ILEA-TV tapes were lost.
Brilliant. Thanks for this. Saw this line-up so many times. One of my friends worked at Advision while they were recording 'Fifth'. He brought home a rough mix tape one evening as he knew I was a huge fan. He played me 'Drop' and said he had spent a lot of time in the toilet recording the water drop sound for that track!
Saw this lineup in Brighton '72 the live side of their double album " Six" . A fine band although in my humble opinion not as good as the Dean , Wyatt group . l,ve loved this band since seeing them on T.V at the Proms in 1969 when l was 15. ( what became of this footage ? ) One of the most inventive and original groups ever they could lay claim to being one of the first progressive bands as well as those who pioneered Jazz/ Rock along with the equally wonderful Nucleus .
@@neilthompson5748 give the man a break, it's been 43 years and he was basically off by a few months. god willing i can remember a single thing when i'm in my 60's and 70's with the beating i have given my brain.
you are lucky I am still here at YT running in `signed in` mode what I seldom does, so the notification bell showed me your quick reply. No, I am not at Facebook nor at other social media sides. I am just watching the Nuthatch videos that are new to me and I appreciate them. Do you know the Soft Machine -drop- CD? I´s actually the complete SM gig with Phil Howard at the Berliner Jazztage and may be some parts of their Donauschinger Music Festival gig (both in late 1971) I do not know how to get in touch privately, how to share an email here, never tried to get in touch with other youtubers. May be you can leave me a hint on my YT channel...Do you know the french guy Philippe Renaud, who wrote books about the british Jazz Scene ? regards and thx again
I'm not a drummer, but I absolutely love John Marshall's drumming, particularly his snare sound, and his ride cymbal (I think that's what it's called!).
Hi Carla, I think there (unfortunately) does not exsist Soft Machine footage with Phil Howard on drums, unless the german TV filmed their gig at "Berliner Jazztage" in November 1971. Yes, Phil Howard was a magnificant drum player than.He still remains a mystery...nobody I asked (Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, Neville Whitehead) were able to tell me something about his current whereabouts. I even dont know, wether he is still living in 2020. He must be around 75 years old now. regards ! are you a german ?
Wonderful stuff, thanks for posting this and other episodes of Music Alive, which until now were thought to be long lost. Just out of curiosity, the footage is well preserved but posted here in relatively low res, are there any plans to make this available, commercially or otherwise, in higher res ? Thank you.
Aymeric Leroy is a wonderful researcher and currently completing english translation of his Canterbury book. Hopefully uploader will get in touch with him. We need complete episode with Kevin Ayers from 1972 since there was interview with him as well.
Facelift etc. from Third, this was the best Soft Machine ever. Almost in the jazz 'side' (Vol. II almost there also) but the inventive, repetitive electronics, clearly ahead of that time, made a diference from IV and V, which were almost only jazz but no fun at all. IMFO
ONLY when Robert Wyatt was in it. Then became a Nucleus tribute band. Whist I have listened to Volumes 0 (Jet Propelled Photographs) to 4 repeatedly, anything later I've checked out only to dismiss as sh*t
This version of Soft Machine was the most satisfying musically in my opinion. My other impression, looking at this footage from more than 50 years ago - none of them had rockstar good-looks.
Je viens de regarder juste avant matching mole a la meme année , meme emission ...Soft Machine c'est quand meme un niveau bien superieur , ils ont eu raison de virer Robert Whyatt (meme si j'ai adoré son Rock Bottom)
OMFG. I directed 'Music Alive'. The presenter there was Brian Kenny, whose brainchild the whole series was. It was for secondary school students and me, Brian and colleagues were ILEA school teachers on secondment. The studio crew were ex broadcast TV personnel plus trainees. Fun, fun, fun!
Great work, you should be proud of recording some important musicians and also challenging the T Rex and Donny Osmond fans in London Schools with Jazz Fusion Prog!!
@@matthewcoombs3282 I've still got the bizarre 'teachers notes' sheet that went out to schools who watched. Iconoclastic times. A subsequent ILEA series shot a live concert with Bob Marley and a whole load of top black musicians. When the ILEA was shut down we assumed all the ILEA-TV tapes were lost.
