My introduction to Cabaret Voltaire was "Kirlian Photograph" from Mix-Up on John Peel via an old valve radio. Bought Extended Play the following weekend and never looked back.

What's the song starting at 1:40?

Thank you,Joe...i know you always somehow managed to steer them in the right direction,be it dylan or whatever else they chose to do, it was you that gave them that initial nudge. It wouldn't have been the same without your input. Kudos, and respect!❤👍

Crazy that Nick might’ve been influenced by João Gilberto 🥰🇧🇷

That's really cool !!!

+

Yo creo que "Tubular bells 2" será admirada y estudiada en el futuro de forma semejante a "Las cuatro estaciones de Vivaldi" o clásicos por el estilo. Antes de yo conocer Queen por primera vez, lo que más escuchaba era Mike Oldfield... y a día de hoy, en su "estilo de arte", para mi gusto (en mi opinión) no hay nada que haya superado a "Tubular bells 2"

Joe Boyd provided insights continually.

Solid air by John Martyn is about his friend nick

Bristol oh yes this bloke is definitely the sort who might do that sort of thing… its ok to admit that firmly even though many still pick their ears - even to this day! Crikey

Skylarking, Nonsuch, Oranges and Lemons, and English Settlement are the Mount Rushmore of this incomparable band. But their entire catalog from Drums and Wires onward is fantastic.

Hey…Delius fan!

The orchestral arrangements are stunning - it’s a masterpiece. I ended up talking to Richard Hawley in a Sheffield bar about Nick. I didn’t realise who he was until the end of the conversation but he’s a huge fan. I saw Nick live once - so shy and looked at his shoes seemingly and kept retuning - but the singing and playing was mesmeric.

Thought O would be Orbital oh well

Xhol Caravan, X, X-Ray Specs, XTC, X-Rated Gang, X Lincoln, The X-Rays, X-Rays, X-cellents, X-Ray Pop, X-Men, X-Press.

Don't forget X-dreamysts

❤❤

Bloody heck. Turgid. Had to look it up. I did not know it. Yeah, isn't their whole catalog turgid? Nothing simple about any of it. I seem to remember one of them even saying that they made it so damn complex so they would not be forced to reporduce in live.

I've loved XTC since heard them here in CA. In the late 1970s, then fell over when they played my local College in apx '79 ('80?). Fully hooked going on 45 years! Thanks guys!

I wish John had lived to hear Oblong Of Dreams.

Big Soup is an absolute masterpiece and he has many other gems. Such a brilliant artist Luke is

Adds some insights to the transition to Liege & Lief album!

I found Nick Drake in 1981 when I bought John Martyn's 'Sold Air' and read that it was written about this tragic, failed musician. So I bought Nick Drake´s box set and it saw me through Uni and exams, young love and heartbreak. To say that Nick and his music have been an important part of my life for 40 years would be a massive understatement. It's so nice to see that this legend is now fully appreciated and revered.

One of my favorite bands

Legend. This music was entirely new. And I am running under the assumption that, if you would introduce things like these, which are currently made, in the mainstream media like the morning radio, people would be very open for this and they would buy it. 🎉😎✌🏻 Always, people are the ones who will help out and create a chance and opportunity. Here, both Mike and Richard are giving full credit. So nice!

Side note, how handsome is Mal, still? And rest in peace Richard "CaBtain" Kirk.. the endless voyages of the soundship enterprise!

Talking heads were brilliant and I was a diehard devotee. But they weren’t as brilliant as XTC. Not by a country mile.

amazing beautiful man.

" keep on" is the coolste video, ever. very very nice Video, in stil 1982 new wave syntic pop. i have 12" maxi vinyl 😊 i play this in italy disco

Very good commentary. What a treasure getting to hear someone with such personal insight and experience into the life and work of Nick Drake.

XTC…the fab three

Fruit tree is so hard to listen, like he knew in his mind , he was not going further.

Nick Drake is bossa nova

38 years ago today I started Royal Marines recruit training and this band and album got me through it. Thank you for your continued support.

I bought a handy second-hand Kindle Fire tablet recently, to put all of my orchestra music on, having just joined said band. The first thing I did was to put the Tres Lunas II Mike Oldfield bootleg onto it, for convenient listening via my car stereo system. I think I'll add TBII live, as well.

Joe Boyd always seems so respectable compared to all the businessy pop-success kinda people that swarmed musicians in the 60s. You can tell the guy actually wants to give his artists the best environments and cares about their art itself

The New Wave Jethro Tull

Nice to see some of the OGWT footage.

still fighting

Veery unusual band , the tuning on sgt rock and that semi African groove , unshielded midlands vocals , When pop was art

Nick, Joe, Harry, and Robert all did excellent work, now timeless classics. The fact that they grow in appreciation over time - it's proof.

Gutted the full episode has dropped off now. If someone has it and can upload that would be class

Sluggin' For Jesus, still playing it 40 years later

Had the privilege of opening for her in Newcastle when outlaster came out. The most starstruck I’ve ever been & she was so lovely & cool. One of our greatest songwriters ❤

2:14 - Putting a part in that isthmus is tremendous! 👍

I'm Brazilian, and I honestly can't notice any influence of Bossa Nova in Nick's music at all!

Me and my pal got talking to a couple being as we were the only 4 people on a deserted midnight NY subway in April 2017. Turned out the woman was JB's cousin who ensured us he was in good fettle. Such an important man in British underground music with his Witchseason Production company back in the day. And Dave Mattacks is an amazing drummer from the same school of 'less is actually feckin' more' that Jim Keltner also attended

In the mid 00s Mike Oldfield surprised BBC Radio 4 presenter Jenny Murray after explaining his love for psychedelic mushrooms before insisting his belief that humans are mere biological robots . Jenny tried to snort at this but he was sincere enough to not be made to look or sound ridiculous & good for him as this is basically true in my opinion also.

Great band and criminally underrated as well.

XTC were one of my favorite bands. In 1982 or so I saw them at Georgetown University -- which is a Jesuit institution. The largest hall on the campus is set up to handle masses, with frescos of the stations of the cross and a Sistine Chapel-like heaven on the ceiling. Talk about a freakily inappropriate space to see XTC. Still one of the best 5 shows of my life -- a peak experience.