U.K. - Complete Videos 1978-1979

Short-lived English supergroup founded in 1977 by John Wetton, Bill Bruford (ex-King Crimson), Eddie Jobson and Allan Holdsworth. For the second and last studio album, Holdsworth left and Bruford was replaced by Terry Bozzio. They were active between 1977-1979, and reformed in 2012 with Eddie Jobson and John Wetton, with guest musicians. Wetton died in 2017.

[@BneiAnusim]

Eddie Jobson is an INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN! He is one of the more important musicians of the whole Prog Rock era!

[@glynnp42]

Everyone in this band are/were fantastic musicians! Too bad they didn't stick together longer.

[@musemuser777]

RIP John Wetton 🙏✝️🙏

[@lucasjankowski7117]

RIP Allan Holdsworth

[@musemuser777]

@@lucasjankowski7117 definitely...🙏

[@WannaB321]

Eddie was the ultimate multi-keyboard player. Amazing.

[@po03psk41]

Their debut album U.K. is my all time favorite prog rock album. Top notch song writing and musicianship throughout. I can always listen to the whole album without skipping. I still listen to it from time to time thsese days.

[@textnotepro]

absolutely

[@canalaverdade.]

Agree

[@gertstronkhorst2343]

Hear hear. It is fantastic.

[@markthulean8313]

100% for sure!

[@TheSteveSteele]

The production value on the first UK album is outstanding especially for 1978. The mix is perfect. Everyone has got a great tone dialed up. It’s fantastic. I like Danger Money too, but Wetton and Bruford together is magic.

[@briane5706]

Alan Holdsworth R.I.P. John Wetton R.I.P. Bill Bruford and Eddie Jobson. Superb musicianship.

[@redbaron8154]

64 here and saw them back in 1978, amazing!!!

[@dkelley9661]

RIP Allan Holdsworth. Holdsworth in a rare moment playing a Firebird! Never even heard about this, yet he just sounds like Allan. Never heard a more original, unique guitarist, ever. I love Terry Bozzio, but hearing Bruford then Bozzio, UK just isn’t the same animal. Bruford and Holdsworth raised UK to ridiculously high levels of Progressive music credibility. When they left, it was no longer as amazingly impressive. I saw them live in 1979 after the personnel changes, it was life changing, but nothing like that first album.

[@santibanks]

Surprised to see him with the Firebird. I'd agree that Allan always sounds like Allan regardless of the axe around his neck, but it should be noted that they are miming to the studio version so you are not hearing how he sounds (it's not said that he played the firebird on the record, or on the tour). All pics I've seen of Holdsworth playing with U.K. is him playing a strat through a marshall.

[@pobinr]

"yet he just sounds like Allan" Yes because he's miming to the studio recording lol

[@joelestes2257]

Truth

[@turnerthemanc]

He's amazing. His solo could be Patrick Moraz on a Moog. So smooth. He said UK burned him out and he had to leave, in an interview.

[@Stratmanable]

They're miming. On the recording he's playing his modded Strat. That's the guitar you're actually hearing.

[@mylayla]

Thanks very much.. John, missed, always. 00:00 In the Dead of Night 03:17 Night after Night 07:00 Caesar's Palace Blues 10:34 Rendezvous 6:02 15:26 Nothing to Lose

[@massimomarchesin8708]

È vero Eddie JOBSON è anche un grande violinista!!!!!!! E qui fra i violinisti più straordinari potrei citare anche, DARRYL WAY, FRED FRITH, JEAN LUC PONTY, GRAHAM SMITH, MAURO PAGANI,LUCIO FABBRI, DAVID LA FLAMME, ANGELO BRANDUARDI, ROBBIE STEINHARDT, RAY SHULMAN , GREG BLOCH , DAVID CROSS , STUART GORDON etc etc!!!!!!!!!

[@tommykoch1]

Thanks for these videos. I am 64 years old and still a fan of this band, their music and their musicians. This music still hits me in the heart today. From a time when real music was still made.

