soft machine Tale of Taliesin

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Tale of Taliesin
Lineup (because it has been discussed below):
Roy Babbington (bass), John Etheridge (guitar),John Marshall (drums), Karl Jenkins (keys). allan holdsworth and mike ratledge were both gone from the group by this tour.

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@KRAZEEIZATION 3 ай бұрын

I’m always looking for new old music. Soft Machine rock!

@user-yk4wh9gs1g 2 ай бұрын

Check out Dr. Hook

@user-yk4wh9gs1g 2 ай бұрын

Or Clutch

@talibe801 8 ай бұрын

Soft Machime was the second concerti saw live,first was Genesis in 75,and two years later Soft Machine,what great memories from those times.

@marcmeyssonnier5568 8 ай бұрын

Un de mes morceaux préférés de ce groupe flamboyant et plein de génie. De nos jours ce genre de musique n'existe pratiquement plus et cela est bien triste. On ne nous sert que de la mauvaise soupe.

@oenobuzzoenobuzz832 3 ай бұрын

Heureusement que ce genre de musique n’existe plus. J’ai vu ce groupe à l’époque, il y avait encore Mike Ratledge. On avait juste envie de demander au guitariste de dégager.. insupportable, 3000 notes à la seconde… inutile.

@mateoito8266 3 жыл бұрын

It so looks like the guys from the factory just came down jamming on a sunday, loving it

@cuebj 2 ай бұрын

Except that the Canterbury sound musicians were unlikely to have been anywhere near a factory - neither the musicians nor any of their families.

@bobbysteel7062 Жыл бұрын

John Etheridge KILLING it on guitar. wow.

@ristokolttonen9208 Жыл бұрын

Yes, he is really good

@mrsp3992 2 ай бұрын

If you like notes per second, he's unbeatable.......

@michaelgraham9774 10 күн бұрын

@@mrsp3992Oh shut up

@c0gsinc0gs 10 жыл бұрын

"I was in many shapes, ". . . I was rain-drops in the air, I was stars' beam; I was a word in letters, I was a book in origin; I was lanterns of light for a year and a half; I was a bridge that stretched over six estuaries; I was a path, I was an eagle, I was a coracle in seas; I was a bubble in beer, I was a drop in a shower; I was a sword in hand, I was a shield in battle; I was a string in a harp enchanted nine years. . . ." The Battle of the Trees by Taliesin (translated by Patrick Ford)

@adecirkett5351 5 ай бұрын

Saw John Etheridge at Hastings Sea Fishing club bar, playing with a few local lads, was a great evening and only £8, beer was good as well.

@charuan12 10 жыл бұрын

John Marshall is a freaking genius, man.

@georgeb7332 7 жыл бұрын

So true. He adds fire to anything he plays on. His work with Eberhard Weber is stunning too.

@DarioCiraulo98 5 жыл бұрын

Ghhhfruutf

@eduardoalmeida61 5 жыл бұрын

a overclocked drummer genius

@TheGordem 5 жыл бұрын

When I saw them in 2018 he did a 5 minute solo, I would buy a whole album of him just doing that. The crowd was spellbound.

@cosmicdankhead9171 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGordem Hidden Details tour? Probably the most epic concert I've ever been to.

@maxinemckenzie5765 4 жыл бұрын

"Softs" is a beautiful L.P to Trip to...and Etheridge takes care of Holdsworth's "Bundles" input admirably.

@robertmcdougall3166 8 ай бұрын

This is just absolutely immense. Saw John Marshall on tour, I honestly wonder why he did not get the recognition he fully deserved. For me those haunting tones from the superb guitar work of John Etheridge are almost spellbinding.

@LouisFLamas Жыл бұрын

Just think as a teenager I was able to experience them in concert way back in the day. In Houston, Texas, they opened up for Jimi Hendrix around 1968 or 69 at The Houston Music Hall.

@0holland41 8 ай бұрын

Damned, i wish i was there. I remember climbing through the window of some place NE Houston that played blues and rock bands ex Taj Mahal, as a 14 year old. But to see Hendrix and Soft machine in Houston - Wow. Never even knew he played there. Wow. It was great that Hendrix always believed in and promoted Soft Machine - they often had such bad reviews as an experimental post rock, improvisational pre fusion band.

@LouisFLamas 8 ай бұрын

@@0holland41 Yes. Hendrix and Soft Machine were good friends. I got to experience Hendrix 5 times and Soft Machine 3 times back in the day. Man. I will cherish those moments.

@_ICH_SEHE_SCHWARZ_ 7 ай бұрын

That was the REAL SM!

@Rockprog101 16 жыл бұрын

what a great album "softs" was.

