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Soft Machine are an English progressive rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre. Though they achieved little commercial success, they are considered by AllMusic to be "one of the more influential bands of their era, and certainly one of the most influential underground ones."
Soft Machine (billed as The Soft Machine up to 1969 or 1970) were formed in mid-1966 by Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals), Daevid Allen (guitar) and Mike Ratledge (organ) plus, for the first few gigs only, American guitarist Larry Nowlin. Allen, Wyatt and future bassist Hugh Hopper had first played together in the Daevid Allen Trio in 1963, occasionally accompanied by Ratledge. Wyatt, Ayers and Hopper had been founding members of The Wilde Flowers, later incarnations of which would include future members of another Canterbury band, Caravan.
SOFT MACHINE One 1 Hope for Happiness 4:22 2 Joy for a Toy 2:49 3 Hope for Happiness (reprise) 1:39 4 Why Am I So Short? 1:37 5 So Boot If At All 7:24 6 A Certain Kind 4:11 7 Save Yourself 2:24 8 Pricilla 1:03 9 Lullabye Letter 4:42 10 We Did It Again 3:45 11 Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle 1:00 12 Why Are We Sleeping? 5:24 13 Box 25/4 Lid 0:57
Access the new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTXIJivrapuXTPB3S1xfnw/videos Band: Soft Machine Album: Bundles Year: 1975 Genre: Jazz Rock / Fusion Released: (2012 Japan AIRAC-1667 Blu-spec Remaster) Track List: 01. Hazard Profile Part 1 02. Part 2 03. Part 3 04. Part 4 05. Part 5 06. Gone Sailing 07. Bundles 08. Land Of The Bag Snake 09. The Man Who Waved At Trains 10. Peff 11. Four Gongs Two Drums 12. The Floating World
00:00 - Aubade 01:51 - The Tale of Taliesin 09:09 - Ban-Ban Caliban 18:31 - Song of Aeolus 23:02 - Out of Season 28:36 - Second Bundle 31:12 - Kayoo 34:41 - The Camden Tandem 36:42 - Nexus 37:32 - One Over the Eight 43:04 - Etika
"Soft Machine were one of first and one of the greatest jazz/rock bands of all time. Their importance and influence was especially great in Europe, where they influenced several generations of bands, and their influences can still be heard to this day in bands like Jaga Jazzist and beyond. Grides presents the most famous version of the band (Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt) recorded live at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on October 25, 1970, in a high-quality, previously unreleased recording, just a few months after the release of Third and at the peak of their popularity. It showcases them in transition between releases, with the band performing 3 of the four works from Third, as well as some of the earliest recordings of material from the upcomming Fourth, including ...
1. A Certain Kind 2. Save Yourself 3. Priscilla 4. Lullabye Letter 5. Hope For Happiness Robert Wyatt-Mike Ratledge-Kevin Ayers Ce Soir On Danse TV France 1968
Tale of Taliesin Lineup (because it has been discussed below): Roy Babbington (bass), John Etheridge (guitar),John Marshall (drums), Karl Jenkins (keys). allan holdsworth and mike ratledge were both gone from the group by this tour.
Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 1 0:56 A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 1 0:12 Hibou, Anemone, and Bear 6:00 A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 2 0:11 Hulloder 0:54 Dada Was Here 3:25 Thank You, Pierrot Lunaire 0:48 Have You Ever Bean Green? 0:45 Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 2 0:33 Out of Tunes 0:51 As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still 2:34 Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening 2:34 Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging 2:31 Pig 1:51 Orange Skin Food 2:09 A Door Opens and Closes 2:25 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom 5:05
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1. A Certain Kind 2. Save Yourself 3. Priscilla 4. Lullabye Letter 5. Hope For Happiness Robert Wyatt-Mike Ratledge-Kevin Ayers Ce Soir On Danse TV France 1968
Awesome live performance. Soft Machine at their peak!
