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SOFT MACHINE
Out-Bloody-Rageous

Graham Bennett

Hardback Illustrated 400 pages

UK £23.00 . Europe £25.00 . Rest £29.50

 Sof Machine biography tracing the band's history from its Canterbury beginnings through to its final gigs in 1984.

SOFT MACHINE
Grides

CD Tracks: Facelift. Virtually . Out-Bloody-Rageous. Neo-Caliban Grides. Teeth. Slightly All The Time. Eamonn Andrews. Esther's Nose Job. Noisette.

Musicians:
Mike Ratledge - Electric Piano, Organ.
Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar.
Elton Dean - Alto Sax, Saxello, Electric Piano. Robert Wyatt - Drums, Vocals.

UK £18.25 . Europe £19.25 . Rest £18.75

 A double disc set.. The CD is a previously unreleased live recording from October 1970 in Amsterdam. The DVD is a 20 minute set recorded in 1971.

SOFT MACHINE
Live 1970

Tracks: Facelift . Moon In June . Out-Bloody-Rageous . Facelift . Pig . Orange Skin Food . A Door Opens and Closes . 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom

Musicians:
Mike Ratledge - Electric Piano, Organ.
Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar.
Elton Dean - Alto Sax, Saxello, Electric Piano. Robert Wyatt - Drums, Vocals.
Lyn Dobson - Saxes (Tracks 1 & 2 only)

UK £13.00 . Europe £14.00 . Rest £14.25

 Excerpts from two live gigs somewhere in Europe in 1970.

SOFT MACHINE
Legacy Live In Zaandam

Tracks: Ash . 1212 . Baker's Street . Kings & Queens . Two Down . Big Creese

Musicians:
Elton Dean - Alto Sax, Saxello, Fender Rhodes
John Etheridge - Electric Guitar
Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar
John Marshall - Drums

UK £13.75 . Europe £14.75 . Rest £15.00

 A live concert recorded at De Kade, Zaandam in Holland on May 10 2005.

SOFT MACHINE
& Heavy Friends
BBC In Concert 1971

Tracks:
John Peel Introduction . Blind Badger .
Neo-Caliban Grides . Out Bloody Outrageous .
Eamonn Andrews . All White . Kings And Queens . Teeth . Pigling Bland . 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom . Slightly All The Time . Noisette
Musicians:
Elton Dean . Hugh Hopper . Mike Ratledge . Robert Wyatt . Roy Babbington . Mark Charig
Phil Howard . Paul Nieman . Ronnie Scott .
Neville Whitehead

UK £13.75 . Europe £14.75 . Rest £15.00

 A concert for BBC radio recorded on 11 March 1971 at the Paris Theatre in London and broadcast on 21 March 1971.

SOFT MACHINE
Softstage
BBC In Concert 1972

Tracks:
Fanfare . All White . Slightly All The Time . MC . Drop . Stumble . One Across . As If . Riff . Gesolreut
Musicians:
Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar.
Karl Jenkins - Woodwinds, Keyboards
John Marshall - Drums
Mike Ratledge - Organ, Piano.

UK £13.75 . Europe £14.75 . Rest £15.00

 A concert for BBC radio recorded on 20 July 1972 at the Paris Theatre in London and broadcast on September 2 1972.

SOFT MACHINE
Breda Reactor

Musicians: Mike Ratledge - Lowery Organ and Electric Piano. Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar. Elton Dean - Alto sax and Saxello. Robert Wyatt - Drums and Voice . Lyn Dobson - Tenor and Soprano Saxes, Flute, Harmonica and Voice.


Tracks:
(Disc 1) Eamonn Andrews. Mousetrap . Noisette . Backwards . Mousetrap (reprise) . Hibou Anemone & Bear.
(Disc 2) Facelift . Moon In June . 12/8 Theme . Drum Link . Esther's Nose Job . Pigling Bland . Cymbalism . Out-Bloody-Rageous (excerpt) . Esther's Nose Job (reprise) . We Did It Again.

UK £16.75 . Europe £17.75 . Rest £17.50

 A 2CD set featuring a concert recorded on 31st January 1970 in Het Turfschip, Breda, The Netherlands. Running time 88 minutes.


SOFT MACHINE
Out-Bloody-Rageous
An Anthology 1967-1973

Tracks: Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin' . Love Makes Sweet Music . Hope For Happiness . Joy Of A Toy . Hope For Happiness (Reprise) . We Did It Again . Plus Belle Qu'une Porbelle . Why Are We Sleeping? . Pataphysical Introduction (Part One) . A Concise British Alphabet (Part One) . Hibou Anenome & Bear . A Concise British Alphabet (Part Two) . Hullo Der . As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still . Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening . Out-Bloody-Rageous . Moon In June . Teeth . Virtually (Part Four) . Kings & Queens . All White . Drop . Pigling Bland . Gesolreut (Live) . The Soft Weed Factor . Chloe And The Pirates . Penny Hitch . Down The Road . The German Lesson . The French Lesson

UK £13.75 . Europe £14.75 . Rest £15.00

 A 2CD collection taken from all seven Soft Machine albums plus a couple of early 45s. Running time 154 minutes.

