Lovely footage - interesting that Mr. Hitchcock found that broader appreciation in the States - he is so very much an 'English' songwriter. The English tradition that spawned him (and owes as much to Warlock as Barrett) is still there, like a supercharged, sentient, thread of mycelium cutting through the drab paving slab of mediocrity that sits like a smug and self regarding, poisoned dwarf on the 'new' and oh so reduced Britain - a thread then - that still pushes through the odd fruiting body to surprise and delight with incredulity and rude challenge (check out this young busker in Salisbury ruclips.net/video/gOyPFY-zU4k/видео.html maybe watch from 25.00 - reckon that's an original song - it's a phone recording and ropey but there are several interesting things in there). Saw Robyn Hitchcock recently in Exeter and then Bath - so impressive, bright and refreshing - all these years down the line. Thanks very much for posting.
Have this on a cassette tape somewhere and often fail to find it!
Surley the best rendition of Mountain Thyme there is!! Thank you for posting.....
love this - i remeber listening to this on air when i was younger and i had the bootleg, this is awesome thank you
My extreme pleasure
God bless you my good man. I have been looking for a good recording of this performance since it first aired. I finally found it today !
My pleasure! Best concert I ever attended!
And just to add...im pretty sure REM were on same stage that evening...could be wrong but i have a memory of it!! 🤔
Yes the bonus REM set as well as Bragg and Collister Gregson is also posted
Hitchcock is a genius!
Lovely footage - interesting that Mr. Hitchcock found that broader appreciation in the States - he is so very much an 'English' songwriter. The English tradition that spawned him (and owes as much to Warlock as Barrett) is still there, like a supercharged, sentient, thread of mycelium cutting through the drab paving slab of mediocrity that sits like a smug and self regarding, poisoned dwarf on the 'new' and oh so reduced Britain - a thread then - that still pushes through the odd fruiting body to surprise and delight with incredulity and rude challenge (check out this young busker in Salisbury ruclips.net/video/gOyPFY-zU4k/видео.html maybe watch from 25.00 - reckon that's an original song - it's a phone recording and ropey but there are several interesting things in there). Saw Robyn Hitchcock recently in Exeter and then Bath - so impressive, bright and refreshing - all these years down the line.
Thanks very much for posting.
Thank you. I guess I never thought about Robyn being more popular in the States. I saw him with K. REW AT The Mad Fiddler and tha was a small venue
Your channel is amazing, how you collect everything that is almost unmanageable; Thanks
My house reflects your statement
Thank you!!
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Thanks for uploading. It's Deni Bonet though, not Benot.
thanks and fixed
Going to repeat that a lot. Amazing lineup you got to see.
I botched up the last song title on the first upload. Thought it was Richard Thompson's Withered and Died. It was not. Fixed graphics and re-uploaded.