The Soft Machine (album)
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| Studio album by The Soft Machine | ||
| Released | Dec 1968 | |
| Recorded | Record Plant Studios, New York City, April 1968 | |
| Genre | psychedelic rock | |
| Length | 41.30 | |
| Label | USA: ABC Probe CPLP 4500 France: Barclay |
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| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler, Tom Wilson | |
| The Soft Machine chronology | ||
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| (none) | The Soft Machine (1968) |
Volume Two (1969) |
The Soft Machine, as reissue also titled "Volume One", is the debut album by the british psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene.
The band, founded in 1966, recorded and released this studio album during their 1968 tour of the USA. It was produced by Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson.
[edit] Track listing
Side 1
- "Hope for Happiness" (Brian Hopper, Kevin Ayers, Michael Ratledge) – 4:21
- "Joy of a Toy" (Ayers, Ratledge) – 2:49
- "Hope for Happiness (reprise)" (B. Hopper, Ayers, Ratledge) – 1:38
- "Why Am I So Short?" (Hugh Hopper, Ayers, Ratledge) – 1:39
- "So Boot if At All" (Ayers, Ratlege, Robert Wyatt) – 7:25
- "A Certain Kind" (H. Hopper) – 4:11
Side 2
- "Save Yourself" (Wyatt) – 2:26
- "Priscilla" (Ratledge, Ayers, Wyatt) – 1:03
- "Lullabye Letter" (Ayers) – 4:32
- "We Did It Again" (Ayers) – 3:46
- "Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle" (Ayers) – 1:03
- "Why Are We Sleeping?" (Ayers, Ratledge, Wyatt) – 5:30
- "Box 25/4 Lid" (Ratledge, H. Hopper)
[edit] Musicians
- Robert Wyatt - drums, lead vocals
- Kevin Ayers - bass, vocals (on 10 & 11), backing vocals (on 7 & 9), piano (on 5)
- Mike Ratledge - keyboards
plus
- Hugh Hopper - bass (on 13)
- Cake - backing vocals (on 12)
[edit] References
| Soft Machine |
| Daevid Allen | Kevin Ayers | Elton Dean | Hugh Hopper | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt |
| Roy Babbington | John Etheridge | Karl Jenkins | John Marshall |
| Steve Cook | Marc Charig | Lyn Dobson | Nick Evans | Jimmy Hastings | Allan Holdsworth | Brian Hopper | Ric Sanders | Alan Skidmore | Rab Spall | Andy Summers | Alan Wakeman |
| Discography |
| Regular albums: |
| The Soft Machine (1968) | Volume Two (1969) | Third (1970) | Fourth (1971) |
| Five (1972) | Six (1973) | Seven (1973) | Bundles (1975) | Softs (1976) | Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) |
| Related articles |
| Canterbury Sound - Jazz fusion - Wilde Flowers |
