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by Soft Machine, The
Artist: Soft Machine
Label: Harvest, EMI
Catalog#: SHTW 800, OC 153-99 090/1/2
Format: Vinyl, Box Set
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1977-03
Tracklist
A1 Love Makes Sweet Music 2:27
  Notes:

Bass - Daevid Allen
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Guitar - Kevin Ayers
Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Chas Chandler
Written-By - Kevin Ayers
A2 Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin' 2:50
  Notes:

Bass, Vocals - Kevin Ayers
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Guitar, Whistle, Backing Vocals - Daevid Allen
Piano, Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Kim Fowley
Written-By - Kevin Ayers
A3 Memories 2:58
  Notes:

Bass - Kevin Ayers
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Guitar - Daevid Allen
Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Giorgio Gomelsky
Written-By - Hugh Hopper
A4 She's Gone 2:29
  Notes:

Bass - Kevin Ayers
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Guitar - Daevid Allen
Piano, Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Giorgio Gomelsky
Producer - Joe Boyd
Voice [Barely Audible Aphorism] - William S. Burroughs
Written-By - Kevin Ayers
A5 Why Am I So Short? / So Boot If At All / A Certain Kind 13:13
  Notes:

Bass, Piano - Kevin Ayers
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Chas Chandler
Producer - Tom Wilson
Written-by [So Boot If At All] - Kevin Ayers
Written-by [So Boot If At All] - Mike Ratledge
Written-by [Why Am I So Short? / A Certain Kind] - Hugh Hopper
Written-by [Why Am I So Short? / So Boot If At All] - Robert Wyatt
B1 We Did It Again / Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle / Why Are We Sleeping? 10:32
  Notes:

Backing Vocals [Why Are We Sleeping?] - Cake
Bass, Vocals - Kevin Ayers
Drums, Backing Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Chas Chandler
Producer - Tom Wilson
Written-By - Kevin Ayers
Written-by [Why Are We Sleeping?] - Mike Ratledge
Written-by [Why Are We Sleeping?] - Robert Wyatt
B2 A Concise British Alphabet (Part 2) / Hullo Der / Dada Was Here / Thank You Pierrot Lunaire / Have You Ever Been Grean? / 7:33
  Notes:

Bass - Hugh Hopper
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Piano, Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Soft Machine
Saxophone - Brian Hopper
Written-By - Robert Wyatt
Written-by [A Concise British Alphabet (part 2) / Hullo Der / Dada Was Here / Thank You Pierrot Lunaire / Have You Ever Been Grean?] - Hugh Hopper
B3 As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still 2:34
  Notes:

Bass - Hugh Hopper
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Piano, Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Soft Machine
Written-By - Mike Ratledge
Written-By - Robert Wyatt
B4 Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening 2:33
  Notes:

Acoustic Guitar - Hugh Hopper
Harpsichord - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Soft Machine
Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Written-By - Hugh Hopper
C1 The Moon In June 13:00
  Notes:

Bass - Hugh Hopper
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Piano, Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - John Walters
Written-By - Robert Wyatt
C2 Esther's Nose Job 11:57
  Notes:

Alto Saxophone - Elton Dean
Bass - Hugh Hopper
Cornet - Marc Charig
Drums, Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Organ, Electric Piano - Mike Ratledge
Producer - John Walters
Soprano Saxophone - Lyn Dobson
Trombone - Nick Evans
Written-By - Mike Ratledge
D1 Mousetrap / Noisette / Backwards / Mousetrap Reprise 8:46
  Notes:

Alto Saxophone - Elton Dean
Bass - Hugh Hopper
Cornet - Marc Charig
Drums - Robert Wyatt
Organ, Electric Piano - Mike Ratledge
Producer - John Walters
Soprano Saxophone - Lyn Dobson
Trombone - Nick Evans
Written-by [Backwards] - Mike Ratledge
Written-by [Mousetrap / Noisette / Mousetrap Reprise] - Hugh Hopper
D2 Slightly All The Time / Out Bloody Rageous / Eamonn Andrews 15:19
  Notes:

Alto Saxophone - Elton Dean
Bass - Hugh Hopper
Drums - Robert Wyatt
Organ, Electric Piano - Mike Ratledge
Producer - John Walters
Written-By - Mike Ratledge
E1 Teeth 9:13
  Notes:

Alto Saxophone - Elton Dean
Bass - Hugh Hopper
Cornet - Marc Charig
Double Bass - Roy Babbington
Drums - Robert Wyatt
Electric Piano, Organ - Mike Ratledge
Executive Producer - Sean Murphy
Producer - Soft Machine
Tenor Saxophone - Alan Skidmore
Trombone - Nick Evans
Written-By - Mike Ratledge
E2 Kings And Queens 5:01
  Notes:

Bass - Hugh Hopper
Cornet - Marc Charig
Drums - Robert Wyatt
Electric Piano - Mike Ratledge
Executive Producer - Sean Murphy
Flute [Alto] - Jimmy Hastings
Producer - Soft Machine
Saxello - Elton Dean
Trombone - Nick Evans
Written-By - Hugh Hopper
E3 All White 6:05
  Notes:

