Historic TV footage of very early Canterbury music

The following video comes from one of the discs we found among Phil’s collection and contains some wonderful old TV footage including Caravan, National Health and Kevin Ayers on The Old Grey Whistle Test and a very young Michael Parkinson interviewing Soft Machine.

The quality is far from great, and the footage seems to have been recorded by pointing a cine camera at a television. Nevertheless, I do think it is of real historical interest and although I have seen snippets of the footage on YouTube, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the whole compilation anywhere else. (search: Phil Miller Legacy)

Kevin Ayers - John Cale - Eno - Nico ‎– June 1, 1974 (1974, LP, England)

June 1, 1974 is a live album of songs performed at the Rainbow Theatre in London on the titular date. The album is officially attributed to Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno and Nico, although other well-known musicians, including Mike Oldfield, Robert Wyatt and Ollie Halsall, also contributed to the concert.

Side A

A1. "Driving Me Backwards" (Eno) (6:07)

A2. "Baby's on Fire" (Eno) (3:52)

A3. "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley) (5:19)

A4. "The End" (John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) (9:14)

Side B

B1. "May I?" (5:30)

B2. "Shouting in a Bucket Blues" (5:07)

B3. "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" (3:27)

B4. "Everybody's Sometime and Some People's All the Time Blues" (4:35)

B5. "Two Goes into Four" (2:28)

Musicians:

Robert Wyatt – percussion (A1/3, B1/3, B5)
Mike Oldfield – lead guitar (B4), acoustic guitar (B5)
Doreen Chanter – backing vocals (A3)
Liza Strike – backing vocals (A3)
Irene Chanter – backing vocals (A3)
Ollie Halsall – piano (A1), guitar (A2/3, B4), lead guitar (B1/3), acoustic guitar (B5)
John "Rabbit" Bundrick – organ(A1/3 & B1/5), organ, piano, electric piano (B1/3)
Archie Leggatt – bass guitar (A1/3 B1/3, B5)
Eddie Sparrow – drums(A2/3 B1/3), bass drum (A1), tympani (B5)