[@billbart6201]

Plenty of 'real' music being produced 2023/4

[@user-ws2fu7du7o]

To zespół z najwyższej pólki.Mam Mogul Trash i co tam wyprawia na basie 20 letni Wetton przechodzi ludzkie pojęcie.A w Krakowie miałem przyjemność poznać Johna i Eddiego.Mili ludzie

[@ferenckovacs2267]

I am 66, and me too :)

[@EgoShredder]

@@billbart6201 The geniuinely new and non-derivative music ended around the 1990s. Occasional gems after that but far fewer than was happening before. Maybe people relying too much on technology and familiar chords and scales, too much reliance on a repetitive beat to play against. Could also be connected to how materialistic and zombie-like society has become, and how IQ and innovation in all fields has steadily been declining since the 1960s. In short music like everything else is in decline and awaiting the crash of this civilisation, so we can build a better one from the ashes again; happened many times before and arguably we had superior ones previously.

[@wayneatplay]

64 Years young here as well mate....Keep the Groove going!!!!

[@eleonoradini2371]

Their first album is truly a masterpiece. It is still available on vinyl but unfortunately it is very expensive. In any case, every prog fan should have such an amazing discography

[@davidmaxwelloswald2220]

Couldn't agree with you more I've forgotten about it lately and this reminded me how much I used to listen to this many years ago

[@krisscanlon4051]

Just bought both right now

[@eleonoradini2371]

​@@krisscanlon4051may I ask you how much you paid these vinyls?

[@jackriddle1135]

After hearing this album for the first time on Klipsch La Scala speakers, I went on to see Allan Holdsworth perform live 14 times. So humble and cool. We didn't get to see the 1978 UK tour.....our VW bug BROKE DOWN on route 80, and we rode home squished in the cab of a tow truck ( 3 adult prog fans ). That disappointed me to this day decades later...

[@klocke-hx3xl]

Jobson was one of the most underrated musicians around. How many people are both a brilliant keyboardist and violinist? Yet, he's rarely mentioned.

[@user-cj4df7vs7w]

Yeah, listen track Metamorphosis from Curved Air album Air Cut . Jobson was only 17 but what a talent already.

[@jacquesfinster5034]

And composer too, he co-wrote all hese songs.

[@batphink2655]

@@user-cj4df7vs7w I will go and listen to that right away Thank you! 👍

[@dilltdog1158]

Also in Roxy Music.

[@fryderyk2462]

Eddie Jobson is monster on keyboards... ranks alongside Emerson and Wakeman. And excels at violin...perhaps most accomplished musician in prog.

[@damianjames4681]

Their supreme highnesses, John Wetton, Eddie Jobson, Alan Holdsworth, Bill Bruford and Terry Bozzio. Miss you, John and Alan.

[@RomanZmudzinski-sb6zo]

Seen these guys when they came to the Cleveland Agora in 78 ? Not knowing what to expect. Whoa !!!! Profoundly impacted me since. Outstanding musicianship. Some of the best Prog Music ever. Can't stop watching ..

[@aschule5684]

All the years I've listened to "in The Dead Of Night" I never could have guessed Alan played a Firebird on that song. Great footage, musical magic that once was....

[@loucontino4804]

When people talk about Super Groups over the last 60 years, this was IT! The caliber of talent is staggering here.

[@markphilpot8734]

The quality of musicianship is way up there which has me wondering why I haven’t heard of them before now. This group is legit!

[@Dan-hc1ow]

Man, what a group. Both versions. Bruford and Bozzio were a study in contrasts but each guy earned the gig.

[@davidmaxwelloswald2220]

No doubt Terry had balls

[@donovanjones4175]

he played with Zappa, he is very creative and played beautifully, no doubt about it

[@216trixie]

@@davidmaxwelloswald2220Talent

[@jefflevinson669]

Bar the drumming controversy. The original line up with Holdsworth was the best

[@donovanjones4175]

@@jefflevinson669 i gotta agree, it’s so , so,, I can’t even explain

[@mellotronin54]

One of my favourite groups of musicians. These albums were a constant for years. I finally got to see U.K Jobson/Wetton on the final tour in London even bumped into Wetton at the tube station the morning after. Such a shame there was not more music from them.

[@user-jx7ln7ll5c]

Never seen them alive. Great band. RIP John Wetton Many thanks for this video

[@Stratmanable]

@@user-jx7ln7ll5c You're seeing all of them alive in the video. Bill Bruford is still alive, and I think Eddie Jobson is, too. Seeing them LIVE is another matter...

