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Man In A Deaf Corner (Anthology 1963 - 1970)
By Soft Machine
Label: Comma (Japan)
Released: 2004
Live In Paris
By Soft Machine
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Disk 1: Plain Tiffs; All White; Slightly All The Time; Drop; M.C.; Out-Bloody-Rageous
Disk 2: Facelift; And Sevens; As If; LBO; Pigling Bland; At Sixes
Soft Machine: Facelift
by John Kelman
First, let's get one thing out of the way. Facelift , another in Voiceprint's ongoing series of live Soft Machine performances, comes from an audience recording by bassist Hugh Hopper's brother Brian. Not only is the quality decidedly lo-fi, but the tape machine actual slows down and speeds up on a couple of occasions, making this ...
Soft Machine: Live 1970
by John Kelman
Between Cuneiform Records and the Voiceprint/Blueprint label, Soft Machine fans have been exposed to a diversity of archival live material. Some of it may be of a decidedly lo-fi quality, but the performances and contexts far outweigh any sonic deficiencies. These live performances demonstrate how rapidly Soft Machine, through a plethora of personnel changes, evolved from ...
Soft Machine: Live at the Paradiso 1969
by John Kelman
In a recent interview guitarist Nels Cline described seeing John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra as “...like having all your body hair singed off in one fell swoop." Similar words could be used to describe British progressive rockers Soft Machine on Live at the Paradiso 1969. Their raw energy and sheer power, recorded in Amsterdam shortly before the ...
Soft Machine: Somewhere in Soho
by John Kelman
A few months after the recordings that would result in an undisputed classic of progressive rock/jazz, Third , Soft Machine had pared down from an octet to a leaner, meaner quartet. Remaining were keyboardist Mike Ratledge, bassist Hugh Hopper, drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt and a relative newcomer, saxophonist Elton Dean, who would continue to drive the group ...
Soft Machine: Live In Paris
by John Kelman
Following an aborted experiment with free drummer Phil Howard, Soft Machine recruited ubiquitous drummer John Marshall to fill out a version of the quartet that ultimately recorded one side of an album and performed about twenty shows before saxophonist Elton Dean left, feeling that the group was not free enough, not a “real" jazz band. The ...
