Soft Machine I & II (Import) (CD) ~ Soft Machine (Artist) Cover Art

Vols. 1 & 2 (CD)

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A pioneering British psychedelic group in the late 1960s, Soft Machine eventually developed a unique, forward-thinking brand of jazz-rock tinged with progressive/experimental touches. As the leading light of the "Canterbury scene" (a loosely knit collection of like-minded Canterbury, Kent, England-based bands which also included Caravan and Gong), the combo came to define the jazz-rock genre and was hugely influential to the burgeoning jazz fusion and experimental rock scenes. Soft Machine is also notable as a springboard for the successful later careers of several of its members, including Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Allen Holdsworth, Andy Summers. Originally based around surreal, heady, rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic deconstructions of conventional pop song structures, Soft Machine's music eventually morphed into a much looser, more improvisational style that found favor with fans of American acts such as Weather Report and Return to Forever. After the departure of prime mover Wyatt, Soft Machine continued on in various incarnations for several decades, but to much less acclaim.

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DISC 1 for Vols. 1 & 2 (CD) Album By Soft Machine (Artist)
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   Certain Kind, A
7   Save Yourself
8   Priscilla
9   Lullaby's 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. 1
15   Concise British Alphabet Pt. 1, A
16   Hibou, Anenome And Bear
17   Concise British Alphabet Pt. 2, A
18   Hulloder
19   Dada Was Here
20   Thank You Pierrot Lunaire
21   Have You Ever Been 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   Door Opens And Closes, A
30   10:30 Returns To The Bedroom
 

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Title Note

2 LPs on 1 CD.

A pairing of Soft Machine's first two albums, an astounding set of music that hasn't been repeated or equaled by anyone else since. Mixing rampant experimentalism with a well-grounded sense of human scale, Hugh Hopper's bass playing and Mike Ratledge's electric piano and organ playing were both freely embellished with sonic innovations. Robert Wyatt's drumming drew more from jazz and Elvin Jones than rock music, not unlike Mitch Mitchell in the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Here Robert Wyatt's distinctive singing voice is a fragile and subtly beautiful instrument that is expressive in an utterly honest, near-conversational way. Kevin Ayers, who was responsible for a wide-eyed folk-rock element in Soft Machine's early songwriting, left after the first album. However, the band's overall sound was so distinctive that this change was easily absorbed.

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