The rare 7-piece Soft Machine performs Pigling Bland, followed by Facelift, on the French TV show L'invite du Dimanche. Soft Machine, at this point in time was: Mike Ratledge - Organ, Electric Piano Hugh Hopper - Bass Robert Wyatt - Drums Elton Dean - Alto sax Lyn Dobson - Soprano and Tenor Saxes Marc Charig - Cornet Nick Evans - Trombone
Soft Machine finishing their set with Pigling Bland and 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom, Robert Wyatt giving a short(and amusing) speech, and then coming back to perform for an encore a brutal performance of Slightly All The Time/Noisette, at Theatre 140 in Brussels, Belgium. Filmed January 15, 1971 for a pop show on RTBF television. Mike Ratledge - Keyboards Elton Dean - Alto Sax, Saxello Hugh Hopper - Bass Robert Wyatt - Drums
SOFT MACHINE One 1 Hope for Happiness 4:22 2 Joy for a Toy 2:49 3 Hope for Happiness (reprise) 1:39 4 Why Am I So Short? 1:37 5 So Boot If At All 7:24 6 A Certain Kind 4:11 7 Save Yourself 2:24 8 Pricilla 1:03 9 Lullabye Letter 4:42 10 We Did It Again 3:45 11 Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle 1:00 12 Why Are We Sleeping? 5:24 13 Box 25/4 Lid 0:57
Access the new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTXIJivrapuXTPB3S1xfnw/videos Band: Soft Machine Album: Bundles Year: 1975 Genre: Jazz Rock / Fusion Released: (2012 Japan AIRAC-1667 Blu-spec Remaster) Track List: 01. Hazard Profile Part 1 02. Part 2 03. Part 3 04. Part 4 05. Part 5 06. Gone Sailing 07. Bundles 08. Land Of The Bag Snake 09. The Man Who Waved At Trains 10. Peff 11. Four Gongs Two Drums 12. The Floating World
00:00 - Aubade 01:51 - The Tale of Taliesin 09:09 - Ban-Ban Caliban 18:31 - Song of Aeolus 23:02 - Out of Season 28:36 - Second Bundle 31:12 - Kayoo 34:41 - The Camden Tandem 36:42 - Nexus 37:32 - One Over the Eight 43:04 - Etika
"Soft Machine were one of first and one of the greatest jazz/rock bands of all time. Their importance and influence was especially great in Europe, where they influenced several generations of bands, and their influences can still be heard to this day in bands like Jaga Jazzist and beyond. Grides presents the most famous version of the band (Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt) recorded live at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on October 25, 1970, in a high-quality, previously unreleased recording, just a few months after the release of Third and at the peak of their popularity. It showcases them in transition between releases, with the band performing 3 of the four works from Third, as well as some of the earliest recordings of material from the upcomming Fourth, including ...
1. A Certain Kind 2. Save Yourself 3. Priscilla 4. Lullabye Letter 5. Hope For Happiness Robert Wyatt-Mike Ratledge-Kevin Ayers Ce Soir On Danse TV France 1968
Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 1 0:56 A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 1 0:12 Hibou, Anemone, and Bear 6:00 A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 2 0:11 Hulloder 0:54 Dada Was Here 3:25 Thank You, Pierrot Lunaire 0:48 Have You Ever Bean Green? 0:45 Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 2 0:33 Out of Tunes 0:51 As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still 2:34 Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening 2:34 Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging 2:31 Pig 1:51 Orange Skin Food 2:09 A Door Opens and Closes 2:25 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom 5:05
1.Fanfare 2.All White 3.Between 4.Riff 5.37½ 6.Gesolreut 7.E.P.V. 8.Lefty 9.Stumble 10.5 From 13 (For Phil Seamen With Love & Thanks) 11.Riff II 12.The Soft Weed Factor 13.Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (For B.O.) 14.Chloe And The Pirates 15.1983
1. Hope for happiness 2. Joy of a toy 3. Hope for happiness (reprise) 4. Why am I so short? 5. So boot if at all 6. A certain kind 7. Save yourself 8. Priscilla 9. Lullabye letter 10. We did it again 11. Plus belle qu'une poubelle 12. Why are we sleeping? 13. Box 25/4 lid
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1.Hazard Profile Part 1 9:15 2.Hazard Profile Part 2 2:15 3.Hazard Profile Part 3 0:33 4.Hazard Profile Part 4 1:25 5.Hazard Profile Part 5 5:17 6.The Man Who Waved At Trains 1:52 7.Peff 3:43 8.Four Gongs Two Drums 2:20 9.Ban Ban Caliban 9:28 10.Song Of Aeolus 4:20 11Aubade 1:52 12.Second Bundle 2:34 13.Kayoo 3:28 14.Camden Tandem 2:01 15.Nexus 0:49 16.One Over The Eight 5:26 17.Etika 2:19 18.Puffin 1:18 19.Huffin 0:41 20.The Nodder 7:12 21.Soft Space 5:23
Kevin Ayers talks about the early days of Soft Machine and Pink Floyd. Included is some vintage video footage of both bands. This is an excerpt from the French music documentary called "Wild Thing". This is the German version that was aired by TV channel ARTE with German subtitles.
Excerpt from a German TV documentary titled "Psychdelic Revolution '67" discussing Pink Floyd and The Soft Machine in 1967 as well as Mark Boyle's liquid light shows at UFO Club. Includes interview footage with Joe Boyd, John "Hoppy" Hopkins, Joan Hills.
