Soft Machine trailer NDR Jazz Workshop Hamburg, Germany, May 17, 1973 Cuneiform Records

[VideoGameCoupons]

awesome one

[hookstar1]

awesome!



[Craigisnotcool]

skill.

[eb3be66]

Fender VI is a bass guitar,tuned to EADGBE,but an octive lower than a guitar,so usual bass tuning+two higher strings....used to have one years ago....weighed a ton!!

[MrRids88]

As quite rightly stated earlier by @twtom, Roy Babington is playing a Fender VI, I believe this is a Baritone guitar, which is mid-way pitch-wise between a regular guitar and bass, so he played it through an octave shifter to get it down to bass pitch.

[MrRids88]

This is shortly before Holdsworth joined later that year...

Makes you wonder if they were actually auditioning guitarists at this stage? Although I have found no mention of Gary Boyle in any literature.

[tulrob]

John Marshall tearing it up.......awesome stuff.

[NeilThompson30]

Now we're talking - Soft machine and Gary Boyle! Never knew he ever played with them - brilliant.

[iade38]

Roy babbington (Delivery) is not Hugh Hopper!

His playing is too soft ;-))

Karl jenkins take the head, music is became a classic jazz rock fusion without any soul.

[lammterra]

excellente

got here from `progarchives` link

will buy it now

`six` is the least nourishing of they`re output , so this will be the better aspect of that issue

[Daionzrip]

WHooaa... that is Gary Boyle on guitar! never new he stood in on any Soft Machine gigs. THANK YOU Cuneiform!!

[jasonpp1973]

Got the CD/DVD, combo. THIS IS A MUST FOR THE SOFT MACHINE FAN!!! John Marshall does a killer drum solo toward the end of the show. Love his rare Hollywood drum kit, especially the pedal tuned floor toms, I would love to have kit like that!!!

[nadirsharav]

I love soft machine

[jasonpp1973]

Would love Cuniform to release a Blu-ray of this!

[Tarabos1]

Michael Naura (NDR Jazz pope) broadcasted that concert on NDR3 radio 8 years later (Sept. 26, 1981). I still own the old noisy MC. I´m glad to get the chance to see the whole concert now on a high quality CD/DVD. Guests are: Gary Boyle gt (Isotope) Linda Hoyle voc (Affinity) Art Themen ss (Jack Bruce Band)

[BassLudeman]

@Tarabos1 theres no Linda Hoyle here, the bootleg always circulates with info saying shes there, but she isnt

[Tarabos1]

@BassLudeman well, I´ve got an old newspaper(NME ?)article about that event:

"The Softs at the Bratwurst -Teutonia" were I can see some pictures with single Softs-members and Linda Hoyle, who were also present. May be she did her own thing that evening. Hugh Hopper introduced his "1984" album (just left the band that month) but played "1983" with the Softs. I´m glad that Allan H. became their regular guitarist and not Gary B. (ha ha) Regards from Bratwurst Utopia

[BassLudeman]

@Tarabos1 I guess that would make more sense if she had done her own thing, because one for sure can't see or hear her anywhere on the recording

[twtom]

I wish I knew more about the Softs to better appreciate this. What kind of bass is he playing? It says Fender, but it looks guitar scale and six strings? which would have been odd for that time.

[BassLudeman]

@twtom I think its actually a baritone guitar

[trevorlines2]

@twtom Babbington played a Fender VI , which is a six-string bass guitar - quite simply this is a standard guitar an octave lower. To put another way this is a normal 4-string bass guitar E, A, D, G plus 2 higher strings B, E. Until 6-string basses with high C and low B came in this was what was normally meant by a six-string bass guitar. If you watch "Let It Be" you can see Lennon with one. To further build up the guitar aspect of this instrument they came with a whammy bar!

[BassLudeman]

MY GOD

[neroxpokefan]

super duper man!

[RocketShipX41]

Amazing stuff! I can hardly wait to see the whole thing.

[grayguy]

This must have been recorded between the releases of 6 and 7. Hugh has been replaced by Roy Babbington. But, who is the other sax player that appears around 02:40 Lastly, is the guitarist Gary Boyle? Didn't realise he ever played with the Softs.

[BassLudeman]

@grayguy Yes, its Gary Boyle, and the saxophonist is Art Themen. SM first plays a set by themselves, and then Hugh comes in and they play 1983, and then they carry on without Hugh, and with Themen and Boyle.

[naga3717]

Yeeha! Awesome!!!