Wonderful to see this again! Thank you for posting it. I was there for this set and it was great to see them again after I’d seen them a few weeks before the festival. I saw them again afterwards at least one more time before they disappeared. Always enjoyed Gracious!!
Bought this album after my first wagepacket in 1970. Still have it and listen to occasionally. Track. The dream. Best ever surreal representation of a typical dream scanario. Sheer genius.
THANK YOU!!!! I have always loved their LP (Gracious) and never thought I could see them live.........and here I could! Too bad they didn't go on as a band and recording more LP.....they sure had the potential to become a big band.
As well you should ! Time doesn't always diminish the value of things the proof is right here in this live performance hell even with equipment failure they in my opinion still delivered on their eerily haunting Magnum Opus Supernova. Move over Major Tom !
What a great find. Never heard of them until now, but thanks to the uploader and YT I can enjoy some really good old school prog rock. Over the last few months I've been playing this quite a lot.
Oh awesome! I discovered gracious through your videos and was so happy when the first two albums were put up on ITunes earlier this year! Thanks so much for more video!
Thanks for the upload, much appreciated! Regarding other obscure acts from the early 70’s which deserve recognition, did you have the opportunity to meet/hear “Sunday” or “9:30 Fly” ? Lastly, curious about the project “Shuttah”. Do you know who these folks were ? Such a mystery ….
Hi Rob, I hope you remember me from 12 years ago! I asked you some questions about your time in Gracious. I was hoping to be able to get in touch with you again, but I think the UA-cam messaging function has disappeared. Glad to see another video from you!
Saw them back in 1970, third band on a four band night at the Braintree Institute. Uriah Heep were the main band - most people walked out soon after Uriah Heep started playing. Gracious! were by far the better band.
Cheers Robert! Now since seeing the older video first I have this question: towards the end of that video it was announced your Melly has "packed up" - I thot that was British slang for "busted"...but what is this sound of Violins in my ears, surely.... (your answer typed here)
Never heard of this band. Very raw and I see they borrowed a little from floyd. I hear some Interstellar Overdrive. Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd did that back in 67 with John Lennon in the audience pretty cool, you should check it out if you haven't seen it
It almost sound like astronomy domain? Different key Their in key of C instead of open E. (At 2: 51) The bass note is C. Now (this before my time. I’m 58. At that time during late 60s, I don’t see lot of bands ‘guitar players’ down pick rhythm barr chords. (pre metal /punk) guitarist. Acid metal wasn’t a genre but stoners during 70s called rock cola Judas Priest sad wings destiny 75 /76 acid metal. Also (In trance) 1975 was definitely acid metal. Nobody played like uli jon Roth. Yet people say Ritchie Blackmore. Uli roth was terrifying with squalid feedback. Influences Hendrix and ‘Bach’ long before yng-yang malmsteen came out.
This band sounds like they didn’t tighten up. You people like bands trying to figure parts out on stage. (If you’re looking for parts on stage (riffs) you’ve got a problem. It’s NO fun looking for parts on stage.
What a dumb comment. Gracious were a fantastic prog band with one LP already out during performance and their second laid down, just not pressed yet. Should you ever take the time to listen to either , “Gracious” or “This is Gracious” you will understand the talent onstage. This is 1970 proper and the only thing this band was trying to figure out that evening was how to get their mellotron to function properly with all cassettes.
Wonderful to see this again! Thank you for posting it. I was there for this set and it was great to see them again after I’d seen them a few weeks before the festival. I saw them again afterwards at least one more time before they disappeared. Always enjoyed Gracious!!
This made my day. Two of my favourite Gracious tunes back to back. Never thought I'd ever see any footage of them. Thanks for posting.
Bought this album after my first wagepacket in 1970.
Still have it and listen to occasionally. Track. The dream. Best ever surreal representation of a typical dream scanario. Sheer genius.
worth some money now!