@uncleremus5046 4 жыл бұрын

Very haunting melody I love it.

@mootbooxle 4 жыл бұрын

It took me a long time to get into the post-Wyatt stuff...but it has become an enduring favorite! Especially “Bundles” and “Softs”! Holdsworth and Etheridge, both brilliant players. This lineup is stellar!

@ronniechilds2002 7 ай бұрын

Same here. But I ended up with all their albums one through seven, and they were all very good, even when they reached the point of no original members.. Soft Machine 7 is really good.

@gfunkusarelius 16 жыл бұрын

some people just dont like the cleaner, more technical later stuff. it is quite different than the earlier stuff. but i like both

@caryheuchert Жыл бұрын

Soft Machine always had good taste in their material throughout their different phases.

@pandstar 14 жыл бұрын

Ah great! A vid of John Etheridge. What a treat. One of the greats of fusion guitar.

@davidbrothers3788 2 жыл бұрын

The sg one of the most diverse guitars around you can play anything on them and they look so cool

@ristokolttonen9208 11 ай бұрын

You are right. I have three SGs. 1968 has P90s, 1973 has mini humbuckers and 1976 has standard humbuckers. All unique and perfect!

@davidbrothers3788 11 ай бұрын

@@ristokolttonen9208 give me one ill take the one you play the least

@anthonyrichard461 10 ай бұрын

This one is actually a Les Paul. Weird enough but Gibson quit making Les Pauls in 1960/61 and used SG's with Les Paul Headstocks until 69/70ish then start making Les Pauls with Les Paul bodies again. All the while the SG was still being produced during this time period. This one seems to be a Les Paul custom with the fancy binding and headstock bling.

@davidbrothers3788 10 ай бұрын

So its a sg/les paul so to speak why did gibson quit making les pauls then?

@anthonyrichard461 10 ай бұрын

@@davidbrothers3788 Gibson still made Les Pauls during this brief period of about 7-8 years but had SG bodies? Very confusing I know. Google 1962 Les Paul it will be an SG bodied guitar. I don't know the reason. I think around 69/70 they went back to the traditional Les Paul bodies of the 1950's. Good day

@gfunkusarelius 17 жыл бұрын

you could argue that soft machine spent more time as a smooth fusion band than as the original psychedelic jazzrock band. personally i prefer their early stuff by far, but they were constantly evolving as a band.

@zachjohnson637 3 жыл бұрын

Smooth?!

@gerardotejada2531 Жыл бұрын

@@zachjohnson637 Land of Cokayne and Karl Jenkis solo stuff.

@Jlipnicki Жыл бұрын

Never a dull moment, also had great titles for their pieces, once Wyatt left they were an entirely different thing, jazz fusion gets a bad rap. There is a lot of energy here and imagination. Six is a remarkable double album despite the terrible cover.

@dannycheesums 11 ай бұрын

The new lineup live is fantastic by the way

@audiononsense1611 8 ай бұрын

Agree 100%

@Samstar369 5 жыл бұрын

Listening to this makes me feel like a balloon that’s burst. I’m all stretchy like a condom.

@dominicstewart-guido7598 3 жыл бұрын

Was looking for the jojo reference

@kasmeria 6 жыл бұрын

Marvelous guitar playing. Underrated band in general.

@dodibenabba1378 4 жыл бұрын

By who? Only those opinion whose opinion is ill informed...

@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 4 жыл бұрын

They kind of were the british answer to Mahavichnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and such. So yeah, they were a little underrated in a sense

@RA-VEN8 3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 They were around before both of those 2 bands you mentioned So...Yeah...

@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 3 жыл бұрын

@@RA-VEN8 Granted but they were more like a experimental "jam band" back then. They only embraced that instrumental american jazz rock format in the seventies.

@RA-VEN8 3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 My notifications are just full of everyone needing my attention. Take what I say with a grain of salt. I'm not hating on anything I enjoy all.

@MysteryZen77 8 ай бұрын

class act musicianship~! immense sonic cheers~! ~ SOFT MACHINE~!

@francoisgil69 10 жыл бұрын

30 ans que je l'écoute avec la même émotion ! La grâce !

@user-xh1ui6wx9f 2 жыл бұрын

何ですかこのかっこいいバンド!!!かっこよすぎるじゃないですか!今まで知らなかった自分が恥ずかしいです! I'm Japanese juniorhighschool student What's this cool band !!! It's too cool! I'm embarrassed that I didn't know before!

