Grides - CD/DVD
Released: May 23, 2006
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Released: May 23, 2006
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Cuneiform can always be counted on to unearth some gems from the late-'60s and early-'70s Soft Machine live concert archives, but with the 2006 CD/DVD release Grides the label might have outdone...
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Floating World Live
Released: Mar 21, 2006
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Released: Mar 21, 2006
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With the release of Floating World Live, as of 2006 there were four CDs on the market -- two studio and two live discs -- representing the peak of Soft Machine's "guitar fusion" years. Bundles and...
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BBC in Concert 1972
Released: Sep 26, 2005
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Released: Sep 26, 2005
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Recorded not long before their Six album, this is a nearly hour-long concert for BBC radio from July 20, 1972, in excellent sound. Consisting at this point of Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, Karl...
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British Tour '75
Released: Sep 5, 2005
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Released: Sep 5, 2005
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"I remember around this time, there were mutterings in the press about this line-up not being genuine 'Soft Machine,'" guitarist John Etheridge writes in the liners to British Tour '75, adding, "I...
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Out-Bloody-Rageous - An Anthology: 1967-1973
Released: Aug 9, 2005
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Released: Aug 9, 2005
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Finally, someone put together a high-quality, well-thought-out, and official Soft Machine anthology. Fans have had to wait a long time for this, and Sony International obviously felt the...
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BBC in Concert 1971
Released: Jul 12, 2005
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Released: Jul 12, 2005
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Recorded on March 11, 1971, BBC in Concert 1971 was done after Robert Wyatt had recorded his last album (Fourth) with the band, but several months before he was out of the Soft Machine lineup....
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Breda Reactor
Released: Jun 21, 2005
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Released: Jun 21, 2005
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In January 1970, Soft Machine worked as a quintet, retaining the services of sax/flute player Lyn Dobson from the previous septet version of the band. Three months later he was gone and the group...
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Somewhere in Soho
Released: Jul 13, 2004
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Released: Jul 13, 2004
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The sheer ubiquity of Soft Machine live recordings ensures that most fans look askance at any new arrivals to the collection. Too many poorly recorded, badly annotated, and, quite honestly, just...
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