UPC: 886977814426
Format: CD (5 disc)
Release Date: Oct 25, 2010
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The Soft Machine includes: Kevin Ayres (guitar); Mike Ratledge (organ); Robert Wyatt (drums); Daevid Allen.
Includes liner notes by Arnold Shaw.
The 1968 debut by Canterbury's legendary Soft Machine introduced a spirited new breed of progressive pop musicians, one that was as influenced by free jazzers and folk purists as it was by the Beatles. Where many British prog musicians were po-faced wankers, the Softs brought a pervasive new sense of adventure and fun to the arena.
Drummer Robert Wyatt, bassist/guitarist Kevin Ayers, and multi-instrumentalist wizard Mike Ratledge were bound by few constraints in terms of their interests and influences. However, like many debut efforts by progressive bands, VOLUME ONE occasionally seems a bit tentative in spots, with the band's more experimental explorations somewhat hampered by conventional song structures. The glorious exception is Ayers' classic "Why Are We Sleeping?," possibly the first English prog classic. VOLUME ONE sounds positively fascinating, especially in light of the Soft Machine's later work.
Includes liner notes by Arnold Shaw.
The 1968 debut by Canterbury's legendary Soft Machine introduced a spirited new breed of progressive pop musicians, one that was as influenced by free jazzers and folk purists as it was by the Beatles. Where many British prog musicians were po-faced wankers, the Softs brought a pervasive new sense of adventure and fun to the arena.
Drummer Robert Wyatt, bassist/guitarist Kevin Ayers, and multi-instrumentalist wizard Mike Ratledge were bound by few constraints in terms of their interests and influences. However, like many debut efforts by progressive bands, VOLUME ONE occasionally seems a bit tentative in spots, with the band's more experimental explorations somewhat hampered by conventional song structures. The glorious exception is Ayers' classic "Why Are We Sleeping?," possibly the first English prog classic. VOLUME ONE sounds positively fascinating, especially in light of the Soft Machine's later work.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Facelift
2 - Slightly All the Time
3 - Moon in June
4 - Out-Bloody-Rageous
Disc 2:
1 - Teeth
2 - Kings and Queens
3 - Fletcher's Blemish
4 - Virtually, Pt. 1
5 - Virtually, Pt. 2
6 - Virtually, Pt. 3
7 - Virtually, Pt. 4
Disc 3:
1 - All White
2 - Drop
3 - M C
4 - As If
5 - L B O
6 - Pigling Bland
7 - Bone
8 - All White [Take Two]
Disc 4:
1 - Fanfare
2 - All White
3 - Between
4 - Riff
5 - 37½
6 - Gesolreut
7 - E.P.V.
8 - Lefty
9 - Stumble
10 - 5 From 13
11 - Riff II
12 - Soft Weed Factor
13 - Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (for B.O)
14 - Chloe and the Pirates
15 - 1983
Disc 5:
1 - Nettle Bed
2 - Carol Ann
3 - Day's Eye
4 - Bone Fire
5 - Tarabos
6 - D.I.S.
7 - Snodland
8 - Penny Hitch
9 - Block
10 - Down the Road
11 - German Lesson
12 - French Lesson
1 - Facelift
2 - Slightly All the Time
3 - Moon in June
4 - Out-Bloody-Rageous
Disc 2:
1 - Teeth
2 - Kings and Queens
3 - Fletcher's Blemish
4 - Virtually, Pt. 1
5 - Virtually, Pt. 2
6 - Virtually, Pt. 3
7 - Virtually, Pt. 4
Disc 3:
1 - All White
2 - Drop
3 - M C
4 - As If
5 - L B O
6 - Pigling Bland
7 - Bone
8 - All White [Take Two]
Disc 4:
1 - Fanfare
2 - All White
3 - Between
4 - Riff
5 - 37½
6 - Gesolreut
7 - E.P.V.
8 - Lefty
9 - Stumble
10 - 5 From 13
11 - Riff II
12 - Soft Weed Factor
13 - Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (for B.O)
14 - Chloe and the Pirates
15 - 1983
Disc 5:
1 - Nettle Bed
2 - Carol Ann
3 - Day's Eye
4 - Bone Fire
5 - Tarabos
6 - D.I.S.
7 - Snodland
8 - Penny Hitch
9 - Block
10 - Down the Road
11 - German Lesson
12 - French Lesson