Soft Machine Facelift

Soft Machine - Facelift: France & Holland (2022) Music

Posted by popsakov at Nov. 12, 2022

Soft Machine - Facelift: France & Holland (2022)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 628 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 286 Mb
Scans Included | 01:11:22 + 00:44:38 | RAR 5% Recovery
Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock / Jazz Rock / Fusion / Canterbury Scene
Cuneiform Records #Rune495/496/497

Newly-remastered footage of pioneering British psych outfit Soft Machine is headed for release as Facelift France and Holland. The three-CD/DVD set will arrive on March 25th via Cuneiform Records and showcases the earliest known footage of the 1960s Canterbury group. After emerging as forefathers of the 60’s psychedelic movement across the pond in 1966—sharing the stage with Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and more—Soft Machine reached the dawn of a new decade in 1970. The band moved toward a more eclectic jazz-rock sound and also scaled back personnel to a modest quintet of Mike Ratledge (keyboards, flute), Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Hugh Hopper (bass, guitar, alto sax), and Elton Dean (alto saxophone, saxello, flute, keyboards), with contributions from Lyn Dobson (soprano saxophone, flute, harmonica, vocals). With this lineup—which would last from January to March 1970—the band performed at Paris’ Théâtre de la Musique on March 2nd, footage of which comprises the meat of the release.

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Soft Machine - Original Album Classics (2010) 5CD Box Set Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 3, 2024

2010 five CD box set containing a quintet of albums from the British Art-Rockers. Box includes Soft Machine Third, Fourth, Fifth, Six & Seven.

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Soft Machine - Høvikodden 1971 (2024) Music

Posted by delpotro at June 3, 2024

Soft Machine - Høvikodden 1971 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1,01 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 424 Mb | Digital booklet | 03:00:16
Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock, Canterbury Scene | Label: Cuneiform Records

While the two sets from the second night (February 28, 1971) have been released before, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TWO-NIGHT STAND HAS BEEN RELEASED. So half of this is previously completely unreleased.

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Soft Machine - Høvikodden 1971 (2024) Music

Posted by delpotro at June 3, 2024

While the two sets from the second night (February 28, 1971) have been released before, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TWO-NIGHT STAND HAS BEEN RELEASED. So half of this is previously completely unreleased.

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Soft Machine - Høvikodden 1971 (2024) Music

Posted by delpotro at June 3, 2024

While the two sets from the second night (February 28, 1971) have been released before, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TWO-NIGHT STAND HAS BEEN RELEASED. So half of this is previously completely unreleased.

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Soft Machine - Third (1970) [2CD Reissue 2007] Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 20, 2023

Soft Machine plunged deeper into jazz and contemporary electronic music on this pivotal release, which incited The Village Voice to call it a milestone achievement when it was released. It's a double album of stunning music, with each side devoted to one composition - two by Mike Ratledge, and one each by Hopper and Wyatt, with substantial help from a number of backup musicians, including Canterbury mainstays Elton Dean and Jimmy Hastings. The Ratledge songs come closest to fusion jazz, although this is fusion laced with tape loop effects and hypnotic, repetitive keyboard patterns. Hugh Hopper's "Facelift" recalls "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson, although it's more complex, with several quite dissimilar sections…

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Soft Machine - Høvikodden 1971 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at June 3, 2024

Soft Machine - Høvikodden 1971 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 180:16 minutes | 3,71 GB
Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock, Canterbury Scene | Label: Cuneiform Records, Official Digital Download

While the two sets from the second night (February 28, 1971) have been released before, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TWO-NIGHT STAND HAS BEEN RELEASED. So half of this is previously completely unreleased.

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Soft Machine - Høvikodden 1971 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at June 3, 2024

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Soft Machine - Høvikodden 1971 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at June 3, 2024

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Soft Machine - Breda Reactor (2004) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at April 5, 2024

Soft Machine - Breda Reactor (2004)
FFLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans) / MP3 320 kbps | 1:28:24 | 548 / 205 Mb
Genre: Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock

Recorded live in Breda, Netherlands in January of 1970, this double LP represents the only existing recording of a very rare and short-lived quintet version of the band. Sax/ flute player Lyn Dobson was the fifth member here, left over from the band’s days as a septet. Just three months later Dobson would move on, leaving the classic Ratledge-Dean-Hopper-Wyatt line-up in place. Dobson’s contributions to a 22-minute long version of Hopper’s “Facelift” as well as “Backwards” are of particular interest here, as is a tentative version of “Out-Bloody-Rageous”, which was still a work in progress at this stage.

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