[@user-jx7ln7ll5c]

@@Stratmanable english is not my native, sorry, but hope i was understood

[@mazmoslash4049]

Thanks for uploading man! I was at the Danger Money Tour in 1979 and since then one of my top 5 bands ever and one of the few bands that still can trigger a euphoric feel in my brain without any drugs.

[@lesimprosdulezardvert1342]

gott, since 1979, still one of your Top 5 bands ? Really ? euh, I mean, really ?

[@mazmoslash4049]

@@lesimprosdulezardvert1342 really

[@TheSteveSteele]

I can see UK as a top 5 band. They were basically an early supergroup. I totally agree with the euphoric feeling. I get it too. Especially on the first album, but I love Danger Money too.

[@mazmoslash4049]

@@TheSteveSteele Agree. I grew up in the seventies and was first (and I still am) a fan of Hendrix, Stones, The Who, Cream, Neil Young, Santana, Bowie, Free, P. Green-Fleetwood Mac, Spooky Tooth etc. My love for symphonic rock-.progrock (or whatever it is called) started with the album Days of Future Past by The Moody Blues. From that day I am addicted to Yes, the old Genesis, UK, King Crimson, Druid, Greenslade, Pink Floyd, Solution, Grobschnitt, Van der Graaf Generator, Saga, IQ, Steve Wilson-Porcupine Tree and so on. Jazz rock- fusion, Japan and Depeche Mode and a few synth bands like Tangerine Dream are my other addictions since the eighties. Injected through my ears on a daily basis. The best addiction there is.

[@ivanbarsouk7339]

How do you compare U.K. w/o Bruford and Holdworth vs the re-formation of Kind Crimson with Bruford, Belew, and Levin?

[@Zappafantrust]

That's the best video quality I've seen of the first promo clip

[@exegesis67]

That performance of Caesar’s Palace Blues is astonishing!

[@dilltdog1158]

I loved UK, still own all three albums and play them regularly.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

What a great ensemble, in both iterations. I love the Bruford/Holdsworth band, and the other, with Jobson and Bossio, is also incredible. Just perfect. RIP, Mr. Wetton.

[@cleciusviana7623]

John Wetton era um ótimo vocalista, líder da banda Asia, Descanse em paz😢😢

[@lusich94]

Con qué serenidad toca BILL BRUFORD !!! Claramente se puede apreciar su MAESTRÍA!! No necesita demostrar nada. Verlo y escucharlo son la evidencia!!! Y sus compañeros…al igual que él, son otros dotados de la música!!! 🙏🏻🎵🙏🏻

[@elitefighter15035]

Awesome music. I had they’re first album and saw them in concert. Was blown away. My drumming skills were seriously challenged after this. A very original and unique album for all times.

[@quintbromley2112]

Absolute legends and one of the great prog-rock bands of all time. Thanks for the compilation!

[@omberose]

This band is pure brilliance. Beyond most artists ability to produce. UK was and still is music for a different time and ageless.

[@user-hf9vf9kf8t]

Rush fan here. I love U.K. 's music.

[@textnotepro]

thank you for posting this. I hadn't seen all of these. UK are truly a supergroup and its a shame they didnt continue and make more albums...but we have got the music they did make. I would have preferred the Wetton/Jobson/Bozzio UK to go on to make more albums rather than have Asia. Oh well. thank you Sound Voyager

[@pasoneao]

Asia's first album is a masterpiece...

[@randlerobbertson8792]

A veritable galaxy of stars all in one band. Incredible.

[@mikedown1250]

It's sad that Allan didn't enjoy his time with UK. But he blew my mind with his solo and guitar work on this album which still stands the test of time

[@mattdelany6799]

Check out Tory Slusher. She is better than Holdsworth. More musical, anyway.

[@lusich94]

Qué alegría encontrar este video de UK !!! Excelente trabajo!!! Banda insuperable en música de fusión. Así como MILES DAVIS fue pionero en el jazz-rock, UK en el…"rock-jazz"!! (así, "entre comillas") No sé si logro transmitir mi sensación!!! De nuevo…EXCELENTES MÚSICOS EXCELENTES COMPOSITORES!!! Lástima que duraron poco!!! (solo dos álbumes) Viva la música!! 🙏🏻🎵🙏🏻

[@user-mm5oi8np8u]

Три.