Bass - Hugh Hopper
Drums - Phil Howard
Electric Piano - Mike Ratledge
Executive Producer - Sean Murphy
Producer - Soft Machine
Saxello - Elton Dean
Written-By - Mike Ratledge
E4 Bone 3:28
  Notes:

Bass, Pipe [Whirling Pipe] - Hugh Hopper
Executive Producer - Sean Murphy
Organ - Mike Ratledge
Percussion - John Marshall
Producer - Soft Machine
Recorder - Elton Dean
Written-By - Elton Dean
F1 Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album 5:55
  Notes:

Bass - Hugh Hopper
Drums - John Marshall
Executive Producer - Sean Murphy
Piano - Karl Jenkins
Piano, Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Soft Machine
Written-By - Mike Ratledge
F2 Carol Ann 3:46
  Notes:

Bass - Roy Babbington
Electric Piano - Karl Jenkins
Executive Producer - Sean Murphy
Producer - Soft Machine
Synthesizer - Mike Ratledge
Written-By - Karl Jenkins
F3 Hazard Profile (Part 1) 9:16
  Notes:

Bass - Roy Babbington
Drums - John Marshall
Executive Producer - Sean Murphy
Guitar - Allan Holdsworth
Organ - Mike Ratledge
Producer - Soft Machine
Soprano Saxophone, Electric Piano - Karl Jenkins
Written-By - Karl Jenkins
F4 The Tale Of Taliesin 7:14
  Notes:

Bass - Roy Babbington
Drums - John Marshall
Executive Producer - Sean Murphy
Guitar - John Etheridge
Piano, Synthesizer [String] - Karl Jenkins
Producer - Soft Machine
Written-By - Karl Jenkins
Credits

Compiled By - Al Clark
Notes

Released in a box with closing flaps on two sides.
Every disc is housed in a separate printed inner sleeve.
Compilation of the first 10 years of the group.
Track A1 recorded January 1967 at Advision; released as a single 17/2/67. ℗ 1967 Polydor Records Ltd.
Track A2 recorded January 1967 at CBS; released as 'B' side of 'Love Makes Sweet Music' 17/2/67. ℗ 1967 Polydor Records Inc.
Track A3 recorded April 1967 at De Lane Lea; one of numerous demos recorded at this time. Subsequently turned up five years later on 'Rock Generation Vol.8' (French LP). ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track A4 recorded June 1967 at Sound Techniques. Intended as a single but never released. Demo version, appears on same LP as 'Memories'. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Tracks A5 & B1 recorded April 1968 at The Record Plant, New York; released December 1968 on LP 'The Soft Machine' (Probe CPLP 4500). ℗ 1968 ABC Records Lt./Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Tracks B2, B3 & B4 recorded February 1969 at Olympic; released April 1969 on LP 'Volume Two' (Probe SPB 1002). ℗ 1969 ABC Records Ltd./Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track C1 recorded June 10th 1969 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 21/6/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. An entirely different version to the one which appeared a year later on the LP 'Third'. Much of the lyric was written especially for this recording. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track C2 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; transmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. This and the four tracks in D1 are the only recordings made by the ambitious but short-lived seven-piece line-up. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track D1 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; tranmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. Different versions of 'Noisette' and 'Backwards' - which concludes 'Slightly All The Time' - can be found on the LP 'Third', 'Mousetrap' has never appeared before on record. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track D2 recorded May 4th 1970 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 16/5/70 on programme 'Top Gear'. Highly extended versions of 'Slightly All The Time' and 'Out Bloody Rageous' can be found on the LP 'Third'. 'Eamonn Andrews' can't be found anywhere else. Release date of 'Third' (CBS 66246): 6/6/70. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Tracks E1 & E2 recorded November 1970 at Olympic; released 28/2/71 on LP 'Fourth' (CBS 64280). ℗ 1971 CBS Records Ltd.
Track E3 recorded November 1971 & track E4 recorded February 1972 at Advision; released 23/6/72 on LP 'Fifth' (CBS 64806). ℗ 1972 CBS Records Ltd.
Track F1 recorded November 1972 at CBS; released 2/2/73 on LP 'Six' (CBS 68214). ℗ 1973 CBS Records Ltd.
Track F2 recorded July 1973 at CBS; released 5/10/73 on LP 'Seven' (CBS 65799). ℗ 1973 CBS Records Ltd.
Track F3 recorded July 1974 at CBS; released 4/4/75 on LP 'Bundles' (Harvest SHSP 4044). ℗ 1975 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track F4 recorded March 1976 at Abbey Road; released 25/6/76 on LP 'Softs' (Harvest SHSP 4056). ℗ 1976 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Tracks A1 to A4, C1 to D2 are recorded mono only.
Made and printed in Great Britain
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