@cuebj 2 ай бұрын

Many of the Canterbury Sound musicians, who included original and subsequent members of Soft Machine, also worked with the Japanese percussionist, Stomu Yamash'ta. Perhaps you know his LP Freedom is Frightening

@ahaha1113 9 жыл бұрын

この半年の間に出会った一番のアルバム Softs ライブバージョンもいいなあ〜ジョンエサリッジはなんて愛嬌のある人物なのだろう

@avictorbell2835 6 ай бұрын

One of the most underrated groups Soft Machine in all it's many forms never got the accolades it deserved

@TheGordem 5 жыл бұрын

Etheridge, Marshall and Babbington are STILL playing NOW in 2019, with the wonderful Theo Travis on sax/flute/keys. Not resting on their laurels but still coming out with terrific new material. I have seen them twice in the past two years and have tickets to see them again later this year. If they are going to play in your town don't miss them.

@rdavis666 4 жыл бұрын

TheGordem Saw them at Backstage, Kinross, on Friday evening. Did not disappoint. Theo has written some new material for them. New album 2020?

@1167400 8 ай бұрын

Going to see them Oct 17/23 in Toronto!

@mannyzorgan6324 8 ай бұрын

You're in for a real treat! Saw them this last February in Falmouth UK with line-up of John Etheridge, Theo Travis, the awesome Fred Thelonius Baker on bass (first saw him decades ago playing a solo electric bass set supporting Allan Holdsworth in Portsmouth UK) and the amazing Assad Sirkus on drums. Very loud and incredibly fat ( especially the bass) - pure joy!! Also saw John playing more or less acoustically with the exquisite violinist Christian Garrick (who also plays with Budapest Cafe Orchestra) only 3 miles away from where I live in a tiny village called Constantine, Britain's southernmost venue. Equally enjoyable even though just the two of them. John is a musician's musician, very approachable and friendly, who never let fame go to his head and who likes to play to a small audience as much as a large one. If you didn't already know, John also played with Darryl Way (after he'd left Curved Air) in Darryl Way's Wolf, who made 3 or 4 albums (that I know of), all heavily featuring his incredibly fluent and exciting guitar-playing - apparently still available and well worth checking out!! 👍 ENJOY!!!

@Buddha075 3 жыл бұрын

Man John Etheridge doesn’t get mentioned nearly enough in the jazz rock fusion world! Soft Machine’s Alive and Well has some of my favorite jazz rock guitar ever recorded. Bill Connors is another monster player who doesn’t get brought up enough either, the first and only album he did with Return to Forever also contains some very inspiring guitar playing.

@ristokolttonen9208 10 ай бұрын

Quite true!

@robertmarles9665 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, strange that John Etheridge isn't more famous, it's a bit of a mystery.

@MrMjp58 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. Bill Connors’ contribution to RTF and fusion guitar playing in general was incalculable. So little, but so much.

@gspsutube1 4 ай бұрын

Bill Connors play with Return To Forever's Hymn To The Seventh Galaxy, released when Billy Cobham's Spectrum was heard often on radio. I liked Connors more than I liked John McLaughlin. Connors has a good sense of melody rather than a frenzied modal effusion.

@michaelgraham9774 10 күн бұрын

Bill Connors absolutely smashes on that album as well as the live performances they did for it. Al is a very inspiring technical player but is creatively a league down from Bill in my opinion

@jonathanroberts6110 4 жыл бұрын

I saw them do this on a Granada TV show called So It Goes in August 1976. Changed my idea of what great guitar playing was in under 4 minutes!

@claudio130 Ай бұрын

Soft Machine of powerfully talented musicians!

@mkd9189 3 жыл бұрын

Who is here in 2021 and just had a mind blowing experience?

@flame-sky7148 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, what a great band and great quality.

@cultofmao 12 жыл бұрын

This tune is stuck in my head, heard it a long long time ago and every now and then it just pops back into my mind, but its always good it returns :)

@cheddarpuff 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely magical

@anavanam9698 3 жыл бұрын

this is one of my favorite songs ever. roy is such a cool guy i got to meet him and john marshall in portland 2019. an amazing show and these dudes are really cool. i’m glad i got to talk to roy about jazz and other amazing music. he showed me some sheet music and explained it to me. it was really cool it’s brilliant music. wont ever forget that. left me w great advice and told me he was glad to see young people into his music still, amazing show.

@shishyupal 15 жыл бұрын

Marvelous hypnotizing piece. I love the haircut of the keyboard player, like a playmobile !

@kactus_3008 2 жыл бұрын

This is Sir Karl Jenkins, a welsh man that composes now solely for the upper classes, like Mike Oldfield, you know...😉

@cbbohn8107 Жыл бұрын

A true bowl cut!

