Quintessence glastonbury 1971

[puddypuss]

they were so good live, and created that unique atmosphere with the music and such good quality joss sticks that they would give out to people

[MsDennyDee]

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ•●♥❤ *** Great! *** ~D.D.~ ♥✯₪

[BobbyeHorner03]

Rip the audio from this track at tubepull doht cohm.

[67psych]

@CAFreeling ANALOUGE!! so you now Groove in Digital in where? Eastern,Southern,Northern,in cowboyhats!!! i dont get it!!

[progrocer]

does any one else remember the dude known as "jesus" who was always at every big gig in the 70`s?

[DiamondBoyz99]

@progrocer

Yeh this guy was called Jesus Jellett I think his first name was Andrew ( not sure about that)

I spoke to him at a Reading Festival once . He seemed to know a lot about the music business

I think he managed some bands ( again not sure) I saw him last at a Punk Concert in about 1979 in London

[ZipButtons]

@DiamondBoyz99

Yeah, I remember Jesus, he lived a couple of houses away from my girlfriend in Shepherd's Bush.

I used to see him at every gathering I went to, giving out his nuts and raisins and pulling the chicks.

There was a Weeley album out and the picture on the front was a vast crowd scene, all seated except for one naked guy standing with his arms outstretched, Christlike. Jesus again. Heh!

Near the end of this clip I'm sure the guy with the knitted hat is the late Syd Rawles. Google

[puddypuss]

@ZipButtons I remember jesus from places like the roundhouse giving out food. he was into early psychedelic groups and got enthusiastic about egg. havent seen him for a while. jazz cafe camden about 2005. think he was a cleaner too.

[puddypuss]

@puddypuss forgot to mention before, was at marquee london 1973 for pink fairies and "jesus" was ther dancing with not much on at the edge of the stage when someone put a glass of beer up to his lower parts , which gave him a slight shock, but took it in good humour

[anubisglp]

i just discovered them today! wow!!

[darkorganics]

raja rules! (they all do really :P ) untimate proto shpongle explodo!

[troutback]

today is june 18th 2010. quintessence is playing glastonbury again next week. phil and dave will be there. now go and buy your ticket.

[GrahamSolo]

It never ceases to amaze me how people get hold of stuff like this - so many thanks, shadowbanshee, for posting this. I got into this band - probably like many others of my age - thanks to the Island samplers, which I still treasure to this day. And it´s good to find I´m clearly not the only person in the world into Quintessence after all! Just a pity my favourite track of theirs, "Giants", got prematurely cut off. Any chance of posting that as well?

[rupemoco]

May 11.....Happy Birthday Phil/Shiva..........2010 the 40th Anniversary of The Glastonberry Festival......Shiva will be appearing twice with Quintessence because they appeared in Glastonberry number one and also number two....great band....pity they split when they did!!

[MrMandragora70]

me encanto =)

[chipsullivan]

shadowbanshee:

just want to thank you for posting these videos...discovered them in 71 & made many a pilgramage to the import store...got the cd's when they came out & its been a joy to rediscover them

[noddyguevara]

Great stuff ! This band were a live experiance as much as anything. The modern day line up is well worth seeing too ! look up Maha Devs QUINTESSENCE. They have a myspace ( off course !)

[jozxyqk1]

@saabman64 I've just bought the album Self. I'm a little disappointed because, while the version of Freedom on that album is live, it's not from Glastonbury, and doesn't sound anything like as good to me.

[AnnaEyebright]

I was there too and it was amazing and I shall always remember it

[iamearthbornami]

why compare~both bands are excellent~how many forms of bliss do you know

[mtopper66]

From both a musical and audience participatory standpoint, this is *light years* beyond a Dead show. Wish the whole concert was available...

[TheMarijuanaTube420]

I'm not hateing on this. I am a Raja Ram fan. I really enjoy Shpongle. This footage was 16 yrs b4 I was born btw. But this sound's kinda like just noize/a little strange all the different music together,but I do like it some what so again not hateing.

[zeddiec]

Raja's barely changed in 30 years!

[Abrohill]

Notable, ever I believe that coul be a band like this I loking for for many years, and eureka, found this in youtube, they exist, ever exist, Thank really think for post

[Abrohill]

ya habia muerto el Che Guevara

[pipo3030]

sounds great

[wailin1967]

Great band !

