Bottom right, BBC transcription disc!!! Has this been issued as a CD set, I know some SM BBC stuff has appeared on legit issue.
Third is now reissued on 180 gr audiophile double vinyl set by Music On Vinyl... anyone who knows something about what source they used? original masters or sony remastered as on the double cd set that was released a couple years ago? I have an italian original press but it has to be the worst cut vinyl i have ever heard, so i was thinking of getting the reissue... http://www.musiconvinyl.com/releases/Soft_Machine/Third
I just ordered Turns On 2 and Jet-Propelled Photographs (finally.) Am thinking about Middle Earth Masters, too, for a blast of the Ayers trio...anybody have that? Comments? Wha..?! Interesting; I would've guessed Third based on very little apart from how often I've seen it in peoples' collections and in the shops.
Pretty terrible sound quality (not as bad as the Voiceprint albums, but still...), however there's stuff on there that's unique enough to make it all worthwhile. 'Disorganization' and a really long 'I Should Have Known' are highlights. If you already have enough of the other Cuneiform CDs, you need this one too, but I wouldn't start the collection with it.
I just wanted to jump in and state my love for Soft Machine and its various members and incarnations! One of my favorite compilations is the 3 LP set Triple Echo, especially the third and fourth sides, which showcases the only recordings made by the seven-piece line-up. (This is also available on the BBC Radio 1967 - 1971 CD set, but there is something special about this set, as my friend Paul indicated to me, and he's right.) I also highly recommend Jet-Propelled Photographs, Noisette, BBC, Backwards, and Virtually...as well as everything in the standard cannon.
Fifth (1972) All White (Mike Ratledge) Drop (Ratledge) M. C. (Hugh Hopper) As If (Ratledge) L B O (John Marshall) Pigling Bland (Ratledge) Bone (Elton Dean)
My favourite of the post-Wyatt albums; perhaps the most (last?) organic Softs release in their modern jazz period.
Six 1973 Fanfare All White Between Riff 37½ Gesolreut E.P.V. Lefty Stumble 5 From 13 (For Phil Seamen With Love & Thanks) Riff II The Soft Weed Factor Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (For B.O.) Chloe And The Pirates 1983
Seven (1973) 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. The German lesson 12. The French lesson
I gave this question a shot in another thread but no dice... Does anybody know which the superior digital source for "Love Make Sweet Music" b/w "Feelin' Reelin' Squeezin'"? The two options are the "Out-Bloody Rageous: An Anthology" compilation from 2005 and the "Soft Machine Volume One" remaster on EMI/Polydor from 2009. Any help would be appreciated.
This album is excellent, and I discovered it by accident! I was looking for Soft Machine CDs in my local shop's jazz section and noticed the Soft Mountain index card. Looking at the credits I was surprised to see Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper. Six bucks later it was mine. The star of Soft Mountain IMO is Hoppy Kamiyama, who is simply put a force of nature. His whirlwind of jazz-rock madness is utterly overwhelming. Great roomy production on the drums that really captures his full impact. Essential for SM fans.
Bundles (1975) Hazard Profile Hazard Profile Part One Part Two (Toccatina) Part Three Part Four Part Five - Gone Sailing Bundles Land Of The Bag Snake The Man Who Waved At Trains Peff Four Gongs Two Drums The Floating World
I like Bundles quite a bit. It seems to get a bad rap from many Soft Machine fans, so I avoided it for years, but when I finally picked up a copy, I thought it was quite good. It is quite different from other SM albums, and really fits more into the Gong Gazeuse or Shamal kind of sound, but if you don't expect Soft Machine and just let it be its own thing, it performs quite well. The See For Miles CD and the original UK LP both sound fine, as I recall.
Softs (1976) Aubade The Tale Of Taliesin Ban-Ban Caliban Song Of Aeolus Out Of Season Second Bundle Kayoo The Camden Tandem Nexus One Over The Eight Etika
I kind of feel sorry that they decided to switch towards jazz after two great psychedelic LPs. Wish they kept in a vein of Ayers and Wyatt than Routledge and Hopper.
Live, released in 2003 Songs / Tracks Listing CD 1: (66:45) 1. Clarence in Wonderland (2:57) 2. We Know What You Mean (3:11) 3. Certain Kind (3:38) 4. Hope for Happiness (4:37) 5. Strangest Scene Recorded (aka Lullaby Letter) (4:55) 6. Facelift / Mousetrap / Noisette / Backwards / Mousetrap Reprise (11:54) 7. The Moon in June (13:02) 8. Instant Puss y (3:19) 9. Slightly All the Time / Out Bloody Rageous / Eamonn Andrews (19:12) CD 2: (60:51) 1. Virtually (9:58) 2. Fletcher's Blemish (12:11) 3. Neo-Caliban Grides (7:34) 4. Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening (2:46) 5. Eamonn Andrews / All White (7:11) 6. Mousetrap / Noisette / Backwards / Mousetrap Reprise / Esther's Nose Job (21:11)