THANK YOU!!!! I have always loved their LP (Gracious) and never thought I could see them live.........and here I could! Too bad they didn't go on as a band and recording more LP.....they sure had the potential to become a big band.
I agree. I’ve always thought they were an influence on Genesis.
2 lps.
wow. after all those years i still love gracious. what a band
As well you should ! Time doesn't always diminish the value of things the proof is right here in this live performance hell even with equipment failure they in my opinion still delivered on their eerily haunting Magnum Opus Supernova. Move over Major Tom !
WOW.
thank god it was filmed.
many thanks for posting
👌
Great to finally see the “Windy Day” video. Thank you, Robert!
What a great find. Never heard of them until now, but thanks to the uploader and YT I can enjoy some really good old school prog rock. Over the last few months I've been playing this quite a lot.
Oh awesome! I discovered gracious through your videos and was so happy when the first two albums were put up on ITunes earlier this year! Thanks so much for more video!
Circumstances 🙄 you did good guys 👍
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH
Thanks for the upload, much appreciated!
Regarding other obscure acts from the early 70’s which deserve recognition, did you have the opportunity to meet/hear “Sunday” or “9:30 Fly” ?
Lastly, curious about the project “Shuttah”. Do you know who these folks were ? Such a mystery ….
Hi Rob, I hope you remember me from 12 years ago! I asked you some questions about your time in Gracious. I was hoping to be able to get in touch with you again, but I think the UA-cam messaging function has disappeared.
Glad to see another video from you!
Amazing
I have the Gracious tunes from 68-69 on that obscure complilation CD of several bands.. May I upload them?
Yes, please.
Why not
Grande gruppo che meritava più fortuna
Saw them back in 1970, third band on a four band night at the Braintree Institute. Uriah Heep were the main band - most people walked out soon after Uriah Heep started playing. Gracious! were by far the better band.
Wow ! 😮
Do you think the rest of the audience where digging Gracious also ?
@@anticleiaquinngarcia67196 definitely so.
Cheers Robert! Now since seeing the older video first I have this question: towards the end of that video it was announced your Melly has "packed up" - I thot that was British slang for "busted"...but what is this sound of Violins in my ears, surely.... (your answer typed here)
I’m not Rob, but I assume that he meant that a specific sound on the mellotron didn’t work, which is why they couldn’t play the rest of Supernova.
Far out!
Never heard of this band. Very raw and I see they borrowed a little from floyd. I hear some Interstellar Overdrive. Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd did that back in 67 with John Lennon in the audience pretty cool, you should check it out if you haven't seen it
It almost sound like astronomy domain? Different key
Their in key of C instead of open E. (At 2: 51) The bass note is C. Now (this before my time. I’m 58. At that time during late 60s, I don’t see lot of bands ‘guitar players’ down pick rhythm barr chords. (pre metal /punk) guitarist. Acid metal wasn’t a genre but stoners during 70s called rock cola Judas Priest sad wings destiny 75 /76 acid metal. Also (In trance) 1975 was definitely acid metal. Nobody played like uli jon Roth. Yet people say Ritchie Blackmore. Uli roth was terrifying with squalid feedback. Influences Hendrix and ‘Bach’ long before yng-yang malmsteen came out.
Some Sabbath and doom metal vibes at times, pretty cool, never heard of them before...
Is the god you're talking about yahweh, a.k.a. moloch?
Whatever is that bass?
Looks like a Gibson sg bass surprised its fender
Sorry I was getting mixed up with the guitarist
This band sounds like they didn’t tighten up. You people like bands trying to figure parts out on stage. (If you’re looking for parts on stage (riffs) you’ve got a problem. It’s NO fun looking for parts on stage.
What a dumb comment. Gracious were a fantastic prog band with one LP already out during performance and their second laid down, just not pressed yet. Should you ever take the time to listen to either , “Gracious” or “This is Gracious” you will understand the talent onstage. This is 1970 proper and the only thing this band was trying to figure out that evening was how to get their mellotron to function properly with all cassettes.