SOFT MACHINE - FIRST (Barclay) UK ACID PSYCH French Orig. ALTERNATE SLEEVE LP EX

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Dec 23, 2011 Sold Date

Dec 16, 2011 Start Date

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SOFT MACHINE: 1st (Barclay #0920082 France 1968)

RECORD: EX // TOP CONDITION

SLEEVE: EX // TOP CONDITION

French original psyched-out debut LP in totally different sleeve artwork !!!

1st album by the seminal UK band Soft Machine, which would in time become an icon of the Psychedelic
era and a founding stone of the Canterbury genre. Guitarist Kevin Ayers, keyboardist Mike Ratledge and
drummer Robert Wyatt were some of the most talented, inspired and prophetic musicians, who found
themselves in the midst of a musical (and social) revolution, which would inspire generations to come.
This timeless masterpiece is molten gold (or mercury) of ingenuity in every respect, full of zany ideas,
typical British humor and futuristic (at that time) musical approach, based on freedom of expression and
telepathic communication and interplay. Although "song based", this music was completely unconventional,
in many respects ridiculing the popular music of the time. Ratledge brought a strong Jazzy feel into the mix,
which would soon after dominate the group's direction during the 1970s, causing Ayers to leave the group
after this album was recorded and the tour that followed. Ratledge and Wyatt would recruit bassist Hugh
Hopper (who was the band's roadie at the time) and the new lineup would record their second album and
another masterpiece. In retrospect this music still sounds too good to be true and lost nothing of its power
and inspiration. Only a handful of albums can feel that fresh over 40 years after they have been recorded,
but this one is surely one of them. This new remastered and expanded edition adds two ultra-rare tracks
recorded by the band a year earlier. An absolutely essential album and a must !!!

Once again one-of-a-kind rarity !!!

Record: EX

Sleeve: EX

GRADINGS:

Records are graded first,then covers
S/S = still sealed
M = mint , new or unplayed condition…cover is nice and new looking with no ring wear.
M- = near perfect copy, played only a few times.
EX = only slight signs of wear; very clean, only light surface marks which will not distract
        significantly from the sound…sleeve also has only slight wear, and is still in nice
        collectible.
VG++ = played often with moderate surface wear and some moderate noise, still plays well…
        sleeve may have medium overall wear or some ring wear.
VG+ = overall wear, but no skips of serious defects, more noisy sound during quiet passages…
        sleeve is well worn, usually with considerable ring wear.
VG = plays a lot, heavy wear on record and cover…guarantee does not apply to vg- or worse
        condition records.
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