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The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)

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Released
  
December 1968

The Soft Machine(1968)
  
Volume Two(1969)

Release date
  
December 1968

Producers
  
Chas Chandler, Tom Wilson

Length
  
41.30

Artist
  
Soft Machine

Label
  
Probe Records

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Recorded
  
April 1968 at Record Plant Studios, New York City

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Canterbury scene, Psychedelic rock

Similar
  
Soft Machine albums, Canterbury scene albums, Other albums

The Soft Machine (also titled "Volume One" as a reissue) is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, released in 1968.

Contents

Overview

Founded in 1966, Soft Machine (one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene) recorded and released this studio album during their 1968 tour of the USA. It was produced by Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson.

This album fused psychedelic rock with jazz and soft rock, making it highly experimental. The work on this album was one of the essential roots in progressive rock and jazz-fusion.

Track listing


Live performances of "We Did It Again" were sometimes as long as 45 minutes.


The 2009 Remastered Edition includes as bonus tracks also "Love Makes Sweet Music" and "Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin'", respectively Side A and Side B of their first single, issued in 1967.

Personnel

  • Robert Wyatt – drums, lead vocals
  • Mike Ratledge – Lowrey Holiday De Luxe organ, piano (on 13)
  • Kevin Ayers – bass, lead vocals (on 10 and 12), backing vocals (on 7 and 9), piano (on 5)
    • Additional personnel
  • Hugh Hopper – bass (on 13)
  • The Cake – backing vocals (on 12)

    • Songs

    1Hope for Happiness4:22
    2Joy of a Toy2:50
    3Hope for Happiness (reprise)1:39

    References

    The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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