Volume Two

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Volume Two
Studio album by The Soft Machine
Released	April 1969
Recorded	Olympic Sound, London, February-March 1969
Genre	Rock
Length	33:36
Label	Probe SPB 1002
Producer(s)	The Soft Machine, executive: Mike Jeffrey
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The Soft Machine chronology
The Soft Machine (1968)	Volume Two (1969)	Third (1970)

Volume Two is an LP by The Soft Machine, first released in 1969. Its music introduces a jazz influence to the sort of humour and psychedelia present on "volume one": The Soft Machine (1968).

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

Rivmic Melodies

1. "Pataphysical Introduction - part I" (Robert Wyatt) - 1:01
2. "A Concise British Alphabet - part I" (Hugh Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:10
3. "Hibou Anemone and Bear" (Mike Ratledge, Wyatt) - 5:59
4. "A Concise British Alphabet - part II" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:12
5. "Hullo Der" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:54
6. "Dada Was Here" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 3:26
7. "Thank You Pierrot Lunaire" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:49
8. "Have You Ever Bean Green?" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 1:19
9. "Pataphysical Introduction - part II" (Wyatt) - 0:51
10. "Out of Tunes" (Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt) - 2:34

[edit] Side two

Esther's Nose Job

1. "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" (Ratledge, Wyatt) - 2:35
2. "Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening" (Hopper) - 2:32
3. "Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging" (Ratledge) - 1:51
4. "Pig" (Ratledge) - 2:09
5. "Orange Skin Food" (Ratledge) - 1:47
6. "A Door Opens and Closes" (Ratledge) - 1:10
7. "10:30 Returns to the Bedroom" (Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt) - 4:13

[edit] Personnel

• Brian Hopper - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Hugh Hopper - bass guitar, alto saxophone
• Mike Ratledge - keyboards, flute
• Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals

[edit] References

• Soft Machine biography at www.progarchives.com
• Discography at calyx.club.fr

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)

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