The Soft Machine - "Gesolreut" live BBC TV

The Soft Machine perform "Gesolreut" on BBC television circa 1973

[@rjw8631]

my favourite soft machine era

[@frankgeeraerts6243]

Follow them for over half a century ..........and still talks to my soul.

[@Seansaighdeoir]

John Marshall is sublime here...

[@TheGenreman]

+Beadbud5000 Still is

[@fernandomartinheras5025]

John Marshall siempre fue sublime.

[@oenobuzzorganic5803]

@Philos Johnson and when Holdworth or Etheridge came in soft machine was O.P.D !

[@enniosavi7064]

@@oenobuzzorganic5803 This awful American mania for acronyms... what O.P.D. means???

[@oenobuzzorganic5803]

@@enniosavi7064 officialy pronounced dead

[@stephenpogen1035]

John Marshall RIP. Softs finest drummer

[@mrsp3992]

Second finest.........

[@BuzbyWuzby]

The drumming...!

[@johnharpdalton4092]

Such a great and original band back then with tunes full of surprises, textures and dynamics: and it is worth stressing that they were real melodies, too.

[@MrBongoagogo]

the late hugh hopper on bass best bass the softs ever had.

[@guilacerdamg]

RIP great drummer John Marshall

[@TheGenreman]

Nice to see footage of Sir Karl when he was a jazzer.

[@marcmeyssonnier5568]

Pour moi le groupe le plus créatif et le plus inventif des années 2000

[@drumgit]

Fantastic to see this...The 'Floating Drummer' just Love John's playing....

[@eduardoalmeida61]

John Marshall, an overclocked poet

[@jang69420]

He's a drummer, silly

[@giovannisugonatoli]

great drummer, great hollywood kit

[@elmorevandodewaard544]

This is a Meazi drumset?

[@giovannisugonatoli]

@@elmorevandodewaard544 yes, a hollywood president by meazzi. Marshall was endorset

[@RFreigeldorff]

what a band..

[@DARKSIDEOFURANUS]

such a groovy band so funky

[@tolonen74]

Line-up / Musicians - Karl Jenkins / oboe, baritone & soprano saxes, electric & grand piano, celesta - Mike Ratledge / organ, electric & grand piano, celesta - Hugh Hopper / bass, sound effects (15) - John Marshall / drums, percussion

[@kururippu]

ラインナップ説明助かる。 この時の編成好き😊

[@Edmant]

Four minutes of excellence. A bit of development like we saw on SM 'Third' and this would've been another masterpiece.

[@davidscott1052]

Shades of "Freedom Jazz Dance" methinks ❤❤❤❤

[@johnayres2303]

I remember this on TV, as some one pointed out this was introduced by Jo Melia. I remember him talking about some warehouse in London being converted into flats for £100,000. That would not buy you a manhole cover to sit on now.

[@gilouseb]

L'arrivée de Karl Jenkins a marqué la fin de Soft Machine. Une brève résurrection quand Allan Holdsworth est passé. Je les ai vus en septet (69), avec Holdsworth (74) et la dernière tournée avec Ratledge (77 environ). Triste à mourir.

[@oenobuzzoenobuzz832]

C est juste mais je pense que les guitaristes de type mitrailleur à la mahavishnu ont définitivement tué soft machine.. jusqu a seven ça s écoute.. ensuite...c est dead

[@diskochimp]

Looks / sounds terrific, thanks for sharing...

[@MrBongoagogo]

the late hugh hopper was the best bass player in sm jazzy funky raw grooves.

[@nateeto]

I love constant timing hi-hat.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Catchy tune...

[@BassLudeman]

Bravo! I have been waiting quite a long time for this to show up! thanks a million!

[@dwightwilson1931]

it just doesn't get any cooler than this ...

[@adewolf]

Outstanding

[@footherer]

Thanks so much for posting this .... it's brilliant ... a real find.

[@profpep]

LOL nice slip. Carl Perkins wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'. Karl Jenkins, is playing here, (and later wrote 'Adiemus') .I'd quite like to hear Soft Machine backing Carl Perkins..... An amazing band. You're right - it is off 'Six'. Thanks - you made me smile.

