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Soft Machine - Soft Machine - Vol 1 & 2 (CD) (UK Import)

Soft Machine - Soft Machine - Vol 1 & 2 (CD) (UK Import)

Artist: Soft Machine

Music Genre: Rock

Cat No
CDWIKD 920
Released
1989
Pressing
UK
Styles
Psychedelic Rock, Experimental

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ArtistSoft Machine
FormatCD
LabelBig Beat Records
Catalogue no.CDWIKD 920
GenreRock
Released1989
Barcode0029667492027

Soft Machine — Volumes One And Two
Format: CD • Label: Big Beat Records (CDWIKD 920) • Released: 1989 • Pressing: UK • Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Experimental

Tracklist:
1. Hope For Happiness
2. Joy Of A Toy
3. Hope For Happiness (Reprise)
4. Why Am I So Short?
5. So Boot If At All
6. A Certain Kind
7. Save Yourself
8. Priscilla
9. Lullabye Letter
10. We Did It Again
11. Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle
12. Why Are We Sleeping?
13. Box 25/4 Lid
14. Pataphysical Introduction - Pt I
15. A Concise British Alphabet - Pt I
16. Hibou, Anemone And Bear
17. A Concise British Alphabet - Pt II
18. Hulloder
19. Dada Was Here
20. Thank You Pierrot Lunaire
21. Have You Ever Bean Green?
22. Pataphysical Introduction - Pt II
23. Out Of Tunes
24. As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still
25. Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening
26. Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging
27. Pig
28. Orange Skin Food
29. A Door Opens And Closes
30. 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom

Imported from the UK.

About the artist

English rock & jazz band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966, named after the novel The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs.

Years active:
1966–1968
1969–1978
1978–1983 (offshot band Soft Head), followed by Soft Heap
1980–1984
1999–2002 (pre-reformation band Soft Ware)
2002–2004 (pre-reformation band Soft Works)
2004–2015 (as Soft Machine Legacy)
2015–present

Other offshot bands featuring core members Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean were briefly created during the 2000s: Soft Bounds & Soft Mountain.

Current members:
● John Etheridge – guitar (1975–1978, 2015–present)
● Theo Travis – saxophone, flute, piano (2015–present)
● Fred T. Baker - bass (2022–present)
● Asaf Sirkis - drums (2023-present)

Guest/Substitute musicians:
● Nic France – drums, percussion (at least for one show: on 26 March 2016 in Sheffield Green, East Sussex, UK; substitute for John Marshall)
● Fred T. Baker - bass (substituted for Roy Babbington for 2022 dates, prior to becoming a full member)

Former members:
● Mike Ratledge – keyboards, flute (1966–1968, 1969–1976; died 2025)
● Robert Wyatt – drums, vocals, keyboards, bass (1966–1968, 1969–1971)
● Kevin Ayers – bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards (1966–1968; died 2013)
● Daevid Allen – guitar, vocals, bass (1966–1967; died 2015)
● Larry Nowlin – guitar (1966)
● Andy Summers – guitar (1968)
● Hugh Hopper – bass, saxophone, guitar (1968–1973; died 2009)
● John Marshall – drums, percussion (1971–1984, 2015–2022)
● Elton Dean – saxophone, keyboards (1969–1972; died 2006)
● Lyn Dobson – flute, saxophone (1969–1970)
● Mark Charig – cornet (1969)
● Nick Evans – trombone (1969)
● Phil Howard – drums (1971)
● Karl Jenkins – oboe, saxophone, keyboards, synthesisers (1972–1984)
● Allan Holdsworth – guitar (1973–1975; died 2017)
● Roy Babbington – bass (1973–1976, 2015–2022)
● Alan Wakeman – saxophone (1976)
● Ray Warleigh – saxophone (1976; died 2015)
● Ric Sanders – violin (1976–1978)
● Percy Jones – bass (1976–1977)
● Steve Cook – bass (1977–1978)

Source: Discogs

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