Roy Harper - NRK TV Studio, Oslo, Norway (1969)

Roy Harper at NRK TV Studio, Oslo, Norway. Late 1969
First broadcast by NRK1 on 10 October 1969 as "Plastic Fantastic ..."
Roy Harper - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
1. One For All
2. The Garden Of Gethsemane
3. Hell's Angels
4. How Does It Feel
5. Forever

[@timballard27]

I saw Roy play Hells Angels at Plumpton in August 69 complete with Wah wah pedal. Outstanding!

[@thepaulmacfarlane]

God bless the Norwegians for this and Roy forever.....

[@manoftheworld1000]

Let's never forget this outstanding music!

[@alaningram5636]

Brings back the magic of the moment, how does it feel - really good to be still alive and kicking after all of these years Roy. Miss the old days of Les Cousins and smoking backstage at Mothers! You still rock and will ever have a special place in my memories. Red Leb

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

fantastic

[@StephenBranney]

Brilliant. Sometimes I am glad i am old.........

[@scottg9206]

How did I just discover this guy yesterday 😅 what a beast

[@ge2623]

Just be thankful you did!

[@edouglaspratt]

First heard Roy Harper in 1970 in Manchester. Instantly I was drawn in. His voice often vulnerable, sometimes mournful, sometimes powerful, is a perfect match for his precise, innovative, soft then percussive guitar style. Both voice and guitar perfectly work with his rich lyrics. He's so beyond the popular view, sadly under-appreciated, with Stormcock being his masterpiece, in my opinion. Thank you so much, Roy Harper. -Doug Pratt, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

[@redleb7416]

Can no longer remember when I first met Roy. I think it was Les CousIns, that was way back we met again many times mostly in Mothers club Erdington, Birmingham. Since I moved from England to Germany I lost contact, but still remember hearing him as if it was yesterday! All the best Roy From RedLeb!

[@michaelwirth6843]

Oh my god, How does it feel is a one in a million song, fantastic performance too!

[@davideveson3041]

Ive always thought that at this period in time Roy was at his peak, and ive been listening to him for 50 years...since the age of 10.

[@caryheuchert]

David Eveson I would agree. “Flat Baroque and Beserk” is my favourite album by Roy. I was fortunate enough to meet him in 1993, and he signed the inner gatefold for me, “Thanks millions!”.

[@ge2623]

You were listening to Roy since he was 10?

[@user-cy3mj5rd1d]

He has evolved from a sublime beginning and has always been unique

[@jackiedykins4412]

Thought I was hearing things when I first heard of him and heard him playing ..was so surprised at how he looked ..he was wonderful ..wish I had appreciated him more ..love to you Roy. ☮️🪔🪔🪔🍀🍀🍀🌺🌠🌌

[@swedish0house0mafia]

this has to be the most beautiful thing i have encountered, listened to and embraced for a very, very long time . had me come to tears .

[@eHoodWeeeZyF]

Du alter romantiker janno

[@swedish0house0mafia]

James Brown wer ist hier ?

[@eHoodWeeeZyF]

El mejore

[@Notmehimorthem]

Listen to Come out Fighting Ghengis Khan

[@EnosEverything]

What an absolute treat this is... Can't believe I haven't seen or even heard of this amazing little performance until now...Roy deserves to be heard blasting out from ALL the worlds radio stations and not hidden away in dark corners...Brilliant talent so undervalued.... Thankyou to Aerostatica for providing this little treasure.

[@TeslasTeaParty]

I think it's actually a good thing that the music industry didn't get their greedy hands on this man's wonderful talent! It makes it all the more special as a fan knowing that you get to listen to something that amazing and pure that most people don't have never heard of...

[@Notmehimorthem]

Saw Roy many times. One time, at the Round House he went to the microphone and spent the whole time rabbiting on about a spider crawling up his microphone stand. Got to love that.

[@jugoldman2230]

Great to hear this...was he frightened or fascinatef by the spider 😂❤

[@roystaan]

Quintessential Englishman, people wanting to immigrate to these shores should have to answer questions on his remarkable lyrics. First saw him in 1984 at the stonehenge free festival when I was 16 and subsequently got to just about every gig he played in the south east for for the following ten years. W Nowadays when everyone has gone to bed I'll listen to him yearn for those times again . Love you Roy

[@ge2623]

Ah, the little people of Stonehenge....nobody knows who they were or, what they were doing.

[@jugoldman2230]

I got a nostalgic feeling reading this, yearn for the 80s and time of discovery of such a great musician and lyricist. Lucky you to see him at Stonehege❤

[@moonshroom13]

Marvellous!...

[@jeanettelillo-stenberg9880]

Roy Harper! 😎😍😎Wish him the best. Greetings from a Oslo girl.

[@rrexpress779]

HATS oFF !

[@into_lunch4556]

fantastic, a true English one off !!

[@lesliealexander9484]

I've had rather a long time to play half as good as Roy and still I strum at the local folk club and think, 'well actually, I'm doing alright'. And then I listen again to Roy where it all began for me and I just want to drink and forget, but my heart can't handle it anymore and so I'll stare at the ceiling and wonder the whys.

[@jimmybooxxx]

Well this is beautiful. Thanks to my bf for showing me this. If you read this babe, I love ya! X

[@connerclayton5962]

It's bloody brilliant, isn't babe?! I love you too, darlin x

[@connervickrage2742]

Thank you very much for the upload, This is absolutely brilliant

[@samitchakraborty9063]

The master....