SOFT MACHINE
Live In Paris
May 2nd 1972

Musicians: Elton Dean - Alto Sax, Saxello, Electric Piano. Hugh Hopper - Bass. John Marshall - Drums.
Mike Ratledge - Electric Piano, Organ.


Tracks: (Disc 1) Plain Tiffs. All White. Slightly All The Time. Drop. M.C. Out-Bloody-Rageous.
(Disc 2) Facelift. And Sevens. As If. LBO. Pigling Bland. At Sixes.

UK £14.75 . Europe £15.75 . Rest £15.75

 This is a 2 CD set recorded live at a single concert at the Paris Olympia on 2 May 1972.

SOFT MACHINE
Somewhere In Soho

Musicians: Mike Ratledge - Lowery organ and electric piano. Hugh Hopper - bass guitar. Elton Dean - alto sax and saxello. Robert Wyatt - drums and voice.


Tracks: (Disc 1) Slightly All The Time. Out-Bloody-Rageous. Eamonn Andrews. Mousetrap. Noisette. Backwards. Mousetrap (reprise). Hibou Anemone & Bear. (Disc 2) Facelift. Moon In June. Esther's Nose Job. Pigling Bland. Cymbalism. Esther's Nose Job (reprise).

UK £17.25 . Europe £18.25 . Rest £18.00

 This is a 2 CD set recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club between 20 & 25 April 1970.


2003 CD Release from Soft Machine
SOFTWORKS - Abracadabra

Tracks: Seven Formerly . First Trane . Elsewhere . K Licks . Baker's Treat . Willie's Knee . Abracadabra . Madame Vintage
Musicians: Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, Fender Rhodes piano . Allan Holdsworth - electric guitar, synthaxe guitar . Hugh Hopper - electric bass . John Marshall - drums

UK £14.75 . Europe £15.75 . Rest £15.75

Recorded at Eastcote Studio London on June 7th & 8th 2002 and mixed by Allan Holdsworth. Eight tracks, 60+ mins

2CD Release
SOFT MACHINE
BBC Radio 1971-1974

Tracks: Disc 1: As If . Drop . Welcome To Frillsville . Fanfare . All White . MC . Drop . Stanley Stamp's Gibbon Album . Hazard Profile (part 1)
Disc 2: Sinepost . Down The Road . North Point . The Man Who Waved At Trains . Hazard Profile (part 1-4)

UK £14.75 . Europe £15.75 . Rest £15.75

 This second volume of Soft Machine's collected BBC radio sessions provides striking evidence of the pace at which the band was changing during this period, both in terms of musical evolution and in its personnel. With only one musician, keyboardist Mike Rateledge present throughout.

2CD Release
SOFT MACHINE
BBC Radio 1967-1971

Tracks: Disc 1: Clarence in Wonderland . We Know What You Mean . Certain Kind . Hope For Happiness . Strangest Scene (aka Lullaby Letter) . Facelift/Mousetrap/Noisette/ Backwards/Mousetrap Reprise . The Moon In June . Instant Pussy . Slightly All The Time/Out Bloody Rageous/Eamonn Andrews Disc 2: Virtually . Fletcher's Blemish . Neo-Caliban Grides . Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening . Eamonn Andrews/All White . Mousetrap/ Noisette /Backwards/Mousetrap Reprise/ Esther's Nose Job

UK £14.75 . Europe £15.75 . Rest £15.75

 'Here at the BBC' as Robert sings it, are the Softs as they should be remembered: a pioneering, psychedelic group, full of free form anarchy and warmth.


SOFT MACHINE
Jet-Propelled Photographs

Musicians: Mike Ratledge - Piano and Organ . Daevid Allen - Lead Guitar. Kevin Ayers - Vocals . Robert Wyatt - Vocals and Drums.


Tracks: That's How Much I Need You Now . Save Yourself . I Should've Known . Jet-Propelled Photograph (aka Shooting At The Moon) . When I Don't Want You . Memories . You Don't Remember . She's Gone . I'd Rather Be With You

UK £10.00 . Europe £11.00 . Rest £11.75

 A set of very early Soft Machine demos recorded in April 1967.

SOFT MACHINE Backwards

Tracks: Facelift . Moon in June . Esther's Nose Job . Facelift . Hibou Anemone and Bear . Moon in June-demo
Musicians: Mark Charig - trumpet . Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello . Lyn Dobson - soprano sax, tenor sax . Nick Evans - bass . Mike Ratledge - electric piano, organ . Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals.

