SOFT MACHINE "TRIPLE ECHO" BOX SET 1977 SHTW 800 VG/NM

	£		26
	$		34

You are bidding on the SOFT MACHINE "TRIPLE ECHO"" (EMI HARVEST LABEL SHTW 800) 1 st PRESS (1977) BOX, BOOKLET, 3 x 12" LP & ORGINAL SLEEVES.  SPECIAL NOTE ON DELIVERY THAT THIS WILL COUNT AS 3 LP's

Condition:

Cover VG+ - Minor wear & tear at box edges & Corners (see photo's)

Vinyl 1: Mint

Vinyl 2: EX - Minor scratch.  Does not affect play

Vinyl 3: Mint

Side 1:
1. Love Makes Sweet Music (2:27)
2. Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin' (2:50)
3. Memories (2:58)
4. She's Gone (2:29)
5. Why Am I So Short? (1:39)
6. So Boot If At All (7:25)
7. A Certain Kind (4:11)
Side 2:
1. We Did It Again (3:46)
2. Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle (1:03)
3. Why Are We Sleeping? (5:30)
4. A Concise British Alphabet - Part 2 (0:12)
5. Hullo Der (0:55)
6. Dada Was Here (3:25)
7. Thank You Pierrot Lunaire (0:49)
8. Have You Ever Bean Grean? (1:20)
9. Pataphysical Introduction - Part 2 (7:33)
10. As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still (2:34)
11. Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening(2:33)
Side 3:
1. The Moon In June (13:00)
2. Esther's Nose Job (11:57)
Side 4:
1. Mousetrap
2. Noisette
3. Backwards
4. Mousetrap Reprise (8:46)
5. Slightly All The Time
6. Out Bloody Rageous
7. Eamonn Andrews (15:19)
Side 5:
1. Teeth (9:13)
2. Kings And Queens (5:01)
3. All White (6:05)
4. Bone (3:28)
Side 6:
1. Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (5:55)
2. Carol Ann (3:46)
3. Hazard Profile - Part 1 (9:16)
4. The Tale Of Taliesin (7:14)

Total Time: ???

Line-up/Musicians

- Kevin Ayers / bass, vocals (Side 1-2)
- Robert Wyatt / drums, vocals (side 1-5)
- Mike Ratledge / organ, electric piano (side 1-6)
- Hugh Hopper / bass (side 2-6)
- Elton Dean / alto sax, saxello, electric piano (side 3-5)
- Phil Howard / drums (side 5)
- John Marshall / drums (side 5-6)
- Karl Jenkins / sax, oboe, piano, keyboards (side 6)
- Roy Babbington / bass, double bass (side 6)
- Allan Holdsworth / guitar (side 6)
- John Etheridge / guitar (side 6)
- Alan Wakeman / saxes (side 6

This triple (record) album, which has not yet been released on C.D., offers the best possible introduction to the music of the Soft Machine. Its first L.P. offers an excellent overview of the band's (predominantly) cheerful dadaist phase. The second is devoted to their jazzy experiments from circa 1970, featuring Elton Dean on sax. The third contains typical mid- seventies jazz-rock and introduces the unique sound of Allan Holdsworth's electric guitar.

One special reason why I used to enjoy this set immensely (when I still had a record player): its opening tracks are actually the Soft Machine's first ever single, and they strike me as one of the most exciting things the band ever did. 'Love makes sweet music' is incredibly catchy and energetic; it's got typical Kevin Ayers lyrics:

Every night it's the same old scene / Waking up 'cause you're scared to dream / But I know that things will get better / If you let your dreams get wetter than wine!

'Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin' is a wacky but totally essential piece of 1960s psychedelica, which no admirer of either Ayers or Robert Wyatt should be without. As far as I know, these tracks have NOT appeared in CD form, which I just don't understand, as record companies keep churning out one superfluous Softs anthology after another...

It's even more of a shame that this set languishes in the vaults when you consider that the record company which originally produced it keeps selling classic Pink Floyd albums at inflated prices - including RELICS, the best tracks of which could easily have appeared as bonus material elsewhere. But then again, it's hard to do TRIPLE ECHO justice in the CD format, since it originally came with a witty and highly readable booklet, richly illustrated with Rare photographs and a Pete Frame-designed family tree!

To sum up: A gorgeous collection, perfect for everyone who ever wondered how Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge and other Canterbury luminaries started out. Wyatt's superb drumming alone is worth the price of admission.

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