[@mikelheron20]

I've seen Roy many times and he always forgets the words.

[@IAM-wz6hs]

thats real music

[@instantparty8856]

a rare treat.., truly wonderful

[@seanmartin343]

Greatest living Englishman! An absolute hero.

[@michaelwirth6843]

And very few have ever heard about him. The world is insane!

[@samitchakraborty9063]

Legend....

[@adamfoster4817]

he looks like he's about to burst with excitement during hells angels!

[@1nikkigiese]

[@styxcreek]

this is a real treat, thanks very much

[@slowuncle]

Gardens of Gethsemane is also know as Tomorrow is Today and Yesterday is Tomorrow (you have to find the 1991 release of Ghengis Smith wherein this song is a bonus cut)

[@frankdiscussion2069]

This is the same guy that sang "Have A Cigar" by Pink Floyd.

[@slowuncle]

Yup, 'tis one & the same...

[@Matt63491]

He also never got paid by them - he was supposedly assured a 'Life Pass' to Lords (the cricket ground) as payment ....................

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Apparently neither Gimour or Waters could hit the high notes. So Harper who was recording HQ in the adjoining studio in Abbey Road offered to record it for them.

[@Matt63491]

Yes, that's right. They shared the same record label (EMI) for years. What I can't understand is that even though PF reportedly didn't pay him as promised, that Gilmour still occasionally worked with Harper (on albums such as Harper's 'The Unknown Soldier', also 'Once').

[@mattychapati]

Roy Harper also co - wrote 'Short and Sweet' with Gilmour from Dave Gilmour's first solo album. Roy Harper pure genius.

[@alienk9647]

Incredible

[@andrewbowen6875]

You can see why Page was a devotee of this guy

[@Hazardous541]

Ancestral.

[@avefiggy2128]

so pure/honest/beautiful

[@morris3245]

I came across this genius at university in the early 70s, and had the privilege of hearing him live in early 1976. Would the scene today accommodate such talent?

[@robertbrown8362]

adrian collings the london palladium did last saturday,i saw him there,a few weeks shy of 78 and his voice is still great

[@davideveson3041]

Thats a great version of hells angels.

[@jojojam6012]

Pretty neat guitarist and a great one for the old tune.

[@k.s.vids1]

Real 60's desert boots! 18:50

[@jackiedykins4412]

Dont give up ...its great you can play ..love . 🍀🍀🍀🪔🪔🪔☮️🌌🌠🏵️🌆

[@jeanettelillo-stenberg9880]

Free speech! One each! 😅😅😅

[@davideveson3041]

Hey..I didnt realize forever was such an early song, as it didnt appear until 1974s valentine.

[@slowuncle]

It first appeared on his '67 album Sophisticated Beggar

[@davideveson3041]

Im mistaken..forever is on sophisticated beggar and valentine! 1966 and 1974 respectively.

[@jeanettelillo-stenberg9880]

Oslo my hometown. Maby he wrote The song here? 🤔😍🌻🌷🌱🎊🐝🦋🌵🌼🦋🐸😘

[@andrewjames6676]

I was 27. Progressed from Beethoven to Roy.

[@sososoprano1]

I was the other way round. Now Beethoven quartets would be my desert island music. Still love Roy though. He (and Stormcock) radically changed my life.

[@andrewjames6676]

@@sososoprano1 Now I've got them all - Roy, Beethoven, Bach, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke E, Winterreise, Leonard C, Doors, Figaro ... If asked to choose 8 gramophone records (assuming of course that I had a gramophone and an inexhaustible supply of needles), I'd have to say, "Sorry, no can do!"

[@sososoprano1]

Andrew James - oh yes, that sort of choice would be impossible. I start off thinking I’d cheat by grouping all the Razumovsky quartets as one thing and Beethoven’s late quartets as another to give more scope for other things, but then it becomes impossible to eliminate many other wonderful pieces.

[@ulricvoncatalyst1507]

Does anyone know what brand/model guitar he's playing? Don't think I've ever seen that exact headstock shape before, though I do recognise it has Van Ghent machine heads, suggesting it's probably European.

[@peterfreeman6677]

Quote from comment on another video of this TV performance : morten nilssen 6 years ago The guitar is a hand crafted Bailey

[@sharonconstable8146]

Echos of Bruce Cockburn

[@caryheuchert]

Sharon Constable Yes, in some ways... Bruce came into his own by the mid to late 1970s. I’ve always loved “Creation Dream”.

[@anthonyrichard461]

Def Hear Jimmy Page, not sure who influenced who?

[@garyives1218]

Scottish? Celtic folk? Bert Jansch?

[@frankdiscussion2069]

Davey Graham was ALL those guy's hero. He invented DADGAD!

[@555pontifex]

He hates playing 'how does it feel' because he can never remember the words

[@dmlevitt]

beautiful guitar music. silly haircut.

[@kirstyhillman9600]

I just found this video to show my boyfriend what his new haircut reminds me of

[@peterfreeman6677]

Yeah, well. 1969, 1970 ... stupid hair was the norm. I was there, so I know. And my hair was - no, you don't need to know. I wince whenever I think of it.

[@juliangarner56]

Roy played cricket for a scratch team with Harold Pinter.