Soft Machine 1970 DVD available to order now!

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At long last the Soft Machine DVD featuring a live performance captured by French Television in 1970 is now available to purchase. The concert was filmed in March 1970 at the Theatre de la Musique in Paris France and features the line up of

Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals
Hugh Hopper - bass
Mike Ratledge - Lowrey organ & Hohner pianet
Elton Dean - alto sax & saxello
Lyn Dobson - soprano sax, flute, voice & harmonica

The set list is below and is certainly one to get long time admirers of this most unique of British bands who are the acknowledged leaders of the "Canterbury Sound"

More details and a low quality sample can be seen at the website www.softmachinedvd.com  

This release really is one for the fans of Soft Machine who are universally considered to be the premier group of the Canterbury Scene

Available for the first time EVER on DVD - never released on before even on VHS the film has many plus points for the long time Soft Machine fan.

    * Lovingly restored from the original master

    * Sound track re mastered.

    * 8 page booklet

    * Extensive sleeve notes by Aymeric Leroy

    * Approved by the band

www.softmachinedvd.com

Part 1 :
Facelift (18:57)
Eamonn Andrews (7:17)
Backwards / Mousetrap reprise (4:08)

Part 2 :
Out-Bloody-Rageous (15:45)
RW vocal improv (2:53)
Esther's Nosejob (9:53)

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Cesar Inca Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 4888	Topic: Soft Machine 1970 DVD available to order now! Posted: March 12 2008 at 09:44
	Soft Machine 1970 DVD available to order now! At long last the Soft Machine DVD featuring a live performance captured by French Television in 1970 is now available to purchase. The concert was filmed in March 1970 at the Theatre de la Musique in Paris France and features the line up of Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals Hugh Hopper - bass Mike Ratledge - Lowrey organ & Hohner pianet Elton Dean - alto sax & saxello Lyn Dobson - soprano sax, flute, voice & harmonica The set list is below and is certainly one to get long time admirers of this most unique of British bands who are the acknowledged leaders of the "Canterbury Sound" More details and a low quality sample can be seen at the website www.softmachinedvd.com This release really is one for the fans of Soft Machine who are universally considered to be the premier group of the Canterbury Scene Available for the first time EVER on DVD - never released on before even on VHS the film has many plus points for the long time Soft Machine fan. * Lovingly restored from the original master * Sound track re mastered. * 8 page booklet * Extensive sleeve notes by Aymeric Leroy * Approved by the band www.softmachinedvd.com Part 1 : Facelift (18:57) Eamonn Andrews (7:17) Backwards / Mousetrap reprise (4:08) Part 2 : Out-Bloody-Rageous (15:45) RW vocal improv (2:53) Esther's Nosejob (9:53)

Verwuestung Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 02 2006 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 105	Posted: March 12 2008 at 10:02
	yikes!!! that's awesome.. I hope it reaches tower records here in israel.. if not I just might have to order it. especially if out-bloody-rageous is on there.. too bad it doesn't contain slightly all the time but you can't have it all...

fuxi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 08 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2459	Posted: March 12 2008 at 12:39
	Verily, 't is like a dream come true...

Cesar Inca Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 4888	Posted: March 12 2008 at 12:59
	There is a bootleg CD with this line-up: now we'll have the full package, sound and vision.

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19630	Posted: March 13 2008 at 12:08
	Fantastic stuff Cesar. Thanks
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword

Frippertron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 09 2005 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 387	Posted: March 13 2008 at 16:46
	Shame the French are crap at being Cameramen.. Same happens with VdGG and Zeppelin.
	The Cheerful Insanity of Prog Rock

shantiq Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: September 12 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: February 17 2009 at 05:34
	fripperton you're tripping man when it comes to image and film trust the French let the English make the music we'll take care of anything to do with image never seen a british film that was worth watching or a painter that was really worth anything but the music man the music there is an area where the French are not up to the task ( pop, rock) anyway the soft machine was always touring outside of uk be careful with your sweeping and inaccurate statements peace and love bro shan

Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12800	Posted: February 17 2009 at 12:45
	Copies of this were being sold for 10 quid at Hugh Hopper's Benefit gig just before Christmas in London , Voiceprint generously donating the DVDs. Because these DVDs sold so quickly I missed the chance to buy then, but coincidentally ordered a copy last week from Amazon.UK - for under 10 quid.
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