FACELIFT FRANCE & HOLLAND

The Soft Machine

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Canterbury Scene

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Live, released in 2022

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1:
1. Eamonn Andrews (9:42)
2. Mousetrap (3:56)
3. Noisette (0:36)
4. Backwards (4:03)
5. Mousetrap (reprise) (0:24)
6. Out-Bloody-Rageous (15:11)
7. Facelift (18:34)
8. Slightly All the Time (6:40)
9. Moon in June / Vocal Improvisation (3:19)
10. Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland (8:50)

Total Time 71:15

DVD:
1. Eamonn Andrews (9:58)
2. Backwards (3:46)
3. Moustrap (reprise) (0:24)
4. Out-Bloody-Rageous (16:02)
5. Facelift (19:17)
6. Vocal Improvisation (Robert Wyatt) (3:01)
7. Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland (9:27)

+ Audio Bonus Material - Entire concert (audience recording) :
8. Eamonn Andrews (8:16)
9. Mousetrap (3:56)
10. Noisette (0:36)
11. Backwards (4:02)
12. Mousetrap (reprise) (0:24)
13. Out-Bloody-Rageous (15:16)
14. Facelift (18:22)
15. Slightly All the Time (6:40)
16. Moon in June (5:03)
17. Vocal Improvisation (3:15)
18. Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland (14:31)

Total Time 142:16

CD 2:
1. Facelift (9:58)
2. Moon in June (6:27)
3. 12/8 Theme (10:52)
4. Drum Solo (0:48)
5. Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland (16:31)

Total Time 44:36

Line-up / Musicians

- Robert Wyatt / drums, vocals
- Hugh Hopper / bass
- Mike Ratledge / organ, keyboards
- Elton Dean / saxophone
- Lyn Dobson / saxophone

Releases information

Live recordings from early 1970.
The DVD and CD 1 recorded at Th��tre de la Musique, Paris, March 2, 1970
CD 2 recorded at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, January 17, 1970

DVD + 2CD: Cuneiform Records, RUNE 495.

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Review by Warthur
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Yet another Soft Machine archival release from Cuneiform captures performances from January to March 1970 - in other words, square in the period when Third was coming together. The sonic transformation from out-there psychedelic delirium to cutting edge jazz fusion has been largely complete, Robert Wyatt's vocals have been largely bypassed, and the short-lived dual saxophone lineup of Elton Dean and Lyn Dobson is the hot new feature of their music these days. Between this, Mike Ratledge's gruesome and haunting manipulations of his organ and keyboards, and the Hopper/Wyatt rhythm section on good form, it's a snapshot of the Soft Machine in one of their most creative eras. The sound mix is not what it could be, but is reasonably good for 1970.

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