[Havanagold]

I was at the Glastonbury Fayre in 1971, so thanks for putting this up.

Now, where's all the Pink Fairies footage???

[itsDusty]

@Havanagold how ,,in your opinion was terry reid?? totally under rated....do tell please!

[derekethomason]

@Havanagold If you get the Glastonbury Fayre dvd, you will see the Fairies leading a crowd around banging drums. Unfortunately no footage of them performing. If you were there, get the dvd. It is amazing

[GeoStratocaster]

I remember thinking way back then "what a stange mix of music styles". Geez, I'm still thinking it! lol.

[rabiddog314]

ah what a great tune and video here; even though it was 15 years before i was born, i feel like i better understand the excitement of this time period and what it was like then. thanks for putting it up!

[rabiddog314]

lol raja ram at 1:26, what a joy-filled man

[iXanthous]

I've been trying look for indian influenced rock for awhile and I think I've hit the jackpot.

[routeoz]

no one like em man! :-))

[inthegarage53]

@iXanthous

try mahavishnu orchestra ;)

[rustyclanger]

@iXanthous check out an album called "Easten Standard Time", if you're still into Indian psych music. It's a various artist compilation and has some cracking tunes on it, it's hard to get a physical copy, but it's on the net....

[AcidDroog]

shiva has one of the best voices ever.

[Osmun79]

thanks for identifying the song.. what great interplay of flute and rock chords

[andygray]

Cool, thanks for posting. I was at this festival, certainly brings back memories. Quintessence were quite a popular band back then.

[Tryambakam]

too bad raja ram doesnt remember the words to this song, because his tip world stuff, like 1200 mics etc, its commercial fame money music that has lost touch with the hippy roots of goa trance

[6ramses6]

what commercial. where i live no1 even knows what goa is. and here live alot of people.

[dymethyltripamine]

Yeah right. His new stuff is soooo commercial...

Like I hear Shpongle on the radio all day long...

Shpongle is the greatest psychedelic music ever, it's far from commercial, it's superhuman!

Just because 1200 micrograms is a bit more party-compatible doesn't make it commercial, either.

Of course they do charge money for their cd's - you gotta live somehow, do you?

[dymethyltripamine]

...that was an answer to tryambakam's post, but youtube fucked it up, sorry.

[TheSludgefactory]

Holy shit it's Raja Ram from Shpongle. He's so young then, i guess it was over 30 years ago though

[stinkboat]

I dont know much of their stuff but what I have heard I really like. I really like their guitarist..this could only have been 1971 in a field somewhere in England..all that hair man!!!

[Osmun79]

BTW, what song is this and what album?

[Osmun79]

whoa.. this is a awesome jam. The lame duck jambands of today could learn a thing or two from these guys!

[shadowbanshee]

your so right there, these guys had improvised sets down to a fine art way back then, glad you liked it. pass the word lol.

Peace, Mick!

[RLW1967]

Right on, man.

[zensho1]

What a fantastic band!! The only ones who really understood 'love, peace and understanding'.

Quintessence, you are wonderful!!!

REFORM, PLEASE!! Show the world!!

[nektarion]

The band that transformed my life!

Jai kali!

[Alreadyrick]

Man, where can you find music with Quintessence?

[fatcackie]

damn hippies

[mcgriv]

Finding this has made my day/week/month. 'Quinny' rocked like nobody else in the UK those years and on a good night were pure joy. (Why didn't Manchester Free Trade Hall dance?! There were only 2 or 3 of us on our feet!).

There was a BBC film of a Norwich Cathedral gig - does anyone have this or other live footage or audio recordings?

[progrocer]

doe`s anyone remember the hippie guy that used to be right down the front dancing like a lunatic at a lot of early 70`s gig`s?

[stinkboat]

Wasn't that Tony Blair or Richard Branson or Jeremy Beadle?

[littlesis72]

I'm on UTube looking for obscure psych from the 60's and stumbled across this. A pal and I are doing the alphabet (purely as an escape route from our day jobs and to keep us real inside), I just sent this link to him and said I know it's not the 60's but it has to be included... So cool!!

Thanks for posting.

Peace!

[cornholio1962]

just back from womad tryed telling all the long haired 15 yr olds that we did this way before them!!great though another peacefull ;long haired generation coming thru!!

