Video

Carl Jenkins is a Sir now. Blimey.

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

Just been listening to 'drop' omg wow ..wheres all the live vids of this amazing band?

No conocia esta banda,grata sorpresa,lo bueno que son gracias por compartirla,saludos

Nice

Never heard of Third Ear before, I don't feel I missed out

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.

I never really “got” jazz improv in the 70’s. Listening to this fifty years on, I still don’t. But great piece of music history, and where Ayers was coming from, Clips of Ayers post Softs and before his solo work and Eno collaboration are few and far between, and cool to see Wyatt too. Thanks.

For everyone complaining in the comments, it gets good at 7:06

The Nucleus Machine.

They should've used Nik Turner instead.

I LOVE Wyatt, but -No... NOT Blown-away. This is pure Wankery!

It is so simple to get this annoying hiss off digitally nowadays. A spectrum analyzer vst would show the 3-4khz (or whatever) zone where the hiss peaks, pull that down with an equalizer. A 2 minute job

Jesus, in a world of plastic pop, we can still look back, just before the (musical) Cambrian explosion and see artists truly expressing themselves in dusty black and white telly studios. What a treat. Kevin Ayers was a genius.

Shame they only released three albums....

Nice!

My favorite Soft Machine album

Wow, totally blown away! Been listening to these dudes for 37 years, I do love these strange sounds.

In other drummers out there in love with the snare tone?

Roy has been family in a lot of ways for my entire life, a voice of desperate endless frusteration, that soothing reminder that alone is not as it seems sometimes, that in this bedlam we do have similar woes. No division just a howling ode to madness and beauty and long lost love.

I first became aware of aThe Third Ear Band when I went to see Roman Polanski's movie Macbeth, some time in 1973, I think it was. They were perfect for the mood of the movie, and the play it was adapted from. I was a Shakespeare fan already, and I talked a group of my friends into going to see the film with me. It was their first time being exposed to Shakespeare. Afterwards, as we left the theater, everyone was puzzled by my fascination with the play and the film. I didn't make any converts, but I've remained a Shakespeare fan ever since, and a fan of this band!

I've never really got into this stuff, I must admit.

ILEA was the ‘Inner London Education Authority’. Certainly not a national TV channel, and never heard of it at th time.. Maybe it was for teachers and or music students in London.

Brilliant. Love those keyboard duets

They played on a cold rainy day at the Isle of Wight Festival 1969? As they opened with the 1st notes the sun came out in a burst & stayed out. Music that is strangely strange but oddly normal.

I wont ever get enough of the Softs. The early stuff and the later. It's all good.

"Flat, Baroque & Berserk", & the track "Another Day" in particular, will stay in my heart.

If it were not for PICNIC

Jazz.... Nice....

This was such a good creative gathering of musicians - love it. Thanks for finding it.

Close to free jazz really...... I find it difficult to listen to, despite being a Wyatt and Canterbury fan. Edit: But I love the last 1m 40 secs.

Painting with music!

This is not even music, it’s just incoherent sounds. Utter rubbish.

No Soft Machine without Robert Wyatt!

Wow. What a nice surprise here.

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!

I love Kevin Ayers. The word genius is very apt indeedy 😊

Brilliant. Can't get enough of this band, in its various forms.

This ended up on Banamour. Very pure and innocent vibe.

What is the music playing during intro? Sounds like Gong on steroids...love it as much as Roys set.❤

God Robert, that was profoundly tedious, surely u didn't think this was witty or psychedelic in 1972 for fucks sake! sounds so old fashiony fuddy duddy now days sorry softon fans

arguably the most important rock band of all time

Une époque où on n'avait pas peur de diffuser une improvisation libre en direct à la TV...

He’s so nonchalantly Mancunian in this. I then realised he’s from Rusholme.

Amazingly beautiful. Saw them live. Canterbury.

Blarp, honk, clatter, Camberwick Green, wizzle, splink

Only video I know of with Bedford.

Have grown up (well sort of) with this Mans music a big part of the soundtrack of my life! 50 years later this music still brings tears to my eyes!! But they're Joyous tears of love and almost forgotten days!!... X

Une merveilleuse époque AVEC CES musiciens excellent

Fishy once just takes me away to idk where...how beautiful and sad all at once. Hats off to Roy Harper!