Thank you for your work. It's been a real pleasure to watch these, especially this one and the Roy Harper segment.
I wont ever get enough of the Softs. The early stuff and the later. It's all good.
Mike Ratledge playing off John Marshall.Two world class musicians.
Ratledge is the mos underated unapreciated keyboard player in jazz rock . So different from the rest
0:51 Fanfare
1:33 All White
4:40 M.C.
7:27 Drop
11:28 Stumble
17:08 L.B.O.
18:17 As If (intro)
Splendid! I've always loved Karl Jenkins' oboe work. The instrument is seldom heard in jazz settings.
Klinkt best wel als de saxello van Dean...
My favorite Soft Machine album
J adore quel grand groupe
Incredible find! Thank you for The Softs!
Brilliant. Thanks for this. Saw this line-up so many times. One of my friends worked at Advision while they were recording 'Fifth'. He brought home a rough mix tape one evening as he knew I was a huge fan. He played me 'Drop' and said he had spent a lot of time in the toilet recording the water drop sound for that track!
Some real OG Progressive Jazz Rock, thanks for sharing.
Brilliant. Love those keyboard duets
Class musicianship. 50 years on and it’s still fresh.
Merci, je découvre ces enregistrements précieux
J'adore Soft Machine depuis le début ❤️
The Nucleus Machine.
Soft Nucleus sounds better.
@@fabrikk60 New Clear Reaction
Escape from Nucleus?
Just been listening to 'drop' omg wow ..wheres all the live vids of this amazing band?
The best Soft Machine vid. Thanks for posting.
Cara, como isso é bom.🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
amazing similar the sound of the oboe with the saxello of Dean....
Fifth was one of the first albums I bought. I'm still impressed by the preponderant darkness of its sound and atmosphere.
Sadly the improvising isn't of the same quality - sometimes it sounds as if he is practicing his scales
This is good.
Saw this lineup in Brighton '72 the live side of their double album " Six" . A fine band although in my humble opinion not as good as the Dean , Wyatt group . l,ve loved this band since seeing them on T.V at the Proms in 1969 when l was 15. ( what became of this footage ? ) One of the most inventive and original groups ever they could lay claim to being one of the first progressive bands as well as those who pioneered Jazz/ Rock along with the equally wonderful Nucleus .
They played the Proms in 1970
@@neilthompson5748 give the man a break, it's been 43 years and he was basically off by a few months. god willing i can remember a single thing when i'm in my 60's and 70's with the beating i have given my brain.
Great review. You’re lucky to have seen them. And Nucleus were superb.
Painting with music!
A very short lived line-up of the Soft Machine. Karl Jenkins is great on the oboe.
Wow! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! First tracks are Fanfare and All White
Thank you for this one....:)
you are lucky I am still here at YT running in `signed in` mode what I seldom does, so the notification bell showed me your quick reply. No, I am not at Facebook nor at other social media sides. I am just watching the Nuthatch videos that are new to me and I appreciate them. Do you know the Soft Machine -drop- CD? I´s actually the complete SM gig with Phil Howard at the Berliner Jazztage and may be some parts of their Donauschinger Music Festival gig (both in late 1971) I do not know how to get in touch privately, how to share an email here, never tried to get in touch with other youtubers. May be you can leave me a hint on my YT channel...Do you know the french guy Philippe Renaud, who wrote books about the british Jazz Scene ? regards and thx again
@@rainerkrause34
Yes I do know and have the Drop album.
I don't think I know that French guy...
Let's keep in touch thru your YT channel.
Regards.
wowowowowowowowowoow yes!!! thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!!!
Thanks for sharing this!
Unrecognisable from the first incarnation. A completely different band and sound world.
Like watching the avengers with only steed left from the beginning
After Allen ,Ayers & Wyatt had departed, all that remained was the sound of MikeRatledges own arse..
John Marshall using traditional grip at 18:15
Astounding- thank you.
Saw'em in Mestre. It was 31/1/1973
Petit Sacconex, Genf, from my sister's bathroom window, summer 1973, environ.
C'ero anch'io
Visti a Tirrenia (Pisa) 1974. "Seven" tour.