[@awaken77]

Thanks for sharing. Rare live records of great prog supergroup in decent video quality

[@skinner5334]

Fantastic band and massively overlooked.⚡️

[@gate.book.understanding.sp950]

The UK picture quality is the best it's ever been. John Wetton and Allan Holdsworth are no longer with us, but their music is immortal. Thank you for the wonderful music during my impressionable youth.

[@kevthebass]

First album is one of the greatest prog albums, with Holdsworth redefining rock guitar for the next generation. 2nd Cd, I can take ir leave, but great playing as you would expect.

[@flaviopitanga65]

What a gem. Master piece. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@batphink2655]

Thank YOU for posting these video clips, some of them I've not seen before, I just loved this brilliant band in both versions Cheers! RIP Alan Holdsworth and John Wetton!

[@friendofbeaver6636]

First time seeing U.K. Live! Thanks! I only know Eddie Jobson from his work with FZ. He's wonderful on keyboards and his transparent violin in this collection! Holdsworth and Buford are legends! Liked and subscribed!

[@bramposthumus9300]

UK's first is and remains just an unbelievably good album. Four musicians on top of their game. Just freaking brilliant. What came next was not bad but simply could not match the absolute brilliance of Bruford - Wetton - Holdsworth - Jobson.

[@keithfinsley330]

I saw the original lineup in Reno. They were amazing. Sadly, they opened for Van Halen and found themselves beeing booed off the stage. I love both bands, but that was hard to take! RIP John Wetton and Alan Holdsworth. Seeing the two of you live was quite remarkable!

[@walt686868]

Booed by VH fans??! Wow, VH fans…what a bunch of losers

[@normandaubry]

I had the chance to see them live as the opening act for Jethro Tull. What an amazing night that was! I feel so lucky to have been there!

[@davidmurphy5647]

it was wild...

[@Guggel1966]

Wow.. I am a progressive Rock freak, but I never heard of this band! Thank you for uploading!!!

[@LorenOneal]

Check out the first album... Best prog album ever 🖖🎶🖖

[@WELLBRAN]

The other day I heard a fusion band I knew all the individual players in it but never heard of the band...lol

[@troychimino4738]

Never heard of this band either. I'm embarrassed! It's great! Thank you for uploading!

[@markthulean8313]

Wow I can't believe you're a progressive rock freaking never heard of UK! Glad you found them, everybody should listen to UK!

[@TheSteveSteele]

After you buy the UK albums, get Bruford’s One of a Kind. Both have Bill Bruford and Allen Holdsworth. UK had John Wetton and the Bruford band had Jeff Berlin. Two of the greatest rock fusion and jazz fusion bassist ever. Then Eddie Johnson playing keys and violin in UK, with Dave Stewart on keys. Holdsworth played violin on the Bruford albums. One of a Kind is an logical extension of the first UK album, and you can really hear it.

[@MrRugbyloosehead]

Thank-you for posting these videos, while their time was short, their influence is still being felt today! I wish they would have done that third album John wanted to do? Things could have been different especially with the next group he was in Asia , but it just wasn't to be. We still have two very fine albums as well as a great live album!❤🎸😎👍

[@KoreaDailyNews-KDN]

UK video clip is very rare. Thanks for uploading.

[@emiliacanet9960]

I love this then n now 2023 san Francisco listening forever 💙💙💙 thank you Sound Voyager 😻

[@WilliamHELLHASEYIS]

Thanks for the memory lane of UK!! Asia and BEYOND

[@Hazy777]

One of the most underrated prog rock bands. Thanks for posting. Great videos.

[@basserx78]

Unbelievable! These guys held themselves to a standard of musicianship seldom matched. You can feel the power and the beauty of their music coming through so brightly it gives you goosebumps. If music is a sonic palette, these gentlemen are all Rembrandts, every one!

[@FusionHowie]

This is THE best sound/video I have ever seen ! I saw this live in Detroit 78 or 79 with Tull! THANK YOU for posting this epitome of coolness magic !