@milesvanrothow2067 3 жыл бұрын

Pure magic. Total mastery. An emotional journey.

@rimbauxxx 16 жыл бұрын

Este tema es del álbum Softs (1976), que es uno de los mejores y marca un cambio radical entre el viejo estilo muy improvisado y este nuevo más estudiado, profesional y potente. Destaca Karl Jenkins como líder compositor y John Etheridge como ejecutante.

@sueipas 15 жыл бұрын

the tale of taliesin is featured in the album called Softs, issued in 1976 after Bundles.

@furnaze 16 жыл бұрын

Blimey! John Etheridge was super cool even then! Thanks to the person who posted this!

@carlosalbertosandoval2810 6 жыл бұрын

Que bárbaro!!!Por Dios!!!!Que sonidos!!! Qué música!!!Belleza de música!

@duchamp11 6 жыл бұрын

Roy and the two Johns are touring again - saw them recently. Amazing.

@bintangdomena 15 күн бұрын

Great tune and the ever present, ever victorious Moog Mini!!

@Ginbat86 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ralphy,great band!!!!!!!!!!!

@rosyrose2112 3 ай бұрын

I love this music! 😊

@BradMaestas 16 жыл бұрын

Wow. A Fender Bass-VI! Didn't know Babbington used one of those before. Great vid. Thanks!

@kingocto 15 жыл бұрын

AHHHHH I LOVE THIS SONG!!

@TonyHookedonVanlife 14 жыл бұрын

this is amazing

@cosmicdrifter287 9 жыл бұрын

well oiled shiny machine.

@ristokolttonen9208 10 ай бұрын

This is amazing!

@pascaljeanne8002 8 ай бұрын

had the album ! one and only soft album great !

@perromanchado 16 жыл бұрын

I was at a jazz seminar many years ago where John Etheridge taught guitar. Great player & a lovely bloke.

@TheSeptemberRose 13 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!!!!!!!!!!

@56drummer 13 жыл бұрын

this is absolutely fantastic - what a great band

@WorkmanJohn 12 жыл бұрын

Dreamy..spacey, melodic..love this song

@kevfullo 11 жыл бұрын

thanks for the sweet upload

@padredeusdiaz1830 5 жыл бұрын

SUPER GRUPO SOFT MACHINE LOS ESCUCHO DESDE 1970 SIEMPRE GRANDE, SALUDOS FROM MEXICO CITY

@blmrgtr 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic stuff!

@X10090 16 жыл бұрын

That's the music which give feelings about mystic and secred parts of life ... great song ...

@abc123gpl 7 ай бұрын

i love it ! cheers from germany.

@pancho16079 9 жыл бұрын

UNO DE MIS GRUPOS FAORITOS CON TODA LA MAESTRIA DE ESTA GRAN BANDA INMORTAL EN ESOS AÑOS YA LOS TELONEAVA PINK FLOYD

@pw5192 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@TheSecondNature 10 жыл бұрын

ehy maaan thank you!!! i'm flattered!! keep on rocking bro!

@73shadow94 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic especially if you have heard it live.

@udomatthiasdrums5322 3 жыл бұрын

still love it!!

@mickeygallo6586 Жыл бұрын

Etheridge at the top of his game... Soo fast with a lot of chromatics in there but there are skips and its phrased together real smooth... Somehow it's still musical. Wish this was better known so some modern shredder could do an in-depth analysis on his playing here. It certainly deserves it!

@UelEdamregf 15 жыл бұрын

Tambien en la música hay puntos fundamentales de inflexión, el de este grupo es sin duda uno de ellos. Geniales y creativos adelantados a su tiempo, como debe ser.

@MrRichulan 10 жыл бұрын

Karl Jenkins is nowadays one of the most important composer of classical music! Also worth listening. Wellknown from "Palladio" played by "Escala"!

@cristianofiorentini9165 7 ай бұрын

Immensamente straordinari...semplicemente Soft Machine!!!

@MataNuiOfficial Жыл бұрын

really makes you wanna hide a boat on top of another boat

@Mauripsu Жыл бұрын

Yeah, love listening to this when I'm feeling deflated

@bananiolo2 10 жыл бұрын

Complete badass drummer

@KarmicJuggernaut 16 жыл бұрын

LOVE IT

@gabrielrearte3050 5 жыл бұрын

"Softs" is a masterpiece

@GalaxyRover1020 15 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, one of my favorite versions of the band. The pairing of John Marshall and John Etheridge was brilliant.

@AdamSteinzOfficial 14 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal.