Great music. Canterbury goes On
In other drummers out there in love with the snare tone?
I'm not a drummer, but I absolutely love John Marshall's drumming, particularly his snare sound, and his ride cymbal (I think that's what it's called!).
They had already turned into a jazz band when Ayers and Allen were gone.
The lineup that opened up for the Jimi Hendrix Experience is the proper band
I saw them open for Jimi in Cincinnati at Xavier Univ. field house. Been a fan ever since.
Well if u want a good res & clean sound just listen to "Soft machine 5" studio album 1972, and have a good time! 🎼🎶🎵
That’s not the same as a live show I think you will find
Thank you. ! I am looking for a video of Soft Machine w/Phil Howards on drums (1971), any chance you find it ?... (line up I saw in Frankfurt)
Hi Carla, I think there (unfortunately) does not exsist Soft Machine footage with Phil Howard on drums, unless the german TV filmed their gig at "Berliner Jazztage" in November 1971. Yes, Phil Howard was a magnificant drum player than.He still remains a mystery...nobody I asked (Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, Neville Whitehead) were able to tell me something about his current whereabouts. I even dont know, wether he is still living in 2020. He must be around 75 years old now. regards ! are you a german ?
@@rainerkrause34
Vielen Dank Rainer!
I am French but I lived in Germany for a few years (and in the USA as well...).
Are you on Facebook ?
@@carladiratz7090 see my reply at my "Thank you for this one" comment above ! I wrote my reply at the wrong place, sorry..
I think there is footage out there, but I've never been able to trace it.
@@Meddled
Hope we get to it some day...
That would be such a treet!
Anybody knows what's the small keyboard ratledge uses? Is it a mellotron or a hohner organ?
No Mellotron!
Farfisa organ...
If mike banged away at a mellotron i would give the magnetic tapes about 10 minutes before they creased and split under those demanding digits
Jazz....
Nice....
it really is amazing. With infinite digital tracks and tricks today, it doesn't sound as good as just these 4 guys playing live
Gobsmacked. O_O
Amazing
Mike's hair... he must've used Prell😂
A coiffeurial existential debate, between chaos and order.
"avant garde" musicians .nice périod
Carl Jenkins is a Sir now. Blimey.
No Soft Machine without Robert Wyatt!
No Soft Machine without Ratledge & Wyatt.
Wonderful stuff, thanks for posting this and other episodes of Music Alive, which until now were thought to be long lost. Just out of curiosity, the footage is well preserved but posted here in relatively low res, are there any plans to make this available, commercially or otherwise, in higher res ? Thank you.
Ditto what he said!
Aymeric Leroy is a wonderful researcher and currently completing english translation of his Canterbury book. Hopefully uploader will get in touch with him. We need complete episode with Kevin Ayers from 1972 since there was interview with him as well.
I second this request of my fellow enthusiasts. Sadly, it appears as if Nuthatch chose to not react on any comments, questions, etc.
Facelift etc. from Third, this was the best Soft Machine ever. Almost in the jazz 'side' (Vol. II almost there also) but the inventive, repetitive electronics, clearly ahead of that time, made a diference from IV and V, which were almost only jazz but no fun at all. IMFO
Umm. Seem to have posted the below via a different log in from my personal one. Oh well. (Glyn Edwards)
arguably the most important rock band of all time
Jazz
not a rock band at all
Il motivo è semplice: NON È un "gruppo rock".
Touring the UK in November.
I saw 12 shows in September in the US.
I Was the driver!
ONLY when Robert Wyatt was in it. Then became a Nucleus tribute band. Whist I have listened to Volumes 0 (Jet Propelled Photographs) to 4 repeatedly, anything later I've checked out only to dismiss as sh*t
Who is the presenter?
This version of Soft Machine was the most satisfying musically in my opinion. My other impression, looking at this footage from more than 50 years ago - none of them had rockstar good-looks.
They're all the same guy, right?
Je viens de regarder juste avant matching mole a la meme année , meme emission ...Soft Machine c'est quand meme un niveau bien superieur , ils ont eu raison de virer Robert Whyatt (meme si j'ai adoré son Rock Bottom)
Wyatt лучший!
Jazz based Hippy music well good.