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Hugh Hopper, John Marshall, and Mike Ratledge give an interview about the newly formed "Six" lineup before running through "Fanfare/All White" My french isn't too good, and I can't understand any of the questions, but I could understand Ratledge's responses: ---- Q: [?] "It changes all the time, because the musicians change, and their conception of the music changes, because they listened to new music, or they got sick or...things like that" Q: [?] "No,because, when they leave they have a reason to leave, and when they join, they too have a reason to join" Q: Yet you keep the same name...[?] "Yes, because there is a certain residue, of songwriting, a certain spirit which remains...I don't define it. There are always differences because there are pieces all of which are improvised,...
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Kevin Ayers 2008 Interview - Les Illes Escollides Documentary Kevin Ayers interviewed in 2008 by catalan television Sputnik for their great documentary 'Les Illes Escollides', about musical scene in Balearic Islands during '60-'70. This video collects all Ayers'interviewes you can find in the documentary. Other persons who appear in this extract are: William Graves (with red polo, Robert Graves'son) and the guitarist Joan Bibiloni (black coat and pink t-shirt). http://www.marketsquarerecords.co.uk Kevin Ayers Interview Les Illes Escollides Documentary 14 Hour Technicolor Dream Footage Soft Machine Banana Follies Wizards of Twiddly Psychedelic Rock Pop Experimental Lady Rachel Joy of a Toy Caribbean Moon Shouting In A Bucket Blues Market Square Records
SOFT MACHINE One 1 Hope for Happiness 4:22 2 Joy for a Toy 2:49 3 Hope for Happiness (reprise) 1:39 4 Why Am I So Short? 1:37 5 So Boot If At All 7:24 6 A Certain Kind 4:11 7 Save Yourself 2:24 8 Pricilla 1:03 9 Lullabye Letter 4:42 10 We Did It Again 3:45 11 Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle 1:00 12 Why Are We Sleeping? 5:24 13 Box 25/4 Lid 0:57
Access the new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTXIJivrapuXTPB3S1xfnw/videos Band: Soft Machine Album: Bundles Year: 1975 Genre: Jazz Rock / Fusion Released: (2012 Japan AIRAC-1667 Blu-spec Remaster) Track List: 01. Hazard Profile Part 1 02. Part 2 03. Part 3 04. Part 4 05. Part 5 06. Gone Sailing 07. Bundles 08. Land Of The Bag Snake 09. The Man Who Waved At Trains 10. Peff 11. Four Gongs Two Drums 12. The Floating World
00:00 - Aubade 01:51 - The Tale of Taliesin 09:09 - Ban-Ban Caliban 18:31 - Song of Aeolus 23:02 - Out of Season 28:36 - Second Bundle 31:12 - Kayoo 34:41 - The Camden Tandem 36:42 - Nexus 37:32 - One Over the Eight 43:04 - Etika
"Soft Machine were one of first and one of the greatest jazz/rock bands of all time. Their importance and influence was especially great in Europe, where they influenced several generations of bands, and their influences can still be heard to this day in bands like Jaga Jazzist and beyond. Grides presents the most famous version of the band (Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt) recorded live at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on October 25, 1970, in a high-quality, previously unreleased recording, just a few months after the release of Third and at the peak of their popularity. It showcases them in transition between releases, with the band performing 3 of the four works from Third, as well as some of the earliest recordings of material from the upcomming Fourth, including ...
1. A Certain Kind 2. Save Yourself 3. Priscilla 4. Lullabye Letter 5. Hope For Happiness Robert Wyatt-Mike Ratledge-Kevin Ayers Ce Soir On Danse TV France 1968
Tale of Taliesin Lineup (because it has been discussed below): Roy Babbington (bass), John Etheridge (guitar),John Marshall (drums), Karl Jenkins (keys). allan holdsworth and mike ratledge were both gone from the group by this tour.
Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 1 0:56 A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 1 0:12 Hibou, Anemone, and Bear 6:00 A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 2 0:11 Hulloder 0:54 Dada Was Here 3:25 Thank You, Pierrot Lunaire 0:48 Have You Ever Bean Green? 0:45 Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 2 0:33 Out of Tunes 0:51 As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still 2:34 Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening 2:34 Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging 2:31 Pig 1:51 Orange Skin Food 2:09 A Door Opens and Closes 2:25 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom 5:05
SOFT MACHINE One 1 Hope for Happiness 4:22 2 Joy for a Toy 2:49 3 Hope for Happiness (reprise) 1:39 4 Why Am I So Short? 1:37 5 So Boot If At All 7:24 6 A Certain Kind 4:11 7 Save Yourself 2:24 8 Pricilla 1:03 9 Lullabye Letter 4:42 10 We Did It Again 3:45 11 Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle 1:00 12 Why Are We Sleeping? 5:24 13 Box 25/4 Lid 0:57
Access the new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTXIJivrapuXTPB3S1xfnw/videos Band: Soft Machine Album: Bundles Year: 1975 Genre: Jazz Rock / Fusion Released: (2012 Japan AIRAC-1667 Blu-spec Remaster) Track List: 01. Hazard Profile Part 1 02. Part 2 03. Part 3 04. Part 4 05. Part 5 06. Gone Sailing 07. Bundles 08. Land Of The Bag Snake 09. The Man Who Waved At Trains 10. Peff 11. Four Gongs Two Drums 12. The Floating World
00:00 - Aubade 01:51 - The Tale of Taliesin 09:09 - Ban-Ban Caliban 18:31 - Song of Aeolus 23:02 - Out of Season 28:36 - Second Bundle 31:12 - Kayoo 34:41 - The Camden Tandem 36:42 - Nexus 37:32 - One Over the Eight 43:04 - Etika
"Soft Machine were one of first and one of the greatest jazz/rock bands of all time. Their importance and influence was especially great in Europe, where they influenced several generations of bands, and their influences can still be heard to this day in bands like Jaga Jazzist and beyond. Grides presents the most famous version of the band (Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt) recorded live at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on October 25, 1970, in a high-quality, previously unreleased recording, just a few months after the release of Third and at the peak of their popularity. It showcases them in transition between releases, with the band performing 3 of the four works from Third, as well as some of the earliest recordings of material from the upcomming Fourth, including ...
1. A Certain Kind 2. Save Yourself 3. Priscilla 4. Lullabye Letter 5. Hope For Happiness Robert Wyatt-Mike Ratledge-Kevin Ayers Ce Soir On Danse TV France 1968
Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 1 0:56 A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 1 0:12 Hibou, Anemone, and Bear 6:00 A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 2 0:11 Hulloder 0:54 Dada Was Here 3:25 Thank You, Pierrot Lunaire 0:48 Have You Ever Bean Green? 0:45 Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 2 0:33 Out of Tunes 0:51 As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still 2:34 Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening 2:34 Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging 2:31 Pig 1:51 Orange Skin Food 2:09 A Door Opens and Closes 2:25 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom 5:05
1.Fanfare 2.All White 3.Between 4.Riff 5.37½ 6.Gesolreut 7.E.P.V. 8.Lefty 9.Stumble 10.5 From 13 (For Phil Seamen With Love & Thanks) 11.Riff II 12.The Soft Weed Factor 13.Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (For B.O.) 14.Chloe And The Pirates 15.1983
1. Hope for happiness 2. Joy of a toy 3. Hope for happiness (reprise) 4. Why am I so short? 5. So boot if at all 6. A certain kind 7. Save yourself 8. Priscilla 9. Lullabye letter 10. We did it again 11. Plus belle qu'une poubelle 12. Why are we sleeping? 13. Box 25/4 lid
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1.Hazard Profile Part 1 9:15 2.Hazard Profile Part 2 2:15 3.Hazard Profile Part 3 0:33 4.Hazard Profile Part 4 1:25 5.Hazard Profile Part 5 5:17 6.The Man Who Waved At Trains 1:52 7.Peff 3:43 8.Four Gongs Two Drums 2:20 9.Ban Ban Caliban 9:28 10.Song Of Aeolus 4:20 11Aubade 1:52 12.Second Bundle 2:34 13.Kayoo 3:28 14.Camden Tandem 2:01 15.Nexus 0:49 16.One Over The Eight 5:26 17.Etika 2:19 18.Puffin 1:18 19.Huffin 0:41 20.The Nodder 7:12 21.Soft Space 5:23
I've got something to tell you
Hold on, I wanted to thrill you
It's nice, makes you feel better
It's called a Lullabye Letter
Hold tight, I'm not trying to con you
Get ready, I'm going to lay it on you
You're the sweetest thing I see
I'm telling you it's no lie
I've got lights in my brain, girl
We'll have fights in the rain, girl
You'll be good/bad together
Writing songs and call that the weather
If you've got something to sing me
Four o'clock's the best time to ring me
You're the sweetest thing I see
I'm telling you it's no lie
I've got something to tell you
Hold on, I wanted to thrill you
It's nice, makes you feel better
It's called a Lullabye Letter
Hold tight, I'm not trying to con you
Get ready, I'm going to lay it on you
You're the strangest scene I see
I'm telling you it's no lie