Terry Riley

I wonder if the minimalist concert (of the music of Riley, Souster and other related composers) that formed the first set of the 1970  Rock Proms, (the Soft Machine closing set is better known e.g. as the 2nd CD in the Third remastered set), still is held in Radio 3's archives? I have memories of MIke Ratledge playing in this set along with a number of other underground musicians of the period plus composer Tim Souster - and I've yet to have my thought be proved right or wrong,that Jon Lord was also involved,. The minimalist or (least in this part of the world, at the time) cyclic music was strongly  influential on Townshend, Ratledge, Karl Kenkins and Francis Monkman (who can be heard playing several bars of Rainbow In Curved Air on the live recording of Curved Air's  Proposition - and where did that band get their name from?).

Edited by Dick Heath - June 16 2011 at 05:08

Dick Heath wrote: I wonder if the minimalist concert (of Riley, Souster and other compositions) that formed the first set of the 1970  Rock Proms, (of which the Soft Machine closing set is better known e.g. as the 2nd CD in the Third remastered set), still is held in Radio 3's archives? I have memories of MIke Ratledge playing in this set along with a number of other underground musicians of the period plus composer Tim Souster - and I've yet to have my thought that Jon Lord was involved, be proved right or wrong. The minimalist or (least in this part of the word at the time) cyclic music was strongly  influential on Townshend, Ratledge, Karl Kenkins and Francis Monkman (who can be heard playing several bars of Rainbow In Curved Air on the live recording of Curved Air's  Proposition - and where did that band get their name from?

   Quite agree about Riley influence on Ratledge, Jenkins and Monkman, about Townshend it's obvious with Baba o Riley, i think he was an influence for Tangerine Dream too (Ricochet)