[@hurricanejohnson]

I wore the grooves out off of the first U.K. album when I was in college. Bruford is my all-time favorite drummer. Thank you for posting those videos.

[@mariousui5432]

It's great sound of Eddy's CS80 for In the dead of night! Even without Alan and Bill, it's a great violin performance!

[@bmac1205]

Nice having these different performance (mimes) altogether in one place. Thanks for posting. Saw them in trio form in Philly at the Spectrum. They headlined and Horslips opened for them. Listened tot he infamous free concert at Penn's Landing broadcast live when they were a quartet. Should've went to that show too.

[@craigfazekas3923]

Night After Night here is live- not mimed. Maybe you knew that, not sure.... Who else did you catch at The Spectrum ? Loved that place.... seen the good/great shows & many a Flyers games too. I watched Denis Savard & Guy LaFleur skate there- greatest pure skaters I'd EVER witnessed at that venue. Plus Doc, Darryl, Moses & Toney. I wanted to puke when they tore it down. Also saw a shit-ton of Phantoms games !! Memories; thank ya !!! 🚬😎👍

[@freddiesoverbite6162]

John Wetton and Ray Shulman are my 2 favorite bassists. Both had such a powerful distinct tone.

[@walt686868]

Ray awesome musician. Like all the Gentle Giant members, Ray was a multi instrumentalist.

[@mattbrowne7862]

So thankful for this band and saw them in both 2011 and 2012 in two different Boston venues. Most excellent experience indeed!

[@edgreen8140]

Thanks for posting. This really takes me back. John bill then they went on to asia!

[@Kang2112]

Yeah love this band. Music like this just doesn't happen today.

[@luiscacace3971]

Feliz de escuchar y ver esta ɓanda que conoci decadas atras con la base ritmica de King Crimson. A mi humilde entender B. Bruford el mejor baterista de rock progresivoque escuche

[@DannyMcCaffrey]

For all its faults the live music footage is the greatest thing about KZbin. I’ve never heard of this band! Holdsworth and Crimson of course but what an absolute treat to still discover new music.

[@pequeuxdarleux1480]

Fantastique musique. Les 70s furent une période riche en créations de toutes sortes, en particulier pour le prog rock & jazz fusion

[@caramanico1]

Loved UK - got all their releases and got the chance to see them when they opened for Tull back in the day. LOVED IT!

[@stevennovakovich2525]

Bought 'U.K.' and 'Danger Money' upon their releases in 1978 and 1979. Have loved U.K. since the first album and still listen to them frequently. Pure genius. Loved Bill Bruford in early Yes and his own solo ventures. Brilliant!

[@PeterSpaeter96]

And what about Bruford in the last King Crimson line-up?

[@MrNimmy77]

Thanks for uploading this!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidlaman3935]

I had forgotten how good this was

[@dgcmusi]

Great great great video….thank you for the upload…one of my favorite bands of all time…

[@christiancazabonne]

Thank you! Finnally a good quality video of In The Dead Of Night!

[@qstaratma9096]

Wow! Thank you for posting these epic performances.

[@godbluffvdgg]

NICE! Thanks for the upload!

[@geneleonard4368]

I Saw the original U.K twice once in Jersey & once in NYC & then the Trio once in NYC both were Great but the original band was off the charts .. incredible ! I also saw Bruford / One of a kind tour in a small club in Asbury Park / NJ that was also mindblowing 🤯

[@crowdpleaser1036]

I think I still have a live album by them, UK live 1979, it is an album I really like, it features them as a 3 piece with Wetton, Jobson & Bozzio.

[@gerh33]

Thanks v.much for these - what an amazing band they were 👍

[@misterghee1]

Check out Terry bozzio the one drummer you've missed😅

[@L53867]

EXCELENTE!!!! Gracias, buenísima recopilación de vídeos con calidad 👍🏻🤗🇸🇻🇪🇦🙏🏻

[@davidaraujo927]

Thanks, man! I never saw Allan with a firebird before! 🤩

[@historicradiotelevision-bi2861]

Saw them in 2013 on Cruise to the Edge. Fantastic.

