Robert Wyatt, one of a kind. I followed his whole career. The End of an Ear for instance, a masterpiece.

I was not even born , only 1969. But with 16 years old i discover Soft Machine. I guess one of the best ever bands. What memories

My uncle managed and produced much of SM's early work. Unfortunately he passed last year and I am really trying to learn all I can about the band & awesome to see classic videos like this one . Thank you for posting 🙏

A Certain Kind is such a beautiful song.

With all those well-dressed, selfconcious audience members sitting through this incredible performance, my heart is with the one woman (and finally, also one dude) who are just going-off dancing!!!

this one of those things on the net i personally keep returning too . its got everything you need. class, dirt, poetry , skill, experimentalism of youth and three absolutely stunning musicians. r i p Kev.

Fantastico filmato, ottima regia, una grande emozione sentire i soft machine nella loro prima formazione, meno beat di quanto fatto sentire nel loro primo disco. La dimensione live ci rivela un gruppo già molto avanti. Notevole!

fantastic drums by robert wyatt and amazing fuzz organ by mike ratlege. love it

I close my eyes & put myself inside the audience like there's no time in my life

En 1970 j'était dans ma cabine au Psychédélic club de Nice et après la fermeture de la boîte vers 5h00 du matin, j'écoutais ce morceau pour m'évader un peu. Aujourd'hui encore la version studio de "a certain kind" m'arrache les tripes.

Grandiose ! L époque où les cameramen de l ORTF savaient filmer et mettaient en valeur les artistes. Robert Wyatt impérial comme toujours ! Merci de nous faire profiter de ces belles images.

The most underrated keybordist ever.

My favorite band of all time. They were the best; so progressive and humorous!

What a fine drummer he was!!!

Wyatt one of my three fav drummer, so musical and creative.

If someone said there will be no music in the world from now on but you can save one band, i would choose this one.

Probably the best Soft Machine footage on KZfaq. A great performance by the classic trio.

KA was the man. He genuinely was, without effort or contrivance, an icon. He was so far out, he was too far in.

I was lucky enough to see the Softs in 1968, opening for the Amboy Dukes and Jimi Hendrix! what a great show. What a great original band. Too bad about Wyatt's accident.

Remember...Is not easy play drums and to be a singer, on live performances. Wyatt was great.

gosh what a privilege to have been one of the few people at that performance ! I couldn't sit through that. I would have to be dancing. but not now as nearly 70 !

That's some bad ass playing. Also the dancing was absolutely great! Makes me so happy

Excellent upload, thanks for sharing

Uniquely gifted, perpetually iconic, always searching, continually stretching boundaries, never satisfied............ sadly missed for all these years; nearly 50, the void is still present as the noon-day sun. Oh we lucky few, who recognized the magic, and keep the memories......... of an era of creativity that will never be replicated. Out-bloody-rageous!!!

He and the boys made some memorable music. Thanks and RIP Kevin Ayers!

What an Awesome band especially for that time period! Never got the notoriety they most justifiably deserved! Way ahead of their time! Pink Floyd with Soul!! Absolutely Brilliant! Very difficult to play drums and sing with that intensity! WOW!!

I had commented a while back about seeing SoftMachine opening for Jimi H. in '68. It's great how the music fans keep this alive! I knew it was special then!

Filmed in October 1967...Just 5 months before I saw them when they opened for Hendrix/March,8th 1968.. What a great band!!

How can people dislike this gig ? Have they ever heard the Soft Machine before ?

Questo è veramente incredibile. Un pezzo imperdibile. Grazie grazie grazie

thanks for sharing this amazing moment in music history

Incredible and original organ improvisations by Mike Ratldege.

Fabuleux Robert Wyatt . Grand merci pour ce témoignage. ...très ému

This is absolutely incredible, to be able to travel back decades and see this early recording of such great original artists in their formative days, Thanks for sharing/jim

Robert Wyatt is Badassed!