[@mootbooxle]

The alternate title for this could be "John's Poor Hi-Hat Stand" I'd love to know what hi-hats he was using here! They sound great!

[@jayechristian9697]

He was using paiste 2002 s. John should've tied that hi hat stand down ! Haha

[@f.ziegler9950]

Looks as if there was a soft rug or carpet below.

[@ianscothern7496]

Possibly paiste 602 or 2002 sound edge.

[@abelayele6060]

brilliant

[@PrinceEnki2112]

I agree with the comments, this awesome tune is all Bill Marshall's masterful drumming.

[@geoffreycarter2686]

Probably my favourite line-up. Only saw the Wyatt / Dean line-up once but saw this one so many times. Great band - much missed.

[@dilltdog1158]

Six / Seven era line up, sublime if I may say so?

[@LittleDrummerBoy234]

Nice one..

[@BlueMoon561]

Thanxxxx ! The Legendary Soft Machine , with the unbelieveable Mike Rattlegde on the magic Fender Rhodes and too fantastic : Karl Perkins on Saxophones , John Marshall on Drums / Percussions and Hugh Hopper on Bass ! this amazing track is i think in the " Six" Album ! Thanks for this so cool vidéo from a legendary group ! Tchek ! Good Music and Good Vibes ! THX ( From France / BZH / 56 )

[@TheGenreman]

With Allen Ginsberg on bass.

[@billlloyd4029]

Don't you mean Dennis Hopper on bass?

[@phillipecook3227]

😂​@@TheGenreman

[@phillipecook3227]

​@😂billlloyd4029

[@brothermiloo2]

There was video of Mike Ratledge showing and explaining possibilities of using effects on his keyboards from the same BBC TV session I think, but seems to be gone. Any possibility you have it? Thanks anyway.

[@jonasmrodrigues]

I'd love to see that

[@freebova]

Thanks gamma nice video

[@puddypuss]

I remember this as well. the introducer was saying how clever they were for using a german word, like those who say how " articulate " footballers are who can put a couple of sentences together. they were never the same after robert wyatt left.

[@pomatix]

Maybe BBC Session on December 29, 1972. London, BBC TV "Full House" Recording - "Fanfare" / "All White" and "Gesolreut" performed (broadcast February 17, 1973)

[@supergnorf]

Awesome! Big thanks to gamma:)

[@gamma68]

@NeilThompson30 I believe it is from a program called "Full House," broadcast 12-29-72

[@whiskeyriver4322]

Karl Jenkins……… the beginning of the end. Slowly the genius fades from magnificence…...

[@ECKMABOHM]

Yes , you are so right !!! But think it over ! Best periods of Bands often do not last more than twoyears , even if …. I am Musician by myself , I know what i am talking about :I learnt from SM , how to play in 7/4 bar and how to improvise ...

[@spacekakes]

RIP John Marshall

[@ricadus]

Promising opening but then settles into a groove, the drummer doing a lot of the work covering for the feeble keyboard solo.

[@clouddog2393]

Saw this lineup in Brighton and the set appeared on the live concert recordings on "Six " . Not as good as the Wyatt , Dean band but a memorable group from their long history .

[@alessandrococuzza9686]

Che band! In tutte le sue fasi. La amo forse meno nel periodo di Holdsworth, anche se la grandezza di quel chitarrista non si discute. Lo sperimentalismo dei primi due album, la maturità di Third, la grande stagione di 4, 5 e 6... Che fenomenale stagione della musica!

[@UrbanElectronicMusic]

Does anybody know what FX(s?) KJ is running his Rhodes through for his solo?

[@pongosnodgrass7014]

Ring modulator

[@derek5168]

This line up made some quality music but Robert Wyatt being sacked from his band and being the singer and front man it's not the soft machine

[@NeilThompson30]

Brilliant - any idea what the programme is?

[@oliviertruchon5648]

What does the title Gesolreut means?

[@spoombung]

Cor!

