Soft Machine - Backwards

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Soft Machine
Backwards

Album US 2002 on Cuneiform Records label
Jazz and Rock (Jazz-Rock, Avant-garde Jazz)

Tracks 1-3 were recorded in late May, 1970 in London, England. Tracks 4-5 were recorded in late November, 1969 in Paris, France. The first part of track 6 was recorded in October and November 1968 in the USA, while the second part was recorded in mid 1969 in England. Digital transfers at Sounds Good and at SAE Mastering. Sonic clean up and final mastering at SAE Mastering. Publishers: 1 & 4: EMI Glenwood Music Corp 2 & 6: Rough Trade Publishing 3 & 5: Unichappell Music, Inc © 2002 Soft Machine ℗ 2001 Cuneiform Records Made in the USA. Catalogue number variations are: rune 170 on cover art, Rune 170 on CD.

Musicians

	Soft Machine , 1966-1968 GB album by
	Elton Dean as, ep, 1945-2006 GB saxello, alto saxophone, alto sax
	Hugh Hopper b, eb, 1945-2009 GB bass, written by
	Robert Wyatt voc, dr, *1945 GB drums, vocals, written by, keyboards, additional keyboards on the second half, instruments, all instruments on the first half
	Mike Ratledge org, ep, *1943 GB electric piano, organ, written by
	Lyn Dobson fl, ts, ss, GB tenor saxophone, tenor sax, soprano saxophone, soprano sax
	Michael King , transferred by, digital transfers
	Matt Murman , US mastered by, sonic clean up and final mastering, transferred by, digital transfers
	Nick Evans tb, *1947 GB trombone
	Marc Charig cor, *1944 DE trumpet

Producers

Steven Feigenbaum coordinator, release coordination by

Bill Ellsworth design, package design by

Aymeric Leroy liner notes

Shep Shepherd photography by, quartet photos

Composers

Hugh Hopper

Robert Wyatt

Mike Ratledge

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Facelift	Soft Machine	Hugh Hopper	18:49
2	Moon In June	Soft Machine	Robert Wyatt	7:38
3	Esther's Nose Job	Soft Machine	Mike Ratledge	12:55
4	Facelift	Soft Machine	Hugh Hopper	8:32
5	Hibou Anemone And Bear	Soft Machine	Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt	4:00
6	Moon In June - Demo	Soft Machine	Robert Wyatt	20:46

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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