Какие все молодые. Эх, какое время было! Несметное количество талантов. Ну, эта группа просто супер.

This is just fantastic. Hello 1968, from 2022.

... music is great ...... I just can say that !!!! ... my skin, my heart and my soul fly free in a real world ..... a world that is not understood by anybody or everybody .... a world as much real as you and me ...... grandioso !!!

Jeepers! Footage of Wyatt/Ayers/Ratledge! Absolutely priceless.

I discovered SM through this video when I was around 20 (30 now). I had this and their first album on repeat for weeks! Then Volume Two for months. They instantly became my favourite band of all times and still are today. Also Robert Wyatt's drumming is a major influence. My favourite drummer together with Billy Cobham, Ginger Baker, Bill Bruford and Pierre van der Linden.

I, like the other poster, never thought that I would get to see the original line up with Kevin Ayers in a live clip. Thanks for posting this, what a gem.

It's great to see this. I saw this line-up and repertoire when they opened for the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford CT, spring of '68. I had no clue going in and was there to see Hendrix (of course) - he did Dylan's "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window" as well as most of "Are You Experienced?" and they did not disappoint. However, my lasting memory is of The Soft Machine. Totally unknown to me and unexpected. They were as loud, if not louder than the Experience, and, I think, opened with "Hope For Happiness" which is still one of my favorites. Couldn't take my eyes or ears off of them. Had a similar experience when I saw Mahavishnu Orchestra open for ELP in Long Beach CA in '71 or '72.

Fantastic performance. Love that final piece!

this is really good music with a bit jazz fusion in there i'm very pleased found them after hearing kevin ayers

Un frère de Christian Vander de Magma. Robert Wyatt est immense. Toujours d'actualité.

What an explosive Psychedelic/Jazz/Pop combo! Kevin, why did you have to leave? How cool Kevin is wearing makeup pre Glam by 3 years! R.I.P. KEVIN AYERS

Wyatt and anything he has done defines art.

Early Soft machine is completely ace. You tube having a few movies up is a real treat for those of us too young to be let in, or even find our way to the venue! I'd have looked wild in my school shorts and cap!

Ayers and Wyatt! Great artists!

Fenomenale...grande tecnica e perfezione...STRAORDINARIA band...SM!!!

maybe one of the best singers ever appeared on this earth

This is awesome & Wow those dancers are something else.

This is a hidden gem of a video and I'm so glad I found it. Kinda awesome that The Police's Andy Summers was in this band for a little bit too!

Holy shit! only when i see footage of em' i realize how much Robert's drums add to the music. fucking amazing!

Soooo cool...great young musicians "back in the day"... and i think all great live shows should have at least a few very cool delightful dancing girls with those wonderful wiggles.. thanks for posting this...great find

one of my favorite bands of all time !!!!

Funny how much Kevin's voice deepened, mellowed with time. We lost a minor god to be sure.

Incredibili! Grandiosamente psichedelici e melodici allo stesso tempo. Wyatt a batteria e voce è straordinario!!! Le tastiere di Ratledge hanno un che di onirico e precursore per il loro periodo jazz che arriverà a breve.

All wonderful, music, dancers, tv direction✨✨✨✨✨

0:00 A Certain Kind 3:52 Save Yourself 5:55 Priscilla 6:30 Lullabye Letter 14:10 Hope For Hapiness

Une fantastique liberté créative à faire palir ! La naissance d'une école musicale (de Canterbury) qui fera des émules. Un grand moment, merci

My older brother dragged me to the Grande Ballroom in Detroit for their summer of 1968 show. I'd never heard them before and much of the crowd there that night was older and wiser but more stoned than me, for sure. I was certain I'd never heard their tunes before but knew I was witnessing a unique amalgamation of experimental musicians. Thank brother, Tommy!

What a drummer!!!

... stunning up-to-date'ness of this music !!! Only few contemporary trios to match this level of energy, intelligence and understanding ...

