Land of Cockayne (album)

Land of Cockayne is the final album by the band Soft Machine, released in 1981. By this point, the band contained none of its original members. The title refers to the medieval land of plenty.

The album came about as the result of a project based around top session musicians in which Jenkins and Marshall had been involved. The ad hoc band, Rollercoaster, had recently recorded the Stevie Wonder tribute album Wonderin' and decided to record another album together.^[2] Many of the musicians included on the Cockayne album would make up Soft Machine's final live line-up which played a six-night residency at Ronnie Scott's in 1984.

Track listing

All compositions by Karl Jenkins.

Side one

1. "Over 'n' Above" – 7:24
2. "Lotus Groves" – 4:57
3. "Isle of the Blessed" – 1:56
4. "Panoramania" – 7:07
5. "Behind the Crystal Curtain" – 0:53

Side two

1. "Palace of Glass" – 3:22
2. "Hot-Biscuit Slim" – 7:27
3. "(Black) Velvet Mountain" – 5:10
4. "Sly Monkey" – 5:00
5. "A Lot of What You Fancy..." – 0:35

Personnel

• Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synths
• John Marshall – drums, percussion

with

• Jack Bruce – bass
• Allan Holdsworth – lead guitar
• John Taylor – electric piano
• Ray Warleigh – alto saxophone, bass flute
• Dick Morrissey – tenor saxophone
• Alan Parker – rhythm guitar
• Stu Calver – backing vocals
• John Perry – backing vocals
• Tony Rivers – backing vocals

References

External links

• Soft Machine: Land of Cockayne at Discogs (list of releases)