David Sanborn interview and introduction of Sun Ra and his Arkestra on "Night Music" in 1990. The band features John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, June Tyson, etc. For me, NM was and remains the best music show on US TV thus far.
Soft Machine performing Moon In June at the Bilzen Jazz Fest 1969 in Belgium. This adds about 3 minutes to another posting. Mike Ratledge-organ, Robert Wyatt-drums-vocals, Hugh Hopper-bass.
Great and rare performance of Fotheringay playing Gypsy Davey in 1970.
Sandy Denny-vocals, Jerry Donahue-guitar(solo) , Gerry Conway-drums, Pat Donaldson-bass, Trevor Lucas-guitar.
Sun Ra and his Arkestra performing "Face the Music" on the TV show "Night Music" in 1990. The band features John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, June Tyson, etc. For me, NM was and remains the best music show on US TV thus far.
Soft Machine performing Out-Bloody-Rageous at the theatre de la musique in Paris March 1970 for Patrice Blanc Francard's great Pop 2. Mike Ratledge-organ-piano , Robert Wyatt-drums-vocals, Hugh Hopper-bass, Elton Dean-alto sax-saxello, Lyne Dobson-soprano sax-flute.
Caravan "A Place Of My Own" 1968. Pye Hastings-guitar-voca ls, Richard Coughlin-drums, David Sinclair-organ-piano , Richard Sinclair-bass-vocals . Crass editing by the rebroadcast, (I imagine it was longer the first time around).
Song For Suzie from Heads Hands And Feet's classic first Double LP-1970.
Chas Hodges-bass-violin-v ocals, Ray Smith-guitar-vocals, Tony Colton-piano-vocals, Pete Gavin-drums, and Albert Lee-guitar-vocals. First broadcast on the Old Grey Whistle Test-1971. Rare gem from the generous vaults of Mr. Smith. Another great Albert Lee solo!
Can live, March 22 1973 at the Bataclan, Paris. Irmin Schmidt-keyboards, Michael Karoli-guitar, Jaki Liebezeit-drums, Holger Czukay-bass, and Damo Suzuki-vocals. From Pop 2.
Fairport Convention live at theTaverne de l'Olympia 1970. Dave Mattacks-drums, Simon Nicol-guitar, Dave Pegg-bass, Dave Swarbrick-violin, Richard Thompson-guitar. From the lovely Pop 2. A textbook example of A+ ensemble dynamics.
Guru Guru performing Ooga Booga at Bataclan March 10 1973, Paris. From a Deutsch Rock episode of Pop 2! Also included is the only other snipet, from the show, of Guru Guru beginning "Der Elektrolurch" as the show ends. Ooga Booga has a short bit of voice-over at the beginning. Mani Neumeier-drums-vocal s, Bruno Schaab-bass, Ax Genrich-guitar.
Can live, March 22 1973 at the Bataclan, Paris. Irmin Schmidt-keyboards, Michael Karoli-guitar, Jaki Liebezeit-drums, Holger Czukay-bass, and Damo Suzuki-vocals. From the crucial pop 2.
Caravan playing "A hunting we shall go" at the Bataclan on November 26 1973, Paris. From the LP "For Girls who grow plump in the night". Pye Hastings-guitar-voca ls, Richard Coughlin-drums, David Sinclair-organ-piano , John G Perry-bass, Geoff Richardson-viola. From Patrice Blanc Francards' informative Pop 2.
Soft Machine performing Out-Bloody-Rageous at the theatre de la musique in Paris March 1970 for Patrice Blanc Francard's great Pop 2. This is the second part of the song. Mike Ratledge-organ-piano , Robert Wyatt-drums-vocals, Hugh Hopper-bass, Elton Dean-alto sax-saxello, Lyne Dobson-soprano sax-flute.
Patto playing San Antone in 1970. A great version of the song, if one can ignore the hideous visual editing choices. Mike Patto-vocals, the amazing Ollie Halsall-guitar, Clive Griffiths-bass, and John Halsey-drums, accounts.
Man performing "Would the Christians wait five minutes, the lions are having a draw" from their third release "Man". Micky Jones-guitar, vocals, Deke Leonard-guitar, vocals, Clive John-organ, piano, Terry Williams-drums, Martin Ace-bass, vocals.
