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Batman
Forum Newbie Joined: November 25 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 31 |
Topic: The Soft Machine Posted: November 26 2005 at 00:35 |
I've heard a lot of good things about the Soft Machine, and I just heard a song by them called "10:30 Goes To The Bedroom" or something along those lines, and I like it a lot. Right now I can only get one album, so which one should I get?
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you can never have too much Phil Collins! |
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Stiefel
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 13 2005 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 153 |
Posted: November 26 2005 at 03:11 |
of course their masterpiece 'Third' |
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TheProgtologist
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
Posted: November 26 2005 at 03:40 |
I like the albums Bundles,Land of Cockayne and Third.
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Syzygy
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 05:17 |
The first two albums are available as a single CD and are very much in the style of the track you heard (which comes from volume 2). Start with that or the brilliant Third.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
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The Wizard
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 18 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7341 |
Posted: November 26 2005 at 09:01 |
There is a wonderful compilation called "Out-Blood Rageous" tha covers their golden age, 1968-1973.
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salmacis
Forum Senior Member Content Addition Joined: April 10 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3928 |
Posted: November 26 2005 at 15:26 |
I'd say that as an introduction, the 2cd anthology 'Out Bloody Rageous' is hard to beat. However, you can't go wrong with the first three albums, which have imagination aplenty, and arguably influenced the Krautrock genre more than any other UK prog band did. However, thereafter, the flair and imagination was largely lost; the albums that followed were not bad by any means, but they were relatively stagnant jazz fusion affairs. They did gain a second wind when they signed to Harvest, yet there were no original members left after a while. Indeed, the band by this point had more members of Nucleus than they did Soft Machine... |
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Bj-1
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Posted: November 26 2005 at 17:12 |
Get Third, Fourth or Bundles
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
EXERIOR Experimental tech/death/progmetal from Norway! |
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Batman
Forum Newbie Joined: November 25 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 31 |
Posted: November 26 2005 at 23:51 |
I'm thinking I'll get Third. Not only does it seem the best choice, it is conveniently the only one available at the store I plan on getting it at
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you can never have too much Phil Collins! |
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italprogfan
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 29 2005 Status: Offline Points: 146 |
Posted: November 27 2005 at 00:51 |
third. without a doubt. |
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Dick Heath
Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12799 |
Posted: November 27 2005 at 17:37 |
Excellent suggestion - at least tracks from the first two albums have been remastered (good choices) for this 2005 release and there is half of Third including Moon In June . |
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TimothyLeary
Forum Groupie Joined: November 27 2005 Status: Offline Points: 56 |
Posted: November 27 2005 at 21:26 |
don`t forget live in nyc 1974 allan holdsworth era
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The Wizard
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 18 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7341 |
Posted: November 27 2005 at 21:35 |
I never knew Holdsworth was in the Soft Machine! Amazing guitarist, by the way. |
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TimothyLeary
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 21:38 |
he got around and indeed is afine musician
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ElwoodHerring
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 12 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 232 |
Posted: November 27 2005 at 21:51 |
I bet not a lot of people know that Andy Summers ("Police") was briefly in Soft Machine too!
http://www.mp3.com/the-soft-machine/artists/4712/biography.h tml |
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Right the Copyright Wrongs (Bill Thompson's BBC blog - essential reading!) |
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NutterAlert
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 07 2005 Location: In transition Status: Offline Points: 2807 |
Posted: November 30 2005 at 04:46 |
I still like first the best with Ayers/Ratlidge/Wyatt.
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Dick Heath
Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12799 |
Posted: November 30 2005 at 08:36 |
Got Soft Machine's British Tour yesterday form Amazon.UK - really good quality and excellent performance; strongly recommended it as an example of the Soft Machine immediately before its collapse
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ANDREW
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 21 2005 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 3064 |
Posted: November 30 2005 at 09:25 |
i'll give you some recommendations...
THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS ARE PSYCHEDELIC ORIENTED, WHILE "JET PROPELLED...." ARE RECORDINGS AS A WHOLE BEFORE THE FIRST ALBUM:1967. "THIRD" IS THEIR MASTERPIECE:PROGRESSIVE JAZZ-ROCK AT HIS BEST!
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roaryg
Forum Groupie Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 73 |
Posted: November 30 2005 at 21:15 |
-- I bet not a lot of people know that Andy Summers
("Police") was briefly in Soft Machine too! Wow, interesting little piece of info. I never knew that, and have been a fan since the 70s. Edited by roaryg |
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Tim
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