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Posted: November 30 2015 at 18:53 |
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Posted: November 30 2015 at 09:29 |
 AZF wrote:
So you first heard it as part of the "Triple Echo" compilation? And yeah, it's a really beautiful piece of music. The only thing wrong with it is the tracklisting on "The Peel Sessions" make it seems like three different tracks you can listen to separately, as opposed to the continuous blast it is. |
That's right - part of the fun was trying to figure out when one piece ended and the other began.
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 10:11 |
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I've really fallen hard for their first. Is it the best. Nah, probably not. I love listening to it though. I think We did it again was my track of the week last week, I had that CD in my pickup and I was terrorizing pedestrians and other vehicles all week as I be-bopped down the road with air drums a playing.
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If I'd heard what you were listening to I would have joined in! I really think that should have been a single. I know singles are not what Prog is known for, and there is a chance it would have caused more problems and probably sped up the collapse of the band so they never had the career they had. But in my world, "We Did It Again" was a big UK hit and every 60's compilation has it playing after "A Whiter Shade Of Pale". Much to the horror and confusion of the people who listened to 60's compilations!
"Oh right... I forgot that band existed..."
And yeah, in full accordance over the drumming on that track. It starts off following it and keeping the track intact before basically going off on one in the last minute.
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 08:30 |
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I've really fallen hard for their first. Is it the best. Nah, probably not. I love listening to it though. I think We did it again was my track of the week last week, I had that CD in my pickup and I was terrorizing pedestrians and other vehicles all week as I be-bopped down the road with air drums a playing.
I was a late comer to the Softs, as far as really digging them, but that really only extends to the first 4. Still really not a fan of their later stuff.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 08:09 |
Six
Third
Volume 2
Haven't heard anything after Seven though.
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Posted: November 27 2015 at 11:02 |
HackettFan wrote:
2, 3, 4. The very first one is good too, but the poll asks for three choices only. The music is great in spite of the terrible recording quality; terrible production.
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Posted: November 26 2015 at 13:21 |
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first 3
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Posted: November 26 2015 at 11:25 |
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I have just listened to 'Slightly All the Time etc.' from the BBC Sessions - it is wonderful, wonderful stuff even 38 years on from when I first heard it as a 15 year old!
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So you first heard it as part of the "Triple Echo" compilation? And yeah, it's a really beautiful piece of music. The only thing wrong with it is the tracklisting on "The Peel Sessions" make it seems like three different tracks you can listen to separately, as opposed to the continuous blast it is.
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Posted: November 26 2015 at 04:24 |
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I have just listened to 'Slightly All the Time etc.' from the BBC Sessions - it is wonderful, wonderful stuff even 38 years on from when I first heard it as a 15 year old!
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Posted: November 25 2015 at 17:33 |
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The one just after the second and slightly before the fourth.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Posted: November 25 2015 at 11:46 |
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Onetwothreewithtwobeingmyabsolutefaveoverall!
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Posted: November 25 2015 at 11:21 |
Thanks for voting! (And voting again and again)
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Posted: November 23 2015 at 03:52 |
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The BBC sessions are an interesting one as they contain the only material put down by the short-lived 7-piece line up (that had been pared down to the 4-piece by the time 'Third' was recorded - apart from Lyn Dobson's contribution to Facelift). That album 67-70 contains some of the best 'studio' work by the Softs, which introduced it to me when I bought 'Triple Echo' when it came out in 77.
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Posted: November 22 2015 at 12:38 |
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2, 3, 4. The very first one is good too, but the poll asks for three choices only. The music is great in spite of the terrible recording quality; terrible production. I find their later jazz albums, like 7 in particular, very dull and uninspired. Soft Heap is good, though.
Edited by HackettFan - November 22 2015 at 12:40
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Posted: November 22 2015 at 12:19 |
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The poll only allows you to vote for one, so naturally I picked Bundles.
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Posted: November 22 2015 at 08:38 |
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Number 2
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Posted: November 22 2015 at 08:24 |
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 19:51 |
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Third is one of those once in a lifetime recordings and my fav but after that I prefer the later period of Seven and Bundles. Being a huge Nucleus fan is part of the appeal of Seven through Softs when Jenkins arrived.
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 18:42 |
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SM 6 is my least fave, had it for decades and it still does very little for me (bar Chloe And The Pirates and 1983). The live half feels very 'sterile' to me. Even Alive And Well In Paris is more exciting for me.
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 18:16 |
Top 3 Soft Machine Albums:
Soft Machine (debut) Third Fourth
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