UK £13.75 . Europe £14.75 . Rest £15.00

 Backwards is comprised of recordings from three different and intriguing eras of the band, and includes liner notes written by Canterbury music scholar Aymeric Leroy. Backwards begins with three tracks from May 1970: a recording of the 'classic' quartet made about the time that Soft Machine had finished recording it's acclaimed Third album. The recording is mono, but the sonic quality is superb. The next two tracks are performances from November 1969 featuring the big band septet version. Since the only other available material by this version of the band is 20 of BBC recordings, this is an invaluable addition to the band's recorded legacy. It concludes with Robert Wyatt's original demo of 'Moon in June'.

SOFT MACHINE
Facelift

Musicians: Mike Ratledge - Lowery organ and electric piano. Hugh Hopper - bass guitar. Elton Dean - alto sax and saxello. Robert Wyatt - drums and voice.


Tracks:
(Disc 1) Slightly All The Time . Out-Bloody-Rageous . Moon In June . Mousetrap . Noisette . Backwards . Mousetrap (reprise . Hibou Anemone & Bear.
(Disc 2) Facelift . Eamonn Andrews . Esther's Nose Job . Pigling Bland. I Should've Known . Esther's Nose Job (reprise).

UK £13.75 . Europe £14.75 . Rest £15.00

 A 2CD recording of a concert at the Fairfield Halls in Croyden, UK on 26 April 1970

SOFT MACHINE
Spaced

Musicians: Mike Ratledge - Electric Piano and Organ . Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar. Robert Wyatt - Drums . Brian Hopper - Saxophones


Tracks:
Spaced One . Spaced Two . Spaced Three . Spaced Four . Spaced Five . Spaced Six . Spaced Seven.

UK £12.75 . Europe £13.75 . Rest £14.00

 This music was created by Soft Machine to accompany Peter Dockley's multimedia show at The Roundhouse, London in early 1969.

SOFT MACHINE
Noisette

Musicians: Mike Ratledge - Electric Piano and Organ . Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar . Elton Dean - Alto Sax and Saxello . Robert Wyatt - Drums and Voice . Lyn Dobson - Soprano Sax, Flute and Voice.


Tracks:
Eamonn Andrews . Mousetrap . Noisette . Backwards . Mousetrap (reprise) . Hibou Anemone & Bear . Facelift . Moon In June . 12/8 Theme . Esther's Nose Job . We Did It Again.

UK £13.75 . Europe £14.75 . Rest £15.00

 A recording of the first gig by the quintet version of Soft Machine at the Fairfield Hall in Croyden UK on January 4 1970.

SOFT MACHINE
Volumes One & Two


UK £14.25 . Europe £15.25 . Rest £15.50

 Single CD reissue of the first 2 Softs albums.

SOFT MACHINE
Third

Tracks:
Facelift . Slightly All The Time . Moon in June . Out-Bloody-Rageous
Musicians:
Mike Ratledge - Organ, Piano.
Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar.
Robert Wyatt - Drums, Vocal.
Elton Dean - Alto Sax, Saxello.
Rab Spall - Violin.
Lyn Dobson - Flute, Soprano Sax.
Nick Evans - Trombone.
Jimmy Hastings - Flute, Bass Clarinet.

UK £9.00 . Europe £10.00 . Rest £11.00

 Double album on one CD.

SOFT MACHINE
Fourth/Fifth

Tracks:
Teeth . Kings and Queens . Fletcher's Blemish . Virtually Part 1 . Virtually Part 2 . Virtually Part 3 . Virtually Part 4 . All White . Drop . MC . As If . LBO . Pigling Bland . Bone
Musicians:
Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar.
Mike Ratledge - Organ, Piano.
Robert Wyatt - Drums (1-7).
Elton Dean - Alto Sax, Saxello.
Phil Howard - Drums (8-10).
John Marshall - Drums (11-14).
Roy Babbington - Double Bass (11-14).
Mark Charig - Cornet (1-7).
Nick Evans - Trombone (1-7).
Jimmy Hastings - Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet (1-7).
Alan Skidmore - Tenor Sax (1-7).

UK £9.00 . Europe £10.00 . Rest £11.00

 Two albums on one CD.

SOFT MACHINE
Six & Seven

Tracks:
Fanfare . All White . Between . Riff . 37½ . Gesolreut . E.P.V. Lefty . Stumble . 5 From 13 . Riff II . The Soft Weed Factor . Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album . Chloe And The Pirates . 1983 . Nettle Bed . Carol Ann . Day's Eye . Bone Fire . Tarabos . DIS . Snodland . Penny Hitch . Block . Down The Road . The German Lesson . The French Lesson
Musicians:
Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar.
Karl Jenkins - Oboe, Baritone & Soprano Saxophones, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Celeste, Recorder.
John Marshall - Drums & Percussion.
Mike Ratledge - Organ, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Celeste, Synthesizer.
Roy Babbington - Bass Guitar, Acoustic Bass.

UK £15.00 . Europe £16.00 . Rest £16.00

Double CD reissue of Volumes 6 & 7

Six is also available as a single remastered CD.
UK: £10.00
Europe: £11.00
Rest: £11.75

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