Mark Boyle on meeting Soft Machine at UFO in 1967

[@garygomesvedicastrology]

Agree about Mike Ratledge at that time. I watched his hands-I play keyboards myself. He was amazing. Wyatt was a phenomenal drummer. The Village Voice was close to accurate. Both were tops in the rock world.

[@jeffjoad9784]

This is FANTASTIC!! Never heard this before!! Thank you so much Aymeric. You are indeed the Official Keeper of The Soft Machine Flame!!

[@markcapleton772]

Thank you Aymeric. I knew Mark Boyle quite well - we frequented the same cafe in Greenwich London. A lovely man , so nice to hear his voice

[@maxineevans9179]

Thanks for posting this, great interview. I used to hang out with his nephew (also called Mark), many happy memories of chaos and joy. Bom Shanka. Dick Cubitt. X

[@douglasanderson8636]

Good Edinburgh accent there. His interviews on the Hendrix south bank show from the 80s are wonderful

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Je viens de découvrir votre existence car je suis en train de lire votre livre "Rock Prog", je me régale car c'est formidablement bien écrit (content que la bibliothèque où j'habite en banlieue de Montréal possède ce genre d'ouvrage) avec plein de détails sympa sans le coté trop "megalo condescendant" de certains rock critic français, qui, il faut le dire, ne sont peut-être pas assez outillés pour s'attaquer à ce sujet. Bravo pour faire honneur à ce genre que pas mal de jeunes découvrent et que j'essaie également à mon humble petit niveau de faire partager avec ceux que ça intéresse. Merci et à bientôt

[@croiners4166]

Thanks

[@andrewarthurmatthews6685]

With the greatest respect to Mike but I would argue Georgie Fame , John Lord , Dave Greenslade , Brian Auger , Zoot Money , Keith Emerson to name buy a few were also world class

[@andrewarthurmatthews6685]

Where is the venue in opening to video? UFO ?

[@HeidiLandRover]

Who is that on the right at 2:46 ?

[@aymericleroy8500]

Andy Summers, who was briefly the band's guitarist in May-June 1968.

[@HeidiLandRover]

@@aymericleroy8500 Wow - thankyou, I never knew that. He also played with Eberhard Schoener (I have the Trance-formation LP) , David Bedford, Zoot and a bunch of others.

[@andrewarthurmatthews6685]

Daevid Allen in a fantasy world ! Really? Surely not