Soft Machine, The - Soft Machine Volume One (coloured vinyl) (Vinyl)

THE SOFT MACHINE - The Soft Machine LP (sealed)

Original Release 1968

Tapestry Records - Reissue / Limited Edition of 500 Copies

COLOURED VINYL !!!

The Soft Machine, as reissue also titled Volume One, is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene. The band, founded in 1966, recorded and released this studio album during their 1968 tour of the USA. It was produced by Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson.

Line Up :
Mike Ratledge : organ
Robert Wyatt : drums, vocals
Kevin Ayers : bass, guitar, vocals
Hugh Hopper : bass

Track listing:

Side 1
Hope for Happiness (Brian Hopper, arr. Wyatt/Ratledge/Ayers) - 4:21

1.Hope for Happiness (Brian Hopper, arr. Wyatt/Ratledge/Ayers) - 1:38

2.Joy of a Toy (Ayers/Ratledge) - 2:49

3. Hope for Happiness (reprise) (Brian Hopper, arr. Wyatt/Ratledge/Ayers) - 1:38

4. Why Am I So Short? (Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt) - 1:39

5. So Boot if At All (Ratlege/Ayers/Wyatt) - 7:25

6. A Certain Kind (Hugh Hopper) - 4:11

7. Save Yourself (Wyatt) - 2:26

Side 2

8. Priscilla (Ayers/Ratledge/Wyatt) - 1:03

9. Lullabye Letter (Ayers) - 4:32

10. We Did It Again (Ayers) - 3:46

11. Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle (Ayers) - 1:03

12. Why Are We Sleeping? (Ayers/Ratledge/Wyatt) - 5:30

13. Box 25/4 Lid (Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper) - 0:49