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NTS Guide to: The Canterbury Scene
NTS Guide to: The Canterbury Scene
07 Aug 2025 · Canterbury

NTS Guide to: The Canterbury Scene

A two-hour introduction to the curious avant-garde rock scene that developed independently in the late 1960s and 1970s in the quiet cathedral city of Canterbury, birthing legendary prog bands such as The Soft Machine, and Caravan.

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Tracklist

  • 0:00:10
    Gong
    Cos You Got Green Hair
  • 0:05:03
    Gong
    Other Side Of The Sky
  • 0:15:05
    Caravan
    Love Song With Flute
  • The Soft Machine
    A Certain Kind
  • Robert Wyatt
    Sea Song
  • Gong
    Other Side Of The Sky
  • Arzachel
    Garden Of Earthly Delights
  • Matching Mole
    Instant Pussy
  • Caravan
    And I Wish I Were Stoned
  • Robert Wyatt
    Shipbuilding
  • Caravan
    In The Land Of Grey And Pink
  • The Soft Machine
    Why Are We Sleeping?
  • Gong
    Change The World
  • Kevin Ayers feat. Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge
    Song For Insane Times
  • Arzachel
    Queen St. Gang
  • Carol Grimes, Delivery
    We Were Satisfied
  • Soft Machine
    Moon In June
  • Egg
    Long Piece No. 3, Part 2
  • Keith Tippett
    Black Horse
  • Henry Cow
    Extract From 'With The Yellow Half-Moon And Blue Star'
  • Supersister
    No Tree Will Grow (On Too High A Mountain)
  • Gong
    A Sprinkling Of Clouds
  • Kevin Ayers
    Decadence