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Soft Machine
Triple Echo

Compil. UK 1977 on Harvest label
Jazz and Rock (Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock)

Released in a laminated card box with closing flaps on two sides. Each disc is housed in an individually printed card inner sleeve. Comes with a 12x12" 8-page booklet of credits, Pete Frame's family tree and photos. Compilation of the first 10 years of the group. Track A1 recorded January 1967 at Advision; released as a single 17/2/67. ℗ 1967 Polydor Records Ltd. Track A2 recorded January 1967 at CBS; released as 'B' side of 'Love Makes Sweet Music' 17/2/67. ℗ 1967 Polydor Records Ltd. Track A3 recorded April 1967 at De Lane Lea; one of numerous demos recorded at this time. Subsequently turned up five years later on 'Rock Generation Vol.8' (French LP). ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd. Track A4 recorded June 1967 at Sound Techniques. Intended as a single but never released. Demo version, produced by Gomelsky, appears on same LP as 'Memories'. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd. [Note : this version, produced by Joe Boyd, remained exclusive to this release for years. It was re-released only in 2006 on the Joe Boyd tribute compilation White Bicycles - Making Music In The 1960s] Tracks A5 & B1 recorded April 1968 at The Record Plant, New York; released December 1968 on LP 'The Soft Machine' (Probe CPLP 4500). ℗ 1968 ABC Records Ltd./Soft Machine Music Ltd. Tracks B2, B3 & B4 recorded February 1969 at Olympic; released April 1969 on LP 'Volume Two' (Probe SPB 1002). ℗ 1969 ABC Records Ltd./Soft Machine Music Ltd. Track C1 recorded June 10th 1969 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 21/6/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. An entirely different version to the one which appeared a year later on the LP 'Third'. Much of the lyric was written especially for this recording. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd. Track C2 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; transmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. This and the four tracks in D1 are the only recordings made by the ambitious but short-lived seven-piece line-up. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd. Track D1 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; transmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. Different versions of 'Noisette' and 'Backwards' - which concludes 'Slightly All The Time' - can be found on the LP 'Third', 'Mousetrap' has never appeared before on record. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd. Track D2 recorded May 4th 1970 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 16/5/70 on programme 'Top Gear'. Highly extended versions of 'Slightly All The Time' and 'Out Bloody Rageous' can be found on the LP 'Third'. 'Eamonn Andrews' can't be found anywhere else. Release date of 'Third' (CBS 66246): 6/6/70. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd. [Note : previously unreleased at the time of this release, these BBC recordings C1, C2, D1 & D2, would be re-issued later on dedicated BBC sessions' albums like The Peel Sessions (1990) or BBC Radio 1967 - 1971 (2003)] Tracks E1 & E2 recorded November 1970 at Olympic; released 28/2/71 on LP 'Fourth' (CBS 64280). ℗ 1971 CBS Records Ltd. Track E3 recorded November 1971 & track E4 recorded February 1972 at Advision; released 23/6/72 on LP 'Fifth' (CBS 64806). ℗ 1972 CBS Records Ltd. Track F1 recorded November 1972 at CBS; released 2/2/73 on LP 'Six' (CBS 68214). ℗ 1973 CBS Records Ltd. Track F2 recorded July 1973 at CBS; released 5/10/73 on LP 'Seven' (CBS 65799). ℗ 1973 CBS Records Ltd. Track F3 recorded July 1974 at CBS; released 4/4/75 on LP 'Bundles' (Harvest SHSP 4044). ℗ 1975 Soft Machine Music Ltd. Track F4 recorded March 1976 at Abbey Road; released 25/6/76 on LP 'Softs' (Harvest SHSP 4056). ℗ 1976 Soft Machine Music Ltd. Tracks A1 to A4, C1 to D2 are recorded mono only. Made and printed in Great Britain. Mastering credit derived from matrix etching.

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	Soft Machine , 1966-1968 GB album by
	Nick Webb , lacquer cut by
	Al Clark research, compiled by, liner notes
	Daevid Allen g, voc, 1938-2015 AU bass, guitar, whistle, backing vocals
	Robert Wyatt voc, dr, *1945 GB drums, vocals, written by, why am i so short? / so boot if at all, drums, backing vocals, written by, why are we sleeping?
	Kevin Ayers voc, g, 1944-2013 GB guitar, written by, bass, vocals, bass, piano, on 'so boot if at all', written by, so boot if at all
	Mike Ratledge org, ep, *1943 GB organ, piano, organ, written by, so boot if at all, written by, why are we sleeping?, harpsichord, organ, electric piano, written by, backwards, electric piano, organ, synthesizer
	William S. Burroughs voc, 1914-1997 US voice, barely audible aphorism
	Hugh Hopper b, eb, 1945-2009 GB written by, why am i so short? / a certain kind, bass, written by, a concise british alphabet - part 2 / hullo der / dada was here / thank you pierrot lunaire / have you ever been grean?, acoustic guitar, written by, mousetrap / noisette / mousetrap reprise, bass, pipe, whirling pipe
	The Cake , *1966 US backing vocals, why are we sleeping?
	Brian Hopper , *1943 GB saxophone
	Elton Dean as, ep, 1945-2006 GB alto saxophone, saxello, written by
	Marc Charig cor, *1944 DE cornet
	Lyn Dobson fl, ts, ss, GB soprano saxophone
	Nick Evans tb, *1947 GB trombone
	Roy Babbington eb, b, *1940 GB double bass
	Alan Skidmore ts, sax, *1942 GB tenor saxophone
	Jimmy Hastings fl, as, *1938 GB flute, alto
	Phil Howard dr, AU drums
	John Marshall dr, perc, *1941 GB percussion, drums
	Karl Jenkins p, *1944 GB piano, electric piano, written by, soprano saxophone, electric piano, piano, synthesizer, string
	Allan Holdsworth g, *1946 GB guitar
	John Etheridge eg, acg, g, *1948 GB guitar

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