[expoonation]

Yeah here's one, and I blow my mind out every day.. I love Holland.. and 70's prog.

[joeheadblues]

Freedom.

[Pema50]

I used to see Quintessessence regularly in London plus I recall a gig they did in Lyme Regis were everyone just sat there (not me, Ha!always made me dance)somewhat bemused I think. Plus, yeah, I was at Glastonbury 71 and saw them there too. ah. Happy days... What joy finding them on here.

[bobgreen623]

First band I ever saw back in late 1970, aged 14. I always thought they were a lot better live than on record and this kinda confirms it. Thanks for the clip

[Reinisen]

... someone´s got to look into were the rest of the films are... there MUST be more. Pink Fairies, Mighty Baby... COME ON!!!

[hawkwindthinman]

I was at Glastonbury '71. kewl.

[peterallum23]

I didnt see you

[hawkwindthinman]

I had the orange furry jacket (George Best boutique), we camped left of the stagein the field there, nears the free bread and soup.

[peterallum23]

Ah! I fear that 2 microdots,2 black bombers and a flagon or two of that excellent local cider insinuated themselves between your fabulously elegant self and my memory cells.Or was it Windsor free festival the following year with John Pendragon(yes he)?

[hawkwindthinman]

I also saw Quintessence at the Hard Rock in Manchester opening for Electric Light Orchestra.

[davegarland]

i saw quintessence so many times

respect

[dougieless]

my good friend is david codling can anyone find him for me i will pay you

[LotusLight7]

Great footage! I didn't know any existed! I saw them several times and they were my favourite at the time. Shiva is still recording and I have his last two albums!

[siHippy]

Thanks very much for this. Great band.

Peace

Si x

[caston121]

my mum never missed a quintessence performance in norwich, all of whom came back to her flat after the show at the 'lads club' in king st.

she was totally in love with shiva!

[caston121]

my mum never missed a quintessence performance in norwich, all of whom came back to her flat after the show at the 'lads club' in king st.

she was totally in love with shiva!

[DrWinston0Boogie]

awsome thanks for posting this video

[uphollandlatic]

I saw Quintessence at the Wigan casino in 1971. They were fantsastic.

[hawkwindthinman]

I was at Glastonbury '71 and also remember see them live in Manchester.

[liecht]

Dope,LSD,the hippie life style wich ruined so many young people!! fortunatelly is over now!!And will never come back

[blueswailer1952]

I bet you're a real bundle of laughs aren't you?

[lookxpress]

No, I´m not.And that music was both harmonically retarded and ridiculous, just like those feminine players

[TuneInTurnOnDropOut]

What's the name of this song?

[shadowbanshee]

as Saabman said its called "freedom"

[freddyfridgemagnet]

I can smell the Joss Sticks now.........they were great live

[glfgecko]

Can't we go back to the 70ties please, people don't freak out anymore--Dance For The One--

[wjwmorrow]

Wow, it's great that a clip of this band has finally surfaced. They were one of my all time favourite groups from the early 70s and a terrific live act. Thanks for posting.

[jamesfenian]

What album is this from and whats the title of this track:)

[RLW1967]

This is classic. Quintessence was one of the first "new age" bands to come out in the late 1960's and early 1970's before the term "new age" was in vogue.

Plus, they were definently a "spiritual" band.

[freakbeatno1]

Wonderfully atmospheric. Brings back memories of them supporting CCR at the Albert Hall. Alan (Rhythm guitarist) was a couple of years above me at school and shortly before he left school he played a jazz trio set in the lunch hall. Happy days.

[SAMBENHOLLY]

I'm thrilled to have found these videos. Thanks to all who put them up. Much Love to you all viewing

[JoshuaHalfBreed]

haha i think i hear raja's flute!

[alleztonton]

That is really great great fun...

I just discover them live for the first time due to you...2 of my (friends) were there...now, I can understand (I'm 30), it is fantastic music they play...wish I was there...more, please,

thank you so much....Merci !

[shadowbanshee]

well i wish i could find more live gigs, i may ad a few album tracks later depending on feedback...enjoy.

[Mizarist]

Please do! We are waiting! :)

[guitarmanjon]

absolute joy to see & hear my favourite band !any more in the vaults?

[Vandertop]

Great to see this on YouTube!