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Soft Machine - Softs flac album
  • Performer Soft Machine
  • Title Softs
  • Date of release 1976
  • Country UK
  • Style Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Prog Rock
  • Other formats VOC MPC MMF WMA WAV DMF TTA
  • Genre Jazz / Rock
  • Size MP3 1796 mb
  • Size FLAC 1664 mb
  • Rating: 4.4
  • Votes: 630

Soft Machine are an English rock and jazz band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966, named after the novel The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene.

The Soft Machine (also titled "Volume One" as a reissue) is the debut album by the British jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1968. 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. The work on this album was one of the essential roots in progressive rock and jazz-fusion.

Published By – Soft Machine Publishing Company Limited. Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios. Manufactured By – EMI Records Ltd. Distributed By – EMI Records Ltd. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse. Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – John Etheridge. Artwork - Michael Mann Studios, London. EMI Records Ltd. Hayes, Middlesex, England. Made and printed in Great Britain. Matrix, Runout (Label Side A): SHSP. Matrix, Runout (Label Side B): SHSP.

Softs is the ninth studio album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1976. John Etheridge replaced Allan Holdsworth on guitar shortly after the release of the previous album, Bundles, and Alan Wakeman, cousin of keyboardist Rick Wakeman, took over saxophone duties from Karl Jenkins. Karl would play keyboards exclusively from this point onward.

Soft Machine - The Soft Machine (1968). Songs in album Soft Machine - The Soft Machine (1968). 1. Hope For Happiness.

On Softs more than ever before, Soft Machine was Jenkins' band; he composed fully seven of the LP's 11 tracks, making the album a vehicle for his own artistic conception.

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Of course, SOFT MACHINE being SOFT MACHINE, personel changes occured once again with the departure of ALLAN HOLDSWORTH after just one album being replaced by JOHN ETHERIDGE. Also KARL JENKINS gave up the horns and concentratred to play the keyboards. ALAN WAKEMAN was hired to take over tenor and soprano saxes. Most importantly, as widely expected considering its shrinking role in the band, former leader MIKE RATLEDGE left discreetly. He is still present on SOFTS, but only on 2 tracks and the worst is that he is listed as . uest!!! MIKE RATLEDGE guesting! in his own band he created and led!!!.

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Aubade
A2 The Tale Of Taliesin
A3 Ban-Ban Caliban
Synthesizer – Mike Ratledge
A4 Song Of Aeolus
Synthesizer – Mike Ratledge
B1 Out Of Season
B2 Second Bundle
B3 Kayoo
Written-By – John Marshall
B4 The Camden Tandem
Written-By – John Etheridge, John Marshall
B5 Nexus
B6 One Over The Eight
Written-By – Alan Wakeman, John Etheridge, John Marshall, Roy Babbington
B7 Etika
Written-By – John Etheridge

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Credits

  • Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – John Etheridge
  • Art Direction – Peter Shepherd
  • Artwork [Lettering] – Brian Palmer
  • Bass – Roy Babbington
  • Drums, Percussion – John Marshall
  • Engineer – John Leckie
  • Executive-Producer, Design Concept – Sean Murphy
  • Photography By – Guido Harari
  • Piano, Electric Piano, Piano [Pianette], Synthesizer [String, Minimoog], Orchestrated By – Karl Jenkins
  • Producer – Soft Machine
  • Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Alan Wakeman
  • Tape Op – Pat Stapley
  • Written-By – Karl Jenkins (tracks: A1 to B2, B5, B6)

Notes

Recorded at Abbey Road Recording Studios, Spring 1976.
Photography - (Milano).
Artwork - Michael Mann Studios, London.

(P) 1976
All Titles (C) of Soft Machine Pub. Co. Ltd. MCPS.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): 5C 062-97761-A11HL28643-1-Y
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): 5C062-97761-B11HL 28644-1-Y
  • Rights Society: STEMRA/MCPS

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SHSP 4056, OC 062 · 97761 Soft Machine Softs ‎(LP, Album) Harvest, Harvest SHSP 4056, OC 062 · 97761 UK 1976
ECLEC 2202 Soft Machine Softs ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Unofficial) Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 2202 Russia 2010
SEE CD 285 Soft Machine Softs ‎(CD, Album, RE) See For Miles Records Ltd. SEE CD 285 UK 1990
SEE 285 Soft Machine Softs ‎(LP, Album, RE) See For Miles Records Ltd. SEE 285 UK 1990
2J 062-97761, SHSP.4056 Soft Machine Softs ‎(LP, Album) Harvest, Harvest 2J 062-97761, SHSP.4056 Greece 1976