The Soft Machine S/T debut LP 1968 Robert Wyatt Kevin Ayers NEAR MINT VINYL

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The Soft Machine

Probe CPLP_4500X  LP 33RPM 12" 1968 (USA)

A wild, freewheeling, and ultimately successful attempt to merge psychedelia with jazz-rock, Soft Machine's debut ranges between lovingly performed oblique pop songs and deranged ensemble playing from drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt, bassist Kevin Ayers and organist Mike Ratledge. With only one real break (at the end of side one), the songs merge into each other -- not always smoothly, but always with a sense of flair that rescues any potential miscues. Wyatt takes most of the vocals, and proves himself a surprisingly evocative singer despite his lack of range. Like Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Vol. 1 was one of the few over-ambitious records of the psychedelic era that actually delivered on all its incredible promise.

Tracklist
A1 Hope For Happiness
Written-By – B. Hopper, K. Ayers, M. Ratledge
4:20
A2 Joy Of A Toy
Written-By – K. Ayers, M. Ratledge
2:49
A3 Hope For Happiness (Reprise)
Written-By – B. Hopper, K. Ayers, M. Ratledge
1:37
A4 Why Am I So Short?
Written-By – H. Hopper, K. Ayers, M. Ratledge
1:38
A5 So Boot If At All
Written-By – K. Ayers, M. Ratledge, R. Wyatt
7:22
A6 A Certain Kind
Written-By – H. Hopper
4:10
B1 Save Yourself
Written-By – R. Wyatt
2:25
B2 Priscilla
Written-By – K. Ayers, M. Ratledge, R. Wyatt
1:05
B3 Lullabye Letter
Written-By – K. Ayers
4:37
B4 We Did It Again
Written-By – K. Ayers
3:46
B5 Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle
Written-By – K. Ayers
1:01
B6 Why Are We Sleeping?
Written-By – K. Ayers, M. Ratledge, R. Wyatt
5:31
B7 Box 25/4 Lid
Written-By – H. Hopper, M. Ratledge
0:47

Published By – Amm Jay Music Inc.
Manufactured By – Grand Award Record Co., Inc.

Design [Cover Design] – Byron Goto, Eli Allman, Henry Epstein
Liner Notes – Arnold Shaw
Producer – Chas Chandler, Tom Wilson (2)

censored sleeve, non-gatefold

timings from labels, sleeve timings differ

Vinyl is NEAR MINT, in original printed paper inner sleeve in a picture sleeve in VERY GOOD condition (light ring wear) in a plastic protector.