[@massimomarchesin8708]

La caratteristica di questo brano più evidente è l'impronta musicale conferita da Karl Jenkins con l'uso del sax baritono Un pezzo molto elegante raffinato forse un po' ripetitivo ma tutto sommato molto valido

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

Ge sol re ut are the names of the notes he's playing?

[@Christopher.TheGrasshopper]

I don't think so, the melody doesn't goes like that, either the harmony I'm not sure but in music "gesolreut" means something that starts or has predominance on the fifth grade of a scale That makes more sense because they use a lot of dominant things on this song I cant explain it very well, english Is not my language

[@StewSpaull]

@@Christopher.TheGrasshopper quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED18461

[@orandaadnaro]

Jo Melia

[@humphrysr]

John Marshall ne r. wyatt. But few do

[@musicmike22]

Soft Machine. There is no "The"

[@TheGenreman]

+Mike Reynolds Their was in the early days

[@musicmike22]

+TheGenreman OK I stand corrected.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Wyatt leaves and it gets all fusiony...was to be expected.

[@DESI9NERS]

Soft Machine fans might like this special video for “The Floating World” from Bundles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJvLlZWtjtuahs0

[@massimomarchesin8708]

Gesolreut è tratto da Six album doppio uno live ed uno in studio e secondo me assieme a Seven e a Bundles resta uno dei loro migliori del dopo Wyatt Comunque anche Fifth e Softs e Land of cockaine non sono da disprezzare

[@enniosavi7064]

Allan Holdsworth su Bundles è eccezionale

[@alb1908]

@@enniosavi7064 i gusti son gusti per carita':ma secondo me entrata la chitarra si da' il colpo di grazia alla creativita' che ancora permeava "Six",se solo Ratledge avesse continuato almeno sulla strada di brani a la Terry Riley-Steve Reich(cioe' i minimalisti americani)come "Soft Weed Factor" oppure"Chloe &..."penso che Hopper non sarebbe andato via,etc...[mai capita questa emozione per chitarre sbrodolanti a la Holdsworth]...ma davvero pensate che i migliori SOFTS siano quelli del 1974/1975???

[@rofanolubis]

more structural groovy .. John Marshall , Karl Jenkins both are turning point direction for SoftS ! Cult Mustache!

[@querenciaxx]

Karl Jenkins

[@ECKMABOHM]

Maybe he is a nice guy , but not in SM , go back to Nucleus ,

[@anotherdamn6c]

I hear one of these guys got mistaken for Meghan Markle recently.

[@johni9073]

Interesting for how it shows something seldom mentioned: how much Ratledge follows drummers for his rhythm, whether Wyatt or Marshall. But this is a typical Jenkins effort - too composed and lacking in the improvisational brilliance, at its best, of earlier stuff when Jenkins wasn't in charge for his well-composed, pleasant and minimalist, wallpaper music.

[@richardchorley1593]

John Marshall could be the best drummer the UK ever produced , and people wax lyrical about heavy-handed self-taught John Bonham

[@LilHaseProductions]

It wouldn't be the 70s without long, pointlessly uncomfortable facial close-ups! Lol.

[@alfonsorodriguez3480]

John Marshall made me quit drumming...😂

[@printedpaper]

elton dean on saxello

[@Amsterdamagesoup]

Elton Dean was no longer with the band . That's Karl Jenkins who was previously a member of Nucleus.

[@hogikat42]

What does gesolreut actually mean? *prepares for hail of abuse from know-it-all jazz-rock fans* ;)

[@gimmehendrix]

I’ll file this in ‘meandering shit’ folder if its all the same. This isnt SM.

[@hodshonf]

hilarious

[@EH_ALLE_DOOF]

Thank you - so true ! No SM without RW ! And Karl J. and boring guitars.... brrrr...

[@jeanwilliquet4035]

Line-up / Musicians - Karl Jenkins / oboe, baritone & soprano saxes, electric & grand piano, celesta - Mike Ratledge / organ, electric & grand piano, celesta - Hugh Hopper / bass, sound effects (15) - John Marshall / drums, percussion