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SteveG 
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 Topic: Soft Machine: Soft MachinePosted: November 23 2018 at 09:56 |
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What more can you say about this ground breaking debut album that came out in 1968?
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Fischman
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Posted: November 23 2018 at 10:57 |
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I can only say that I probably need to give it a listen. My exposure to Soft Machine so far is limited to Third, which I absolutely love, so I probably oughta' check out that debut.
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: November 23 2018 at 11:38 |
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Its great fun - but the Soft Machine I really treasure kind of begins with Volume Two
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dr wu23
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Posted: November 23 2018 at 13:20 |
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Fun album but as Saper said they really got started with the second one.
I managed to find a used original copy of the first one and second few years back...I had not bought it when it came out since i was just 17 then.
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verslibre
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Posted: November 23 2018 at 13:41 |
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"Box 25/4 Lid" is a very prog title for the time. So is its 0:47 duration. ;)
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: November 23 2018 at 14:34 |
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Amazing album !! Ratledge already in fine form with his organ freak-outs.
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Posted: November 24 2018 at 06:43 |
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I wasn't there at the time but surprised the album wasn't released in the UK and was an import!
Mind you I think the band had "split" so no record company would touch it. Leaving aside the alternate timeline it had 68 UK release, the album is a lot rougher in sound than contemporaries Pink Floyd's first two albums, but the musicianship in this album is an incredible joy to hear. Although Kevin's bass playing seems the lesser of the technical ability it makes a perfect anchor and strong enough to compliment the Ratledge/Wyatt virtuosity. I first heard the first album Christmas 1991 on the two CD version, but I even have a fondness for Love Makes Sweet Music! But that's another "What if?" Timeline. The following albums made Soft Machine great but as three piece Rock goes, Volume One or Soft Machine is up there with Cream and Hendrix's debuts. Edited by AZF - November 24 2018 at 12:15 |
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Logan
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Posted: November 24 2018 at 10:50 |
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Although I prefer the two subsequent albums (I adore Third), I still like it very much and it is one of my favourite albums of 1968 (some other favourite 1968 albums of mine are Ennio Morricone's C'era una volta il West, Terry Riley's In C, The United States of America self-titled, David Axelrod's Song of Innocence, Family's Music in a Doll's House, Pink Floyd's A Saucerful of Secrets, The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow, Miles Davis' Nefertiti, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Donovan, The Rolling Stones etc.).
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: November 24 2018 at 13:07 |
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Love their first 2 albums...
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Posted: November 25 2018 at 07:54 |
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Don't like it. I think Robert Wyatt's vocals is a big part of that but musically not much gets me going either. Volume Two is better and Third onwards is awesome.
But hey what do I know I much prefer the Softs as a po-faced soulless fusion w**k group
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Posted: November 25 2018 at 08:43 |
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Some quirky stuff on this one, good original album, but there's also far more that doesn't do much for me than on the second and third.
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Posted: November 25 2018 at 09:23 |
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I prefer rougher versions of these tracks on "Jet Propelled photograph" album by the original four piece softs, featuring Bob Wyatt's favourite guitar player Bert Camembert.
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Posted: December 02 2018 at 20:52 |
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Haven't listened to this one nearly as much as their other output - definitely one step in the journey of this musical machine - the first album is already in transition from the band's roots with Daevid Allen (he got permission for the band's name from William Burroughs) - not as virtuosic as their later output but worth every penny!
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Posted: December 05 2018 at 01:21 |
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I like it. As others, not as much as the following two, but a very solid album with some tremendous high points.
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Posted: December 05 2018 at 03:30 |
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My Evaluation of Soft Mahine I is problematic. I dont know what thinking.I need to listen to it more times.
I like the Third. And I think Rock Bottom is an universal masterpiece.
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