The Enid Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1979

[icemcc44]

its me, bob from 2E2

[drumshowcase]

Wonderful! Everything I like about music - pompous (yes manmaas) and grand. Epic piece of music. A bygone era when every musician had to be able to play and deliver!

[20smallcigars]

I saw the Enid a few times back in the 80s, awesome band. They made a hell of a racket for three or four people!!

[JJ62]

Some fantastic white lionels worn by the guitarist there...

[1956gooner]

Unfortunately I missed the Enid first time round, now getting into them. What a great band, also loved the RJG work for Barclay James Harvest, there was only one way for them to go after he stopped working with the. Thanks for the posting, hope to catch you live soon.

[niacom8]

I was dragged by a girlfriend to an Enid gig at The Marquee in the summer of '79. I was right at the front, squashed against an amp with no escape, and it was probably the most unpleasant two hours of my entire life.

[hawklord60]

ahhhh wonderful memories !! cheers RJ

[manmaas]

Thank god I saw through this pompous nonsense and embraced punk.

[yaybestos]

@manmaas I am so happy for you, I hope you are now content

[manmaas]

@yaybestos I appreciate your concern! Contentment? I never sought it. I'm as angry now as I became back then. I grew up with the politics of my age, I think if I'd continued to follow Enid I would have ended up pursuing an engineering degree rather than one in the Arts. Enid fitted a rather pastoral and nostalgic view of england and left out all the awkward politics of the time. Fair enough, its what they were about and I was initially attracted to it. However, poetry is not always enough.

[MrTulip65]

kind of cool seeing this audience of long-haired students (predominantly?) - politely chanting for an encore...gentle young people compared to some of the audiences attending shows around the same time by The Ruts, or Killing Joke, for instance - they're not trendy or "rock 'n' roll", and they care not a jot...it's a bit like The Proms. I know I may be generalising, but I mean well ;))

[G0UDG]

I saw the enid back in the 80's the year the roland g707 guitar synthe was released he was and still is the only guitarist ive seen use that to its full potenial absolutley amazing

[20smallcigars]

I remember seeing The Enid live a few times back in the 80s. Even met Bob G briefly at a gig in Edinburgh.

Fantastic band, what an event to see them live.

[fannyjemwong]

SON REALMENTE INCREÍBLES , TODA UNA MAREA EMOCIONAL .

UN PLACER DISFRUTAR DE SU ARTE

SALUDOS

FANNY JEM WONG

[dogleeds]

I feel anscient....

I was at Victoria Palace theatre (helping visitors to their seats) in 1977, I had never heard of these people, and was "blown away"..... I have six original albums, but still come back to the fand. A few years ago i checked their website, more of an honour to RJG, then today found the updated website (earlier this week they were in Gloucester)....

My my, how times change, but they are still awesome....

[DaleWrecker]

I remember when I discovered this group. It was early eighties, and I found "Six Pieces" in a music shop around here. I looked everywhere, and for years I wasn't able to find anything else except an LP with "Fand". Now I am buying all their CD's.

[gzp303]

this is real good,even though my dad likes it!

[judith69plyr]

I remember hearing this particular track live in about 1986, absolutely amazing, Robert still composing some brilliant music. Looking forward to seeing them again at least twice this year.

[alanpitfall]

Great music, but it could have done with a few less dense sections here and there. Say, like just 4 recorders or solo Kalimba or something. It's called contrast.

[qusnakaal]

I think I was there too and I think I remember them playing God Save the Queen too. I'd never listened to their albums before and was hooked straight away!

[howe1955]

I have this on tape somewhere and im sure they ended the night by playing god save the queen.

[kjrossblackmore]

willy gilmour. HERO!

[maydaygalliard]

For the 'gearheads' out there: forget the gear! It's the composition, orchestration, and musicality that makes this incredible! :)

But OK - I saw them several times in the 70s and here's what they used then:

Keys: 2 x Solina string ensembles, Fender Rhodes piano, Minimoog (x2?), ARP Pro Soloist, Crumar Brassman, + an electric organ of some kind.

Francis: Gibson 335 originally, later the Peavey guitar seen here

Steve: Gibson SG with tremolo

Terry: usually used a Rickenbacker, but not in this vid

[stoogemaniac]

I am stunned I never heard of this band until I read about the band on the Nearfest website. This performance was incredible, especially for 1979!

[helstontvx]

sounds like dr who incidental

[podinspace]

Saw the gig last last night at Leeds.... it was a pleasure....keep going!!

[davidr9503]

Thank you for posting this!.I was at this gig and many other Enid concerts in the 70`s. Beautiful wonderous music...such great memories. Thank you.

[CalRichards]

Received the DVD of this concert a couple of days ago. A magnificent record of a truly unique band in one of its finest incarnations.

Robert Godfrey is hugely underrated as a pioneer of synthesizer orchestration and as a composer.

[janea57]

So many wonderful memories! I am getting SO excited about the Birmingham gig now!

[Knightarea]

Dear Mister Godfrey,

This is really awesome, thanks for posting this incredible and good sounding piece of music!

While watching; I discovered a Solina/Arp stringensemble, a Minimoog and I know you also use a very rare type of RMI organ?

Please can you tell us what keys you worked with in the period 1974-1985?

The brass sounds are amazing.

Loads of fun and succes at NEARfest 2010!!!

Kind Greetings,

Gerben and Joop Klazinga

[schragemusik]

A note to any youngster who might stumble across this - this was all PLAYED live. No tapes, no records, no computers, no choreographers, no miming - it was being PLAYED as it was being filmed.

[Gigamacdaddy]

@schragemusik WOW REALLY MUSIC WAS PLAYED LIVE? HURR I NEVER KNEW THAT. THANKS I JUST ASSUMED THIS VIDEO WAS PERFECTLY IMPOSED OVER THE AUDIO HURRRRR

[schragemusik]

I wonder why it is that a sarcastic response to sarcasm always looks so utterly naff and childish?

[MrGrumpyAberdeen]

What memories I grew up listening to these guys remember The Stand,all members. One of another I've still got the original t shirt,You guys were my Beatles. ROBERT JOHN YOU ARE A GENIUS

[schragemusik]

Best band ever.

[RobertJohnGodfrey]

There is a mistake on these credits: robert@theenidi,org is the corect email for info about how to get a copy of the full DVD

[mikeplusplus]

Does anyone know what guitar Steve used? Was it hand-made?

[progjazzfusion]

@mikeplusplus - the guitarist on the right in white shirt is playing a peavey guitar. i dont know who 'steve' is, but thats a common cheap late 70's peavey ash body guitar that many kids had back then as starter guitars.

[ChrisMoonmadness]

Eeuh... the email adress at the end of the video appears to be a faulty one. Anyone got the right one?

[ChrisMoonmadness]

So this is the recording Francis Lickerish recently 'found' again? Wow... this is the best copy we have seen and heard so far.... release it on DVD a.s.a.p. This is just stunning quality.

[mikeplusplus]

That's brilliant!

Can you still jump around like that Francis?

[acousticguitar123]

A joy to watch and this brings back great memories.Cheers.

[MrSpacepig]

Brilliant, and the quality appears to be much better than previous official releases. Put me down for a copy too!

Thanks for posting this one.

[tonyhenfrey]

Pure excellence ill be emailing Marcus for that DVD thanks Robert and The Enid