1975: Mind of a Child



Soft Machine, Jule Tippetts, Nick Mason, and Mongezi Feza, 1975​

Robert Wyatt, 1991​

John Peel, 1975​





Tanglewood Tails, 1975​

Hazard Profile (Part 1) Hazard Profile (Part 2) Hazard Profile (Part 3) Hazard Profile (Part 4) Hazard Profile (Part 5) The Floating World The Man Who Waved at Trains Peff (Drum Solo)



Caravan, 1975​

Robert Wyatt, 1991​

Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss Virgin on the Ridiculous Be Alright / Chance of a Lifetime The Love in Your Eye L’Auberge Du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A Hunting We Shall Go (Reprise) The Dog, The Dog, He’s at it Again For Richard Hoedown





Gong, 1975​

Daevid Allen, 1975​

Daevid Allen, 2012​

A Sprinkling of Clouds I Never Glid Before I've Bin Stone Before Mister Long Shanks/O Mother The Isle of Everywhere I Am Your Fantasy Master Builder





Pink Floyd, 1975​

Kevin Ayers, 2001​

Speak to Me Breathe (in the Air) On the Run Time The Great Gig in the Sky Money Us and Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse Echoes



Hatfield and the North, 1975​

Phil Miller, 1975​

Intro God Song Big John Wayne Greasy Spoon The Yes No Interlude Fitter Stoke Has a Bath Calyx Underdub Lobster in Cleavage Probe Part of the Dance Nan’s True Hole Gigantic Land Crabs... ...in Earth Takeover Bid Mumps Pt. 1 Share It Lounging There Trying Oh What a Lonely Lifetime Big John Wayne Socks Another Going Up To People Tinkling





Kevin Ayers with Soft Machine, 1975​

Robert Wyatt, 1975​

Robert Wyatt, 1991​

The Lady Rachel Dedicated to You But You Weren’t Listening Memories Clarence in Wonderland Whatevershebringswesing Mind of a Child There is Loving, Among Us, There is Loving Margaret Instant Pussy Signed Curtain We Did It Again Why Are We Sleeping A Crazy Gift of Time I’m a Believer

Decorated to Rob, But You Weren’t Listening



The Lady Rachel (7:18) [1] Dedicated to You But You Weren’t Listening (1:30) [1] Memories (3:16) [1] Clarence In Wonderland (5:01) [1]

Whatevershebringswesing (6:45) [1] Mind of a Child (5:25) [1] There Is Loving,Among Us,There Is Loving (7:01) [1] Margaret (3:28) [1]

Instant Pussy (4:24) [1] Signed Curtains (5:00) [1] We Did It Again (11:04) [1]

Why Are We Sleeping? (12:27) [1] A Crazy Gift of Time (5:07) [1] I’m a Believer (7:14) [1]

The sun rises on the morning of March 28th, 1975. Already at Hyde Park were Robert Wyatt, Nick Mason, Hugh Hopper, some members of Gong (including Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth), a group of hired staff, Master of Ceremonies John Peel, and the first act of the concert: Tanglewood Tails.By 10:00 AM, a crowd had already formed at the venue. The crowd’s mood was one of excitement and anticipation. Journalist Mick Farren described the crowd as “A gathering of the UK underground world, everyone from Steve Peregrin Took to Arthur Brown, all to presence the concert.” At exactly 12:29 PM, the park would give applause as John Peel entered the stage, with a microphone in hand.With resounding applause, Tanglewood Tails took the stage, playing material from their latest albumSince releasing, they had expanded their lineup, adding a guitarist for the first time in the band’s history, Allan Holdsworth, who much like every member at that point except for founder Mike Ratledge, was a former member of Nucleus. The inclusion of a guitarist gave their compositions a more melodic sound than before, thanks to Holdsworth’s contributions. Their setlist is as follows:Caravan, whose original members were from The Wilde Flowers, were a band who by 1975 had gone through several lineup changes. Their lineup at the time included Pye Hastings on guitar, Richard Coughlan on drums, Geoffery Richardson on viola and violin, Dave Sinclair on keyboards, and relative newcomer Mike Wedgwood on bass. They arrived at the venue shortly after Tanglewood Tails started their set, and they walked onto stage at about 1:36 PM.Their setlist is as follows:Up next in the concert was Gong. According to some sources, before starting their setlist proper, the band played the first few bars of the Soft Machine song (later rerecorded on Daevid Allen’s solo albumseemingly in response to John Peel’s earlier joke regarding the song at Allen’s expense. This, however, was never caught on tape.The rest of their set was a standard Gong setlist, full of the psychedelic zaniness for which the band was infamous. Despite his commitment to performing with Soft Machine later in the concert, Allen left the venue almost immediately after Gong’s set ended, due to exhaustion.Their setlist is as follows:Out of all the acts to perform at the concert that March 28th in Hyde Park, Pink Floyd were the one to get the most cheer and applause out of the crowd. Before their set began, Gilmour came on stage, giving his thanks to Wyatt for organizing the concert, and for getting everyone together that afternoon for such a great event. He then told of the band’s intention to play all ofand, if they had time,before startingDuring the encore of Echoes, Kevin Ayers had arrived backstage.Their setlist is as follows:Despite the nervousness of the band due to the pressure of following up such a large act, Hatfield and the North still managed to pull a ‘respectable show’ according to Mick Farren. They were joined by Robert Wyatt on vocals on the song. Some of the songs they played were also part of the 1972-1973-era of Soft Machine, albeit reworked slightly. Their setlist is as follows:Robert Wyatt was the first member to come onto the stage, receiving a standing ovation from the audience. He greeted the audience, before rolling to center stage, positioning himself between a mixer and keyboards. He said that the mixer was not actually plugged in, but it would give him “something to do with my hands”, and that he would “probably not” play the keyboards since he had not done so during rehearsals. Kevin Ayers stepped on stage next, guitar in hand, a cigarette in the other. Up next was Mike Ratledge, performing with the Softs for the first time in 5 years, he sat behind his electric organ, waving at the cheerful audience. Hugh Hopper then followed Ratledge, tuning his bass.The guest musicians came onto the stage as they were introduced by Wyatt, all greeted with great applause by the crowd. The band’s setlist consisted of several songs ranging from all of the band’s discography, the only album not being represented beingTwo songs, however, were songs never performed by Soft Machine up to that point, those beingwritten and sung by Julie Tippets, and the encore, an extended version of, which had the previous year become Wyatt’s greatest hit. Their setlist is as follows:The concert was considered a great success, with £15,500 reportedly raised for Wyatt and his family. When asked if a more proper Soft Machine reunion, with new material, was to be expected, Wyatt said that “probably not, it was a one-time deal and we’re all ready to move on”. Later backstage, Kevin Ayers met up with Roger Waters as he’d been asked to do. Waters told Ayers that he had heard his songsometime before that, and had something to show him that was “sort of similar”. He had a tape machine with him, having used it for Pink Floyd’s set earlier that day, and he loaded it with a particular tape, before pressing play. Ayers listened closely as an ambiance drone of wine glasses and keyboard effects came in, before four notes played.Released: August 16th, 1975Top position in UK charts: #13Top position in US charts: #50Track sources:[1] - Custom mix by Loulou, DM either of us for linkSo, ladies and gentlemen, we are basically at the end of the timeline at this point. This is admittedly a short one, yet it is better this way rather than unnecessarily stretching it out. There will be one final post, consisting of an epilogue post summing up all of the major events that happen to the present day, as well as showing any albums that are different from OTL that haven't been brought up in the timeline yet. After this, me and Loulou shall return to working on Something Creative . I hope to see you all there!