Soft Machine – Live In 1970 – Limited Edition Vinyl

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A STRICTLY limited edition 5LP set, housed in a luxurious Flipbook style, Quintuple Gatefold package.

Re-mastered audio.
Extensive liner notes written by Brian Hopper.
Only 500 hand numbered copies will be made for the entire world!!

Line-up features: Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean.

LP1 & LP2 were recorded at Ronnie Scott’s and cover material from their first three albums.

LP3,LP4 & LP5 were recorded in January 1970 at Het Turfschip, Breda, Netherlands and features Lyn Dobson on Tenor & Soprano Saxes, Flute, Harmonica and vocals.

These live recordings feature the band in a transitional stage from the darlings of the London Underground scene of the late sixties to the jazz rock outfit they became and are highly sought after by collectors.

Featured Tracks:

Disc: 1
1. Slightly All The Time(10:21)
2. Out Bloody-Rageous(10:46)(tracks 1-2 on Side A)
3. Eamonn Andrews(10:33)
4. Mousetrap(04:37)
5. Noisette(0:53)
6. Backwards(03:32)
7. Mousetrap(reprise)(0:23)
8. Hibou Anemone & Bear(04:44)(tracks 3-8 on Side B)

Disc: 2
1. Facelift(19:19)(track one on Side A)
2. Moon In June(08:02)
3. Esther’s Nose Job(08:21)
4. Pigling Band(03:45)
5. Cymbalism(04:19)
6. Esther’s Nose Job(reprise)(01:23)(tracks 2-6 on Side B)

Disc: 3
1. Eamonn Andrews(12:53)
2. Mousetrap(05:35)
3. Noisette(0:38)
4. Backwards(04:25)(tracks 1-4 on Side A)
5. Mousetrap(10:21)
6. Hibou Anemone & Bear(09:25)(Tracks 5-6 on Side B)

Disc: 4
1. Facelift(21:48)(tracks 1 on Side A)
2. Moon In June(07:14)
3. 12/8 Theme(05:16)
4. Drum Link(01:08)
5. Esther’s Nose Job(07:43)(tracks 2-5 on Side B)

Disc: 5
1. Pigling Bland(03:23)
2. Cymbalism(01:58)
3. Out-Bloody-Rageous(Excerpt)(02:21)
4. Esther’s Nose Job(reprise)(01:56)
5. We Did It Again(02:19)(Tracks 1-5 on Side A)
6. Collector’s edition picture disc(no audio)(on Side B)

Available from Edifying Records, on December 8th.