[@peterresetz1960]

The first video of the original members of UK, Allan Holdsworth is playing a Gibson Firebird. Another interesting thing about that Firebird, is that no matter what type of guitar Holdsworth is playing, always has that really thick tube tone, considering that particular Gibson guitar I described as tone deaf.

[@Claytone-Records]

I thought Allan was underutilized in UK, but I still enjoy that lp. I wouldn’t mind having a go at a Firebird as long as the original price was magically restored.

[@morbidmanmusic]

it wasn't live. and with that much gain, it could be any guitar...

[@yannisstefanopoulos8730]

Beneficent upload, thanks

[@richshields6692]

When I first heard it , I was totally hooked ! Alan's guitar sound blew me away. I didn't know if it was a keyboard or not. The whole band was amazing actually.

[@andyharman3022]

Wetton looked like a real rock star on Nothing To Lose. And his vocal performance was awesome. I think it was in UK where Wetton started to form the more pop-oriented songwriting style that made Asia's first album so huge.

[@gregggoss2210]

Wow, dude. Thanks for uploading. This is fu**ing awesome.

[@visog]

What a band!

[@sergeyermolenko6034]

Очень сильная команда, одна из самых интересных, самых красивых за всю историю рок-музыки

[@ivanbarsouk7339]

Я согласен

[@user-jj6kp7cj4y]

Друзья, не надо пафоса.. Сильны, спору нет.. Но не лучшая.. Да и сопоставлять кого- то ... Последнее дело.. Может послушаете еще кого- то и опять возникнет не нужное желание поставить на первое место.. Надо все воспринимать диалектически. Ведь же тогда творили много молодых или уже не очень коллективов.... Уважать надо хорошую подачу материала, который отрабатывался не один месяц.... Все , кого мы знаем , достойны уважения за свой труд..

[@sergeyermolenko6034]

@@user-jj6kp7cj4y хорошо. Без пафоса. Одна из лиги чемпионов, в которую не входят знаменитые на весь мир троечники и знатные ркжпы

[@UbikKaotikOrkestra]

Amazing moments, thanks!

[@Carehuea]

Such a shame that there isn't actual 'live playing' footage of ther original line-up with Bruford and Holdsworth... Their album is an absolute masterpiece

[@sailorlovesmyship7607]

これはヤバい‼️ アップ大感謝です。 泣ける〜 so good !

[@frodegroven]

Fantastick! Love JW fans! I have to say this is intelligent and complicated music, and JW is no 1 !

[@AlfOfAllTrades]

In the dead of the night is the song that kickstarted my interest in prog rock. I was nine at the time, but it never left me.

[@nicolasroy6654]

The complet live show please!!!! Thanks!!! Bozzio back vocal so great. Drum Synth Bass Wetton vocal wow !!!

[@angelricardoriojas9583]

UK Bigest Súper Group Wetton., Eddy Jobson, Bill Bruford & Allan Holdword.. Fantástic performance... Love you at all I have known who you were.. On ward forever my special Masters... My regards to them the peace is with Allan, John.. ❤️🎵🎶🎸🎵🎶 Wold miss them a all.....

[@stevecowder4774]

This band was really something. Love their first couple of albums. Too bad they couldn’t have stayed together long enough to put out more than just 2. But Wetton would find success on a much larger scale with Asia.

[@davebellamy4867]

12:00 John Wetton's vocal goes great together with the Yamaha CP electric grand piano, as does Peter Gabriel's.

[@figdickmun]

Brilliant. Saw these guys in Seattle in support of their first album. Wish I understood better then the brilliance I was witnessing.

[@mikewest1542]

Cesar Palace Blues was quite amazing due to E.Js performance, a Virtuoso definitely, sounds like a cross between King Crimson and High tide !

[@armandourso1526]

Wow !!! Great band ! Hugs from Brazil 🎉

[@johncole015]

Way back in 1986 my drum teacher told me live night after night would show me every different type of drumming I would ever need to know.

[@MrStrat01]

Geniuses at their top .... What a good music that was ... the 70's era was so good for prog music ... RIP Mr Wetton 😭

[@guitsynthcw]

I heard a copy of the master tape of this record in a recording studio I worked at in Chicago in 1980. Incredible.

[@morbidmanmusic]

it is different records, so pick one.