35 ans d'attente ,mais ça vaut le coup merci vernixx, robert chant et batterie c'est !!!!

It's great to see Wyatt's very unique Premier drum set in action! He was an amazing drummer.

Che dire...affascinante!!! Wyatt grande interprete alla batteria, con uno stile di voce inconfondibile.Documento storico.Ciao

legendary footage, they were so original and have never been surpassed in what they did. Ayers

Saw them accidentally at the Museum of Modern Art in 1966. They played without stopping for a half hour and the set was done. I knew they were amazing and that set was reproduced as a studio session on their first album with Kevin Ayres on bass.

These cats were talented! Thank you sharing this piece. 💯 🔥

I notice 2 people disliked this soft machine Vid...i find that unbelievable. what is there not to love ..this is such great music..I especially Love Soft machine 1 which these tracks came off

I always dug the Softs, from the very beginning. Bought all their records. As well as, later on, the recordings of concerts on compact discs (like "Live at the Paradiso 1969"). Even got "Spaced", the sound track the Softs did in 1969 for a multi-media show. Saw them in Rotterdam in 1970 and in New York City in the 1970s. Was crazy about the first three albums. Really dug SM Six, too. Was shocked when I heard of poor Robert Wyatt's accident. Never understood what happened to the band - why Robert was pushed out.

One of those bands that make you wanna live for music

Excelente registro 🙃Progressivo bacana 🇧🇷☮️💋🌼

Simply the best band ever

to be honest , this is the most artistic view of a drum kit i've ever seen

RIP Kevin, and huge thanks to vernixx for putting this wonderful set up here

I'm incredibly saddened to learn of Kevin Ayers' passing. Thankfully Robert Wyatt is still among us. When he goes, I'll be a downright mess.

Priscilla is hell of a jam, great work by Ratledge

Sure would like a official release of that . It definitely sounds and looks like '67 . They changed so fast .

Wow! Absolutely love those old songs (specialy "A certain kind"). Didn't expect to be "videos" that old. Great to see such a young Wyatt Thanks!!!

Robert deserves much more credit for his drumming.

Bravo guys I still love ya nearly 50 years later

My favorite version of ‘A Certain Kind’ ever!!! Mike also appears to be very fashionable here!

Thumbs up for this awesome show.

00:00 A Certain Kind 03:50 Save Youself/Priscilla/Lullaby Letter 14:01 Hope for Hapiness

Those guys were super creative.

Great music! Musicians can naturally die...their music never! He and his music are still alive (thanks to reproduction means....vinyl, video tapes etc and our memories!).

J'en ai des frissons dans tout le corps !

A certain kind ! Ma chanson préférée !!!!

everything feels soooo subtly improved. its amazing.

16:03 Ratledge smiles!!!

Robert Wyatt and his band members are top of everything!!

Saw them live in Dallas in ‘68 with Hendrix. Way ahead of their time.

Saw these guys in Detroit. Started a lifelong interest in these guys, all the permutations, and Mallorca

Questa esibizione live dei Soft machine del 68 vede la band in formazione a trio Robert Wyatt canto e batteria e percussioni Mike Ratledge Organo e Kevin Ayers chitarra basso Nel filmato vediamo anche ragazzi che stanno ballando Premesso che la musica dei Soft machine non è musica da ballare però chi la voleva ballare si muoveva a shake cioè i movimenti non seguivano dei passi studiati ma si muovevano come la musica suggeriva alla mente e al corpo di ogni singolo individuo Quindi con libertà totale di espressione e movimento

Vital and humorous! Robert Wyatt's drumming was brilliant in that days! Even Kevin Ayers' bass playing is surprising.

Very rare video of Three Pieces Soft Machine. Their performance quality is so good!!

Truly funny to me how many people here think Wyatt wasn't sounding EXACTLY how he wanted to. Listen to his solo albums - the man can't and won't do it like anyone else.

Why haven't I ever heard of these guys 🤯🤘 what good times they were having💃🕺