THE SOFT MACHINE Volume Two LP Vinyl 2010 Sundazed US RARE SEALED NEW Remastered
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New Sealed! 2010 The Soft Machine - Volume 2 - Sundazed US Remastered Stereo Reissue on Vinyl LP in Gatefold Jacket. This Very Rare & Desirable Psychedelic/Progressive Rock Classic is in Pristine New Sealed Condition. It has become difficult to find this Stereo pressing in this Pristine New Sealed Condition. This pressing is known for having Great Sound Quality having been Remastered from the Original UK Source Tapes. The album has been professionally stored and has never been opened, handled, or played. Please See Pics. Professional Packaging. Thank you.
2010 Sundazed US Remastered Reissue Vinyl LP. Mastered from the original U.K. tapes and pressed on pristine high-definition vinyl. In Gatefold Jacket.
The first two albums by England's legendary Soft Machine, originally released in 1968 and 1969, remain among the most innovative and influential releases of that musically fertile era. These seminal LPs offered a visionary psychedelic-progressive-jazz-rock mix that helped to make the Soft Machine one of Britain's first significant underground bands, as well as a key force in the birth of both progressive rock and jazz-rock.A product of the same fabled Canterbury scene that spawned such beloved cult acts as Caravan and Hatfield and the North, the Soft Machine was the rare art-rock combo whose members possessed the instrumental skills to execute their ambitious musical ideas, as well as a playful sense of humor that balanced the band's complex compositions and adventurous improvisations. By the time they began making albums, the Soft Machine was already a sensation in the budding U.K. rock underground, thanks to their now-legendary performances at such fabled London clubs as the UFO, the Speakeasy and Middle Earth, where they shared stages with the likes of Pink Floyd and Tomorrow. The aptly titled Volume Two introduced a retooled Soft Machine lineup, with Wyatt and Ratledge joined by bassist Hugh Hopper, an old Canterbury friend who had guested on the first album. The sophomore disc finds the threesome moving towards a more explicitly jazz-influenced sound, with an increased emphasis on instrumental material. The album is bookended by a pair of extended compositions, "Rivmic Melodies" and "Esther's Nose Job," which are broken up into shorter individual tracks bearing whimsically arbitrary titles. That approach was suggested to the band by Frank Zappa, whose Mothers of Invention album Absolutely Free was reportedly an influence on Volume Two. This landmark vinyl gem has been out of print for decades, but now it is back in this meticulously packaged Sundazed edition. Mastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on pristine high-definition vinyl, this lovingly restored vintage gem sounds as powerful and imaginative as ever.
" This still remains today as one of my all-time favorite albums. It has a very British psychedelic sound within a Jazz setting. It kind of reminds me of some of the stuff on Axis Bold as Love; in particular, Up from the Skies and If 6 was 9. It also has elements of Giles, Giles and Fripp and a suggestion of King Crimson before King Crimson was King Crimson. Each song flows in to the next and takes you on a trip of sonic realizations.
The band at that time was characterized by exceptional uniqueness as a result of Robert Wyatt's voice and Jazz Drumming, Mike Ratledge's Piano and Fuzz Organ and Hugh Hopper's Fuzz Bass - this was at a time when hardly anyone else capitalized on distorted Bass. It is unfortunate that this incarnation didn't last longer in the band's history.
As far as the re-mastering goes, it is only obvious in particular passages where you can definitely hear more separation of instruments, but, overall, it sounds the same as I always knew it to be, which is a good thing because I have heard re-masterings that ruined classic albums for me because the whole character of the music was changed and it didn't sound right.
This album is unique and powerful - I recommend it to anyone that is in to late-`60s psychedelic and early-`70s progressive music.
If you are hungry for good music - Soft Machine will satisfy your hunger." - Owner of This Edition.
The Soft Machine – Volume Two
Label:
Sundazed Music – LP 5342, Universal Music Special Markets – LP 5342, Probe – LP 5342Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Reissue, Gatefold JacketCountry:
USReleased:
2010Genre:
RockStyle:
Prog RockRivmic Melodies
A1
Pataphysical Introduction - Pt. I Written-By – R. Wyatt 1:00 A2
A Concise Britist Alphabet - Pt. I Arranged By – R. Wyatt Written-By – H. Hopper 0:10 A3
Hibou, Anenome And Bear Written-By – M. Ratledge, R. Wyatt 5:58 A4
A Concise British Alphabet Pt. II Arranged By – R. Wyatt Written-By – H. Hopper 0:12 A5
Hulloder Arranged By – R. Wyatt Written-By – H. Hopper 0:52 A6
Dada Was Here Arranged By – R. Wyatt Written-By – H. Hopper 3:25 A7
Thank You Pierrot Lunaire Arranged By – R. Wyatt Written-By – H. Hopper 0:47 A8
Have You Ever Bean Green? Arranged By – R. Wyatt Written-By – H. Hopper 1:23 A9
Pataphysical Introduction Pt. II Written-By – R. Wyatt 0:50 A10
Out Of Tunes Written-By – H. Hopper, M. Ratledge, R. Wyatt 2:30
Esther's Nose Job
B1
As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still Written-By – M. Ratledge, R. Wyatt 2:30 B2
Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening Written-By – H. Hopper 2:30 B3
Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging Written-By – M. Ratledge 1:50 B4
Pig Written-By – M. Ratledge 2:08 B5
Orange Skin Food Written-By – M. Ratledge 1:52 B6
A Door Opens And Closes Written-By – M. Ratledge 1:09 B7
10:30 Returns To The Bedroom Written-By – H. Hopper, M. Ratledge, R. Wyatt 4:14
- Manufactured By – Universal Music Enterprises
- Published By – Sea-Lark Enterprises, Inc.
- Published By – Miller Music Inc.
- Published By – Emm-Jay Music, Inc.
- Lacquer Cut At – Nashville Record Productions
- Pressed By – United Record Pressing
- Design [Cover And Liner] – Byron Goto, Henry Epstein
- Executive-Producer – Mike Jeffery
- Lacquer Cut By – Wes Garland
- Photography By – Eric Goto
- Producer – The Soft Machine
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