@philipatoz 14 жыл бұрын

Oh, and notice how, at least for MOST bands, the more dressed-down/less theatrically attired its musicians are, often the higher the quality of the music. These guys just show up in casual street attire, but they are serious professionals - letting the music speak for ITSELF! Look ma, no capes and no glitter!

@ristokolttonen9208 11 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@PointOfNoReturn2112 6 ай бұрын

While you harp on about boomer music your daughters and granddaughters are twerking to rap.

@qqwords 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤фри джаз психоделия...

@michaelgraham9774 10 күн бұрын

@@PointOfNoReturn2112Rap is perfectly valid. Nothing wrong with what you said

@Tarabos1 14 жыл бұрын

I refuse to argue about musical passions !

@tumbo55 5 жыл бұрын

Great band. Saw them 1976 or 1977 in Lyon/France

@TheRoger2424 11 жыл бұрын

In Italy we had a Italian versione of this great band called "Goblins" wich worte a great number of songs for Dario Argento the movie producer great band too

@2wayplebney 5 жыл бұрын

Unutterably cool.

@marcfedak 15 жыл бұрын

thanks gfunkusarelius for posting this. I never heard later soft machine after mike ratledge left before. Even though I prefer the Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt era soft machine slightly more (their vocals adds a warmth to the band's atonal experimentalism), this piece is excellent, and reminds me somewhat of early Mahavishnu Orchestra at the end,

@ToujoursLAmour 15 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@Blaizerous 15 жыл бұрын

Wow, great guitar solo! I just noticed that I have the same setup in my drums than SMs drummer. When I built my drums, I think that no one even thinks to have that kind of setup.

@theo9952 14 жыл бұрын

i've seen this line-up of SOFT MACHINE in a concert at the ALEXANDRA PALACE in london, in the late seventies. a few months later, the place was once more destroyed by fire, i remember...

@Snakepit4321 12 жыл бұрын

this is fucking EPIC. imagine hearing those haunting guitar licks high on lsd back in the day when shredding wasn't even around to be over rated. fuck

@ristokolttonen9208 Жыл бұрын

So very true!

@kevinobrien1259 8 ай бұрын

Alvin Lee was shredding back in 1968 mate.

@valrup2066 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Shredding in 1976. Ahead of its time.

@sazieboy64 6 ай бұрын

The keyboard player's hat and top lip covering are epic😂

@darrenlawrence5736 8 жыл бұрын

This clip was from a Granada TV music programme called So It Goes. It was shown in 1976.

@shirleymental4189 5 жыл бұрын

Twat. it was the Sooty show.

@albertfish69 4 жыл бұрын

john etheridges vibrato is one of the best ive ever seen

@intrsoul 11 жыл бұрын

from Wiki: Roy Babbington used a Fender Bass VI exclusively during his tenure with Soft Machine (1973-1976)

@dayuhanspace 4 жыл бұрын

but it looks like a baritone guitar with a jazzmaster tremolo on it

@alexanderlucas8397 4 жыл бұрын

Vincent Van gogh it’s definitely a regular Bass VI. Late 60s model I suppose.

@ulrichrohde4071 2 жыл бұрын

I like Etheridge´s guitar sound.

@dharmabam 7 ай бұрын

who could have imagined that one day little karl jenkins would grow up to be the dude who got mistaken for Megan Markle in disguise at King Charles’s coronation. not I. not I

@communication001 Ай бұрын

Same Karl Jenkins of the armed man. Of course!

@alexi4860 3 ай бұрын

John Etheridge is hidden gem. Very badass guitarist

@vincentcarrot 8 ай бұрын

Can we not only appreciate the music and the video but also the fact that this upload has to be one of the oldest on YT?

@RICCARDOREARDON 7 ай бұрын

WHO IS THE GUITARIST PLAYING THE GIBSON S.G. CUSTOM WALNUT???? HE IS JUST AN UNDISCOVERED GENIUS TO ME..

@ristokolttonen9208 8 күн бұрын

John Etheridge, a brilliant virtuoso! Holdsworth recommended Etheridge to his band members after he left to join Tony Williams New Lifetime!

@bassbreaker 14 жыл бұрын

i really like this groove, definitely checking these guys out more, other than "softs" whats a sick album by them?

@cather333 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks (TheWolfjr) for the share. Realy good. ***** Catherine ♥

@Kohntarkosz 16 жыл бұрын

I like that SG Custom that John Etheridge is playing here. The pickguard arrangement is unusual, with a black lower pickguard, and the top pickguard being white. I wonder if it was stock that way, or if he took the pickguard off an SG Standard to replace the stock lower pickguard.

@ToujoursLAmour 16 жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell me what the deal is with the tom configuration on the Marshall's kit? I've seen Alan White play on something similar.